Andy Murphy
@andymurphy.com
Hi! I’m a lover of books, empathy, music (especially piano and songwriting), story-driven video games, and wit and humor. Let’s be good to each other.
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Can’t see what could go wrong with the chatbot that tells people to kill themselves also pushing DraftKings
December 31, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Can’t see what could go wrong with the chatbot that tells people to kill themselves also pushing DraftKings
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me: I'd like a portable speaker with no mic, camera, or AI that has 24 hours of battery time and a battery indicator light.
speakers: WATERPROOF TO 40 FEET FOR EXTREME PARTYING
me: No, I--
speakers: RAINBOW LIGHT SHOW FOR MAX PARTYING
me: There's no party--
speakers: THE BASS WILL KILL YOUR GRANDMA
speakers: WATERPROOF TO 40 FEET FOR EXTREME PARTYING
me: No, I--
speakers: RAINBOW LIGHT SHOW FOR MAX PARTYING
me: There's no party--
speakers: THE BASS WILL KILL YOUR GRANDMA
December 27, 2025 at 4:48 PM
me: I'd like a portable speaker with no mic, camera, or AI that has 24 hours of battery time and a battery indicator light.
speakers: WATERPROOF TO 40 FEET FOR EXTREME PARTYING
me: No, I--
speakers: RAINBOW LIGHT SHOW FOR MAX PARTYING
me: There's no party--
speakers: THE BASS WILL KILL YOUR GRANDMA
speakers: WATERPROOF TO 40 FEET FOR EXTREME PARTYING
me: No, I--
speakers: RAINBOW LIGHT SHOW FOR MAX PARTYING
me: There's no party--
speakers: THE BASS WILL KILL YOUR GRANDMA
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So glad Christmas is over so we can get to Dad Super Bowl - the cardboard/recycling disposal marathon. I will and all this packaging fit in the bins. I will.
December 25, 2025 at 8:11 PM
So glad Christmas is over so we can get to Dad Super Bowl - the cardboard/recycling disposal marathon. I will and all this packaging fit in the bins. I will.
Sometimes it’s a bit overwhelming to consider how much of everyone’s thoughts and conversation are just sh*t recently regurgitated from the internet.
December 23, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Sometimes it’s a bit overwhelming to consider how much of everyone’s thoughts and conversation are just sh*t recently regurgitated from the internet.
This, a hundred times over.
They think writers can be replaced because they don't understand what writing is effective, yes, but don't discount the desire to cut human labor out of the process entirely, not just for "cost savings" but because the management class and especially the investor class just fucking hate humans.
Is that why people think that ChatGPT and other AI(?) could replace authors - the people in management can't recognize good writing and so assume that no one else can, either? It seems like that would quickly be dismissed witjh any sort of beta readership, but.
December 20, 2025 at 1:36 AM
This, a hundred times over.
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Today in "Don't Trust AI to Tell You Facts": How several different "AI" programs messed up the simple fact of to whom I dedicated a book, and what that means for how much you should trust "AI" to tell you the truth about things (spoiler: not much at all):
whatever.scalzi.com/2025/12/13/a...
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“AI”: A Dedicated Fact-Failing Machine, or, Yet Another Reason Not to Trust It For Anything
I search my name on a regular basis, not only because I am an ego monster (although I try not to pretend that I’m not) but because it’s a good way for me to find reviews, end-of-the-yea…
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December 13, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Today in "Don't Trust AI to Tell You Facts": How several different "AI" programs messed up the simple fact of to whom I dedicated a book, and what that means for how much you should trust "AI" to tell you the truth about things (spoiler: not much at all):
whatever.scalzi.com/2025/12/13/a...
whatever.scalzi.com/2025/12/13/a...
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Best Score & Music goes to Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (Lorien Testard)
December 12, 2025 at 3:29 AM
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Will Leitch is my new hero.
For @theathletic.com, I wrote about how college football's problem is that no one can accept failure as a lesson to be learned from rather than a grievous abnormality caused by malignant outside figures solely motivated by taking from you what you believe to be yours. www.nytimes.com/athletic/687...
Notre Dame (and others) blame everyone but themselves in CFB’s lawless, leaderless era
Everyone in college football wants a cookie, and they're throwing a tantrum until they get their dessert.
www.nytimes.com
December 9, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Will Leitch is my new hero.
Lillard has one scene in The Life of Chuck, and is so incredibly good in that scene that I’ve thought about it multiple times since then.
Fuck all that, Lillard is great. Tarantino can pound sand.
Scream and Five Nights at Freddy's star Matthew Lillard has admitted it "it f***ing sucks" to be on the receiving end of an insult from Pulp Fiction and Kill Bill director Quentin Tarantino. https://bit.ly/3KD9PnN
December 7, 2025 at 2:52 AM
Lillard has one scene in The Life of Chuck, and is so incredibly good in that scene that I’ve thought about it multiple times since then.
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Holy moly....read this!
Note: with coffee or beverages NOWHERE near your keyboard.
Chuck, I am ded.
Note: with coffee or beverages NOWHERE near your keyboard.
Chuck, I am ded.
December 4, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Holy moly....read this!
Note: with coffee or beverages NOWHERE near your keyboard.
Chuck, I am ded.
