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Every writer who generates a slop image for their work is a class traitor.
"I can't afford a visual artist"
So your solution is stabbing artists in the back? Stealing from them?
Furthermore, slop-generated imagery suggests slop-generated writing. That's how you're presenting yourself.
"I can't afford a visual artist"
So your solution is stabbing artists in the back? Stealing from them?
Furthermore, slop-generated imagery suggests slop-generated writing. That's how you're presenting yourself.
December 16, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Every writer who generates a slop image for their work is a class traitor.
"I can't afford a visual artist"
So your solution is stabbing artists in the back? Stealing from them?
Furthermore, slop-generated imagery suggests slop-generated writing. That's how you're presenting yourself.
"I can't afford a visual artist"
So your solution is stabbing artists in the back? Stealing from them?
Furthermore, slop-generated imagery suggests slop-generated writing. That's how you're presenting yourself.
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Couldn’t Sam Altman just ask ChatGPT how to make itself profitable
December 6, 2025 at 4:38 AM
Couldn’t Sam Altman just ask ChatGPT how to make itself profitable
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Choking off the supply of student-grade instruments with tariffs means fewer players (and customers) for US instrument makers down the line.
This is eating an industry's seed corn. My latest for @piie.com.
www.piie.com/blogs/realti...
This is eating an industry's seed corn. My latest for @piie.com.
www.piie.com/blogs/realti...
The trade war’s hidden victims: Beginner musicians and school music budgets
This holiday season, aspiring musicians may be priced out before they ever unwrap their first instrument—courtesy of US tariff policy. With eight months of trade data to assess, the effects of the Tru...
www.piie.com
December 5, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Choking off the supply of student-grade instruments with tariffs means fewer players (and customers) for US instrument makers down the line.
This is eating an industry's seed corn. My latest for @piie.com.
www.piie.com/blogs/realti...
This is eating an industry's seed corn. My latest for @piie.com.
www.piie.com/blogs/realti...
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December 4, 2025 at 4:52 AM
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All of you are poor. These hypothetical poor people everyone is discussing are us. We’re poor. Idc if you make 6 figures or not. You’re poor too.
May 14, 2025 at 8:54 PM
All of you are poor. These hypothetical poor people everyone is discussing are us. We’re poor. Idc if you make 6 figures or not. You’re poor too.
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So-called "smart" devices are pushed heavily for the holidays, but be mindful of what you're opting that gift recipient into. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
Think Twice Before Giving Surveillance for the Holidays
With the holidays upon us, it's easy to default to giving the tech gifts that retailers tend to push on us this time of year: smart speakers, video doorbells, bluetooth trackers, fitness trackers,
www.eff.org
November 28, 2025 at 6:01 PM
So-called "smart" devices are pushed heavily for the holidays, but be mindful of what you're opting that gift recipient into. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
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YES.
Some abled parents of disabled people are the most violent ableists. They use their children as tools to demonstrate their heroism in shouldering the burden of taking care of a disabled person, think they’re incapable of ableism, and say the experience of a caretaker is the same as being disabled.
November 16, 2025 at 3:06 AM
YES.
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Good morning! AI is being force-fed to you by a handful of billionaires who will lose a bunch of money if they fail to convince you that you need it. You do not need it 🫶
November 6, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Good morning! AI is being force-fed to you by a handful of billionaires who will lose a bunch of money if they fail to convince you that you need it. You do not need it 🫶
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this is very cool: Kodak quietly relisted Kodak Gold and Ultramax on its website and confirmed to me it is selling the films directly to photography stores again. this is a big deal because for the last decade, Kodak has not controlled distribution of its own film
www.404media.co/kodak-quietl...
www.404media.co/kodak-quietl...
Kodak Quietly Begins Directly Selling Kodak Gold and Ultramax Film Again
Kodak appears to be taking back control over the distribution of its film.
www.404media.co
November 3, 2025 at 9:06 PM
this is very cool: Kodak quietly relisted Kodak Gold and Ultramax on its website and confirmed to me it is selling the films directly to photography stores again. this is a big deal because for the last decade, Kodak has not controlled distribution of its own film
www.404media.co/kodak-quietl...
www.404media.co/kodak-quietl...
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The USDA sent an email to grocery stores telling them they are prohibited from offering special discounts to customers affected by the SNAP funding lapse.
