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john vining
@johnvining.bsky.social
Interested in history, languages, software, dogs, dog software, and weird stuff from the internet. Swagless normie. Madison, Wisconsin.

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December 16, 2025 at 4:28 AM
Producer: I actually don’t think there are going to be many scary stories. Can we drop that line?

Andy Williams: no.
December 13, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Before the age of two, children should drink little wine.
December 10, 2025 at 12:31 PM
"See Also".
December 7, 2025 at 3:30 AM
(Regarding the chilly response to language models among those nominally interested in language?)
December 6, 2025 at 3:14 PM
The way to get things done is to not mind who gets the credit of doing them. Susan Haack quoting Jowett.
December 6, 2025 at 4:01 AM
Competitive Buddhism.
December 5, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Top Ten Companies that Should Scrap their Plans for a Year-end "Wrapped" Feature
December 4, 2025 at 4:42 AM
if michael burry was serious he'd've called his new blog shortstack
December 3, 2025 at 2:31 AM
The Threat of Leisure.
December 1, 2025 at 4:20 AM
Alignment problems.
November 27, 2025 at 3:34 AM
November 26, 2025 at 4:19 AM
Charlie Munger: indexing will stop working at some point. 1998.
November 20, 2025 at 3:59 AM
Kerouac: "[The hippie movement] is apparently some kind of Dionysian movement, in late civilization. And which I did not intend, any more than, I suppose, Dyonisious did (or whatever his name was)." 1968.

#mythology
November 19, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Kerouac: *Thumbs down* "Ginsberg, in the back"
Yablonsky: "He's a nice fellow."
Kerouac: "We'll throw him to the lions."

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Firing Line with William F. Buckley Jr.: The Hippies
Episode 113, Recorded on September 3, 1968 Guests: Lewis Yablonsky, Ed Sanders, Jack Kerouac For more information about this program, see: http://digitalcollections.hoover.org/objects/6047 For…
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November 18, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Holy shit
November 18, 2025 at 4:12 AM
Jack Kerouac , drunk on *Firing Line*, 1968.
November 18, 2025 at 3:50 AM
Charlie Munger on competing with China.
November 17, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Chicago Catholic
November 14, 2025 at 4:31 PM
AI tool for finding plausible objections to development.
Solve for the NIMBY equilibrium? - Marginal REVOLUTION
We are just beginning to think these issues through: The government’s plan to use artificial intelligence to accelerate planning for new homes may be about to hit an unexpected roadblock: AI-powered…
marginalrevolution.com
November 13, 2025 at 5:07 PM
The Sea Ranch Dog Jail.
November 13, 2025 at 3:17 AM
the earth has four quarters... what are the chances?
November 12, 2025 at 5:07 PM
there is no need for non-fiction audio books to do regional accents for quotations.
November 12, 2025 at 3:24 AM
William F. Buckley for bike lanes and a congestion fee, 1965.
November 11, 2025 at 4:32 AM