Note: with coffee or beverages NOWHERE near your keyboard.
Chuck, I am ded.
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"We can bring back more money to the fossil fuel companies," is what he means. Like, we all understand fuel standards are... for consumers, right? (And they could be better.) Slashing fuel standards helps... the fuel companies. And costs us more money. Reduced MPG costs us more per gallon.
Sean Duffy on slashing fuel economy standards: "This rule will actually allow you to bring back the 1970s station wagon. Maybe a little wood paneling on the side. We can bring back choice to consumers."
December 4, 2025 at 1:37 PM
"We can bring back more money to the fossil fuel companies," is what he means. Like, we all understand fuel standards are... for consumers, right? (And they could be better.) Slashing fuel standards helps... the fuel companies. And costs us more money. Reduced MPG costs us more per gallon.
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I'm bored today so I decided it's time to announce the secret project.
SECRET PROJECT REVEALED
YouTube video by Gary Whitta
youtu.be
December 4, 2025 at 12:29 AM
I'm bored today so I decided it's time to announce the secret project.
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One press conference away from you're goddamn right I ordered the Code Red
Q: So you didn't see any survivors after that first strike?
HEGSETH: I did not personally see survivors. The thing was on fire. This is called the fog of war. This is what you in the press don't understand. You sit in your air conditioned offices and plant fake stories in the Washington Post
HEGSETH: I did not personally see survivors. The thing was on fire. This is called the fog of war. This is what you in the press don't understand. You sit in your air conditioned offices and plant fake stories in the Washington Post
December 2, 2025 at 8:57 PM
One press conference away from you're goddamn right I ordered the Code Red
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The real question is not "Why is Bluesky so left-coded," the real question is "Why can't the right exist in a social media environment without algorithmic assistance, where people can ignore them"
December 2, 2025 at 3:08 PM
The real question is not "Why is Bluesky so left-coded," the real question is "Why can't the right exist in a social media environment without algorithmic assistance, where people can ignore them"
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November 23, 2025 at 9:42 AM
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give grok the peace prize. put it on the cover of Time with the GREATEST TRIUMPH headline. it’s earned it all.
November 20, 2025 at 9:56 PM
give grok the peace prize. put it on the cover of Time with the GREATEST TRIUMPH headline. it’s earned it all.
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Ronny Chieng finds out why college students are using AI when they could just be using... college
November 17, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Ronny Chieng finds out why college students are using AI when they could just be using... college
Oooh, a dedicated AI window! Should be great to help contain the fire.
Firefox tests a smart approach to AI-assisted browsing through a dedicated AI Window
Firefox tests a smart approach to AI-assisted browsing through a dedicated AI Window
Yesterday, Mozilla announced that Firefox will get an experimental feature aptly called AI Window, where the company intends to centralize the browser’s upcoming AI features. Here are the details.
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November 14, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Oooh, a dedicated AI window! Should be great to help contain the fire.
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They’ve laid off so many people that the government is now getting its economic data from DoorDash.
November 12, 2025 at 1:09 AM
They’ve laid off so many people that the government is now getting its economic data from DoorDash.
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Vince Gilligan wants you to know that Pluribus was ‘made by humans’
Vince Gilligan wants you to know that Pluribus was ‘made by humans’
The famed Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul showrunner has made it clear that AI has no place in his new Apple TV series.
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November 10, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Vince Gilligan wants you to know that Pluribus was ‘made by humans’
Agreed. What a joy this game is, just everything about it.
No joke, this is one of my favorite games of all time.
Immortals Fenyx Rising will be free on Ubisoft Connect (PC) starting November 13th, to celebrate Ubisoft Connect's 5th anniversary news.ubisoft.com/en-us/articl...
November 10, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Agreed. What a joy this game is, just everything about it.
Vince Gilligan broke Apple TV (or so it would seem) because so many people tried to watch the Pluribus premiere tonight. 😄
Hope it’s true, anyway. Such a big fan and am really looking forward to seeing it.
Hope it’s true, anyway. Such a big fan and am really looking forward to seeing it.
November 7, 2025 at 3:45 AM
Vince Gilligan broke Apple TV (or so it would seem) because so many people tried to watch the Pluribus premiere tonight. 😄
Hope it’s true, anyway. Such a big fan and am really looking forward to seeing it.
Hope it’s true, anyway. Such a big fan and am really looking forward to seeing it.
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this was for a colorado measure guaranteeing universal free lunch for kids. funny how a short two-column table can say so much in so little space.
This is how it looked on the ballot.
Clear and easy to understand.
Clear and easy to understand.
November 5, 2025 at 6:18 AM
this was for a colorado measure guaranteeing universal free lunch for kids. funny how a short two-column table can say so much in so little space.
In a world where we’ve now seen just about everything, I still can’t get over the nerve of an idiot resigning his office in disgrace, his brother being fired from CNN, then deciding to run again, losing the primary (decisively!), only to then reclassify and force voters to reject him again. 😂
November 4, 2025 at 6:23 PM
In a world where we’ve now seen just about everything, I still can’t get over the nerve of an idiot resigning his office in disgrace, his brother being fired from CNN, then deciding to run again, losing the primary (decisively!), only to then reclassify and force voters to reject him again. 😂