John
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SKULL OF THOMAS AQUINAS: TAKE A LEFT NOW
PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going—
SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT
PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti—
SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE
PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going—
SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT
PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti—
SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE
'Skull of St. Thomas Aquinas being transported to Fossanova Abbey.'
Photograph by Daniel Ibanez
Photograph by Daniel Ibanez
December 10, 2025 at 5:10 PM
SKULL OF THOMAS AQUINAS: TAKE A LEFT NOW
PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going—
SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT
PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti—
SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE
PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going—
SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT
PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti—
SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE
What’s funny about the Disney YoutubeTV fight is that Disney probably doesn’t realize no one at Google is paying attention.
They deployed YoutubeTV, earned their promotions, and moved on to the next product.
They deployed YoutubeTV, earned their promotions, and moved on to the next product.
November 7, 2025 at 10:51 PM
What’s funny about the Disney YoutubeTV fight is that Disney probably doesn’t realize no one at Google is paying attention.
They deployed YoutubeTV, earned their promotions, and moved on to the next product.
They deployed YoutubeTV, earned their promotions, and moved on to the next product.
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I think Altman assumes that “PhD-level expert” means someone who speaks confidently on everything as opposed to saying “it’s nuanced,” losing their keys, and getting maniacally fixated on their current topic to the point of seeing it in everything.
“GPT-5 is the first time that it feels like talking to an expert in any topic — a Ph.D.-level expert,” OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said.
(real, one-shot :p )
August 7, 2025 at 9:14 PM
I think Altman assumes that “PhD-level expert” means someone who speaks confidently on everything as opposed to saying “it’s nuanced,” losing their keys, and getting maniacally fixated on their current topic to the point of seeing it in everything.
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3. Your small dog should get training. Yes, that dog in particular.
July 25, 2025 at 6:25 PM
3. Your small dog should get training. Yes, that dog in particular.
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Unironically they should buy up the domains for about 60 defunct local newspapers in swing states. Hire two reporters to write almost exclusively about highschool sports and new restaurants opening with every 10th article about how the local GOP is screwing over people.
NEWS:
Democratic mega-donors are debating plans to spend tens of millions of dollars on a range of influencer plans to "find the liberal Rogan."
We've got pitch decks, investor meetings, and internal docs.
One Democrat has a spreadsheet of 26 different proposals.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/20/u...
Democratic mega-donors are debating plans to spend tens of millions of dollars on a range of influencer plans to "find the liberal Rogan."
We've got pitch decks, investor meetings, and internal docs.
One Democrat has a spreadsheet of 26 different proposals.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/20/u...
Democrats Throw Money at a Problem: Countering G.O.P. Clout Online
www.nytimes.com
May 21, 2025 at 1:07 AM
Unironically they should buy up the domains for about 60 defunct local newspapers in swing states. Hire two reporters to write almost exclusively about highschool sports and new restaurants opening with every 10th article about how the local GOP is screwing over people.
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Is there a more first world problem than not knowing how to tip when the restaurant includes a service charge in the bill?
May 6, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Is there a more first world problem than not knowing how to tip when the restaurant includes a service charge in the bill?
4 fast 4 furious
Implement a 100% tariff and ruin a movie.
(...can't believe none of you did this one yet...)
Two fistfuls of dollars
(...can't believe none of you did this one yet...)
Two fistfuls of dollars
May 5, 2025 at 2:08 PM
4 fast 4 furious
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Get it, fake American Christians?
April 27, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Get it, fake American Christians?
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Tom Friedman looking on as The Great and Powerful Oz is revealed to be an old carnival barker from Nebraska with a big smoke machine:
"Stop pulling those levers and use your great and powerful wizardry to save us."
"Stop pulling those levers and use your great and powerful wizardry to save us."
Messaging genius Thomas Friedman: Don't demonize deranged eugenicist billionaires, tell them that they are special-boy geniuses and we can't run the country without them.
