♫ Top 5 artists of the Last.week: Horse Jumper of Love (27) Madison McFerrin (17) Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth (16) Quicksand (12) +/- (11). #myweekcounted 416 Scrobbles with Lastfm #music via @lastfm.blue

notably, putnam speculated that it would be netflix slop and VR-helmet immersions that would be our ultimate undoing, which seem almost quaint now in the face of the delusions that can be manufactured with AI muse.jhu.edu/article/16643

Got asked yesterday was I was hopeful or excited about and realized I should have said more books.

One of the underrated aspects of the @pdxdigitalcorps.bsky.social I didn't anticipate when starting it, was adding a social component. Our IRL events were all so well attended, people wanted to connect & collab together.

I don't remember who asserted that the way systems thinkers grab power is by expanding scope, but ime, expanding scope often happens in the absence of systems thinking.

Scoop: I sent a public record request to the FTC for complaints mentioning ChatGPT. I got 200 complaints back, but a couple stood out. They described experiencing severe delusions, paranoia, and spiritual crises, and they attributed it to ChatGPT: www.wired.com/story/ftc-co...

Putnam couldn't have imagined this and until we completely reimagine the social civic infrastructure of this country, I fear we are entirely cooked. Lots of people want to be engaged with, but have never had the muscle for IRL engagement www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/03/m...

Had to revisit Agriculture "The Spiritual Sound" in case I was imagining it as AOTY Top 5 candidate and nope, it's epic. agriculturemusic.bandcamp.com/album/the-sp...

Can world leaders have work-life balance? I traveled to Helsinki over the summer to find out. For this week's issue, I profiled Sanna Marin, the former "party girl" prime minister of Finland. www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

I understand that literature-as-inspiration is lucrative, but a James Baldwin as spirit guru, a Baldwin whose mission is to equally uplift anyone and everyone — a Baldwin who never challenges you — is not really Baldwin at all any more. (And this distortion goes well beyond this one project.)

Coped with losing the World Series by second-guessing their manager & then realized "oh there's probably a blog post about delivery teams in this" and drafted this... blog.ronbronson.com/delivery-is-...

This home run will be obscured because of the loss, but what a cool thing for a guy we drafted as a teenager to come of age like this in a crucial moment. Hope we resign Bo, not ready for him to leave yet.

ONE OF THE GREATEST GAMES IN BASEBALL HISTORY

My top doubles team got upset at State in 2022 and that hurt wayyyyy more than this does. (We won State as a team that year which made it go down easier)

you cannot leave a team that good hanging around for this long, history doesn't care about deserve to win...you win or you don't. But maybe the Jays have a few more swings in them. Either way, epic series.

what the actual fuck

say what you want about dave roberts, dude can manage.

I went to see Cecile McLorin Salvant tonight because it never occurred to me I'd be also wanting to watch the first ever November Blue Jays game, six outs away from the World Series title. wtf

That stupid Carolina-Colorado cosplay game sent me in a time machine.

The Blue Jays can join the 1991 Twins and 2013 Red Sox as the only teams in MLB history to go from last place to World Series champions the following year h/t @MLBNetwork research squad

Näytä tämä pesäpallofanille, ja hän sanoo: ”Pallo on aina elossa, kunhan sen lyöt.” If this has been in pesäpallo, that's a live ball after you hit it. Doesn't matter if it's hit into the stands. #pesis

Did not expect to win the Yamamoto game anyway, but what a boneheaded way to lose a winnable game with nobody out and 2 on. Good thing we can play again tomorrow -- at home.

♫ Top 5 artists of the Last.week: Stevie Wonder (37) Theo Croker (22) Chance the Rapper (18) Emma-Jean Thackray (15) ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead (14). #myweekcounted 419 Scrobbles with Lastfm #music via @lastfm.blue

Baseball needs a Conn Smythe Trophy. Name it after Rickey Henderson.

Reminded of this diagram I did on AI as barrier layer. A cordon sanitaire between managers and all those ghastly human staff and users

bufferland of automation. strip out the human judgement, make errors policy, erase any recourse, make people pay for basic access to mitigation.

Yesavage making most memorable Jays World Series pitching performance, ever? Jimmy Key, Dave Stewart?

I regret to inform everyone that my pedantic brain couldn’t let me live until I knew whether or not dodger blue and blue jays blue are the same blue. They are ONE PANTONE NUMBER APART.

I hate in-game interviews, but I especially hate them during the LIVE game. Is this REALLY necessary? I will say, baseball managers do a decent job of being candid in them. Do them at the mid-inning, record it and then broadcast it.

Not going to get too excited, but I for sure prefer starting the game with a lead to always coming from behind.

well you all got what you wanted

People who think walking Ohtani is bad are wrong. It's baseball, not teeball. I hate fouling at the end of basketball games too, but it's part of the game. You can't legislate out intentional walks, because you know what people will do? Plunk him. 4 pitch outs. Dingers are fun but this is legit.

Last night, before things got truly silly, we saw my least favorite play in baseball. Hopefully for the last time in major league history.

You can't leave 16 guys on base & win a baseball game. But I'm glad the Blue Jays put up a fight. Awful to lose that way but glad they were in it for that long, with that lineup and bullpen.

What if we made every religious leader a Chicagoan who likes baseball so that the interfaith dialogue would be dependent on the results of White Sox and Cubs. “But most of the world wouldn’t understand what the divisions are about!” as if they did now, an inning sounds as mysterious as Filioque

I don't understand the need to be so goddamn aggressive on the bases when there's no need. second time now. the first time i got it, but this time it was just greedy.

So wild Seven Nation Army has had such a long shelf llife as a crowd pump up song.

WHY WOULD YOU PITCH TO OHTANI. WHAT'S WORSE IS, LET'S HAVE A CONFERENCE SO YOU CAN THROW A FUCKING MEATBALL TO OHTANI.

Finally took a first pass at my favorite albums of 2025 list. Still more to add, but a good starting list: record.club/ron/lists/fa...

I try to avoid "real organizers vs. fake/keyboard organizers" framings for the most part but one thing you learn quickly from organizing is how difficult it is to get people to do anything at all, how much you're competing against sociologically. people are overworked and tired

Forgot FM26 beta is out, what a long 24 months but rad you can finally import old versions in-game. (I was doing that before, but now it's even easier.)

Singles pickleball looks a lot like giant pingpong

gotta remember this place is a dead zone for sports. such garbage

A pinch hint grand slam home run is the world series is absolute cinema. he's CANADIAN too.

"For centuries, American presidents have been clamoring for a crocodile moat at the White House. All the greatest lairs and strongholds throughout history and historical fiction have had moats filled with crocodiles." www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/don...

barger doing his best vlad impression

I love that Marlins Man has transcended being a person and has just become an avatar for various avatars to buy a seat behind home plate and become him for a night.

Trey Yesavage already the best #39 in Jays history?

Had to get hype watching 16 minutes of Blue Jays postseason homer runs since 1992. www.youtube.com/watch?v=VRKG...

my take on this pretty much is that this is cruel, but I suppose it's better than both teams sweet unis being relegated purely to the dustbin. I do think though, the lesson is don't spend all this time preening on marketing testing your brand. just pay humans to make classic looks & they'll stand up