Andrew Nelson
@i.amnot.social
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Andrew Nelson
@i.amnot.social
· Oct 9
The robotaxi is going to be Musk's magnum opus; a product that never gets built, and yet is responsible for multiple fatalities
Seeing that "Part 1" felt benign before I clicked on the link.
After reading it to the end, those are the two most horrifying words I've read in a WHILE
After reading it to the end, those are the two most horrifying words I've read in a WHILE
oh my god you have to read this until the end www.telos.news/p/part-1-how...
Part 1: How I Found Out
Olivia had just returned from a reporting trip—at least that’s what she told me it was—and her Herschel backpack, the one with the flap that never quite closed properly, was tossed beside our bed, its...
www.telos.news
November 18, 2025 at 2:16 AM
Seeing that "Part 1" felt benign before I clicked on the link.
After reading it to the end, those are the two most horrifying words I've read in a WHILE
After reading it to the end, those are the two most horrifying words I've read in a WHILE
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i am going to continue to maintain that normal people hate this shit, and people will *especially* hate *this* shit
"Agencies within the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, including ICE, ERO, and CBP intend to implement a comprehensive plan to target Spanish-speaking churches across the country during the upcoming holiday season between Thanksgiving, Nov. 27, and Christmas, Dec. 25."
Exclusive: Trump DHS Plans Immigration Raids on Churches Over Holidays
The Trump Dept. of Homeland Security is briefing federal agencies on plans for immigration enforcement operations inside churches over holidays.
thisweekinworcester.com
November 18, 2025 at 1:55 AM
i am going to continue to maintain that normal people hate this shit, and people will *especially* hate *this* shit
I was explaining the idea behind "benefit of the doubt" to my kid the other day, and even he picked up immediately that you have to have some doubt in the first place for it to work
I've seen a fair amount of "if you take a nuanced approach/give them the benefit of the doubt/provide lots and lots of context" in defense of both the New York Times and the national Democratic Party and I guess my question is, what have either done in the last decade to earn that?
November 17, 2025 at 9:25 PM
I was explaining the idea behind "benefit of the doubt" to my kid the other day, and even he picked up immediately that you have to have some doubt in the first place for it to work
I could toss out the most ridiculous, over the top response to this question, and probably still be off by orders of magnitude
How many different people's work do you think you've seen since you've been on social media? Like how many different individuals have created the photos, videos, and words that you've looked at since you started scrolling timelines on your phone?
November 17, 2025 at 8:59 PM
I could toss out the most ridiculous, over the top response to this question, and probably still be off by orders of magnitude
I feel bad for legal cat, but this is tremendous content.
ranking the messages i receive on hinge
starting a thread of all the unhinged things i see on hinge
November 16, 2025 at 9:52 PM
I feel bad for legal cat, but this is tremendous content.
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British and Australian chemists have discovered a powerful new antibiotic called pre-methylenomycin C lactone, hiding in a well-known soil bacterium. This molecule kills drug-resistant bacteria without triggering resistance. buff.ly/YlXaONo
#ShareGoodNewsToo
#ShareGoodNewsToo
Scientists find hidden antibiotic 100x stronger against deadly superbugs
A team of scientists discovered a hidden antibiotic 100 times stronger than existing drugs against deadly superbugs like MRSA. The molecule had been overlooked for decades in a familiar bacterium. It…
buff.ly
November 16, 2025 at 2:50 PM
British and Australian chemists have discovered a powerful new antibiotic called pre-methylenomycin C lactone, hiding in a well-known soil bacterium. This molecule kills drug-resistant bacteria without triggering resistance. buff.ly/YlXaONo
#ShareGoodNewsToo
#ShareGoodNewsToo
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Take a drink of something you don't mind cleaning off your screen. Hold it. Then attempt to read the following article without incident. Let me know how far you get
The annual toy safety report added a new threat category, filing artificially intelligent teddy bears under “psychological hazards” after researchers determined that traditional warnings like “choking risk” & “toxic materials” did not adequately cover. Read more below...
