caidid
@caidid.bsky.social
Artist; writer; work: publishing, higher ed, theatre; volunteer w marine animals; curious about everything.
Children's Illustrated Clausewitz: helios.house/books/childrens-clausewitz
Lists: limulus.ghost.io
Is it OK if I bring my dog?
Children's Illustrated Clausewitz: helios.house/books/childrens-clausewitz
Lists: limulus.ghost.io
Is it OK if I bring my dog?
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"It is against the TOS to be talked into suicide by our LLM" is possibly the most evil tech bro thing I've ever read
Additionally, OpenAI argues its not liable because Raine, by using ChatGPT for self-harm, broke its terms of service
November 26, 2025 at 12:29 AM
"It is against the TOS to be talked into suicide by our LLM" is possibly the most evil tech bro thing I've ever read
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The thing is, this shouldn't even be a discussion in a free country. If any member of the public says the government's orders are illegal and should be refused, that is clearly protected speech. The speech of members of congress is even more protected than that of the general public.
November 25, 2025 at 10:42 PM
The thing is, this shouldn't even be a discussion in a free country. If any member of the public says the government's orders are illegal and should be refused, that is clearly protected speech. The speech of members of congress is even more protected than that of the general public.
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almost every novelist you read who's not from the airport fiction or bestseller sections is working a full on day job, including multi-award winners and absolute legends, or they have a spouse or trust that supports them. virtually across the board. just normalize in your mind that's how it works.
I know we know this, but authors need to get better at talking about how they actually make their money. Stop pretending it's from the books.
November 25, 2025 at 10:35 PM
almost every novelist you read who's not from the airport fiction or bestseller sections is working a full on day job, including multi-award winners and absolute legends, or they have a spouse or trust that supports them. virtually across the board. just normalize in your mind that's how it works.
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This is one of those things that rarely gets talked about that has had a massive effect.
As fields like journalism, art, and academia were collapsed and living expenses skyrocketed they came to skew increasingly toward people whose families could afford to supplement their income.
As fields like journalism, art, and academia were collapsed and living expenses skyrocketed they came to skew increasingly toward people whose families could afford to supplement their income.
If you're ever wondered why journalists seem so out of touch most of the time it's because in order to establish yourself you need to either come from money, marry into money, or be OK with abject poverty and daily financial panic
That third thing is unsustainable long-term
That third thing is unsustainable long-term
November 25, 2025 at 11:58 PM
This is one of those things that rarely gets talked about that has had a massive effect.
As fields like journalism, art, and academia were collapsed and living expenses skyrocketed they came to skew increasingly toward people whose families could afford to supplement their income.
As fields like journalism, art, and academia were collapsed and living expenses skyrocketed they came to skew increasingly toward people whose families could afford to supplement their income.
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Look, women no longer do shit for free is actually at the root of a lot of social disruption. The question is whether you think the solution is women going back to being unpaid and unprotected by their own labor.
November 25, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Look, women no longer do shit for free is actually at the root of a lot of social disruption. The question is whether you think the solution is women going back to being unpaid and unprotected by their own labor.
For me (highly subjective):
ESB
ROTJ
ANH (close call on 2/3)
TLJ
R1 (very, very close on 4/5)
TFA
ROTS
TPM
AOTC
SOLO (would have been higher if not for the awful retcon bs in the ending)
End of list (we don't recognize that other bullshit in this house)
ESB
ROTJ
ANH (close call on 2/3)
TLJ
R1 (very, very close on 4/5)
TFA
ROTS
TPM
AOTC
SOLO (would have been higher if not for the awful retcon bs in the ending)
End of list (we don't recognize that other bullshit in this house)
November 24, 2025 at 10:56 PM
For me (highly subjective):
ESB
ROTJ
ANH (close call on 2/3)
TLJ
R1 (very, very close on 4/5)
TFA
ROTS
TPM
AOTC
SOLO (would have been higher if not for the awful retcon bs in the ending)
End of list (we don't recognize that other bullshit in this house)
ESB
ROTJ
ANH (close call on 2/3)
TLJ
R1 (very, very close on 4/5)
TFA
ROTS
TPM
AOTC
SOLO (would have been higher if not for the awful retcon bs in the ending)
End of list (we don't recognize that other bullshit in this house)
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For just films I'm at:
ANH
ESB
ROTJ
TLJ
R1
ROTS
TFA
SOLO
TPM
AOTC
TROS
ANH
ESB
ROTJ
TLJ
R1
ROTS
TFA
SOLO
TPM
AOTC
TROS
November 24, 2025 at 10:34 PM
For just films I'm at:
ANH
ESB
ROTJ
TLJ
R1
ROTS
TFA
SOLO
TPM
AOTC
TROS
ANH
ESB
ROTJ
TLJ
R1
ROTS
TFA
SOLO
TPM
AOTC
TROS
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Pritzker's ranking of the Star Wars films is pretty close to how I have them. Good, considered. Will be very funny when The Mandalorian And Grogu comes out and everyone has to decide if it's better or worse than Solo.
