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Alex Fitzpatrick @alexjamesfitz.com · 7h

Daniel Day-Lewis Eats Key Grip in Vicious Method Acting Incident

Alex Fitzpatrick @alexjamesfitz.com · 8h

Media execs: You *want* your people to be all over the country, bringing perspectives from all corners. This is so shortsighted.

Tim Dickinson @timdickinson.bsky.social · 10h

2. Rolling Stone is owned by a large media conglomerate, which is ending remote work across its brands.

My home is Portland, Oregon, ~1,000 miles from the nearest office, so this marks the end of the line for me at RS.

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Alex Fitzpatrick @alexjamesfitz.com · 9h

Phew. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/u...

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Alex Fitzpatrick @alexjamesfitz.com · 9h

no, you're right

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Alex Fitzpatrick @alexjamesfitz.com · 9h

Women don't like the vehicle

Laughing Squid @laughingsquid.com · 9h

X-Control System created the Janus-I, an ultra-light VTOL modular helicopter that can be fully folded and easily stored in small spaces. laughingsquid.com/janus-i-flyi...

An Ultra-Light Personal VTOL Modular Helicopter That Can Be Folded to Store in Small Spaces

X-Control System created the Janus-I, an ultra-light VTOL modular helicopter that can be fully folded and easily stored in small spaces.

laughingsquid.com

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Alex Fitzpatrick @alexjamesfitz.com · 11h

LINT TRAP

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Alex Fitzpatrick @alexjamesfitz.com · 11h

www.tiktok.com/@thepaulneit...

..but it’s not 😝#prank #foryoupage #girlfriendprank #guitartok #lg #washingmachine #viral

TikTok video by Paul Neitsov

www.tiktok.com

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Alex Fitzpatrick @alexjamesfitz.com · 12h

what

The Verge @theverge.com · 12h

OnePlus’ OxygenOS 16 brings Gemini into your Mind Space

OnePlus phones get an AI upgrade.

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Alex Wayne @aawayne.bsky.social · 12h

"It doesn't get more tinfoil hat."

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is preparing to investigate *chemtrails,* according to an internal memo @stephaniearmour.bsky.social obtained.

A department spokeswoman notably did not deny it.

kffhealthnews.org/news/article...

It’s a Bird! It’s a Plane! It’s a Chemtrail? New Conspiracy Theory Takes Wing at Kennedy's HHS - KFF Health News

The idea that airplane vapors are toxic to people or that there are ongoing efforts to intentionally change the climate made the social media rounds. Now, it has found advocates at the Department of Health and Human Services.

kffhealthnews.org

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Alex Fitzpatrick @alexjamesfitz.com · 12h

100%. If there's any silver lining to the AI stuff, that it's coming at a time of skyrocketing college costs/student debt maybe forces a big rethink that's been needed for a while

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Alex Fitzpatrick @alexjamesfitz.com · 13h

I've said this before, but I do think AI should force some hard questions about how colleges can offer better value for the ever-increasing cost. Get away from rote memorization and testing and focus more on creative thinking, collaboration, practical experience, etc.

Vlad 🐸 Țepeș @porcupunk.bsky.social · 1d

Wow. Just wow.

"Students pay premium prices for information that AI now delivers instantly and for free. A business student can ask ChatGPT to explain supply chain optimization or generate market analysis in seconds. The traditional lecture-and-test model faces its Blockbuster moment."

When Knowledge is Free, What are Professors For?

Higher Education Must Stop Competing with AI on Information and Start Teaching What Machines Can’t Do

www.forbes.com

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Alex Fitzpatrick @alexjamesfitz.com · 13h

I hear you, but I really do think it's worth using this moment to consider the value that colleges offer up versus the ever-rising costs. too many of my classes were just about rote memorization, really

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Alex Fitzpatrick @alexjamesfitz.com · 13h

Goddamn, I should get into streaming. www.youtube.com/watch?v=PGTa...

I'm Not Turning It Back On

YouTube video by penguinz0

www.youtube.com

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Alex Fitzpatrick @alexjamesfitz.com · 14h

this thread should be bluesky's intro, like a star wars opening scroll

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Axios @axios.com · 14h

When Axios began reporting on this story, Fetterman texted, "Enjoy your clickbait!"

Asked a follow-up question, Fetterman said, "Please do not contact."

Axios @axios.com · 16h

SCOOP: Top Democrats in Pennsylvania are maneuvering to run against Sen. John Fetterman in a 2028 primary, threatening to tear the party apart in the biggest battleground state in the nation.

Scoop: Dems plot Fetterman ouster

www.axios.com

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Alex Fitzpatrick @alexjamesfitz.com · 14h

For a guy who grew up on Star Trek, I have trouble explaining why I have absolutely zero desire for this at all.

Tom Warren @tomwarren.co.uk · 14h

This is the future of Windows. Microsoft wants to rewrite Windows to turn computers into AI PCs that you talk to. It's now bringing AI features to all Windows 11 PCs today, in a bid to convince you to talk to your PC and let AI control it. Full details 👇 www.theverge.com/news/799768/...

Microsoft wants you to talk to your PC and let AI control it

Copilot Voice and Vision are now rolling out.

www.theverge.com

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Reyhan Harmanci @harmancipants.bsky.social · 16h

We wanted to know what it was like to own a Cybertruck. So @zoeschiffer.bsky.social went to the desert got this absolutely amazing quotes (and Michelle Groskopf took the pictures!) www.wired.com/story/owning...

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Alex Fitzpatrick @alexjamesfitz.com · 14h

What a picture.

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Alex Fitzpatrick @alexjamesfitz.com · 1d

He's alive and he's SHREDDING www.nationalgeographic.com/adventure/ar...

Jim Morrison is first to ski down Everest’s Hornbein Couloir

After years of planning, the mountaineer Jim Morrison successfully descended the narrow Hornbein Couloir—notching an achievement that has captivated skiers and alpinists for decades.

www.nationalgeographic.com

Alex Fitzpatrick @alexjamesfitz.com · 1d

Oh.

Jonty @fairless.xyz · 1d

Windows 10 goes out of support today. My fave useless fact about w10 is that the iconic blue desktop background is a *photograph* - not CGI.

Tiny 'making of' vid here - youtu.be/_2RacX9DgWM...

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Alex Fitzpatrick @alexjamesfitz.com · 1d

"chatfishing" is a great term though

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Alex Fitzpatrick @alexjamesfitz.com · 1d

a man with a mustache is sitting at a desk and saying it 's so ... it 's so beautiful .

ALT: a man with a mustache is sitting at a desk and saying it 's so ... it 's so beautiful .

media.tenor.com

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Alex Fitzpatrick @alexjamesfitz.com · 2d

"The AI bubble isn’t predominantly giving off Pets.com or Global Crossing vibes anymore. It’s giving Enron vibes." davekarpf.substack.com/p/its-giving...

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Alex Fitzpatrick @alexjamesfitz.com · 2d

CR is making a whole beat out of testing random stuff for lead, and I kinda love it www.consumerreports.org/lead/protein...

Protein Powders and Shakes Contain High Levels of Lead - Consumer Reports

CR tests of 23 popular protein powders and shakes found that most contain high levels of lead.

www.consumerreports.org

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Alex Fitzpatrick @alexjamesfitz.com · 2d

BRO-STER PASTRY www.axios.com/2025/10/14/p...

GLP-1 craze fuels rise of protein snacks with new Protein Pop-Tarts, Doritos coming

PepsiCo and Kellanova are launching protein-packed snacks to meet shifting dietary needs.

www.axios.com

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