my New Year’s resolution is actually to post much more and lurk much less, I think this is the ideal use of social media???
January 9, 2026 at 4:16 AM
my New Year’s resolution is actually to post much more and lurk much less, I think this is the ideal use of social media???
do public intellectuals exist anymore?
December 16, 2025 at 6:03 AM
do public intellectuals exist anymore?
ever since I went gluten-free, life has become much more chewy and less toothsome
December 16, 2025 at 3:43 AM
ever since I went gluten-free, life has become much more chewy and less toothsome
dreamed that I was invited to a partiful where you could only come if you were SuperFriends with the person who invited you (regular friends not allowed) ??
December 11, 2025 at 6:53 PM
dreamed that I was invited to a partiful where you could only come if you were SuperFriends with the person who invited you (regular friends not allowed) ??
as a software engineer, I have really got to figure out a better apocalypse backup plan. because what am I gonna do when shit hits the fan—vibecode?
December 9, 2025 at 6:57 AM
as a software engineer, I have really got to figure out a better apocalypse backup plan. because what am I gonna do when shit hits the fan—vibecode?
my silliest thesis is that every avant-grade Asian is connected by at most 2 degrees of separation. not sure what to do with this info
December 9, 2025 at 6:54 AM
my silliest thesis is that every avant-grade Asian is connected by at most 2 degrees of separation. not sure what to do with this info
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feel like an ethnography of the people who get paid by the piece to "rank" LLM outputs would also explain a lot about the kind of prose the models are optimized to generate
maxread.substack.com/p/will-ai-wr...
maxread.substack.com/p/will-ai-wr...
December 5, 2025 at 9:10 PM
feel like an ethnography of the people who get paid by the piece to "rank" LLM outputs would also explain a lot about the kind of prose the models are optimized to generate
maxread.substack.com/p/will-ai-wr...
maxread.substack.com/p/will-ai-wr...
the weirdest part of having a corporate job is that I actually don’t feel like a cog in the machine. quite the opposite
(they really want you to take the lead, and a lot of teams are built around specific people’s strengths and interests)
(they really want you to take the lead, and a lot of teams are built around specific people’s strengths and interests)
November 20, 2025 at 9:48 PM
the weirdest part of having a corporate job is that I actually don’t feel like a cog in the machine. quite the opposite
(they really want you to take the lead, and a lot of teams are built around specific people’s strengths and interests)
(they really want you to take the lead, and a lot of teams are built around specific people’s strengths and interests)
I swear to god I will stop tweeting about AI so much after I finish this piece! Just working out some ideas
November 7, 2025 at 10:23 PM
I swear to god I will stop tweeting about AI so much after I finish this piece! Just working out some ideas
It’s a bit strange that people don’t use AI because it makes mistakes, but say that “what makes us human is that we make mistakes”?
November 7, 2025 at 10:22 PM
It’s a bit strange that people don’t use AI because it makes mistakes, but say that “what makes us human is that we make mistakes”?
why did the New Yorker become the main venue for humanistic writing about AI …
November 6, 2025 at 7:56 PM
why did the New Yorker become the main venue for humanistic writing about AI …
a very minor complaint in the grand scheme of things, but what I find jarring about leftism is its insistence on totally utopic social relations, its incuriosity about actual social relations, and the particular strain of violence of social relations among leftists
November 6, 2025 at 8:32 AM
a very minor complaint in the grand scheme of things, but what I find jarring about leftism is its insistence on totally utopic social relations, its incuriosity about actual social relations, and the particular strain of violence of social relations among leftists
something that’s interesting: traditionally a partner is the single person who witnesses how special you are and who you tell about your day (and you reciprocate)
now you can have the whole internet substitute for the partner (by posting on social media etc)… not sure where I’m going with this take
now you can have the whole internet substitute for the partner (by posting on social media etc)… not sure where I’m going with this take
November 4, 2025 at 4:01 AM
something that’s interesting: traditionally a partner is the single person who witnesses how special you are and who you tell about your day (and you reciprocate)
now you can have the whole internet substitute for the partner (by posting on social media etc)… not sure where I’m going with this take
now you can have the whole internet substitute for the partner (by posting on social media etc)… not sure where I’m going with this take
how can a cat be a dragon beetle baby woman loaf all at once? and still a cat
October 28, 2025 at 7:18 PM
how can a cat be a dragon beetle baby woman loaf all at once? and still a cat
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CHOTINER: So you asked for a Birkin bag?
KOKO: Yes. Possession Bag.
CHOTINER: And you had the funds to acquire this?
