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Yeah, I was on Twitter when it was still small and so many people I know from then joined to follow their sports teams who joined and celebrities, it wasn’t really until the Arab Spring that it became about news and discourse.

There are still a handful of tickets for our LIVE Odd Lots show in London on May 7th. Full list of guests will be announced shortly, but I heard a rumor that @lorcanrk.bsky.social will be making an appearance, so get one of the remaining tickets right now. events.bloombergevents.com/event/Odd_Lo...

The Language of Liars Check out The Language of Liars - <p><b>A story of secrets, body jumping, and the power of language, <i>The Language of Liars</i> is a poignant, thought-provoking new masterpiece from award-winning au...

SL Huang's The Language of Liars! "Pitch-perfect science fiction about linguistics and consequences" according to Yoon Ha Lee. That is literally all I needed to know. Sold. Done. Sign me up.

kaiju (but make it haiku)

the moth i become
grows tangential to your flame
my wings blot the sun

“Researchers that have attempted to make the university’s connections –and potential obligations– to the Caribbean explicit say their efforts have been stymied. …“The conversation is not happening,” said Carla Martin, a Harvard professor of African and African American Studies. “We all have tried.””

Why are Harvard’s slavery researchers quitting or being fired? The school’s $100m project to examine its slave ownership in Antigua is mired with controversy as academics allege obstruction

www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...

Since this post is aggregating my Bloomberg column, I kinda feel the need to clarify that the Imagine Dragons game is not "live-service" (designed for recurring monetization). It's a $15 multiplayer shooter with no microtransactions.

Here's the original article: www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...

I do not want to create an account or open a subscription I just want to buy a thing and never hear from you again why is this so hard.

It's one of the most third episodes of any campaign ever! What are you waiting for??

The Shocking Secrets of Madison Square Garden’s Surveillance Machine Famously vengeful Knicks owner Jim Dolan has long spied on people at his iconic arenas. WIRED goes deep inside the operation that allegedly tracked a trans woman, lawyers, protesters, and more.

Madison Square Garden was a frontrunner in using facial recognition technology to keep legal opponents from going to concerts and sporting events. Interesting piece from Wired about the security apparatus there more generally.
www.wired.com/story/madiso...

A Second Sight: How the Wonder and Vision of Black Mediamakers Push America Toward Freedom How the Wonder and Vision of Black Mediamakers Push America Toward Freedom

We’re officially two months out from the publication of my book, A Second Sight: How Black Mediamakers Push America Toward Freedom (June 16, 2026), and I’m feeling incredibly grateful for the early reception its already getting. You can pre-order (on discount) and support local bookstores here:

claritin and singulair and i might still die

cartoon: Alf wearing a Bane mask and costume But you merely adopted the Bluesky; I was born in it, moulded by it

Cartoon: It seems like sometimes the Alf Fail Whale isn't enough for folks :) Hopefully this will help :) Enjoy!
( @faineg.bsky.social another one for your library :) )

A view out into a harbour, showing a peninsula of steep land with colourful houses nestled into it. The water has a low layer of dense fog partially obscuring boats and houses.

Do you ever look out at a beautiful day with the sun shining and the ocean releasing an ominous fog and think to yourself ah, there's definitely going to be a kaiju emerging from there any minute now

well played

Israeli strikes on Wednesday killed an Al Jazeera correspondent in Gaza, according to the network and health officials there, as well as two Lebanese journalists in that country, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists and one of their networks. Mohammed Wishah was targeted in a drone strike in west Gaza City. In Lebanon, where Israeli strikes targeting Hezbollah killed more than 180 people Wednesday, Ghada Dayekh, a presenter with Sawt Al-Farah, and Suzan Khalil, a reporter and presenter on Hezbollah’s Al-Manar TV and Al-Nour Radio, also died.

Among those killed in Israeli strikes today were 3 journalists:

- Mohammed Wishah, an Al Jazeera correspondent in Gaza

- Ghada Dayekh, a presenter with Sawt Al-Farah in Lebanon

- Suzan Khalil, a reporter and presenter on Hezbollah’s Al-Manar TV and Al-Nour Radio, also in Lebanon

A desk with a monitor, desk top computer, keyboard, printer, and a a rack of CDs and a yellow stool. Circa 2005.

Me and my kid visited the Museum of Home. I saw something that felt like a true attack. It was a scene from a home in 2005. Me and another mom with teens stood there as our kids asked, "you had this?"
We were grateful.

What happens to player communities when a big game DLC releases? We surveyed Elden Ring before, during and after Shadow of the Erdtree's release and watched how message-writing behaviour changed in the base game and the new game areas. A lot of fun, and a unique, unrepeatable study opportunity!

A very stocky Exmoor Horn ram.

Happy 8th anniversary to the tweet that changed us forever. Look at this absolute unit.

One of My Employees Showed Up at Her Colleague’s House Unannounced. What Followed Has Led to a Total Meltdown of My Office. This is a nightmare.

The 3rd item in my advice column this week is a Q I hear a lot: Is it fair to apply for a new job if you're pregnant or likely to be?
A: Yes.
slate.com/advice/2026/...

Outtakes from the cover of This Is How We Lose The TIme War.

“Everything that’s happened so far has made the world safer,” Democratic Senator John Fetterman said just now to Sean Hannity on Fox News re: Operation Epic Fury. Says he will again vote against the Democrats’ war powers resolution to end the war.

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nightmare!!

I really can't believe how we don't talk about the incredible amount of bias baked into modern models nearly as much anymore, when egregious examples are _everywhere_.

I read 80% of consumer use of chatbots as "I am ready to chew my own leg off to stop trying to deal with the administrative complexity modern life has inflicted on me," we really are at the "deus ex machina required" stage of Too Much for people managing jobs, families, health, school, lives.