Mike Lewis
@nifftystuff.com
Writer, Researcher, (Fake) Historian
Links etc: https://nifftystuff.substack.com/p/current-socials
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Links etc: https://nifftystuff.substack.com/p/current-socials
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Reposted by Mike Lewis
Rest in peace to one of the great bloggers and the de facto mayor of Philadelphia. It was my honor and pleasure to work with him. defector.com/dan-mcquade-...
Dan McQuade, 1983–2026 | Defector
Dan McQuade, our friend and colleague, died this week at the age of 43. He is survived by his wife and young son. At the end of 2024, Dan was diagnosed with neuroendocrine cancer. The news of his diag...
defector.com
January 29, 2026 at 12:56 AM
Rest in peace to one of the great bloggers and the de facto mayor of Philadelphia. It was my honor and pleasure to work with him. defector.com/dan-mcquade-...
Reposted by Mike Lewis
Dan McQuade, 1983–2026: defector.com/dan-mcquade-...
Dan McQuade, 1983–2026 | Defector
Dan McQuade, our friend and colleague, died this week at the age of 43. He is survived by his wife and young son. At the end of 2024, Dan was diagnosed with neuroendocrine cancer. The news of his…
defector.com
January 29, 2026 at 12:57 AM
Dan McQuade, 1983–2026: defector.com/dan-mcquade-...
Reposted by Mike Lewis
To be clear Om (and MG Siegler) are arguing shareholder value is the highest moral good.
January 28, 2026 at 12:30 PM
To be clear Om (and MG Siegler) are arguing shareholder value is the highest moral good.
I always forget Dax Shepard and Skeet Ulrich are different guys.
I always forget Dax Shepard and Skeet Ulrich are different guys.
January 27, 2026 at 7:40 PM
I always forget Dax Shepard and Skeet Ulrich are different guys.
Tim Cook is a collaborator
I am now also cursed with the knowledge that Brett Ratner looks like a cut rate youtube preacher with longs of options on the masculinity crisis.
I am now also cursed with the knowledge that Brett Ratner looks like a cut rate youtube preacher with longs of options on the masculinity crisis.
Here’s Tim Cook hanging out with accused rapist Brett Ratner at the Melania screening.
When you’re cool with doing a fascism, what’s a few sexual misconduct accusations? Ratner, who directed Melania, faced multiple allegations of sexual assault and harassment, which led Warner Bros. to ...
www.theverge.com
January 26, 2026 at 2:04 PM
Tim Cook is a collaborator
I am now also cursed with the knowledge that Brett Ratner looks like a cut rate youtube preacher with longs of options on the masculinity crisis.
I am now also cursed with the knowledge that Brett Ratner looks like a cut rate youtube preacher with longs of options on the masculinity crisis.
What I hear whenever some AI advocate complains about low adoption rates or institutional pushback:
“I built my life around auto grammar check and it still can’t help me fix my passive sentences”
“I built my life around auto grammar check and it still can’t help me fix my passive sentences”
January 26, 2026 at 12:18 PM
What I hear whenever some AI advocate complains about low adoption rates or institutional pushback:
“I built my life around auto grammar check and it still can’t help me fix my passive sentences”
“I built my life around auto grammar check and it still can’t help me fix my passive sentences”
Ifs a metaphor. Or whatever.
January 26, 2026 at 11:28 AM
Ifs a metaphor. Or whatever.
Suspicious Hot Dish is the name of my Leftover Salmon tribute band.
kelty comic this week about to make the onion store a zillion dollars
January 23, 2026 at 10:25 PM
Suspicious Hot Dish is the name of my Leftover Salmon tribute band.
Surely selling display ads will get them out of this jam.
OpenAI faces a $20bn black hole in its accounts this year, as a series of buy now, pay later deals with suppliers start to come due
It makes 2026 a make-or-break moment for the company, raising questions about whether it could buckle under the weight of its commitments
www.ifre.com/people-and-m...
It makes 2026 a make-or-break moment for the company, raising questions about whether it could buckle under the weight of its commitments
www.ifre.com/people-and-m...
OpenAI faces financial crunch point as huge supplier bills start to come due | IFR
People & Markets
Founder Sam Altman tours Middle East to raise cash to fill US$20bn black hole in accounts
www.ifre.com
January 23, 2026 at 3:41 PM
Surely selling display ads will get them out of this jam.
Jared Leto is one hell of a downgrade from Frank Langella
January 22, 2026 at 4:19 PM
Jared Leto is one hell of a downgrade from Frank Langella
so they def tricked him to an agreement that is identical to the current agreement but he gets to sign it.
Because he gets his name on it
Because he gets his name on it
January 21, 2026 at 8:47 PM
so they def tricked him to an agreement that is identical to the current agreement but he gets to sign it.
