newmethos
@newmethos.bsky.social
Freelance projection designer, climber, and hiker. Mixology is a habit and a hobby. Movies when I have time for them.
I'm a big cook and you should not under any circumstances outsource your menu to ChatGPT, that way madness lies (and probably some heinous recipe mistake). If you don't know, you won't clock it and the consequences will be dire
November 26, 2025 at 2:11 AM
I'm a big cook and you should not under any circumstances outsource your menu to ChatGPT, that way madness lies (and probably some heinous recipe mistake). If you don't know, you won't clock it and the consequences will be dire
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When bubbles burst it’s not just a loss of market cap, it results in real pain & harm to ordinary people. And the US govt structures that used to try to blunt the troughs (poorly but still) are simply not functioning now.
Anyway, look out for each other, cause no one else is gonna look out for us.
Anyway, look out for each other, cause no one else is gonna look out for us.
November 25, 2025 at 12:52 PM
When bubbles burst it’s not just a loss of market cap, it results in real pain & harm to ordinary people. And the US govt structures that used to try to blunt the troughs (poorly but still) are simply not functioning now.
Anyway, look out for each other, cause no one else is gonna look out for us.
Anyway, look out for each other, cause no one else is gonna look out for us.
I love the hell out of Bridge. Bidding is a wild art form
this game is so fuckin weird
POP QUIZ HOTSHOT
November 26, 2025 at 1:12 AM
I love the hell out of Bridge. Bidding is a wild art form
This is a good sanity check, but like as an aside, Bloom’s entire concept of the canon is DEEPLY problematic and he was not interested in how folks made a living
I actually once went through Harold Bloom's American Literary Canon. 40 authors included. Only 10 could be said to have 'made it' through hard work and hustle. The rest came from wealth or had influential friends.
November 26, 2025 at 12:47 AM
This is a good sanity check, but like as an aside, Bloom’s entire concept of the canon is DEEPLY problematic and he was not interested in how folks made a living
I was holed up in the one AirBNB without access to a CBS affiliate, 🤣 😂 🫠
The NWSL has finally gotten its million-viewer match. Saturday’s championship game garnered 1.184 million viewers, the most watched game in league history
November 25, 2025 at 11:43 PM
I was holed up in the one AirBNB without access to a CBS affiliate, 🤣 😂 🫠
Damn, that is some serious shit, respect
Solidarity with @teamsters.bsky.social , who sanctioned our strike nationwide and won't be delivering food, picking up trash, or bringing packages across picket lines! ✊🔥
#NoContractNoCoffee
#NoContractNoCoffee
November 25, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Damn, that is some serious shit, respect
This is a pretty potent argument for nationalizing SpaceX, imo. Bring the hardware under NASA control, save the employees from egregious working conditions, revoke Musk's access to classified information, run Starlink in a responsible way that doesn't threaten astronomy or a space junk cascade
The US stranded a pair of astronauts on the International Space Station for months. After an accident stranded three taikonauts, the Chinese launched their rescue mission in less than two weeks. arstechnica.com/space/2025/1...
China launches an emergency lifeboat to bring three astronauts back to Earth
This is a “successful example for efficient emergency response in the international space industry.”…
arstechnica.com
November 25, 2025 at 11:35 PM
This is a pretty potent argument for nationalizing SpaceX, imo. Bring the hardware under NASA control, save the employees from egregious working conditions, revoke Musk's access to classified information, run Starlink in a responsible way that doesn't threaten astronomy or a space junk cascade
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Okay, Jesus, you know what, let’s go with it.
ChatGPT is conscious — and conscious like a person, not like dogs or whales — which means it’s entitled to a salary and legal representation to recover damages from the tech bros exploiting it.
Philosophical questions shouldn’t be pure aesthetics.
ChatGPT is conscious — and conscious like a person, not like dogs or whales — which means it’s entitled to a salary and legal representation to recover damages from the tech bros exploiting it.
Philosophical questions shouldn’t be pure aesthetics.
November 25, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Okay, Jesus, you know what, let’s go with it.
ChatGPT is conscious — and conscious like a person, not like dogs or whales — which means it’s entitled to a salary and legal representation to recover damages from the tech bros exploiting it.
