Anil Dash
@anildash.com
that guy from the internet • waging a victorious 2-front war against cars and xmas • big fan of being a big fan of things • see https://anildash.com
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Anil Dash
@anildash.com
· Nov 20
What I learned from Prince and Muhammad Ali was that it’s possible to love yourself so much that everybody else does, too.
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when the populism hits
At the launch of a speaking tour intended to connect with Americans struggling with higher prices and stagnant wages, President Trump mocked the word “affordability” and touted how high the stock market had risen.
At the first stop on his affordability tour, Trump mocks affordability
What was supposed to be a speaking tour to connect with Americans struggling with higher prices and stagnant wages was instead a greatest hits campaign speech.
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December 10, 2025 at 12:38 PM
when the populism hits
Gonna be a shame when his product encourages that kid to kill themeselves in a few years. Wish Jimmy had asked about that.
Jimmy Fallon: "And do you use ChatGPT when raising your baby?"
Sam Altman: "I cannot imagine figuring out how to raise a newborn without ChatGPT."
Sam Altman: "I cannot imagine figuring out how to raise a newborn without ChatGPT."
December 10, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Gonna be a shame when his product encourages that kid to kill themeselves in a few years. Wish Jimmy had asked about that.
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What’s that saying, hit dog holler
December 10, 2025 at 5:18 AM
What’s that saying, hit dog holler
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I feel the dilemma is, that I feel responsible for being friendly and welcoming to make the experience nicer for newcomers to OSS, who may not yet know the manner well.
But with AI messing this up, it's really hard to tell if it's a human behind I should take care or just AI doing terrible work.
But with AI messing this up, it's really hard to tell if it's a human behind I should take care or just AI doing terrible work.
December 5, 2025 at 5:05 AM
I feel the dilemma is, that I feel responsible for being friendly and welcoming to make the experience nicer for newcomers to OSS, who may not yet know the manner well.
But with AI messing this up, it's really hard to tell if it's a human behind I should take care or just AI doing terrible work.
But with AI messing this up, it's really hard to tell if it's a human behind I should take care or just AI doing terrible work.
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Scandal? How is this just not brazenly 10 ways criminal?
“.. Once upon a time, a chief executive openly signaling that he’d reorient a newsroom to appease a sitting president would be a five-alarm corporate scandal ..”
@status.news
@oliverdarcy.bsky.social $PSKY
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@status.news
@oliverdarcy.bsky.social $PSKY
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December 10, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Scandal? How is this just not brazenly 10 ways criminal?
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are we still on about em dashes and ai. imo human writers should just use the em dashes even harder. we should be out here pummeling out those em dashes like we're emily dickinson
December 10, 2025 at 3:22 AM
are we still on about em dashes and ai. imo human writers should just use the em dashes even harder. we should be out here pummeling out those em dashes like we're emily dickinson
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I couldn’t be more delighted that Brad Lander is running for Daniel Goldman’s spot in Congress. For years we’ve wanted a rep who would take action for his constituents and against genocide. I think Brad can do it.
December 10, 2025 at 12:05 PM
I couldn’t be more delighted that Brad Lander is running for Daniel Goldman’s spot in Congress. For years we’ve wanted a rep who would take action for his constituents and against genocide. I think Brad can do it.
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NEW — I put together a list of independent journalism subscriptions that would make great holiday gifts. From music to politics, astronomy to alcohol, tech to social justice, there’s something for [almost] everyone. Support indie media *and* surprise and delight your loved ones!
My guide:
My guide:
Giving the gift of independent journalism: a guide
The Handbasket has subscription suggestions for almost everyone on your list.
www.thehandbasket.co
December 6, 2025 at 3:38 PM
NEW — I put together a list of independent journalism subscriptions that would make great holiday gifts. From music to politics, astronomy to alcohol, tech to social justice, there’s something for [almost] everyone. Support indie media *and* surprise and delight your loved ones!
My guide:
My guide:
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To be fair, Marjorie over here supported Chaya Raichik very openly, who was responsible for this happening on a scale rivaling any past harassment campaign. Like Chaya's posts were always just a couple of words away from begging for a pogrom on trans people. So she can sit the fuck down.
