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Nerd-About-Town. Co-Host of The Eurowhat? Podcast. he/him.
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🇦🇺 NEW EPISODE 🇦🇺
Australia first competed at #Eurovision when Austria hosted the 60th Edition of the Contest in 2015. As we approach the 70th Edition, let’s explore Australia’s history with the ESC and do a pulse check on how the country is doing in the competition. www.eurowhat.com/283
Australia first competed at #Eurovision when Austria hosted the 60th Edition of the Contest in 2015. As we approach the 70th Edition, let’s explore Australia’s history with the ESC and do a pulse check on how the country is doing in the competition. www.eurowhat.com/283
on the latest episode of the podcast: Australia!
we go over:
- who does Australia get to claim as Australian Eurovision acts
- okay, but WHY is Australia in Eurovision
- a sidebar about the Grammy Awards that demonstrates how fun I am at parties
and more! tune in!
we go over:
- who does Australia get to claim as Australian Eurovision acts
- okay, but WHY is Australia in Eurovision
- a sidebar about the Grammy Awards that demonstrates how fun I am at parties
and more! tune in!
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stupid young people, stop buying a new phone every year if you don't want to be broke. wait no, not like that.
November 25, 2025 at 5:51 PM
stupid young people, stop buying a new phone every year if you don't want to be broke. wait no, not like that.
folks it's another @hels.bsky.social on thanksgiving banger: www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
The Best Part of Thanksgiving, Bones and All
The menu is malleable, the gratitudes negotiable, but the turkey’s second life as stock is one of the greatest gifts of the entire blessed year.
www.newyorker.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:56 PM
folks it's another @hels.bsky.social on thanksgiving banger: www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
my initial read on the Peter Thiel antichrist stuff was that he was calling anything he didn't like the antichrist and so far I have yet to be proven wrong
In leaked audio recordings, Peter Thiel reveals he told JD Vance to ignore Pope Leo XIV on moral issues, including the development of ethical AI. He also suggested the American pope was a tool of the Antichrist.
NEW: JD Vance’s Top Donor Suggests Pope Leo XIV is Antichrist
In a leaked lecture, Peter Thiel says he’s urged Vance to ignore the pope on moral questions — and simply pray for him.
www.thelettersfromleo.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:36 PM
my initial read on the Peter Thiel antichrist stuff was that he was calling anything he didn't like the antichrist and so far I have yet to be proven wrong
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tech bro: i have made Artificial General Intelligence
programmer: you fucked up a perfectly good calculator is what you did. look at it. it's got anxiety
programmer: you fucked up a perfectly good calculator is what you did. look at it. it's got anxiety
I’ve been running around asking tech execs and academics if language was the same as intelligence for over a year now - and, well, it isn’t. @benjaminjriley.bsky.social explains how the bubble is built on ignoring cutting-edge research into the science of thought www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
November 25, 2025 at 5:12 PM
tech bro: i have made Artificial General Intelligence
programmer: you fucked up a perfectly good calculator is what you did. look at it. it's got anxiety
programmer: you fucked up a perfectly good calculator is what you did. look at it. it's got anxiety
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Every American should have this in their wallet:
November 25, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Every American should have this in their wallet:
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This is so funny because recipes can literally already be copied and reposted with no attribution or copyright. All AI does here is add statistical noise and make the stolen content useless. AI can’t even steal content without fucking it up.
NEW: AI “recipe slop” is overrunning search and social. Food creators say Google’s AI Overviews and glossy fake food pics are drowning out real, tested recipes — collapsing traffic and setting home cooks up for disaster, especially this Thanksgiving.
Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
AI Slop Recipes Are Taking Over the Internet -- And Thanksgiving Dinner
Food bloggers see traffic dip as home cooks turn to AI, inspired by impossible pictures
www.bloomberg.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:30 PM
This is so funny because recipes can literally already be copied and reposted with no attribution or copyright. All AI does here is add statistical noise and make the stolen content useless. AI can’t even steal content without fucking it up.
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No email from a library system stirs the imagination like a notice my scan is ready to download through WORLDCAT. The great cat that surrounds the world? That nuzzles the roots of the world-scratching-tree? The great world cat who is and was and shall be? That cat???
