Elizabeth Lopatto
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Meet CoreWeave, the AI industry’s ticking time bomb
The debt-laden AI compute company has been boosted by Nvidia.
www.theverge.com
why is Nvidia propping up a company that seems doomed? www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
World heritage post imo
December 10, 2025 at 4:42 AM
World heritage post imo
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haha so.. I did some works! i guess u can look upon them? no worries if not!
December 9, 2025 at 10:22 PM
haha so.. I did some works! i guess u can look upon them? no worries if not!
this post brought to you by a woman who just scrapped a 5k word draft and started over lmao send help
One of the many reasons AI can't produce good writing is it can't hate its own writing. It can't think to itself "Maybe I'm illiterate" during the writing process. And that's essential
December 9, 2025 at 10:29 PM
this post brought to you by a woman who just scrapped a 5k word draft and started over lmao send help
the perfect sandwich would fix me.
December 9, 2025 at 9:29 PM
the perfect sandwich would fix me.
every once in a while I remember that lydia davis already took the perfect title ("can't and won't") and we're all stuck coming up with whatever's left over
December 9, 2025 at 3:52 PM
every once in a while I remember that lydia davis already took the perfect title ("can't and won't") and we're all stuck coming up with whatever's left over
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You will be visited by three spirits
December 9, 2025 at 4:15 AM
You will be visited by three spirits
you will be visited by 3 spirits
December 9, 2025 at 4:12 AM
you will be visited by 3 spirits
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sipping from a chalice of mulled tree stand water
December 9, 2025 at 2:07 AM
sipping from a chalice of mulled tree stand water
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first the CIA funds the Kenyon Review and now this?!?
December 8, 2025 at 8:44 PM
first the CIA funds the Kenyon Review and now this?!?
cool now I'm getting referred pain to my hip.
a thrilling thing about being middle aged is that one moment you’re cleaning your bathroom and the next you’ve pulled a muscle in your back and it’s completely unclear what happened in between the two
December 8, 2025 at 8:48 PM
cool now I'm getting referred pain to my hip.
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If you're paywall sensitive, you can read Mia's terrific feature today for free! (But not tomorrow!)
Our first free story is from @miasato.bsky.social:
We have never been so aware of all the things there are to purchase, and the frictionlessness of shopping apps disguised as social media has created an army of voracious buyers. What has this abundance done to us?
www.theverge.com/cs/features/...
We have never been so aware of all the things there are to purchase, and the frictionlessness of shopping apps disguised as social media has created an army of voracious buyers. What has this abundance done to us?
www.theverge.com/cs/features/...
December 8, 2025 at 8:18 PM
If you're paywall sensitive, you can read Mia's terrific feature today for free! (But not tomorrow!)
while I generally enjoy @maxtani.bsky.social as a reporter, this story is incomplete without noting that several of the newsrooms OpenAI is whining about also have parent companies with deals with... OpenAI www.semafor.com/article/12/0...
Exclusive: AI critics funded AI coverage at top newsrooms
A behind-the-scenes media war over coverage of AI reflects a deep split inside the tech community.
www.semafor.com
December 8, 2025 at 6:21 PM
while I generally enjoy @maxtani.bsky.social as a reporter, this story is incomplete without noting that several of the newsrooms OpenAI is whining about also have parent companies with deals with... OpenAI www.semafor.com/article/12/0...
I have a number of Theories about dad rock but one of the ones that came to mind this morning is that Aerosmith's post-1980 output was so bad it made people forget that Get Your Wings is a legit great album
December 8, 2025 at 6:10 PM
I have a number of Theories about dad rock but one of the ones that came to mind this morning is that Aerosmith's post-1980 output was so bad it made people forget that Get Your Wings is a legit great album
really gotta hand it to the rationalist community: they've given me a whole vocabulary of jargon where I now know, if I see it in the wild, I should entirely disregard the speaker
December 8, 2025 at 5:34 PM
really gotta hand it to the rationalist community: they've given me a whole vocabulary of jargon where I now know, if I see it in the wild, I should entirely disregard the speaker
chat, is it a good sign that CoreWeave is offering more debt? www.barrons.com/articles/cor...