Pritzker's list:
ESB
ANH
ROTJ
R1
TLJ
ROTS
TFA
SOLO
TPM
AOTC
TROS
Pritzker's list:
ESB
ANH
ROTJ
R1
TLJ
ROTS
TFA
SOLO
TPM
AOTC
TROS
November 24, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Pritzker's ranking of the Star Wars films is pretty close to how I have them. Good, considered. Will be very funny when The Mandalorian And Grogu comes out and everyone has to decide if it's better or worse than Solo.
Pritzker's list:
ESB
ANH
ROTJ
R1
TLJ
ROTS
TFA
SOLO
TPM
AOTC
TROS
Pritzker's list:
ESB
ANH
ROTJ
R1
TLJ
ROTS
TFA
SOLO
TPM
AOTC
TROS
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Sen. Mark Kelly has released a statement.
"If this is meant to intimidate me and other members of Congress from doing our jobs and holding this administration accountable, it won't work. I've given too much to this country to be silenced by bullies..."
"If this is meant to intimidate me and other members of Congress from doing our jobs and holding this administration accountable, it won't work. I've given too much to this country to be silenced by bullies..."
November 24, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Sen. Mark Kelly has released a statement.
"If this is meant to intimidate me and other members of Congress from doing our jobs and holding this administration accountable, it won't work. I've given too much to this country to be silenced by bullies..."
"If this is meant to intimidate me and other members of Congress from doing our jobs and holding this administration accountable, it won't work. I've given too much to this country to be silenced by bullies..."
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New research suggests urban raccoons across the US show early signs of domestication | Click on the image to read the full story
New research suggests urban raccoons across the US show early signs of domestication
The clever, adaptable urban "trash panda" may be evolving a shorter snout — a key physical trait of pets and other domesticated animals.
www.wcvb.com
November 24, 2025 at 6:50 PM
New research suggests urban raccoons across the US show early signs of domestication | Click on the image to read the full story
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that great mass of death floats on and on, till lost in infinite perspectives
November 24, 2025 at 11:47 AM
that great mass of death floats on and on, till lost in infinite perspectives
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I once knew a Federal bank examiner, and one time someone asked him why we had to KEEP inspecting banks over and over. He basically said every new batch of business school grads invents bank fraud from first principles.
AirBnB CEO calling it “vibe revenue” just 👨🍳 😘
The underlying cause of every bubble - debt masquerading as financial innovation - depends on not just short financial memory & speculative neophytism, but reinventing jargon of finance, like how each generation of kids has new ways to say same things.
The underlying cause of every bubble - debt masquerading as financial innovation - depends on not just short financial memory & speculative neophytism, but reinventing jargon of finance, like how each generation of kids has new ways to say same things.
November 22, 2025 at 6:02 PM
I once knew a Federal bank examiner, and one time someone asked him why we had to KEEP inspecting banks over and over. He basically said every new batch of business school grads invents bank fraud from first principles.
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Who invests in critical thinking and who invests in an AI chatbot to help you think will be really telling.
November 23, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Who invests in critical thinking and who invests in an AI chatbot to help you think will be really telling.
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im fucking losing it
November 22, 2025 at 4:50 PM
im fucking losing it
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Just an absolutely gutting essay by Tatiana Schlossberg, a writer, mother of two young children, and cousin of RFK Jr who is dying of leukemia.
www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
November 22, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Just an absolutely gutting essay by Tatiana Schlossberg, a writer, mother of two young children, and cousin of RFK Jr who is dying of leukemia.
www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
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Q: Are you affirming that you think President Trump is a fascist?
MAMDANI: I've spoken about--
TRUMP: That's okay. You can just say yes. I don't mind.
MAMDANI: I've spoken about--
TRUMP: That's okay. You can just say yes. I don't mind.
November 21, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Q: Are you affirming that you think President Trump is a fascist?
MAMDANI: I've spoken about--
TRUMP: That's okay. You can just say yes. I don't mind.
MAMDANI: I've spoken about--
TRUMP: That's okay. You can just say yes. I don't mind.
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WIRED is hiring for a senior politics reporter who will write our weekly newsletter; detailed job description below. This role will be based in New York or DC and report to me; the salary range is $95,000 - $132,000. condenast.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/CondeC...
