Dr. Respect
@adamultraberg.bsky.social
Owner of https://theultrablog.tumblr.com/, where I do a lot of writing. Here I keep it short, for example I
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my friend and writing partner and gaming buddy @adamultraberg.bsky.social has become enfeebled by a rogue motorist. if you've got some extra good-cause-holiday-scratch to go around please consider this pitiable creature i'm chums with
Donate to Help me out after getting hit (by a BMW), organized by Adam G
Back in November, I was hit by a car. (I lived.) And while my lawyer is very good, two… Adam G needs your support for Help me out after getting hit (by a BMW)
www.gofundme.com
Pitiable? Enfeebled? FRIEND?!
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The Abundance movement often points to environmental groups as the obstacles to building. But who actually files the lawsuits blocking projects? It’s not environmental groups. It’s been lawyered-up HOAs protecting property values all along. Regulation by litigation is the problem.
December 20, 2025 at 7:57 PM
The Abundance movement often points to environmental groups as the obstacles to building. But who actually files the lawsuits blocking projects? It’s not environmental groups. It’s been lawyered-up HOAs protecting property values all along. Regulation by litigation is the problem.
Do you know the way to Jose?
Google Gemini Pro: please generate a map of the western united states showing cities of over 250K population
December 22, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Do you know the way to Jose?
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Per NY Times’s Michael Grynbaum on X, this is Sharyn Alfonsi’s email to her “60 Minutes” colleagues in full:
December 22, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Per NY Times’s Michael Grynbaum on X, this is Sharyn Alfonsi’s email to her “60 Minutes” colleagues in full:
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Economics may be complex and all that but the stuff you buy today costs a lot more than it used to even a few years ago because companies raised prices blaming “inflation,” posted record profits and never brought prices down. If “inflation” doesn’t ever recede for the consumer that’s a problem!
December 19, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Economics may be complex and all that but the stuff you buy today costs a lot more than it used to even a few years ago because companies raised prices blaming “inflation,” posted record profits and never brought prices down. If “inflation” doesn’t ever recede for the consumer that’s a problem!
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Things are going great over at X, The Everything App
December 18, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Things are going great over at X, The Everything App
They no longer guarantee you'll like the way you look :(
I am very pleased to announce that The Men’s Warehouse has updated their terms of service.
December 19, 2025 at 5:58 PM
They no longer guarantee you'll like the way you look :(
Even the name is shit. Draft 1 dystopia
Trump announces an "unprecedented four-day athletic event" with "one young man and one young woman from each state and territory"
December 18, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Even the name is shit. Draft 1 dystopia
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Of course anyone who's willing to lay down and accept something as objectively terrible as AI and the slop it spews out is going to think everyone else lacks the energy and will to fight it as they clearly did.
this shit, despite its faults, is not going anywhere and people are going to have to pick their battles
Larian CEO Responds to Divinity Gen AI Backlash: 'We Are Neither Releasing a Game With Any AI Components, Nor Are We Looking at Trimming Down Teams to Replace Them With AI' - IGN
This morning, the news broke that Larian Studios, developer of Baldur's Gate 3 and the upcoming, just-announced Divinity, is apparently using generative AI behind the scenes. The backlash has been swi...
www.ign.com
December 17, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Of course anyone who's willing to lay down and accept something as objectively terrible as AI and the slop it spews out is going to think everyone else lacks the energy and will to fight it as they clearly did.
Don't criticize me until uhhhhh...world peace
ragging on a top game studio for using LLM placeholder text is maybe not the most efficient use of time with all the fires currently burning
December 17, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Don't criticize me until uhhhhh...world peace
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Pitiable? Enfeebled? FRIEND?!
my friend and writing partner and gaming buddy @adamultraberg.bsky.social has become enfeebled by a rogue motorist. if you've got some extra good-cause-holiday-scratch to go around please consider this pitiable creature i'm chums with
Donate to Help me out after getting hit (by a BMW), organized by Adam G
Back in November, I was hit by a car. (I lived.) And while my lawyer is very good, two… Adam G needs your support for Help me out after getting hit (by a BMW)
www.gofundme.com
December 12, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Pitiable? Enfeebled? FRIEND?!
