So glad I randomly logged into Bluesky and saw this, Steve! Just ordered! Congrats and can’t wait to see the books

Thank you! That’s awesome to hear and means a lot.

I think it's bad for the President to threaten to annihilate an entire culture and i do not think you are being alarmist if you take his threats seriously and literally.

it doesn't matter that they're liars and bluffers, it doesn't matter that they're pussies, it doesn't matter that they (probably) won't do what they're threatening to do. its enough that they are saying it. its enough that it's possible. this is not acceptable to any living creature on the planet

Just finding out now that the CEO of Chuck E Cheese is mentioned in the Epstein Files

The endgame for all of this is constructing a military that will obey orders when ordered to fire on citizens. That's the throughline to half of what Trump is doing.

OpenAI admits AI hallucinations are mathematically inevitable, not just engineering flaws In a landmark study, OpenAI researchers reveal that large language models will always produce plausible but false outputs, even with perfect data, due to fundamental statistical and computational limi...

"In a landmark study, OpenAI researchers reveal that large language models will always produce plausible but false outputs, even with perfect data, due to fundamental statistical and computational limits."

www.computerworld.com/article/4059...

Dutch late night TV has its take

Jarvis: I hate to say this to my friends here at CNN, mass media is dying, so they're taking the last of these vestiges of institutions that matter and they're trying to turn them into propaganda organs under threat from the head of the FCC

Theme From Sparta F.C. #2 YouTube video by The Fall - Topic

there are some real gems on the later Fall albums. "Theme From Sparta FC" absolutely slaps

www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-Oh...

Do not assume that everything they set out to do is inevitable. They have been successfully fought on multiple fronts, from courtroom wins that have actually stuck to city and state governments that haven't backed down, to activists in the streets organizing against their violence.

Michael Crichton died in 2008. He must be really mad.

Several states have issued orders or taken similar actions to protect access to COVID vaccines including: CO, MA, MD, MN, NM, NY, PA, WA

Please call your Governor's office and demand that they take action to make sure COVID vaccines are accessible to everyone!

Have always thought something like this was going on with the Epstein / Les Wexner connection

We’re quite deep within the Singularity right now, though it’s turned out be the Singularity of Stupid (SoS), which effectively prevents the original concept of the Singularity from happening.

Oh okay. Well that clears it up! Phew!

R.E.M. - E-Bow The Letter (Official Audio) YouTube video by remhq

Lately it’s been E-Bow

youtu.be/Rr3feq5H2YA?...

I just alphabetize the whole thing across two ikea-esque cube shelves (600-700 LPs). I have a stand that holds 20-30 LPs for recent purchases / currently listening a lot

Very good thread here about the right's response to Covid

I used to read Isaac Chotiner’s interviews with a bit of glee, as it was enjoyable to see him flay pretty crappy people with their own words. And now reading them feels a lot emptier, as there don’t seem to be any consequences other than the interview itself for brazen lying or deception.

We’ve gone from “AI will steal your job” to “AI can make a shitty digital version of your dead grandma” - seems like things are going great for the hundreds of billions of dollars invested in AI!!

Does my spreadsheet get sad? Please help me with this important question.

How does David Shor keep getting money from these people? Hasn’t he been wrong enough yet?

I fixed the Cracker Barrel logo if anyone is interested! #illustration #branding

We should talk about the Powell Memo more. One of the defining turning points of this country. Gonna check out this book.

Here's a version that was archived.

archive.org/details/60-m...

Septology was excellent. Best book I’ve read this year.

Michael Brooks would have turned 42 today. Here he is flawlessly explaining why the Israel Palestine situation is not complicated. Why it's not even asymmetrical warfare, but an occupation.

Rest in peace Michael. You were the best of us.

Numero doing lovesliescrushing reissues? Hell yes

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