Lotta evil is downstream from wanting to be scared instead of bored.

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The New Evangelists | Defector In close-up for much of The Testament of Ann Lee, her eyes brimming with light, Ann Lee seems to be in a persistent state of shuddering. The founder of the Shaker religious sect, played by Amanda Seyf...

I wrote about AI and performance for Defector defector.com/the-new-evan...

now that we don't have any oil we have no choice but to accelerate woke energy. you will put up the wind turbines. you will harness the power of the sun. you want treats? say the pronouns bitch

If he's going to get a national profile on the strength of a younger woman's campaign, I'm going to come out and say it: during his short-lived tenure as a math professor, Biss had an inappropriate romantic relationship with one of his undergraduate students. I was that student.

"In my mind, I'm running 'round a cold and empty space" is so real

me too! I love it

I showed this song to my lib friend once and she was NOT amused. but I literally think about it all the time

the enemy of my enemy is also my enemy tbh

"You have to use it. You have to trust it.": Forced Adoption of AI is The Subtext of Davos Authoritarianism is the AI Bailout; But If AI Doesn't Need a Bailout, Does it Need Authoritarianism?

‘They are no longer strategizing for voluntary adoption by those who come to recognize the technology’s utility by electively applying it to the problems they face. They are planning how to cross the chasm by forced adoption.’

By @mattseybold.bsky.social

inevitable edit

I HATE HAKEEM JEFFRIES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2025 achievements:
+started new job at northwestern which I LOVE
+swam in the lake with my son A LOT
+finally transitioned my younger son, Stephano, whom I used to keep locked in the basement, to the family oubliette
+renovated family oubliette, added Catherine Wheel
*ate healthy

dispatches from my son's IEP meeting

My contribution would be this: these men often look at white working class men as fonts of authentic American masculinity and position themselves near it as if it provided something they believe they lack. It’s akin to appropriating blackness. All the cred but none of the injury of class.

Trump rn:

This joke is for approximately 2 people max on this site and they prob won’t see it but whatever production of The Lehman Trilogy that’s going up right now has the opportunity to the do the funniest thing

Chanting “shame” at cops: sanctimonious, doesn’t work because they don’t have any
Chanting “quit your job” at cops: constructive feedback, funny

Not for nothing, but I'm on the board of Jewish Currents, and was part of the successful effort to abolish all advertising on our site years ago

We have only seen our revenues *rise* since then

This is very funny imo

it's difficult to overstate the degree to which this statement is my entire impulse as a writer

help i have "girl i wanna be" by scheana shay stuck in my head

Yeah she is. I cut off contact with her because of it and she got really upset, it was kind of painful tbh :/

one thing Star Wars got right is that revolutionaries are usually disaffected elites, criminals, and religious fanatics with some overlap

*to the tune of A Wonderful Guy from the musical South Pacific*

Whopper whopper whopper whopper

Double triple junior whopper

“Putting a hat on a hat” is literally a term actual comedians use to describe something as trying so hard to be funny it is no longer funny.

i wish i could just switch over to here but the thing is i have to read something insane every single day or else i die. it's way too normal over here

A gay bar called All That Kevin Allows

I have so much to say about this it keeps me up at night tbh