What are you doing next Wednesday? I’ve got an extra ticket

Verily I say unto you, No prophet is accepted in his own country

As a non-Trekkie who loves Factory Seconds this is a difficult one to process

Yes, the Grink was there. I'm getting to that. He was on that island with me. And I wouldn't be alive to tell my story without him.

Being mostly water is the one thing humans and LLMs have in common

Such a cynical view of this. And probably correct.

“Yes, things are getting worse, but we’re doing it on purpose”

Glorious

It feels like we’re getting hit much harder than what was forecast

You can test new tech ideas using the Seinfeld Test

Would the product eliminate the plot of an episode? (Google maps, cell phones, paypal, battery packs)

Good tech.

Would the product inspire new Seinfeld plots? (NFTs, AI chatbots, crypto currency, blindboxes, metaverse land sales)

Bad tech.

[AI bubble bursts] billionaire tech bro: the stupid consumer did not understand it

Wait no

In

You’re right, but this moment feels different and I understand those who want to revel in it for a few seconds.

It’s a relief to have someone worth choosing rather than settling for the least bad option.

If you knew Mike in real life, could you suggest to his family that there are a lot of people on the internet who would happily donate to his niece’s savings fund if there was a more digital way to do so?

The cover of Piranesi, a little goat, dude on a plinth playing a double flute

Piranesi, I realized in this, my second read, is my favorite book. Don’t research. Just go read it. It’s short.

If you’ve read before, and are considering rereading, I’ll remind you that The Beauty of the House is immeasurable; it’s Kindness infinite.

I count 10 cities in 2025 that are on track to have the fewest murders since at least 1970. Newark is on pace to have the fewest murders since 1956 (though only have data through Oct this year) and San Francisco is on pace to have the fewest murders since 1942.

So 4 in Providence includes the two victims at Brown?

What is your take on the lack of signings so far from RIFC? And for that matter, the still empty roster in Brooklyn?

The power of talking dog movies

Mr. Beast, all my friends and I were saying how good at boxing you’d be

Is this what happens when you can’t livestream

Potato, potato

Joe Orsulak at baseball-reference.com Career stats of Joe Orsulak

Joe Orsulak
RF-LF
Debut: 1983 - Retired: 1997
MON - BAL - NYM - PIT - FLA

Do we trust the listeners?

Screen shots from the good place where Michael is bemoaning that his plans keep getting figured out. The word “Jason” has been replaced by “A Romney”

November 2020

Broken Eggs, by Jean-Baptiste Greuze, 1756