Having a dog is fun because you can sing songs to them about how gross they smell and they just love the attention

It really is stupids all the way down

May need to watch this again soon

Another take of Carole by Richee, 1935.

Posted the New Yorker story on Sam Altman to Hacker News, where Ronan Farrow popped up to answer questions. It reached #3 top post then got nuked off the front page, never change HN mods! (Yes, HN sucks, no need to @ me about that)

I gave a little talk onstage.

“Investment in affordable housing (in Austria): there is now robust evidence that this approach has helped to curb rental prices across the board, improve the finances of lower-income households, and boost overall economic activity in Austria” (The other way) www.housing-critical.com/home-page-1/...

If AI is so evidently a great thing, why is it that so much of its adoption is imposed on people? If it were so evidently great, people would be falling over themselves to use it.

ABUSE OF POWER COMES AS NO SURPRISE

So, people just want Discord it seems.

#NBA OKC putting the league on notice.

Finished this season of PARADISE. No spoilers. I preferred it to the first season, but, man, they have to do something about how they write women characters. Apart from Annie, they're either one-dimensional, or arbitrarily change personality.

Congress could stop this tomorrow.

WTF DubNation? Punting back to backs I see

It's beautiful

April Fool's gags are definitely up this year. People coping with the state of the world.

jupiter wishes you a very happy trans day of visibility 🏳️‍⚧️

The end of the war is 2 to 3 weeks away from being 2 to 3 weeks away.

That's right

The prophecy is fulfilled. www.oaklandreviewofbooks.org/freaky-tales... bsky.app/profile/zung...

#NBA Ugh. Golden State MASH Unit.

the NCAA uploaded raw footage of the UConn buzzer-beater from every camera CBS had in the building to youtube (will drop in the replies) and the best part has to be this hard pan to Dan Hurley's mom yelling HOLY FUCKING SHIT followed by a synchronized simultaneous HOLY SHIT by both Hurley parents

The Court of Death, by Rembrandt Peale, 1820, 📸 via @ContextFreeCBB

yeah... this early spring is kinda freaking me out

Tonight's excellent cocktail: "Bitter Orchard Sidecar" 1.5 oz Calvados 0.75 oz Aperol 0.75 oz orange liqueur 0.75 oz lemon juice 1 dash orange bitters Shake, strain, coupe. (don't tell the haters, but ChatGPT came up with the recipe based on my taste desires)

This is a small thing, but Diana Taurasi is, like, REALLY good in that stupid Dick's Sporting Goods commercial with Lil Dicky.

SPORTS

Can’t GenX have just one thing? We’ve been ignored/neglected everywhere else

Leadership of the WNBPA spent four years at really good colleges. These are smart women with connections. It was clear that the WNBA executives and owners didn't understand the aptitude of those who were bargaining.

Oakland hits different

What is our bestselling book of all time (as EBB), one may wonder. ebbooksellers.com/item/2QHtVTC...

Louise by George Hommel, 1927.

Slept in my Neutral Milk Hotel shirt and woke up In The Aeroplane Over The Sea

the word " yolo " .... i will never say such shit

I’m always here for the wordplay

Sean Young for Blade Runner (1982).

If we were to think of an example of cultural adaptation in pre‑Columbian #Peru, the Chiribaya shepherd dog would immediately come to mind. A #dog bred to manage camelids in the coastal oases of the #Atacama Desert — and a companion whose burials reveal a deep emotional and functional bond.

Tula (~55lb 9 month old mutt) wants Acorn (~11lb 7 yo orange dog) to play. So badly. And Acorn is having none of it.

She has no kings

I feel like GenX and older are the only ones equipped to rank these. That HyperCard, the LaserWriter, PowerBook 100 series, and QuickTime rank so low is because people under a certain age don't understand how transformational they were.

mob boss tactics. votes for 'protection.'

I fucking love that the one bad actor called out in this video is McKinsey

I say this with no hesitation. Parents should NEVER restrict their child’s reading. Kids know what they can and can’t handle. And exposure to a little of what they can’t handle helps them develop their awareness and taste.

First time on Southwest since they went to assigned seating. They have enshittified their service. Won’t let people sit in better seats because they haven’t paid for them. Any loyalty I had to them has vanished.

Connect Bay Area, the ballot measure campaign to keep transit running, needs your help! Get involved at docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

We knew that the Republicans are a death cult. I wasn't prepared, though, for the degree to which they appear willing to hang themselves.

It is quite telling that since the horrific story of Cesar Chavez re: sexual abuse broke earlier this week and calls to change the names of schools and other public spaces named in his honor, not one conservative voice has stepped forward to object that this would be tantamount to erasing history.