I joined the Times Tech Report to talk Oracle’s credit downgrade, how OpenAI poses a material threat to the future of Oracle, Larry Ellison’s wealth, and even the Paramount/WBD deal, and how OpenAI could be the Lehman Brothers of AI. youtu.be/T757udwH45Q?...

BE YOUR OWN WEIRD SELF. SHOW ME SOMETHING I HAVEN'T SEEN BEFORE. FIND THE WALLS AND KICK THEM DOWN. As the paying audience, I beg you.

we had a system for this called ERIC that worked and it was torn down because it worked so well it proved voter fraud was vanishingly trivial as a problem

i took an ancient greek lit class in college and once the professor, in his late 60s, got melancholy in front of the class about aging. it culminated with him near tears, musing about how many trips left he to Greece. he concluded 15 or 20 times if he was lucky. full on tears at that point.

I lower my eyes Wishing i could cry more And care less Yes it's true I was trying to love someone again I was caught caring Bearing weight

just learned that the reason they gave him sunglasses is because geckos started nesting in his eye sockets

On the anniversary of the founding of the company I work for every year (or the closest work day) everyone in the company gets a day off. Today is that day. Can you believe that Dr. Wife (who is wrapping up _3 weeks_ of being off work) had the temerity to wake me up today? And it was only 1:30PM.

Yeah, this is the thing. They aren't oracles of Delphi. They're non-deterministic probability machines that give you a *right-looking* answer (based on 1000s of other answers), not necessarily the *right* one.

So... today it’s the 113th anniversary of the first custard pie thrown in someone’s face in a motion picture

I'm never going to get over the fact that the president of the United States paid a woman more than $5 million after a jury found him liable for raping her. And he's still president. And people still support him. Never. Get. Over. It.

The Green Reaper

What does this bring to mind...

It's not that I think they have a super-secret plan to overturn the elections and seize power, but you're watching an entire political party, from top to bottom, meme itself into convincing itself that its opponents are inherently illegitimate, and that road doesn't go anywhere good.

THIS is how EVERY politician should talk to the corrupt assholes trying to destroy America, and in turn, the world.

cop passing out after touching a lettuce leaf

SIGH

And the grift goes on

Overheard from a group of four guys on the subway: “Yo, why are you doomscrolling? You’re with the bros”

Rep. Aisha Gomez: “To look at people standing up against ICE and see ‘paid protesters’ says nothing about us and everything about you.” “That you cannot conceive of us loving our neighbors so much that we would actually do something for them.”

The only way to cover this is to say plainly, repeatedly, and pointedly: Trump is knowingly lying about what the intelligence says, about what happened, and he's doing it in an attempt to change election rules in his favor. This isn't analysis. It's demonstrably true.

Trump's declassified election intelligence pretty clearly shows that China *could have,* but didn't, meddle in the 2020 election to help Biden win. But that Russia *did* meddle to help Trump win.

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This is amazing-- a page of Mi'kmaq hieroglyphs or gomgwejui'gasit, with their meanings in Mi'kmaq and some in English; these were written by a Naskapi-Innu man named Gabriel in the 1790s.

Amazing that this man can perfectly execute both of the Great New York Expressions - Italian AND Jewish

Popped into the local indie to pick up a couple of books I had ordered. I'm not sure @carrielaben.com needed to go quite to this level with the publicity stunt, but there's certainly no denying that the title seems topical. (And I am so very intrigued about Botis.)

Meta glasses ad vandalized in London https://manualdousuario.net/en/they-live-meta-glasses-kylie-jenner/

DITKO!

You know the best way to check if eggs are fresh? Pop them in some water - if they float they're no good and should be disposed of; if they sink, they're fine. All of which leads me to wonder whether eggs are, in fact, tiny witches.

Doug Ford is dangerous. #onpoli #cdnpoli

Yesterday Toronto had worst air quality in the world. Ford has cut 184 M from forest fire budget and spent 452 M on advertising! Don’t buy that he’ll ‘spare no expense’ fighting these fires his track record shows his true priorities! More on tonight’s OShow Scandal Panel #Onpoli

I’m continually shocked how little anyone is discussing OpenAI’s direct risk to the future of Oracle - especially as Oracle stock is so crucial to the paramount/WBD closing in September! Also: this situation is one that’s uniquely resistant to bailouts as Oracle’s stock is valued in vibes.

Ben McKenzie is very cool & smart www.everyoneislying.com

“Knight and Dragon", by Bernie Wrightson, c.1987.

Excessive LOLOLOLOL AI isn't like moving from horse + cart to a Ferrari It's moving into a palanquin: inefficient, a sign of conspicuous consumption from pretentious asshats, movement at the expense of and carried upon the pained backs of stolen/uncompensated labour mostly in the global South

Hey @mark-carney.bsky.social say that part again about climate action not being economical? "It would have been too expensive for Canadians. Canadians who are already struggling with affordability."

28 years of cyclosporiasis testing Screwworms eradicated in the US in 1966. Measles eradicated in the US in 2000. All are back because of this science denying administration.

Yeah, pretty easy to see where the idea of angry gods came from.

California is debating legislation right now that would ban all ICE employees from ever being hired by a public agency for life. This is good and next year's Democratic House needs to provide a full roster of ICE employees to help facilitate state efforts like this one.

Every single time I hear someone, shill, creative scab, corporate person, anyone, say anything about how AI improves our lives it just makes me want to make something crude and imperfect with my fucking hands.

Gender studies does a far better job of explaining the Trump administration than traditional political science, or economics for that matter

It's so weird how dumb assholes like RFK Jr. all into "survival of the fittest" theories always think it's about less genetic variety, when it's about more.

I mean, a federal judge just ordered formal sanctions against this nominee *this same week* What the hell are we doing here?

Hey Pete, how's the testosterone levels on those Russian Special Forces guys who conquered Ukraine in three days --*touches ear* -- wait I'm getting an update.

'you cant control what the reader thinks' incorrect. many readers show significant attitude improvement after being placed inside the pain colander

The thing is he thinks he sounds tough, but everyone else in the world can see not a man, but just a cartoon level of insecurity in a tie.

Air is so full of particulate that it smells like a campfire, looks like Hollywood colour-grading shorthand for "shithole country", and there's blur visible in things on the other side of the street.

*This is a great premise for a thriller movie, or maybe a thriller-heist jewel-thief movie, like with Cary Grant in a suit and Audrey Hepburn in sunglasses *Who wouldn't WANT to see those oligarchs robbed, especially some comically-evil right-wing Hungarians with repulsive American hench-people

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Just woke up from a dream in which I was on a roadtrip with Falstaff around the American South. To distract himself from his gout, Sir John liked to travel from Waffle House to Waffle House, taking in the "full colour and majesty of humanity". I know exactly where that all came from, for a change.