Jack Wellborn
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Work in ad tech. Live in Texas. Oh god, what have I done with my life!?
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Jimmy Fallon would host the Hunger Games.
December 9, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Jimmy Fallon would host the Hunger Games.
Two disparate thoughts:
First, one area Anil is cautioning against is using AI in place of thought. This will not only lead to deleterious outcomes with your projects, it will play into a narrative that you are merely an expensive factory worker who can be replaced by a much cheaper machine.
First, one area Anil is cautioning against is using AI in place of thought. This will not only lead to deleterious outcomes with your projects, it will play into a narrative that you are merely an expensive factory worker who can be replaced by a much cheaper machine.
I sat for a long while with my complicated feelings about "vibe coding". It is _genuinely_ empowering for many — opening a door to creating with code that otherwise would never exist. Also? It enables a dangerous dependency that could be a path to serfdom for coders. www.anildash.com/2025/12/02/v...
Vibe Coding: Empowering and Imprisoning - Anil Dash
A blog about making culture. Since 1999.
www.anildash.com
December 3, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Two disparate thoughts:
First, one area Anil is cautioning against is using AI in place of thought. This will not only lead to deleterious outcomes with your projects, it will play into a narrative that you are merely an expensive factory worker who can be replaced by a much cheaper machine.
First, one area Anil is cautioning against is using AI in place of thought. This will not only lead to deleterious outcomes with your projects, it will play into a narrative that you are merely an expensive factory worker who can be replaced by a much cheaper machine.
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I guess my question is, is this "whoops, we gave you the originals and not the ones with VFX" or "oh crap, quick! fix the VFX"
UPDATE: This actually wasn't HBO Max's fault.
Source tells me incorrect files were delivered to HBO Max. Lionsgate is working on getting them the right files now and those corrected files will be posted as soon as possible.
updated @vulture.com >>>
www.vulture.com/article/mad-...
Source tells me incorrect files were delivered to HBO Max. Lionsgate is working on getting them the right files now and those corrected files will be posted as soon as possible.
updated @vulture.com >>>
www.vulture.com/article/mad-...
The Mad Men Rollout on HBO Max Might Make Fans Vomit
Thanks to a screwup in the file transfers, the show’s 4K release is riddled with errors.
www.vulture.com
December 2, 2025 at 8:20 PM
I guess my question is, is this "whoops, we gave you the originals and not the ones with VFX" or "oh crap, quick! fix the VFX"
My brain keeps coming back to this and it ties to a point I've made before, that nerds who were ostracized in school either deeply empathize with marginalized groups or seek out groups where they can ostracize others. It's why white cis nerds in particular are susceptible to right wing ideology.
This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence 🔥
December 1, 2025 at 7:12 PM
My brain keeps coming back to this and it ties to a point I've made before, that nerds who were ostracized in school either deeply empathize with marginalized groups or seek out groups where they can ostracize others. It's why white cis nerds in particular are susceptible to right wing ideology.
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This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence 🔥
December 1, 2025 at 11:09 AM
This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence 🔥
While I am not sure about the exact $140k figure, I agree with Michael's core argument and have long made similar arguments. Specifically that many “middle class” households are actually working class, in that they cannot afford leisure or unexpected costs without taking on debt.
Part 1: My Life Is a Lie
How a Broken Benchmark Quietly Broke America
www.yesigiveafig.com
November 26, 2025 at 4:16 PM
While I am not sure about the exact $140k figure, I agree with Michael's core argument and have long made similar arguments. Specifically that many “middle class” households are actually working class, in that they cannot afford leisure or unexpected costs without taking on debt.
So did the EC just resuscitate Do Not Track via regulation?
November 20, 2025 at 2:15 PM
So did the EC just resuscitate Do Not Track via regulation?
Your last saved meme is your moral philosophy
November 17, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Your last saved meme is your moral philosophy
I am going to be annoyed by overscan being inexplicably enabled on hotel TVs for the rest of my life, aren't I?
November 16, 2025 at 10:35 PM
I am going to be annoyed by overscan being inexplicably enabled on hotel TVs for the rest of my life, aren't I?
I remember when he was just a humble plumber.
November 16, 2025 at 3:53 PM
I remember when he was just a humble plumber.
I had this take three years ago, including the comparison of VR headsets to PDAs and the “stepping stones” idiom. wormsandviruses.com/2022/06/step...
November 14, 2025 at 2:44 PM
I had this take three years ago, including the comparison of VR headsets to PDAs and the “stepping stones” idiom. wormsandviruses.com/2022/06/step...
