Wizard of Oz at the sphere

quote post with an image you can hear

Zuck: the average American has three friends

How I arrived on Bluesky

Prediction: in 5 years it’ll come out that decentralized American Christian homeschool networks have been relying on a specialized llm that reframes learning through the hardcoded lens that the Christian god is real and that the Bible is relevant to each teaching unit

Where’s the “new sincerity” of cryptocurrency? I wonder if, In the sickly irony hangover of doge, crypto traders will start pouring money into something that signifies unabashed sincerity in the way that My Little Pony attracted 4chan users

I’ve been periodically checking in on gpt’s image generation by trying to recreate scenes from the Haunt Barrel Works ride at Centreville Toronto in retro gaming aesthetics. I think it’s finally actually getting there for the first time

In second grade, my dad helped me make a puppet for our class’ puppet show out of plaster of paris and a mighty max McDonald’s toy. It was a brief tale of romance and my puppet was to be the romantic lead. I rediscovered it last night in the attic. The energy of that play must have been immaculate.

Sam Altman says GPT-4.5 has "a magic to it i haven't felt before."

I'm reminded of Peter Nagy and Gina Neff's article about "the conjuration of algorithms—a strategically deployed narrative device that uses the principles of magic to manipulate the public perception of technologies."

Starting to think this baby bath from Amazon might be a resale from alibaba