Bernie Michalik
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Bernie is a father, runner, chief cook, bottlewasher, Cape Bretoner, & IT Architect working for IBM in Toronto.
I think Mamdani is going to propose the free buses be painted gold and named after Trump.
Mamdani is going to bring him that snowglobe that plays "Memories" from CATS and we're going to get government grocery stores nationwide
November 20, 2025 at 3:39 AM
I think Mamdani is going to propose the free buses be painted gold and named after Trump.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/19/b... I assumed the Saudis had practically unlimited cash. Maybe not.
Saudi Arabia’s Prince Has Big Plans, but His Giant Fund Is Low on Cash
www.nytimes.com
November 20, 2025 at 1:45 AM
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/19/b... I assumed the Saudis had practically unlimited cash. Maybe not.
Mamdani employing a Best and Brightest approach.
“Two weeks after the election the incoming administration is making no attempt to downplay expectations, if anything they are doubling down on them.”
November 19, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Mamdani employing a Best and Brightest approach.
His book, The Bottom Billion, really had a big impact on me. Highly recommend anything by or about him.
Paul Collier spent decades studying the poorest countries on earth. Now he advises struggling towns in the place where he grew up. https://www.newyorker.com/news/letter-from-the-uk/a-development-economist-back-from-africa-considers-poverty-at-home
A Development Economist Returns to What He Left Behind
Paul Collier spent decades studying the poorest countries on earth. Now he advises struggling towns in the place where he grew up.
www.newyorker.com
November 19, 2025 at 5:06 PM
His book, The Bottom Billion, really had a big impact on me. Highly recommend anything by or about him.
This is amazing (the way Darwin Award winners are amazing) lite.cnn.com/2025/11/19/t...
Sales of AI-enabled teddy bear suspended after it gave advice on BDSM sex and where to find knives | CNN Business
lite.cnn.com
November 19, 2025 at 2:42 PM
This is amazing (the way Darwin Award winners are amazing) lite.cnn.com/2025/11/19/t...
She should get due process, but she should not get a pass.
The House on Tuesday defeated an attempt to censure Delegate Stacey Plaskett, Democrat of the Virgin Islands, for exchanging text messages with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein during a congressional hearing.
House Rejects Censuring Plaskett For Texts With Epstein In 2019
Three Republicans voted with nearly every Democrat in the House to defeat an effort to formally reprimand Delegate Stacey Plaskett, Democrat of the Virgin Islands.
nyti.ms
November 19, 2025 at 2:39 PM
She should get due process, but she should not get a pass.
Great work by the reporter who did this.
holy shit mike johnson is SHOOK on Epstein vote in Senate
November 19, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Great work by the reporter who did this.
Good riddance.
Breaking News: Larry Summers will step down from OpenAI’s board, he said, after the release of emails indicating a close relationship with the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
Larry Summers Resigns From OpenAI’s Board
Mr. Summers’ departure from the artificial intelligence company’s board followed revelations of his communications with the disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein.
nyti.ms
November 19, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Good riddance.
One thought I had: I think this strikes people at their core, of being bullied at some point at a very early ages.
It's been bugging me too. I think it's because it's more personal, more slimy and gross than his usual evil bigger stuff.
Because it should have provoke a reaction from her peers and colleagues and in general adults in the room and it didn't because its grandpa Trump, and that's morally and ethically wrong, and staring at it and sitting in it doesn't help any of that
November 19, 2025 at 2:19 PM
One thought I had: I think this strikes people at their core, of being bullied at some point at a very early ages.
www.bbc.com/news/article... this is a bad development
Police to use facial recognition in three Northamptonshire towns
The tech will target a "watchlist" of registered sex offenders as well as people wanted for arrest.
www.bbc.com
November 19, 2025 at 12:42 PM
www.bbc.com/news/article... this is a bad development
This is good
Harvard has started a new investigation into ties that former Harvard president Larry Summers and others at the university had with the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, the university announced Tuesday.
Harvard Opens New Investigation Into Summers and Epstein
The university is reviewing newly released emails between convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and former Harvard President Lawrence H. Summers, among other people at the institution.
nyti.ms
November 19, 2025 at 12:15 PM
This is good
Zelensky Under Siege as Corruption Case Shatters Ukraine’s Wartime Unity www.nytimes.com/2025/11/19/w...
Zelensky Under Siege as Corruption Case Shatters Ukraine’s Wartime Unity
www.nytimes.com
November 19, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Zelensky Under Siege as Corruption Case Shatters Ukraine’s Wartime Unity www.nytimes.com/2025/11/19/w...
A good read
In the end, all it took down to bring down the government's case against Meta was a simple experiment www.platformer.news/ftc-loses-me...
November 19, 2025 at 2:25 AM
A good read
Sure he “won” but he had to admit that his product is a dud. So that’s a big loss for him.
November 18, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Sure he “won” but he had to admit that his product is a dud. So that’s a big loss for him.
Good to see more of Andrea Martin. She was as great on SCTV as The others who went on to be big stars.
