So many people see this and get a moment of amusement and surprise but never think more about it: This is all of ancient history and archaeology: All of the fatty nooks and crannies lost to the decay of time until we take what remains and reimagine it as a leaner, purpose-built, brutal existence.
Remembering the studies showing rich people actually commit more crimes than any other group, because they feel entitled to break the rules. Wonder what gives them that impression.
it's pervasive some dude has a gypsy cab? ILLEGAL! a corporation has a fleet of them? TEN BILLION MARKET CAP! laws are for little people scale crime up far enough? that's Business, friends
Reminder that Aaron Swartz was facing 35 years in prison and financial devastation for trying to programmatically download and open the contents of JSTOR, which led to him taking his own life. But OpenAI is going to scrape all of academia and make billions by plagiarizing it.
got prescribed trazodone, amy is headed out of area w/ uber bc Saturday to pick it up. Hate to ask but I'm going to be off work at least a week, and I've already had to spend an inordinate amount of money on modest funeral clothing, and ubers. IF YOU CAN, cash app in bio. And my venmo...
I think one reason the American right is so insane is that the only actual historical conservative tradition in this country is slavery and Jim Crow, but this can't be admitted
If thereās one thing āAIā fans just donāt get about writing is that professional writers arenāt looking for ways to get OUT of writing. We WANT to write. There isnāt somewhere else weād rather be.
One notable thing about these right wingers who claim to be great lovers and defenders of āwestern civilizationā is how much they hate and fear the current practitioners of the arts and humanities.
it is the overt hostility to any part of civil society that doesnāt uphold his vision of what society ought to be that is the clearest evidence of desantisās authoritarian disposition www.nytimes.com/2024/06/21/a...
Gov. Ron DeSantis gave no explanation for zeroing out the $32 million in grants that were approved by state lawmakers.
Our tech overlords would like to make clear that your fantasies of universal health care and affordable housing are childish while their fantasies of infinite energy to power their AI girlfriends are reasonable expectations and will come true imminently. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
Some data centers need as much energy as a small city, turning companies that promised a clean energy future into some of the most insatiable guzzlers of power