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· Nov 17
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If you like specimen books, you might like this one! I’m a little biased because I had the honor of working on it, but I think it’s a genuinely cool artifact.
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i think tech and ai positive people are going to be in for a big shock when anti tech and anti ai sentiment becomes a major part of leftwing politics going forward especially as datacenters continue to destroy communities and raise electricity bills
Is this platform still massively against AI or has it moved more towards acceptance?
November 26, 2025 at 5:34 AM
i think tech and ai positive people are going to be in for a big shock when anti tech and anti ai sentiment becomes a major part of leftwing politics going forward especially as datacenters continue to destroy communities and raise electricity bills
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I shan’t
Over many interviews, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told Michael Scherer about how he plans to remake America’s public-health system. Can he lead the scientific establishment he’s spent much of his life crusading against?
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November 25, 2025 at 12:11 AM
I shan’t
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Yes!
Yes!
I'm excited to announce that I have been asked to join the Mamdani Transition Team to work on community safety issues. A New Era for NYC.
November 25, 2025 at 12:46 AM
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Yes!
Yes!
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Honored to serve on Mayor-elect @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social Transition Committee on Technology. For too long, too many New Yorkers have been left behind. NYC deserves governance that centers affordability, equity, and the public good-looking forward to the work ahead. www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news...
NYC Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani announces transition committees
New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani announced Monday the creation of 17 transition advisory committees made up of more than 400 people.
www.cbsnews.com
November 24, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Honored to serve on Mayor-elect @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social Transition Committee on Technology. For too long, too many New Yorkers have been left behind. NYC deserves governance that centers affordability, equity, and the public good-looking forward to the work ahead. www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news...
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And by “complicated” they mean corporate ownership “completely and utterly fucked” the housing market.
A new analysis that shows nearly 9% of residential parcels in 500 U.S. counties are owned by corporations. Researchers warn this rising trend has complicated the housing market.
https://stateline.org/2025/11/21/corporate-investment-in-residential-housing-may-be-another-hurdle-for-first-time-buyers/
https://stateline.org/2025/11/21/corporate-investment-in-residential-housing-may-be-another-hurdle-for-first-time-buyers/
Corporate investment in residential housing may be another hurdle for first-time buyers • Stateline
As corporate ownership of residential property across the country rises nationwide, researchers from the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy and the Center for Geospatial Solutions, which is housed at the institute, warn this rising trend has complicated the housing market for first-time buyers.
stateline.org
November 24, 2025 at 6:05 PM
And by “complicated” they mean corporate ownership “completely and utterly fucked” the housing market.
Every day, I strive to be fundamentally honest at the level of the sentence.
I can't remember who it was reviewing whom & internet seqrch is broken but the phrase has stuck, calling a supposedly major USian writer "fundamentally dishonest at the level of the sentence." It's been my guiding star since: to be honest at the level of the sentence. And so many writers aren't.
November 24, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Every day, I strive to be fundamentally honest at the level of the sentence.
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Media literacy is down, so to be clear, when the WSJ writes “Ultimately, the fact pattern Meta relies on to meet its conflicting objectives strains credibility” about your accounting practices and runs an accompanying flowchart, that is the equivalent of a 500-foot neon sign reading “FRAUD”
This feels like one of those stories you're going to look at a year from now and say to yourself, "Why didn't I move more of my portfolio into cash?" **
** (This post is for informational purposes only and should not be construed as financial or any other advice.)
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www.wsj.com/tech/meta-ai...
** (This post is for informational purposes only and should not be construed as financial or any other advice.)
🎁
www.wsj.com/tech/meta-ai...
AI Meets Aggressive Accounting at Meta’s Gigantic New Data Center
Favorable treatment off the balance sheet hinges on some convenient assumptions.
www.wsj.com
November 24, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Media literacy is down, so to be clear, when the WSJ writes “Ultimately, the fact pattern Meta relies on to meet its conflicting objectives strains credibility” about your accounting practices and runs an accompanying flowchart, that is the equivalent of a 500-foot neon sign reading “FRAUD”
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One brilliant thing about Twitter was that for a lot of us, it made networking not networking.