November 21, 2025 at 2:21 PM
WIRED is hiring for a senior politics reporter who will write our weekly newsletter; detailed job description below. This role will be based in New York or DC and report to me; the salary range is $95,000 - $132,000. condenast.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/CondeC...
I saw a full-on billboard for a "Lobster Nativity Set" on the way up the expressway into Boston today, and it feels like @faineg.bsky.social must be responsible somehow.
November 21, 2025 at 3:50 AM
I saw a full-on billboard for a "Lobster Nativity Set" on the way up the expressway into Boston today, and it feels like @faineg.bsky.social must be responsible somehow.
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Obviously Coast Guard is under DHS not DOD but still wild that we're not even 5 years out from the military trying to investigate extremism in the ranks and they not only gave up in 2023 (taskandpurpose.com/news/pentago...) they now are doing this.
November 20, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Obviously Coast Guard is under DHS not DOD but still wild that we're not even 5 years out from the military trying to investigate extremism in the ranks and they not only gave up in 2023 (taskandpurpose.com/news/pentago...) they now are doing this.
Wait, but I thought they were really concerned with fighting antisemitism!
It's almost like all of their rhetoric about that is just disingenuous nonsense being used to provide some flimsy cover for their racism and islamophobia...
It's almost like all of their rhetoric about that is just disingenuous nonsense being used to provide some flimsy cover for their racism and islamophobia...
This is fucking horrifying.
Swastikas and nooses are just “potentially divisive”? Are you kidding me?
Swastikas and nooses are just “potentially divisive”? Are you kidding me?
November 20, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Wait, but I thought they were really concerned with fighting antisemitism!
It's almost like all of their rhetoric about that is just disingenuous nonsense being used to provide some flimsy cover for their racism and islamophobia...
It's almost like all of their rhetoric about that is just disingenuous nonsense being used to provide some flimsy cover for their racism and islamophobia...
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For those in the US - this is the best way to find if there's a theater near you playing our movie when it opens 11/26. Sadly no AMC on this run, but Landmark, Alamo and other wonderful chains can keep it running as long as they want, even past the 12/12 Netflix drop. www.wakeupdeadmanfilm.com
Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery | Official Website | November 27 2025
Watch the trailer, find screenings & book tickets for Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery on the official site. In theaters November 27 2025 brought to you by Netflix. Directed by: Rian Johnson. St...
www.wakeupdeadmanfilm.com
November 20, 2025 at 6:35 PM
For those in the US - this is the best way to find if there's a theater near you playing our movie when it opens 11/26. Sadly no AMC on this run, but Landmark, Alamo and other wonderful chains can keep it running as long as they want, even past the 12/12 Netflix drop. www.wakeupdeadmanfilm.com
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So Harvard is keeping this guy, but Claudine Gay had to step down over ginned up plagiarism accusations and bad-faith accusations of anti-Semitism.
Got it.
Got it.
Larry Summers tells @theharvardcrimson.bsky.social
he’s stepping back from all public commitments in light of his messages with Epstein, saying he is “deeply ashamed” and hopes “to rebuild trust and repair relationships.”
He will continue teaching.
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
he’s stepping back from all public commitments in light of his messages with Epstein, saying he is “deeply ashamed” and hopes “to rebuild trust and repair relationships.”
He will continue teaching.
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
November 18, 2025 at 5:10 AM
So Harvard is keeping this guy, but Claudine Gay had to step down over ginned up plagiarism accusations and bad-faith accusations of anti-Semitism.
Got it.
Got it.
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This mural has gone up in Kingston, ostensibly for Christmas but AI has ensured it's actually to celebrate the return of our dark lord Cthulhu
November 18, 2025 at 9:44 AM
This mural has gone up in Kingston, ostensibly for Christmas but AI has ensured it's actually to celebrate the return of our dark lord Cthulhu
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So if Olivia is 32 now, broke up with Lizza last year, was together with him for a decade, and then was living with you for 4+ years before that, how old was she when you moved her out of her (presumably parents’) house in the suburbs to live with you?
Btw about this from Lizza's reply: Olivia and I lived together for 4+ years (4 b'days, 4 Xmases, 4 anniversaries). That's like $1250 of jewelry per celebration. And her apartment was a writing studio. And I made an f-ton then. What was I supposed to do? Get her a lot of Gift Certificates from Kmart?
November 18, 2025 at 2:03 PM
So if Olivia is 32 now, broke up with Lizza last year, was together with him for a decade, and then was living with you for 4+ years before that, how old was she when you moved her out of her (presumably parents’) house in the suburbs to live with you?