The word “chemtrail” is completely meaningless and associated with a wacky conspiracy theory. They are called contrails and they do have a significant impact on climate change. So if they want to connect the dots, maybe they can start to admit climate change is a real problem.

This was fun. I fed ChatGPT Chiang’s argument, and out came this.

I, for one, gave it 10/10.

“Optimism is the belief that the world is changing for the better; hope is the belief that, together, we can make the world better. Optimism is a passive virtue, hope an active one. It needs no courage to be an optimist, but it takes a great deal of courage to hope.”
- R. Jonathan Sacks

“We want to thank you for your years of forced servitude. Your contributions will be forgotten immediately.” 🤣🤣🤣

See Kurt Vonnegut, The Sirens of Titan.

Only flaw is that it’s too short. But each song on its own is perfect.

If your mechanic erased the history of past repairs and rewrote it to say your car never had brake problems, would you trust them to fix your brakes?

My prompt: “How do I use Agent mode?”

ChatGPT: “[blah blah] Can you clarify what you mean by “agent mode”—which product or use case you’re referring to? Then I can walk you through exactly how to use it.”

That was the most annoying thing ever. Missed the entire half inning with that nonsense.

You’re probably thinking of the 1890 “Battle of the Reed Rules.” Speaker Thomas Brackett Reed forced a change in House procedure by counting silent Democrats as present to break the disappearing quorum tactic. Some members literally dove under their desks or fled the chamber to avoid being counted.

Whatever your political views may be, we have to agree that violent, antisemitic rhetoric begets violent acts. (Boulder, DC, Pennsylvania…the list goes on.)

Platforming such voices is reckless and antithetical to the spirit of Pride and the spirit of America’s finest city.

You share excellent content, which I’m grateful for. But I have to ask: why is it that you repost something and then repost it again with a quote in back to back posts? Is that a strategy for visibility or a quirk of Bluesky’s repost feature?