austin (e/accordion 🪗)
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if you didn’t need that lesson, you wouldn’t have had it
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austin (e/accordion 🪗)
@thebadcode.com
· Aug 10
Is it piano or man or a monument
To our hubris our malice our sin
And it sits at the bar still stinking of tar
My god what the hell next will walk in
To our hubris our malice our sin
And it sits at the bar still stinking of tar
My god what the hell next will walk in
i heard the new season of stranger things is about olivia nuzzis other exes
November 15, 2025 at 5:05 AM
i heard the new season of stranger things is about olivia nuzzis other exes
What’s the crime, sharing a dehydrated iced cream? A succulent dehydrated iced cream!?!
Improbable, but possible, headline: Woman pleads guilty to lying about astronaut wife accessing bank account from Space Station
www.cnbc.com/2025/11/14/s...
www.cnbc.com/2025/11/14/s...
Woman pleads guilty to lying about astronaut wife accessing bank account from Space Station
Summer Worden faces a possible maximum sentence of five years in prison in the case, which involves false allegations she made against astronaut Anne McClain.
www.cnbc.com
November 15, 2025 at 5:04 AM
What’s the crime, sharing a dehydrated iced cream? A succulent dehydrated iced cream!?!
NEVER ASK
A MAN: his salary
A WOMAN: her weight
AN AIRPLANE: how it backs up
A MAN: his salary
A WOMAN: her weight
AN AIRPLANE: how it backs up
November 14, 2025 at 11:14 PM
NEVER ASK
A MAN: his salary
A WOMAN: her weight
AN AIRPLANE: how it backs up
A MAN: his salary
A WOMAN: her weight
AN AIRPLANE: how it backs up
fear-mongering aside, if the ai bubble results in the building of even a handful of nuclear power plants paid for with private money and nothing else, it will all have been worth it
New from 404 Media: Microsoft and nuclear power company Westinghouse Nuclear want to use AI to speed up the construction of new nuclear power plants in the United States.
"may lead [..] to catastrophic nuclear consequences" and distrust of nuclear tech
www.404media.co/power-compan...
"may lead [..] to catastrophic nuclear consequences" and distrust of nuclear tech
www.404media.co/power-compan...
Power Companies Are Using AI To Build Nuclear Power Plants
Tech companies are betting big on nuclear energy to meet AIs massive power demands and they're using that AI to speed up the construction of new nuclear power plants.
www.404media.co
November 14, 2025 at 10:50 PM
fear-mongering aside, if the ai bubble results in the building of even a handful of nuclear power plants paid for with private money and nothing else, it will all have been worth it
i always wonder what the people in line to talk to the gate agent are up to. didn’t you book a ticket??? if not, how did you get here???
November 14, 2025 at 10:23 PM
i always wonder what the people in line to talk to the gate agent are up to. didn’t you book a ticket??? if not, how did you get here???
my most woke opinion is that the response to all routine traffic violations should be the use of overwhelming state violence
"my least woke opinion is---"
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
November 14, 2025 at 10:00 PM
my most woke opinion is that the response to all routine traffic violations should be the use of overwhelming state violence
it’s a 96-month car loan except this is actually guaranteed to ruin your life
50-year mortgages are not a great idea deanbaker22.substack.com/p/50-year-mo... Maybe Bill Pulte should go back to digging up dirt on Trump's enemies.
50-Year Mortgages: What Bill Pulte Does When He Isn’t Reviewing Mortgages of Trump’s Enemies
Pulte's innovation could be the most fun since subprime mortgages
deanbaker22.substack.com
November 14, 2025 at 9:24 PM
it’s a 96-month car loan except this is actually guaranteed to ruin your life
the last honest google employee spends 100% of their time fighting an uphill battle against every VP in the company who wants them to overhaul the gmail settings menu, which hasn't meaningfully changed since 2010
November 13, 2025 at 2:37 AM
the last honest google employee spends 100% of their time fighting an uphill battle against every VP in the company who wants them to overhaul the gmail settings menu, which hasn't meaningfully changed since 2010
Holy shit I’m in a “car heating costs money” truther Lyft
November 12, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Holy shit I’m in a “car heating costs money” truther Lyft
the wayfinding at heathrow is bad but that’s not why noah smith got lost
November 11, 2025 at 11:26 PM
the wayfinding at heathrow is bad but that’s not why noah smith got lost
bluesky, we cannot allow the development of a Banger Gap
November 11, 2025 at 6:38 PM
bluesky, we cannot allow the development of a Banger Gap
just once i would like to read a story that goes "idiot dipshit put in charge of sprawling empire humbled by new-found responsibility", instead of "chainsaw immediately taken to institution's load-bearing walls"
“I’ve been hearing that standards will be eliminated or severely cut back. Bari has told people that she wants to get rid of standards and is shocked that they have so much power. She also asked openly, ‘What’s the point of standards?’” one CBS source said.