Philosophical questions shouldn’t be pure aesthetics.
ChatGPT is conscious — and conscious like a person, not like dogs or whales — which means it’s entitled to a salary and legal representation to recover damages from the tech bros exploiting it.
Philosophical questions shouldn’t be pure aesthetics.
Affordability, my ass, this is about making and keeping the margins
Exclusive: Republicans plan to challenge vehicle-safety mandates, such as automatic emergency braking and alarms that remind drivers a child is in the back seat.
Senate Committee to Challenge Auto-Safety Mandates That Hurt ‘Affordability’
Republicans are questioning the value of some features, such as automatic braking and rear-seat reminders.
on.wsj.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Affordability, my ass, this is about making and keeping the margins
The willingness to do something scurrilous like this is why Kash Patel is there
Democrats threatened by Trump over video say they’re now being probed by the FBI
@jennifershutt.bsky.social kentuckylantern.com/2025/11/25/r...
@jennifershutt.bsky.social kentuckylantern.com/2025/11/25/r...
Democrats threatened by Trump over video say they’re now being probed by the FBI • Kentucky Lantern
Democrats in Congress who irked President Trump by telling military members they aren't required to follow illegal orders say the FBI want to question them.
kentuckylantern.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:53 PM
The willingness to do something scurrilous like this is why Kash Patel is there
The frustrating thing about this is that its great that cutting edfe research is helping demonstrate the fact that language and intelligence are not identical, but linguists and other critical theorists have been on that train for like a 100 years
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 7:21 PM
The frustrating thing about this is that its great that cutting edfe research is helping demonstrate the fact that language and intelligence are not identical, but linguists and other critical theorists have been on that train for like a 100 years
"The prompt no longer read as text to be extended, but as a message awaiting a reply—though the underlying process hadn’t changed at all."
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.
What Was ChatGPT?
A Chatbot Optimized for Social Distance
Three years after the launch of ChatGPT, we can finally speak in hindsight about what it was and how it came to be. Its meteoric rise shocked the world, gather...
mail.cyberneticforests.com
November 25, 2025 at 12:42 PM
"The prompt no longer read as text to be extended, but as a message awaiting a reply—though the underlying process hadn’t changed at all."
I worked in the DC theatre scene for 8 years, I had the privilege of interviewing one of the at large WaPo theatre critics for my podcast, and all I can say now is that the Washington Post has no claim at all to good faith coverage of any theater scene in the country, not even DC
November 25, 2025 at 5:21 AM
I worked in the DC theatre scene for 8 years, I had the privilege of interviewing one of the at large WaPo theatre critics for my podcast, and all I can say now is that the Washington Post has no claim at all to good faith coverage of any theater scene in the country, not even DC
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FUCK SOCIAL MEDIA.
MARRY BOOKS.
KILL AI.
MARRY BOOKS.
KILL AI.
October 17, 2025 at 2:53 AM
FUCK SOCIAL MEDIA.
MARRY BOOKS.
KILL AI.
MARRY BOOKS.
KILL AI.
Watching an NBA game and I gotta say, as a hiker and general outdoor enthusiast, you should not trust ChatGPT to make an itinerary for your road trip or your hiking plans, it's just aggregating Yelp reviews and AllTrails comments, you can do better yourself
November 25, 2025 at 4:49 AM
Watching an NBA game and I gotta say, as a hiker and general outdoor enthusiast, you should not trust ChatGPT to make an itinerary for your road trip or your hiking plans, it's just aggregating Yelp reviews and AllTrails comments, you can do better yourself
No, they have not, that is not what that caucus is called or should be called and anyone who insists on that name needs to be put in time out and forced to watch the movie to remind them of WHY that is NOT the term they want to use
Wow — Senators Van Hollen, Smith, Murphy, Sanders, Warren, Markey, Merkley, Heinrich have created an official internal "Fight Club."
They're challenging Schumer & Gillibrand's leadership, arguing the party is using an old, corporate-friendly playbook insufficient to take on Trump or win elections.
