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“All I wanna do is die,” says the man next to me, and I wonder if he’s ever had a life
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Last Week in IndyCar (11/16-23/25)
A certain sneaky Swede sets up his first offseason excursion, and several seats are shakier than we thought
theindycarafterburn.beehiiv.com
Those bastards at RLL jumped the gun on the last bit I covered in this week’s newsletter, but here’s what’s been going on around the paddock in IndyCar
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If your business model doesn’t work without breaking the law, you’re not in business.
You’re in organized crime.
You’re in organized crime.
The OpenAI ruling writers should know about 👀 (if your work was scraped for LLM training, this affects you). www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...
OpenAI Loses Key Discovery Battle as It Cedes Ground to Authors in AI Lawsuits
The issue has been a major battleground in discovery. OpenAI could be on the hook for hundreds of millions, if not billions, of dollars if it was aware it was infringing on copyrighted material.
www.hollywoodreporter.com
November 29, 2025 at 7:43 PM
If your business model doesn’t work without breaking the law, you’re not in business.
You’re in organized crime.
You’re in organized crime.
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innovate and disrupt your way to success in silicon valley (commit fraud)
Yet another prime case of Potemkin AI. I hate seeing an “AI notetaker” in a zoom call recording everything. In some cases, these notetakers were literally just a guy writing everything down. We too often see vaporous hype leading to the credulous embrace of fraudulent systems.
November 29, 2025 at 8:17 PM
innovate and disrupt your way to success in silicon valley (commit fraud)
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to all who celebrate
November 29, 2025 at 8:19 PM
to all who celebrate
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Higher ed's rush to adopt AI is about so much more than AI: defector.com/higher-eds-r...
Higher Ed’s Rush To Adopt AI Is About So Much More Than AI | Defector
If you don’t work at a university or have college-age kids, you may have missed the flurry of news stories and social media banter about AI adoption in higher ed, stories which have snowballed into…
defector.com
November 29, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Higher ed's rush to adopt AI is about so much more than AI: defector.com/higher-eds-r...
Ogier has to be the undisputed GOAT of rallying now, right? Even if he doesn’t break the tie and win #10, nobody else has done it this many times in this many different ways
Ogier seals ninth WRC crown as Neuville wins Rally Saudi Arabia
Ogier seals ninth WRC crown as Neuville wins Rally Saudi Arabia
Ogier seals ninth WRC crown as Neuville wins Rally Saudi Arabia
racer.com
November 29, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Ogier has to be the undisputed GOAT of rallying now, right? Even if he doesn’t break the tie and win #10, nobody else has done it this many times in this many different ways
That one idiot in Entertainment Weekly who said Kirby’s Epic Yarn was the worst game of 2010:
November 29, 2025 at 7:32 PM
That one idiot in Entertainment Weekly who said Kirby’s Epic Yarn was the worst game of 2010:
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Freelance illustration gigs drying up. Ad agencies using Midjourney instead of hiring human artists. Costume design turned over to AI wholesale. Good work vanishing.
These are the stories of working visual artists, who describe losing jobs, wages, and hope as their clients and bosses embrace AI.
These are the stories of working visual artists, who describe losing jobs, wages, and hope as their clients and bosses embrace AI.
Artists are losing work, wages, and hope as bosses and clients embrace AI
Visual artists, illustrators and graphic designers share their stories about how AI is being used to lower wages, degrade work and even replace it altogether, in this installment of AI Killed My Job.
www.bloodinthemachine.com
September 17, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Freelance illustration gigs drying up. Ad agencies using Midjourney instead of hiring human artists. Costume design turned over to AI wholesale. Good work vanishing.
These are the stories of working visual artists, who describe losing jobs, wages, and hope as their clients and bosses embrace AI.
These are the stories of working visual artists, who describe losing jobs, wages, and hope as their clients and bosses embrace AI.
They put my GOAT in a fucking Fiat 💔💔💔
November 29, 2025 at 6:19 PM
They put my GOAT in a fucking Fiat 💔💔💔
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IMO, it raises the question of how useful are executives?
A study by Dayforce shows 87% of executives use AI for work, compared to 57% of managers and just 27% of employees.
I think this explains the massive disconnect we see in how CEOs talk about AI versus everyone else. It also raises the question of how useful it truly is for frontline work?
