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performative male @milesklee.bsky.social · 8d

This is the biggest, toughest article I’ve done about so-called “AI psychosis.” It’s the story of a man who committed a horrific crime in his youth but served his time and against all odds found love and a new life—one that completely unraveled after he started talking to Google’s Gemini chatbot.

He Grew Obsessed With an AI Chatbot. Then He Vanished in the Ozarks

Jon Ganz committed a terrible crime in his youth, but he survived prison, fell in love, and started over. His new life unraveled in a way nobody could have predicted.

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performative male @milesklee.bsky.social · 7h

ah well…

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Dan Watson @wats.ink · 5d

only character i’ve ever seen portrayed reading Harper’s

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performative male @milesklee.bsky.social · 9h

“Good day to you, sir”

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The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 11h

Things are happening at Portland's ICE facility tonight.

Read more of our protest coverage here: www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...

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performative male @milesklee.bsky.social · 11h

beggars belief. don’t know how you can know of the guy and say this

performative male @milesklee.bsky.social · 11h

because i own the vinyl single i can enjoy looking at this close up

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Josh Fruhlinger @jfruh.bsky.social · 6d

obviously i'm intimiately familiar with this bop but apparently i've never seen the cover before and i swear to god the title in this crazy ass font really looked like it said "grimace how" at first

WHAT A FUCKING RECORD @whatafuckingrecord.bsky.social · 7d

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performative male @milesklee.bsky.social · 11h

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performative male @milesklee.bsky.social · 12h

borderland gas station tacos…

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performative male @milesklee.bsky.social · 12h

open the saloons

The Wall Street Journal @wsj.com · 17h

Compared to Dylan and Springsteen, country-music legend Johnny Cash can seem deeply uncool. It took time for me to appreciate his profound, plainspoken strength, writes Jon Fasman.

Essay | Can We Finally Give Johnny Cash His Due?

Compared to Dylan and Springsteen, the country-music legend can seem deeply uncool. It took time for me to appreciate his profound, plainspoken strength.

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performative male @milesklee.bsky.social · 12h

“Orinoco Flow” was the anthem of the Gorbachev Interregnum

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performative male @milesklee.bsky.social · 12h

this is known

Dan @knitdan.bsky.social · 14h

The 21st century began in 1988

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performative male @milesklee.bsky.social · 12h

it’s the 21st century right now and i’m listening to it

Adam Pavlacka @gamescan.bsky.social · 14h

Isn't Orinoco Flow a 20th century song?

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performative male @milesklee.bsky.social · 14h

the best song of the 21st century is, of course, “Orinoco Flow”

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Juno Rylee Schultz @junoryleejournalism.com · 1d

David Simon, creator of ‘The Wire’, being interviewed by Ari Shapiro (NPR)

SHAPIRO: OK, so you've spent your career creating television without Al, and I could imagine today you thinking, boy, I wish I had had that tool to solve those thorny problems...
SIMON: What?
SHAPIRO: ...Or saying...
SIMON: You imagine that?
SHAPIRO: ...Boy, if that had existed, it would have screwed me over.
SIMON: I don't think Al can remotely challenge what writers do at a fundamentally creative level.
SHAPIRO: But if you're trying to transition from scene five to scene six, and you're stuck with that transition, you could imagine plugging that portion of the script into an Al and say, give me 10 ideas for how to transition this.
SIMON: I'd rather put a gun in my mouth.

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performative male @milesklee.bsky.social · 21h

a slight silver lining

performative male @milesklee.bsky.social · 21h

Hi, I’m autistic because I was circumcised as a baby, which happened because I was given Tylenol

Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 21h

Besides linking Tylenol in pregnant women to autism, RFK Jr. now says circumcision is part of the reason why kids are autistic.

"Children who are circumcised early have double the rate of autism, and it's highly likely because they're given Tylenol. None of this is positive..."

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performative male @milesklee.bsky.social · 21h

always forget he was getting his ass beat by Andy Richter

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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 23h

Wolf being absolutely destroyed in Jeopardy by Andy Richter

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performative male @milesklee.bsky.social · 21h

appropriate display name for replying to this post

performative male @milesklee.bsky.social · 22h

congrats to Krasznahorkai on the Nobel but years after reading it i still have no idea what happens in Sátántangó

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Lux "Nightmare" Alptraum @luxalptraum.com · 1d

TFW you paid $1400 to see Beckett’s most famous work without knowing anything about it

One Star Review of Waiting for Godot on Broadway
I recently attended Waiting for Godot on Broadway and spent over $1,400 for two Row C seats (103 and 104). I'm a longtime admirer of Broadway productions and even hold a season pass for Shea's Performing Arts Theatre, so I came in with genuine enthusiasm and high expectations. Unfortunately, this show was unlike anything ! have ever experienced —and not in a good way.
What I encountered was not the artistry, music, or emotional storytelling I usually associate with Broadway, but instead what felt like an endless cycle of nonsensical conversation between characters who seemed trapped in their own madness. I tried-truly tried-to find meaning, symbolism, or even a thread of emotional resonance. I stayed through the first half hoping the second would offer clarity. But by intermission, it was clear: this was a waste of both time and money.
Keanu Reeves is an actor I respect greatly, but I cannot fathom why he would agree to participate in such a disjointed, inaccessible production. His talent was lost in a performance that defied reason rather than provoked insight.
To anyone considering attending: unless you are drawn to highly abstract, nearly incomprehensible theater, I strongly caution you against this show. For the average, educated, thoughtful theatergoer, it is far more frustrating than fulfilling. In my opinion, this was the single most disappointing Broadway experience I've ever had - an unfortunate waste of money and, more importantly, of time.

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Raw Story @rawstory.com · 2d

Bari Weiss, the incoming editor in chief of CBS News, once auditioned for a role on the hit daytime television show "The View," but tested so poorly with audiences that she "wasn't invited back," according to a new report.

CBS News' new boss once auditioned for 'The View' — and 'wasn't invited back': report

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performative male @milesklee.bsky.social · 1d

i think it’s a great time to read it since everyone is. Crying of Lot 49 is the most typical rec for a newcomer. no bad starting point except you might one under your belt before Gravity’s Rainbow

performative male @milesklee.bsky.social · 1d

MY LONGEST YEAH BOY EVER

new hardcover of Shadow Ticket by Thomas Pynchon

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