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
Bari Weiss wants to take down ‘too much power’ CBS News Standards unit: sources
EXCLUSIVE: Internal rumblings within the newsroom come after the S&P head resigned and the network disbanded its vaunted Race and Culture unit.
www.independent.co.uk
November 11, 2025 at 5:44 PM
just once i would like to read a story that goes "idiot dipshit put in charge of sprawling empire humbled by new-found responsibility", instead of "chainsaw immediately taken to institution's load-bearing walls"
🎵 well the man trap is a security space where you must badge to enter 🎵
November 11, 2025 at 2:55 PM
🎵 well the man trap is a security space where you must badge to enter 🎵
“House of Dynamite” is 100% realistic in the sense that an actual nuclear weapon used in anger would be the stupidest, most unbelievably insane thing that has ever happened and no one would be able to make sense of it in the moment
November 11, 2025 at 3:12 AM
“House of Dynamite” is 100% realistic in the sense that an actual nuclear weapon used in anger would be the stupidest, most unbelievably insane thing that has ever happened and no one would be able to make sense of it in the moment
reflexively donating to non-incumbent US senate candidates; who yall got aside from nazi tat lobsterman
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November 10, 2025 at 3:27 AM
reflexively donating to non-incumbent US senate candidates; who yall got aside from nazi tat lobsterman
“today’s crossword contains 4 rebus squares-“
November 10, 2025 at 3:21 AM
“today’s crossword contains 4 rebus squares-“
“Blazing Saddles” is a pretty old movie so you’d think Chuck Schumer would have seen it
November 10, 2025 at 2:32 AM
“Blazing Saddles” is a pretty old movie so you’d think Chuck Schumer would have seen it
why does this look like an AI-generated racial slur
November 8, 2025 at 11:10 PM
why does this look like an AI-generated racial slur
hurry up before the site crashes completely
November 8, 2025 at 10:49 PM
hurry up before the site crashes completely
countrymen, our plague of rats is over, for behold: i have imported thousands upon thousands of snakes
As US schools adopt AI, a look at the growing use of AI-powered monitoring tools like GoGuardian to scan students' chatbot conversations for signs of self-harm (Janne Knodler/Bloomberg)
Main Link | Techmeme Permalink
Main Link | Techmeme Permalink
November 8, 2025 at 10:23 PM
countrymen, our plague of rats is over, for behold: i have imported thousands upon thousands of snakes
Megacalifornia could have a population of 80 million and 12 US senators but no, we have to give another trillion dollars to Palo Alto homeowners
They should invent a California where you can afford to live
November 8, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Megacalifornia could have a population of 80 million and 12 US senators but no, we have to give another trillion dollars to Palo Alto homeowners
we’re doing group buys of mri machines. folks,
November 8, 2025 at 4:23 PM
we’re doing group buys of mri machines. folks,
the worst possible group of people you could put in charge of your “manifest and enslave god” project is a bunch of atheists
they think they're making a god, and to sell the government on it they've said it's a weapons technology on par with nuclear weapons
November 8, 2025 at 4:09 PM
the worst possible group of people you could put in charge of your “manifest and enslave god” project is a bunch of atheists
our next episode will be the tacoma narrows bridge disaster does anyone have anything to plug
On Nov. 7, 1940, the Tacoma Narrows Bridge, or ‘Galloping Gertie,’ dramatically collapsed into the Puget Sound. Friday marks 85 years since the disaster reshaped how engineers approach long-span bridges.
bit.ly/493a8lQ
bit.ly/493a8lQ
November 8, 2025 at 3:18 PM
our next episode will be the tacoma narrows bridge disaster does anyone have anything to plug
ive never seen or even heard of anything like this. a few federal judges order the admin to take the gun out of its own mouth for a minute and they immediately panic, demanding to be allowed to put it back in
November 8, 2025 at 1:01 AM
ive never seen or even heard of anything like this. a few federal judges order the admin to take the gun out of its own mouth for a minute and they immediately panic, demanding to be allowed to put it back in