#AI #chatgpt #toys #OddNews
#AI #chatgpt #toys #OddNews
AI Teddy Bears Fail Turing Test, Pass Predator Test
Finally, a teddy bear that can both mispronounce “Snuggle” and ruin your will to parent.
oddnews.com
November 15, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Take a drink of something you don't mind cleaning off your screen. Hold it. Then attempt to read the following article without incident. Let me know how far you get
The funniest argument against lowering the voting age has always been “Teenagers will just vote for stupid shit!” and it’s like, friendo, have you seen the American electorate
Always "a 15-year-old isn't a child" and never "a 15-year-old should be able to vote." Smdh
November 15, 2025 at 11:29 PM
The funniest argument against lowering the voting age has always been “Teenagers will just vote for stupid shit!” and it’s like, friendo, have you seen the American electorate
There's a whole lot to unpack here, but everything is summed up perfectly with "profound Dubai energy"
NEW MCMANSION HELL: CHUD ATLANTIS mcmansionhell.com/post/8002175...
chud atlantis
Hello everyone, sorry to go so long without posting something. I caught covid in August and it's taken me months to start feeling relatively back to normal. I am still struggling with fatigue and some...
mcmansionhell.com
November 14, 2025 at 11:36 PM
There's a whole lot to unpack here, but everything is summed up perfectly with "profound Dubai energy"
Not sure if it's my MOST woke opinion, but:
A driver's license should be SIGNIFICANTLY harder to get and keep. And anything larger than NIssan Sentra should require a CDL.
A driver's license should be SIGNIFICANTLY harder to get and keep. And anything larger than NIssan Sentra should require a CDL.
"my least woke opinion is---"
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
November 14, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Not sure if it's my MOST woke opinion, but:
A driver's license should be SIGNIFICANTLY harder to get and keep. And anything larger than NIssan Sentra should require a CDL.
A driver's license should be SIGNIFICANTLY harder to get and keep. And anything larger than NIssan Sentra should require a CDL.
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Nothing like a proposal for a modest amount of lower-income housing nearby to find out who your neighbors are.
November 11, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Nothing like a proposal for a modest amount of lower-income housing nearby to find out who your neighbors are.
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"We have to come up with a believable plot beat to bring James Bond back" is such a funny quandary. No IP is less required to do that. It's like going to summer school by choice.
November 11, 2025 at 7:35 PM
"We have to come up with a believable plot beat to bring James Bond back" is such a funny quandary. No IP is less required to do that. It's like going to summer school by choice.
And at the end, after he’s killed Satan with a curling iron for being mean to a dog, he crawls out of his grave and mutters, “Yeah, I’m thinking I’m back.”
related but my 100% serious take is the next John wick movie should be set in hell and they shouldn’t explain anything
James Bond’s death in No Time to Die is causing a nightmare for the next film. Writers are stuck because Bond “was blown to pieces.”
Anthony Horowitz, author of three 007 novels, says:
“You can't have him wake up in shower and saying it was all a dream."
radaronline.com/p/james-bond...
Anthony Horowitz, author of three 007 novels, says:
“You can't have him wake up in shower and saying it was all a dream."
radaronline.com/p/james-bond...
November 11, 2025 at 5:01 PM
And at the end, after he’s killed Satan with a curling iron for being mean to a dog, he crawls out of his grave and mutters, “Yeah, I’m thinking I’m back.”
Imagine being Brian Kelly, and accusing someone of firing you without cause, when the cause is pretty obviously "being Brian Kelly"
Brian Kelly has filed a lawsuit against LSU, asking a Louisiana court to confirm the school fired him without cause and that he is owed the full remaining value of his contract.
His full buyout is about $53 million.
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His full buyout is about $53 million.
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November 11, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Imagine being Brian Kelly, and accusing someone of firing you without cause, when the cause is pretty obviously "being Brian Kelly"
So you got nothing but a pinky promise, from the most shameless liars our society has ever produced. Awesome.
Resign.
Resign.
My statement on the funding deal to reopen government, protect federal employees, and vote to protect health care:
November 10, 2025 at 1:43 AM
So you got nothing but a pinky promise, from the most shameless liars our society has ever produced. Awesome.
Resign.
