Once again "the death of the West" meant "the death of my secret bank account."

Yeah I'm here for this

"I love micromanaging my teams but I also can't micromanage ALL the teams at once. I have a great solution though!!!"

Victory over...what?

in a world of lauren bezoses, be a connie ballmer

this sounds kinda like a "who cares" achievement but its a very exciting milestone for rich guys who are extremely invested in a future where robots they control are slavedrivers and prison guards for the rest of the human population

Pancreatic cancer mRNA vaccine shows lasting results in an early trial Scientists caution that more research is needed, but nearly all of the patients who responded to the personalized vaccine are still alive six years later.

"Pancreatic cancer mRNA vaccine shows lasting results in an early trial: Scientists caution that more research is needed, but nearly all of the patients who responded to the personalized vaccine are still alive six years later."

Supreme Court: No third terms for Democrats. Obama 2028 campaign: Yes we can.

It's also revealing how intellectually degraded so many in tech seem to be, in that they consider intelligence a reducible, quantifiable thing, a commodity you pull a lever to receive.

Also odd to place anyone facedown on a stretcher. No dignity in that.

Just going out on a limb here to say no depth, no conscience, no curiosity, no empathy, no introspection — or, in short, the purest venal cynicism.

Seems like the Strait of Hormuz is only open when the stock market is.

Yes, great stuff — and an apt comparison. It struck me as a sort of Eno/Yoshimura hybrid.

I've lost count of all my specific things

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They're going to have to start designating moral and spiritual superfund sites too.

This is a new genre of post I can get behind.

Even a secular guy like me can see that nothing triggers bigots posing as pious as much as gospel teachings.

She did have superior message discipline.

is Rod Dreher going to emigrate again I wonder

I imagine this is exactly how the Antichrist would act if he had dementia.

You really do love to see it.

was once New Amsterdam.

[Yoshi's Island Mario crying]

I would emphatically not say Luc Longley.

Finally, at long last, finishing @markharris.bsky.social 's Pictures at a Revolution and am in awe of the breadth and depth of its stories. It's one of those books where the word "magisterial" actually applies.

Narrator voice: He doesn't know.

Doff of the cap, Sam.

4-dementia chess

Why oh why must the credulity be infinite?