April 24, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Tom Friedman looking on as The Great and Powerful Oz is revealed to be an old carnival barker from Nebraska with a big smoke machine:
"Stop pulling those levers and use your great and powerful wizardry to save us."
"Stop pulling those levers and use your great and powerful wizardry to save us."
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Impeachable Offense of the Day could be a regular feature in any newspaper. Literally, every single day. Even on days when he makes no public statements of any kind, some nefarious crime is exposed with his fingerprints all over it.
April 20, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Impeachable Offense of the Day could be a regular feature in any newspaper. Literally, every single day. Even on days when he makes no public statements of any kind, some nefarious crime is exposed with his fingerprints all over it.
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Man after my own heart
April 6, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Man after my own heart
So... I know that there's nothing going on that can't be explained by drug abuse and dementia.
But after that Oval Office interview, has anyone started running with the theory that Musk has neuralinked Trump? I can't be the only one who has read Interface (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interfa...
But after that Oval Office interview, has anyone started running with the theory that Musk has neuralinked Trump? I can't be the only one who has read Interface (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interfa...
Interface (novel) - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
February 12, 2025 at 2:03 PM
So... I know that there's nothing going on that can't be explained by drug abuse and dementia.
But after that Oval Office interview, has anyone started running with the theory that Musk has neuralinked Trump? I can't be the only one who has read Interface (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interfa...
But after that Oval Office interview, has anyone started running with the theory that Musk has neuralinked Trump? I can't be the only one who has read Interface (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interfa...
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This is what the government did with 120K+ Japanese Americans in 1942.
I know. I was there in those camps.
I know. I was there in those camps.
January 31, 2025 at 7:11 PM
This is what the government did with 120K+ Japanese Americans in 1942.
I know. I was there in those camps.
I know. I was there in those camps.
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Penguins walking, but I added The Imperial March.
December 6, 2024 at 6:31 PM
Penguins walking, but I added The Imperial March.
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me: [carefully placing a baby on my boss’s desk]
my boss: and the other one
me: [pauses, then unstraps an ankle holster that cradles a smaller, but just as deadly baby]
my boss: and the other one
me: [pauses, then unstraps an ankle holster that cradles a smaller, but just as deadly baby]
I have to take an annual fire safety training for work, and I am reminded that I asked some of the folks who manage these things how they evacuate the NICU and apparently they have vests you can load up with babies
December 21, 2024 at 1:18 PM
me: [carefully placing a baby on my boss’s desk]
my boss: and the other one
me: [pauses, then unstraps an ankle holster that cradles a smaller, but just as deadly baby]
my boss: and the other one
me: [pauses, then unstraps an ankle holster that cradles a smaller, but just as deadly baby]
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We've been saying "See you later, Alligator" for decades, when "Sayonara, Capybara" was right there.
May 10, 2023 at 3:15 PM
We've been saying "See you later, Alligator" for decades, when "Sayonara, Capybara" was right there.
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"I can't vote for Harris because of Gaza."
Cool, you just got Gaza wiped out of existence. Congrats.
Cool, you just got Gaza wiped out of existence. Congrats.
December 3, 2024 at 6:07 PM
"I can't vote for Harris because of Gaza."
Cool, you just got Gaza wiped out of existence. Congrats.
Cool, you just got Gaza wiped out of existence. Congrats.
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6. Food deserts didn’t materialize for no reason. Something happened. That something was a specific federal policy change in the 1980s — the Federal Trade Commission stopped enforcing the Robinson-Patman Act, a key antitrust law designed to ensure robust competition in retailing.
December 1, 2024 at 2:06 PM
6. Food deserts didn’t materialize for no reason. Something happened. That something was a specific federal policy change in the 1980s — the Federal Trade Commission stopped enforcing the Robinson-Patman Act, a key antitrust law designed to ensure robust competition in retailing.
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I still think people are nuts to be fighting about campaign message when voters keep telling us over and over they didn’t hear campaign messages.
November 23, 2024 at 10:29 PM
I still think people are nuts to be fighting about campaign message when voters keep telling us over and over they didn’t hear campaign messages.