AI-generated image of an axe with completely blunt edge, and the text: The Butter Axe: Forging a new tradition in safely blunt woodworking." (Gemini)
Do you. like me, enjoy the manly pleasure of chopping wood but are worried about the risk? Join my Kickstarter for my patent pending Butter Axe ™️!
Take a MERRY GANDER at Virginia's GERYYMANDER!!!!
Yeah, I hate gerrymandering, too. But not as much as I hate the death of democracy if the Republicans keep control of Congress by gerrymandering.
Yo, #SNL, I can't wait to see next episode's cold open of Trump & Mamdani leading little kids in "The Wheels on the Bus.":
"So this is what the inside of a bus looks like? Momddady, you ought to tariff these things. Big Beautiful Tariffs."
www.nytimes.com/2026/04/18/n...
Come for the music. Stay for the comments section. (via @mathewingram.com
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Ssi...
Not to take anything at all away from your son, who sons like a blessing to us all, but I have a houseplant that has more of those skills than Tr*mp does.
What the fucking fuck???
It gives a new u rgency to the eternal question: What's worse, a stupid evil entity or a smart one?
www.npr.org/2026/04/12/n...
#Trump is literally playing one-dimensional chess.
For example, after leveling #Iran's civilian infrastructure doesn't remove the Iranian regime, what's our next step? What's left?
#1D
EXCLUSIVE - I've just been passed the latest copy from the Papua New Guinea Courier's USA correspondent.
Subscribe to my Substack for more!
mrhenrymorris.substack.com/p/the-latest...
In a span of 40 minutes, Trump's only consistent message was inconsistency.
I'm happy to be one of 160 (!) contributors to a report on ‘Building a Human Resilience Infrastructure for the AI Age'.
Mine embraces LLMs as dialogic partners in a new synthesis of oral and literary cultures.
imaginingthedigitalfuture.org/reports-and-...
From Academia.edu:
"Based on the papers you've read, we think you might be interested in this published article: Nutrient deficiency detection in hydroponic Turkish cucumber using ensemble technique"
Dammit! I was just about to publish my findings on that topic! 😒 Twelve years of research wasted!
@jeffjarvis.bsky.social remembers Jürgen Habermas, who just passed away, with a learned and thoughtful essay (from his excellent Gutenberg book) about the role of coffee houses and conversations in forming publics. medium.com/whither-news...
My conclusion from an online debate about how to explain the Iran war, officially known as operation Epic Fuckup:
Don't ascribe to chaos what can be more easily explained by incompetence.
Having just submitted my final, copy-edited version of my upcoming book, I am announcing my personal motto as "Tempus omnes corrigit" or "Tempus omnia corigit" (Time edits us all, or Time edits all). (Latin by Claude)
beautifulparticulars.com [beta]
Ten female sperm whale doulas deliver baby, and keep it afloat until it can breathe.
www.newscientist.com/article/2521...
Not pictured: The male whales watching football in the waiting room.
via @mathewingram.com
What's the over/under on #Trump signing our dollar bills with a #Sharpie?
(Also, what's an over/under?)
Tracy Kidder, a superb and deeply compassionate writer has died. His works shine a light on the suffering, strength, and hope that is our lot. His work and writing are blessings.
Donald Trump's named his son-in-law Jared Kushner "Peace Envoy."
Now, in the middle of a war with Iran, our "Peace Envoy" is in the Middle East trying to raise $5 BILLION for his private equity firm.
No, not until they correct the shaving oversight. I stand by my principles.
The news? Other than at every meal and obsessively throughout the day, no.
And you?
Ants figuring out how to angle a big couch through a small door. (via @mathewingram.com :
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Trump looking stoopid standing in front of a scene of rubble in Iran. The text says: "What's a guy gotta do to get impeached around here?"
Cover of The Economist shows Trump with an army helmet on his head backwards so that it's covering his eyes. The title reads "Operation Blind Fury"
Excellent cover, except it still minimizes his stoopidity.
I know there's a lot of serious stuff goin' down, but I have a serious question: Shouldn't Frankenstein have a beard, at least by the end of the book? It never mentions him shaving, although I like imagining that. Serious replies only! (nah)
I still think about this a lot.
A birthday cake that on top has written in icing "No AI was used in making this image", which is not true.
I made this for a friend (= Gemini made this for my friend), but thought others who want to have it both ways simultaneously might find it useful #AI #birthday
We used to call it "doom scrolling." Now I just call it reading the news.
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Trump rolls back minimum requirements for staffing for caring for old people .
To which I raise my withered middle finger and utter a surprisingly robust, "FUCK YOU, you monster!"
Joel Miller at BigThink brings to glorious life the 3,000 yr history of humans organizing the documents of their times, tracing an arc that leads beautifully, if not inevitably, to AI's approach. Terrific piece of writing! bigthink.com/the-past/anc... (hat tip to @petersuber.bsky.social )
I've deleted yesterday's post about Lutnick's story about JExpstein b/c I just saw the rest of the interview, and Lutnick did ask about the table, and JE did say it was for sex. Sorry for the mis-info. (Nevertheless Lutnick has still lied about his relationship with JE.)