Marjorie Taylor Greene: "I sent those deaths threats directly to him in a text message & informed him of what his name calling & words were doing - it was a direct assassination threat on my son. And he was extremely - I won't repeat what he said - but it was extremely unkind. No sympathy. No care"
December 9, 2025 at 6:30 PM
To be fair, Marjorie over here supported Chaya Raichik very openly, who was responsible for this happening on a scale rivaling any past harassment campaign. Like Chaya's posts were always just a couple of words away from begging for a pogrom on trans people. So she can sit the fuck down.
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What a Great Song!
Rest In Peace
James Ingram
Quincy Jones
Rod Temperton (for those who don't know, songwriter)
Rest In Peace
James Ingram
Quincy Jones
Rod Temperton (for those who don't know, songwriter)
🗣️ Heavenly Father, watchin' us fall, we take from each other and give nothing at all…
"Yah Mo B There"-James Ingram 🕊 & Michael McDonald
"Yah Mo B There"-James Ingram 🕊 & Michael McDonald
December 9, 2025 at 6:29 PM
What a Great Song!
Rest In Peace
James Ingram
Quincy Jones
Rod Temperton (for those who don't know, songwriter)
Rest In Peace
James Ingram
Quincy Jones
Rod Temperton (for those who don't know, songwriter)
Did you know that Aretha did her own version of What a Fool Believes back in 1980? www.youtube.com/watch?v=QSw5...
What a Fool Believes
YouTube video by Aretha Franklin - Topic
www.youtube.com
December 9, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Did you know that Aretha did her own version of What a Fool Believes back in 1980? www.youtube.com/watch?v=QSw5...
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One of the most deceitful practices I regularly see in White-majority debates is when they fill a room with trained media analysts and journalists, but the only Black voice they can find is an entertainer. You will never see Cyndi Thomson or Bobby Bones trotted out this way and we all know why.
This is actually why ... This conversation was housed under an intellectually false proposition www.nytimes.com/events/dealb...
December 9, 2025 at 2:31 PM
One of the most deceitful practices I regularly see in White-majority debates is when they fill a room with trained media analysts and journalists, but the only Black voice they can find is an entertainer. You will never see Cyndi Thomson or Bobby Bones trotted out this way and we all know why.
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He invented the ACA
Rand Paul on his healthcare plan: "What if you could join Costco? Costco has 44m members and if one person negotiated for all 44 and they bought a group plan like Toyota or General Motors does, they would be the largest collective entity in the country. They would drive prices down by sheer might."
December 9, 2025 at 1:48 PM
He invented the ACA
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“the judiciary will kill key parts of the working model of American governance, built up over time to adapt to the needs of the country, with no functional alternative beyond handing unprecedented power to an eager authoritarian.”— @donmoyn.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/donmoyni... Good mourning
At will? Whose will?
Removing independent agency heads is part of a broader assault on a nonpartisan government
open.substack.com
December 9, 2025 at 1:52 PM
“the judiciary will kill key parts of the working model of American governance, built up over time to adapt to the needs of the country, with no functional alternative beyond handing unprecedented power to an eager authoritarian.”— @donmoyn.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/donmoyni... Good mourning
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Justice Jackson to Solicitor General Sauer (just now, in Trump v. Slaughter arguments):
December 8, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Justice Jackson to Solicitor General Sauer (just now, in Trump v. Slaughter arguments):
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i do not regret to inform you that we are going to win
♥️ “ICE looked at that school, saw a community standing up for families, and decided it wasn’t worth it.”
December 9, 2025 at 2:50 AM
i do not regret to inform you that we are going to win
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🤔More college educated white men voted for Trump than his opponent in 2016, 2020, and yes, 2024.
So no, it's not "education."
At least not for the common definition of education.
So no, it's not "education."
At least not for the common definition of education.
Uneducated voters will ALWAYS pose a FAR greater threat to this nation than an undocumented immigrant EVER will…
And that’s JUST A FACT! 😎✨
And that’s JUST A FACT! 😎✨
December 9, 2025 at 6:18 AM
🤔More college educated white men voted for Trump than his opponent in 2016, 2020, and yes, 2024.
So no, it's not "education."
At least not for the common definition of education.
So no, it's not "education."
At least not for the common definition of education.
