Monstrous

I've been reading about European history during the 17th century and it's amazing what a strong Parliament can do to curtail a rogue king.

Suspiciously asking my wife who's funding her anytime she criticizes me

My bird won't eat any crackers unless I eat a portion first, as if I'm his personal poison tester.

I have class at the University of Utah today. My 11- yr old asked if I could bring back a toy because when she went to camp at the U last summer, they showed movies in the same building as my class and they gave out toys. 🤣

Rep. @AOC: I understand that Vance believes shooting a young mother of three in the face three times is an acceptable America that he wants to live in, and I do not. That is a fundamental difference between Vance and I. I do not believe that the American people should be assassinated in the street.

As a former advocate for survivors of domestic violence, I cannot describe how much it pains me to hear the Vice President say we owe a debt of gratitude to man who shot a woman in the face and then called her a fucking bitch.

“Even the names of the 4 Ministries by which we are governed exhibit a sort of impudence in their deliberate reversal of the facts. The Ministry of Peace concerns itself with war, the Ministry of Truth with lies, the Ministry of Love with torture, and the Ministry of Plenty with starvation." -1984

Salem, Massachusetts categorizes their witch shops as "metaphysical supply stores." Coming from a philosophy background, I prefer to imagine that a metaphysical supply store sells a lot of chairs for thinking about Plato's Republic, causality, etc.

Has anyone ever done a remake of Jay Z's "99 Problems" for Martin Luther? "I've got 95 theses and absolving sins ain't one"?

My response to anything over the next two weeks

The whole "save Don Davis' seat" appeal from NC Dems rings pretty hollow when he consistently votes to support far-right atrocities.

It's a good thing I listen to a lot of Taylor Swift. Otherwise my listening age might be 70!

he’ll roux this day

I heard there was a secret verse That David used to make AI worse But you don't really want to pub that, do ya

Just an absolutely gutting essay by Tatiana Schlossberg, a writer, mother of two young children, and cousin of RFK Jr who is dying of leukemia. www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...

Earlier today, I was notified that someone was at my door. This is who it was:

I saw an ad for an AI girlfriend while I was watching linear algebra videos. Does anyone else get these? My partner never does and he watches comedy, art, and DIY videos. Does the ad service think people that like linear algebra are the most in need?

you: please act normal you need these people to like you people: hello Ed nice to meet you me: The German practice of leaving cities to circumvent rationing by bartering for food with farmers during WWII was called "Hamstering" and the Nazi propaganda poster against it somehow turned out cute.

An LLM tried to tell me that "plurality" is a plural noun. I've lost all faith in those Grammarly ads where they claim they can fix your papers.

Is Tripadvisor a trolling website now? I was trying to find the best restaurants in West Valley and it lists Cracker Barrell as #2.

I too want to fly to France, just like Frankie!

If you tell Duolingo that you're depressed, it will cancel your lesson. I was just trying to practice my terms for understanding French songs like "Je fume des clopes dans un blockhaus noir parce que je suis déprimé" (I smoke cigarettes in a dark bunker because I'm depressed).

son brought home a pinto bean plant from school last spring. it yielded one (1) bean, which we planted. *that* plant yielded ... one (1) bean, which we have also planted. Five months of cultivation has yielded two beans. anyway, you were saying something about "grow your own food"

I'm having trouble imagining a more evil statement. Also, people seeking food should never be held "accountable." What a ghoul!

This is such an inconceivable mindset to me. One of my favorite things about travelling outside of Utah is being able to hear people speaking different languages. That's how you know you're surrounded by culture!!!

I can't believe it never occurred to the company that an offline mode was necessary!

I miss that statue so much. Vigeland Park is the best thing in Oslo, which is saying A LOT.

I need to get up earlier to run this time of year. The colors are so gorgeous.

This article was so stressful, I had to take multiple breaks to read the entire article. It's like a horror movie where instead of yelling "Don't open the door!" you scream "Don't buy that purse!"

Do you think Megan Kelly was mad that she has two first names, so she got revenge by giving her kids (Yates, Yardley, and Thatcher) two last names?

I've never been so excited to read an article about patent infringement!!!

My daughter gets upset because there are more pics of Henry in my camera roll than of her, but he's so photogenic!!! Not that she isn't, but she's often scowling.

It took listening to 13 hours of Middlemarch, but I'm finally enjoying it. Will there be a reading of Featherstone's will? Will Fred finally recover?! I'm too confident now, wondering if I could listen to audio of Proust's books!

My 11 year old has to write an essay for class about whether the world is better or worse with the internet. She said back before the internet you could only look things up in books, which meant you never learned anything. I guess books can't compete with YouTube.

Ezra’s journalist wife survived harrowing pregnancies—the subhead of her essay (linked below) is “my pregnancies could have killed me, but at least I chose them.” @ezraklein.bsky.social—you value choice in your house, but not for the unhoused? Uninsured? Undocumented? For Black and brown women?

Someone was trying to take a portrait of their two fave Chickens, and this happened.

It is so weird to live next to two houses where at the first house the guy screams all day and it could be at a sports game, his wife, or someone on the phone, and at the second house the woman lovingly talks to her dog about how she missed him while she was at work. The comparison is jarring.

Utah was the first state to allow open carry on campus. A would-be assailant could walk right onto campus armed as they please and nobody could’ve done a thing about it.

“It takes a village,” Dr. Taki said. “But what we have done in non-outbreak times, in times of peace, has prepared us well for an outbreak.”

"Pat, why do you carry that ridiculous 600mm lens on long hikes?" Buddy, I can see mountains reflected in the eyes of a trailside pika.

making my baby smoke one (1) cigarette so she can get the covid vax

This is a brilliant work! The thought came to me based on the category... Saturn Devouring His Seed Corn

The kid was trying to make a back-to-school calendar. Canva helpfully offered to design it for her. #AI

How's my jetlag? Well I just tried to say "cinnamon" and it came out "semen" so I'm not doing too well. Maybe I shouldn't do anything important today.

I really wish my phone had a keyboard for bird names. When I'm typing "Coot" I mean the bird and don't want that replaced with "Coors."

I'm not alone! My living room is designed as a playground for my bearded dragon.

This is a fantastic nuanced opinion about using LLMs for writing.