joel
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Hearing Matt Devlin repeatedly attempt to make "Notorious B.I. 3" a thing is not my fav part of this Raps season lol
November 27, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Hearing Matt Devlin repeatedly attempt to make "Notorious B.I. 3" a thing is not my fav part of this Raps season lol
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lol this rocks
taking my children to see the nativity mural painted on the olde drugstore facade downtown and accidentally giving them PTSD from a hieronymous bosch version of rudolph getting eaten by elves
taking my children to see the nativity mural painted on the olde drugstore facade downtown and accidentally giving them PTSD from a hieronymous bosch version of rudolph getting eaten by elves
November 24, 2025 at 10:15 PM
lol this rocks
taking my children to see the nativity mural painted on the olde drugstore facade downtown and accidentally giving them PTSD from a hieronymous bosch version of rudolph getting eaten by elves
taking my children to see the nativity mural painted on the olde drugstore facade downtown and accidentally giving them PTSD from a hieronymous bosch version of rudolph getting eaten by elves
Good music again this year:
November 24, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Good music again this year:
Eryk's writing/perspective remains so indispensable!
On the third anniversary of ChatGPT, I aimed to pull back from “AI” as a flowing current of new models, new data centers, new initiatives, “new new new” — and look at it as a product of a specific and unique moment in history. What *was* ChatGPT? A few points in the thread ⬇️
What was ChatGPT? Now nearly three years old, we can look at OpenAI's LLM as a product of its time, optimized ever since to its earliest uses. While this period of deep disorientation and social isolation has been obscured from public memory, it remains embedded within the interface.
November 24, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Eryk's writing/perspective remains so indispensable!
I have an article in copyediting that's going to be out hopefully by the end of this year(!) on, essentially, the political economy of fabricated/hallucinated citations, and I keep finding new examples to add like this lol
A major healthcare policy paper commissioned by @govnl.bsky.social government from Deloitte at a cost of $1.6 million, cites research papers that don’t exist, making it the second major government policy paper called into question in as many months. #nlpoli #AI
theindependent.ca/news/lji/maj...
theindependent.ca/news/lji/maj...
Major N.L. healthcare report contains errors likely generated by A.I. – The Independent
$1.6 million Health Human Resources Plan from Deloitte cites research papers that don’t exist, making it the second major government policy paper called into question in as many months
theindependent.ca
November 24, 2025 at 4:02 PM
I have an article in copyediting that's going to be out hopefully by the end of this year(!) on, essentially, the political economy of fabricated/hallucinated citations, and I keep finding new examples to add like this lol
I think winter really is here lol
November 23, 2025 at 5:57 PM
I think winter really is here lol
Bob's delivery of "They've done a lot of research on it / But what it is, they’re still not sure" kills me in this song lol
www.youtube.com/watch?v=aeXt...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=aeXt...
Bob Dylan - Disease of Conceit (Official Audio)
YouTube video by BobDylanVEVO
www.youtube.com
November 23, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Bob's delivery of "They've done a lot of research on it / But what it is, they’re still not sure" kills me in this song lol
www.youtube.com/watch?v=aeXt...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=aeXt...
Anyone have good book recs for (critical) data studies stuff?
I feel like I've always been circling around this field without ever fully engaging with it. Excited to read a bunch of Rob Kitchin over the holidays, but ... other stuff?
I just bought this (mitpress.mit.edu/978026254440...)
I feel like I've always been circling around this field without ever fully engaging with it. Excited to read a bunch of Rob Kitchin over the holidays, but ... other stuff?
I just bought this (mitpress.mit.edu/978026254440...)
Everyday Adventures with Unruly Data
Whether questioning numbers on a scale, laughing at a misspelling of one's name, or finding ourselves confused in a foreign supermarket, we are engaging with...
mitpress.mit.edu
November 21, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Anyone have good book recs for (critical) data studies stuff?
I feel like I've always been circling around this field without ever fully engaging with it. Excited to read a bunch of Rob Kitchin over the holidays, but ... other stuff?
I just bought this (mitpress.mit.edu/978026254440...)
I feel like I've always been circling around this field without ever fully engaging with it. Excited to read a bunch of Rob Kitchin over the holidays, but ... other stuff?
I just bought this (mitpress.mit.edu/978026254440...)
I keep trying to write a Substack post about the new OPN, but I've literally written a single character in my evenings this week and can't stop replaying the record.
But I have seemingly ... nothing that I can actually put into words about it? lol
Good album.
But I have seemingly ... nothing that I can actually put into words about it? lol
Good album.
November 21, 2025 at 5:25 PM
I keep trying to write a Substack post about the new OPN, but I've literally written a single character in my evenings this week and can't stop replaying the record.
But I have seemingly ... nothing that I can actually put into words about it? lol
Good album.
But I have seemingly ... nothing that I can actually put into words about it? lol
Good album.