November 25, 2025 at 8:19 AM
No email from a library system stirs the imagination like a notice my scan is ready to download through WORLDCAT. The great cat that surrounds the world? That nuzzles the roots of the world-scratching-tree? The great world cat who is and was and shall be? That cat???
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Yeah you're gonna wanna turn these on if they aren't already
For those going home to visit family this weekend:
• Samsung calls it Auto Motion Plus
• LG calls it TruMotion
• Sony calls it Motionflow
• Roku calls it Action Smoothing
• Google TV calls it Motion Enhancement
• Vizio calls it Smooth Motion Effect.
• Samsung calls it Auto Motion Plus
• LG calls it TruMotion
• Sony calls it Motionflow
• Roku calls it Action Smoothing
• Google TV calls it Motion Enhancement
• Vizio calls it Smooth Motion Effect.
November 25, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Yeah you're gonna wanna turn these on if they aren't already
The Demi Adejuyigbe special on Dropout is delightful and has some very solid recurring bits.
November 25, 2025 at 1:35 AM
The Demi Adejuyigbe special on Dropout is delightful and has some very solid recurring bits.
THE TJ MAXX BY HYNES IS A GEHRY?!?!?!
Crazy to think Tower Records had a Frank Gehry designed five-story building in Boston at one point 😱
buildingsofnewengland.com/2023/07/28/t...
buildingsofnewengland.com/2023/07/28/t...
Tower Records Building // 1918 & 1986
New England is home to just three projects by world-renowned (and sometimes maligned) architect Frank Gehry. To me, architecture is best when it makes you stop, look, critique, and comment on it. A…
buildingsofnewengland.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:26 AM
THE TJ MAXX BY HYNES IS A GEHRY?!?!?!
proactively yeeting my phone into my apartment building's parking lot in case he has the wrong Ben Smith's number
November 25, 2025 at 1:07 AM
proactively yeeting my phone into my apartment building's parking lot in case he has the wrong Ben Smith's number
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Here is my official ranking of Charles Laughton movies.
1. The Night of the Hunter.
1. The Night of the Hunter.
November 24, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Here is my official ranking of Charles Laughton movies.
1. The Night of the Hunter.
1. The Night of the Hunter.
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if elon just hired an Inverse Jester (guy hired to listen to his jokes and pretend they're funny) we could solve every problem except how to keep the inverse jester from killing himself
November 24, 2025 at 4:42 PM
if elon just hired an Inverse Jester (guy hired to listen to his jokes and pretend they're funny) we could solve every problem except how to keep the inverse jester from killing himself
Post a movie where you are from
November 24, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Post a movie where you are from
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Grok please jangle some shiny keys in front of my face. Nuance level zero
November 24, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Grok please jangle some shiny keys in front of my face. Nuance level zero
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"writing code to solve a problem" used to have "understanding the problem" as a prerequisite. but vibecoding allows solution-shaped objects to be produced without any of the hard-won understanding. beware of solution-shaped objects.
November 24, 2025 at 12:16 PM
"writing code to solve a problem" used to have "understanding the problem" as a prerequisite. but vibecoding allows solution-shaped objects to be produced without any of the hard-won understanding. beware of solution-shaped objects.
thrilled to exist at the same time as both a new Ken Burns documentary AND youtube creators making Ken Burns documentary-length videos of their own
November 24, 2025 at 4:09 AM
thrilled to exist at the same time as both a new Ken Burns documentary AND youtube creators making Ken Burns documentary-length videos of their own
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Douglas Adams: We should not invent the Sirius Cybernetics Corporation
Techbros: We have created Sirius Cybernetics Corporation.
Techbros: We have created Sirius Cybernetics Corporation.
November 23, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Douglas Adams: We should not invent the Sirius Cybernetics Corporation
Techbros: We have created Sirius Cybernetics Corporation.
Techbros: We have created Sirius Cybernetics Corporation.
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A Jitterbug phone? Oh, you mean an Elden Ring.
November 23, 2025 at 5:40 PM
A Jitterbug phone? Oh, you mean an Elden Ring.
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happy snow day to those who celebrate
January 16, 2024 at 3:03 PM
happy snow day to those who celebrate
just saw a squirrel scampering up a tree with what was very clearly a hot cheeto hanging out of its mouth, hashtag blessed
November 23, 2025 at 4:04 PM
just saw a squirrel scampering up a tree with what was very clearly a hot cheeto hanging out of its mouth, hashtag blessed