"Hi folks, William Gibson here! I wrote novels about AI and computer crime in the 1980s and now I'm an AI computer-criminal myself" 🤖🦹‍♂️

Shortly after news broke that Prince died in April 2016, fans shared pictures and videos from his last concert in Atlanta a week earlier. The concert was part of Prince’s Piano & A Microphone Tour, during which he performed solo. Video via Storyful.

"Gentlemen, I've made a command decision: We eat it anyway."

"Live long, prosper, and maybe flip it sooner."

"Damn it, I'm a doctor, not a grill master."

Before Sunday ends, here’s today’s thread once more. Please share widely if you see this and are able, to get all this great work out to all of the folks. 🗃️ @hcrichardson.bsky.social

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As I am with every one of these closings, I’m heartbroken for all involved. I lived it in “Requiem for a College.”

Things often seem to go wrong in wax museums. #MeTVSuperman

This one is so good in every way. The Commander Decker performance is especially gripping.
#metvstartrek

“The power to cloud men’s minds”? A Shadow reference?
#metvbatman

Yes. O’Hara has recovered from getting clocked by a 16 year-old. #metvbatman

Puppetmaster was the only one I enjoyed, but yeah. Same situation.
#Svengoolie

Exactly. I’m no prude, but I watch #svengoolie for escapism. Thus far in its run, #houseofsvengoolie has been anything but.

Holy hell does this suck.
Thank goodness we’ve got an hour-long #metvbatman palette cleanser. #HouseOfSvengoolie
#Svengoolie

As my college theater director used to say: “Well…it’s a show.”
#svengoolie
#houseofsvengoolie

I’m tired, boss.
#selfpromotionsaturday
#selfpromosaturday
#writer

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Hey #4C26 #4C27 #TeamRhetoric #RhetoricAndComposition

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Why Jeff Bezos’s Tax Rate Is Lower Than Yours | The Ezra Klein Show YouTube video by The Ezra Klein Show

Today's episode of The Ezra Klein Show.

The tax expert Ray Madoff explains why the American tax system is broken, and how to make it fairer.
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Reading is creativity.
Via @parisreview.bsky.social

Via @newyorker.com

Reckoning With Israel’s ‘One State Reality’ | The Ezra Klein Show YouTube video by The Ezra Klein Show

Today's episode of The Ezra Klein Show.

Reckoning With Israel’s ‘One-State Reality’

The political scientists Shibley Telhami and Marc Lynch discuss Israel’s continued expansion into the West Bank, Gaza and Lebanon.
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The signs were there for anyone to see, but we let our whimsy blind us while they learned, and trained...and hunted

In These Novels About Aliens, the Truth Is Out There

“Science fiction is, among other things, the literature of talking about things you’re not talking about.”

And the Most Influential Modern Artist Is …

“That strangeness, found in different registers in all of Duchamp’s art, is often of an enigmatic, teasing, needling kind that we need to value.”

“Algorithmic media is an engine of motivated decontextualization. We see other people in snippets that serve the agendas of those who cut them.”
-Ezra Klein

The episode guide says we get “killer fog” and a sea monster in this one.
Dope.
#metvsuperman

Well, at least this one gave us the Mego Gamma VI playset.
#metvstartrek

The Bookworm. Please just once the Bookworm.
#metvbatman

This thread is adding to evidence that HOA fees are becoming problematic. The WSJ had a piece about this last week, too. This isn't just condos, either, and most new housing in the US is built under a HOA. Gift link.

This is a work of art.
It’d better be stored in the Smithsonian. #Svengoolie