I think this explains the massive disconnect we see in how CEOs talk about AI versus everyone else. It also raises the question of how useful it truly is for frontline work?
Execs are embracing AI more than their employees are, new research suggests
Research from HR software company Dayforce suggests that executives are leaning into AI far more than their employees.
www.businessinsider.com
November 29, 2025 at 4:23 PM
IMO, it raises the question of how useful are executives?
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Woman Realizes Adorable Rescue Is A Coyote Pup After It Orders Dynamite Detonator Off The Internet
November 29, 2025 at 4:20 AM
Woman Realizes Adorable Rescue Is A Coyote Pup After It Orders Dynamite Detonator Off The Internet
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November 29 2000, Scooby Doo! Classic Creep Capers debuted on the N64 in the Americas!
The game is based on three classic episodes: "What a Night for a Knight", "That's Snow Ghost", "A Tiki Scare is No Fair"... and was the first foray into 3D for the characters, both in tv/movies or games!
The game is based on three classic episodes: "What a Night for a Knight", "That's Snow Ghost", "A Tiki Scare is No Fair"... and was the first foray into 3D for the characters, both in tv/movies or games!
November 29, 2025 at 3:14 PM
November 29 2000, Scooby Doo! Classic Creep Capers debuted on the N64 in the Americas!
The game is based on three classic episodes: "What a Night for a Knight", "That's Snow Ghost", "A Tiki Scare is No Fair"... and was the first foray into 3D for the characters, both in tv/movies or games!
The game is based on three classic episodes: "What a Night for a Knight", "That's Snow Ghost", "A Tiki Scare is No Fair"... and was the first foray into 3D for the characters, both in tv/movies or games!
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"Israel is now escalating on all fronts."
"[L]aunching strikes and military incursions across Gaza, Lebanon, Syria, and the West Bank."
"All of this takes place as Israel is nominally party to two ceasefires."
#Israel #Gaza #WestBank #Palestine #Lebanon #Syria #Genocide #Housing #Military
"[L]aunching strikes and military incursions across Gaza, Lebanon, Syria, and the West Bank."
"All of this takes place as Israel is nominally party to two ceasefires."
#Israel #Gaza #WestBank #Palestine #Lebanon #Syria #Genocide #Housing #Military
Israel is violating all its ceasefire agreements and escalating on all fronts
Israel is using existing ceasefire agreements to establish new realities on the ground, projecting itself as the regional hegemon by launching attacks on Gaza, Lebanon, Syria, and the West Bank.
mondoweiss.net
November 29, 2025 at 3:40 PM
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We call emergency community meetings to debate the "dangers" of ebikes, but systemic vehicular violence continues to get a pass from society at large.
It looks to me like this 90-year old driver drove 177 feet down University Ave in Los Gatos in one second, which comes out to about 120 miles per hour
November 29, 2025 at 4:08 AM
We call emergency community meetings to debate the "dangers" of ebikes, but systemic vehicular violence continues to get a pass from society at large.
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They are literally firing all the judges they think might grant relief. They just fired a friend of mine a couple hours ago. They have no shame. The bastards want an assembly line for deportations and nothing more; rubber-stamping bootlickers who’ll yes’sir at every new diktat to deny.
Instead of hiring more immigration judges, the Department of Justice just posted an ad for "deportation judges." join.justice.gov
November 21, 2025 at 11:17 PM
They are literally firing all the judges they think might grant relief. They just fired a friend of mine a couple hours ago. They have no shame. The bastards want an assembly line for deportations and nothing more; rubber-stamping bootlickers who’ll yes’sir at every new diktat to deny.
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the question that should be on every American's mind is, "is he doing this because he's stupid, or is he doing this because he knows he'll never suffer any kind of punishment for it?"
November 29, 2025 at 3:11 PM
the question that should be on every American's mind is, "is he doing this because he's stupid, or is he doing this because he knows he'll never suffer any kind of punishment for it?"
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I thoroughly reject that generative AI is something we are going to have to accept, it's simply not going to be true even in the wildest dreams of AI evangelists, and we have plenty of examples of games where AI generated elements were removed, so we know for a fact it can be done successfully.