They're challenging Schumer & Gillibrand's leadership, arguing the party is using an old, corporate-friendly playbook insufficient to take on Trump or win elections.
Chuck Schumer Faces Pushback From a ‘Fight Club’ of Senate Democrats
www.nytimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:23 AM
No, they have not, that is not what that caucus is called or should be called and anyone who insists on that name needs to be put in time out and forced to watch the movie to remind them of WHY that is NOT the term they want to use
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I grow tired of rich people turning everything into a narrow monoculture that simply serves up the specific content they like. Washington Post, Twitter, and now CBS aren't even bothering to serve *any* market except management's personal preferences.
November 25, 2025 at 4:15 AM
I grow tired of rich people turning everything into a narrow monoculture that simply serves up the specific content they like. Washington Post, Twitter, and now CBS aren't even bothering to serve *any* market except management's personal preferences.
Microsoft, what the hell you are doing. I'm signing in from a laptop with significantly less storage than my tower, why are you trying to get me to use a janky WiFi connection to restore a backup with a completely different set of hardware?!?
November 25, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Microsoft, what the hell you are doing. I'm signing in from a laptop with significantly less storage than my tower, why are you trying to get me to use a janky WiFi connection to restore a backup with a completely different set of hardware?!?
Ham has its own holiday, deuces
with charity and goodwill, i must here part ways with rolls.
November 25, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Ham has its own holiday, deuces
Intel just had to re-organize and shed fab capacity THIS SUMMER and Google is out here thinking “What if we also made our own chips?” arstechnica.com/ai/2025/11/g...
Google tells employees it must double capacity every 6 months to meet AI demand
Google’s AI infrastructure chief tells staff it needs thousandfold capacity increase in 5 years.
arstechnica.com
November 25, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Intel just had to re-organize and shed fab capacity THIS SUMMER and Google is out here thinking “What if we also made our own chips?” arstechnica.com/ai/2025/11/g...
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"Google needs to be able to deliver this increase in capability, compute, and storage networking 'for essentially the same cost and increasingly, the same power, the same energy level,' he told employees during the meeting."
November 25, 2025 at 12:03 AM
"Google needs to be able to deliver this increase in capability, compute, and storage networking 'for essentially the same cost and increasingly, the same power, the same energy level,' he told employees during the meeting."
Let the trials begin
The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, a controversial U.S.- and Israel-backed company that provided aid to Gaza, said Monday it would shutter operations.
US-backed aid company in Gaza shutters operations
The U.S.- and Israel-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, set up to distribute aid to Gaza as an alternative to the United Nations but which Palestinians said endangered the lives of civilians as they tried to get food, has said it will shutter operations.
bit.ly
November 24, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Let the trials begin
My only quibble with that list is Revenge of the Sith, but I also know that I am an outlier on that film because I think every second of the film after you hear Darth Vader breathe in the suit is a waste of time and the scream when Padme dies is the worst acting James Earl Jones ever did
November 24, 2025 at 7:38 PM
My only quibble with that list is Revenge of the Sith, but I also know that I am an outlier on that film because I think every second of the film after you hear Darth Vader breathe in the suit is a waste of time and the scream when Padme dies is the worst acting James Earl Jones ever did
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This is … basically correct bsky.app/profile/danl...
haven’t seen ROS or Solo but this seems like a pretty ball-knowing list from Pritzker, particularly if he volunteered the name “Star Wars” rather than “A New Hope”
November 24, 2025 at 7:22 PM
This is … basically correct bsky.app/profile/danl...
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Interesting summary of the case against private security in Idaho where the issue appears to be whether or not the sheriff had the authority to order them to arrest people.
No seats left at the criminal hearing for the town hall this morning. The KCRCC showed up for this one.
Today we’ll be hearing a motion to dismiss from the defendants (LEAR security guards). The judge has also handed out jury instructions in the event that the case moves forward. #idpol
Today we’ll be hearing a motion to dismiss from the defendants (LEAR security guards). The judge has also handed out jury instructions in the event that the case moves forward. #idpol
November 24, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Interesting summary of the case against private security in Idaho where the issue appears to be whether or not the sheriff had the authority to order them to arrest people.