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Tom
@tomel.bsky.social
· Sep 17
(to the tune of “a day in the life”)
i quantum leaped today, oh boy
i quantum leaped today, oh boy
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The numbers in here are hilarious.
Do you use AI on the job?
Execs: 87%
Managers: 57%
Workers: 27%
Planned investment by 2030: $5T
"Necessary" annual revenue to justify that spend: $650B
Current annual revenue: $50B
Do you use AI on the job?
Execs: 87%
Managers: 57%
Workers: 27%
Planned investment by 2030: $5T
"Necessary" annual revenue to justify that spend: $650B
Current annual revenue: $50B
Three years into the generative-AI wave, demand for the technology seems surprisingly flimsy
Investors expect AI use to soar. That’s not happening
Recent surveys point to flatlining business adoption
econ.st
November 30, 2025 at 12:28 AM
The numbers in here are hilarious.
Do you use AI on the job?
Execs: 87%
Managers: 57%
Workers: 27%
Planned investment by 2030: $5T
"Necessary" annual revenue to justify that spend: $650B
Current annual revenue: $50B
Do you use AI on the job?
Execs: 87%
Managers: 57%
Workers: 27%
Planned investment by 2030: $5T
"Necessary" annual revenue to justify that spend: $650B
Current annual revenue: $50B
I named my fists Lee and Kirby because only one of them is responsible for the majority of what they do.
I named my fists Jordan and Sanderson because what one starts, the other one will finish
I named my fists Lin Manuel and Miranda because they’re smaller than you’d expect but very quick.
December 1, 2025 at 3:26 AM
I named my fists Lee and Kirby because only one of them is responsible for the majority of what they do.
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He would be guaranteed to say some shit like "I will give you a million dollars to crush this small flower and thus harm the interconnected web of life on the planet" and it would be five straight hours of existential despair
I've done mushrooms several times and I feel strongly that doing them around Mr Beast would be an extremely bad time
December 1, 2025 at 2:17 AM
He would be guaranteed to say some shit like "I will give you a million dollars to crush this small flower and thus harm the interconnected web of life on the planet" and it would be five straight hours of existential despair
“The Aristocrats!”
Tomorrow Grimes will DJ a livestream of immortality influencer Bryan Johnson tripping on shrooms to determine its effect on longevity. Mr. Beast and the CEO of Salesforce will be there too.
Grimes DJing Immortality Influencer's Shroom Trip With Special Guest Mr. Beast
Grimes is a fan of Bryan Johnson, the multimillionaire and immortality influencer who spends his time trying to fight death. He is perhaps best known for undergoing plasma transfusions with donations ...
stereogum.com
December 1, 2025 at 12:22 AM
“The Aristocrats!”
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Turning Point at OU posted this girl's essay in full and man is it rough
November 29, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Turning Point at OU posted this girl's essay in full and man is it rough
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idk not to mention how very nuanced and normal the actual response here was
November 29, 2025 at 3:45 PM
idk not to mention how very nuanced and normal the actual response here was
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In The Naked Gun the evil world-destroying billionaire boasts that you can still say the original title for the Black-Eyed Peas' "Let's Get It Started" in his private club, and as it turns out, this exact kind of insane elite overreaction to being told "no" is the primary reason we have fascism now.
November 20, 2025 at 3:04 PM
In The Naked Gun the evil world-destroying billionaire boasts that you can still say the original title for the Black-Eyed Peas' "Let's Get It Started" in his private club, and as it turns out, this exact kind of insane elite overreaction to being told "no" is the primary reason we have fascism now.
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Especially since The Big Bastards aren't actually cutting you deals on Black Friday/etc., now.
www.cnbc.com/2025/11/26/h...
www.cnbc.com/2025/11/26/h...
Over a third of Black Friday sales aren't really discounts, study finds: 'There's some trickery happening'
Prices fluctuate all the time. A low price on a particular item may not be exclusive to Black Friday sales, experts say.
www.cnbc.com
November 30, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Especially since The Big Bastards aren't actually cutting you deals on Black Friday/etc., now.
www.cnbc.com/2025/11/26/h...
www.cnbc.com/2025/11/26/h...
