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Kevin Shay @kshay.com · 1h

I was thinking Harper’s Bazaar for a second and picturing a fashion spread

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Kevin Shay @kshay.com · 9h

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Kevin Shay @kshay.com · 13h

I would sum it up thusly: Don’t pitch me, bro

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Kevin Shay @kshay.com · 21h

Turing and Turing in the widening gyre

short exact sarah @scgriffith.bsky.social · 22h

this guy talked to an LLM about physics and is convinced he proved the world is mushrooms

if mushrooms were real, this would be groundbreaking

OP:

they are real, I eat them frequently

Kevin Shay @kshay.com · 1d

Can’t believe the Senate unanimously confirmed the Beagle Boys

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Kevin Shay @kshay.com · 1d

Startup idea: reverse Cameo where minor celebrities pay random people to pretend to be fans

Kevin Shay @kshay.com · 1d

Not to mention the inherent problems with letting rent-seeking startups into the classroom

Kevin Shay @kshay.com · Sep 9

Adventures in modern pedagogy: nobody in my kid’s 8th grade Social Studies class can do their homework because the school forgot to renew the license for the homework SaaS platform

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Kevin Shay @kshay.com · 1d

Surprisingly low tbh

The Flytrap @theflytrapmedia.com · 2d

Did you know that, according to a recent study by the Pew Research Center, 38% of webpages that existed in 2013 are no longer accessible?

When Online Content Disappears

A quarter of all webpages that existed at one point between 2013 and 2023 are no longer accessible.

f.mtr.cool

Kevin Shay @kshay.com · 1d

She is not throwing away her shot

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Kevin Shay @kshay.com · 1d

We’ve evolved a family policy of “vaccines only on Fridays”

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Kevin Shay @kshay.com · 1d

Who tried or failed to “shoulder past” whom? Cuomo‘s attempted bigfoot of the primary happened in March, when all the other candidates had been running for 5+ months

NPR @npr.org · 1d

Newcomer Zohran Mamdani, age 34, has used social media and big progressive ideas to shoulder past Andrew Cuomo, who's 67 and long a member of Democratic Party royalty. n.pr/3Wkh6vb

Mamdani's rise in NYC reflects generational fight within the Democratic Party

Newcomer Zohran Mamdani, age 34, has used social media and big progressive ideas to shoulder past Andrew Cuomo, who's 67 and long a member of Democratic Party royalty.

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Kevin Shay @kshay.com · 2d

Is that the horse

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Kevin Shay @kshay.com · 2d

Maybe if she didn’t remove it he would fall over anyway (it’s just his natural kicking motion) but everyone would be watching the kicked ball, leaving him time to get up

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Kevin Shay @kshay.com · 2d

“He had PTSD from being bombed by Russia. Also he somehow didn’t like Russia? Weird”

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Kevin Shay @kshay.com · 2d

Availability zone? More like deniability zone

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Kevin Shay @kshay.com · 3d

Corollary: There’s a genre of magazine article that’s just “I want to sell the movie rights”

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Kevin Shay @kshay.com · 3d

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Kevin Shay @kshay.com · 4d

Not sure exactly what that now-deleted post described, but I do enjoy pointing out that TWINS and DEAD RINGERS were in theaters at the same time in 1988 and >0 DeVito/Schwarzenegger fans almost certainly walked into the wrong one

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Kevin Shay @kshay.com · 5d

“The old adage said to let them lie. Was it wrong?”

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Kevin Shay @kshay.com · 6d

A little weird for a Neil Simon play, but OK

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Kevin Shay @kshay.com · 6d

The fidget spinners of higher ed

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Kevin Shay @kshay.com · 6d

I think he was enthusiastic about running in the primary when everyone assumed he would win easily, but he deeply regrets letting people convince him to stay in for this doomed independent run

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Kevin Shay @kshay.com · 6d

“50 First Dates” starring Donald Trump

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Kevin Shay @kshay.com · 6d

Some part of me will be sad to lose the most unintentionally funny mayor the city has ever seen but an intentionally funny one is some solace

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Kevin Shay @kshay.com · 6d

Checking out Bluesky to see what people have said about the show Black Rabbit and there is a LOT of literal rabbit content on here

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