“He knows many things, but he knows all of them badly.” πόλλ’ ἠπίστατο ἔργα, κακῶς δ’ ἠπίστατο πάντα. #Homer #Margites

Here’s my latest. It’s on President James Garfield and Lawnfield, his Mentor, Ohio homestead. #history #skystorians #ohio www.eriereader.com/article/the-...

For #RomanRoadsFriday a section of the 'Via delle Gallie' in Donnas, Val d’Aosta, Italy. The wheel ruts are still visible. The arch was carved into the rock. The road that was built under Augustus. It began at Mediolanum, present-day Milan, and passed through...🧵1/2 📷 🏺#archaeology

The feds harangued Kat and my family over bullshit charges for a year. They tried to beat her down, bankrupt Kat and her codefendants through legal fees, and a defeat her spirit. They fucking lost. They will continue to lose. Fuck ICE forever. To this criminal gang of a government: stay losing.

Any time anyone ever tells you that the biggest companies in the world wouldn’t waste hundreds of billions of dollars on AI, show them this. This is the core profit center of one of the largest tech companies in the world, and it’s run like a sloppy pre seed startup in the web3 era

But the fighter still remains.

I haven't been posting much here lately but I haven't been completely idle. I've been as idle as I possibly could. Any more idle & I'd have to change my name to Eric. (That's Eric not Elric, Conan.) But I read some things & watched some things & wrote about 2 of them. jamesenge.com/2026/05/22/a...

Tomorrow's Premium: Part 2 of my "What If...We're In An AI Bubble?" Series, from what would happen if venture capital stops funding AI, what if inference isn't profitable, and how LLMs might kill multiple VC funds. Here's $10 off annual. edzitronswheresyouredatghostio.outpost.pub/public/promo...

Thalidomide is here to stay. We need to stop fearmongering about Thalidomide and start finding the ways that Thalidomide can be used ethically and to support our causes. Naysayers need to realize that this technology is inevitable.

Venice and the Mongols by Nicola Di Cosmo and Lorenzo Pubblici is now available worldwide! Discover a global history of commercial and cultural exchange between two great powers of the medieval age. Learn more: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco... #History

But have you asked yourselfe about the creatyve possibilityes of the homogenizing grotesque death robot that doth make the planet a waste lande? Have you thoughte harde enough about how you mighte be able to use it yn your owne creative art?

the contention of Trumpism is that the Trump supporters must be allowed to dominate and enslave the Trump opposers who outnumber them 2:1. Something's got to give, in one direction or the other

Art by • Stephen Fabian

The Woz said I will not be booed lol I also love the lull of the crowd as they’re trying to figure out where he’s going hahaha (Via: www.instagram.com/reel/DYfgIwo...)

Fascinating world of ancient #glass: unique #Roman flasks in the shape of a pair of sandals. They were used to hold oil or perfume. Found in a woman's burial in Cologne, dating late 2nd/early 3rd century AD. 📷 Römisch-Germanisches Museum Köln 🏺 #archaeology

The Longest Year in History Lasted 445 Days Because Rome’s Calendar Had Completely Fallen Apart www.zmescience.com/feature-post....

Today’s newsletter reveals the unrestrained and wasteful token burn inside one publicly-traded company (Zillow) and breaks down the cold, hard truth that AI is - for hyperscalers, for AI labs, and for customers - simply too expensive to ever pay off. www.wheresyoured.at/ai-is-too-expensive/

There’s a massive immigration operation in Memphis right now, but you may not have heard about it. Why? Community members face retaliation for trying to spread the word out, a lawsuit alleges.

So an author got their 20 copies of a book in 20 separate Amazon packages. I sent them a note about it, saying it seemed any profit they made had been wilped out and mentioned that since they adopted more AI this happens. They said they would check the shipping. If I have AI Chat bot questions 1/2

The Star Tribune is working on a story and photo essay centered on subjects from photos and videos during Operation Metro Surge. We have several photos in which the subject is unidentified. If you are pictured in these photos and would like to participate, please contact us. bit.ly/4uVkzPQ

NEW: With a Chance at Freedom, They Faced an Unexpected Obstacle: Their Own Lawyers @samanthamelamed.bsky.social @dylancpurcell.bsky.social @inquirer.com

horse - Modern English hors - Old English *hross - Proto-West Germanic *hrussą - Proto-Germanic *ḱr̥sós - PIE ⬆️ *ḱers- - Proto-Indo-European (PIE) root *ḱr̥s-é-ti - PIE ⬇️ *korzō - Proto-Italian currō - Latin discurrō - Latin discursus - Latin discours - Middle French discourse - Modern English

