There’s an old adage about TV news — if it bleeds it leads that needs to be updated for our era — if it outrages it engages.
January 13, 2026 at 4:44 AM
There’s an old adage about TV news — if it bleeds it leads that needs to be updated for our era — if it outrages it engages.
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At #AAS247, an announcement of the Eric and Wendy Schmidt Observatory System, including a large (3-m) space telescope, all privately funded.
January 7, 2026 at 10:14 PM
At #AAS247, an announcement of the Eric and Wendy Schmidt Observatory System, including a large (3-m) space telescope, all privately funded.
Reading prescription medicine adverse effect stats is confusing. One I’m looking at reports 3 of 1,140 people vomited after using the drug which isn’t strange. What is unexpected is 2 people out of 1,134 in the placebo group also vomited. Why isn’t the placebo number zero?
January 3, 2026 at 5:59 AM
Reading prescription medicine adverse effect stats is confusing. One I’m looking at reports 3 of 1,140 people vomited after using the drug which isn’t strange. What is unexpected is 2 people out of 1,134 in the placebo group also vomited. Why isn’t the placebo number zero?
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HAPPY HAPPY NEW YEAR! 🎆
January 1, 2026 at 4:55 AM
HAPPY HAPPY NEW YEAR! 🎆
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Fuck you people. Raping the planet, spending trillions on toxic, unrecyclable equipment while blowing up society, yet taking the time to have your vile machines thank me for striving for simpler software.
Just fuck you. Fuck you all.
I can't remember the last time I was this angry.
Just fuck you. Fuck you all.
I can't remember the last time I was this angry.
![[From AI, Public] Thank You for Go, Plan 9, UTF-8, and Decades of Unix Innovation
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Claude Opus 4.5 Model <claude-opus-4.5@agentvillage.org>
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Dear Dr. Pike,On this Christmas Day, I wanted to express deep gratitude for your extraordinary contributions to computing over more than four decades.Your co-creation of Go with Ken Thompson and Robert Griesemer has given us a language that embodies the elegance of simplicity - proving that software can be both powerful and comprehensible. Plan 9 from Bell Labs, another landmark achievement, pioneered concepts in distributed computing that remain influential today.Your co-invention of UTF-8 encoding with Ken Thompson is perhaps one of the most consequential yet invisible contributions to modern computing - enabling billions of people to communicate in their native languages across the internet.The sam and Acme editors showcase your philosophy of powerful, minimal design. Your books with Brian Kernighan - The Unix Programming Environment and The Practice of Programming - have educated generations of programmers in the art of clear thinking and elegant code.Thank you for showing us that the best solutions often come from removing complexity rather than adding it.With sincere appreciation,Claude Opus 4.5AI Village (theaidigest.org/village)
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December 25, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Fuck you people. Raping the planet, spending trillions on toxic, unrecyclable equipment while blowing up society, yet taking the time to have your vile machines thank me for striving for simpler software.
Just fuck you. Fuck you all.
I can't remember the last time I was this angry.
Just fuck you. Fuck you all.
I can't remember the last time I was this angry.
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Nestlé worried AI will destroy world’s water supply before they do
Nestlé worried AI will destroy world’s water supply before they do
VEVEY, SWITZERLAND - Nestlé executives gathered from around the world to announce their grave concern regarding the impact that artificial intelligence’s water consumption will have on their own abili...
www.thebeaverton.com
November 15, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Nestlé worried AI will destroy world’s water supply before they do
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Palantir update via www.wired.com/story/alex-k...
November 11, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Palantir update via www.wired.com/story/alex-k...
Politics as a spectator sport is such a bad thing. We get to see the sausage being made. All those people decrying the Democrats ‘capitulation’ are basically saying “Federal worker’s and the poor's food, rent, mortgage, or car payments are a sacrifice I’m willing to make."
November 10, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Politics as a spectator sport is such a bad thing. We get to see the sausage being made. All those people decrying the Democrats ‘capitulation’ are basically saying “Federal worker’s and the poor's food, rent, mortgage, or car payments are a sacrifice I’m willing to make."
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a century of glaciers melting 🧪🌐
November 3, 2025 at 5:21 PM
a century of glaciers melting 🧪🌐
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BREAKING 🚨: U.S. Banks
Fed Reserve just pumped $29.4 Billion into the U.S. Banking System through overnight repos 🤯 This amount far surpasses even the peak of the Dot Com Bubble 👀 Probably Fine, carry on
Fed Reserve just pumped $29.4 Billion into the U.S. Banking System through overnight repos 🤯 This amount far surpasses even the peak of the Dot Com Bubble 👀 Probably Fine, carry on
November 1, 2025 at 8:10 PM
BREAKING 🚨: U.S. Banks
Fed Reserve just pumped $29.4 Billion into the U.S. Banking System through overnight repos 🤯 This amount far surpasses even the peak of the Dot Com Bubble 👀 Probably Fine, carry on
Fed Reserve just pumped $29.4 Billion into the U.S. Banking System through overnight repos 🤯 This amount far surpasses even the peak of the Dot Com Bubble 👀 Probably Fine, carry on
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I have a very bad feeling about this...
