Daniel Swartz
@egon.bsky.social
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They are betting AI will replace us. Make them lose the bet.
The markets are staying afloat right now on the hope that AI will destroy American workers. What a bleak thing.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/b...
November 30, 2025 at 3:07 AM
They are betting AI will replace us. Make them lose the bet.
A brilliant performance. #greatprfrmrs
Hélène Grimaud: Bach - Chaconne from Partita No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1004 (arr. Ferruccio Busoni)
YouTube video by wocomoMUSIC
www.youtube.com
November 29, 2025 at 7:58 AM
A brilliant performance. #greatprfrmrs
November 27, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Never take a Tesla taxi… #curiousbits
Tesla safety driver falls asleep during passenger’s robotaxi ride
A Reddit user posted video of his safety driver sleeping at the wheel in San Fransisco.
arstechnica.com
November 18, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Never take a Tesla taxi… #curiousbits
It was fun to play with when it first came out, but like most jokes, AI art gets old. #curiousbits
A cartoonist's review of AI art - The Oatmeal
This is a comic about AI art.
theoatmeal.com
November 16, 2025 at 4:39 PM
It was fun to play with when it first came out, but like most jokes, AI art gets old. #curiousbits
Movie quote: “I grew up in a time when culture was passed along through objects. They were interesting because we could live among them. We could pick them up. Hold them in our hands.” - From 'The Worst Person In the World' #curiousbits
The Worst Person in the World (2021) ⭐ 7.7 | Comedy, Drama, Romance
2h 8m | R
www.imdb.com
November 12, 2025 at 8:16 AM
Movie quote: “I grew up in a time when culture was passed along through objects. They were interesting because we could live among them. We could pick them up. Hold them in our hands.” - From 'The Worst Person In the World' #curiousbits
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Your cat when you're choking to death in your apartment
November 6, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Your cat when you're choking to death in your apartment
Didn’t ‘compassionate conservatism’ supposedly used to be a thing? #proudlbrl
November 6, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Didn’t ‘compassionate conservatism’ supposedly used to be a thing? #proudlbrl
Outstanding interview of Salman Rushdie. #curiousbits #books
Novelist Salman Rushdie at ‘The Eleventh Hour’
Podcast Episode · Talk Easy with Sam Fragoso · 11/02/2025 · 1h 26m
podcasts.apple.com
November 5, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Outstanding interview of Salman Rushdie. #curiousbits #books
The apogee of corruption, greed and cluelessness. #proudlbrl
Trump is holding a Great Gatsby/Roaring 20s-themed party at his private club in Palm Beach tonight as he tries to withhold SNAP and health care subsidies from millions of Americans. (via Kellie Meyer)
November 2, 2025 at 3:14 PM
The apogee of corruption, greed and cluelessness. #proudlbrl
This seems more PR stunt than actual scholarship. 🙄
Dictionary.com has chosen "6-7" as its word of the year. @USAToday explains what it means (though we've read the article and have preteens who like to say it constantly, and frankly, we're still none the wiser).
https://flip.it/W8Ik84
#language #linguistics #words #culture #popculture #genalpha
https://flip.it/W8Ik84
#language #linguistics #words #culture #popculture #genalpha
Dictionary.com names '6-7' as 2025 Word of the Year. Here's what it really means.
Meaning "so-so" to some, "6-7" is also a commonly used exclamation among Gen Alpha.
www.usatoday.com
October 29, 2025 at 5:03 PM
This seems more PR stunt than actual scholarship. 🙄
Bach Double on nyckelharpa
YouTube video by Erik Rydvall - Nyckelharpa
www.youtube.com
October 29, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Leni Riefenstahl made films for the Nazi government but insisted that she didn’t know about the atrocities it committed. @SallyJenki writes about a new documentary that examines this claim—and Riefenstahl’s destructive legacy:. #curiousbits
What Leni Riefenstahl’s Work Reveals About Fascism
The director’s collaborations with the Nazi government translated Hitler’s ideas to film, almost verbatim.
www.theatlantic.com
October 28, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Leni Riefenstahl made films for the Nazi government but insisted that she didn’t know about the atrocities it committed. @SallyJenki writes about a new documentary that examines this claim—and Riefenstahl’s destructive legacy:. #curiousbits
I was lucky enough to have met one of these two men. The other would have made me piss my pants. #greatprfrmrs
[HD] Herbert von Karajan and Leonard Bernstein | The Greatest Rivalry in Music?
YouTube video by ASclassical
youtu.be
October 27, 2025 at 6:26 AM
I was lucky enough to have met one of these two men. The other would have made me piss my pants. #greatprfrmrs
Always so creative. #greatprfrmrs
Laura Marling - All My Rage
YouTube video by LauraMarlingVEVO
www.youtube.com
October 27, 2025 at 5:39 AM
Always so creative. #greatprfrmrs
Pink Martini is incredible in concert. #greatprfrmrs
Amado Mio - Pink Martini ft. Storm Large
YouTube video by Pink Martini
www.youtube.com
October 27, 2025 at 5:25 AM
Pink Martini is incredible in concert. #greatprfrmrs
Pink Martini #greatprfrmrs
Splendor in the Grass - Pink Martini ft. Storm Large | Live from Washington 2011
YouTube video by Pink Martini
www.youtube.com
October 27, 2025 at 5:23 AM
Pink Martini #greatprfrmrs
I don't understand a word they are singing, but it still makes me very happy. #greatprfrmrs
Elis Regina & Tom Jobim - "Aguas de Março" - 1974
YouTube video by Federico Mocciaro
www.youtube.com
October 27, 2025 at 5:15 AM
I don't understand a word they are singing, but it still makes me very happy. #greatprfrmrs
This feels about right these days... #curiousbits
Movie Middle Fingers
YouTube video by Alex Brown
www.youtube.com
October 27, 2025 at 5:07 AM
This feels about right these days... #curiousbits
This piece has always haunted me. Playing it is like living in another universe. #curiousbits #greatprfrmrs
Ives' existential question
YouTube video by MomentsMusicaux
www.youtube.com
October 27, 2025 at 4:40 AM
This piece has always haunted me. Playing it is like living in another universe. #curiousbits #greatprfrmrs
Question is, will it sing Daisy Bell when we try to kill it? #curiousbits
AI models may be developing their own ‘survival drive’, researchers say
Like 2001: A Space Odyssey’s HAL 9000, some AIs seem to resist being turned off and will even sabotage shutdown
www.theguardian.com
October 25, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Question is, will it sing Daisy Bell when we try to kill it? #curiousbits
Please make it stop… #curiousbits
‘Six-seven’: what does the latest slang mean (and should parents be worried)?
It originated in a rap song, then featured in South Park, and is now the bane of schoolteachers in the US and UK as pupils shout it out at random. How did it become such a thing?
www.theguardian.com
October 23, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Please make it stop… #curiousbits