All I saw was cheesecake boat and ocean for at least 5 minutes

Helluva tackle from Mr Simone biles

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Inadvertently paused Miss Rachel looking like she’s staring down the opposing bench after draining a 3

Congrats, hat tip, and well done, Cory Doctorow.

A strong leader and role model. Rest in peace, Dean Liddy. 💜🧡 news.syr.edu/blog/2025/08...

"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.

For professors, the class of 2026 is the first AI-native cohort. Teaching isn’t about banning tools, it’s about redefining learning itself. TL;DR 🤖 AI everywhere 📚 Essays less useful 🎓 Rethink assessment www.theatlantic.com/technology/a... #AI #highered #teaching

“But that song got me through to the next thing that got me through to the next thing. I wouldn’t be here without it.”

This helped me today. Small Kindnesses, by Danusha Laméris

🤯 #physics

"PhD-level experts in your back pocket" is a completely nonsensical description of AI but a pretty good description of social media if you follow the right people

when I say technology I mean chopsticks

15 years later and it’s still got it. (See reply for how they did it.) @cahlberg.bsky.social and I account for 142k of the views. youtu.be/T7TI-AJi2O8?...

That's how you can tell human authors from AI. AI will put in some em dashes, then apologise and take them out when told off. Human authors will climb the filing cabinet, hissing, and defend their right to em dashes with a loaded stapler.

For our book nerds (we love you) here's the reading list for our fall graduate seminar in Recent US History. Touches labor in Chicago, suburban New York, urban development in Houston, the triumphs and failures of liberalism. Mixes monograph, biography, and journalism. (1/4)-OS

Happy 15th anniversary of the peak achievement of literary criticism, to all who celebrate

Not so controversial take - very few drummers can match the musical talent of Neil Peart. I am also sad that Matt Cameron has retired (at least for now - wishful thinking), and Taylor Hawkins is also gone. John Bonham, Keith Moon, Stewart Copeland are all clearly world class. I just miss Neil Peart

Drunk people outside my window are talking about a woman they know who is a genius. They’re all delighted and awed by her, recounting her various feats of invention or competence. Anyway I think they’re talking about you.

In the lengthy file of “you don’t know what you’re talking about if you say Ringo wasn’t a great drummer” I’m listening to In My Life with my two boys rn and I struggle to think of another drummer who would have made some of the choices he made, and boy do they make the song

The best team in baseball is the healthy Dodgers. The Dodgers are not going to be healthy. Between them, the Cubs, Brewers, Phillies, and Mets, the National League is as exciting as it's been in a while.

This is a masterpiece of recall, clarity, and restraint. www.texasmonthly.com/news-politic...

In my head (and possibly nowhere else), this rhymes with @epopppp.bsky.social's book press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...

On "selective moral disengagement," and the "Gernsback Continuum" in ed-tech (but above the fold, for free subscribers, some thoughts on reading books vs "brainstorming" with the bullshit machine) 2ndbreakfast.audreywatters.com/read-receipt...

i'm the guy who replies to your top 10 favorite albums list, an extraordinarily subjective and exclusive list by its very definition, with "you forgot music o'clock by gary guitar and the rockin' instrument band"

GoFundMe has set up a page for the Texan flood victims. Each campaign has been verified by the company's Trust & Safety experts, which means you know your money is going directly to families. Please consider donating if you can. Their stories are heartbreaking. www.gofundme.com/c/act/flood-...

If that looks like a normal photo of Adele to you - please turn it upside-down. SORRY. Sorry if that made you jump. It's *alarming*, yes. This is called the Thatcher illusion, first discovered at the University of York in 1980... 12/

Long time “sufferer” of pareidolia. Almost daily delights in this big world. Brilliant thread. Make it to the Adele reply, @bubblesvampire.bsky.social and turn your phone upside down.

Worth a watch: Head of Signal, Meredith Whittaker, on so-called "agentic AI" and the difference between how it's described in the marketing and what access and control it would actually require to work as advertised.

Supreme Court unanimously sides with disabled student in lawsuit vs. district www.the74million.org/article/supr...

I've noticed a lot of talk of "shaming" lately -- finger-wagging about shaming, in particular -- which strikes me as politically regressive 2ndbreakfast.audreywatters.com/no-shame/?re...

Elizabeth is the real deal and this is very well deserved. Congratulations!!

I can’t run my bakery without free flour!

I made a streetview roadtrip simulator where we all vote on a direction every 10 seconds Also we have to vote to change the radio station. Enjoy! > neal.fun/internet-roa...

Now there's a protest sign you don't see often.

Me, too. Excellent start to an engaging week, @kshelton.bsky.social. 👏 #OnceUponaMidnightDreary

Just watched this video. I am adding my long-term dream for smell-o-vision to the AGI wishlist. Because if not that, why are we even…. youtu.be/scQncAeB_20?...

New research shows that heavy chatbot usage is correlated with loneliness and reduced socialization. I talked to the researchers about whether AI companies will learn the lesson that social networks didn't: www.platformer.news/openai-chatg...

[taps the sign]

Happy #Haikuversary, @butwait.bsky.social. A dozen years. What a streak! (We would have met just a little before then. Life happens in a blink.)

for the sake of posterity

“We can’t do this job alone. We’re supporting the child and the family, and integrating them into where they would be if they didn’t have a disability. That’s really important, that inclusion model….“ I have the best job. Great article, Jenny and Jihan. Thanks, Noemi!

This is probably only one of only two, maybe three halftime shows ever which actually have an artistic point of view beyond “here are my greatest hits”. It’s already extraordinary.

Number of Super Bowls I lost before the age of 30: 0

A bit cranky having to toggle off Siri learning on 50+ apps on each device after this week’s 18.3 update. Would love to learn it’s not necessary when I’ve toggled off at global #AppleIntelligence layer, but it seems to be unclear atm, so proceeding with caution.

A wonderful reminder that this exists, courtesy of the Bayeux tapestry generator at htck.github.io/bayeux/#!/ A useful resource that you may either share, or simply enjoy in private whenever you see yet another irrelevant political meme, smarmy self-congratulatory LinkedIn update, or similar crap.

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