Damned greens.

Looks like it was created from the Sims object library.

we talked with ed in this episode about how openai has not committed to any deals and that it would ultimately be revealed and collapse. i believed was true i didn’t think it would materialize less than 3 days later!

NEIGHBOR [peering out window]: looks like WaPo is interviewing that unfuckable tent guy

After over a month of not running for various reasons (travelling, Delhi belly, etc) I'm trying to psych myself up to get back out there. So far it's not working.

Quite enjoyed Project Hail Mary but not as much as the book. I think it's partly because I find Ryan Gosling too bland. He's not bad, just a bit meh.

A lot of great signs out there today. I think this was my favorite.

I’d never thought to use primary sources for historical research. Very cool.

SCHLAPP: Who wants to see impeachment hearings? CPAC CROWD: *cheers* SCHLAPP: No. That was the wrong answer.

thus proving whales are among the most intelligent creatures on earth

Hard to imagine but, it seems like these people have been believing things that are simply made up.

New Zealanders have the opportunity to do something noble here

UK Labour trying to appeal to Reform voters. Please stop.

Hang on, she says she teaches children who identify as cats, and now holograms? Has anyone checked that she hasn't just been watching Red Dwarf and thought it was real?

Someone does not understand how global commodities markets work.

Who are they angry with?

Don't worry everyone. Nicola Willis has cancelled the tankers that are on their way, and has formed a working party to get Winston Peters start a company to arrange some smaller replacements for more money much later.

I know Uber are a terrible company, but with a standard taxi you’ve got no way of giving feedback about how shit a driver they are. Because this guy really is shit.

OMG Discworld lovers: In Ankh Morpork there are two families that are bitter enemies, the Selachii and the Venturi. In roundworld Selachiii is a taxonomic name for cartilaginous fish including sharks. Venturi is a physical effect that enables jets to fly. The Sharks and The Jets. Ded.

Auckland I am in you. Thanks for turning the rain off.

If they’re stupid and they’re robbing you blind, doesn’t that mean you’re stupider?

That’s 112,000 in dog years.

I don’t know what MLB is so without context this could mean, uh…

Managed 2 hours sleep, now at the airport to start an exciting series of flights: Delhi -> Bengaluru -> Singapore -> Auckland. What are the chances that nothing gets cancelled?

Astonishingly waffle answer to a pretty direct statement.

Spot the design flaw.

I thought doing this in the US would get you slapped?

Stunning.

my working assumption is that Trump is mad at Reuters

Okay so why was I the only one in the theater tonight who gasped when Ryan Gosling ran a centrifuge with two tubes in the whole thing, sitting right next to each other? Sorry was I the only scientist in the film society theater tonight??

Military experts say it will be difficult for the United States to retrieve Iran's nuclear materials. An elderly rapist who shits himself in public says it will be easy. For busy Americans, it can be hard to know who to trust.

from Fraser Nelson:

Made me laugh. From Ellis J. Rosen

"Victorious Socialist Paris mayoral candidate Emmanuel Grégoire arrived to give his victory speech to supporters while riding a bicycle to show that the city would continue its pro-cycling and environmental policies."

🫧 Smoke trapped in a bubble on water: surface tension, soap film physics and fluid mechanics in action

this is gonna be a fuckin' bad one, controller cleared a firetruck to cross the runway right in front of a landing aircraft

National 2029 'Loads of EV Chargers Any minute now ! #nzpol

Same, NZSL lady, same. #nzpol

we have a body that deals with electorate law, don't we oh, never mind, David Seymour runs the Ministry of Regulation #nzpol

If you missed this go watch it, really excellent.

Won’t most Trump supporters be all for the collapse of higher education? Or just education in general?

Everyone start composting.

Said the Soup Dragon.

Day 4: They suspect nothing.

Working from home (WFH) raises fertility rates. Globally 0.3 extra kids per WFH couple, and in the US 0.5 extra kids per WFH couple, from Steven J. Davis, Cevat Giray Aksoy, Jose Maria Barrero, @nickbloom.bsky.social, Katelyn Cranney, Mathias Dolls, and Pablo Zarate www.nber.org/papers/w34963

"The controversy sparked by sexually explicit deepfakes generated by Grok (X's AI) may have been deliberately generated in order to artificially boost the value of companies X and X AI," the Paris prosecutor's office said, confirming a report in Le Monde...on Friday." www.rfi.fr/en/internati...

Ah, he’s based because bases react with acids like milk. Genius.

This is the funniest false positive for my labeller @facelabels.bsky.social so far

I’m old enough to remember people being fired for saying this about Charlie Kirk 🤷🏻‍♂️