Bill Kahler
@notfromhere.bsky.social
former Financial Aid Director, former Amazing Racer, player of games, geek. Be kind to people who are different.
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I wrote a bit for McSweeney's about Isaac Chotiner interviewing Santa Claus. Just a little something for the holiday season. Enjoy!
The New Yorker’s Isaac Chotiner Interviews Santa Claus
For several centuries, Santa Claus has been one of the most prolific mythical gift-givers in the world. Formerly known as Saint Nicholas of Myra, a...
www.mcsweeneys.net
December 4, 2025 at 7:02 PM
I wrote a bit for McSweeney's about Isaac Chotiner interviewing Santa Claus. Just a little something for the holiday season. Enjoy!
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wow what a year you had.
we care less about your listening habits than your streaming habits.
December 3, 2025 at 3:32 PM
wow what a year you had.
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Adding alt text to this because this is fucking amazing and everyone deserves to read it.
December 2, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Adding alt text to this because this is fucking amazing and everyone deserves to read it.
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Does anyone want a survivorship bias shortbread
November 29, 2025 at 4:50 AM
Does anyone want a survivorship bias shortbread
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They were nice enough to give me a free code for this bonkers typing game and I loved it so much that I had to write about it. It’s like Streets of Rage meets Mario Teaches Typing. Silly and fun and nails the feel of every correctly-typed letter feeling like a punch. The dad joke mode is a dream.
Great article on Keys of Fury: Typing Action by @mikedrucker.bsky.social.
www.thegamer.com/keys-of-fury...
www.thegamer.com/keys-of-fury...
Keys Of Fury Is The Perfect Thanksgiving Game For Literally Everyone
Finally, a typing game for the whole family.
www.thegamer.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:05 AM
They were nice enough to give me a free code for this bonkers typing game and I loved it so much that I had to write about it. It’s like Streets of Rage meets Mario Teaches Typing. Silly and fun and nails the feel of every correctly-typed letter feeling like a punch. The dad joke mode is a dream.
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Today on Volts: I've had more requests to cover this than almost any other topic in the pod's history, so now, at long last, balcony solar! We dig into how "plug-in solar" took off in Europe & how it's making its way to the US, starting in Utah. Backyard DIY types rejoice!
What's the deal with balcony solar?
Cora Stryker joins me to explain how "plug-in" solar took Europe by storm and is finally, via Utah (?), making its way to America.
www.volts.wtf
November 26, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Today on Volts: I've had more requests to cover this than almost any other topic in the pod's history, so now, at long last, balcony solar! We dig into how "plug-in solar" took off in Europe & how it's making its way to the US, starting in Utah. Backyard DIY types rejoice!
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yes, hello, I would like to place an order for everyone’s funniest stories of holiday food-related family grudges / drama / chaotic incidents / lore
I feel like we need this
I feel like we need this
November 25, 2025 at 6:00 AM
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Just love that they choose to put this above a toilet, of all places
(at the Center for Contemporary Art in Prague)
(at the Center for Contemporary Art in Prague)
November 22, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Just love that they choose to put this above a toilet, of all places
(at the Center for Contemporary Art in Prague)
(at the Center for Contemporary Art in Prague)
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Also out today: part 4 of 5 of @garius.bsky.social's remarkable history of the California Clipper, the feat of commercial aviation that brought a Pan Am flying boat the wrong way around the world from Auckland to LaGuardia.
This time: it's Christmas in Sri Lanka.
theupfront.media/christmas-in...
This time: it's Christmas in Sri Lanka.
theupfront.media/christmas-in...
Christmas in Sri Lanka: The remarkable journey of the California Clipper, Part 4
The crew of the California Clipper are forced to spend Christmas in Sri Lanka. While there, their thoughts turn naturally to home.
theupfront.media
November 21, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Also out today: part 4 of 5 of @garius.bsky.social's remarkable history of the California Clipper, the feat of commercial aviation that brought a Pan Am flying boat the wrong way around the world from Auckland to LaGuardia.
This time: it's Christmas in Sri Lanka.
theupfront.media/christmas-in...
This time: it's Christmas in Sri Lanka.
theupfront.media/christmas-in...
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Looks like LLMs are *very* vulnerable to attack via poetic allusion: "curated poetic prompts yielded high attack-success rates (ASR), with some providers exceeding 90% ..."
https://arxiv.org/html/2511.15304v1
https://arxiv.org/html/2511.15304v1
November 20, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Looks like LLMs are *very* vulnerable to attack via poetic allusion: "curated poetic prompts yielded high attack-success rates (ASR), with some providers exceeding 90% ..."
https://arxiv.org/html/2511.15304v1
https://arxiv.org/html/2511.15304v1
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Her first film will be g rated
United Talent Agency has signed literal type of cheese Parmigiano Reggiano to its roster with the goal of finding product-placement opportunities for the brand in film and TV
www.vulture.com/article/parm...?
www.vulture.com/article/parm...?
Beloved Cheese Parmigiano Reggiano Signs With UTA
The blonde Italian bombshell is about to be all over film and TV.
www.vulture.com
November 19, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Her first film will be g rated
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Good news: If you would like to watch Ricky Jay and His 52 Assistants on YouTube I have done a painstaking 4k upscale of this. www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0gW...
November 17, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Good news: If you would like to watch Ricky Jay and His 52 Assistants on YouTube I have done a painstaking 4k upscale of this. www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0gW...
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YOU GUYS WANNA SEE SOMETHING CURSED???? HOW ABOUT NEON GENESIS LEHIGH VALLEY PHANTOMS HOCKEY?????
