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· Jan 13
Y’all, I think I’ve found my niche in this little corner of the internet: embodying the highest form of intelligence while humbly engaging in the lowest form of wit. Oscar Wilde would be rolling in his grave—or slow-clapping, who knows? Either way, I’m thriving, and you’re welcome. Enjoy the show!
Wanted to be a scientist doing good things for the world but ended up as a software engineer in corporate America. Absolutely no regrets “selling out” whatsoever cuz I can actually afford to live and given what the current admin has done to science funding? Yeah it’s rough out there…
Growing up in a time when “selling out” was the most shameful thing you could do and then being forced to live through the 2020s feels like being kicked in the head by a horse every day
November 13, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Wanted to be a scientist doing good things for the world but ended up as a software engineer in corporate America. Absolutely no regrets “selling out” whatsoever cuz I can actually afford to live and given what the current admin has done to science funding? Yeah it’s rough out there…
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It’s a thing! www.laws-of-software.com/laws/zawinski/
Zawinski's Law
A catalog of the laws guiding software development. Especially useful for individual contributors, new managers, and product managers who want to build well-made software.
www.laws-of-software.com
November 4, 2025 at 12:11 AM
It’s a thing! www.laws-of-software.com/laws/zawinski/
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Reaction was the beating heart of a lot of OG "punk" stuff and why so many of the punk rock boomers went MAGA as soon as they were old enough to feel nostalgia
November 9, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Reaction was the beating heart of a lot of OG "punk" stuff and why so many of the punk rock boomers went MAGA as soon as they were old enough to feel nostalgia
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The original Dem demands were:
1) Permanent ACA subsidies
2) Medicaid funding restored
3) No more blank checks for the regime (rescission)
They dropped Medicaid immediately. Went silent on rescission. Cut back to 1 year of subsidies on Friday. And surrendered today.
The Senate Democrats!
1) Permanent ACA subsidies
2) Medicaid funding restored
3) No more blank checks for the regime (rescission)
They dropped Medicaid immediately. Went silent on rescission. Cut back to 1 year of subsidies on Friday. And surrendered today.
The Senate Democrats!
November 10, 2025 at 2:29 AM
The original Dem demands were:
1) Permanent ACA subsidies
2) Medicaid funding restored
3) No more blank checks for the regime (rescission)
They dropped Medicaid immediately. Went silent on rescission. Cut back to 1 year of subsidies on Friday. And surrendered today.
The Senate Democrats!
1) Permanent ACA subsidies
2) Medicaid funding restored
3) No more blank checks for the regime (rescission)
They dropped Medicaid immediately. Went silent on rescission. Cut back to 1 year of subsidies on Friday. And surrendered today.
The Senate Democrats!
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pre-writing a devastating obituary for your enemy is god-tier hating of a kind you don’t often see anymore. renaissance haterism. beautiful stuff.
A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
James Watson, dead at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers
James Watson, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA who died Thursday at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers.
www.statnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 12:55 AM
pre-writing a devastating obituary for your enemy is god-tier hating of a kind you don’t often see anymore. renaissance haterism. beautiful stuff.
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Being sick and drinking some hot miso soup is like briefly being one with god
November 7, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Being sick and drinking some hot miso soup is like briefly being one with god
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10/10 take. No notes.
November 7, 2025 at 5:49 PM
10/10 take. No notes.
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The US is the world's largest oil and gas producer. Yet, "China is now making more money from exporting green technology than America makes from exporting fossil fuels."
China’s clean-energy revolution will reshape markets and politics
The world’s biggest manufacturer now has an interest in the world decarbonising
www.economist.com
November 7, 2025 at 11:05 AM
The US is the world's largest oil and gas producer. Yet, "China is now making more money from exporting green technology than America makes from exporting fossil fuels."
