Or bankrupt a casino.

Again, sociopathic narcissists are incapable of accepting responsibility for the actions.

Says the ignorant anti-vaccine crusader.

In the real world, if you have a $600 drug and you reduce the price by 100%, the drug is free.

Reduce it by 600%, the drug company would be paying you $3,000 to take their drug.

Wharton must be so proud of their star alum.

"Cleaning up the risk pool ... will lower prices."

A THREAD.

They've been waiting for you.

Much depends on that red wheelbarrow.

...and the backstage. It's still one of those "if I get to it" ideas I'd love to do.

Many years ago, I read a book called The Compass that was about the whole group, and followed it up with Seriously Funny which had a wider focus on the comedians of the period like Sahl, Newhart, etc. I was idly thinking about writing a play for two that alternated scenes between their sketches...

Same! I couldn't remember how long it had been since I saw A New Leaf. Also read Mark Harris's Mike Nichols biography a few months back and revisited a lot of their work together.

Bought, read, loved.

Destroy them.

I'm dubious.

Of couse he did.

Another trait of sociopathic narcissists is the inability to take responsibility. Nothing will ever be their fault, and if you try to claim it is, they blame you for believing "lies".

And happy birthday to Her Majesty Elaine May!

I could see cobbling things together from the John Gardiner novels, though they've been cribbing from them already.

In a perfect world, I'd love to adapt the originals properly and in period. But that's never going to happen.

Been there.

And goodness knows I'd love to do graphic novels and adventures with some of my Radio Theater characters. That might count as super niche.

Oh, I'd love to see more of The Nice Guys world.

I have to think. I've got more than a few niche things I'd love to do.

Not sure how niche it is, but I've got an idea for Space: 1999 that would allow it to keep the date.

I'd love to play in the world of Craig Rice's novels from the 40s.

In addition to being credulous and gullible, sociopathic narcissists are the easiest to bait. They can't resist.

Because logic and reality don't compute for them, only their own delusions. So anything that runs counter to that must be answered no matter how bad it makes them look.

At this point experts are all but 100% sure the “Spanish” Flu originated in North America and had already gone through several mutations before US soldiers brought an especially vicious strain with them to Europe.

This is in re: Hegseth dropping the military’s flu vaccine requirement, by the way.

Sending love.

My jaw, it is slack. With awe, that is. Let's go with that.

We Lived on the Horizon A bio-prosthetic surgeon and her personal AI are drawn into a revolution in this “haunting, suspenseful, and nuanced look at the future we may alre...

Happy paperback pub day to me.
We Lived on the Horizon has achieved its final form (thankfully before sapient cities decide they need to do a population correction via class).
www.simonandschuster.com/books/We-Liv...

Glad I never bothered with TikTok.

If you have, you may want to check this setting.

I want to highlights this part of @beyerstein.bsky.social's piece:

"Being the toll booth operator would give Iran *greater global influence* than it would with nuclear weapons. Lots of countries have nukes, but only Iran has Hormuz.

"All this thanks to the hubris of Trump and Netanyahu."

I loathe Canva with the burning passion of a thousand suns.

The Verge's coverage on Canva that asks who Canva's biggest competitor is (and their CEO dodging the question) is I think support for the argument that AI has opened up a free-for-all and everyone is trying to go after every platform in a way that's never happened before.

This Is Just To Say

I have turned off
the AI features
that were in
the update

and which
you were probably
hoping
to monetize

Fuck you
they were stupid
so unnecessary
and so annoying

Looking forward to the pivot into the AI-avian-shoe business.