You posted about what you were passionate about it, and it had more of a chance to get in front of someone relevant. It wasn't networking, it was caring about something in public.
You posted about what you were passionate about it, and it had more of a chance to get in front of someone relevant. It wasn't networking, it was caring about something in public.
I made friends with game developers. I did my own work. And it happened. That’s all there is.
November 23, 2025 at 4:07 PM
One brilliant thing about Twitter was that for a lot of us, it made networking not networking.
You posted about what you were passionate about it, and it had more of a chance to get in front of someone relevant. It wasn't networking, it was caring about something in public.
You posted about what you were passionate about it, and it had more of a chance to get in front of someone relevant. It wasn't networking, it was caring about something in public.
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Impossible how good reading is. You mean I just point my face at the paper for a bit and it does a whole update on my brain?
November 23, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Impossible how good reading is. You mean I just point my face at the paper for a bit and it does a whole update on my brain?
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Swerve me? The path to my fixed purpose is laid with iron rails, whereon my soul is grooved to run.
November 20, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Swerve me? The path to my fixed purpose is laid with iron rails, whereon my soul is grooved to run.
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Okay, so you're in your gmail, and you have a bazillion emails in your main inbox due to turning off smart features. What's the easiest way to go through them? Well you could go page by page.
Or...If you know specific companies send a lot of emails, there's a quick trick.
Or...If you know specific companies send a lot of emails, there's a quick trick.
For my laptop, while I do have a good amount of free space to partition/separate to try out Linux, I should also make sure I don't have unnecessary files and games taking up space.
And for email. (stares at tab showing the number 58,287) I uh. Don't think I need to import EVERYTHING.
And for email. (stares at tab showing the number 58,287) I uh. Don't think I need to import EVERYTHING.
November 20, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Okay, so you're in your gmail, and you have a bazillion emails in your main inbox due to turning off smart features. What's the easiest way to go through them? Well you could go page by page.
Or...If you know specific companies send a lot of emails, there's a quick trick.
Or...If you know specific companies send a lot of emails, there's a quick trick.
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So overall...*Allegedly*, as of writing, google is not training GenAI on your emails.
It's still not a bad idea to be wary of updates full of technology you do not want, nor is it a bad idea to delete all those emails and relearn how to use filters and labels.
It's still not a bad idea to be wary of updates full of technology you do not want, nor is it a bad idea to delete all those emails and relearn how to use filters and labels.
November 22, 2025 at 11:26 PM
So overall...*Allegedly*, as of writing, google is not training GenAI on your emails.
It's still not a bad idea to be wary of updates full of technology you do not want, nor is it a bad idea to delete all those emails and relearn how to use filters and labels.
It's still not a bad idea to be wary of updates full of technology you do not want, nor is it a bad idea to delete all those emails and relearn how to use filters and labels.
How am I just hearing about Neurovague? Seems like something @soulellis.com might be interested in.
Interesting project neurovague.net
Interesting project neurovague.net
neurovague.net
Neurovague is a repository of original abstract images, freely offered for use in neuroscientific presentations.
neurovague.net
November 22, 2025 at 6:18 PM
How am I just hearing about Neurovague? Seems like something @soulellis.com might be interested in.
Interesting project neurovague.net
Interesting project neurovague.net
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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 1:11 PM
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.
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Gladhanding fascists is a useful skill, I guess, but this is exactly why even people who believe in the current system shouldn't stan politicians.
Their main skill is saying what their audience wants to hear and making them believe it. That includes their opponents, and it includes you.
Their main skill is saying what their audience wants to hear and making them believe it. That includes their opponents, and it includes you.
November 22, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Gladhanding fascists is a useful skill, I guess, but this is exactly why even people who believe in the current system shouldn't stan politicians.
Their main skill is saying what their audience wants to hear and making them believe it. That includes their opponents, and it includes you.
