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Lon Harris
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Editorial Director for This Week in Startups, Inside, and LAUNCH. I've written a bunch of internet stuff you like and nothing you do not like.
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I just wish I knew this before I bought 2 bags of candy. (Or do I...?)
Based on feedback, this is the answer. We've switched from an "everyone trick or treats in their own neighborhood" model to a "everyone trick or treats in select pre-designated hot zones."
Did trick or treating fully die? I moved into a house in a suburb this year and 100% expected and anticipated costumed kids at the door, yet NO ONE SHOWED UP. The street was DESERTED. Kinda bummed me out!
Last night, very few houses in our neighborhood had candy. So we let the kid stay up "late," made popcorn, opened some candy, and showed him The Addams Family for the first time (he's 6).

He fell asleep on the couch and had a brilliant Halloween 🥰 Couldn't ask for better as a parent~
Ghoul's gonna ghoul
“They have fun while doing it, which is deeply disturbing. We expect some level of decorum from government officials,” says Phoebe, a member of Harbor Area Peace Patrols.

The full story: lataco.com/federal-immi...

By Aisha Wallace-Palomares
If this isn't his year, I don't even know what's HAPPENING in the world.
Every once in a while I remember Michael B. Jordan hasn't even been NOMINATED for an Oscar yet. It's ridiculous. He's one of the best actors and biggest stars of his generation.
I spent like 15 years living next to people who spoke a different language than me and it's fine! There are benefits! You learn a little bit of that language over time, and occasionally they have family members who send them home with food and you try the best empanadas you've ever had.
It's not.
Vance says it is "totally reasonable and acceptable" for people to not want to live next door to people who speak a different language than they do
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Zohran Mamdani caught lying that he understood Plato’s allegory of the cave, yet when asked to explain it, he seemed to instead explain Baudrillard’s theory of Simulacra and Simulation where reality has been replaced by symbols and signs, which seems similar to Plato’s theory but is not the same
But his mom said he was the handsomest Nazi in his class!
Paul Ingrassia says he has withdrawn from this week's confirmation hearing to lead the Office of Special Counsel following a report exposing his racist texts
This is one of those things that isn't even evil, really. He's just demented and there's no one who's willing to stop him. It'd be like finding out Trump is eating mac and cheese at every meal. Like... OK, that's not the worst thing he's done but he should stop! An adult should intervene!
Wait, is this really what it's going to look like? The ballroom is bigger than the entire White House? What a jackass.
Who knew White House was gutted/removated by Truman btwn ‘49 and ‘52?

I did. I’m a nerd. The renovation was necessary cuz it was on the verge of collapse.

It was done w great care and reverence for its historical significance

Trump’s “upgrade”, on the other hand, is motel 6 shit
I could have happily spent the rest of my life being one of those burnouts if video stores hadn't gone out of fashion. Kinda sad when the job that perfectly suits your personality, skill set, and knowledge base ceases to exist. (Podcasts are okay, too. I'm fine.)
replacing video store burnouts who had an exhaustive knowledge of obscure films with an algorithm calibrated by Jeff Bezoes to advertise mediocrity was a terrible loss for society
Plus they're in the perfect spot to grab some nice cheese after.
Yeah, it's SO bad. There are AI tools capable of making FAR MORE realistic imagery than THIS, but I guess we don't even need them. Everyone's already gone slop-blind. It's over.
The longest 6 minutes in recorded history. You can visibly watch them run out of steam at like 80 seconds in.
Yeah, they need to call in Major Crimes on this. Even though it's in Paris.
Who's solving the Louvre robbery?

Right answers only
This is not even a convincing fake. If this is enough to fool people, we're truly cooked.
There's a whole thread in which people are earnestly debating whether or not THIS image is AI generated. THIS cartoon image, with the bent flag pole that the flag doesn't completely touch, plus a three-eyed frog and nonsensical protest signs. It's already worse than I thought.
This is the least kind thing anyone has ever posted about themselves.
This is meant to be flattering? That he's a pretend king flying a jet powered by shit?
and another thing: he’s not mad. please don’t put it in the newspaper that he got mad.
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haha oh geez wow what a thing to ask for
I think it's really funny when he's too stupid to know that he's admitting to massive corruption.
Goddamn. Smoked him.
If you think the problem in this city is that my rent is too low, vote for Andrew Cuomo.

If you know the problem in this city is that your rent is too high, vote for me.