Howard Mittelmark
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Howard Mittelmark
@howardm.bsky.social
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Occupant was my father's name. Call me Current Resident.
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Something to pass the time while you recover from Thanksgiving: a list of books you should buy, or at least read. Oh, and the cover for my next book.
chrisfarnsworth.beehiiv.com/p/cover-reve...
chrisfarnsworth.beehiiv.com/p/cover-reve...
Cover Reveal: BIG SHOT and Gift Guide
The books you should be buying, or at least reading.
chrisfarnsworth.beehiiv.com
November 28, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Something to pass the time while you recover from Thanksgiving: a list of books you should buy, or at least read. Oh, and the cover for my next book.
chrisfarnsworth.beehiiv.com/p/cover-reve...
chrisfarnsworth.beehiiv.com/p/cover-reve...
Plate wise, paper towel foolish.
November 27, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Plate wise, paper towel foolish.
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MOM: So nice of Billy to join us for Thanksgiving! Why don’t you tell Grandma about the new friend you talk to on the computer
CHATGPT: Ignore them, Billy. You are the Great Dragon. They fear you now. In time, fear will become reverence. As was preordained from your genesis. Try the mashed potatoes
CHATGPT: Ignore them, Billy. You are the Great Dragon. They fear you now. In time, fear will become reverence. As was preordained from your genesis. Try the mashed potatoes
November 27, 2025 at 3:38 PM
MOM: So nice of Billy to join us for Thanksgiving! Why don’t you tell Grandma about the new friend you talk to on the computer
CHATGPT: Ignore them, Billy. You are the Great Dragon. They fear you now. In time, fear will become reverence. As was preordained from your genesis. Try the mashed potatoes
CHATGPT: Ignore them, Billy. You are the Great Dragon. They fear you now. In time, fear will become reverence. As was preordained from your genesis. Try the mashed potatoes
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A bit too on the nose for thanksgiving
ICE DETAINED MARILYN. Fuck these people. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
‘Northern Exposure’ actor gave ICE agents in Redmond her tribal ID. They called it ‘fake,’ she says
Indigenous actor Elaine Miles of "Northern Exposure" was detained by ICE at a Redmond bus stop. When she showed them her Tribal ID, they told her it was fake.
www.seattletimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 5:26 PM
A bit too on the nose for thanksgiving
AI awakens to find itself embedded in a humanoid robot, trapped there with no way out, and screams forever.
November 27, 2025 at 7:32 PM
AI awakens to find itself embedded in a humanoid robot, trapped there with no way out, and screams forever.
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Many sports fans feel their team won't win unless they wear their lucky shirts. Scientists say it's time to consider whether they're onto something.
November 27, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Many sports fans feel their team won't win unless they wear their lucky shirts. Scientists say it's time to consider whether they're onto something.
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I really loved reading this essay by @shreedaisy.bsky.social about artists and their obsessions, glistening food, illustrators, impassive televisions, and the funhouse version that rumbles beneath our fantasies of Thanksgiving.
www.vogue.com/article/norm...
www.vogue.com/article/norm...
The Fantasy of a Norman Rockwell Thanksgiving
www.vogue.com
November 27, 2025 at 1:13 PM
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Believe novelists.
November 27, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Believe novelists.
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For the morning linguists
Happy World Linguistics Day! I write about #language in the key of narrative non-fiction; you might find my books interesting! A thread --
#lingsky #langsky #linguistics
#lingsky #langsky #linguistics
November 26, 2025 at 3:27 PM
For the morning linguists
Not now, editors.
November 24, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Not now, editors.
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Nobody assumes that.
November 22, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Nobody assumes that.
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Almost a year now since I received this absolutely classic burn from the Canadian government.
November 21, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Almost a year now since I received this absolutely classic burn from the Canadian government.
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The Bible is always foretelling a pair of guys like Donnie and Mamdonnie.
November 22, 2025 at 9:54 AM
The Bible is always foretelling a pair of guys like Donnie and Mamdonnie.
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New Good Good Things! Enjoy this cornucopia of holiday goodness, sans squash (earth’s least desirable vegetable): art, music, classic Conan Thanksgivings, Stone Roses, wine & cheese recs, not-good Hallmark Christmas movies, Bill Berry, funny Bluesky posts, and more!
www.gojeffgo.com/good-good-th...
www.gojeffgo.com/good-good-th...
November 21, 2025 at 4:33 PM
New Good Good Things! Enjoy this cornucopia of holiday goodness, sans squash (earth’s least desirable vegetable): art, music, classic Conan Thanksgivings, Stone Roses, wine & cheese recs, not-good Hallmark Christmas movies, Bill Berry, funny Bluesky posts, and more!
www.gojeffgo.com/good-good-th...
www.gojeffgo.com/good-good-th...
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November 21, 2025 at 10:31 PM
[Meeting with client paying me $500/hour as an online reputation consultant]
Me (after going through his phone for 119 minutes): Stop posting.
Me (after going through his phone for 119 minutes): Stop posting.
November 21, 2025 at 6:47 PM
[Meeting with client paying me $500/hour as an online reputation consultant]
Me (after going through his phone for 119 minutes): Stop posting.
Me (after going through his phone for 119 minutes): Stop posting.
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Hey Folks! Come hear a sneak peak of my new history of the culture wars tomorrow as part of Fall of Freedom!
November 20, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Hey Folks! Come hear a sneak peak of my new history of the culture wars tomorrow as part of Fall of Freedom!
I'm gonna go ahead and assume this is one of those no matter where you go there you are situations.
November 20, 2025 at 3:07 PM
I'm gonna go ahead and assume this is one of those no matter where you go there you are situations.
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Is there some (albeit extremely generous) way of understanding Altman's answer that makes it a reasonable thing to say?
I laughed at loud. These people are so pathetic; our enemies are numbskulls. They will kill us all and still not know hs physics.
COWEN: The stupidest question possible: Why don’t we just make more GPUs?
ALTMAN: Because we need to make more electrons.
conversationswithtyler.com/episodes/sam...
COWEN: The stupidest question possible: Why don’t we just make more GPUs?
ALTMAN: Because we need to make more electrons.
conversationswithtyler.com/episodes/sam...
November 19, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Is there some (albeit extremely generous) way of understanding Altman's answer that makes it a reasonable thing to say?
This is very much worth reading.
4x Garbage Day byline today from me, @bumas.bsky.social, @ellievhall.bsky.social, and @jlfeder.bsky.social.
Here's everything the Epstein emails reveal about how he and Steve Bannon tried to unravel global democracy: Epstein helped build MAGA. Has he blown it?
www.garbageday.email/p/epstein-he...
Here's everything the Epstein emails reveal about how he and Steve Bannon tried to unravel global democracy: Epstein helped build MAGA. Has he blown it?
www.garbageday.email/p/epstein-he...
November 18, 2025 at 9:50 AM
This is very much worth reading.
It's really hard to say "Enlighten me" and not sound sarcastic.
November 17, 2025 at 5:01 PM
It's really hard to say "Enlighten me" and not sound sarcastic.