@gassalasca.bsky.social
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When Bruce Springsteen sang "at night, we ride through mansions of glory in suicide machines", he was talking about people who log on to LinkedIn after 6pm to write fanfiction about how good they are at their job.
November 13, 2025 at 9:48 AM
When Bruce Springsteen sang "at night, we ride through mansions of glory in suicide machines", he was talking about people who log on to LinkedIn after 6pm to write fanfiction about how good they are at their job.
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E.E. Cummings once had a collection of poems rejected by 14 publishers. When he eventually got it published as "No Thanks" in 1935, he dedicated it to those 14 publishers in a visual poem shaped like a funeral urn
October 14, 2025 at 3:39 PM
E.E. Cummings once had a collection of poems rejected by 14 publishers. When he eventually got it published as "No Thanks" in 1935, he dedicated it to those 14 publishers in a visual poem shaped like a funeral urn
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"Is your velum raised or are you just happy to see me?"
September 3, 2025 at 2:40 PM
"Is your velum raised or are you just happy to see me?"
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He outlived Henry Kissinger and New Math. RIP Tom Lehrer.
(Gift link) www.nytimes.com/2025/07/27/a...
(Gift link) www.nytimes.com/2025/07/27/a...
Tom Lehrer, Musical Satirist With a Dark Streak, Dies at 97
www.nytimes.com
July 27, 2025 at 5:14 PM
He outlived Henry Kissinger and New Math. RIP Tom Lehrer.
(Gift link) www.nytimes.com/2025/07/27/a...
(Gift link) www.nytimes.com/2025/07/27/a...
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“This self-contained quality—the songs deliciously fixing their subjects in formaldehyde—is part of what keeps Lehrer’s work alive.” — Adam Gopnik
www.newyorker.com/culture/post...
www.newyorker.com/culture/post...
How Tom Lehrer Escaped the Transience of Satire
The late songwriter’s targets are mostly forgotten—so why do new generations keep discovering him?
www.newyorker.com
July 29, 2025 at 2:18 PM
“This self-contained quality—the songs deliciously fixing their subjects in formaldehyde—is part of what keeps Lehrer’s work alive.” — Adam Gopnik
www.newyorker.com/culture/post...
www.newyorker.com/culture/post...
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when you reply back to a mean comment and they immediately fold
July 22, 2025 at 9:40 PM
when you reply back to a mean comment and they immediately fold
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bsky.app/profile/news... very cool to fail to understand the difference between "enforceable laws that protect children" and "conversations middle-aged couples with no children have after being on a bus with a crying child for 15 minutes"
Two hour screen time limit and curfews for children being considered by government
Two hour screen time limit and curfews for children being considered by government
Social media limits for children are being planned by the government to tackle "compulsive" screen time, the technology secretary has told Sky News.
news.sky.com
July 23, 2025 at 11:40 AM
bsky.app/profile/news... very cool to fail to understand the difference between "enforceable laws that protect children" and "conversations middle-aged couples with no children have after being on a bus with a crying child for 15 minutes"
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I've spent a lot of time thinking about this fascinating exchange Colbert had with Dua Lipa, when she asked him about the role his faith plays in his comedy.
July 18, 2025 at 2:50 PM
I've spent a lot of time thinking about this fascinating exchange Colbert had with Dua Lipa, when she asked him about the role his faith plays in his comedy.
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On the new SFUltra, Matt from the excellent Bookpilled channel joins me to discuss Beasts by John Crowley. This really blew us away, especially considering its slight pagecount and reputation. Click here to listen right now: www.patreon.com/posts/131392... It will appear streaming elsewhere later on
June 13, 2025 at 5:42 PM
On the new SFUltra, Matt from the excellent Bookpilled channel joins me to discuss Beasts by John Crowley. This really blew us away, especially considering its slight pagecount and reputation. Click here to listen right now: www.patreon.com/posts/131392... It will appear streaming elsewhere later on
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millennials in 20 years: “Well, if you want to afford a house, maybe you should cancel your ChatGPT subscription”
June 8, 2025 at 12:23 AM
millennials in 20 years: “Well, if you want to afford a house, maybe you should cancel your ChatGPT subscription”
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Internet Roadtrip is my favorite thing on the internet right now—it’s basically Twitch Plays Google Street View. They started in Boston, spent several weeks on a quest to cross the Canadian border, and are now exploring New Brunswick. neal.fun/internet-roa...
Internet Roadtrip
Let's take a streetview roadtrip
neal.fun
May 31, 2025 at 3:27 AM
Internet Roadtrip is my favorite thing on the internet right now—it’s basically Twitch Plays Google Street View. They started in Boston, spent several weeks on a quest to cross the Canadian border, and are now exploring New Brunswick. neal.fun/internet-roa...
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On my drive home from a bungled MRI appointment, I fancasted Alexander Skarsgard and Diego Luna as Fritz Leiber's Fafhrd and the Grey Mouser.
May 20, 2025 at 4:17 PM
On my drive home from a bungled MRI appointment, I fancasted Alexander Skarsgard and Diego Luna as Fritz Leiber's Fafhrd and the Grey Mouser.
