Beans with butts A micro-essay about attention spans

I wrote a micro-essay about shortening attention spans. Should only take 8.25 seconds to skim.

Thanks to @hankgreen.bsky.social, the phrase “show me your bean” is probably going to enter the American lexicon. 🫘

The American Eagle “good jeans” ad feels weird for more than one reason. Yep, the Sydney Sweeney one.

I wrote about why the Sydney Sweeney ad was, ultimately, a flop 👖

I decided my new joke is watching a really heavy drama with someone, then saying, “that was a comedy??”

Sam Altman on X: "Today we launched a new product called ChatGPT Agent. Agent represents a new level of capability for AI systems and can accomplish some remarkable, complex tasks for you using its own computer. It combines the spirit of Deep Research and Operator, but is more powerful than that" / X Today we launched a new product called ChatGPT Agent. Agent represents a new level of capability for AI systems and can accomplish some remarkable, complex tasks for you using its own computer. It combines the spirit of Deep Research and Operator, but is more powerful than that

When Sam Altman says "the risk mitigation strategy will need to co-evolve," he means he wants you to pay him to put yourselves and your data at risk so he can strengthen ChatGPT Agent's guardrails.

Don't pay to "co-evolve" with Sam Altman. That sounds gross, and you're already doing it for free.

Donald Trump: How come this guy Epstein never dies?
Donald Trump in a 2003 birthday letter to Jeffrey Epstein: Enigmas never age.

Army veteran and US citizen arrested in California immigration raid warns it could happen to anyone A U.S. Army veteran arrested during an immigration raid at a California marijuana farm says he was sprayed with tear gas and pepper spray before being dragged from his vehicle on his way to work.

ICE detained a veteran and U.S. citizen for three days.

They didn’t let him contact his family or a lawyer. They didn’t let him change or shower. They didn’t give him a reason for his detention.

Under this regime, no one is safe. apnews.com/article/us-a...

Good use of receipts, @gtconway.bsky.social. More please. More. I love it.

Lmao

Teachers union partners with Anthropic, Microsoft and OpenAI to launch AI-training academy The new training academy in Manhattan will be geared toward training educators in an effort to harness AI technology in the classroom.

Training teachers to use AI just seems like a sneaky way of trying to devalue the work they do and, eventually, justifying paying them even less.

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Four senators bought AI stock while Senate considered deregulating AI - CREW | Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington Senators Capito, Moran, Fetterman and Boozman all reported purchases of Google, Nvidia, Meta or Amazon stock while considering AI regulation.

NEW: In May, as the Senate considered the future of AI regulation in America, four Senators or their family members bought stock in major AI-related companies: Google, Nvidia, Meta and Amazon.

Kilmar Abrego Garcia describes ‘severe beatings’ and ‘psychological torture’ in Salvadoran prison Abrego submitted a harrowing and detailed account of abuse after the Trump administration illegally deported him.

Kilmar Abrego Garcia is claiming he suffered “severe beatings,” sleep deprivation, malnutrition and other forms of torture at the hands of his jailers.

Actual photo of JD Vance casting the tie-breaking vote in the Senate. I guess he was upset about that meme.

$45 billion for ethnic cleansing

TechCrunch recently reported that "people are using AI for companionship much less than we're led to believe." Here's why it's bad reporting: (1) TechCrunch is getting this information from one source, an Anthropic report. (2) They don't explore whether this is a trend in any direction.

Warnock: "We are engaged in Robin Hood in reverse ... this is socialism for the rich."

Vote Blue No Matter Who unless its a muslim guy who wants to tax rich people

We’ve got to stop the liberal/leftist in-fighting and start coalition building with people we don’t 100% agree with if we want to end Trumpism. Cause this is where it’s landed us.

But it’s okay if you let women in ICE custody miscarry by denying them prenatal care?

Yes, let’s 🤖🪓

Stephen Miller’s Financial Stake in ICE Contractor Palantir Raises Conflict Concerns POGO report shows top Trump adviser owned six-figure stock in company profiting off deportations.

BREAKING: Stephen Miller’s Financial Stake in ICE Contractor Palantir Raises Conflict Concerns
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Senate GOP slashes megabill's tax costs with new accounting method A new $440B estimate does not include the multi-trillion-dollar bill for extending soon-expiring tax cuts.

The Senate GOP is trying to pull a fast one on us! They’re just not including the tax cut extension within the final accounting. Call your Senators! www.politico.com/news/2025/06...

So this week we’ve had a man impersonating an ICE agent tie up a woman and steal $1000; a man impersonating a police officer assassinate a top Democratic politician & her husband (and shoot another Democrat & his wife); and a man impersonating a king hold a military parade for his birthday

🚨 The Israeli military just bombed Iran's state TV studio while it was live on air: