"The Department of History invites applications for an assistant professor who will make enough leftist remarks to annoy conservative talk radio hosts but whose politics will ultimately support the neoliberal mission of the university."

I was next to (one of) the AI slop booths at DragonCon and all I got was this lousy t-shirt. So, as you may or may not know, there was a booth selling AI slop images printed on acrylic panels at DragonCon. They were in booth a-10. I was in a-11. Here’s what happened from my perspective.

Good info for short fiction authors looking to find whether their works are part of the Bartz v Anthropic class action

Daily Nina

I love the smell of consequences in the morning. Thank you, @dragoncon.org

Nina. Because we need dogs in this trying time.

Every morning Nina proves to me that all dogs are lap dogs, no matter how big.

"Pat, why do you carry that ridiculous 600mm lens on long hikes?" Buddy, I can see mountains reflected in the eyes of a trailside pika.

This is not an overstatement The drug that has like saved my life in my 40s was only approved for medical use the year I started college. It’s heartbreaking to think about how many people like me won’t get to have a story like this with a new drug because of cuts to funding

Who is emotionally supporting who?

Until the apocalypse seems like it’s going away, I’ll be sharing all the cat and dog pics. You’ve been promised/warned.

I was feeling a little sad then my dog licked my elbow. Dogs are magic!

Umberto Eco compared his huge "antilibrary" of unread books to medicines. He'll need (and read) them - just not now. No one questions a well-stocked medicine cabinet, so why do people balk at a well-stocked medicine cabinet for the mind? Nassim Taleb built on Eco's position in "The Black Swan":

note: solely because we've been seeing posts from people who know more about it than we do, but who speak too frankly about it to be invited on major platforms where it'd be too negative a vibe for commercial breaks

People who see my bookshelves ask if I’ve read all those books. That would be bragging. My shelves are a promise to future me that I’ll always have something to read.

@cwodtke.bsky.social on “Why Physical #Thinking Still Matters in the Age of ✨ Generated Everything”. eleganthack.com/sketching-wi...

I take my kid to college Tuesday and I find myself constantly thinking of things we could do next week, next month and realizing that no we won’t. I’m so happy and proud of her, but it’s sprinkled with tiny moments of grief.

ROMs and emulators and piracy and abandonware are great and the whole reason I was able to learn about a lot of game stuff when I was broke as shit, to say nothing of the level of access they give you to completely out of print or never printed in your region type shit.

@cwodtke.bsky.social provides some great guidance on ‘How to Hire a Real #UX/Product Designer’. “Hire a problem-solver. That’s how you get great products.” eleganthack.com/how-to-hire-...

Goose and a Watermelon.

A+. Perfect. No notes.

This is a very important article to read about the AI companies, how they harm our current and future living conditions. bit.ly/441crTC Thank you, @cwodtke.bsky.social

an important and well-researched piece from @cwodtke.bsky.social cwodtke.medium.com/i-love-gener...

This @cwodtke.bsky.social piece is great — technically fluent, well-sourced, doesn’t mince words about the lies & bullshit from the companies making this stuff. I’m not personally as conciliatory about some of the capabilities promised, but it’s well worth a read. cwodtke.medium.com/i-love-gener...

This is a damning read. But we have hope there's a better way if enough of us champion it ✊🏻🌍✨

This is Tub and Blue. They simply cannot figure out how to get their tennis ball that fell in the pool. Still 12/10 because they really are trying

When the maga talk about Mexicans and illegal immigrants, they mean indigenous people.

Welp.

Wow, this is crazy techcrunch.com/2025/06/12/t...

Their reality is setting in.

There so many men telling me it's also hard for men over 50 to get hired. Guys, I know. I didn't say "it's ONLY hard for women" or even "it's harder for women." I didn't say a single word about men. Also if you're going to jump in my mentions to do that, have the courtesy to pay for my newsletter.

now he's even making decaying US shopping malls less cool is nothing safe

Still need about $200 to cover rent this month, anything helps🩷🩷🩷

www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/a-c... As ever McSweeney's nails it.

If your business model doesn’t work without breaking the law, then you’re not in business. You’re in organized crime.

kind of obsessed with 2025 pride merch...I'm calling it cowardcore.

“Oh, I’m not speaking in a fake blaccent, that would be racist. I’m just programming this chatbot to do it, it will make people want to buy our pizza more, I am very clever.”

Feel like the headline for this should read “How it feels when your dumb ass unscrupulous manager replaces you with AI” This feels adjacent to what I’ve been reading in @alexhanna.bsky.social and @emilymbender.bsky.social ‘s great new book www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

These people can't stop reinventing phrenology

Guess we gotta keep up the sentiment that GenAI sucks so that more companies start to feel it.

In my first op-ed for @nytimes.com, I argue that the alliance between Silicon Valley & the US government is a threat to democracy. The Republican tax bill now up in the Senate, which would ban states from regulating AI for a decade, will only cement that trajectory. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/o...

Hey pals, today (June 1st) the UK ebook of THIS IS HOW YOU LOSE THE TIME WAR is only £0.99! Happy Pride! www.amazon.co.uk/This-How-You...

Nice piece from @cwodtke.bsky.social eleganthack.com/metrics-are-...

tech bro learns the consequences of vibe coding

cyberpunk is a warning, not a manual

Also: Karoline Leavitt suddenly worried about denying reality.

I wrote a couple articles over on LinkedIn about AI. I've been doing a deep dive over the last six months (and been watching closely for 4-5 years.) I think we are at an inflection point for mass adoption. www.linkedin.com/pulse/ai-won...

The best time to start hating Substack was the day they launched their subsidy for fascists. The second best time is today. We welcome everyone, you’re never late.

Senior partners at Keker, Van Nest & Peters, a firm of 115 lawyers, write: "partners at big firms — who often earn millions a year — must be willing to take financial risks when the fate of our nation, the future of our profession & the rule of law itself is at stake. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/30/o...