Please post your favorite disinfo about Shakespeare.

Rappelling off a bobbin, old school.

Sara Gran, my favorite mystery writer, did a fully human-powered personalized recommendation campaign a few years ago. It was really cool. The rec I got was Murder In The Age of Enlightenment by Ryunosuke Atukagawa, which was excellent. I like nplusone so maybe I'll try this.

Headline: "mysterious traffic spike". Article: bug in configuration file processing.

The Holzman bio of Angleton is worth reading as well, as it touches on the literary side more than the other JJA bios. I'm not sure I buy some of his takes, but I need to do more background reading to form a well-grounded opinion; my memory of early 20th c. lit crit is too vague at this point.

Ugh, what did the Kahanists do now?

The Sandifer book you just bought is excellent re the neoreactionaries or whatever we want to call that nightmare, but if you want something specifically on AI and its technomoral implications, please consider The AI Mirror by @shannonvallor.bsky.social.

AJ's rhetorical technique: 1) hair-raising quote from anonymous "highly placed" source, 2) assume its truth, 3) extrapolate wildly from the quote by "just asking questions", 4) create fictional scenario from extrapolations, 5) assume truth of fictional scenario.

Take me back... to Wittgenstein?! Yes please.

Multi-year AAR concluded that it was, in fact, cyber: www.denver7.com/news/local-n...

I emailed a company support desk today asking how much one of their products weighs, and got back an AI response that said “we don’t list the weight of this product on the page.” Mind totally blown. 🤯

Everything is being carried by the AI bubble and crypto speculation.

Do you recommend it? My dead tree queue is too long for it, but I have been thinking of burning an Audible credit on it for the next road trip.

ZOMG, never have I bought something so fast. Not only is H.D. my favorite poet but To the Lighthouse is my favorite novel. Thank you!