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A mountain gorilla has given birth to twins in war-ravaged eastern Congo, a national park said, in what it described as “a major event” for the endangered subspecies. https://cnn.it/4pv5KAu
January 8, 2026 at 4:59 AM
A mountain gorilla has given birth to twins in war-ravaged eastern Congo, a national park said, in what it described as “a major event” for the endangered subspecies. https://cnn.it/4pv5KAu
RIP Tatiana Schlossberg. We crossed paths on the NYT Metro desk, where I found her to be nice and talented and totally down to earth. But I felt truly connected through her beautiful and tragic essay about leukemia, that cruel disease that also tried to take my life. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/30/u...
Tatiana Schlossberg, Kennedy Daughter Who Wrote of Her Cancer, Dies at 35
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December 30, 2025 at 9:35 PM
RIP Tatiana Schlossberg. We crossed paths on the NYT Metro desk, where I found her to be nice and talented and totally down to earth. But I felt truly connected through her beautiful and tragic essay about leukemia, that cruel disease that also tried to take my life. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/30/u...
Looks like a Bakkoooon photo
December 20, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Looks like a Bakkoooon photo
Good lord this looks bad. If you're McDonalds, what are you doing letting this represent your brand? This isn't a moral case -- this truly looks strange, like it leaves the viewer feeling unsettled.
McDonald's has released an AI-generated Christmas ad
The studio behind it says they 'hardly slept' for several weeks while writing AI prompts and refining the shots — 'AI didn't make this film. We did'
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The studio behind it says they 'hardly slept' for several weeks while writing AI prompts and refining the shots — 'AI didn't make this film. We did'
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December 8, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Good lord this looks bad. If you're McDonalds, what are you doing letting this represent your brand? This isn't a moral case -- this truly looks strange, like it leaves the viewer feeling unsettled.
Pod About List has countless great moments but hearing this the first time was the hardest it ever made me laugh. I still remember where I was when I heard it. Whole Mars episode is great, as is the whole planet series.
second verse on this is one of the funniest things i've ever heard
November 11, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Pod About List has countless great moments but hearing this the first time was the hardest it ever made me laugh. I still remember where I was when I heard it. Whole Mars episode is great, as is the whole planet series.
The new Geese album has real Radiohead vibes
October 2, 2025 at 12:48 PM
The new Geese album has real Radiohead vibes
What a good feeling, when your most-anticipated album hits like a freight train. Lenderman did it last year, Wednesday does it this year. Hell yeah. Gonna go listen to it again now. pitchfork.com/reviews/albu...
Wednesday: Bleeds
Read Walden Green’s review of the album.
pitchfork.com
September 19, 2025 at 2:31 PM
What a good feeling, when your most-anticipated album hits like a freight train. Lenderman did it last year, Wednesday does it this year. Hell yeah. Gonna go listen to it again now. pitchfork.com/reviews/albu...
Google's Doodle today takes you to A.I. mode instead of search (boo!) and submits a prompt to Gemini for you. But what's especially pernicious is that the prompt frames the question around "math homework" — seemingly trying to make young users familiar with asking the A.I. their homework questions.
September 9, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Google's Doodle today takes you to A.I. mode instead of search (boo!) and submits a prompt to Gemini for you. But what's especially pernicious is that the prompt frames the question around "math homework" — seemingly trying to make young users familiar with asking the A.I. their homework questions.
Why is the corporate media so afraid to ask Trump about the really tall guy behind him
September 2, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Why is the corporate media so afraid to ask Trump about the really tall guy behind him
What! What!
BREAKING: Silksong will be out on September 4. Two weeks from today. Really.
Often, games that take 7+ years to make are plagued by mismanagement and painful burnout. But for Silksong? Team Cherry was having a blast. They still are.
This is their story: www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
Often, games that take 7+ years to make are plagued by mismanagement and painful burnout. But for Silksong? Team Cherry was having a blast. They still are.
This is their story: www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
Why ‘Silksong’ Took Seven Years to Make
The highly anticipated indie game has been in production for so long that it’s become an internet meme
www.bloomberg.com
August 21, 2025 at 2:41 PM
What! What!
A thought on the A.I. bubble. It’s becoming clear that A.I. capability is a bubble. It’s not actually that good, and people increasingly see that.
But A.I. *use*? I don’t think that’s a bubble. Because it’s a lazy machine. A just-good-enough homework machine. And humans are lazy.
But A.I. *use*? I don’t think that’s a bubble. Because it’s a lazy machine. A just-good-enough homework machine. And humans are lazy.
August 21, 2025 at 2:41 PM
A thought on the A.I. bubble. It’s becoming clear that A.I. capability is a bubble. It’s not actually that good, and people increasingly see that.
But A.I. *use*? I don’t think that’s a bubble. Because it’s a lazy machine. A just-good-enough homework machine. And humans are lazy.
