Oh, *ouch*!!

Try to live your life such that people don't make rude comments about you when you die.

OMNES OPTANT MUNDUM REGERE www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xtt7...

Negative BANI (draft idea) www.linkedin.com/pulse/negati...

I've been a subscriber to @vermontgmg.bsky.social Garrett Graff's weekly essay for awhile now. I find his insights to be compelling, as well as his willingness to engage with unusual perspectives. Plus, he's a historian, and the site name didn't hurt. www.doomsdayscenario.co

"That heaviness you feel, that drag on your mental health, that drain on your emotional energy and lethargy in the face of world events, like yesterday, is real. We are all carrying a lot of new weight..." —Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/the-physic...

I mean, why grab an accurate, easily available map for your forecast when you can create a brand new one?

Well, 2026 has just blasted past BANI. I’m thinking CIDO now: Capricious, Invasive, Demoralizing, Outrageous.

The “prosecute the former regime at every level” candidate has my vote in 2028.

everyone should be mad as hell and getting madder by the nanosecond, and our politicians/ostensible leaders ought to be leading the charge - yes, at their own personal risk, *that's what we elected them for* and if they don't want to do it, they should move over for someone who *will*

Should the opportunity ever arise, I hope that I can slap the next Dem politician who describes what's happening with the United States as "troubling" or "concerning."

Today is a good day to re-read the SECRET EMPIRE event from 2017, if you have the Marvel Comics app. It got middling reviews when it came out, but has more resonance now, unfortunately. These pages from the final issue offer a reminder that too many people in power need:

Happy New Year, everyone. May this one be better than the last one. Can't rule out the possibility!

MFW looking back over the over 20,000 pictures I've taken over the past 25 years, and realizing that at least a third are of cats.

Post a perfect album from the 90s that isn’t nirvana, soundgarden, Pearl Jam, or Alice In Chains

Merry Christmas from Human Santapede! #PulpSabotage

Quick request: if you've read NAVIGATING THE AGE OF CHAOS, please leave a review somewhere, such as at the place you bought it. We just had a conversation with our publisher, and it turns out that reviews are a big determinant of whether a book gets carried and promoted by the store. Thank you!

Quick request: if you've read NAVIGATING THE AGE OF CHAOS, please leave a review somewhere, such as at the place you bought it. We just had a conversation with our publisher, and it turns out that reviews are a big determinant of whether a book gets carried and promoted by the store. Thank you!

@kevincollier.bsky.social is a star

Of course, that's probably a silly question to ask and I already know the answer and am just dwelling on the negative. Of which there is an abundance, btw.

So, here's my question: Sora (and similar image/video models) base their images of characters (licensed or otherwise) on existing art fed into the training data. That existing art was created by human artists, who probably never imagined this kind of use. Will they be compensated in any way?

With enough blind men, all elephants are visible. From my interview last week with Hilton Barbour.

Movie you’ve watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Stars (Wars nor Trek), LOTR, or Marvel, Disney Animated or Pixar.

Friday. (courtesy the genius of @rstevens.bsky.social )

The last ten years was just practice for the next twenty-five.

Alt text for those who need it. This is amazing.

This is why I still wear a mask when I go to the store, etc.

Introduce yourself with five concerts you’ve seen: • X • Sting • Crowded House • Oingo Boingo • Los Lobos

But if you can't get enough of my dulcet tones, my "smooth jazz" sound (I've been told), or you need something to lull your passengers to sleep during a long holiday drive, listen to them all.

It's podcastapalooza with Jamais Cascio time, apparently. Multiple interviews have popped up this week, on top of the bunch over the past few months: • The Innovation Show: theinnovationshow.io/episodes/ • The Learning Future: www.thelearningfuture.com/the-learning... (both with Bob Johansen) (1/2)

This great thread makes a point I've been trying to convey for years. Calling all data-driven prediction or decision software "AI" is a huge gift to LLM hypemen, who want people to believe, incorrectly, that LLM data centers are crucial for solar forecasting or operating buildings and power grids.

I can totally imagine Mamdani getting in his car to leave the White House with his staff, and once the door is shut turning and just saying "'what the fuck was that?"

In a weird, weird world, this is one of the weirdest and most hilarious interactions in this very dark timeline we are stuck in.

You know, it hadn't occurred to me that the "Butlerian Jihad" actually referred to William Butler Yeats.

Adversarial shanties or gtfo

Term of the week, probably month (maybe even year): Adversarial Poetry LLMs like Grok and GPT can be "jailbroken" -- made to give prohibited answers -- through the use of poetry. arxiv.org/abs/2511.15304

Considering sequels to Navigating the Age of Chaos. Thinking about: Rise of the Age of Chaos Battle for the Age of Chaos Conquest of the Age of Chaos Escape from the Age of Chaos

"What if one of YOUR favorite politicians/celebrities/etc is on the list?" Did you all not notice how quickly we dropped Neil Gaiman when we found out about the things he did? Do you know how beloved that guy used to be and how loathed he is now? I think that right there should answer your question.

If you see this, QTP with a sword x

The difference in time between now and I can has cheezburger Is the same between I can has Cheezburger and the Berlin Wall falling

Pandora: "They say the last thing that fluttered out of the box was a butterfly. I can now tell you that hope is a damp sock."

Pandora helps with the laundry.

The Emperor's New Clothes? How about the Crown Prince's New Arcology: ig.ft.com/saudi-neom-l... Amazing article on The Line in Saudi Arabia. A group I'd worked with before asked if I'd be interested in taking part in their bid on a Line-adjacent project. That's a no from me, dawg.

I found a box with some 40 year old pictures, from when I was in college. As I said to a few friends from the time I shared the full set with, I'm glad that I'm no longer the person I was in college—but I'm very happy that I got to be there. (Yes I painted my dorm wall as a Talking Heads album)

Now:

Woke up today to the news

Two more pictures from the Institute for the Future's 2025 Ten-Year Forecast event. @iftf.org @rushkoff.com

RFK JR can’t drive for shit!

It’s out!