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sure thing boss 🫡
November 30, 2025 at 2:17 AM
sure thing boss 🫡
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reading a couple pop science/pop psych books for an upcoming video and these things have way fewer citations than the average post-hbomberguy video essay. lots of "many people are saying this". who though who is saying it "a study found" what was the name of the study
November 30, 2025 at 4:49 PM
reading a couple pop science/pop psych books for an upcoming video and these things have way fewer citations than the average post-hbomberguy video essay. lots of "many people are saying this". who though who is saying it "a study found" what was the name of the study
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If you're getting your political inspiration from the books of venture capitalists, you should probably just retire
No value, no villain, no vision. Sounds like the tagline for the earnings call of a collapsing appliance retailer
November 30, 2025 at 4:49 PM
If you're getting your political inspiration from the books of venture capitalists, you should probably just retire
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And this is so obnoxious because actual-politics is kind of a fucking layup right now.
Your opponents are running a historically corrupt government.
Be anti-corruption. Run on fixing the shit they broke, holding assholes accountable, and improving people’s lives.
Duh.
Your opponents are running a historically corrupt government.
Be anti-corruption. Run on fixing the shit they broke, holding assholes accountable, and improving people’s lives.
Duh.
November 30, 2025 at 3:11 PM
And this is so obnoxious because actual-politics is kind of a fucking layup right now.
Your opponents are running a historically corrupt government.
Be anti-corruption. Run on fixing the shit they broke, holding assholes accountable, and improving people’s lives.
Duh.
Your opponents are running a historically corrupt government.
Be anti-corruption. Run on fixing the shit they broke, holding assholes accountable, and improving people’s lives.
Duh.
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“Strong floor, no ceiling” is absolutely the type of slogan that a focus group of swing voters will tell you they find appealing after it has been a whole hour and they just want to go home.
It’s a slogan for people convinced this country *really* wants a Mike Bloomberg presidential campaign.
It’s a slogan for people convinced this country *really* wants a Mike Bloomberg presidential campaign.
November 30, 2025 at 3:04 PM
“Strong floor, no ceiling” is absolutely the type of slogan that a focus group of swing voters will tell you they find appealing after it has been a whole hour and they just want to go home.
It’s a slogan for people convinced this country *really* wants a Mike Bloomberg presidential campaign.
It’s a slogan for people convinced this country *really* wants a Mike Bloomberg presidential campaign.
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Imagine the massacres you have to ignore to state that this is the first time the DOD is run by a rabid war criminal
How low we have sunk as a country. The US Department of Defense is now run by a rabid war criminal.
Ordering the execution of helpless survivors of an attack is ALWAYS a war crime, whether they civilian or military.
Pure, mindless, barbarism.
www.thedailybeast.com/pentagon-pet...
Ordering the execution of helpless survivors of an attack is ALWAYS a war crime, whether they civilian or military.
Pure, mindless, barbarism.
www.thedailybeast.com/pentagon-pet...
Pentagon Pete in Legal Peril Over ‘Kill Them All’ Orders
A follow-up missile allegedly killed survivors of a U.S. strike on a drug boat.
www.thedailybeast.com
November 30, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Imagine the massacres you have to ignore to state that this is the first time the DOD is run by a rabid war criminal
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And notice: 11 stars—the number of states in the Confederacy. “Americanism” is the new fascism, as predicted.
November 30, 2025 at 4:52 PM
And notice: 11 stars—the number of states in the Confederacy. “Americanism” is the new fascism, as predicted.
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Okay now that it is seemingly confirmed via datamine stuff and not just folks posting on Twitter:
If/when Harry Potter stuff comes to Fortnite if you are still playing that game I Will Be Judging You. Fortnite is fun. I've enjoyed playing it over the years.
An HP collab is a Hard Out. Don't do it
If/when Harry Potter stuff comes to Fortnite if you are still playing that game I Will Be Judging You. Fortnite is fun. I've enjoyed playing it over the years.
An HP collab is a Hard Out. Don't do it
November 30, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Okay now that it is seemingly confirmed via datamine stuff and not just folks posting on Twitter:
If/when Harry Potter stuff comes to Fortnite if you are still playing that game I Will Be Judging You. Fortnite is fun. I've enjoyed playing it over the years.
An HP collab is a Hard Out. Don't do it
If/when Harry Potter stuff comes to Fortnite if you are still playing that game I Will Be Judging You. Fortnite is fun. I've enjoyed playing it over the years.