Their main skill is saying what their audience wants to hear and making them believe it. That includes their opponents, and it includes you.
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okay so here’s the actual bad part of the article
“oh it never affected my coverage” horse and also shit
and what the fuck is Lizza doing sitting on this while RFK takes a buzz saw to American health so he can sell substack subscriptions
ghouls, the lot of them
“oh it never affected my coverage” horse and also shit
and what the fuck is Lizza doing sitting on this while RFK takes a buzz saw to American health so he can sell substack subscriptions
ghouls, the lot of them
November 22, 2025 at 7:45 AM
okay so here’s the actual bad part of the article
“oh it never affected my coverage” horse and also shit
and what the fuck is Lizza doing sitting on this while RFK takes a buzz saw to American health so he can sell substack subscriptions
ghouls, the lot of them
“oh it never affected my coverage” horse and also shit
and what the fuck is Lizza doing sitting on this while RFK takes a buzz saw to American health so he can sell substack subscriptions
ghouls, the lot of them
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editors, now more than ever!
November 17, 2025 at 4:44 PM
editors, now more than ever!
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People often, often people with eyes who can read, regret waking up this morning
November 22, 2025 at 1:45 PM
People often, often people with eyes who can read, regret waking up this morning
This exactly describes the various stages of grief I rapidly cycled through yesterday
I did this and hate it and also looked at emails I normally wouldn’t have looked at and some were interesting and I unsubscribed from others and it was a novel experience that harkened back to ye olde email time which felt strange and new and shitty and interesting all at the same time I feel weird
November 22, 2025 at 6:00 AM
This exactly describes the various stages of grief I rapidly cycled through yesterday
Huh. Okay.
If you don't trust Google then you probably shouldn't use Gmail, but the claim it's training AI on your emails and attachments has *no real source that i have been able to find whatsoever*
And they said on the record that it doesn't matter whether you have the smart settings on or not, they don't.
And they said on the record that it doesn't matter whether you have the smart settings on or not, they don't.
www.theverge.com/news/826902/... we asked
November 22, 2025 at 5:48 AM
Huh. Okay.
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THIS is the story.
That the feds are spying on people doing completely legal stuff and characterizing them as “anarchist violent extremists.”
The story is NOT that you need to be afraid to court watch or patrol your neighborhood for ICE activity. DO NOT SELF-REPRESS.
That the feds are spying on people doing completely legal stuff and characterizing them as “anarchist violent extremists.”
The story is NOT that you need to be afraid to court watch or patrol your neighborhood for ICE activity. DO NOT SELF-REPRESS.
"An FBI memo that claims 'anarchist violent extremist actors' are targeting law enforcement cites a private text message chat that included immigration court observers, raising questions about whether the spy agency is monitoring political activity, a copy of the document indicates."
FBI memo indicates online chats of immigration court watchers in NYC were monitored
An FBI memo that claims “anarchist violent extremist actors” are targeting law enforcement cites a private text message chat that included immigration court observers, raising questions about wheth…
www.nydailynews.com
November 22, 2025 at 12:04 AM
THIS is the story.
That the feds are spying on people doing completely legal stuff and characterizing them as “anarchist violent extremists.”
The story is NOT that you need to be afraid to court watch or patrol your neighborhood for ICE activity. DO NOT SELF-REPRESS.
That the feds are spying on people doing completely legal stuff and characterizing them as “anarchist violent extremists.”
The story is NOT that you need to be afraid to court watch or patrol your neighborhood for ICE activity. DO NOT SELF-REPRESS.
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In an era filled with tech dipshits who never developed emotionally past the age of 13 & use their wealth to become odious monsters ...
... listen to Steve Wozniak.
... listen to Steve Wozniak.
November 21, 2025 at 7:41 PM
In an era filled with tech dipshits who never developed emotionally past the age of 13 & use their wealth to become odious monsters ...
... listen to Steve Wozniak.
... listen to Steve Wozniak.
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trump is, first and foremost, a starfucker
November 21, 2025 at 9:13 PM
trump is, first and foremost, a starfucker