The only thing I can see in my mind when people quibble over brassica.

I doubt the nerds who invented the maths had this in mind, but it certainly seems to have been twisted toward this purpose in the hands of the oligarchs.

I think the #1 quote is Letters #81. We can be confident of Tolkien’s views on ethnically cleansing your enemies in the real world because he was disgusted by it aimed even at the Nazis.

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What a pair these headlines make

The idea that AI summaries can let you read a hundred books a day reminds me of that xkcd about the economic argument against dowsing: If there were any value in ultra-brief summaries, why aren't there already collections of Cliff's Notes of Cliff's Notes of Cliff's Notes for sale?

Thanks to Trump tariffs, this joke may become incomprehensible to the next generation of Americans.

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But who the fuck knows how exactly they plan to abuse this.

Taken literally, this is a blanket pardon for assassinations of the Mump junta