I'm aware of at least 2 stores that had offered struggling customers a discount, then withdrew it after receiving this email
I'm aware of at least 2 stores that had offered struggling customers a discount, then withdrew it after receiving this email
November 2, 2025 at 7:01 PM
The USDA sent an email to grocery stores telling them they are prohibited from offering special discounts to customers affected by the SNAP funding lapse.
I'm aware of at least 2 stores that had offered struggling customers a discount, then withdrew it after receiving this email
I'm aware of at least 2 stores that had offered struggling customers a discount, then withdrew it after receiving this email
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"The industry designs UPFs to be ultra-delicious, convenient, cheap, and everywhere.”
By reducing their consumption of UPFs by up 50%, participants' intake of saturated fat, sugar, and sodium dropped by 25% to 50%.
"Also many reported that they experienced improvements in their mood and energy."
By reducing their consumption of UPFs by up 50%, participants' intake of saturated fat, sugar, and sodium dropped by 25% to 50%.
"Also many reported that they experienced improvements in their mood and energy."
What Happens When a Diet Targets Ultra-processed Foods?
Because almost no existing diet programs focus specifically on reducing ultra-processed food intake, researchers from Drexel University’s College of Arts and Sciences designed an intervention that inc...
drexel.edu
February 23, 2025 at 6:04 PM
"The industry designs UPFs to be ultra-delicious, convenient, cheap, and everywhere.”
By reducing their consumption of UPFs by up 50%, participants' intake of saturated fat, sugar, and sodium dropped by 25% to 50%.
"Also many reported that they experienced improvements in their mood and energy."
By reducing their consumption of UPFs by up 50%, participants' intake of saturated fat, sugar, and sodium dropped by 25% to 50%.
"Also many reported that they experienced improvements in their mood and energy."
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Let me bang my economics gavel.
Everyone being able to buy a treat or avocado toast or a coffee whenever they want will do more to stimulate the economy than allowing billionaires to continue to hoard wealth.
We would all be better of if more of us had more spending power. Full stop.
Everyone being able to buy a treat or avocado toast or a coffee whenever they want will do more to stimulate the economy than allowing billionaires to continue to hoard wealth.
We would all be better of if more of us had more spending power. Full stop.
“At the same time, more than half of Gen Z members say they are struggling to make ends meet, yet a majority buy themselves a small treat, such as a pastry, coffee, or sweet, at least once a week. That can lead to overspending…”
archive.ph/2TI8J
archive.ph/2TI8J
October 31, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Let me bang my economics gavel.
Everyone being able to buy a treat or avocado toast or a coffee whenever they want will do more to stimulate the economy than allowing billionaires to continue to hoard wealth.
We would all be better of if more of us had more spending power. Full stop.
Everyone being able to buy a treat or avocado toast or a coffee whenever they want will do more to stimulate the economy than allowing billionaires to continue to hoard wealth.
We would all be better of if more of us had more spending power. Full stop.
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age verification restrictions are inherently unjust even if you solve all the issues around privacy or data leaks
gating access to information based on intrinsic traits (yes even age, yes even porn) is fundamentally evil and provides no real benefit other than the censor’s moral self-indulgence
gating access to information based on intrinsic traits (yes even age, yes even porn) is fundamentally evil and provides no real benefit other than the censor’s moral self-indulgence
Do you have any extremely niche, but serious, ethical stances?
