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kenjirenji.bsky.social
The Quiet Tsunami
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Japanese (African) American Libra with a deep voice. Generally staring off in the distance. Resembles a potato on most days.
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lopatto.bsky.social
excuse me?!
an email from Nilay Patel, my editor in chief: We are holding CHIPWRECKED Inbox Nilay Patel 7:56 AM (2 minutes ago) to Elizabeth Elizabeth - as I’m sure you know by now, I have decided to hold your piece on Nvidia, GPU depreciation, and the fundamental instability of the AI economy, which we have tentatively titled CHIPWRECKED. To run a story on this subject, we need to do more. And this is The Verge. We need to be able to get a GPU on the record. That is my North Star: talking to computer components like they are alive and asking if they fear death. Please do the fucking news.
December 22, 2025 at 3:59 PM
kenjirenji.bsky.social
Beaudoin’s eye is starting to look bad
December 20, 2025 at 3:08 AM
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miasato.bsky.social
I’m going to ████ the ████████ and ████████████████████████████.
December 19, 2025 at 11:03 PM
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phillewis.bsky.social
Ryan Coogler explains why he declined the invitation to join the Academy www.nytimes.com/2025/12/10/m...
Still, there is nuance to all the awards hype. Though “Sinners” looks to be a major Oscar player, that voting body has never nominated Jordan for his acting or Coogler for his directing — indeed, no Black filmmaker has ever won in the latter category. Asked to join the academy in 2016, Coogler declined the invitation. “It’s not out of animosity,” he told me, noting that he’s stretched thin with commitments to his film school and unions. “And I’m not good at judging things, bro. The act of ‘Hey, pick the best thing’ is very stressful for me, even when there’s no stakes involved.” He is more drawn to the everyday elements of his career than to the glamorous ballrooms. “People see the tuxedo, they see the red carpet, but it’s real blue-collar folks making these movies happen,” Coogler said, adding that he truly fell in love with filmmaking once he understood that, at its core, it’s a job. A photo of Ryan Coogler
December 10, 2025 at 6:19 PM
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sarahjeong.bsky.social
are we still on about em dashes and ai. imo human writers should just use the em dashes even harder. we should be out here pummeling out those em dashes like we're emily dickinson
December 10, 2025 at 3:22 AM
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aedwardslevy.bsky.social
"there's a new serif in town"
phillewis.bsky.social Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 16d
Marco Rubio ordered diplomats to return to using Times New Roman font in official communications, calling his predecessor's decision to adopt Calibri a “wasteful” diversity move
Rubio Stages Font Coup: Times New Roman Ousts Calibri
The secretary of state called it a "wasteful" diversity move, according to an internal department cable seen by Reuters.
www.huffpost.com
December 10, 2025 at 1:06 AM
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adashtra.bsky.social
GUYS FONTS ARE WOKE
phillewis.bsky.social Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 16d
Marco Rubio ordered diplomats to return to using Times New Roman font in official communications, calling his predecessor's decision to adopt Calibri a “wasteful” diversity move
Rubio Stages Font Coup: Times New Roman Ousts Calibri
The secretary of state called it a "wasteful" diversity move, according to an internal department cable seen by Reuters.
www.huffpost.com
December 10, 2025 at 1:05 AM
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billbarnwell.com
I'm at the combination
a combination urgent care and taco bell
December 4, 2025 at 3:17 AM
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xkcd.com
Fifteen Years