An HP collab is a Hard Out. Don't do it
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Kiss of death
November 30, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Kiss of death
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I think we as a society should’ve gotten angrier at the rise of non-trailer commercials movie theaters started showing *paying* customers 20-30 years ago. It feels like an early victory for the architects of this bullshit.
i’m being radicalized by peacock charging $10.99 per month and having A MILLION COMMERCIALS
November 30, 2025 at 2:32 PM
I think we as a society should’ve gotten angrier at the rise of non-trailer commercials movie theaters started showing *paying* customers 20-30 years ago. It feels like an early victory for the architects of this bullshit.
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Physicians and academics often believe that they/we are immune to being radicalised online, but the reality is the opposite. No one is immune, and I saw this happen to Prasad and so many other physicians and academics when covid started. It’s pure hubris to believe anyone is immune.
Prasad is exhibit A of Twitter brain. Someone needs to do a detailed case report tracking his decline from reasonable skeptic of high price oncology drugs with questionable outcomes to COVID mask skeptic to full on vaccine skeptic. It was all in plain site on Twitter, and a hell of thing to see.
November 30, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Physicians and academics often believe that they/we are immune to being radicalised online, but the reality is the opposite. No one is immune, and I saw this happen to Prasad and so many other physicians and academics when covid started. It’s pure hubris to believe anyone is immune.
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yep. no mention in the article of right wing billionaires ruining the WaPo and CBS. no mention of Murdoch outlets spreading right wing bullshit for decades. no mention of the clear biases of nuzzi and tapper and so many other famous journalists. no mention of destruction of teen vogue.
I’m not sure what to make of this survey, honestly? If you’re a young person in solidarity with Gaza, or against police killings, or you’re trans or queer, would you have reason to trust the news?
A lost generation of news consumers? Survey shows how teenagers dislike the news media
You don't have to tell Cat Murphy or Lily Ogburn about the attitudes of young people toward journalists.
apnews.com
November 30, 2025 at 1:22 PM
yep. no mention in the article of right wing billionaires ruining the WaPo and CBS. no mention of Murdoch outlets spreading right wing bullshit for decades. no mention of the clear biases of nuzzi and tapper and so many other famous journalists. no mention of destruction of teen vogue.
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I want to point out that this already exists for the rich and powerful. but when it comes to us plebs somehow this is no longer possible. low imagination motherfuckery strikes again.
November 30, 2025 at 2:33 AM
I want to point out that this already exists for the rich and powerful. but when it comes to us plebs somehow this is no longer possible. low imagination motherfuckery strikes again.
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November 29, 2025 at 4:16 PM
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Every new Jeffries‘ slogan feels like it’s taking months off my actual life.
Probably literally true, since these charisma voids keep losing to eugenicist sociopaths.
Probably literally true, since these charisma voids keep losing to eugenicist sociopaths.
No value, no villain, no vision. Sounds like the tagline for the earnings call of a collapsing appliance retailer
November 30, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Every new Jeffries‘ slogan feels like it’s taking months off my actual life.
Probably literally true, since these charisma voids keep losing to eugenicist sociopaths.
Probably literally true, since these charisma voids keep losing to eugenicist sociopaths.
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Maybe ABC, CBS, and WaPo like being denounced by the White House, at least a little, because they can use that to say they’re not biased in Trump’s favor despite all the objective evidence that they are. Good point.
I think they probably welcome it. They're all hopelessly biased in Trump's favor but having the WH call them out as somehow being "anti-Trump" is brand management for them
November 30, 2025 at 3:19 AM
Maybe ABC, CBS, and WaPo like being denounced by the White House, at least a little, because they can use that to say they’re not biased in Trump’s favor despite all the objective evidence that they are. Good point.
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The White House’s new anti-media website includes denunciations of:
-ABC, which bribed the president
-CBS, which bribed the president and moved away from fact-based journalism trying to appeal to him and his fans
-WaPo, which spiked a Harris endorsement and tilts coverage in Trump’s favor
Fools.
-ABC, which bribed the president
-CBS, which bribed the president and moved away from fact-based journalism trying to appeal to him and his fans
-WaPo, which spiked a Harris endorsement and tilts coverage in Trump’s favor
Fools.
November 30, 2025 at 3:15 AM
The White House’s new anti-media website includes denunciations of:
-ABC, which bribed the president
-CBS, which bribed the president and moved away from fact-based journalism trying to appeal to him and his fans
-WaPo, which spiked a Harris endorsement and tilts coverage in Trump’s favor
Fools.
-ABC, which bribed the president
-CBS, which bribed the president and moved away from fact-based journalism trying to appeal to him and his fans
-WaPo, which spiked a Harris endorsement and tilts coverage in Trump’s favor
Fools.