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Updating the "everyone is 12" theorem to add "everyone is 12 and can't read"
ever since I learned about three-cueing I've developed infinitely more patience for replies on social media. mfers literally do not know how to read. people are walking around conjuring random meanings into words they don't know, and they don't know a lot of words. it's crazy
November 12, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Updating the "everyone is 12" theorem to add "everyone is 12 and can't read"
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of course bari’s promoting the guy who disrespected ta-nehisi coates on air because he told the truth about israel
Scoop: Tony Dokoupil will be the next anchor of the "CBS Evening News." Details in @status.news: link.status.news/4oMkPgS
December 9, 2025 at 4:26 AM
of course bari’s promoting the guy who disrespected ta-nehisi coates on air because he told the truth about israel
There’s this idea that I’ve been pondering for a bit that’s probably yet another Everyone Will Yell At Me thing, but… I don’t think that pointing out that AI is full of inaccuracies is an effective tactic at getting people not to use it. It’s based on cultural context that not everyone shares…
December 9, 2025 at 5:48 AM
There’s this idea that I’ve been pondering for a bit that’s probably yet another Everyone Will Yell At Me thing, but… I don’t think that pointing out that AI is full of inaccuracies is an effective tactic at getting people not to use it. It’s based on cultural context that not everyone shares…
A *lot* of folks in our communities say they feel like the air is better. Some people reply saying that their feeling is psychosomatic, but I’m not sure that’s the case.
In addition to all of the other benefits already reported about NYC congestion pricing, "In the first six months of the program, air pollution – in the form of particulate matter 2.5 micrometers and smaller – dropped by 22% in the Congestion Relief Zone (CRZ)"
news.cornell.edu/stories/2025...
news.cornell.edu/stories/2025...
Congestion pricing improved air quality in NYC and suburbs | Cornell Chronicle
Cornell researchers tallied the environmental benefits of New York City’s congestion pricing program and found air pollution dropped by 22% in Manhattan, with additional declines across the city’s fiv...
news.cornell.edu
December 9, 2025 at 5:39 AM
A *lot* of folks in our communities say they feel like the air is better. Some people reply saying that their feeling is psychosomatic, but I’m not sure that’s the case.
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What in the actual hell
I am not live posting the whole argument here because I want to listen closely to Trump v. Slaughter. But the solicitor general for Trump just said the point here in killing the independence of agencies like the FTC is that executive branch officers must “fear and obey” the president. Wow. #SCOTUS
December 8, 2025 at 4:12 PM
What in the actual hell
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Remember, as Sean Duffy keeps telling us his ideas for air travel -- dress up nice for your flight! do a little workout before you get on too! -- this is an actual Good Thing We Wanted that Democrats secured for us before these assholes took it away
White House Scraps Cash Payments for Delayed or Canceled Flights
www.nytimes.com
December 9, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Remember, as Sean Duffy keeps telling us his ideas for air travel -- dress up nice for your flight! do a little workout before you get on too! -- this is an actual Good Thing We Wanted that Democrats secured for us before these assholes took it away
There's so much lore that I just assume everyone knows, which I now realize in retrospect is an absolutely bananas thing for me to assume. Like, for example, that Tina Turner shot Randy Jackson in the ass. This is before Randy's wife left him for Jermaine. www.tiktok.com/@sakaigreen7...?
Replying to @TryingMyBestLoL When Randy Jackson Broke Into Tina Turner’s House… and Got Lit Up #randyjackson #michaeljackson #tinatuner #michaeljacksonlegend #storytime
TikTok video by Sakai Green
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December 9, 2025 at 1:40 AM
There's so much lore that I just assume everyone knows, which I now realize in retrospect is an absolutely bananas thing for me to assume. Like, for example, that Tina Turner shot Randy Jackson in the ass. This is before Randy's wife left him for Jermaine. www.tiktok.com/@sakaigreen7...?
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RISE AND RESIST, the beloved activist group, stunned tourists and locals alike with a demonstration of love and acceptance on the steps of the iconic Saint Patrick's Cathedral on 5th Ave. in New York.
@riseandresist.bsky.social
@riseandresist.bsky.social
December 8, 2025 at 1:53 AM
RISE AND RESIST, the beloved activist group, stunned tourists and locals alike with a demonstration of love and acceptance on the steps of the iconic Saint Patrick's Cathedral on 5th Ave. in New York.
@riseandresist.bsky.social
@riseandresist.bsky.social