October 19, 2025 at 11:24 PM
age verification restrictions are inherently unjust even if you solve all the issues around privacy or data leaks
gating access to information based on intrinsic traits (yes even age, yes even porn) is fundamentally evil and provides no real benefit other than the censor’s moral self-indulgence
gating access to information based on intrinsic traits (yes even age, yes even porn) is fundamentally evil and provides no real benefit other than the censor’s moral self-indulgence
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I'd be more worried about generative AI destroying my career but its going to destroy the very notion of thinking you can trust what you see on a screen ever again well before that
October 5, 2025 at 2:46 AM
I'd be more worried about generative AI destroying my career but its going to destroy the very notion of thinking you can trust what you see on a screen ever again well before that
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“The average [Californian] born in 2024 will likely face up to $500,000 in additional lifetime costs from climate crisis, and those who experience more severe effects will see up to $1m in costs." www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
‘Hidden costs’ of climate emergency are worsening California’s affordability crisis – report
University of California, Berkeley, study found that those who experience severe effects will see upto a $1m in costs
www.theguardian.com
September 27, 2025 at 11:37 AM
“The average [Californian] born in 2024 will likely face up to $500,000 in additional lifetime costs from climate crisis, and those who experience more severe effects will see up to $1m in costs." www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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RIP Kaleb Horton
kalebhorton.ghost.io/2025-so-far/
kalebhorton.ghost.io/2025-so-far/
September 27, 2025 at 1:01 PM
RIP Kaleb Horton
kalebhorton.ghost.io/2025-so-far/
kalebhorton.ghost.io/2025-so-far/
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Today's entry on the very small list of things that make being out before 5am acceptable
September 21, 2025 at 8:38 AM
Today's entry on the very small list of things that make being out before 5am acceptable
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The Jimmy Kimmel firing, Colbert's show, what's happening at WaPo, CBS... legacy journalism is slowly but surely coming under state control.
It is more important now than ever before that we support the independent journalists out there doing the work not beholden to a fascist's bidding.
It is more important now than ever before that we support the independent journalists out there doing the work not beholden to a fascist's bidding.
September 17, 2025 at 11:44 PM
The Jimmy Kimmel firing, Colbert's show, what's happening at WaPo, CBS... legacy journalism is slowly but surely coming under state control.
It is more important now than ever before that we support the independent journalists out there doing the work not beholden to a fascist's bidding.
It is more important now than ever before that we support the independent journalists out there doing the work not beholden to a fascist's bidding.
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what we’ve seen from the right is the most insane case of cancel culture i’ve ever witnessed. the left has never even done close to a fraction of a fraction of what they want to do now
September 13, 2025 at 9:29 PM
what we’ve seen from the right is the most insane case of cancel culture i’ve ever witnessed. the left has never even done close to a fraction of a fraction of what they want to do now
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The Onion will be available in almost every Barnes & Noble in the country starting this month! “RFK Jr. Fires Piss Czar” will be a visible headline sitting directly next to Bon Appetit and Guns & Ammo.
Do you think we will see The Onion on grocery store newspaper racks in the future or is it just not sustainable anymore to do that?
August 21, 2025 at 4:41 PM
The Onion will be available in almost every Barnes & Noble in the country starting this month! “RFK Jr. Fires Piss Czar” will be a visible headline sitting directly next to Bon Appetit and Guns & Ammo.
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The novel Women Seated is a thriller about a nanny for a rich family and a kidnapping gone awry. It's the first in a new effort to redefine the types of Chinese literature get translated into English. n.pr/4mjJ2dM
Chinese literature is tough to find in English. One editor hopes to change that
The novel Women Seated is a thriller about a nanny for a rich family and a kidnapping gone awry. It's the first in a new effort to redefine the types of Chinese literature get translated into English.
n.pr
August 18, 2025 at 5:15 PM
The novel Women Seated is a thriller about a nanny for a rich family and a kidnapping gone awry. It's the first in a new effort to redefine the types of Chinese literature get translated into English. n.pr/4mjJ2dM
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Professional criticism is not the same as individual reviews. They can both be useful but criticism is a skill-based genre like any other writing. The yelpification of criticism isn’t evolution.
Life changes. Organisms/organizations need to adapt. I'm sure people go to crowdsourced info for reviews, like Goodreads, just like Yelp and others for restaurant reviews.
August 10, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Professional criticism is not the same as individual reviews. They can both be useful but criticism is a skill-based genre like any other writing. The yelpification of criticism isn’t evolution.
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i distinctly remember a decade+ ago when all the creative jobs started going out the window being told to “learn to code”
"Among college graduates ages 22 to 27, computer science and computer engineering majors are facing some of the highest unemployment rates, 6.1% and 7.5% respectively ...
That is more than double the unemployment rate among recent biology and art history graduates, which is just 3%"
That is more than double the unemployment rate among recent biology and art history graduates, which is just 3%"
Goodbye, $165,000 Tech Jobs. Student Coders Seek Work at Chipotle.
www.nytimes.com
August 10, 2025 at 5:40 PM
i distinctly remember a decade+ ago when all the creative jobs started going out the window being told to “learn to code”