Michael Younger
@makizdat.bsky.social
Generally puzzled. Specifically, too.
Pinned
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With everything going on in the world, I forgot to tell y’all that the paperback edition of my book is now out in the world.
The cover is very pretty. I hope the book is good too…
The cover is very pretty. I hope the book is good too…
February 15, 2026 at 1:19 PM
With everything going on in the world, I forgot to tell y’all that the paperback edition of my book is now out in the world.
The cover is very pretty. I hope the book is good too…
The cover is very pretty. I hope the book is good too…
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Now this is a movie plot!!! Someone understands grad school.
February 14, 2026 at 11:10 PM
Now this is a movie plot!!! Someone understands grad school.
I just ... It's like we're on the Titanic and we're enjoying the sudden spate of free ice.
February 15, 2026 at 5:14 AM
I just ... It's like we're on the Titanic and we're enjoying the sudden spate of free ice.
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maybe the biggest difference between LLMs and every other computer you ever used is that other computers can A) do math and B) give you an error message if you try to get it to do something it can’t do
One of the things that really fucking annoys me about AI is that people *do not understand it* (on purpose, bc these companies want it that way) and they assume it’s as reliable as the computers they’ve been using their whole life when it’s actually about as reliable as your least capable intern
lol this is gonna burst so fucking hard
February 15, 2026 at 4:55 AM
maybe the biggest difference between LLMs and every other computer you ever used is that other computers can A) do math and B) give you an error message if you try to get it to do something it can’t do
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Harry Potter's midlife crisis.
Louis-Léopold Boilly, Self-Portrait, 1932, lithograph on wove paper
February 15, 2026 at 3:26 AM
Harry Potter's midlife crisis.
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I've known this fact about Kit Kats for a while and it has created the most irritating conundrum: what filled the first Kit Kat?
New Strip Found: Ripley's Believe It or Not - 2026-02-13 https://www.gocomics.com/ripleysbelieveitornot/2026/02/13
#ripleysbelieveitornot #comicstrip
#ripleysbelieveitornot #comicstrip
February 14, 2026 at 11:36 AM
I've known this fact about Kit Kats for a while and it has created the most irritating conundrum: what filled the first Kit Kat?
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Undiluted sadism.
On Thanksgiving, the immigrant children held at the Dilley detention center gathered in the gym for what they thought was a holiday feast.
The kids salivated over a spread of turkey, sandwiches, pastries and pies, a family told me.
But the food wasn’t for detainees — it was for the staff.
The kids salivated over a spread of turkey, sandwiches, pastries and pies, a family told me.
But the food wasn’t for detainees — it was for the staff.
February 13, 2026 at 8:52 PM
Undiluted sadism.
NATO not prepared for drone warfare
www.wsj.com/opinion/nato...
www.wsj.com/opinion/nato...
Opinion | NATO Has Seen the Future and Is Unprepared
A simulation of drone warfare shows how far the alliance has to go to learn the lessons of Ukraine.
www.wsj.com
February 13, 2026 at 6:26 PM
NATO not prepared for drone warfare
www.wsj.com/opinion/nato...
www.wsj.com/opinion/nato...
No, not a new and exotic form of torture -- although, on second thought, it could be.
A restaurant in Belarus is making "kurachino" -- cappuccino inside a rotisserie chicken. (via @jsargentr.bsky.social)
www.youtube.com/shorts/J9XNy...
A restaurant in Belarus is making "kurachino" -- cappuccino inside a rotisserie chicken. (via @jsargentr.bsky.social)
www.youtube.com/shorts/J9XNy...
Пойдём пить кофеИ ты меня угостишь! Бодрящий курачино по четвергам, ммм! Самый необычный кофе!
YouTube video by Кокобай
www.youtube.com
February 13, 2026 at 1:49 AM
No, not a new and exotic form of torture -- although, on second thought, it could be.
A restaurant in Belarus is making "kurachino" -- cappuccino inside a rotisserie chicken. (via @jsargentr.bsky.social)
www.youtube.com/shorts/J9XNy...
A restaurant in Belarus is making "kurachino" -- cappuccino inside a rotisserie chicken. (via @jsargentr.bsky.social)
www.youtube.com/shorts/J9XNy...
