To be a historian is to speak ill of the dead and the rest of you should take more history classes and join us.

the final reckoning between AI hype and reality is upon us. buckle up.

I'm sticking with my initial assessment of the Graham Platner campaign. bsky.app/profile/theg...

'It exists!' he cried. 'No,' said O'Brien. He stepped across the room. There was a memory hole in the opposite wall. O'Brien lifted the grating. Unseen, the frail slip of paper was whirling away on the current of warm air; it was vanishing in a flash of flame. O'Brien turned away from the wall.

Has anyone read about the quantitative difference between an I.Q. of 110 and 130? My understanding is that I.Q. is essentially a grade on a curve, irrelevant unless there is a comparison to others. So, does the 130 I.Q. person make more Big Macs per hour than the 110 I.Q. person?

On the 250th Birthday of the U.S. Trump Seeks Younger Trophy Country @theonion.com

Love it! 🤣

Tell me you're going to socialize the losses of AI implementation without telling me directly. #TheAIGrift Go get 'em @edzitron.com!

Betamax with longer record times and a cheaper price would have won the video player war. 😄 #CounterFactuals

“Depart in peace; be ye warmed and filled,” is the effective practice of GOP Christian faith. They fail to understand that "...faith, if it hath not works, is dead...." James 2:16-17 They are not only failures in practicing their faith, they fail as general human beings. #ItHasHappenedHere

To understand AI and cryptocurrencies does not require technical expertise. To understand the absurdity of these technologies one need understand only that capitalism requires faith in perpetual innovation and productivity. The irony is this tech augurs the death of capitalism, not its resurgence.

If no one shows up at a Nuremberg-style rally is it still a rally? #ItHasHappenedHere

What...the...🤬!

Let's remember this same guy failed to see the potential of the internet, releasing Windows 95 without any built-in dial-up utility. #TechHype

Pseudo-democratic institution (SCOTUS) rules that other pseudo-democratic institution's employees (The Fed) cannot be mistreated by yet another pseudo-democratic institution (executive branch established through electoral college). www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Am I right to think that dismantling the military-industrial complex and reducing our constant war posture would be the biggest steps in getting rid of the imperial presidency? #ItHasHappenedHere

I’m so grateful for this rave review of my book THEY KNEW and my newsletter! substack.com/home/post/p-...

I can't believe the woman who insisted Santa is a white man turns out to be a racist!

I prefer my revisionist history when the facts change, not when the moral scruples of politicians decline to Caligula-like levels. 🤬 #ItHasHappenedHere

What if the examined life is also not worth living? 🤯 #DeepThoughts 😁

Great read! Here's my favorite paragraph.

Just had a thought and I'm sure it is not original: on every issue one-third of the electorate is always idiotic. This is not a left/right thing. It's true of any issue. So, let me know if someone has had this thought and maybe given their name to it. Sounds like something Mark Twain would say. 😁

Seth gets it. 🤣

Looks like someone new is up for a Trump pardon. #ItHasHappenedHere chicago.suntimes.com/crime/2026/0...

Fascinating 20 minutes on whether we are alone in the galaxy. 🤔 youtu.be/rXfFACs24zU?...

She's a lovely beard.

I've read a lot of Mark Twain's stuff and cannot imagine these three sharing the same cigar smoke with the man. I suspect Twain's withering wit would be a source of discomfort for all three. Idea: Ambrose Bierce, Mark Twain, and H.L. Mencken rise from dead just to roast Maher, C.K., & Smith. 🤣

Trump: "Men should not participate in women's sports." Your Hospital: "I'm afraid your lack of medical insurance means we will have to bill you directly for the $250,000 cost of your cancer treatment." #MEDICARE4ALL

To get a true feel for this story, watch the first twenty minutes of The Death of Stalin (2017). newrepublic.com/article/2121...

God, I wish I had a couple billion dollars that I didn't need to live on so I could short this stock! 😈 #TheAIGrift

Saw this ad and thought, "Maybe we should let the AI destroy us all?" 🤔 😔 youtu.be/OjgjTLVvMgk?...

Just saw this advert. Is this a threat? 🤔 #TheAIGrift

“Antifa put algae in my pool.” 🥺”Sir? Are they here with you now…. The antifa?”

This word should be in every modern person's vocabulary! 👨‍🍳 💋

Do you remember when we were told David Patreus was a genius when he quelled Iraqi insurgents but then we found out they were just bribing them to stay quiet? The new Iran deal will be that, billions of dollars will be given back to Iran to open the Strait of Hormuz. 🤫 www.cnbc.com/2026/06/15/v...

I have never watched a single episode of The Office, neither the US nor the UK version. However, I have watched every episode of Curb Your Enthusiasm, Rick and Morty, and Severance. 😁

Video found of Elon Musk celebrating the IPO of #SPCX. #EnronVibes youtube.com/shorts/-0gjY...

@scottsantens.com I know it's not possible to prove a counter-factual (that term sounds eerily like "alternative facts" doesn't it?) but has anyone ever run an analysis of the 2008 crash if we had had #UBI, premise being that most would have maintained their mortgages?

Sounds like this woman could have defeated Graham in the SC Senate primary! 🤯 bsky.app/profile/theg...

I could do that or I could vote for people who will raise Mark Cuban's taxes and implement #Medicare4All. 🤔

I think Trump was trying to create a "garden variety" Reichstag fire incident. 🤣 www.cnn.com/2026/06/11/p...

This is one of the dumbest things I've ever heard.

@jasonread.bsky.social Roaming my library and saw this. I know your specialty is Spinoza, but I thought of you. How about Spinoza as a cyborg? 😁

I love how he keeps writing the best campaign ads... for the Democratic Party! Coming Soon: 🌊

Hey, remember when María Corina Machado presented her peace prize medal to Trump? Turns out The Kennedy Center and The Institute of Peace are not the only thing Trump has tried to slap his name on. #ItHasHappenedHere youtu.be/XHpP5otFv4M?...

Work is not about food, shelter or clothing; it's about the freedom to starve, freeze to death, and run around naked. 🤨 #ItHasHappenedHere

We talk alot about oligarchy and a dictatorial Whitehouse ("unitary executive") but these two books help us understand how two institutions, SCOTUS and The Fed, enable the authoritarian state and weaken democracy. #ItHasHappenedHere

#$SPCX is the greatest argument against The Chicago School's "Rational Economic Man" hypothesis. #EnronVibes