But A.I. *use*? I don’t think that’s a bubble. Because it’s a lazy machine. A just-good-enough homework machine. And humans are lazy.
I liked “The Naked Gun” a lot. Saw it with my parents, which made it extra fun. Don’t compare it to the original, because nothing can compare to the original. Instead, think of it as a sequel. It’s a very worthy Naked Gun 4!
August 20, 2025 at 1:55 PM
I liked “The Naked Gun” a lot. Saw it with my parents, which made it extra fun. Don’t compare it to the original, because nothing can compare to the original. Instead, think of it as a sequel. It’s a very worthy Naked Gun 4!
I really liked “Weapons.” I think the opening scene is the best scene in the entire movie, but the rest of it is good, too. My theater was wild and rowdy, which was great, except the guy right behind me who tried to riff the whole time and sucked at it.
August 20, 2025 at 1:53 PM
I really liked “Weapons.” I think the opening scene is the best scene in the entire movie, but the rest of it is good, too. My theater was wild and rowdy, which was great, except the guy right behind me who tried to riff the whole time and sucked at it.
This is my cat… check him out
August 20, 2025 at 1:50 PM
This is my cat… check him out
Some of the best vessels I saw on vacation
August 20, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Some of the best vessels I saw on vacation
My Roku is showing me an ad for the concept of food
July 25, 2025 at 12:25 AM
My Roku is showing me an ad for the concept of food
I don’t always love AI, but my kid wanted to see Yoda in jeans, and damn did it deliver
June 27, 2025 at 1:28 AM
I don’t always love AI, but my kid wanted to see Yoda in jeans, and damn did it deliver
An ant colony has memories that its individual members don’t have
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An ant colony has memories that its individual members don’t have | Aeon Ideas
Why your brain is like an ant colony: they both get wiser and more stable by using collective memory for learning
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June 12, 2025 at 3:00 AM
An ant colony has memories that its individual members don’t have
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Man! The “Mama Tried” on Skull & Roses is grooooovy! I don’t think I’ve ever heard a version of this song I liked, but I love this one. open.spotify.com/track/7CAINV...
Mama Tried (Live at The Fillmore East, New York, NY, April 26, 1971) - 2021 Remaster
Grateful Dead · Grateful Dead (Skull & Roses) [50th Anniversary Expanded Edition] [Live] · Song · 2021
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May 29, 2025 at 5:07 AM
Man! The “Mama Tried” on Skull & Roses is grooooovy! I don’t think I’ve ever heard a version of this song I liked, but I love this one. open.spotify.com/track/7CAINV...
(Putting on my best suit) I gotta look good today, honey. I have a big meeting with my boss’s boss. You remember, from the company picnic, Anthony Gorilla?
May 28, 2025 at 1:13 PM
(Putting on my best suit) I gotta look good today, honey. I have a big meeting with my boss’s boss. You remember, from the company picnic, Anthony Gorilla?
What if I met a man named “Anthony Gorilla”… how would I regard him…
May 27, 2025 at 4:16 PM
What if I met a man named “Anthony Gorilla”… how would I regard him…
I hate when we say modern food or media or whatever would have killed someone from the past. You think you’re that special? You think your stupid self is so powerful that you can handle all this epic, modern stuff that the weaklings of the past couldn’t? Get real.
May 16, 2025 at 4:48 PM
I hate when we say modern food or media or whatever would have killed someone from the past. You think you’re that special? You think your stupid self is so powerful that you can handle all this epic, modern stuff that the weaklings of the past couldn’t? Get real.
Buffalo 5/9/77, the first show that made me confidently declare, "ACTUALLY, this is superior to Cornell." Ranking Spring '77 shows is silly, and I don't really have a favorite. It's all perfect. But this IS my favorite Franklin's Tower. Roll away the dew.
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archive.org/details/gd19...
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May 9, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Buffalo 5/9/77, the first show that made me confidently declare, "ACTUALLY, this is superior to Cornell." Ranking Spring '77 shows is silly, and I don't really have a favorite. It's all perfect. But this IS my favorite Franklin's Tower. Roll away the dew.
archive.org/details/gd19...
archive.org/details/gd19...
On Cornell Eve, let us celebrate Boston 5/7/77, an absolute ripper. Enjoy this slowed down Friend of the Devil. Not sure I’ve heard a better version? (Maybe Englishtown later that summer… Keith is better on that one, but the band is more locked in here… but I digress.) archive.org/details/gd19...
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May 7, 2025 at 10:11 PM
On Cornell Eve, let us celebrate Boston 5/7/77, an absolute ripper. Enjoy this slowed down Friend of the Devil. Not sure I’ve heard a better version? (Maybe Englishtown later that summer… Keith is better on that one, but the band is more locked in here… but I digress.) archive.org/details/gd19...
MJ Lenderman in Brooklyn last night
April 30, 2025 at 1:26 PM
MJ Lenderman in Brooklyn last night