It's depressing how easily my fellow white liberals slide into embracing fascism as soon as they have to look at an unhoused person. Like... they see one poor person on the street and they are suddenly pro-jackboots and anti-civil liberties. It's nauseating.

a lot of us learned the hard way that BLUESKY DOES NOT REMOVE YOU FROM THEIR FOLLOWERS IF YOU BLOCK SOMEONE YOU WERE FOLLOWING, it's a two-step process and if you're used to Twitter's soft-block you may not always remember

NPR is offering buyouts to journalists as it overhauls its newsroom, with the threat of layoffs to follow. Two recent gifts totaling $113 million are primarily dedicated to NPR's tech infrastructure. n.pr/4nHd2Cc

Irish president Catherine Connolly to attend launch of ‘floating classroom’ named after explorer. I think this is a great development. Despite being an island, connection with the sea is restricted. During the 1840s famine*, fishermen sold their boats to buy food** & Western areas saw depopulation.

As is pointed out by a couple people on this thread, this looks like a case of AI-enabled plagiarism.

I say without hyperbole that this is the most brazenly corrupt action in US Presidential history. That it does not immediately lead to impeachment is a dangerous sign of how far the rule of law has declined.

University of Chicago is hiring: Part-time Lecturer in Latin #lecturer

This is Twain on the 1st French Revolution, but tbh you can apply the same to Russia and Haiti. All 3 Revolutions did awful things, but it can't be said that the regimes they happened to were innocent in any way shape or form. Indeed their very destruction was a good.

University President: Good afternoon Class of 2026! Please put your hands together for this year’s graduation speaker, MOLOCH!!

Today I learned that Roger Penrose sent M.C. Escher his impossible triangle sketch, and in response, Escher created Ascending and Descending, exploring the same concept.

This gave me chills. Watch.

checking in for a brief moment on the Rededicate 250 blasphemy fest and yep, it's beyond parody

Today’s premium newsletter is part 1 of my "What If...We're In An AI Bubble?" series, covering the scenarios that could burst the bubble - starting with token-based billing's destruction of most AI products, and the slow collapse of data center construction. www.wheresyoured.at/premium-what...

Inbox: The 5,000 strong faculty of Penn State, including faculty members across all departments, full-time and part-time, and at the main and satellite campuses, have unionized with SEIU Local 668. The union says its the largest public sector win in 50 years.

On the left is an Onion headline from March. On the right is Reuters, today.

The tight and powerful group breathes fire into a Grateful Dead classic and smolders on a Hank Williams song. n.pr/4nyr88K

Aircraft tracking has become a powerful tool for journalism. In our Stage Talks podcast, @gillianbrockell.com demonstrates how flight data and open tools can be used to trace government flights, identify ICE aircraft, and verify aviation activity. Listen: rss.com/podcasts/bellingcatstagetalk/2829188

My lazy eyes first read this as "super math", which conjured up a much more interesting story: homeless people using advanced mathematics to revenge themselves on a society that literally shut them out.

The world is charged with the grandeur of God. profadamroberts.substack.com/p/hopkins-go...

wow — the preprint host, arxiv, is banning authors for a year if they submit papers with hallucinated citations 🤖

🧵 Let’s talk a little more about Astartha: who is she, and what are her stories about to date? “How Many Deaths Till Vengeance?” introduces her as the wandering survivor of trans genocide in her home city-state of Epiphor. She has been medically transitioning using an herb called mare’s grace.

Woods near Oele, 1908 #postimpressionism #pietmondrian

@kvjohansen.bsky.social 's Breath and Bone comes out May 18! (Link is Amazon, but it's up for preorder on most sites.) www.amazon.com/Breath-Bone-...

Instead of organizations offering some of the same services, such as drop-in spaces, each site will specialize in helping people at different stages of homelessness.

Free newsletter: Despite stories about gigawatts of capacity coming online, I've found that the vast majority of announced data centers have yet to be built, with many running far behind schedule. I now believe NVIDIA is warehousing at least a million GPUs. www.wheresyoured.at/where-are-al...

Typo of the day: _presonal_ (for _personal_). Presonal must refer to the world before the existence of sounds A reliable historical text (Tolkien's _Ainulindalë_), mentions Eru the One speaking to the Ainur via music. This was the beginning of the sonal era. (Artist's conception attached.)