Resign.
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Man, back when Vernors ginger ale and red velvet cake were seasonal things. I grew up in South GA, and just the small breadth of what was on the shelves at Winne-Dixie & Food Lion were the limits of one's food horizons.
I definitely feel like I'm doing the "5 miles uphill in the snow" thing when I talk to my kid about his childhood compared to mine, but it's like, no, I was there, that shit sucked. I remember Nutella arriving at the grocery store and everyone in town talking about it
November 9, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Man, back when Vernors ginger ale and red velvet cake were seasonal things. I grew up in South GA, and just the small breadth of what was on the shelves at Winne-Dixie & Food Lion were the limits of one's food horizons.
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Loving today's news that the mysterious "fedora man" outside the Louvre heist was actually a 15-year-old museum visitor who dresses like a 1940s French detective all the time, just because. apnews.com/article/louv...
Fedora man unmasked: Meet the teen behind the Louvre mystery photo
Fifteen-year-old Pedro Elias Garzon Delvaux has become an internet sensation after an Associated Press photo captured him outside the Louvre on the day of a crown jewels heist.
apnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Loving today's news that the mysterious "fedora man" outside the Louvre heist was actually a 15-year-old museum visitor who dresses like a 1940s French detective all the time, just because. apnews.com/article/louv...
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Hoping this helps our colleagues across the industry
November 5, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Hoping this helps our colleagues across the industry
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Cocoa Puffs have been classified as Schedule II
Just pausing for a moment on 'you go to a grocery store, you have to give ID" like wow free country, gotta show your papers to get fucking cereal
Trump: "It's time for Republicans to do what they have to do and that's terminate the filibuster ... we should start tonight with 'the country's open, congratulations,' then we should pass voted ID, we should pass no mail in voting ... you go to a grocery store, you have to give ID."
November 5, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Cocoa Puffs have been classified as Schedule II
Debug, plan, and communicate with other teams about both of those things.
Generally speaking your principals tend to be domain experts too, especially in more specialized fields.
None of that is done (or at least done well) by AI!
Generally speaking your principals tend to be domain experts too, especially in more specialized fields.
None of that is done (or at least done well) by AI!
One of the things I think the vibe coding stuff hasn't yet really come to terms with is junior developers and owners often think the key skill for developers is ability to write code, and principal developers know the /actual/ super power that distinguishes principals is their ability to debug.
November 3, 2025 at 4:01 AM
Debug, plan, and communicate with other teams about both of those things.
Generally speaking your principals tend to be domain experts too, especially in more specialized fields.
None of that is done (or at least done well) by AI!
Generally speaking your principals tend to be domain experts too, especially in more specialized fields.
None of that is done (or at least done well) by AI!
We got our print copy of The Onion the other day and my kid has been running around for three days chanting THUNDER BEEF
Safe to say it is a hit
Safe to say it is a hit
October 31, 2025 at 8:45 PM
We got our print copy of The Onion the other day and my kid has been running around for three days chanting THUNDER BEEF
Safe to say it is a hit
Safe to say it is a hit
I showed this to my tween and he made a sound only dogs can hear
every day we stray further from God’s light
October 31, 2025 at 8:43 PM
I showed this to my tween and he made a sound only dogs can hear
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Bluesky pals! I have a sci-fi graphic novel called DRIVE, & it's my favorite thing I've ever done! If you need a long, escapist read at the moment the entire thing is free to read, here: drivecomic.com
(THIS PAGE: "Nyxian Error Message")
(THIS PAGE: "Nyxian Error Message")
October 30, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Bluesky pals! I have a sci-fi graphic novel called DRIVE, & it's my favorite thing I've ever done! If you need a long, escapist read at the moment the entire thing is free to read, here: drivecomic.com
(THIS PAGE: "Nyxian Error Message")
(THIS PAGE: "Nyxian Error Message")
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Cigarettes used to be cheap enough that you could give a whole pack out to each trick or treater instead of just one or two loosies. Failed fucking empire
October 31, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Cigarettes used to be cheap enough that you could give a whole pack out to each trick or treater instead of just one or two loosies. Failed fucking empire