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Just for laughs...
November 12, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Just for laughs...
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Democrats, coming off a historic national protest against fascism and a country-wide electoral sweep:
November 9, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Democrats, coming off a historic national protest against fascism and a country-wide electoral sweep:
Given all the ads for sports betting during football games these days, one for NFL-themed slot machines shouldn't be all that surprising. It's doesn't make it any less gross though.
November 9, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Given all the ads for sports betting during football games these days, one for NFL-themed slot machines shouldn't be all that surprising. It's doesn't make it any less gross though.
The Jets 2025 offseason leadership meeting.
November 4, 2025 at 7:32 PM
The Jets 2025 offseason leadership meeting.
I'm so fucking sick of this god damn, mother fucking run by assholes Biff timeline.
October 31, 2025 at 2:29 PM
I'm so fucking sick of this god damn, mother fucking run by assholes Biff timeline.
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i should be able to click a button at the beginning of a sports season that says “i’m normal” and i don’t get served any ads for crypto or gambling
October 26, 2025 at 10:50 PM
i should be able to click a button at the beginning of a sports season that says “i’m normal” and i don’t get served any ads for crypto or gambling
Just thinking about how there would be non-stop stream headlines about federal spending if a Democratic administration deployed social workers to help communities at the scale Trump has deployed ICE and other agencies to destroy them.
October 27, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Just thinking about how there would be non-stop stream headlines about federal spending if a Democratic administration deployed social workers to help communities at the scale Trump has deployed ICE and other agencies to destroy them.
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So you should really watch this. Just 2 minutes. But a window into the truly radical nature of the people Trump is nominating.
When pressed today, the nominee to be Ambassador to South Africa refuses to oppose reinstituting laws to prevent black people from voting in America.
When pressed today, the nominee to be Ambassador to South Africa refuses to oppose reinstituting laws to prevent black people from voting in America.
October 24, 2025 at 6:05 PM
So you should really watch this. Just 2 minutes. But a window into the truly radical nature of the people Trump is nominating.
When pressed today, the nominee to be Ambassador to South Africa refuses to oppose reinstituting laws to prevent black people from voting in America.
When pressed today, the nominee to be Ambassador to South Africa refuses to oppose reinstituting laws to prevent black people from voting in America.
I am in this photo and I don't like it.
October 23, 2025 at 8:31 PM
I am in this photo and I don't like it.
"Biden is not in the Whitehouse so why do Democrats still have a Hunter Biden problem?"
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October 23, 2025 at 7:27 PM
"Biden is not in the Whitehouse so why do Democrats still have a Hunter Biden problem?"
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I've hypothesized that post WWII America pivoted so hard toward fearing communism that we all got a huge dose of anti-communism propaganda and zero anti-fascist propaganda. That said, imagine if the tattoo in these reports was a hammer and sickle.
if you're reaction to this is not "what the fuck is wrong with the military" instead of "oh it can't be that bad", you should sit with the idea longer.
October 23, 2025 at 1:35 PM
I've hypothesized that post WWII America pivoted so hard toward fearing communism that we all got a huge dose of anti-communism propaganda and zero anti-fascist propaganda. That said, imagine if the tattoo in these reports was a hammer and sickle.
Testosterone being doled out by the bucketful as gender affirming care for cis-folk is the cherry on top of the shit sundae of our current political climate.
It's weird how nobody describes this as "the craze seducing our daughters" www.nytimes.com/2025/10/22/m...
‘I’m on Fire’: Testosterone Is Giving Women Back Their Sex Drive — and Then Some
www.nytimes.com
October 22, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Testosterone being doled out by the bucketful as gender affirming care for cis-folk is the cherry on top of the shit sundae of our current political climate.
I once made the horrible revelation that the U.S. is uniquely unequipped when technology makes abundance possible without labor because Americans equate human value to the ability to work and make money. If the Vulcans came with a replicator tomorrow, our society would collapse.
Will the good news ever stop? Collapsing under the weight of so much good news! I'm looking forward to the dogs with bees in their mouths (and when they bark they shoot bees at you)!
“.. internal strategy documents viewed by The New York Times reveal that Amazon executives believe the company is on the cusp of its next big workplace shift: replacing more than half a million jobs with robots.”
@nytimes.com $AMZN
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/21/t...
@nytimes.com $AMZN
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/21/t...
October 21, 2025 at 8:49 PM
I once made the horrible revelation that the U.S. is uniquely unequipped when technology makes abundance possible without labor because Americans equate human value to the ability to work and make money. If the Vulcans came with a replicator tomorrow, our society would collapse.