This one has been on the workout playlist for a solid 10 years: www.youtube.com/watch?v=am6r...

Phish was better at 12/9/95 for sure, but I have vivid memories of JJ Cale playing Cocaine. And some random guy running around shirtless with "FEED ME MUSHROOMS" scrawled on his chest with a Sharpie.

IMO almost all phishing tests are worthless at minimum, and most make things worse.

Please post your favorite disinfo about Shakespeare.

Rappelling off a bobbin, old school.

Sara Gran, my favorite mystery writer, did a fully human-powered personalized recommendation campaign a few years ago. It was really cool. The rec I got was Murder In The Age of Enlightenment by Ryunosuke Atukagawa, which was excellent. I like nplusone so maybe I'll try this.

Headline: "mysterious traffic spike". Article: bug in configuration file processing.

The Holzman bio of Angleton is worth reading as well, as it touches on the literary side more than the other JJA bios. I'm not sure I buy some of his takes, but I need to do more background reading to form a well-grounded opinion; my memory of early 20th c. lit crit is too vague at this point.

Ugh, what did the Kahanists do now?

The Sandifer book you just bought is excellent re the neoreactionaries or whatever we want to call that nightmare, but if you want something specifically on AI and its technomoral implications, please consider The AI Mirror by @shannonvallor.bsky.social.

AJ's rhetorical technique: 1) hair-raising quote from anonymous "highly placed" source, 2) assume its truth, 3) extrapolate wildly from the quote by "just asking questions", 4) create fictional scenario from extrapolations, 5) assume truth of fictional scenario.

Take me back... to Wittgenstein?! Yes please.

Multi-year AAR concluded that it was, in fact, cyber: www.denver7.com/news/local-n...