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I Am An AI Hater | moser’s frame shop
Not pulling any punches
Their dream is to invent new forms of life to enslave.
Apple's Tim Cook era: 14 years of prolific products, profits, and politics
It's been a ride. And while it's not over yet, now seems as good a time as any to look back at what Cook has done and consider where he and Apple may be going in the future.
The Cracker Barrel Hype(rreality) - by John Ganz
Simulation and Simulacrum in America
the United States is not made up of well-adjusted adults; it’s made up of Americans
It’s sort of pathetic to reflect that we have so few—maybe no—authentic and unmediated experiences that the thing that now really upsets people is an alteration of a simulation of authenticity.
You can read conspiracy theorization itself as a nostalgia for the reality of political power in a situation where people feel powerless.
AI winter is in the air! But we think the AI bubble keeps going until 2027
This is fine
It started with friends at home. Now Dungeons & Dragons is in its stadium era
Kinda sad I missed the show even though I don't watch it.
Weird Al on Tour Dates, Creative Freedom & Influence on Pop
What a career
“Nobody owns any piece of me,” he says, exhaling. “I’m at a point in my life where if something isn’t going to be fun or a pleasant experience, I have no problem saying no, even if it’s a lot of money or a lot of eyeballs. I can do literally whatever I feel like doing.”
Gold, Frankincense, and Silicon
It is disturbing to think that the leader of a beloved, trusted, and widely believed-to-be-ethical company like Apple has succumbed to avarice. That Tim Cook feels no qualms about — or perhaps even delights in — participating in a quid-pro-quo-driven corrupt administration in which flattery, fealty, gifts, and barely-concealed bribes are rewarded. That the United States devolving into kleptocracy suits Tim Cook just fine, because Apple’s pockets are deep enough to pay the vig.
But the alternative is more disturbing.
Welcome to the Era of Big Stupid in America
Yay?
Carving a place in outer space for the humanities
Cosmos ‘is as weird and astonishing as any great work of art,’ argues Jennifer Roberts, and navigating it requires ‘a new kind of ethics’
Honey, I Have No Clue What You’re Talking About—I Did NOT Use AI to Write My Wedding Vows
Kasey —
From the moment I first saw you, I knew my life was about to change. You were beautiful—also intelligent, funny, and kind. Not long after w...
Trump orders homeless he passed en route to golf course to leave Washington DC
This is a weirdly him-specific constitutional crisis of not wanting to see poor people.
To what problem is the modern American university a solution?
Did not know that Darthmouth caused the definition of corporation!
A corporation is an artificial being, invisible, intangible, and existing only in contemplation of law.
Among the most important are immortality, and, if the expression may be allowed, individuality; properties by which a perpetual succession of many persons are considered as the same, and may act as a single individual.
Born in the wrong generation
Creepy
Premium Quality Entertainment: The Joys of Murderbot and Sanctuary Moon - Reactor
You can only find Murderbot by looking for what it loves.
Opinion | The Death of the Fourth American Republic - The New York Times
The Supreme Court may extinguish a law that more than any other made the promise of American democracy a reality.
If by American democracy we mean a pluralistic, multiracial society of political and social equals, then American democracy as we know it began with the signing of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, 60 years ago today.
“There is no middle ground in this question,” Ross continued. “We must concede the right of suffrage to everyone who stands as our equal in the scale of creation, or we must deny it to all. It is universal suffrage or autocracy.”
6 takeaways from Seattle and King County’s primary election
Looking like a progressive sweep is possible this fall
The Mothership Vortex: An Investigation Into the Firm at the Heart of the Democratic Spam Machine
Wow.
The relationship between the firm and this network is cemented by blatant self-dealing. The most glaring example is End Citizens United. In 2015, just one year after founding their consulting firm, Mothership principals Greg Berlin and Charles Starnes also co-founded this PAC. It quickly became one of their largest and most reliable clients, a perfect circle of revenue generation that blurs the line between vendor and client.
This represents a fundraising efficiency rate of just 1.6 percent.
In the Future All Food Will Be Cooked in a Microwave, and if You Can’t Deal With That Then You Need to Get Out of the Kitchen
I don't think this is about microwaves.
Official byACRE shop – buy rollators and accessories here
Possibly future item for Daddoo?
Surviving the Pan-decade: How to avoid COVID/ConFlu while traveling
Good tips. I didn't know about the antihistamine one.
What a Sixty-Five-Year-Old Book Teaches Us About A.I.
The value of homework in an age of trivial assignment completion becomes murkier. Funny how prescient this kids book was
Review: Seattle indie rock stars get cozy at Climate Pledge Arena
Death Cab for Cutie toasted one of their seminal albums during the first night of a Climate Pledge Arena doubleheader.
Photos: Starvation and Chaos in Gaza
Crimes against humanity
The Em Dash Responds to the AI Allegations
“In recent months, a curious fixation has emerged in corners of academia: the em dash. More specifically, the apparent moral panic around how it is...
Why Do Fascists Dream Of Alligators? | Defector
I didn't know this history
What we are left with is something characteristically Trumpian: memetic alligators eating memetic undesirables, leading to a fascist policy where real humans will be placed into a concentration camp in sight of real alligators.
They're putting blue food coloring in everything
Pretty good metaphor
Seattle’s oldest streets are hiding in plain sight
So Howe is never getting fixed
Marc Andreessen Is a Traitor
It is the tech oligarchs, not young radicals, who have turned against the system that made them.
Netscape’s task was relatively easy. People simply had to download it—on computers built by someone else, running an operating system developed by someone else, connecting to a network built by many others.
After reaping the benefits of that public infrastructure and investment, Andreessen went to the private sector, where he developed Netscape Navigator, eventually selling his company to AOL for billions of dollars.
The tech oligarchs want government cash but not obligations, wealth without duty or any of the basic burdens of citizenship. The rewards of success without the risks of failure, and indeed, they want to be rewarded even when they fail.
White House Evacuated After Trans Alarm Goes Off
A number of zingers in this one