CRWV Stock: CoreWeave Has Slumped on Debt Concerns. It Is Issuing More Bonds.
CoreWeave stock was dropping early on Monday after the cloud-computing company said it would offer $2 billion in convertible debt.
www.barrons.com
December 8, 2025 at 4:33 PM
chat, is it a good sign that CoreWeave is offering more debt? www.barrons.com/articles/cor...
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Developer behind ICEblock, an app to track law enforcement, has sued the government for free speech violations, alleging that U.S. officials pressured Apple to take the app down
gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/12/08/b...
gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/12/08/b...
App That Tracks ICE Raids Sues U.S., Saying Officials Pressured Apple to Remove It
www.nytimes.com
December 8, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Developer behind ICEblock, an app to track law enforcement, has sued the government for free speech violations, alleging that U.S. officials pressured Apple to take the app down
gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/12/08/b...
gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/12/08/b...
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if you want an overview of where humanoid robots are at right now — what's hype and what's real — then check out my long read for @harpers.bsky.social. here's me teleopping a humanoid, and yes i was told MANY times "do not take off the headset until you've disconnected"
harpers.org/archive/2025...
harpers.org/archive/2025...
December 8, 2025 at 10:04 AM
if you want an overview of where humanoid robots are at right now — what's hype and what's real — then check out my long read for @harpers.bsky.social. here's me teleopping a humanoid, and yes i was told MANY times "do not take off the headset until you've disconnected"
harpers.org/archive/2025...
harpers.org/archive/2025...
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king władysław III: hrrrrrngh pope i'm trying to protect vienna but i'm dummy thicc and the clap from my ass cheeks keeps alerting the ottoman army
some of those old suits of plate armour made for kings and emperors had some real child-bearing hips yknow what i'm saying like that culet was protecting a real juicy dumper
February 2, 2025 at 6:34 AM
king władysław III: hrrrrrngh pope i'm trying to protect vienna but i'm dummy thicc and the clap from my ass cheeks keeps alerting the ottoman army
a thrilling thing about being middle aged is that one moment you’re cleaning your bathroom and the next you’ve pulled a muscle in your back and it’s completely unclear what happened in between the two
December 7, 2025 at 11:57 PM
a thrilling thing about being middle aged is that one moment you’re cleaning your bathroom and the next you’ve pulled a muscle in your back and it’s completely unclear what happened in between the two
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sorry I'm late! I have at last broken my silence on Pantone's Color of the Year johnpaulbrammer.substack.com/p/cloud-danc...
'Cloud Dancer': A Measured Response
Regarding Pantone's decision, and so on, and so forth
johnpaulbrammer.substack.com
December 6, 2025 at 7:55 PM
sorry I'm late! I have at last broken my silence on Pantone's Color of the Year johnpaulbrammer.substack.com/p/cloud-danc...
ok go off
December 7, 2025 at 12:41 AM
ok go off
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christmas has gotten so far from its religious roots, wish we could celebrate our holidays like medieval christians (cross-dressing, being told by the bishop to stop cross-dressing, resolutely refusing to stop cross-dressing, threatening the bishop in defense of cross-dressing)
December 6, 2025 at 9:14 PM
christmas has gotten so far from its religious roots, wish we could celebrate our holidays like medieval christians (cross-dressing, being told by the bishop to stop cross-dressing, resolutely refusing to stop cross-dressing, threatening the bishop in defense of cross-dressing)
one day someone is going to hear me talking about my beautiful idiot daughter and not realize I am referring to a cat
December 6, 2025 at 7:35 PM
one day someone is going to hear me talking about my beautiful idiot daughter and not realize I am referring to a cat
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No one has scammed and beclowned the human race like cats. "Aww she's sitting on me" she's sapping your energy. "Aww she's purring" she's communicating with the devil, her father in hell
December 5, 2025 at 6:04 PM
No one has scammed and beclowned the human race like cats. "Aww she's sitting on me" she's sapping your energy. "Aww she's purring" she's communicating with the devil, her father in hell
hey lady if I see you: drinks are on me
December 5, 2025 at 10:40 PM
hey lady if I see you: drinks are on me