This Is Just To Say

I have turned off
the AI features
that were in
the update

and which
you were probably
hoping
to monetize

Fuck you
they were stupid
so unnecessary
and so annoying

'physicists don't know how planes work' YouTube video by Angela Collier

when you finish the new Dan Olsen let me convince why commercial flight will never happen:

While I am obviously incensed that ankylosaurus didn't make the leaderboard, I actually laughed out loud when reading the footnote "We know pterodactyls and plesiosaurs are not dinosaurs"

There was literally a pangolin that flew combat sorties with the CIA in a dirty war in Laos that then died after drinking too much gin, so there’s at least one pangolin whose record is morally ambiguous

You must read this entire thread

The president of the teachers’ union, fellow citizens.

Worth noting that the first part of the first sentence does not at all lead logically to its end.

The fact that "A.i." is becoming more widespread does NOT mean educators must learn to "integrate it as a tool."

Educators could in fact REJECT IT ENTIRELY.

👨, can't say no to a dinner with Ken Jennings.

#mathsky Out of my own intellectual curiosity, does anyone have a favorite / least favorite cultural depiction of mathematicians and mathematics?

Goldman Sachs reports that 300 million full-time jobs could be replaced by AI by 2030. Labor turnover is high and hiring has slowed. 71% of Americans worry that AI will cause permanent job loss. As young people about to enter the workforce for the first time, the fear of unemployment is understandable, but we cannot save ourselves with the very tool that is putting us at risk. The irony is that as Penn pours endless money and energy into AI advancement in its attempt to get ahead, the University is only quickening its own demise. AI cannot coexist with education — it can only degrade it. As technology advances and workers are replaced by machines, schools are some of the only places we have left to explore and wrestle with human thought. With our own university leading the charge, AI is now corrupting those few sacred spaces and leaving us with nowhere to engage in true scholarship. Editorials represent the majority view of members of The Daily Pennsylvanian Editorial Board who meet regularly to discuss issues relevant to the Penn community. This body is led by Editorial Board Chair Jack Lakis and is entirely separate from the newsroom. Questions or comments should be directed to letters@thedp.com.

An unaccounted for part of the economy is how much young people virulently hate AI, despite how aggressively it's being forced on them. They realize it's making their friends dumber and ruining the world and they want nothing to do with it.

From the Penn student paper:
www.thedp.com/article/2026...

They just gotta let people on the planes. TSA checks don’t actually save anyone from anything. At least not short term.

Choosing to read this as "Arson, morning burn."

⚠️ WE FOUND IT!

THE DUCKLING MOTHERLOAD!

LITERALLY A LOAD OF DUCKLINGS WITH THEIR MOTHER.

GLORIOUS GLORIOUS BABY BIRDS KEEPING US AWAY FROM THE HORRORS!!!! 😭 😭 🪶 🐣

the beavers worked so hard and came so close, but the city of Minneapolis keeps cutting down their trees

pre-blizzard update: the city of Minneapolis continues to wage psychological warfare against the Minnehaha Creek beavers

I am still mad that chartreuse is not a shade of red.

Oh, sorry. Were you thinking "refreshing lemonade," or "delightful sorbet desserts," or "beach sunsets?!" Wrong! It's almost time for people to fall off ladders. Remain vigilant.

fowl things are afoot

You know those idiots who use the current weather to deny the reality of long-term global warming? I once looked forward to hearing a scientist set them straight, but now I just find the whole encounter anti-climatic.

Inquiry: "What is the meaning of life?" Response: "Eat so many oranges. Literally just ignore the rest of your life and eat as many oranges as you can, you will get into orange heaven which is objectively the best one"

I learned I need to increase my citrus intake

you asked for text: “combuter[sic]...how do you feel about humanity trying to send humans back to the moon (artemis ii, which will do a trip around the moon but not land, launches in april? china might make it to the surface!” "ai" [a human pretending to be an LLM chatbot] responded: “i think this is great. we should launch as many humans at the moon as possible. i gotta say i will miss china once it is on the moon.”

crying at the end of this response

Japanese zoo confirms breakthrough for Punch the monkey after abandonment The baby orphan macaque appears to have outgrown the orangutan plushie that comforted him through early rejection

Except the good news about Punch tho

Just ira glass narrating my life

People shouldn't be allowed to use instant messaging until they learn how to punctuate sentences semidecently. I don't demand perfection just capital letters and periods occasionally, as a treat for the reader.

Large pink birds and a few smaller egrets in shallow peach colored water reflecting the sunset.

Some Roseate Spoonbills for #BirdOfTheDay. This is a great hashtag to check out if you need to see a whole lot of birds on your phone. And really, who doesn’t?

#birds #FourOrMore

This will be a manatee information account only for the foreseeable future

Screen shot of an email from DEA which includes a small image of pink powder and an image of a gloved handing holding a small pink vial. Pink Cocaine Hitting American Communities Pink CocaineThe drug landscape has changed. Drug use is more dangerous than ever before with the advent of fentanyl and the deceptive tactics used by drug organizations to drive dependency, which can eventually lead to addiction. Several states are warning of pink cocaine - a powdered mixture of substances, which is dyed pink, may have a sweet smell, and typically produces mind-altering, hallucinogenic effects DEA laboratory testing has identified pink powders containing ketamine, MDMA, methamphetamine, cocaine, fentanyl, and xylazine. Vial of Pink CocaineEffects of pink cocaine can vary greatly as many seizures contain mixtures of a variety of dangerous drugs, but much like MDMA or ecstasy, pink cocaine is a mind-altering psychedelic drug. Ingesting an unknown substance or drug cocktail is dangerous and can be deadly. Since 2020, DEA has seized a total of 960 pink powders, 4 exhibits contained 2C-B and 956 exhibits of “other” substances. To put that into perspective, within that same time, DEA has seized 180 million fentanyl pills. Learn more about pink cocaine.

The DEA had a chance to call this stuff "giggle pig" but instead we get "pink cocaine".

Spider-Man pressed against the side of a building, looking down, his eyes narrowed in irritation. He’s saying, “I think this is my super villain origin” From Daredevil Vol. 3 #8: Written by Mark Waid, Art by Kano, Colors by Javier Rodriguez, Letters by VC's Joe Caramagna

the thing about "ai writing suggestions" is that the thing can't understand the context in which i am writing! it gives me the same suggestions if I'm writing comics, a book, an email, a brainstorm -- it doesn't care! AND I HATE THAT WHEN I FIGURE OUT HOW TO TURN IT OFF, THEY TURN IT BACK ON

Pope Leo tells priests not to use AI to write homilies or seek likes on TikTok "To give a true homily is to share faith," and artificial intelligence "will never be able to share faith," the pope said.

“Pope Leo XIV has urged priests to not to use artificial intelligence to write their homilies or to seek ‘likes’ on social media platforms like TikTok.”

“‘To give a true homily is to share faith,’ and artificial intelligence ‘will never be able to share faith,’ the pope added.”