November 28, 2025 at 7:41 PM
I thoroughly reject that generative AI is something we are going to have to accept, it's simply not going to be true even in the wildest dreams of AI evangelists, and we have plenty of examples of games where AI generated elements were removed, so we know for a fact it can be done successfully.
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Tell your lawmakers to oppose the Kids Online Safety Act- there are better ways to protect kids online without throwing other vulnerable people under the bus.
www.stopkosa.com
www.stopkosa.com
November 28, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Tell your lawmakers to oppose the Kids Online Safety Act- there are better ways to protect kids online without throwing other vulnerable people under the bus.
www.stopkosa.com
www.stopkosa.com
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Stefano, if the track has no real-world boundaries, so you have to put in little boxes of sharp rocks in various places, but it also puts so much energy through the tires that the sharp rocks cut holes in the tires, so you have to limit how many laps the tires can do, perhaps the track SUCKS
November 29, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Stefano, if the track has no real-world boundaries, so you have to put in little boxes of sharp rocks in various places, but it also puts so much energy through the tires that the sharp rocks cut holes in the tires, so you have to limit how many laps the tires can do, perhaps the track SUCKS
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Britain never did grow out of oppressing the Irish because the country generally feels like it *should* own us regardless of all that pesky war of independence stuff
This is madness.
All books by Normal People and Conversations with Friends author Sally Rooney set to be withdrawn from sale.
The 34-year-old Irish author says: “The disappearance of my work from bookshops would mark a truly extreme incursion by the state into the realm of artistic expression.”
All books by Normal People and Conversations with Friends author Sally Rooney set to be withdrawn from sale.
The 34-year-old Irish author says: “The disappearance of my work from bookshops would mark a truly extreme incursion by the state into the realm of artistic expression.”
Sally Rooney books may be withdrawn from UK sale over Palestine Action ban, court told
Rooney has said she intended to use royalties from her work "to go on supporting Palestine Action."
www.bbc.com
November 29, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Britain never did grow out of oppressing the Irish because the country generally feels like it *should* own us regardless of all that pesky war of independence stuff
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I read the thread and know why they're not failing the students. They gotta let colleges fail the students for the sake of the curriculum and other students
An issue we're seeing at all levels of university is that many students are simply refusing to do *anything*. They aren't reading the syllabus, aren't following assignment guidelines, aren't engaging with material, ignoring deadlines. And this might seem like old news, but it truly has ramped up.
November 29, 2025 at 1:57 PM
I read the thread and know why they're not failing the students. They gotta let colleges fail the students for the sake of the curriculum and other students
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Post something random or you'll have an awful December...
November 29, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Post something random or you'll have an awful December...
If four-loss teams can get in the CFP just because they’re SEC, we may as well just nuke the playoff entirely
Do the Texas Longhorns deserve a spot in the College Football Playoff?
Horns make case with big win over Texas A&M. If chalk occurs, #HookEm is likely fighting with Notre Dame, Miami, and BYU for final CFP spot.
Will big wins override bad losses?
www.texasfootball.com/article/2025...
Horns make case with big win over Texas A&M. If chalk occurs, #HookEm is likely fighting with Notre Dame, Miami, and BYU for final CFP spot.
Will big wins override bad losses?
www.texasfootball.com/article/2025...
Do the Texas Longhorns Deserve a Spot in College Football Playoff?
Texas strengthens its playoff case with a rivalry win over Texas A&M as Steve Sarkisian cites a brutal schedule, top-10 victories, and a belief that the Longhorns belong in the CFP race.
www.texasfootball.com
November 29, 2025 at 6:26 AM
If four-loss teams can get in the CFP just because they’re SEC, we may as well just nuke the playoff entirely
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Pretty obvious that Vance has negatively polarized himself into believing that anyone who holds a single opinion contrary to his own is simply “virtue signaling” and that it couldn’t be an honestly held belief
JD Vance: "How many of you really like turkey?"
Many soldiers raise their hands.
Vance: "You're all full of shit."
Many soldiers raise their hands.
Vance: "You're all full of shit."
November 29, 2025 at 5:27 AM
Pretty obvious that Vance has negatively polarized himself into believing that anyone who holds a single opinion contrary to his own is simply “virtue signaling” and that it couldn’t be an honestly held belief