Andrea Martin stars in “Meet the Cartozians,” a new play about an Armenian family of reality-TV stars who are suspiciously similar to the Kardashians. https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2025/11/24/keeping-up-with-andrea-martin
Keeping Up with Andrea Martin
The actress stars in “Meet the Cartozians,” a new play about an Armenian family of reality-TV stars who are suspiciously similar to the Kardashians.
www.newyorker.com
November 18, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Good to see more of Andrea Martin. She was as great on SCTV as The others who went on to be big stars.
No republican wants their opponent in the upcoming elections to point to them and say they voted against the release.
November 18, 2025 at 8:55 PM
No republican wants their opponent in the upcoming elections to point to them and say they voted against the release.
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lol “things happen” … like how mobsters talk about stuff. look he got dead. there was nuthin we could do about it jimmy. He’s gone.
Trump suggests Khashoggi had it coming: "You're mentioning someone that was extremely controversial. A lot of people didn't like that gentleman that you're talking about. Whether you like him or didn't like him, things happen. But he knew nothing about it. You don't have to embarrass our guest."
November 18, 2025 at 6:29 PM
lol “things happen” … like how mobsters talk about stuff. look he got dead. there was nuthin we could do about it jimmy. He’s gone.
It’s like Bruegel but bad
This mural has gone up in Kingston, ostensibly for Christmas but AI has ensured it's actually to celebrate the return of our dark lord Cthulhu
November 18, 2025 at 4:55 PM
It’s like Bruegel but bad
Wow. Also it’s time to acknowledge that too much of the internet depends on Cloudflare.
you know it’s a bad Cloudflare outage when it even takes out down detector 😅
November 18, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Wow. Also it’s time to acknowledge that too much of the internet depends on Cloudflare.
Every so often (usually on a Sunday) the New York Times publishes something really meant for a niche New York audience — like really niche — which everyone living in proximity of Central Park nods along with, but infuriates most others.
November 16, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Every so often (usually on a Sunday) the New York Times publishes something really meant for a niche New York audience — like really niche — which everyone living in proximity of Central Park nods along with, but infuriates most others.
It’s great art this is 👇🏻
Behold a Surreal 1933 Animation of Snow White, Featuring Cab Calloway & Betty Boop: It’s Ranked as the 19th Greatest Cartoon of All Time
Behold a Surreal 1933 Animation of Snow White, Featuring Cab Calloway & Betty Boop: It’s Ranked as the 19th Greatest Cartoon of All Time
Of the three collaborations jazz singer Cab Calloway made with cute cartoon legend Betty Boop, this 1933 Dave Fleischer-directed “Snow White” is probably the most successful.
www.openculture.com
November 16, 2025 at 6:59 PM
It’s great art this is 👇🏻
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It is very funny that this Pope is just going to get jerseys from now on. Everyone decided that's what this Pope likes and that is it. It's like if your grandmother got you a puzzle for Christmas one year and you said you liked it so your entire extended family is like "oh that's the puzzle kid"
Spike Lee just blessed Pope Leo with a custom Knicks jersey during his visit to the Vatican, just one week after the Pope was gifted a custom Chicago Bulls one.
Spike Lee Blesses Pope Leo with Knicks Jersey
Spike Lee just blessed Pope Leo with a custom Knicks jersey during his visit to the Vatican, just one week after the Pope was gifted a custom Chicago Bulls one.
www.vulture.com
November 16, 2025 at 3:07 AM
It is very funny that this Pope is just going to get jerseys from now on. Everyone decided that's what this Pope likes and that is it. It's like if your grandmother got you a puzzle for Christmas one year and you said you liked it so your entire extended family is like "oh that's the puzzle kid"
This was worthwhile > Tina Brown Thinks the Über-Rich Have It Coming www.nytimes.com/2025/11/15/m...
Tina Brown Thinks the Über-Rich Have It Coming
www.nytimes.com
November 15, 2025 at 6:06 PM
This was worthwhile > Tina Brown Thinks the Über-Rich Have It Coming www.nytimes.com/2025/11/15/m...
Canada wishes it could change gears this effectively
Chinese Exports Shifting from the US to Asia
Torsten at Apollo
Torsten at Apollo
November 14, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Canada wishes it could change gears this effectively
This is the way. There’s no way my current code for my current project could process natural language without LLMs. But for certain requests my code uses alternative means to provide precise responses.
This 'workaround' is a best practice for AI in data science, and hardly new. Use the LLM for what it does best: Understand a natural language request, and then generate 'deterministic' computer code to return an answer.
The problem is trying to use them for things they weren't designed for.
The problem is trying to use them for things they weren't designed for.
The essential failure of LLMs in the smart home - where natural language processing should shine - is the best evidence that LLMs as a technology simply may not be able to do the things they’re promised
www.theverge.com/report/78717...
www.theverge.com/report/78717...
November 14, 2025 at 4:29 AM
This is the way. There’s no way my current code for my current project could process natural language without LLMs. But for certain requests my code uses alternative means to provide precise responses.