Because he gets his name on it
Because he gets his name on it
So what, it’s gonna be another two years before we can have our phones set timers send text messages or skip to the next song. Apple really has their pulse on things.
BREAKING: Apple is overhauling Siri this fall in iOS 27 and macOS 27 and turning it into its first full-fledged chatbot, looking to fend off OpenAI’s ChatGPT and seriously compete in the generative AI space. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Apple to Revamp Siri as a Built-In iPhone, Mac Chatbot to Fend Off OpenAI
Apple Inc. plans to revamp Siri later this year by turning the digital assistant into the company’s first artificial intelligence chatbot, thrusting the iPhone maker into a generative AI race dominate...
www.bloomberg.com
January 21, 2026 at 8:00 PM
So what, it’s gonna be another two years before we can have our phones set timers send text messages or skip to the next song. Apple really has their pulse on things.
BREAKING: Apple is overhauling Siri this fall in iOS 27 and macOS 27 and turning it into its first full-fledged chatbot, looking to fend off OpenAI’s ChatGPT and seriously compete in the generative AI space. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Apple to Revamp Siri as a Built-In iPhone, Mac Chatbot to Fend Off OpenAI
Apple Inc. plans to revamp Siri later this year by turning the digital assistant into the company’s first artificial intelligence chatbot, thrusting the iPhone maker into a generative AI race dominate...
www.bloomberg.com
January 21, 2026 at 7:59 PM
✨ Due to DMCA claim from Warner Bros. Television, I cannot respond to questions about the episode of The West Wing "The Crackpots and These Women"
Who up bending they arc toward justice
January 20, 2026 at 2:50 PM
✨ Due to DMCA claim from Warner Bros. Television, I cannot respond to questions about the episode of The West Wing "The Crackpots and These Women"
When people like Roland Barthes talk about how the right will always co opt the language of social justice to forward their reactionary policies, this is what they are talking about
www.cnn.com/us/live-news...
www.cnn.com/us/live-news...
AG Bondi vows “full force of federal law” after protest at a church where an ICE member is reportedly a pastor
Demonstrators continue to brave frigid temperatures in Minneapolis to protest the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement crackdown. Follow for live updates.
www.cnn.com
January 19, 2026 at 4:53 PM
When people like Roland Barthes talk about how the right will always co opt the language of social justice to forward their reactionary policies, this is what they are talking about
www.cnn.com/us/live-news...
www.cnn.com/us/live-news...
Did apple lose the AI race? Or did they just cut their losses earlier than everyone else.
January 19, 2026 at 3:38 PM
Did apple lose the AI race? Or did they just cut their losses earlier than everyone else.
“Aging provocateur” feels like an upgrade for a guy who has, for more almost 30 years, been saying the most middle of the road center right non-scene.
There’s a certain kind of aging provocateur who can’t imagine losing on the merits, so every loss becomes proof of discrimination.
Like... dude, you lost to Ricky Gervais. I don't think it was about "wokeness." variety.com/2026/awards/...
Like... dude, you lost to Ricky Gervais. I don't think it was about "wokeness." variety.com/2026/awards/...
January 14, 2026 at 12:48 PM
“Aging provocateur” feels like an upgrade for a guy who has, for more almost 30 years, been saying the most middle of the road center right non-scene.
Will Ben folds get to make his changes.
‘The Rockford Files’ Reboot Gets NBC Pilot Order As Network Eyes Traditional Pilot Season Return
NBC has given a drama pilot order to The Rockford Files, a reboot of the classic series, as the network eyes a return to the traditional pilot season.
deadline.com
January 13, 2026 at 10:50 PM
Will Ben folds get to make his changes.
Google and Apple looking at a rash of antitrust rulings and going, no one is going to enforce any of this
January 12, 2026 at 7:28 PM
Google and Apple looking at a rash of antitrust rulings and going, no one is going to enforce any of this
“We are so back” — bond traders, probably
Video message from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
Statement by Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell
YouTube video by Federal Reserve
www.youtube.com
January 12, 2026 at 1:25 AM
“We are so back” — bond traders, probably
Reporter: You are facing one of the best defenses in the league. How do you get ready for that.
Athlete: Kissing. Lots of kissing
Reporter: Kissing?
Athlete: Make love not war!
Athlete: Kissing. Lots of kissing
Reporter: Kissing?
Athlete: Make love not war!
January 12, 2026 at 1:17 AM
Reporter: You are facing one of the best defenses in the league. How do you get ready for that.
Athlete: Kissing. Lots of kissing
Reporter: Kissing?
Athlete: Make love not war!
Athlete: Kissing. Lots of kissing
Reporter: Kissing?
Athlete: Make love not war!
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i believe the photographer who is taking the photo is Christopher Katsarov of the Canadian Press, and here is his photo
January 11, 2026 at 8:18 PM
i believe the photographer who is taking the photo is Christopher Katsarov of the Canadian Press, and here is his photo