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I wrote this about THE GOOD PLACE finale, but I now realize it also sums up my revulsion about the basic anti-humanity of AI avatars of the dead:
November 14, 2025 at 12:52 PM
I wrote this about THE GOOD PLACE finale, but I now realize it also sums up my revulsion about the basic anti-humanity of AI avatars of the dead:
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I think I’m just not going to respond anymore to foolishness about how LLMs are a true substitute for thought. It’s an utter waste of time. People who commit to that idea will find out that it’s nonsense in time, and they aren’t going to listen until then.
November 17, 2025 at 1:35 AM
I think I’m just not going to respond anymore to foolishness about how LLMs are a true substitute for thought. It’s an utter waste of time. People who commit to that idea will find out that it’s nonsense in time, and they aren’t going to listen until then.
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We need more honest language:
Theft Tech (AI)
Grift Tech (crypto)
Death Tech (automated weapons and military surveillance)
Theft Tech (AI)
Grift Tech (crypto)
Death Tech (automated weapons and military surveillance)
"theft tech" is a term my pal @astra.bsky.social thought of just today when we were working on our book about these End Times Fascists.
We were thinking about what should happen when this this bubble busts, as we all know it will.
Remember: they have bunkers. We don't. 2/3
We were thinking about what should happen when this this bubble busts, as we all know it will.
Remember: they have bunkers. We don't. 2/3
November 17, 2025 at 7:01 PM
We need more honest language:
Theft Tech (AI)
Grift Tech (crypto)
Death Tech (automated weapons and military surveillance)
Theft Tech (AI)
Grift Tech (crypto)
Death Tech (automated weapons and military surveillance)
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Couldn't remember Jon Hamm's name or the name of his character. So I made a discovery
November 17, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Couldn't remember Jon Hamm's name or the name of his character. So I made a discovery
Your last saved meme is your moral philosophy
November 17, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Your last saved meme is your moral philosophy
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This is a BIG reason I wrote Burn It Down. I was v tired of doing One Bad Man stories & wanted to shout from the rooftops that every He's Just One Bad Man is NOT a one-off--each 1 is propped up by multiple interlocking systems of enabling, protection & even celebration. The SYSTEMS are def evergreen
Terrific book that unfortunately remains evergreen.
ANYWAY! My 2023 book -- about systemic, institutionalized, longstanding patterns of misconduct, abuse, predation, and the enabling and even the celebration of same by the powerful -- was titled Burn It Down 🔥🔥🔥🔥 just sayin' bookshop.org/p/books/burn...
November 13, 2025 at 5:07 PM
This is a BIG reason I wrote Burn It Down. I was v tired of doing One Bad Man stories & wanted to shout from the rooftops that every He's Just One Bad Man is NOT a one-off--each 1 is propped up by multiple interlocking systems of enabling, protection & even celebration. The SYSTEMS are def evergreen
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Reposting this…for reasons.
November 12, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Reposting this…for reasons.
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Just imagining the meeting where they must have been like “they might cancel my flight? Time to kill the sick.”
November 10, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Just imagining the meeting where they must have been like “they might cancel my flight? Time to kill the sick.”
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now that women have ruined the workplace we should just get rid of it
November 9, 2025 at 2:33 AM
now that women have ruined the workplace we should just get rid of it
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Happy Holidays.
This Friday at 3:45 PM EST, I’m calling it. It will be The Holidays. I cannot take anymore input. It’s over. This year is over.
November 7, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Happy Holidays.
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Read the responses and you will understand why the campaign is successful.
What are three policy proposals that you heard from @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social during his campaign & where do you currently live? [I want to see something/ I allowed QP on this]
November 4, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Read the responses and you will understand why the campaign is successful.
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top tier french
A French cyclist survived for three days after a horrendous 130-foot fall into a ravine, kept alive by the bottles of red wine he had in his shopping bag, police said.