New frontiers in dumb
Wait so Disney buys stock from OpenAI and OpenAI pays Disney in stock to license its characters? Amazing
Sources: Disney's Sora deal is entirely in OpenAI stock rather than a cash licensing fee; Disney has the option to buy additional stock beyond the $1B stake (Bloomberg)
Main Link | Techmeme Permalink
Main Link | Techmeme Permalink
December 16, 2025 at 4:44 PM
New frontiers in dumb
She's gotta surpass her high score in Iowa: DNF
Kamala Harris is reportedly preparing for another White House run, per Axios.
December 15, 2025 at 11:04 PM
She's gotta surpass her high score in Iowa: DNF
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Universities are assembling larger and larger teams to deal with academic integrity issues--mostly focused on AI--while simultaneously holding AI "writing" contests, AI-themed events, "hey, come play with these fun tools!" The messages are so mixed, it's criminal. Because AI is bloated with money.
November 28, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Universities are assembling larger and larger teams to deal with academic integrity issues--mostly focused on AI--while simultaneously holding AI "writing" contests, AI-themed events, "hey, come play with these fun tools!" The messages are so mixed, it's criminal. Because AI is bloated with money.
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The only people who like AI is the generation that can be fooled into giving someone 50K in a shoebox. Young people think it looks like cheap shit.
December 15, 2025 at 7:27 PM
The only people who like AI is the generation that can be fooled into giving someone 50K in a shoebox. Young people think it looks like cheap shit.
The Miami Sound Machine was named by a guy who forgot the word “instrument”.
December 14, 2025 at 7:29 PM
The Miami Sound Machine was named by a guy who forgot the word “instrument”.
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so far tonight msnbc has interviewed two students from brown university that are also survivors of separate high school shootings.
insanity.
insanity.
December 14, 2025 at 1:28 AM
so far tonight msnbc has interviewed two students from brown university that are also survivors of separate high school shootings.
insanity.
insanity.
Pitiable? Enfeebled? FRIEND?!
my friend and writing partner and gaming buddy @adamultraberg.bsky.social has become enfeebled by a rogue motorist. if you've got some extra good-cause-holiday-scratch to go around please consider this pitiable creature i'm chums with
Donate to Help me out after getting hit (by a BMW), organized by Adam G
Back in November, I was hit by a car. (I lived.) And while my lawyer is very good, two… Adam G needs your support for Help me out after getting hit (by a BMW)
www.gofundme.com
December 12, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Pitiable? Enfeebled? FRIEND?!
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Currently, the City is scrambling to find $4 million to fund more officers even though the compromise to avoid City layoffs was to reduce class sizes.
For context, the total LAPD is budgeted to get this fiscal year is $3.3 billion. Youth Development Dept. is $2.5 million.
For context, the total LAPD is budgeted to get this fiscal year is $3.3 billion. Youth Development Dept. is $2.5 million.
December 12, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Currently, the City is scrambling to find $4 million to fund more officers even though the compromise to avoid City layoffs was to reduce class sizes.
For context, the total LAPD is budgeted to get this fiscal year is $3.3 billion. Youth Development Dept. is $2.5 million.
For context, the total LAPD is budgeted to get this fiscal year is $3.3 billion. Youth Development Dept. is $2.5 million.
"Feel It Still" is a song by American rock band Portugal. The Man.
December 12, 2025 at 7:27 PM
"Feel It Still" is a song by American rock band Portugal. The Man.
Paying someone to rip you off. Iconic
BREAKING: Disney is making a $1 billion investment in OpenAI, and will allow its iconic characters to be on the company's Sora AI video generator.
December 11, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Paying someone to rip you off. Iconic
This week, on @blakewexler.bsky.social threatening to kill politicians...
The Washington Post is launching a personalized AI podcast, saying users will be able to "shape their own briefing, select their topics, set their lengths, pick their hosts and soon even ask questions using our Ask The Post AI technology."
December 10, 2025 at 10:57 PM
This week, on @blakewexler.bsky.social threatening to kill politicians...
I hate hate hate it here
TRUMP READY TO ANNOUNCE "LIBERTY ALGO", A QUANTUM-ENHANCED AI TRADER OPTIMIZING SPOT ENTRIES ACROSS MAJOR CRYPTO MARKETS
December 10, 2025 at 6:52 PM
I hate hate hate it here
Netflix wanted CourtTV but accidentally got Discovery
December 9, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Netflix wanted CourtTV but accidentally got Discovery