The plant-based protein powder I use virtually every morning has unsafe levels of lead in it. Cool cool cool cool cool

While I do think there are legitimate questions here, it’s important to remember that what these tech leaders say is always first and foremost marketing.

These guys are gambling addicts. If they just plain old invested in crypto they’d still be miles ahead of the market.

Bitcoin is *still* up 35% in the last 6 months, 84% in the last year, and 916% in the last 5 years.

But even regular crypto’s get-rich-quick scheme isn’t quick enough for them.

whelp, this floor isn't going to lie on itself

Look, I don’t care what kind of life it’s led before I met it. All that matters to me is that it’s olive oil.

Despite saying this, Patrick is still my friend. This is what it can look like when you don’t let politics get in the way of relationships.

I won’t stand for this blasphemy!

Just watched the John Candy documentary. I got a little choked up hearing people talk about how he made them feel. A refreshing reminder of humanity.

Seeing someone’s humanity and making them feel like they matter is one of the most beautiful things in life.

Wild to think that the luck of your birth determines what you get to experience. People born in 500 years ago couldn’t have dreamed of Little Caesar’s Pretzel Crust™️ pizza and I feel sad for them.

You may not like it but this is what peak Rage Against the Machine fandom looks like

Even logic has gone woke now. Smh

A few minutes ago in the House:

- Speaker Mike Johnson officially cancels votes next week, extending the House recess through a fourth week

- House Republicans block Democrats from passing a bill to pay the troops during the shutdown, ensuring they will miss paychecks next week

Everyone's talking about Trump not getting the peace prize, but no one's talking about how Ersatz Doctor got snubbed too. Just another example of discrimination against philosophy phds.

I’m usually good at anticipating republican spin on their absurd actions, but even I’m at a loss here. What could they possibly say is good about this?

Slimy Mike Johnson and hypocrisy incarnate JD Vance have no limit to their sycophancy. They will lie through their teeth to preserve power and they’ve only been rewarded for it so far.

In short, even in the face of blatant evidence of Trump’s raping of young girls, they will deny and downplay it.

And if his base doesn’t leave him, Republicans in congress won’t either. This was clearly demonstrated by the R’s who disavowed him on Jan 6 who clearly assumed that would be the final straw for even MAGA. But as soon as they realized he didn’t lose support, they came running back.

Even if the Epstein files get released and Trump is everywhere in them, I don’t believe that will sink him. He’s proven time and time again that he can do and say whatever he wants, never admit guilt, and his base won’t leave him.

Johnny Cash…

the Man in Black…

the guy who played shows in prisons…

the guy they made a biopic of starring Joaquin Phoenix…

the guy still making hits in 2000 covering NIN songs…

…deeply uncool.

A typo in my post about education? You better believe it’s staying in.

Colleges don’t just educate. They also issue degree which signals that a person has an education.

Once thing AI will almost certainly do is diminish the reliability—and so the value—of this signal.

Apart from in-class assessments, AI has made *measuring* knowledge and skill exceedingly difficult.

I know this is a joke, but a friend was just talking about how he watched an interview with @resistance.money talking about divine personality and now this joke hits different.

New book in draft: AI and Consciousness [link in thread]
This book is a skeptical overview of the literature on AI and consciousness.
Anyone who emails me comments on the entire manuscript will be thanked in print and receive an appreciatively signed hard copy.

“I do know they resisted the introduction… uh… the offering of national guard troops.” Are you fucking kidding me?