Peter Lewis
@plewis.bsky.social
NYC
business writing: thedrawingboard.net
other writing: medium.com/@plewis67
business writing: thedrawingboard.net
other writing: medium.com/@plewis67
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Cyber Monday is here and deals are going fast! These deals are diaphanous. They are receding even as we speak, becoming mere memories of deals, prices longed for but lost, hints at what could have been had for less. A golden slant of sun through window falls on an empty countertop. Act now.
December 1, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Cyber Monday is here and deals are going fast! These deals are diaphanous. They are receding even as we speak, becoming mere memories of deals, prices longed for but lost, hints at what could have been had for less. A golden slant of sun through window falls on an empty countertop. Act now.
Another idea for an automated account: Richard Hugo’s “assumptions“ about the towns in his poems
December 1, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Another idea for an automated account: Richard Hugo’s “assumptions“ about the towns in his poems
“Though you’ve never seen it before, it must be a town you’ve lived in all your life.”
[Richard Hugo]
[Richard Hugo]
December 1, 2025 at 1:03 PM
“Though you’ve never seen it before, it must be a town you’ve lived in all your life.”
[Richard Hugo]
[Richard Hugo]
I'm sure it works on me too sometimes, but branding for men is objectively hilarious
November 29, 2025 at 4:18 PM
I'm sure it works on me too sometimes, but branding for men is objectively hilarious
Nice shot from Brother (2000) with Joe Hisaishi score
November 29, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Nice shot from Brother (2000) with Joe Hisaishi score
interesting thread & replies
one thing that's interesting is that "it's not X--it's Y" construction does not occur with high probability in any corpus LLMs are trained on, and yet every LLM produces it with high probability
November 27, 2025 at 10:11 PM
interesting thread & replies
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Part of me really wants to try switching to Linux right now, knowing full well that I will get very Into It almost immediately, part of me thinks I should save it as a good, safe option for a midlife crisis down the line.
November 27, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Part of me really wants to try switching to Linux right now, knowing full well that I will get very Into It almost immediately, part of me thinks I should save it as a good, safe option for a midlife crisis down the line.
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we at Company are so thankful for your money. speaking of
November 27, 2025 at 8:47 PM
we at Company are so thankful for your money. speaking of
Seriously though, isn’t this where the 6 7 thing probably comes from? It’s been a while, but I’m pretty sure the 6x7 “question” was referenced directly in the Hitchhiker‘s Guide books
Seen on Reddit:
"42 is just old people 6 7"
And... well... yeah. Can't really argue.
"42 is just old people 6 7"
And... well... yeah. Can't really argue.
November 27, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Seriously though, isn’t this where the 6 7 thing probably comes from? It’s been a while, but I’m pretty sure the 6x7 “question” was referenced directly in the Hitchhiker‘s Guide books
What if tax cliffs are the only remaining driver of innovation
November 27, 2025 at 6:00 PM
What if tax cliffs are the only remaining driver of innovation
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“Fame is a form of incomprehension, perhaps the worst.”
— A passage from Borges came to mind:
(“Pierre Menard, Author of the Quixote,” tr. James E. Irby)
— A passage from Borges came to mind:
(“Pierre Menard, Author of the Quixote,” tr. James E. Irby)
November 27, 2025 at 5:29 PM
“Fame is a form of incomprehension, perhaps the worst.”
— A passage from Borges came to mind:
(“Pierre Menard, Author of the Quixote,” tr. James E. Irby)
— A passage from Borges came to mind:
(“Pierre Menard, Author of the Quixote,” tr. James E. Irby)
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calling the self-indulgent retelling of my sexual exploits a sestina
worst forest/trees problem in generations is that a canto is A SECTION OF A LONG POEM. THAT'S IT. YOU DIDN'T WRITE A CANTO BECAUSE YOU THOUGHT THE WORD LOOKED COOL ON YOUR MEMOIR. CANTOS ARE POEMS. THAT LANGUAGE IS DYNAMIC DOES NOT MAKE YOUR SLAMBOOK A CANTO AMERICAN OR OTHERWISE
November 27, 2025 at 3:20 AM
calling the self-indulgent retelling of my sexual exploits a sestina
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It’s not too late to go shopping and start a new thanksgiving tradition - violence.
November 27, 2025 at 12:58 AM
It’s not too late to go shopping and start a new thanksgiving tradition - violence.
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It's like some people don't even want a cultural heritage
A recurring bit of Canadian politics is the cyclical conservative outrage over giving government money to David Cronenberg for his various slug movies
November 27, 2025 at 2:17 AM
It's like some people don't even want a cultural heritage
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No major religion objects to vaccines.
All major religions object to liars.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
All major religions object to liars.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
State Court Rules School Vaccine Law Can’t Bar Religious Exemptions
www.nytimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 12:27 AM
No major religion objects to vaccines.
All major religions object to liars.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
All major religions object to liars.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
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that's the trouble with society today, most parents are simply not equipped to have the Collider Bias discussion with their children
Wonderful to get the feedback from school that our kid is talking to their friends about the existence of things that their parents aren't equipped to talk to their kids about, and somehow that's a problem for my family to solve.
November 25, 2025 at 7:56 AM
that's the trouble with society today, most parents are simply not equipped to have the Collider Bias discussion with their children
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"Unlike continental nonsense, analytic philosophy is clear and intelligible"
November 25, 2025 at 3:40 PM
"Unlike continental nonsense, analytic philosophy is clear and intelligible"
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Breathtaking. Put it in the Louvre.
November 25, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Breathtaking. Put it in the Louvre.
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Dude who just got the SV Bank bailout two years ago is back banging the cup. It’s a tell.
November 24, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Dude who just got the SV Bank bailout two years ago is back banging the cup. It’s a tell.
TIL that Arthur Conan Doyle’s second published story was about giant venus flytraps in Arizona
November 23, 2025 at 7:27 PM
TIL that Arthur Conan Doyle’s second published story was about giant venus flytraps in Arizona
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Stop abusing athletes because you lost a bet
Now let’s hear from the sponsor of today’s broadcast, DraftKings
Now let’s hear from the sponsor of today’s broadcast, DraftKings
November 22, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Stop abusing athletes because you lost a bet
Now let’s hear from the sponsor of today’s broadcast, DraftKings
Now let’s hear from the sponsor of today’s broadcast, DraftKings
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I once knew a Federal bank examiner, and one time someone asked him why we had to KEEP inspecting banks over and over. He basically said every new batch of business school grads invents bank fraud from first principles.
AirBnB CEO calling it “vibe revenue” just 👨🍳 😘
The underlying cause of every bubble - debt masquerading as financial innovation - depends on not just short financial memory & speculative neophytism, but reinventing jargon of finance, like how each generation of kids has new ways to say same things.
The underlying cause of every bubble - debt masquerading as financial innovation - depends on not just short financial memory & speculative neophytism, but reinventing jargon of finance, like how each generation of kids has new ways to say same things.
November 22, 2025 at 6:02 PM
I once knew a Federal bank examiner, and one time someone asked him why we had to KEEP inspecting banks over and over. He basically said every new batch of business school grads invents bank fraud from first principles.