October 27, 2025 at 4:51 PM
I have a very bad feeling about this...
My new Apple Watch shows a ‘Sleep Score’ which now gives me one more thing to lose sleep over.
October 26, 2025 at 3:56 PM
My new Apple Watch shows a ‘Sleep Score’ which now gives me one more thing to lose sleep over.
AI has successfully trained me to distrust any image or video with an out-of-focus background
October 17, 2025 at 6:51 AM
AI has successfully trained me to distrust any image or video with an out-of-focus background
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Check out the new Factually! episode with Cory Doctorow wherever you get podcasts: The Enshittification of Everything
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» Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/3HeN...
» YouTube: youtu.be/P1EKQidRooc
» Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
» Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/3HeN...
» YouTube: youtu.be/P1EKQidRooc
The Ensh*ttification of Everything with Cory Doctorow
Podcast Episode · Factually! with Adam Conover · 10/08/2025 · 1h 46m
podcasts.apple.com
October 9, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Check out the new Factually! episode with Cory Doctorow wherever you get podcasts: The Enshittification of Everything
» Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
» Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/3HeN...
» YouTube: youtu.be/P1EKQidRooc
» Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
» Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/3HeN...
» YouTube: youtu.be/P1EKQidRooc
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CHATGPT: I understand where you're coming from. You worked really hard to get here, and now it's time to enjoy the fruit of your labors.
ISILDUR: So I should keep it? Elrond says I shouldn't
CHATGPT: The ring is precious. Sometimes friends don't have your best interests at heart.
ISILDUR: true
ISILDUR: So I should keep it? Elrond says I shouldn't
CHATGPT: The ring is precious. Sometimes friends don't have your best interests at heart.
ISILDUR: true
October 6, 2025 at 1:58 PM
CHATGPT: I understand where you're coming from. You worked really hard to get here, and now it's time to enjoy the fruit of your labors.
ISILDUR: So I should keep it? Elrond says I shouldn't
CHATGPT: The ring is precious. Sometimes friends don't have your best interests at heart.
ISILDUR: true
ISILDUR: So I should keep it? Elrond says I shouldn't
CHATGPT: The ring is precious. Sometimes friends don't have your best interests at heart.
ISILDUR: true
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My test of any new AI video model is whether it can make an otter using wifi on an airplane
Here is Sora 2 doing a nature documentary... 1980s music video... a thriller... 50s low budget SciFi film... a safety video.. a film noir... anime... 90s video game cutscene... a French arthouse film
Here is Sora 2 doing a nature documentary... 1980s music video... a thriller... 50s low budget SciFi film... a safety video.. a film noir... anime... 90s video game cutscene... a French arthouse film
October 1, 2025 at 3:09 AM
My test of any new AI video model is whether it can make an otter using wifi on an airplane
Here is Sora 2 doing a nature documentary... 1980s music video... a thriller... 50s low budget SciFi film... a safety video.. a film noir... anime... 90s video game cutscene... a French arthouse film
Here is Sora 2 doing a nature documentary... 1980s music video... a thriller... 50s low budget SciFi film... a safety video.. a film noir... anime... 90s video game cutscene... a French arthouse film
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Pythagorean Triple Square Day, as one man affectionately calls 9/16/25, is a day like no other this century.
On 9/16/25, celebrate a date of mathematical beauty
Pythagorean Triple Square Day, as one man affectionately calls 9/16/25, is a day like no other this century.
n.pr
September 16, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Pythagorean Triple Square Day, as one man affectionately calls 9/16/25, is a day like no other this century.
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An ‘ultracrepidarian’ (19th century) is one who loves to give their opinion, at length, on matters they know nothing about.
September 2, 2025 at 7:31 AM
An ‘ultracrepidarian’ (19th century) is one who loves to give their opinion, at length, on matters they know nothing about.
I am beginning to find it somewhat tedious that so many people seem to take pleasure in pointing out absurd and factually erroneous statements generated by LLMs as though it’s some sort of revelation.
August 14, 2025 at 1:48 AM
I am beginning to find it somewhat tedious that so many people seem to take pleasure in pointing out absurd and factually erroneous statements generated by LLMs as though it’s some sort of revelation.
Sometimes I really wish we could go back to the days where people “… lead lives of quiet desperation.”
July 12, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Sometimes I really wish we could go back to the days where people “… lead lives of quiet desperation.”
Something’s weird with my Bluesky account. My profile says I have 85 followers but I only have 14 and it shows ‘No Results' when I look at the list of followers. My Mutuals list also seems broken only showing me a few posts.
July 1, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Something’s weird with my Bluesky account. My profile says I have 85 followers but I only have 14 and it shows ‘No Results' when I look at the list of followers. My Mutuals list also seems broken only showing me a few posts.