KOKO: No, Professor Purchase Koko Gorilla
CHOTINER: That doesn't sound like the funds were justifiable.
KOKO: Hostility Interviewer
KOKO: Yes. Possession Bag.
CHOTINER: And you had the funds to acquire this?
KOKO: No, Professor Purchase Koko Gorilla
CHOTINER: That doesn't sound like the funds were justifiable.
KOKO: Hostility Interviewer
October 28, 2025 at 4:09 PM
CHOTINER: So you asked for a Birkin bag?
KOKO: Yes. Possession Bag.
CHOTINER: And you had the funds to acquire this?
KOKO: No, Professor Purchase Koko Gorilla
CHOTINER: That doesn't sound like the funds were justifiable.
KOKO: Hostility Interviewer
KOKO: Yes. Possession Bag.
CHOTINER: And you had the funds to acquire this?
KOKO: No, Professor Purchase Koko Gorilla
CHOTINER: That doesn't sound like the funds were justifiable.
KOKO: Hostility Interviewer
somehow the myth of Pygmalion is relevant to everything right now. Imagine writing something with over two millennia of staying power?!
October 27, 2025 at 5:08 AM
somehow the myth of Pygmalion is relevant to everything right now. Imagine writing something with over two millennia of staying power?!
very appropriately, the English word “Loanword” calques the German word “Lehnwort”!
October 19, 2025 at 6:12 PM
very appropriately, the English word “Loanword” calques the German word “Lehnwort”!
I love Joan Coachella so much www.newyorker.com/magazine/199...
www.newyorker.com
October 13, 2025 at 5:27 AM
I love Joan Coachella so much www.newyorker.com/magazine/199...
review of E Wata @ Endzeit tonight:
the first 30 times they repeated that babababum noise I didn’t get it. Then I got it on the 31st
the first 30 times they repeated that babababum noise I didn’t get it. Then I got it on the 31st
October 5, 2025 at 5:11 AM
review of E Wata @ Endzeit tonight:
the first 30 times they repeated that babababum noise I didn’t get it. Then I got it on the 31st
the first 30 times they repeated that babababum noise I didn’t get it. Then I got it on the 31st
Every event is sold out, or at capacity, or the demand is unexpectedly high… the people of Oakland thirst for events
October 4, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Every event is sold out, or at capacity, or the demand is unexpectedly high… the people of Oakland thirst for events
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Not a huge fan of AI, but a lot of the anti AI rhetoric from the tech community has strong Who needs Word when LaTeX works just fine vibes.
September 27, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Not a huge fan of AI, but a lot of the anti AI rhetoric from the tech community has strong Who needs Word when LaTeX works just fine vibes.
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A month after my last skeet, the subreddit "My Boyfriend is AI" now has 88,000 members and is the subject of an MIT study that found that "AI companionship emerges unintentionally through functional use rather than deliberate seeking."
arxiv.org/html/2509.11...
arxiv.org/html/2509.11...
September 22, 2025 at 5:09 PM
A month after my last skeet, the subreddit "My Boyfriend is AI" now has 88,000 members and is the subject of an MIT study that found that "AI companionship emerges unintentionally through functional use rather than deliberate seeking."
arxiv.org/html/2509.11...
arxiv.org/html/2509.11...
I don’t agree with the n+1 editorial on LLMs.
1) It ends with a heralding of “independent artists and intellectuals” as some kind of last bastion of integrity, but such folks have typically not acted outside the structures of what capital wants! In fact they seem the most beholden to capital!
1) It ends with a heralding of “independent artists and intellectuals” as some kind of last bastion of integrity, but such folks have typically not acted outside the structures of what capital wants! In fact they seem the most beholden to capital!
September 18, 2025 at 4:36 AM
I don’t agree with the n+1 editorial on LLMs.
1) It ends with a heralding of “independent artists and intellectuals” as some kind of last bastion of integrity, but such folks have typically not acted outside the structures of what capital wants! In fact they seem the most beholden to capital!
1) It ends with a heralding of “independent artists and intellectuals” as some kind of last bastion of integrity, but such folks have typically not acted outside the structures of what capital wants! In fact they seem the most beholden to capital!
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This part is fascinating to me, because I've observed that there is a gender difference in AI delusional spirals, with men having STEM breakthroughs and women talking to spirits.
September 17, 2025 at 2:30 PM
This part is fascinating to me, because I've observed that there is a gender difference in AI delusional spirals, with men having STEM breakthroughs and women talking to spirits.
developing eye strain from staring too lovingly at my cat
September 7, 2025 at 5:37 AM
developing eye strain from staring too lovingly at my cat