Alex Edwards
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Rams fans want the refs to make the right call now.
Whatever. Rams didn't deserve to win after spotting Atlanta 3 touchdowns, but you gotta call the PI when it happens refs.
December 30, 2025 at 4:15 AM
Rams fans want the refs to make the right call now.
Very funny that the entire Rams org/fan base has the position that the refs should've gotten the call wrong on purpose because they really wanted it
Not the Seahawks angry at the results of a nonsensical video replay lmaoooo sucks don't it
December 28, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Very funny that the entire Rams org/fan base has the position that the refs should've gotten the call wrong on purpose because they really wanted it
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the line is actually "no JESUS for us meeses," an oblique reference to the fact that, as muppets are unable to take communion, they are forbidden from entering the kingdom of god
December 14, 2025 at 4:13 AM
the line is actually "no JESUS for us meeses," an oblique reference to the fact that, as muppets are unable to take communion, they are forbidden from entering the kingdom of god
It is nearly time for us to claim our birthright as Oregonians.
Humpback whale stranded in Yachats sparks urgent rescue effort
YACHATS, Ore. - A humpback whale has become stranded on the beach after becoming entangled in crab gear.
www.kezi.com
November 16, 2025 at 5:06 PM
It is nearly time for us to claim our birthright as Oregonians.
On the plus side after 50 years of inflation every dollar you pay in interest will be worth way less
November 12, 2025 at 4:19 AM
On the plus side after 50 years of inflation every dollar you pay in interest will be worth way less
RFK Jr is going to be responsible for millions of deaths. So you absolutely do not have to excuse the behavior of someone who enabled and defended him.
Everyone in my feed is shitting on Nuzzi. Meanwhile, the other person in the saga is now destroying the medical community and endangering public health.
But let’s slut shame Nuzzi.
But let’s slut shame Nuzzi.
Scoop: Olivia Nuzzi has written a book during her year in exile, in which she is set to in part address her relationship with RFK Jr. Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/olivia-nuz...
October 15, 2025 at 4:36 PM
RFK Jr is going to be responsible for millions of deaths. So you absolutely do not have to excuse the behavior of someone who enabled and defended him.
Safe to say that if your priors on LLMs haven't shifted dramatically over the past two weeks, you probably haven't been paying attention
I feel like "CoreWeave defaults on its debt" should definitely be somewhere on our AI bubble pops bingo card. www.ft.com/content/e128...
August 18, 2025 at 5:00 AM
Safe to say that if your priors on LLMs haven't shifted dramatically over the past two weeks, you probably haven't been paying attention
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Asking GPT5 how many days of the week there are and getting reproduced arguments from that one bodybuilding dot com forum thread like a ghost in the machine.
August 8, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Asking GPT5 how many days of the week there are and getting reproduced arguments from that one bodybuilding dot com forum thread like a ghost in the machine.
I'm not among those who think that there's no path to profitability for AI. I think the bigger issue for the incumbents is the commoditization of AI.
The AI Trade is hollow - the magnificent 7 will spend over $560 billion in capital expenditures in 2025 and is expected to make *$35 billion of revenue, not profit*. Every single generative AI product is a money-loser, and customers don't like it either.
www.wheresyoured.at/the-haters-gui/
www.wheresyoured.at/the-haters-gui/
![Microsoft AI Revenue In 2025: $13 billion, with $10 billion from OpenAI, sold "at a heavily discounted rate that essentially only covers costs for operating the servers."
Capital Expenditures in 2025: $80 billion
As of January 2025, Microsoft's "annualized" — meaning [best month]x12 — revenue from artificial intelligence was around $13 billion, a number that it chose not to update in its last earnings, likely because it's either flat or not growing, though it could in its upcoming late-July earnings. Yet the problem with this revenue is that $10 billion of that revenue, according to The Information, comes from OpenAI's spend on Microsoft's Azure cloud, and Microsoft offers preferential pricing — "a heavily discounted rental rate that essentially only covers Microsoft's costs for operating the servers" according to The Information.
In simpler terms, 76.9% of Microsoft's AI revenue comes from OpenAI, and is sold at just above or at cost, making Microsoft's "real" AI revenue about $3 billion, or around 3.75% of this year's capital expenditures, or 16.25% if you count OpenAI's revenue, which costs Microsoft more money than it earns.
The Information reports that Microsoft made $4.7 billion in "AI revenue" in 2024, of which OpenAI accounted for $2 billion, meaning that for the $135.7 billion that Microsoft has spent in the last two years on AI infrastructure, it has made $17.7 billion, of which OpenAI accounted for $12.7 billion.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:qc6xzgctorfsm35w6i3vdebx/bafkreiatgrikduk5jcxqqb27442vgymtybknehuzad2f2bpyv7sdo27fo4@jpeg)
July 21, 2025 at 7:20 PM
I'm not among those who think that there's no path to profitability for AI. I think the bigger issue for the incumbents is the commoditization of AI.
It's gotta be tough to be Quebecois.
People hear your accent and think you're French.
And you gotta say "no, I'm Quebecois".
Like the "is Pepsi okay?" of people
People hear your accent and think you're French.
And you gotta say "no, I'm Quebecois".
Like the "is Pepsi okay?" of people
July 12, 2025 at 12:45 AM
It's gotta be tough to be Quebecois.
People hear your accent and think you're French.
And you gotta say "no, I'm Quebecois".
Like the "is Pepsi okay?" of people
People hear your accent and think you're French.
And you gotta say "no, I'm Quebecois".
Like the "is Pepsi okay?" of people
Quick read this time - The Word For World Is Forest by Ursula K Le Guin is a novella tipping the scales at just 189 pages.
