If I can get into showbiz asshole mode for a sec, I think Trump still basically understands himself as being a C-list celebrity desperate to make it to the B-list. Mamdani is an A-lister, and Trump would rather be in the room with an A-lister he hates than a C-lister who loves him

This is what ruined stories about serial killers for me. In real life they're never brilliant masterminds, they're just killing people who the cops don't care about in the first place. Also a fairly big percentage of them wind up just being cops themselves

On the one hand I wonder if the long game isn't for all the platforms filling themselves up with AI slop to introduce a premium paid no-slop tier, but on the other hand I think that might be a little too clever for the people running these companies

Every time my work sends out one of those anti-phishing programs I put them off for as long as I can because the emails they get sent in look exactly like what I'd do if I was trying to phish someone

Honestly, with the government's resources either being gutted or redirected towards kidnapping people in front of Home Depots, I think everyone could probably get away with at least one or two major crimes right now

I started teaching college classes when I was in my late 30s, and I still get mistaken for a student every now and again. I think it's in less of a "Oh wow, this guy looks too young to be a teacher" way and more of a "Oh wow, this 20 year old looks terrible, are we doing that to people here?"

Thanks! I'd been meaning to get at least one done all month

“Um, actually? If you shut down the puppy murder factory then there are gonna be a ton of puppies that you’re gonna have to play with. Betcha didn’t think of that, smart guy!”