Silicon Valley bigwigs believe (absurdly) that they are on the verge of super intelligence. What they really seem on the verge of is mechanical sophistry. www.readtpa.com/p/elon-musks...

Nothing makes me want to dress up fancy like being squeezed into an uncomfortable seat in a cattle car and being treated to one bag of chips on a 5 hour flight

Eggy Thalia acoustic set was just what I needed for the morning commute today

Our government is in the hands of liars, racists, crooks, conspiracists and religious cranks Not one of them serves the public good

Revisiting my happy place

Sounds like a good business model

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The Democrats are like the 28-3 Falcons. No matter how far ahead they can find a way to lose

Nah.

agreeing to make a terrible deal while your main opponent is quite literally being boo'd on live tv by an entire stadium of people is the kind of political instinct you'd normally only find in a 3 week old dead goldfish

In another era, ICE raids would be described as persecution of Catholics.

At least Trump is coming back to DC early from his golf trip to Palm Beach so he can attend a football game while pressuring them to name the stadium after him. He’s always working hard to improve our lives.

I get this a lot too. I don't use ChatGPT or any LLMs in my work because I want my writing to sound like me, not like the averaged-out voice of the internet. But also, writing is thinking, and thinking is a habit. I don't want to get out of that habit.

Liar lies. Man bites dog. Rinse. Repeat. "Too Big to Fail" always means "To Big to Care" garymarcus.substack.com/p/sam-altman...

That's a word for it. The wrong word, but definitely a word.

Sean Duffy calls his move to cancel flights as "really unique action"

Back on my shit this morning guerillatoss.bandcamp.com/track/ceo-of...

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I watched the Christmas Carol today. First ten minutes are great. Scrooge making people work on Holidays? That guy would make America great again. After that all downhill. That Tiny Tim is weak. Never will earn. Doesn't deserve the Bird.

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"Pope Leo said Scripture emphasizes the question that will be posed at the end of the world: 'How did you receive the foreigner, did you receive him and welcome him, or not? I think there is a deep reflection that needs to be made about what is happening'..." chicago.suntimes.com/pope-leo-xiv...

garymarcus.substack.com/p/if-you-tho... Unlike the 2008 bailout, let's bail out companies that are incapable of producing a necessary service!

OpenAI has lost the crucial “dunce” vote.

Time to exile billionaires. Like the ancient democracies.

New comic: Lead is good for you www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...

they didn’t just win, either they kicked the shit out of ‘em

Dustin Hoffman rif right here

Last night was fun. MMJ Halloween with Black Sabbath/Ozzy covers plus lots of Death adjacent originals!

Harum: So I hear that AI can produce plausible sounding speeches without a concern for how they match up with reality. Scarum: Sounds to me like they're gunning for upper management.

archive.is/202510282132... Bubble licious

www.persuasion.community/p/politics-a... I already knew all this. But that's because I am better than most people. (Read the article to get the irony)

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You can keep clicking on the link and submitting "no" over and over. Not that im suggesting anyone should do such a thing, no no, I would never. outreach.senate.gov/iqextranet/E...