this bondi hearing was a disgrace. this is some real end of the republic shit. i practically expect some member of the claudian family to break up the next hearing by unleashing a gang of thugs armed with pool cues to attack congress.

I feel like there's a big question as to how applicable AI agents are in a a lot of these tasks and whether they augment or replace existing labor, which I don't really think we can answer just from pure theory. We should prepare for big disruptions, but we'll only find out if/when they happen

ok but if you find yourself thinking this it's important to realise that this very thought could be a symptom of the anxiety

Great explainer from @ericlevitz.bsky.social here about why the tech people you know, even the AI-skeptics, are starting to talk about AI the way public health people in February 2020 were talking about COVID — and whether they're right to do so (gift link)

I think we will see *some* gross job losses (i.e. lower number employed for specific industries/occupations) but that the impact on overall employment (total employed across all industries/occupations) will be hard to see, especially over medium-long term timeframes.

If the past two years are any guide “We can all agree and just stop arguing about…” actually violates the Bluesky ToS.

bluesky is going to have to accept the idea that you can be right, normatively, about whether AI is bad while being wrong, factually, about whether AI is going to put a lot of people out of work. these things actually work together. there’s no need to continue arguing that it’s a mechanical turk.

(Slaps roof of bus) this baby can fit so many metaphors for trauma

Cringe, for lack of a better word, is good.

this also reminds me of the biden presidency (ominous)

The fact that you are, accurately, saying *think* he can survive this is testament to how deep the rot runs. It is also sadly unsurprising, for example: www.highereddive.com/news/bard-co...

I had an Iranian Muslim friend who was disappointed that some of her favourite Jesus stories aren't in the Bible (the clay birds, Baby Jesus speaking out to defend his mum's virginity)

these quotes about bard high school students are so bad. i really don’t think he can survive this. what an absolute disgrace.

whoa this is fascinating and true the orthodox reading of the crucifixion is apparently basically one of the more common gnostic interpretations (before that was officially heresy).

Suing polymarket for discrimination against Christians after they are unmoved by my argument he came back some time around 33 AD three days after his crucifixion so give me my money.

my father-in-law (z”l) taught at bard before he was forced to retire due to motor neuron disease and this is the first time i’ve been grateful he passed away this fall so that he doesn’t have to see the school he put so much of his last functioning years into crash like this

even if we pretend michael jackson died in 1988 it’s extremely funny to watch any video of this guy and realize that millions of people went along with the idea that he was some kind of playboy.

this makes me want to wretch

Bad overall for his handling of gambling and the all star game. The NBA cup is a plus though.

Probably that he got a ton of tv money broadening the broadcast rights.

The bar is so so low

also: not sure if Player Empowerment Era is a W to put on a resume for a league commissioner, tbh

remember when he weirdly went out of his way to eulogize Henry Kissinger

[sigh] was quick to Twitter and getting lots of online views, when it super forward thinking. also, not strictly his fault that "NBA! In China!" blew up (shoutout Daryl Morey!), but he coulda seen that coming, imho

How he handled sterling and thats kinda it

what is the case that adam silver is good at his job. im open to it. please enlighten me.

@kenwhite.bsky.social as a lawyer, do you generally recommend clients ask ChatGPT for advice on planning and executing their treasonous coup d'état? Asking for some ppl with the misfortune of living in a country that apparently still prosecutes this shit.

BAAAAAAABE BABE BABE BABE WAKE UP THEY’RE RECREATING THE 2008 FINANCIAL CRISIS FROM FIRST PRINCIPLES

Somehow, Wesley Clark returned.

he's actually doing something different and arguably worse: he's saying he sacrificed his dignity and what people think should be his basic standards *for the sake of bard* the subtext is: i am a sin-eater for bard's greater good. hate the game, not the player.

It's very hard for some people to accept how unpopular Trump has become on immigration, in part because it means a total reassessment of what the 2024 election really meant.

HOOOOOO boy. Rep. LaMonica McIver (D-N.J.): "Do you consider yourself a religious man?" Lyons: "Yes ma'am." McIver: "How do you think Judgement Day will work for you with so much blood on your hands?" "Do you think you're going to hell, Mr. Lyons?"

Steely Dan are always relieved when they aren’t the subject of a nightmarish Bard College news story

mr president what would you say the effect of your connections to epstein will be for fundraising going forward

Absolutely. If you see him popping up on Megyn Kelly or Matt Walsh and getting “he’s not just a nepo baby” contrarian pieces in The Free Press, that’ll be the sign.

What a moment to be a Bard alum... this letter also came just 10 days after a gala invite to celebrate Botstein's 50 years at Bard, and each ticket costs at minimum $1000...

A very good Triad at @thebulwark.com today from @jvl.bsky.social. I think his sense of what’s coming after 2026 is spot on www.thebulwark.com/p/what-happe...

is that a lot? www.axios.com/2026/02/10/t...

As a fellow grad, my heart sank when I saw his email in my inbox. It's all the more painful because Bard has been at the center of so many wonderful educational initiatives (CEU, Smolny, American University of Central Asia, Bard Prison Initiative etc.)

A REPUBLIC IF YOU CAN KEEP IT. not “a republic if mommy and daddy don’t disappoint me.” not “a republic if it does only good things and not bad things” not “a republic if you think it’s worthy of your precious and holy vote” A REPUBLIC IF YOU CAN KEEP IT

okay but like the burden is literally on us

I feel bad for Bard grads, but I went to Chicago and being on the Epstein List is like fucking table stakes for most of the people there.

nah bro

My favorite Augustus story; my Latin professor loved telling this one (who knows if it really happened, though):

i can’t say i am a fan of augustus but i gotta say the more you delve into the 100 years or so that preceded his hegemony i can kinda understand why he was like “you know what? fuck this. i’m killing a whole bunch of you motherfuckers and shutting this shit down. i can’t even with you people.”

wild AI story from the Olympics ice dancers were told to use songs "in the style of the 1990s." One Czech pair tried using AI to pump out a song to skate to, but their AI bot fully plagiarized "You Get What You Give" by The New Radicals and they had to change it sports.beehiiv.com/p/olympics-d...