As someone stated yesterday, the whole "AI gonna talk so filthy for you, baby" is another sign of desperation. The tech continues not to deliver a fraction of what has been promised so you gotta gin up attention somehow.

In day job news: I spoke to Conn's latest Fulbright winner, Austin Cheng. www.conncoll.edu/news/news-ar...

Another season of X-MEN '97 is another excuse for Rogue posting in UnGajjesArtGallery! www.instagram.com/p/DPzRDfdiX7...

the killdozer guy became this only semi-ironic epic hero for the average man who will be oppressed no longer, which is funny, because if you read anything about the background it becomes like 100% clear that he was in the wrong. Which makes sense! His actions are not those of a reasonable person!

More than half isn't all. And more importantly, what's going on that any entity is issuing layoff notices they're rescinding days later. An utter mess being made by some wildly incompetent and immoral people.

bumper sticker that says "Sorry! I'm paying attention because I got back into the solo work of famous singer/songwriter PAUL SIMON and I can't hear your honking over the melodious rhythms of backing vocals provided by South American all-male choral group LADYSMITH BLACK MAMBAZO"

It was undermined by atrocious @nytimes.com coverage, among other things

Multiple airports are now announcing they will refuse to play Kristi Noem’s government-funded video blaming “Democrats” for the government shutdown.

“We believe the Hatch Act clearly prohibits use of public assets for political purposes and messaging,” one airport said.

Remember, AI bros are pushing outrageousness (“casting” beloved dead performers, inventing AI actors) because they are hemorrhaging cash and need the buzz. Ignore.

Man, it rules when of my students gets better at writing. I'm not arrogant to take credit, I just think people growing rules.

I deeply agree with this. I hate limiting myself to say and its tenses. Other words like explain or recall not just work, but are often far more illustrative of what is happening on the page or in the piece.

Book publishing, which gets held up as a backward business still operating somewhere in the early twentieth century, has weathered the digital revolution better than the music or film industries, largely by resisting the urge to pivot beyond an item that has served us well for centuries.

The Bari Weiss-led CBS News has had this up for 3 days and misspelled his name in the hed.

NEW: There’s a disaster unfolding in Alaska right now. And no major network is covering it.

The remnants of Typhoon Halong battered western Alaska overnight. Homes, with people in them, have literally been swept into the Bering Strait.

At least 20 are missing. No comment from any federal agency.

*about

Wondering if the Clint writing to LK qbout hair in BIG BOLD BEAUTIFUL JOURNEY this week was a certain writer I know.

No need for apologies. I really, truly appreciate it. It helps to feel less like I'm floating alone in the proverbial ether.

So I guess I'm just going to do this on my own (or not) while periodically paying a copay to someone who's going to act like I'm going in the right direction.

With regular visits and a manageable drop in calories, I lost like 50 pounds in 5 months. This time? 3 pounds. But no changes suggested in this meeting. I want to scream but what's the point? At who?

I first went back in May at which time the doctor (not the one I worked with previously) gave me a menu on how to eat between 1200-1400 calories a day, made me a follow-up for 5 months later, and, you guessed it, it was telehealth. So, you know, EVERYTHING that derailed me last time.

So I'm going to this weight loss management group b/c pre-pandemic I had great luck with them before, well, the pandemic. Anyway, I had like 3 things I told them ruined me last time: infrequent irregular visits, telehealth only visits, and asking me to drop down to 1200 calories a day.

“Concerns over an AI bubble bursting have grown lately, with analysts recently finding that it’s 17 times the size of the dotcom-era bubble and four times bigger than the 2008 financial crisis.”

Hang onto your butts. This “correction” is gonna hurt.
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I like how the news will be like “while the President claiming Portland was ruled by a giant skeleton named Mr Nibbles is not strictly true, it does speak to the anxiety of many Americans”

Just checked into the hotel and my wife #TheThunder turns on the TV. "Ooooo, THE BEEKEEPER, Ace!" (She calls me Ace.) We get each other.