Area Man
@pthibodeau.bsky.social
These fuckers. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
‘Northern Exposure’ actor gave ICE agents in Redmond her tribal ID. They called it ‘fake,’ she says
Indigenous actor Elaine Miles of "Northern Exposure" was detained by ICE at a Redmond bus stop. When she showed them her Tribal ID, they told her it was fake.
www.seattletimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 6:01 PM
These fuckers. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
Reposted by Area Man
I realized that this song I wrote is kind of a Thanksgiving song, or at least Thanksgiving-appropriate.
November 27, 2025 at 2:58 PM
I realized that this song I wrote is kind of a Thanksgiving song, or at least Thanksgiving-appropriate.
The stock market's big bet on AI assumes that a universal plagiarism machine can throw 20 million Americans out of work in the next few years. If it wins the bet, the bottom drops out of the US economy; if it loses, the economy implodes from the top. www.yahoo.com/news/article...
AI can replace nearly 12% of U.S. workers: MIT study
The study simulated over 151 million U.S. workers interacting with AI tools to measure automation potential
www.yahoo.com
November 27, 2025 at 2:29 PM
The stock market's big bet on AI assumes that a universal plagiarism machine can throw 20 million Americans out of work in the next few years. If it wins the bet, the bottom drops out of the US economy; if it loses, the economy implodes from the top. www.yahoo.com/news/article...
Just occurred to me that if Native Americans hadn't wiped out this continent's charismatic megafauna, the Pilgrims would have been disembowled by a pack of dire wolves as soon as they reached land and never heard from again. And that's what I'm thankful for, I guess.
November 27, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Just occurred to me that if Native Americans hadn't wiped out this continent's charismatic megafauna, the Pilgrims would have been disembowled by a pack of dire wolves as soon as they reached land and never heard from again. And that's what I'm thankful for, I guess.
Crypto is just Labubu if Labubu was money.
November 26, 2025 at 2:16 AM
Crypto is just Labubu if Labubu was money.
One-third of the stock market is currently a giant bet that something like 30 million Americans will soon be unemployed.
November 25, 2025 at 11:00 PM
One-third of the stock market is currently a giant bet that something like 30 million Americans will soon be unemployed.
Reposted by Area Man
As America continues its backward spiral, Finland is showing us what our tomorrows are missing out on.
The future will get here without America it seems
The future will get here without America it seems
November 23, 2025 at 6:58 PM
As America continues its backward spiral, Finland is showing us what our tomorrows are missing out on.
The future will get here without America it seems
The future will get here without America it seems
Reposted by Area Man
the last 24 hours on X, summed up:
November 23, 2025 at 2:26 PM
the last 24 hours on X, summed up:
Reposted by Area Man
@davidgerard.co.uk don't know if you have seen this already. Turns out the one good use of AI is detecting AI-based accounting fraud
substack.com/inbox/post/1...
substack.com/inbox/post/1...
The Algorithm That Detected a $610 Billion Fraud: How Machine Intelligence Exposed the AI Industry’s Circular Financing Scheme
On November 20, 2025, trading algorithms identified what may become the largest accounting fraud in technology history—not in months or years, but in 18 hours.
substack.com
November 23, 2025 at 8:46 AM
@davidgerard.co.uk don't know if you have seen this already. Turns out the one good use of AI is detecting AI-based accounting fraud
substack.com/inbox/post/1...
substack.com/inbox/post/1...
Reposted by Area Man
My hot take is that over the next 10 years, we're going to see more emphasis on and investment in the humanities at Ivy League and other fancy schools just as state schools and small privates continue to decimate and even eliminate the humanities.
"While other universities report that the humanities are shrinking, at Berkeley, the opposite is true. The music major is the fastest-growing major on campus. We are finding bigger classrooms because film is exploding. English is back to the numbers we saw 15 years ago. We are hiring" bit.ly/4ohKuOe
"The humanities really are a resource — a confidence for living in our times.” Dean Sara Guyer on the modern utility of humanities degrees
This interview originally appeared on the Division of Arts
bit.ly
November 23, 2025 at 4:13 PM
My hot take is that over the next 10 years, we're going to see more emphasis on and investment in the humanities at Ivy League and other fancy schools just as state schools and small privates continue to decimate and even eliminate the humanities.
I read some AI fanbro this week talking about AI reaching 'Socrates-levels' of intelligence, and...
November 23, 2025 at 3:50 PM
I read some AI fanbro this week talking about AI reaching 'Socrates-levels' of intelligence, and...
Reposted by Area Man
Reposted by Area Man
🎶Irrepressible flockings of people
Who thinks that we already know
That the ones who erect their own steeple
Live in a black smoking hole🎶
Who thinks that we already know
That the ones who erect their own steeple
Live in a black smoking hole🎶
November 22, 2025 at 11:47 PM
🎶Irrepressible flockings of people
Who thinks that we already know
That the ones who erect their own steeple
Live in a black smoking hole🎶
Who thinks that we already know
That the ones who erect their own steeple
Live in a black smoking hole🎶
If I came across an academic resume with an AI initiative on it, I would vote no for renewal, no for tenure, and no for promotion without hesitating.
November 22, 2025 at 6:28 PM
If I came across an academic resume with an AI initiative on it, I would vote no for renewal, no for tenure, and no for promotion without hesitating.
Reposted by Area Man
BREAKING: Marjorie Taylor Greene announces she is resigning from Congress. Her last day in office will be January 5, 2026.
November 22, 2025 at 1:23 AM
BREAKING: Marjorie Taylor Greene announces she is resigning from Congress. Her last day in office will be January 5, 2026.
Reposted by Area Man
Reposted by Area Man
TRUMP [after spending 5 minutes with Zohran]: surplus value, it’s a very wonderful thing, very wonderful, and they’re stealing it. Can you believe that?
We’re going to be looking very strongly at the bourgeoisie, what they’re up to
We’re going to be looking very strongly at the bourgeoisie, what they’re up to
November 21, 2025 at 9:25 PM
TRUMP [after spending 5 minutes with Zohran]: surplus value, it’s a very wonderful thing, very wonderful, and they’re stealing it. Can you believe that?
We’re going to be looking very strongly at the bourgeoisie, what they’re up to
We’re going to be looking very strongly at the bourgeoisie, what they’re up to
Reposted by Area Man
There's nothing wrong with America today that can't be fixed by making Uganda the 51st state.
Q: Are you affirming that you think President Trump is a fascist?
MAMDANI: I've spoken about--
TRUMP: That's okay. You can just say yes. I don't mind.
MAMDANI: I've spoken about--
TRUMP: That's okay. You can just say yes. I don't mind.
November 21, 2025 at 10:36 PM
There's nothing wrong with America today that can't be fixed by making Uganda the 51st state.
Get that man some Wheelock's Latin, stat.
completely outside of politics, this is so charming
November 21, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Get that man some Wheelock's Latin, stat.
A big deal. www.iranintl.com/en/202511209...
Iran president says capital move now a necessity as water crisis deepens
Iran’s capital must be moved because the country “no longer has a choice,” President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Thursday in remarks carried by state media, warning that severe ecological strain has mad...
www.iranintl.com
November 21, 2025 at 2:49 PM
A big deal. www.iranintl.com/en/202511209...