The Gravy Plane

We need a matriarchy run by lesbians with clipboards and earpieces who do not take any shit.

Present Me sometimes thinks of Future Me and says "fuck that guy"

I will die on the hill that U.S. culture suffered a grievous and potentially mortal injury when we retired the concept of "selling out"

Entering my FacePunching Era

My new boss asked me to "make a list of all [my] contacts within portfolio companies" and "write a one page summary of each investment"

He skipped asking me to then "go out back, and dig a grave"

But I understood what was happening. So I quit instead.

Star Trek The Original Series scene. We're in a CORRIDOR! A room door is open, and we see two crewmen spilling out into the hallway in red and blue uniforms. They are otherwise indecipherable tho because they are entirely enveloped in a big cloud of smoke. It's pouring out all around them and into the hallway area, like there's a Phish concert in there. Closed caption reads, "[COUGHING]"

Humanoid Robot Wins Half-Marathon and Smashes Humans’ Record

Remember when a computer beat a chess master, and then we immediately went back to letting chess be a game between humans?

Call me when a robot can run faster than a dude on a motorcycle.

If you think about it for a minute, the real Ultimate Prey is billionaires

Our AI Will Murder Your Employees, Pleasure Their Spouses, and Raise Their Children “Our product identifies legacy process-driven, rule-based back-office tasks and streamlines them through clear process mapping and the automation of human-au...

"It’s hard to see a loved one die, but it’s much harder to see a loved one live when they are so easily replaceable by AI. We understand this problem intimately at AutoMates, and we’re here to help."

"Run it like a business"

and, as an exercise, try to identify the bad guy

The Arc de Triomphe was commissioned to honor Napoleon in 1806. By the time construction had really begun in earnest, Napoleon had suffered a disastrous military defeat and had been forced into exile.

Five hours from now?

It's an Airbnb now. They've priced young working-class families right out of Skull Mountain

STOREFRONT:
cashless payments only

ME:
{keeps walking}

"... the power and the glory"

Vintage Sixfinger toy (“The most amazing toy ever!”), which is a toy gun that looks like an index finger, that had swappable functions - including a cap bomb, a ballpoint pen, SOS, shooting a secret bullet, shooting a secret message, and shooting a fragmentation bomb

I don’t want to point any fingers, but we used to be a country of genuine innovation.

Good morning to everyone who likes seeing Peter Thiel so so so scared ONLY

Choices need to be made.

Either cash is money all-the-fucking-time or it's not.

Every city cannot have their own fucking app.

Ugh. That sucks.

I mean, thanks for the activism dude -- but it is not some kind of pass to be a racist dick now!

… that we KNOW OF ;)

photo of a plaque reading "Southern railways company rule 1406 engine men are forbidden from entering the station with faulty cocks cocks should be greased and not leak as loose cocks may emit a foul odor that and may spray liquid frightening the horses and alarming the passengers by order. Robert Churchill manager Southern railways 1897"

who up entering the station with their faulty cocks

Ballmer Gives 0.006% of NetWorth To NPR

That's like having a million bucks and giving $60 away WITH STRINGS ATTACHED

The "context" has changed!

Why require passports to vote, when only Americans would ever wear these shorts

Giant Media Conglomerate is already working out great for audiences

Corruption, selling off public lands, tax breaks for billionaires. Nobody cares as long as they're also hurting minorities slightly more than they're hurting everyone else.

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