November 16, 2025 at 11:25 PM
YOU GUYS WANNA SEE SOMETHING CURSED???? HOW ABOUT NEON GENESIS LEHIGH VALLEY PHANTOMS HOCKEY?????
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ENCYCLOPEDIA BROWN (Evan Morgan, 2021)
A brilliant young homicide detective (Chris Evans) races to solve a whodunnit involving his ex-wife Sally (Issa Rae), his lifelong rival “Bugs” (Jesse Plemons), and a conman named Wilford Wiggins (Jimmi Simpson).
A brilliant young homicide detective (Chris Evans) races to solve a whodunnit involving his ex-wife Sally (Issa Rae), his lifelong rival “Bugs” (Jesse Plemons), and a conman named Wilford Wiggins (Jimmi Simpson).
August 9, 2025 at 2:05 AM
ENCYCLOPEDIA BROWN (Evan Morgan, 2021)
A brilliant young homicide detective (Chris Evans) races to solve a whodunnit involving his ex-wife Sally (Issa Rae), his lifelong rival “Bugs” (Jesse Plemons), and a conman named Wilford Wiggins (Jimmi Simpson).
A brilliant young homicide detective (Chris Evans) races to solve a whodunnit involving his ex-wife Sally (Issa Rae), his lifelong rival “Bugs” (Jesse Plemons), and a conman named Wilford Wiggins (Jimmi Simpson).
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He's on a mission from God
What's from Chicago, hates Illinois Nazis, and is holy as fuck?
It's the Pope in 1982.
It's the Pope in 1982.
November 13, 2025 at 2:31 AM
He's on a mission from God
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how did i go so long not knowing we were literally teaching people to read wrong. i knew something wasn't right but jesus christ www.apmreports.org/episode/2019...
How a flawed idea is teaching millions of kids to be poor readers
For decades, schools have taught children the strategies of struggling readers, using a theory about reading that cognitive scientists have repeatedly debunked. And many teachers and parents don't kno...
www.apmreports.org
November 11, 2025 at 6:18 PM
how did i go so long not knowing we were literally teaching people to read wrong. i knew something wasn't right but jesus christ www.apmreports.org/episode/2019...
Snow soccer!
CPL FINAL HIGHLIGHTS: Atlético Ottawa vs. Cavalry FC 🇨🇦 | Nov. 9, 2025
YouTube video by CPL Soccer
youtu.be
November 10, 2025 at 7:41 AM
Snow soccer!
MacFarlane makes a good point: if prosecutions are widely seen to be arbitrary, juries nationwide will give prosecutors less deference.
From Scott MacFarlane at CBS a good explanation of the DOJ's multilayered and quite humiliating loss in the case of Sean Dunn, who threw a subway sandwich at a DHS officer. The jury unanimously concluded that the DHS officer lied on the stand, and indeed the video evidence makes clear that's right.
BREAKING NEWS: Jury finds so-called “sandwich guy” Sean Dunn NOT GUILTY
YouTube video by Scott MacFarlane CBS
youtu.be
November 6, 2025 at 8:23 PM
MacFarlane makes a good point: if prosecutions are widely seen to be arbitrary, juries nationwide will give prosecutors less deference.
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Lovecraft: i shudder to think what new york would look like in the greasy grasp of a scheming italian
Lovecraft: ugh, there would be a pizza place on every block!
King:
Poe:
Koontz:
Barker:
Lovecraft: ugh, there would be a pizza place on every block!
King:
Poe:
Koontz:
Barker:
November 6, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Lovecraft: i shudder to think what new york would look like in the greasy grasp of a scheming italian
Lovecraft: ugh, there would be a pizza place on every block!
King:
Poe:
Koontz:
Barker:
Lovecraft: ugh, there would be a pizza place on every block!
King:
Poe:
Koontz:
Barker:
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If you aren't seeing skeets from some of your fave people, they might have been labeled "Rude" by bsky mods. Idk what they are thinking, I don't need a mommy to tell me who to be buddies with. Anyway, go into Settings > moderation > bluesky moderation (advanced) and turn Rude off.
November 5, 2025 at 7:10 AM
If you aren't seeing skeets from some of your fave people, they might have been labeled "Rude" by bsky mods. Idk what they are thinking, I don't need a mommy to tell me who to be buddies with. Anyway, go into Settings > moderation > bluesky moderation (advanced) and turn Rude off.
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lol
November 6, 2025 at 4:47 AM
lol
This recently-created Jim Byrkit account better not break my heart
If anyone is interested in the sequel to COHERENCE, we finally landed on a story worthy of the mission. Unless the actors revolt, we will probably do it just like the first one, where they know their own character details, but don't know what the other actors are going to say or do. Like real life.
November 3, 2025 at 6:42 AM
This recently-created Jim Byrkit account better not break my heart
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If anyone is interested in the sequel to COHERENCE, we finally landed on a story worthy of the mission. Unless the actors revolt, we will probably do it just like the first one, where they know their own character details, but don't know what the other actors are going to say or do. Like real life.
November 3, 2025 at 6:19 AM
If anyone is interested in the sequel to COHERENCE, we finally landed on a story worthy of the mission. Unless the actors revolt, we will probably do it just like the first one, where they know their own character details, but don't know what the other actors are going to say or do. Like real life.
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Back in my day, AI used to stand for Adobe Illustrator! And we hated that, too!
October 29, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Back in my day, AI used to stand for Adobe Illustrator! And we hated that, too!