Sam Biddle
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I’ve stumbled upon sometime on Uber Eats so conceptually depressing it’s having a destabilizing effect on my entire night
October 30, 2025 at 2:03 AM
I’ve stumbled upon sometime on Uber Eats so conceptually depressing it’s having a destabilizing effect on my entire night
Am always fascinated by what my cat finds engaging on TV since he ignores it 99% of the time. He’s locked the hell in
October 28, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Am always fascinated by what my cat finds engaging on TV since he ignores it 99% of the time. He’s locked the hell in
Very excited about my new book
October 26, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Very excited about my new book
The protective shades they hand out at the dentist really make me look like a January 6 defendant
October 21, 2025 at 8:12 PM
The protective shades they hand out at the dentist really make me look like a January 6 defendant
What a time to be alive
October 21, 2025 at 4:13 PM
What a time to be alive
I'll add the caveat that if I were 12, I would be extremely into all of this. And repeating a 90s Violent Games-style moral panic would be a giant mistake. But I think it's worth interrogating what it means for kids when this is the version of Sonic they grow up with.
September 9, 2025 at 4:01 PM
I'll add the caveat that if I were 12, I would be extremely into all of this. And repeating a 90s Violent Games-style moral panic would be a giant mistake. But I think it's worth interrogating what it means for kids when this is the version of Sonic they grow up with.
Today’s excellent @maxread.info newsletter has me thinking of how much the X/Bluesky dynamic reminds me of my teen years, when message board hostilities would eventually drive a subset of users to create a splinter message board, resulting in deep poster-on-poster blood feuds across both forums.
September 5, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Today’s excellent @maxread.info newsletter has me thinking of how much the X/Bluesky dynamic reminds me of my teen years, when message board hostilities would eventually drive a subset of users to create a splinter message board, resulting in deep poster-on-poster blood feuds across both forums.
mfw I'm kicking the shit out of the establishment!
September 4, 2025 at 12:44 AM
mfw I'm kicking the shit out of the establishment!
This is exactly how outlets should respond to corporate PR stonewalling (from this story: www.theverge.com/microsoft/76...)
August 29, 2025 at 6:10 PM
This is exactly how outlets should respond to corporate PR stonewalling (from this story: www.theverge.com/microsoft/76...)
We were promised a global 5G revolution and the soda machine is still using LTE
August 22, 2025 at 3:53 AM
We were promised a global 5G revolution and the soda machine is still using LTE
This gave me pause but I still enjoyed my Sprite
August 22, 2025 at 3:49 AM
This gave me pause but I still enjoyed my Sprite
The Coca-Cola Freestyle machine was on admin mode when I went to get my soda and I felt like the director of the NSA
August 22, 2025 at 3:44 AM
The Coca-Cola Freestyle machine was on admin mode when I went to get my soda and I felt like the director of the NSA
A lot can change in a decade!
August 21, 2025 at 10:52 PM
A lot can change in a decade!
Enemy (2013) dir. Denis Villeneuve
August 19, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Enemy (2013) dir. Denis Villeneuve
Never let Rotten Tomatoes stop you from enjoying something but 57% on this is CRIMINAL
August 18, 2025 at 3:20 AM
Never let Rotten Tomatoes stop you from enjoying something but 57% on this is CRIMINAL
Oh wait I misquoted. The original is better.
August 8, 2025 at 1:38 AM
Oh wait I misquoted. The original is better.
I've asked OpenAI repeatedly how it reconciles its rhetoric about the importance of democracy, democratic values, democratization, democratic rails etc w/ its close partnership w the UAE, an authoritarian monarchy. No answer. If you're an OpenAI employee, would love to discuss.
August 6, 2025 at 6:42 PM
I've asked OpenAI repeatedly how it reconciles its rhetoric about the importance of democracy, democratic values, democratization, democratic rails etc w/ its close partnership w the UAE, an authoritarian monarchy. No answer. If you're an OpenAI employee, would love to discuss.
r/Cuttingboard is already delivering
August 5, 2025 at 3:24 AM
r/Cuttingboard is already delivering
He seems satisfied, but then again he always seems satisfied
August 4, 2025 at 8:19 PM
He seems satisfied, but then again he always seems satisfied