New jaime brooks post on AI music:
jaimebrooks.substack.com/p/what-will-...
jaimebrooks.substack.com/p/what-will-...
What Will Happen With AI Music?
Only a copyright claim from a major label could stop an AI-generated pop song from breaching the Hot 100. What now?
jaimebrooks.substack.com
November 21, 2025 at 4:48 PM
New jaime brooks post on AI music:
jaimebrooks.substack.com/p/what-will-...
jaimebrooks.substack.com/p/what-will-...
Me: "C'mon, Robert time for the new album. No more endless iterating '___ of a Lost World' shit" lol
Also Me: Immediately books ticket to THE CURE: THE SHOW OF A LOST WORLD event experience in theatres when sent promo email
Also Me: Immediately books ticket to THE CURE: THE SHOW OF A LOST WORLD event experience in theatres when sent promo email
November 21, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Me: "C'mon, Robert time for the new album. No more endless iterating '___ of a Lost World' shit" lol
Also Me: Immediately books ticket to THE CURE: THE SHOW OF A LOST WORLD event experience in theatres when sent promo email
Also Me: Immediately books ticket to THE CURE: THE SHOW OF A LOST WORLD event experience in theatres when sent promo email
Poptimism in the mid-2010s
Sloptimism in the mid-2020s
Is this ... anything? lol
Sloptimism in the mid-2020s
Is this ... anything? lol
November 18, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Poptimism in the mid-2010s
Sloptimism in the mid-2020s
Is this ... anything? lol
Sloptimism in the mid-2020s
Is this ... anything? lol
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“…ChatGPT’s dangerous answers don’t sound risky to a non-doctor. The chatbot always sounds confident and authoritative.”
Column | We found what you’re asking ChatGPT about health. A doctor scored its answers.
Asking a doctor to review 12 real examples of ChatGPT giving health advice revealed patterns that can help you get more out of the AI chatbot.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 18, 2025 at 5:18 PM
“…ChatGPT’s dangerous answers don’t sound risky to a non-doctor. The chatbot always sounds confident and authoritative.”
Such a good ep of "KYE" with Kate Wagner about MAGA and architecture, McMansions, etc!
know-your-enemy-1682b684.simplecast.com/episodes/tru...
know-your-enemy-1682b684.simplecast.com/episodes/tru...
Trump's Big, Beautiful Ballroom (w/ Kate Wagner) [Teaser] | Know Your Enemy
Matt and Sam talk to McMansion Hell's Kate Wagner about Trump's White House ballroom.
know-your-enemy-1682b684.simplecast.com
November 18, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Such a good ep of "KYE" with Kate Wagner about MAGA and architecture, McMansions, etc!
know-your-enemy-1682b684.simplecast.com/episodes/tru...
know-your-enemy-1682b684.simplecast.com/episodes/tru...
Kind of shocking how good the new Oneohtrix LP is!!!
November 17, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Kind of shocking how good the new Oneohtrix LP is!!!
My halfway-through-November addled academic brain:
Yes—that's right—it's PSL* Season!!!
*Primary Source Literacy
Yes—that's right—it's PSL* Season!!!
*Primary Source Literacy
November 14, 2025 at 7:48 PM
My halfway-through-November addled academic brain:
Yes—that's right—it's PSL* Season!!!
*Primary Source Literacy
Yes—that's right—it's PSL* Season!!!
*Primary Source Literacy
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we talk too much about the male loneliness crisis and not enough about the male suckerfication crisis maxread.substack.com/p/prediction...
November 7, 2025 at 5:40 PM
we talk too much about the male loneliness crisis and not enough about the male suckerfication crisis maxread.substack.com/p/prediction...
Re. the new Rosalia LP:
People are debating whether there’s a hidden Frank Ocean feat, but they can’t decide if it’s … actually Frank or a soundalike...
How is this … the most Frank situation imaginable? lol
People are debating whether there’s a hidden Frank Ocean feat, but they can’t decide if it’s … actually Frank or a soundalike...
How is this … the most Frank situation imaginable? lol
November 7, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Re. the new Rosalia LP:
People are debating whether there’s a hidden Frank Ocean feat, but they can’t decide if it’s … actually Frank or a soundalike...
How is this … the most Frank situation imaginable? lol
People are debating whether there’s a hidden Frank Ocean feat, but they can’t decide if it’s … actually Frank or a soundalike...
How is this … the most Frank situation imaginable? lol
New season of "Shell Game" (www.shellgame.co) debuting next week!
Looks like he's gonna be tackling "agentic" AI within the start-up space.
Can't wait, to be honest.
Looks like he's gonna be tackling "agentic" AI within the start-up space.
Can't wait, to be honest.
November 6, 2025 at 2:46 PM
New season of "Shell Game" (www.shellgame.co) debuting next week!
Looks like he's gonna be tackling "agentic" AI within the start-up space.
Can't wait, to be honest.
Looks like he's gonna be tackling "agentic" AI within the start-up space.
Can't wait, to be honest.