I need these AI guys to stop saying "compute" like it's a noun

A very big tofu

Don't trust Big Tofu

Lowrider

Nice weather in the Mission means an uptick in masculine feelings

A bag of Fuego Puffs snack

Rollin in my Fuego I do my own Puffs

just realized how much ”Al Gore” sounds like “algorithm”

not interested in doing any more with it.

Last year, I bought a nice copy of Ed Sanders' book "The Family" about Charles Manson, and you should see the shit that shows up now in the Recommended For You promo emails I get from AbeBooks!

it's a real caper!

I dunno, this plan seems like it has a lot of holes

People talkin bout Geese?

The Fanfare Around the Band Geese Actually Was a Psyop The Brooklyn band Geese was labeled an “industry plant” by those who questioned its sudden ubiquity. Maybe it was.

I got a bunch of pitches last year about how Geese cracked the algorithm—well, surprise, it was a "narrative" marketing campaign. @johnsemley3000.bsky.social with the goods: www.wired.com/story/geese-...

Japanese sci-fi: two robots in space, yearning

American sci-fi: man gets the author's beliefs on polygamy confirmed by the aliens of ramalama IV

french sci-fi: two horny bounty hunters visit the Galaxy of Breasts

British sci-fi: nuclear war. Everyone dead. America's fault

I wear a helmet. I recommend other people wear helmets. But helmets are not a solution for unsafe infrastructure. That's why so many of us get mad at finger wagging comments about helmets. It hides the real risks to cyclists. Cycling at low speeds is very safe! It's the cars that make it dangerous.

It's from this collection:
apnews.com/article/aada...

This live recording of Friends of the Gamelan playing a church in Chicago is goddamn glorious:
archive.org/details/ajc0...

I just mindlessly ate an entire baggie of Animal Crackers without looking at or deriving joy from the shapes of any of the animals

This excellent and powerful personal essay by @tinavasquez.bsky.social asks: how do we grapple with César Chávez's true legacy? Is it possible, necessary, or correct to erase him?

prismreports.org/2026/03/23/c...

How I want to wake up in heaven

let's go to happy hour and fade into the cobblestones

Why Has the US Banned Foreign-Made Routers? The FCC just banned the sale of new consumer-grade Wi-Fi routers manufactured outside the US. Here’s what it means for you.

You probably have a lot of questions about whether or not your home Wi-Fi router is suddenly illegal. (It's not.) But the issue is complex, and @simon-hill.bsky.social takes us through it:

www.wired.com/story/us-gov...

A Billionaire-Backed Startup Wants to Grow 'Organ Sacks' to Replace Animal Testing R3 Bio has a bold idea for replacing lab animals: genetically-engineered whole organ systems that lack a brain. The long-term goal, says a cofounder, is to make human versions.

“If we can create a nonsentient, headless bodyoid for a human being, that will be a great source of organs.” cool cool cool

www.wired.com/story/a-bill...

#birdbot

Hope everyone had a good solstice today!

Iran War Puts Global Energy Markets on the Brink of a Worst-Case Scenario One expert says that the continued closure of the Strait of Hormuz would be not recessionary, but depressionary.

Stockpile gas, food, water, and solar panels
www.wired.com/story/iran-w...

ChatGPT’s ‘Adult Mode’ Could Spark a New Era of Intimate Surveillance OpenAI plans to allow sexting with ChatGPT. A human-AI interaction expert warns of a privacy nightmare.

“People have to be very aware that there’s a surveillance aspect to the data,” says one expert. “You're sharing your most intimate sexual thoughts because you're lost in the moment.”

New from me for @wired.com on the privacy nightmares of ChatGPT smut.

www.wired.com/story/chatgp...

Anyone who believes human beings should never self-reflect, look inward, and examine their own feelings is not to be trusted

Big night for men's lapel hardware

The bass player in the Oscars band is giving it 110 percent

Dude holding a 36 pack of Charmin

Ran into @mikeisaac.bsky.social at Costco

Caballo Blanco YouTube video by Vox Populi! - Topic

Vox Populi!
#freakoutfriday

youtu.be/bRCQxM0TbWo?...