Cyclist falls down 130-foot ravine in France, survives 3 days by drinking wine he had in shopping bag
A helicopter airlifted him to hospital, with a rescue doctor calling his survival "a miracle."
cbsn.ws
October 31, 2025 at 5:53 PM
top tier french
…ya know what? I would try it 😏
Yeah, this is a lot to process
(And the post is excellent)
(And the post is excellent)
October 30, 2025 at 5:05 AM
…ya know what? I would try it 😏
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Yes, this, & set up a recurring donation if you can.
Cash is ALWAYS better than collecting food through drives. Food banks have deals with suppliers that enable them to stretch a dollar further than what we can buy at retail prices. They can take $5 and get $15+ in value from it to feed folks.
Cash is ALWAYS better than collecting food through drives. Food banks have deals with suppliers that enable them to stretch a dollar further than what we can buy at retail prices. They can take $5 and get $15+ in value from it to feed folks.
I just donated to my local food bank. If you can, you should too. People are already suffering but next month, in particular, is going to be so difficult.
October 27, 2025 at 5:09 AM
Yes, this, & set up a recurring donation if you can.
Cash is ALWAYS better than collecting food through drives. Food banks have deals with suppliers that enable them to stretch a dollar further than what we can buy at retail prices. They can take $5 and get $15+ in value from it to feed folks.
Cash is ALWAYS better than collecting food through drives. Food banks have deals with suppliers that enable them to stretch a dollar further than what we can buy at retail prices. They can take $5 and get $15+ in value from it to feed folks.
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BTW, it really does appear that Tori Amos created the first known pumpkin spice latte.
(Not a joke!)
(Not a joke!)
October 21, 2025 at 8:39 PM
BTW, it really does appear that Tori Amos created the first known pumpkin spice latte.
(Not a joke!)
(Not a joke!)
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the Muppets have been real quiet since the Louvre heist
October 19, 2025 at 10:19 PM
the Muppets have been real quiet since the Louvre heist
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the whole article could have just been ten pages of “Brilliant Things Eleanor O’Brien Said,” and some gold was left on the cutting room floor, but this is such a banger of a closer and it’s so very much the theme of today
October 18, 2025 at 10:03 PM
the whole article could have just been ten pages of “Brilliant Things Eleanor O’Brien Said,” and some gold was left on the cutting room floor, but this is such a banger of a closer and it’s so very much the theme of today
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October 15, 2025 at 10:55 AM
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Don’t use AI to write your articles. (Or do literally anything else.) It doesn’t know what it’s doing. Because it doesn’t know anything. Because it’s not a sentient thing. The amount of people being fooled by this patently obvious get-richer-quick scam is wholly depressing
October 16, 2025 at 2:54 AM
Don’t use AI to write your articles. (Or do literally anything else.) It doesn’t know what it’s doing. Because it doesn’t know anything. Because it’s not a sentient thing. The amount of people being fooled by this patently obvious get-richer-quick scam is wholly depressing
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You're living through one of the biggest technological transformations in world history and it has nothing to do with AI
Grid scale batteries are changing our electricity system. Excellent new visual story on batteries in FT today shows just how far this technology has evolved.
Fasten your seatbelts, this is just the beginning.
ig.ft.com/mega-batteri...
Fasten your seatbelts, this is just the beginning.
ig.ft.com/mega-batteri...
October 14, 2025 at 2:54 AM
You're living through one of the biggest technological transformations in world history and it has nothing to do with AI
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Certain celebrity deaths are harder to process than others because the person in question was so full of life and creativity and originality that you just assume it's never going to end.
October 11, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Certain celebrity deaths are harder to process than others because the person in question was so full of life and creativity and originality that you just assume it's never going to end.
One of one. Made everything she was ever in better just by being there. 💔
Terribly sad news about one of the greats. Diane Keaton has died at 79.
people.com/diane-keaton...
people.com/diane-keaton...
Diane Keaton, Famed for Roles in 'Father of the Bride,' 'First Wives Club' and More, Dies at 79 (Exclusive)
Diane Keaton has died at age 79. Keaton was best known for roles in movies like 'Annie Hall,' 'The First Wives Club,' 'Something's Gotta Give' and 'The Godfather.'
people.com
October 11, 2025 at 8:04 PM
One of one. Made everything she was ever in better just by being there. 💔