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'Classics with Pelagia' is here! The first piece on Huxley & Aristotle is open to everyone. If you like it pls click "free to join" then upgrade to paid membership (5$ a month) to read monthly pieces. In June my thoughts on K. Hamsun's Pan are coming. Link in the comments!😊
May 14, 2025 at 3:04 PM
'Classics with Pelagia' is here! The first piece on Huxley & Aristotle is open to everyone. If you like it pls click "free to join" then upgrade to paid membership (5$ a month) to read monthly pieces. In June my thoughts on K. Hamsun's Pan are coming. Link in the comments!😊
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Uber was subsidized by venture capital to operate at a loss with a cheap service so as to break labor, legislation, the transit industry. Same w/ AirBnB, Netflix etc. What is AI trying to break by operating at a loss? What do they need to diminish the quality of so as to make opting out unpleasant?
First hit is free, as they say
(via Chronicle of Higher Ed Daily Briefing).
(via Chronicle of Higher Ed Daily Briefing).
May 7, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Uber was subsidized by venture capital to operate at a loss with a cheap service so as to break labor, legislation, the transit industry. Same w/ AirBnB, Netflix etc. What is AI trying to break by operating at a loss? What do they need to diminish the quality of so as to make opting out unpleasant?
@azforeman.bsky.social Hi, I saw your Navon Ladino tweet, but I can't seem to find it now — could you link to a good example please?
March 23, 2025 at 8:12 PM
@azforeman.bsky.social Hi, I saw your Navon Ladino tweet, but I can't seem to find it now — could you link to a good example please?
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Layers of information in an archival document:
- What is said
- What is not said
- What is alluded to
- What is omitted intentionally
(and unintentionally)
- What is misleading
- What is ambiguous
- What is highlighted
- What is downplayed
- What is weaponized
- What is unintelligible today
...
- What is said
- What is not said
- What is alluded to
- What is omitted intentionally
(and unintentionally)
- What is misleading
- What is ambiguous
- What is highlighted
- What is downplayed
- What is weaponized
- What is unintelligible today
...
January 27, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Layers of information in an archival document:
- What is said
- What is not said
- What is alluded to
- What is omitted intentionally
(and unintentionally)
- What is misleading
- What is ambiguous
- What is highlighted
- What is downplayed
- What is weaponized
- What is unintelligible today
...
- What is said
- What is not said
- What is alluded to
- What is omitted intentionally
(and unintentionally)
- What is misleading
- What is ambiguous
- What is highlighted
- What is downplayed
- What is weaponized
- What is unintelligible today
...
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Genuinely humiliating for the human experiment that there's multiple films about Bob Dylan and zero about Suga Free
March 10, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Genuinely humiliating for the human experiment that there's multiple films about Bob Dylan and zero about Suga Free
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It was cool to see Bill Murray in his Hot Ones episode being asked what his best movie was. Doesn’t give a crowd-pleasing answer, he just immediately says Broken Flowers. I felt the same way as soon as it cut to credits, and I still do, 20 years later. It’s perfect.
March 8, 2025 at 10:48 PM
It was cool to see Bill Murray in his Hot Ones episode being asked what his best movie was. Doesn’t give a crowd-pleasing answer, he just immediately says Broken Flowers. I felt the same way as soon as it cut to credits, and I still do, 20 years later. It’s perfect.
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"In old days, after supper, when the wife and daughters had cleared away the things, everybody sat round and had what was called 'a happy family time'. This meant that paterfamilias went to sleep, his wife knitted, and the daughters wished they were dead or at Timbuktu." Russell
February 11, 2025 at 8:57 AM
"In old days, after supper, when the wife and daughters had cleared away the things, everybody sat round and had what was called 'a happy family time'. This meant that paterfamilias went to sleep, his wife knitted, and the daughters wished they were dead or at Timbuktu." Russell
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I like to sometimes for no other reason than just because I can and because it bothers pedants split an infinitive extravagantly
January 19, 2025 at 5:42 PM
I like to sometimes for no other reason than just because I can and because it bothers pedants split an infinitive extravagantly
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I'm incredibly sorry to say that the extraordinary Jonathan Nash has died. Almost all your favourite UK games critics wouldn't be who they are without him. RPS was a ten-year tribute act to him.
I've written about why his writing meant so much.
kotaku.com/jonathan-nas...
I've written about why his writing meant so much.
kotaku.com/jonathan-nas...
One Of The Greatest Games Critics Of All Time Has Died
Jonathan Nash was a mysterious, unreasonably talented and incredibly funny man, who influenced generations of writers
kotaku.com
January 23, 2025 at 4:24 PM
I'm incredibly sorry to say that the extraordinary Jonathan Nash has died. Almost all your favourite UK games critics wouldn't be who they are without him. RPS was a ten-year tribute act to him.
I've written about why his writing meant so much.
kotaku.com/jonathan-nas...
I've written about why his writing meant so much.
kotaku.com/jonathan-nas...
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Need to cheer myself up so here's the best Twitter post ever. It spawned one billion bad ripoffs but it's a beautiful magic trick. You don't just read it in his voice: he said it now. This quote is real.
January 23, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Need to cheer myself up so here's the best Twitter post ever. It spawned one billion bad ripoffs but it's a beautiful magic trick. You don't just read it in his voice: he said it now. This quote is real.