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Once again, @mcsweeneys.net does not miss.
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"In 2004, you saw some college guy using me and thought, 'What a lazy cheater.'
Now you’d think, 'At least he’s not asking Gemini.'
In a few years, you’ll say, 'Wow, look, a human being who can read.'"
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"In 2004, you saw some college guy using me and thought, 'What a lazy cheater.'
Now you’d think, 'At least he’s not asking Gemini.'
In a few years, you’ll say, 'Wow, look, a human being who can read.'"
Hi, It’s Me, Wikipedia, and I Am Ready for Your Apology
“Wikipedia, the constantly changing knowledge base created by a global free-for-all of anonymous users, now stands as the leading force for the dum...
www.mcsweeneys.net
October 28, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Once again, @mcsweeneys.net does not miss.
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"In 2004, you saw some college guy using me and thought, 'What a lazy cheater.'
Now you’d think, 'At least he’s not asking Gemini.'
In a few years, you’ll say, 'Wow, look, a human being who can read.'"
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"In 2004, you saw some college guy using me and thought, 'What a lazy cheater.'
Now you’d think, 'At least he’s not asking Gemini.'
In a few years, you’ll say, 'Wow, look, a human being who can read.'"
"What if the real doomer scenario is that we pollute the internet and the planet, reorient our economy and leverage ourselves, outsource big chunks of our minds, realign our geopolitics and culture, and fight endlessly over a technology that never comes close to delivering on its grandest promises?"
Hello. I wrote a nice long essay about AI and this very strange moment where we're constantly told we're living in the dawn of a strange new future but the only thing that's actually clear is that everyone feels pretty unmoored and uncertain. I hope you'll read it
AI Is a Mass-Delusion Event
Three years in, one of AI’s enduring impacts is to make people feel like they’re losing it.
www.theatlantic.com
August 19, 2025 at 2:57 AM
"What if the real doomer scenario is that we pollute the internet and the planet, reorient our economy and leverage ourselves, outsource big chunks of our minds, realign our geopolitics and culture, and fight endlessly over a technology that never comes close to delivering on its grandest promises?"
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"You would have thought that after decades of foreign policy calamities and humiliation for the United States and its allies, 'regime change' would have lost its allure."
In her new piece, Jen Rubin explains why notions of regime change are dangerously misleading:
In her new piece, Jen Rubin explains why notions of regime change are dangerously misleading:
Words and Phrases We Could Do Without
Are we really back to ‘regime change’?
contrarian.substack.com
June 24, 2025 at 1:13 PM
"You would have thought that after decades of foreign policy calamities and humiliation for the United States and its allies, 'regime change' would have lost its allure."
In her new piece, Jen Rubin explains why notions of regime change are dangerously misleading:
In her new piece, Jen Rubin explains why notions of regime change are dangerously misleading:
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it’s even more demoralizing when the history you’re repeating is history you were around for the first time
June 22, 2025 at 1:44 AM
it’s even more demoralizing when the history you’re repeating is history you were around for the first time
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Nobody's ever really captured, to my satisfaction, the way that the internet -- though it promises infinitude, all of human experience & history & art & thought in one place -- has instead produced a kind of narrowing & flattening of experience, made the world seem *less* magic & full of wonder.
May 25, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Nobody's ever really captured, to my satisfaction, the way that the internet -- though it promises infinitude, all of human experience & history & art & thought in one place -- has instead produced a kind of narrowing & flattening of experience, made the world seem *less* magic & full of wonder.
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The Joy of A.I. Painting with Bob Ross
YouTube video by NunninkComedy
youtube.com
May 2, 2025 at 4:19 PM
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To celebrate the completion of The Library Trilogy with THE BOOK THAT HELD HER HEART, I'm giving away the full set of signed Locked Library special editions.
To enter just repost.
Contest held across my socials - enter elsewhere too to increase chances.
Winner chosen randomly from all entries.
To enter just repost.
Contest held across my socials - enter elsewhere too to increase chances.
Winner chosen randomly from all entries.
April 17, 2025 at 1:23 PM
To celebrate the completion of The Library Trilogy with THE BOOK THAT HELD HER HEART, I'm giving away the full set of signed Locked Library special editions.
To enter just repost.
Contest held across my socials - enter elsewhere too to increase chances.
Winner chosen randomly from all entries.
To enter just repost.
Contest held across my socials - enter elsewhere too to increase chances.
Winner chosen randomly from all entries.
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It's election week in Hamilton Centre.
My observations as a resident in Ontario's most interesting riding, where the philosophical divides of the NDP coalition are on display.
I do not see 'vote splitting' as a relevant issue here.
Column on TPR #HamOnt
thepublicrecord.ca/2025/02/cole...
My observations as a resident in Ontario's most interesting riding, where the philosophical divides of the NDP coalition are on display.
I do not see 'vote splitting' as a relevant issue here.
Column on TPR #HamOnt
thepublicrecord.ca/2025/02/cole...
COLEMAN: Voting Week in Hamilton Centre
Throw the polls out the windows - there's no predicting this race.
thepublicrecord.ca
February 22, 2025 at 8:17 PM
It's election week in Hamilton Centre.
My observations as a resident in Ontario's most interesting riding, where the philosophical divides of the NDP coalition are on display.
I do not see 'vote splitting' as a relevant issue here.
Column on TPR #HamOnt
thepublicrecord.ca/2025/02/cole...
My observations as a resident in Ontario's most interesting riding, where the philosophical divides of the NDP coalition are on display.
I do not see 'vote splitting' as a relevant issue here.
Column on TPR #HamOnt
thepublicrecord.ca/2025/02/cole...
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I wrote for The Contrarian about my decision to leave the New York Times contrarian.substack.com/p/departing-...
Departing the New York Times
I left to stay true to my byline
contrarian.substack.com
January 28, 2025 at 6:46 PM
I wrote for The Contrarian about my decision to leave the New York Times contrarian.substack.com/p/departing-...