I just had a thought pop into my head: A lot of AI n̶i̶m̶r̶o̶d̶s̶ advocates say that courses banning AGI are bad because professionals will be expected to use these m̶o̶n̶s̶t̶r̶o̶s̶i̶t̶i̶e̶s̶ tools in the workplace. But like If you know how to critically think w/o AGI, it won't be hard to figure out how to use it.

They let me into Astoria, despite my dad voting against Dukakis in '88. @stephsottile.bsky.social and I seeing Beau is Afraid with Ari Aster in the building! At MoMI! NYC is sometimes cool.

Steph and I forged a Steven Wright joke after I saw a Macy's promo email: "I went to the show store today. The salesman asked 'Looking for new shoes for fall? I said, 'No, I want new shoes for stand.'"

One of the first things my soon-to-be wife messaged each other on Bumble was that I put on my profile that I needed to get a Flugelhorn. @stephsottile.bsky.social saved it for posterity on her end:

This guy was indicted for bribery lmao

I am speechless

Tablet Magazine, run by the tax-exempt 501(c)(3) nonprofit Nextbook Inc., is telling its Instagram followers not to vote for Zohran Mamdani. The IRS explicit forbids 501(c)(3) organizations from "directly or indirectly participating in, or intervening in, any political campaign."

Hi! My partner (@stephsottile.bsky.social) and I are engaged! I cannot wait to spend the rest of my life with her!

Clive Anderson on Tony Slattery (as heard on Goon Pod, 2024)

I donated earlier today so imploring anyone who can to do so ❤️❤️

Getting to work with Tony and becoming his friend is one of the best things that ever happened to me. He was a brilliant firework of a man: I’ll miss him terribly.

To me, he seemed to be the more dynamic and exciting in that bunch. When @stephsottile.bsky.social showed me Peter's Friends, I'm recalling now that his performance stood out the most out of that stacked cast. And not because he showed his ass, either.

My partner has idolized Tony Slattery her whole life, so today is a sad day with his death. I'm grateful I got to know his work a little better (but a lot more to go to catch up with her). It's sad that of that whole Laurie/Emma Thompson/Fry group, Slattery never had a big moment outside of the UK.

I know many generations have said it before us, and many will say it after, but I now truly believe it’s objectively true that the world was better when I was younger.