"You can't un-invent AI!" We can't un-invent asbestos either. That doesn't mean we have to use it.

Gorgeous

You are the sum of your stories and regardless of where those books stand in popularity or classic reading lists etc, words on a page made you someone a little new and that’s cool as hell

We have some good neighbors.

Still winning www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/12/c...

SHOES FOR ALL!!

That being said, I will now go vomit for having had to take the side of the mods. Yuck.

Yes, it was a Johnny Cash lyric in response to a Johnny Cash article. That's why it was a 72 hour timeout, not a permaban. If you say you want to shoot someone, you should get suspended, usually permanently. I don't think that should be a controversial stance.

Amazing how many criminals get together and decide the first order of business is emailing each other about the crimes every three minutes

Hi! If you live in Seattle I recommend LIGHTHOUSE ROASTERS for your coffee needs

DO NOT CROSS THE PICKET LINE. Seattle people: zero excuse. Literally any small-biz coffee shop you see that’s not Starbucks serves better coffee anyway!

Oh, so it’s a day that ends in y

Great piece by Zadie Smith. When the right talks about classics or "Western" culture, these works are only important to the extent that it demonstrates their superiority, they have no interest in art in and of itself beyond that www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

No, seriously, yes.

I BOUGHT SHOES. FETE ME. They are identical to shoes I owned in 1997

Yeah whoever jacked up tariffs on coffee from Brazil earlier this year must be a real bonehead

There's still a chance to see the northern lights across Minnesota tonight! Your best shot will be between 9 p.m. and midnight - and remember to get as far from cities as you can for the clearest view. 📸: Andrew Krueger, Mandy Thalhuber, Aleesa Kuznetsov

Aurora right now east king county

if you can throw a few dollars Rosemary's way, I know it would be deeply appreciated! times are tough but anything helps.

Your windshields should be absolutely covered in a sticky mess of bug splats/insect carcasses every time you drive across open country forcing you to stop periodically at gas stations to use their wet squeegees to try and clean up your view of the road at night

For the cover of Businessweek’s December issue, I wrote about the reigning queen of America’s strip malls: Ulta Beauty, the country’s biggest beauty retailer (yes, bigger than Sephora) and quietly one of the more fascinating retailers in the country. Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...

Dance like nobody is watching. But post like there's a very real chance Joyce Carol Oates might notice.

This is the most disturbing thing I have read today. Why is it that white people seem like they can just ‘borrow’ (phrasing intentional) influential Black people to make them look better. Black people that CANNOT consent. It’s like if I say ALT AI was my fashion advisor.

Joyce Carol Oates sitting across a desk from Kendrick Lamar: "So I'm putting a team together..." Isaac Chotiner knocks on the open door.

I went deeper into the at-bats where Luis Ortiz is accused of throwing balls on purpose. 1) These pitches didn't just compromise games. They helped flip them. Twice. 2) It's the player props, man 3) This is NOT a case where legal sports betting improved the situation slate.com/technology/2...

Authoritarian governments are not new to this country. If you want to know what comes next should resistance fail, look to the history of Black resistance in the South. calendar.eji.org/racial-injus...

Kindred by Octavia Butler. Bought it for the cover and it changed my perceptive on almost everything

Guess whose movies I am never watching again

Yves Saint Laurent bringing lightness and brightness in hot pink and lemon zest yellow. Both the underdress and the over layer are made of silk crepe lending it weight and straight lines, c1967 @museumofcityny.bsky.social #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡

Personally, I will be trying to avoid the notice of Joyce Carol Oates and Kendrick Lamar for the rest of my natural life

What is whiteness if not a resource-depleting plagiarism robot?

Repost with an iconic fictional band

The Sky were the only team to bid for the 2026 WNBA All-Star game, sources told me. The WNBA recruited Indiana to host in 2025. The Aces hosted 3 of the 4 All-Star games before 2024. Why has there been such a disinterest in playing host? And is that changing? frontofficesports.com/wnba-all-sta...

I was taught phonics but that is not I learned to read. I continued to get very bad phonics grades while being a standout reader. The truth is I have never, and will never, hear sounds in my head as I read. Downside: I couldn’t pronounce chaotic until i was 17.Upside: I read 40 bks a year

how did i go so long not knowing we were literally teaching people to read wrong. i knew something wasn't right but jesus christ www.apmreports.org/episode/2019...

Nico had to go but the Mavs owners should go too

We thank them for their service. www.aarp.org/veterans/cel...

#NewTitleTuesday is here again! This week's reads are great for all ages and all interests - what are you reading first?

But why? He was doing such a good job!

Scratched my eye with a zipper. F- do not recommend

I can’t believe this isn’t the Onion.

New for What Else Is Alan Watching? bonus tier subscribers: what if actors with similar careers swapped signature roles? Could Keri Russell play Carrie Mathison? Could Tina Fey play Leslie Knope? How about a younger Bryan Cranston as Don Draper?

Dandelion Chocolate makes my favorite chocolate advent calendar. Not only do you get excellent chocolate, but each year they pick a different astronomy theme (this year is the moon) and include fun facts and beautiful art. www.dandelionchocolate.com/products/adv...

Authors, Beware! There's a firm called "ClaimsHero" doing aggressive social media outreach claiming to "help" you file to get $ in the Anthropic class action. In fact, it's a bait-and-switch, they are luring authors to sign up with them, then OPTING THEM OUT of the class action so they'll get zilch.

“Why is literacy important?” Socioeconomic Politics Nerd: *rambles on about civic engagement, material enrichment, individual well-being, etc* Joyce Carol Oates: If you are literate, you can drive a billionaire into a mental breakdown!

Joyce Carol Oates should say he can't do backflips off the roof next

Also, bad idea to do bench press the day before a breast exam. Disrecommend.