xkcd.com/3172/
Comic. Panels up to the 10-year point are grayed out. New panels since the Ten Years comic, which chronicles the first ten years of PERSON 1's journey with cancer: (1) [two people in bed] PERSON 1 (woman): One more chapter? PERSON 2 (man): Don’t we both have to get up early? PERSON 1: Nnnnnggggh PERSON 2: Sure, good point. (2) [many people wearing masks, walking while looking at graphs on their phones] (3) [birds landing on people] PERSON 2 in beanie and scarf: Hah! They like *my* seeds best. PERSON 1 in scarf holding phone with a bird sitting on it: Wait, how do I take a picture of this one? (4) [two people rowing boats with tree landscape] (5) [Person 1 carries overflowing stack of things to Person 2 in bed] PERSON 1: I brought you honey lemon tea, more pillows, a cinnamon roll, Tylenol, another blanket, a– PERSON 2: It was just Appendicitis, I’m really– PERSON 1: *It is my turn to take care of you and I am going to do it right!* (6) [Two people in car] (7) [still in car) PERSON 1: Oh my god. PERSON 2: Oh my god. (8) [car driving] PERSON 1: Pull over! PERSON 2: I am! (9) [both people get out of car] (10) [Large colored panel of aurora borealis over water with both people looking on] (11) [Person 1 sits against tree while Person 2 lies on the ground] PERSON 1: Fifteen years. No sign of the cancer. (12) I *am* having some weird symptoms. Joint pain. Fatigue. I think I’m losing my close-up vision. PERSON 2: Yeah. Me too. (13) PERSON 2: I think we’re getting old. (14) PERSON 1: I guess that’s okay. PERSON 2: It’s all I wanted.
November 26, 2025 at 10:32 PM
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botherer.bsky.social
I forgot to say, earlier today I wrote about the catastrophically disastrous interview the Roblox CEO gave to the NYT about protecting children from predators. It's hard to overstate how badly it went.

kotaku.com/roblox-new-y...
"It doesn't begin well. When asked about the "scope of the problem" of predators in the application, Baszucki came in shoulders first saying, "We think of it not necessarily just as a problem, but an opportunity as well." Ah, the good ol' opportunities available when your company's product is rife with pedophilia. He continued, outlining how wonderful it is that young people can build and communicate together, how they have "150 million daily actives, 11 billion hours a month, like what is the best way to keep pushing this forward." It is the most astonishingly tone-deaf response." “I would actually say that is a very simple red flag. Like, that sounds like text filter many prior generations. So I would say the techniques are much more sophisticated than that. We're constantly getting better than that and sometimes it's adversarial. Like, we're getting into, you know, if we cryptographically were going to try to have an exchange of how to share your Snap handle or whatever handle. We see some of that starting, like things we'll have to essentially prevent in the future." “Fun,” says Baszucki, a man who appears pathologically incapable of reading the room. "Let's keep going down this. And so, first off, Hindenburg is not longer in existence, correct? So, you should report on that. They went out of business for some reason..." He then demanded to know if Newton had researched the answer for himself, before saying that it's because they've moved so much of the safety regulation onto AI, all while sounding absolutely furious that he was being asked. He then demands that Newton agree that if AI is more effective, it's better to use it, and when Newton does, Baszucki starts to behave incredibly immaturely. "Good, so you're aligning with what we did. High-five." Then when Newton tries to ask a question, he interrupts to say, "Thank you for supporting our Roblox decision matrix." Then interrupts yet again to say, "I'm so glad you guys are aligned with the way we run Roblox. High-five." Think he's done? Nope. Yet again he interrupts the question with, "Is this a stealth interview where actually you love everything we're doing and you're here to stealthily support it?"
November 21, 2025 at 10:52 PM
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spacecoyote.com
love me some hebi metal
November 13, 2025 at 3:53 PM
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miasato.bsky.social
I believe the most significant culinary development to date is ajitsuke tamago — salty soft boiled eggs that you just leave in your fridge for breakfast every morning or eat standing up over the sink at 3 AM

www.justonecookbook.com/ramen-egg/#r...
Ramen Eggs (Ajitsuke Tamago) (Video) 味付け玉子
Known as Ajitsuke Tamago (Ajitama) in Japan, Ramen Eggs are delicious as a ramen topping, in bento, or as a snack. Easy 5-ingredient recipe!
www.justonecookbook.com
November 10, 2025 at 11:09 PM
kenjirenji.bsky.social
Rosalía Lux…sheesh…I don’t have words for it
November 11, 2025 at 3:10 AM
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shivambhatt.bsky.social
My dearest Martha,
I am writing you today in the shadows of the tree in the parklet in front of our deadliest battlefield, the Subway restaurant. Even now, I can smell the onions and mustard...
*violin begins to play*
jamieson.bsky.social Dave Jamieson @jamieson.bsky.social · Nov 4
Border Patrol agent Lairmore testifies that he was not injured by the sandwich, but he felt the impact through his ballistic vest.