From the beginning you can feel the anti-colonialism dripping from every word. It's easy to read this as a response to the Vietnam war, written in 1972 by an anti-war activist.
From the beginning you can feel the anti-colonialism dripping from every word. It's easy to read this as a response to the Vietnam war, written in 1972 by an anti-war activist.
Just finished This Is The Story Of A Happy Marriage by Ann Patchett, which is a collection of autobiographical essays most previously published in magazines.
This book negatively polarized me against Ann Patchett who seems to think a lot of herself and have a general disdain for everyone else.
This book negatively polarized me against Ann Patchett who seems to think a lot of herself and have a general disdain for everyone else.
July 8, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Quick read this time - The Word For World Is Forest by Ursula K Le Guin is a novella tipping the scales at just 189 pages.
From the beginning you can feel the anti-colonialism dripping from every word. It's easy to read this as a response to the Vietnam war, written in 1972 by an anti-war activist.
From the beginning you can feel the anti-colonialism dripping from every word. It's easy to read this as a response to the Vietnam war, written in 1972 by an anti-war activist.
As bad as this is, I'm growing increasingly worried that the AI stuff in the funding bill and tech execs cuddling up to the current admin are related or possibly even the cause of this mindset. Which would be much much worse.
Brooke Rollins on farm laborers: "There will be no amnesty. The mass deportations continue, but in a strategic way. And we move the workforce toward automation and 100% American participation, which with 34 million able-bodied on Medicaid we should be able to do fairly quickly."
July 8, 2025 at 2:59 PM
As bad as this is, I'm growing increasingly worried that the AI stuff in the funding bill and tech execs cuddling up to the current admin are related or possibly even the cause of this mindset. Which would be much much worse.
Just finished This Is The Story Of A Happy Marriage by Ann Patchett, which is a collection of autobiographical essays most previously published in magazines.
This book negatively polarized me against Ann Patchett who seems to think a lot of herself and have a general disdain for everyone else.
This book negatively polarized me against Ann Patchett who seems to think a lot of herself and have a general disdain for everyone else.
July 6, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Just finished This Is The Story Of A Happy Marriage by Ann Patchett, which is a collection of autobiographical essays most previously published in magazines.
This book negatively polarized me against Ann Patchett who seems to think a lot of herself and have a general disdain for everyone else.
This book negatively polarized me against Ann Patchett who seems to think a lot of herself and have a general disdain for everyone else.
The first season of Murderbot has been a fun watch so far that is staying at least tonally true to the books.
But my first thought after every episode is "wow that was short". 22 min weekly releases feels completely out of whack with what tv watching is nowadays.
But my first thought after every episode is "wow that was short". 22 min weekly releases feels completely out of whack with what tv watching is nowadays.
July 1, 2025 at 3:44 PM
The first season of Murderbot has been a fun watch so far that is staying at least tonally true to the books.
But my first thought after every episode is "wow that was short". 22 min weekly releases feels completely out of whack with what tv watching is nowadays.
But my first thought after every episode is "wow that was short". 22 min weekly releases feels completely out of whack with what tv watching is nowadays.
Tom Lake is actually fan-fic set in the All Summer Long by Kid Rock extended universe. A lot of people don't know that
July 1, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Tom Lake is actually fan-fic set in the All Summer Long by Kid Rock extended universe. A lot of people don't know that
All we can hope for in life is to find someone who finds you as interesting as Ann Patchett finds Ann Patchett
June 27, 2025 at 6:45 PM
All we can hope for in life is to find someone who finds you as interesting as Ann Patchett finds Ann Patchett
I thought the recent switch to focus on blue cities only was because Trump finally realized how badly he was hurting farmers and small business owners with his plan, but this is actually a way funnier and more likely reason.
ICE is on the verge of going broke and is already about $1 billion over budget.
ICE Faces Cash Crisis as Trump Orders New Crackdown in Dem-Led Cities
The federal agency could run out of money next month while carrying out the president’s mass deportation plans.
trib.al
June 17, 2025 at 1:41 AM
I thought the recent switch to focus on blue cities only was because Trump finally realized how badly he was hurting farmers and small business owners with his plan, but this is actually a way funnier and more likely reason.
I think about this a lot with AI where many scenarios lead to an improved quality of life for everybody.
June 16, 2025 at 5:46 PM
I think about this a lot with AI where many scenarios lead to an improved quality of life for everybody.
Would be curious to know how the NYT puzzles team determines when a food dish qualifies for the spelling bee vs when it doesn't. It's obviously not based on deliciousness because pancit doesn't count today 😞
June 13, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Would be curious to know how the NYT puzzles team determines when a food dish qualifies for the spelling bee vs when it doesn't. It's obviously not based on deliciousness because pancit doesn't count today 😞
Cuban's comments about using the block feature are odd here. He seems to be saying that if you don't like what he has to say you should just block him, but he doesn't feel like he should have to block you.
The problems with Bluesky are true with every other platform. It's not that it's a bubble, though. It's that people feel a desire to protect a place they like.
I don't agree with Cuban here but I think we need to come up with ways to not let this become its story.
fortune.com/2025/06/12/b...
I don't agree with Cuban here but I think we need to come up with ways to not let this become its story.
fortune.com/2025/06/12/b...
Bluesky is backfiring. Mark Cuban says the 'lack of diversity of thought' is actually pushing users back to X
The billionaire argues Bluesky’s liberal-heavy user base creates an echo chamber.
fortune.com
June 13, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Cuban's comments about using the block feature are odd here. He seems to be saying that if you don't like what he has to say you should just block him, but he doesn't feel like he should have to block you.
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I have a new exclamation
June 9, 2025 at 12:43 AM
I have a new exclamation