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OpenAI is well aware of how its products stoke manic, suicidal, psychotic, and other forms of unhealthy behavior, but company leadership insists publicly that the problem with the tech is that it isn’t reaching *enough* people. Bulldozing the vulnerable is corporate strategy
November 7, 2025 at 2:02 PM
OpenAI is well aware of how its products stoke manic, suicidal, psychotic, and other forms of unhealthy behavior, but company leadership insists publicly that the problem with the tech is that it isn’t reaching *enough* people. Bulldozing the vulnerable is corporate strategy
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When people talk about the excesses of MeToo, they have to lie, because the reality is that there was no massive social reckoning forcing people to believe survivors or hold perpetrators accountable. In fact, there has been a significant backsliding and new punishments in rejection of MeToo
November 6, 2025 at 4:33 PM
When people talk about the excesses of MeToo, they have to lie, because the reality is that there was no massive social reckoning forcing people to believe survivors or hold perpetrators accountable. In fact, there has been a significant backsliding and new punishments in rejection of MeToo
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1 Onion Subscriber vs 20 Non-Subscribers on our new series: Encircled. Subscribe at https://membership.theonion.com/?campaign=701a500001bfegPAAQ to get the paper delivered to your door.
November 6, 2025 at 6:01 PM
1 Onion Subscriber vs 20 Non-Subscribers on our new series: Encircled. Subscribe at https://membership.theonion.com/?campaign=701a500001bfegPAAQ to get the paper delivered to your door.
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Zohran Mamdani, the mayor-elect of New York City, will turn to veterans of City Hall, nonprofit executives and a former chair of the Federal Trade Commission — all of them women — to lead his official transition effort, he said on Wednesday. nyti.ms/4nHdyOP
November 5, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Zohran Mamdani, the mayor-elect of New York City, will turn to veterans of City Hall, nonprofit executives and a former chair of the Federal Trade Commission — all of them women — to lead his official transition effort, he said on Wednesday. nyti.ms/4nHdyOP
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This is an *amazing* level of derangement about generative AI.
We are headed for weird anti-AI purity movements where ppl turn on personal computing entirely and start LARPing as Dune mentats, because they think the magic fascism math is hiding in every transformer, search algorithm, and BART.
We are headed for weird anti-AI purity movements where ppl turn on personal computing entirely and start LARPing as Dune mentats, because they think the magic fascism math is hiding in every transformer, search algorithm, and BART.
November 3, 2025 at 5:10 PM
This is an *amazing* level of derangement about generative AI.
We are headed for weird anti-AI purity movements where ppl turn on personal computing entirely and start LARPing as Dune mentats, because they think the magic fascism math is hiding in every transformer, search algorithm, and BART.
We are headed for weird anti-AI purity movements where ppl turn on personal computing entirely and start LARPing as Dune mentats, because they think the magic fascism math is hiding in every transformer, search algorithm, and BART.
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The actual finding here is that a huge percentage of the population believes things that are not true. Democrats objectively did not spend significant time on climate change or LGBTQ issues in the last election campaign.
Duh. Those of us on the ground last year actually speaking with middle class/working class voters and who heard from these voters every single day the same - “Trump is an asshole, but Democrats are out of touch” - could’ve saved my new political party a lot of time & money producing this “report.”👇
October 28, 2025 at 12:52 PM
The actual finding here is that a huge percentage of the population believes things that are not true. Democrats objectively did not spend significant time on climate change or LGBTQ issues in the last election campaign.
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43 years ago today, readers the world over opened their newspapers and gazed upon cow tools for the first time. happy birthday cow tools. you look great.
October 28, 2025 at 12:23 PM
43 years ago today, readers the world over opened their newspapers and gazed upon cow tools for the first time. happy birthday cow tools. you look great.
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Podcast! In his new book, Law and Technology: A Methodical Approach, Ryan Calo argues that if the purpose of technology is to expand human capabilities and affordances, the purpose of law is to establish the expectations, incentives, and boundaries that guide that expansion toward human flourishing.
Ryan Calo Wants to Change the Relationship Between Law and Technology | TechPolicy.Press
Calo is the author of Law and Technology: A Methodical Approach, published by Oxford University Press.
techpolicy.press
October 26, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Podcast! In his new book, Law and Technology: A Methodical Approach, Ryan Calo argues that if the purpose of technology is to expand human capabilities and affordances, the purpose of law is to establish the expectations, incentives, and boundaries that guide that expansion toward human flourishing.
Psychological projection is one hell of a drug
October 24, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Psychological projection is one hell of a drug
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Vibe shift in the culture towards earnestness
October 19, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Vibe shift in the culture towards earnestness
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Former cop explains fallout awaiting ICE
October 15, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Former cop explains fallout awaiting ICE
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FBI has identified Antifa leaders
October 14, 2025 at 2:09 PM
FBI has identified Antifa leaders