That's the logic of the whole market today. AI - the world's money-losingest technology - attracts investment at the expense of everything else. 9/

As John Quiggin writes, the pre-2020 Musk was the Musk of Tesla, batteries and Starlink. The post-2020 Musk is the Musk of Starship, robotaxis, Cybertrucks and Twitter - a string of commercial flops and assets that literally exploded. 3/

Remember, it's only a waste of taxpayer money when it is something that is being done to help other people

Portland, OR!! I'm coming to Broadway Books tomorrow to talk ELVIS IS DEAD, I'M STILL ALIVE with my dear friend @keithrosson.bsky.social!!! Come hear punk writers talk about 30 years of Asian Man Records! broadwaybooks.net/event/2026-0...

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Data centers are very similar in how prisons were pitched to ritual areas Telling them it would bring jobs and boost their economy when people were just brought in from outside and resulted in largely negative impacts for local residents. Both claiming to be a fix for towns that need help.

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Pacific Northwest! I'll be up your way this week talking ELVIS IS DEAD, I'M STILL ALIVE with @keithrosson.bsky.social !! Come join us!! It's free and there will be books! @clashbooks.bsky.social THU Portland Broadway Books FRI Seattle Elliott Bay Book Co

it's pretty on the nose for modern american life that a company that doesn't really do anything at all is on track to be the biggest company in america

Thank you to the 70% of people who have rated Elvis Is Dead, I'm Still Alive ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ on Goodreads!

Some dumbass puking on himself while talking about how he's afraid of Black people is actually exactly the metaphor for the Trump administration we've all been looking for sports.yahoo.com/articles/ufc...

"A super entertaining read packed with information that will hopefully inspire its readers to get out and do something for their community." Thank you for the kind review of Elvis is Dead, I'm Still Alive, @dyingscene.bsky.social !! dyingscene.com/ds-book-club...

I was not expecting the scene in Half Man where they reveal that Niall is actually half-man/half-guitar and then Ruben picks him up and plays "Classical Gas" on him. Never saw it coming

The world's first trillionaire did this

Thanks to everyone who has been rating Elvis is Dead, I'm Still Alive on Goodreads! Currently a 4.63 ⭐️!! www.goodreads.com/book/show/23...

I forgot this was out now. Just bought it from AMR. Thanks Mike!

Want to read Elvis Is Dead, I'm Still Alive but don't have money for a new book right now? Here are a bunch of libraries that have copies! If your local library isn't on the list, talk to a librarian a request a copy! Libraries rock!

Why stop at "World's First Trillionaire" when "World's First Trillionaire To Be Guillotined" is also still available?

The violin in the Thong Song also kinda sounds like the Chrono Cross soundtrack

I knew it

Literally holding the arts hostage to stroke a rapist's ego

Been watching Ashita no Joe 2 on the treadmill lately and it has quickly become a top 5 anime for me

"Let's have all space travel be handled by the guy who made the deadliest car in history"

SpaceX is really showing that as long as you are a person who spends his time saluting Hitler in public, people will give you billions of dollars to make a product that keeps accidentally exploding

Republicans would rather do away with the safety net you've been paying into your entire life than figure out a way to put literally 1% of the budget into it

In Germany, Google is liable for false answers in its AI "overviews" that pop up at the top of search results. I wish we had this in the States. Make them pay for misleading users. the-decoder.com/landmark-ger...

Looking forward to playing the great Bottom of the Hill tonight and tomorrow!!

What I do when I go to Boston:

[In regards to being the youngest member of the Jeff Rosenstock band]: "I'm the baby, gotta love me"

pitches are now closed for july but open for the august and september issues. [email protected]

The raw milk thing is proof that you can trick conservatives into literally eating shit and liking it bsky.app/profile/prop...

[Teenage Telemachus to the suitors]: "Did you hear what happened to my dad O-DEEZ-eus?"

Unquabbage Post Punk Pig Chef Lil Ronson Hen

See, it can be done. nation.cymru/news/welsh-t...

Ringo M. Stardust is proud to present my new memoir "Stranded In The Future", a story based on my life between 1968 and 1978. It’s about delusion, obsession and how to use them. Ringo could just use a cuddle and a snack. Pre-orders for signed copies are available here: linktr.ee/robynhitchco...

Lots of people have been wondering so I'll clear up a mystery: the reason kids everywhere say "6 7" is because it's my birthday

Hell yeah!

Delete your X account unless you want brain poison constantly poured in your ear like Hamlet's dad

We played 72 songs in Seattle. Thanks for rocking with us these last two days! Portland tonight!

Entering month 6 of Mamdani's NYC & Robberies are down 11%, Retail theft is down 19%, & Murder is down 21%—all without "Adding 5000 new cops." Instead, he's invested in public safety free childcare, food, and better funded schools. Safer cities come from investing in people—not punishments.

Xavier Becerra (& frankly all democrats), stop the (at best) mealymouthed nonsense and just say Trans Rights out loud, w/ your whole chest, & mean it. Like… don't Just drop your anchors & stop letting republican propaganda drift you to the right; start Actively Pushing in the other damn direction.

Walked by a truck unloading multiple pallets of barbells at the bear bar, Seattle rocks

Really amazing essay on the eugenicist history of Spotify's recommendation algorithm lareviewofbooks.org/article/musi...

Meta says the feature hasn't shipped. The code is nevertheless embedded in the Meta AI app distributed to tens of millions of phones. During testing, independent researcher Buchodi loaded Michel Foucault's faceprint into the app's local database and triggered the notification shown below.

EFF’s Threat Lab confirmed @WIRED.com’s finding that Meta has deployed facial recognition code to millions of their always-on surveillance glasses.

Elvis is Dead, I'm Still Alive officially outsold American Canto in its first week lolol

After spending $53 million, Musk's "hyperloop" in Vegas only connects two sides of one convention center, permanently scarred workers and created a pond of toxic waste. But let's let him handle astronauts' lives!

The Cybertruck has a worse fatality rate than the Pinto. Our space ships are about to be Space Pintos