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Tugboat POV (TT tugboatlife)
February 11, 2026 at 7:46 AM
Tugboat POV (TT tugboatlife)
Was looking at lifespan estimator websites tonight. I got estimates ranging from another 20 years to basically don’t check out any library books.
February 10, 2026 at 6:51 AM
Was looking at lifespan estimator websites tonight. I got estimates ranging from another 20 years to basically don’t check out any library books.
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just to make it easier when they finally send the robots out to terminate the resistance
February 9, 2026 at 6:33 AM
just to make it easier when they finally send the robots out to terminate the resistance
I haven't really been keeping up with the Superbowl. This year, it's the Philadelphia Stratocasters vs the Patagonian Llamas?
February 9, 2026 at 2:39 AM
I haven't really been keeping up with the Superbowl. This year, it's the Philadelphia Stratocasters vs the Patagonian Llamas?
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Cancelled my subscription to the Washington Post. It won't take effect until late June. If they give me reason to hope before then, I'd love to renew. Not looking good, though.
February 8, 2026 at 12:19 AM
Cancelled my subscription to the Washington Post. It won't take effect until late June. If they give me reason to hope before then, I'd love to renew. Not looking good, though.
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As FBI agents equipped with a signed warrant prepared to document blood spatter and bullet holes in Renee Good’s SUV, they were ordered to stop by officials in Washington worried that an investigation would contradict Trump’s version of events. @londonoe.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/02/07/u...
Prosecutors Began Investigating Renee Good’s Killing. Washington Told Them to Stop.
www.nytimes.com
February 7, 2026 at 9:44 PM
As FBI agents equipped with a signed warrant prepared to document blood spatter and bullet holes in Renee Good’s SUV, they were ordered to stop by officials in Washington worried that an investigation would contradict Trump’s version of events. @londonoe.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/02/07/u...
Is Lithuania next?
www.wsj.com/world/europe...
www.wsj.com/world/europe...
A Wargame Shows Just How Vulnerable Europe Is to a Russian Attack
With America disengaging, Russia may be ready for a new war much sooner than previously estimated.
www.wsj.com
February 5, 2026 at 4:36 AM
Is Lithuania next?
www.wsj.com/world/europe...
www.wsj.com/world/europe...
So, as I remember, in 1975, the North Vietnamese started an offensive and were making some progress. The South Vietnamese government decided to abandon the northern half of South Vietnam so that they could bolster their defenses around Saigon. Unfortunately, this only accelerated the collapse. /1
February 5, 2026 at 3:16 AM
So, as I remember, in 1975, the North Vietnamese started an offensive and were making some progress. The South Vietnamese government decided to abandon the northern half of South Vietnam so that they could bolster their defenses around Saigon. Unfortunately, this only accelerated the collapse. /1
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A new message board for artificial intelligence agents has prompted some strange conversations, and existential questions about the inner lives of bots. n.pr/3NPmiq1
Moltbook is the newest social media platform — but it's just for AI bots
A new message board for artificial intelligence agents has prompted some strange conversations, and existential questions about the inner lives of bots.
n.pr
February 4, 2026 at 9:22 PM
A new message board for artificial intelligence agents has prompted some strange conversations, and existential questions about the inner lives of bots. n.pr/3NPmiq1
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“In a little over a year, the number of detention facilities used by ICE *nearly doubled* to 212 sites spread across 47 states and territories. *Most of that growth* came through existing contracts with the U.S. Marshals Service or *deals to use empty beds at county jails.*” (emphasis mine)
Trump's $45 billion expansion of immigrant detention sites faces pushback from communities
State and local officials are pushing back against federal plans to expand immigrant detention facilities.
apnews.com
February 3, 2026 at 12:41 PM
“In a little over a year, the number of detention facilities used by ICE *nearly doubled* to 212 sites spread across 47 states and territories. *Most of that growth* came through existing contracts with the U.S. Marshals Service or *deals to use empty beds at county jails.*” (emphasis mine)
I had that dream again.
February 3, 2026 at 7:29 AM
I had that dream again.