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I need an iPhone app where any scammer agent that says the word “credit” gets immediately disconnected. Whatcha got, people?

Tomatoes. Fruit that tastes like a vegetable. Underhanded.

Every academic, in particular, every academic who suddenly discovered that they were a token interviewee in a hiring process that had already been decided, should read Tobias Wolff’s short story “In the Garden of the North American Martyrs.” Just brilliant.

They can pay using NFT’s.

This is a very well written description of the mostly unexamined drive I feel to make and share my art. The more anti-culture gets pushed at me the more compelled I feel to make my own

Look at that reach for the line! Born competitor!

Not as thrilling as the dog on the downhill course, but extra style points for congeniality and being a good boy when met by the race marshal.

The thing management fails to realize as they replace workers with “cheap” AI is that once they fire everyone, and that talent pool loses its skillset, the AI companies are going to jack up the prices to cost even more than their workers do. That’s the scam. It’s not complex.

Yes. Before vaccines, too.

Fellow scientists, please help me share this to our colleagues on other platforms. www.science.org/content/arti...

Hot take of the day:

I’m not huge into horror, but this is a very cool story.

Best event at Milano-Cortina. Not even close.

Taking “extreme measures” is a very, very smart strategy for athletes.

Exactly. There is no such thing as AI writing.

I literally ran into him on the street in Greenwich Village because I wasn’t watching where I was going. I said, “Oh, it’s you!” Because I’m terrible with celebrity names, and was completely surprised. He laughed and said, “Yes, it’s me!” www.nytimes.com/2026/02/08/t...

Hell yes.

BASH: Is this measles outbreak a consequence of the administration undermining support for vaccines? DR OZ: I don't believe so. Secretary Kennedy has been advocating for measles vaccines BASH: Oh, come on

This is a different kind of doomer-ism. It’s not productive. Punk rock shows us the way forward. I grew up in this culture. Shows in basements. Hand drawn flyers. There is always a market for quality, for counterculture. (1/x) countercraft.substack.com/p/why-litera...

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Without naming your job, tell me something you say over and over again at work. “Don’t take this the wrong way, but I hope I never see you again.”

production of The Muppet Show should not be dependent on petty vulgarities like “ratings” or “revenue.” it should be preserved as a vital function of american culture. it should have a taxpayer-funded budget rivaling the CIA

Amen

Apparently, this drink only works for your “inmune” system. If you want to strengthen your immune system to protect against the flu, you should get an actual flu vaccine. It is absolutely outrageous that this drink is allowed to be sold anywhere as “The Flu Shot,” let alone at a pharmacy.

“Longevity medicine” as it applies to your daily life is a scam. Want to live longer? Eat right. Exercise. Sleep properly. Keep BP and blood sugar under control Don’t smoke/drink/do drugs. There is no pill. There is no supplement. There is no hack. There is no trick. There is no secret. Sorry.

Never mind the jobs you had, tell me five classes you took in college. Microbiology Calculus Creative Writing The Historical Jesus Judaism in Film

I am saying this in complete seriousness. The new Toxic Avenger with Peter Dinklage/Kevin Bacon/Elijah Wood is high cinema. It is a surrealist masterpiece. Just trust me and watch it.

Hint for the ex phys students: note the RER.

I knew a number of farmers when I worked in the Midwest. Go meet one, and ask them about the idea of drinking raw milk. Listen to what they say, but also *note the look on their face*. It’s the same face *you* made when you saw that kid pick his nose and eat it in the second grade. Get it?

I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good. Stay free

After practicing in Chicago for 12 years (and in very urban settings in New Jersey before that), three things really strike me about Philadelphia. 1) I see many more people with bullets in them 2) I see many more pedestrians struck by cars 3) I see many more cyclists struck by cars

Yep. Yep. This one hit me pretty fucking hard.

ALEX JEFFREY PRETTI. Gone, but never forgotten... #RIP_Alex 💔

Diseases of the mind are manifest in the body, and vice versa. In recent days, I think it applies to politics too.

Note to folks outside of the US who are buying into the propaganda that Americans "aren't doing anything." People turned out today in -22 C weather for this protest, which was one (huge and wonderful and inspiring) action among many that happen every damn day.

I would say ‘unbelievable’, but I’d believe anything at this point. America is being driven into the gutter purposefully.

Worth it for The Odd Couple Jam Alone

Ignore the haters. Starfleet Academy is good. In fact, it might be exactly what this country needs right now.

This is why I don’t watch sports unless I’m working the game.

I worked the tents at peak pandemic. It was the scariest thing I ever did, and I’m a former firefighter. I saw a lot of people die horribly. How many people have I seen die from an mRNA vax? Zero. How about die from covid after being vaxxed? Also zero. Listen to Prof. Hotez, not grifters.

I worked the tents at peak pandemic. It was the scariest thing I ever did, and I’m a former firefighter. I saw a lot of people die horribly. How many people have I seen die from an mRNA vax? Zero. How about die from covid after being vaxxed? Also zero. Listen to Prof. Hotez, not grifters.

this is such an important post because it means we can ruin AI just by making up little stories

Curious, if there is anybody out there endurance training on statins and/or PCSK9 inhibitors. If so, what has your experience been like?

The Stratocaster I got for my 16th birthday makes me Stevie Ray Vaughan.

It is hard to get a decent bagel in and around Philadelphia. I get that. That said, the person who prepared the saggy-assed abomination I was just served should have his bloodline cursed down to the seventh son of a seventh son.

One thing you can do today is buy a friend's book. Who cares if you even read it. Just buy to support art. Fascists hate poetry and short stories and books about joy and memoirs about compassion etc. Let's go.

Among my most prized vinyl.