The sandwich came apart and "kind of exploded" on his chest upon impact, he says.

"I could smell the onions and mustard."
November 4, 2025 at 5:16 PM
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olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social
what else is there to say really
malcolmkenyatta.bsky.social Rep. Malcolm Kenyatta @malcolmkenyatta.bsky.social · Nov 1
THIS MOTHERFUCKER HELD A GREAT GATSBY PARTY WHILE 43 MILLION PEOPLE GO HUNGRY AND HEALTHCARE COSTS KEEP RISING.
November 2, 2025 at 7:01 PM
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soozuk.bsky.social
This looks like I made it with AI but no, when the sumo wrestler won the big tournament today at the Royal Albert Hall he was gifted a gigantic bottle of soy sauce.
sumo wrestler is handed a giant bottle of soy sauce
October 19, 2025 at 8:34 PM
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olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social
the crowd sizes are obviously the highlight here but the fact that *this* is the public statement of the NYPD does not bode well for the regime. or, put another way:

I do not regret to inform you that we are going to win
mrsbettybowers.bsky.social Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · Oct 18
ZERO arrests at No Kings in NYC. (And the NYPD isn’t notorious for being sympathetic with people anti-Trump.)

This proves what shameless liars Speaker Mike Johnson & Karoline Leavitt are to slander the participants as violent anarchists.
October 19, 2025 at 1:44 AM
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utopia-defer.red
when i say that i yelped in shock at this kid’s sign
A young boy holds a sign that simply states in plain handwriting: Trump hit on my girlfriend
October 18, 2025 at 9:54 PM
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mike-eagle.bsky.social
rest in peace D'Angelo. god what a loss
October 14, 2025 at 5:18 PM
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phillewis.bsky.social
Lauryn Hill just shared a moving tribute to the late D’Angelo:
People need reflection. I regret not having more time with you. Your undeniable beauty and talent were not of this world, and a presence not of this world needs protection in a world that covets light and the anointing of God. You sir, moved us, stirred us, inspired and even intimidated others to action with your genius. Thank you for being a beacon of light to a generation and beyond who had no remembrance of the legacy that preceded us. Thank you for charting the course and for making space during a time when no similar space really existed. You imaged a unity of strength and sensitivity in Black manhood to a generation that only saw itself as having to be one or the other. It is my earnest prayer that you are in peace, far away from selfishness, fear and/or controlling interests. Far from possessiveness, far from greed, far from manipulation, far from exploitation, far from intentionally designed chaos and that you Brother are in peace, in bliss and in eternal light and fulfillment with our Father in heaven. I Love you and I miss you. May God grant peace and shelter to your family, true friends and genuine appreciators, Brother, King. A photo of Lauryn Hill and D’Angelo, wearing black
October 15, 2025 at 1:06 AM
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wario64.bsky.social
Follow @wario64.bsky.social and repost for a chance to win 1 of 5 Steam codes for Digimon Story Time Stranger (giveaway courtesy of @gamesplanet.bsky.social. Giveaway ends on Oct 1st, 6:30 PM PT)

Game is currently $57.71 on Gamesplanet w/ code DIGIMON buff.ly/0d0q6NQ
September 26, 2025 at 6:21 PM
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olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social
how exactly would insurance work in the world of Kaiju no 8?
September 23, 2025 at 2:36 AM
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olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social
the history will continue until morale improves
poorly photoshopped die Hard 2 poster with Francis Fukuyama wielding a gun in front of explosion. caption: "History 2"
September 19, 2025 at 2:47 AM
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olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social
"sorry about the whole concentration camp thing. if you come back we pinky swear we'll be normal"
bloomberg.com Bloomberg News @bloomberg.com · Sep 14
US Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau expressed regret on Sunday over the recent detention of hundreds of South Korean workers in Georgia and said those who returned home will face no disadvantage when re-entering the US
US Official Offers Regrets Over Detention of South Koreans
US Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau on Sunday expressed regret over the recent detention of hundreds of South Korean workers in Georgia.
bloom.bg
September 14, 2025 at 6:53 PM
kenjirenji.bsky.social
The fight was not that close…where did they find 5 rounds for Canelo?
September 14, 2025 at 5:50 AM