The ChiselerNeil From The Black Lagoon

The ChiselerNeil From The Black Lagoon

@chiselerneil.bsky.social

My posts are split between "decline and fall of western civilization" and nonsense. Fair warning: nonsense always gets the bigger reaction. Never even close. He/him.

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Tomb Heintjes
@hogansalley.bsky.social

In "Peanuts," Linus first mentioned the Great Pumpkin on October 26, 1959, creating what would go on to become an indelible cultural icon. Here’s that strip, followed by the rest of that week’s dailies:

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Jacob Oller
@jacoboller.bsky.social

Not only an incredible talent, but a rare talent who also thought it was funny to just voice random memes every once in a while

Ken Plume@kenplume.bsky.social

Unbelievable loss. An amazing talent, and just a really, really good person. www.instagram.com/p/De8RFy4pyov/

The ChiselerNeil From The Black Lagoon
@chiselerneil.bsky.social

The PC that I write this with, the Internet protocol that sends the words and pictures out, the fiber optic network that brings it to the house at ludicrous speed. None of these things existed in any meaningful way when I was born. Consequences popped up, but holy cow, what benefits.

Michael Druker 🇨🇦@mdruker.app

Social media loves talking about how everything is getting worse. But what’s something that you’ve seen get _better_ in your lifetime?

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Stephen Collins
@stephencollins.bsky.social

Prints available in my shop of this one from last year. The perfect Christmas gift for the philosophically-inclined office wall . Limited edition, numbered and signed giclee art print - link to shop in bio. #philosophy

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Missing The Point
@missingthept.bsky.social

Seeing John Husted’s ass.

Reuters Pictures@pictures.reuters.com

Lights are reflected off a bulletproof screen as President Trump speaks during a campaign rally in Greenville, North Carolina. More photos of the week: reut.rs/4yGkBNh 📷 Evan Vucci

The ChiselerNeil From The Black Lagoon
@chiselerneil.bsky.social

Hmm. Color me unsurprised. “When you ask a language model to tell you a story, they all tend to write the exact same one,” says Cornell doctoral student Sil Hamilton. “You think you’re getting a unique story, but at scale it’s the same thing over and over again.”

news.cornell.eduWho is Elias the lighthouse keeper? AI fiction tells the same old story | Cornell ChronicleFor AI agents instructed to write fiction, that tale usually involves lighthouses and a keeper named Elias, according to new Cornell research.

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Mark GJ
@brokentv.uk

FEATURE REQUEST FOR BLUESKY: Typing a reply containing "So you agree that" automatically drops a 14 ton weight on your head.

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Stephen Bush
@stephenkb.bsky.social

Oh well. Nevertheless.

Mujtaba Rahman@mijrahman.bsky.social

It is madness The US (and Europe) are weakening Ukraine’s position at the very moment Russia’s own capacity to sustain the war is coming under increasing strain This is now the greatest danger for Ukraine. And it is happening just as Putin is running out of options of his own

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More Perfect Union
@moreperfectunion.bsky.social

Replying to @moreperfectunion.bsky.social

While Republicans repeatedly claim their major tax bill helped most Americans, the data that would confirm that claim was scheduled to be released in July, and then updated again in September. But the agency hasn’t published any of it, according to Politico. www.politico.com/news/2026/10...

politico.comAdministration delays release of IRS data showing impact of GOP tax cutsThe tax agency was supposed to release detailed data on this year's filing season in July. Months later, it's still unpublished.

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Highway to the Cool Zone
@skaboomizzy.bsky.social

Weak stuff. Show us your faith in robot cars by jogging on the interstate at 1 am

Business Insider@businessinsider.com

"So many AI researchers have started smoking as a way of signaling to other researchers how much they believe in AI," Palantir CTO Shyam Sankar said. https://bit.ly/4rXlHlU

businessinsider.comAI researchers are taking up smoking because they expect AI to cure cancer, says Palantir CTOSome AI believers expect the technology to make smoking-related health risks like cancer a thing of the past, Palantir CTO Shyam Sankar said.

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Beth Cato
@bethcato.bsky.social

The annoying: Sam’s Club is apparently using AI to create official product pics. The horror: AI made Little Debbie Oatmeal Crème Pies into tacos. 😱 (Hat tip to Reddit. Verified in Sam’s app. This is image 9 of product.)

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Mo
@moman.bsky.social

Replying to @chriswarcraft.bsky.social

Tapping the sign that is one year younger than me

The ChiselerNeil From The Black Lagoon
@chiselerneil.bsky.social

But then comes Dubner's conversation with the co-founder of Inception Point AI, a company that makes automated podcasts..in BULK. Listening to her describe her business made my gorge rise. 15k shows with only *11* humans involved. She's not the Devil, but she damn sure has him on speed dial.

The ChiselerNeil From The Black Lagoon
@chiselerneil.bsky.social

It's worth mentioning that Inception Point AI changed its name (and supposedly pivoted to a different (although still AI-centric) set of services) before this episode even finished production, which is one of those necessary reminders that the present moment isn't the eternal moment.

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Nicholas Pegg
@nicholaspegg.bsky.social

In the 1985 Doctor Who serial Vengeance on Varos, an authoritarian regime run by a weak man keeps the downtrodden population in line by broadcasting public executions to distract from the fact that it has tanked the economy through a combination of incompetence, arrogance and institutional cruelty.

The ChiselerNeil From The Black Lagoon
@chiselerneil.bsky.social

On the one hand, another card for the "AI is making the world demonstrably worse in every possible way" deck. And yet, very convenient that what's choking out the economy is NOT the war that the administration was goaded into to starting.

The Washington Post@washingtonpost.com

Federal Reserve officials are increasingly pointing to “surging AI-related investments,” alongside higher prices for crude oil and fuel due to the war in Iran, rather than tariffs to explain why the prices of goods keep rising.

washingtonpost.comData center boom is pushing prices higher, according to Fed officialsFederal Reserve officials are increasingly pointing to the artificial intelligence buildout, rather than tariffs, to explain why the prices of goods keep rising.

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The Onion
@theonion.com

We Need To Take Trump’s Rhetoric Seriously, But Not Literally vs. Have That Guy Killed https://theonion.com/we-need-to-take-trumps-rhetoric-seriously-but-not-literally-vs-have-that-guy-killed/

theonion.comWe Need To Take Trump’s Rhetoric Seriously, But Not Literally vs. Have That Guy KilledAlmost every day, the establishment seems to get it wrong trying to use Donald Trump’s words to paint him as a dire threat to our democracy. What so many fail to see—and what his supporters have long ...

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Missing The Point
@missingthept.bsky.social

I mean not with that attitude you can't.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

SUSAN COLLINS: I was successful in getting road salt removed from the Canada tariff list TROY JACKSON: What about everything else? We can't eat road salt

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It’s Olive Time
@olivebrinker.bsky.social

comic from 8 years ago. just think about all the corporate mergers / acquisitions that have happened since then! crossover city: population me