Well to be fair there’s also “can AI independently invent nukes and bio weapons?”

Underratedly hilarious that it was bucks OR hawks while there was a decent shot Giannis would be traded

and somehow have the pellies pick coming

Michael Jordan’s younger brother actually competed in one of those! Halberstam claimed he was a pretty incredible athlete and should’ve been a gymnast.

We’re on our fourth Andreessen manifesto, for what it’s worth.

T+1 settlement casualty

the red is good, right? like it's arsenal red?

The therapist in your pocket: Chatty, leaky — and AI-powered With high demand for mental health care, a wave of AI-powered chatbots are being marketed as therapy apps — with little evidence they work and few regulations.

Want to confide your secrets and get a sycophantic voice flattering you in return?

There’s an app for that. My latest on the explosion of AI therapists, @washingtonpost.com: www.washingtonpost.com/health/2026/...

In the sense that it is right and correct, potentially.

The therapist in your pocket: Chatty, leaky — and AI-powered With high demand for mental health care, a wave of AI-powered chatbots are being marketed as therapy apps — with little evidence they work and few regulations.

Want to confide your secrets and get a sycophantic voice flattering you in return?

There’s an app for that. My latest on the explosion of AI therapists, @washingtonpost.com: www.washingtonpost.com/health/2026/...

great book!

yeah, one thing you get from The Making of the English Working Class is a certain class of transformative technologies (mostly work-focused) really did require a massive sales job.

LONDON FALLING (2026)

Art lover Ari Hodara, winner of the Picasso, said he hopes he can loan the painting to a museum so he and others can visit and enjoy it. https://wapo.st/4tffT75

Avian flu detected in Idaho dairy cows as study explores role of virus RNA detection in bovine semen The milking cows were the first avian flu detections in cattle since a Wisconsin report in December 2025.

Bird flu confirmed on 5 Idaho dairy farms.
@cidrap.bsky.social
www.cidrap.umn.edu/avian-influe...

Your New Therapist: Chatty, Leaky, and Hardly Human - KFF Health News With high demand for mental health care, a wave of artificial intelligence-powered chatbots are being marketed as therapy apps — with little evidence they work and few regulations.

Last fall, I was told about a burgeoning world of apps offering AI therapy.

I took a look: all over the app store, there are products for kids as young as 4. Many seem to use your data for advertising.

What's it mean to have AI therapy? For @kffhealthnews.org: kffhealthnews.org/news/article...

to me the pitt is a love letter to new york city – a town it lovingly accepts, warts and all. in a sense, new york is almost the show's main character

... too short visits with patients. In that cases, more health care = more money = maybe worse care.

So there's a lot we don't know and it's simplistic to just make this a productivity story.

If doctors are less burnt out and able to give more attention to care, that's plausibly a higher-quality visit. If there's automation fatigue, and doctors don't pay attention to the output of the scribe, that's plausibly a lower-quality visit.

There are significant concerns doctors have ...

that's not quite right. the concerns here are twofold:
* The scribes are suggesting ways, effectively, to upcharge for the visits. So more money for the same (?) care. That's a substantial part of the cost change.

* It's unclear whether scribes make the quality of visit better.

Forget microplastics, I'm having a hard time keeping my toddler from eating macroplastics

it's not as much a narrative, but I found Gordon Wood's Radicalism of the American Revolution pretty enlightening about (many of) the basic politico-cultural fundamentals of the country's founding.

other big problem is stars are a little too fit/handsome these days. similar problem in the otherwise-charming ETERNITY, where we're clearly supposed to believe Miles Teller is, like, Albert Brooks.

Back to the posting grind?

I choose to believe this is a great case of nominative determinism for a journalist

Watch: As AI Makes More Health Coverage Decisions, the Risks to Patients Grow - KFF Health News Major health insurers and even Medicare are using artificial intelligence to make coverage decisions. But class action lawsuits have accused insurers of using AI to wrongfully withhold treatment, and ...

Health insurance executives have said using AI to make coverage decisions will save them money.

But lawsuits have accused insurers of using the technology to wrongfully withhold treatment.

@hannahnorman.bsky.social & @dariustahir.bsky.social explain ⤵️

possibly, but the real take is "neither"

New rules mean many DC restaurants are closing streateries The District made streateries permanent. But restaurant owners say the rules are too costly and complicated to keep them up.

DC implemented a new policy for its streeteries that cost restaurants $20,000 to implement.

The result: virtually every restaurant eliminated their outdoor dining, many have reduced their hiring, & now a few cars can park more easily.

Congrats on the successful policy change, DC government!

The British guy who took over Barnes and Noble talked about this, and giving store managers more authority to stock the bookshelves with what they thought would work

it's funny to watch CASINO and then remember which character is based on Harry Reid.