Douglas Kelso

what is extra depressing is that this is so common that it’s clear “oh thank god this guy isn’t going to send me unsolicited dick pics” is a point that a lot of women reach with guys that should be worth zero points! that should be baseline!

My heart is heavy. Walter Koenig, our Ensign Pavel Chekov, passed away early today. Walter and I met on the bridge of the Enterprise in the 1960s, and we stayed friends for nearly six decades. When Brad and I married in 2008, Walter stood beside us as our best man.

Birdbrain is a compliment now.

Had this idea in lockdown, half-built it, forgot about it, remembered it again, though might as well finish it.

In 1934, we added a gender-neutral pronoun for a single third person. ‘Thon’ was short for “that one.” It didn’t catch on.

Lmfao Dems +9 on transgender issues after hundreds of millions of dollars in attack ads. Get absolutely rolled x.com/PollTracker2...

The moral is, if you’re appointed Ambassador to Greece as an unqualified nepo hire, don’t try to do bonus grifts. The grift is being Ambassador to Greece. You are being paid to hang out in Greece for 4 years. Grift accomplished

It's not that it turns out we live in a simulation, that we are all simulations, self-aware and thinking and feeling though we might be. It's not even that the simulation is shutting down. It's that it's shutting down because all the AI data centers we built use too much data. It's too stupid.

it’s just great marketing

American small business owners largely see themselves as lower-level rentiers in a quasi-feudal economy as opposed to service providers in a competitive market economy, and part of that means not having to actually be competent at providing services

"By using AI, tasks like essays that used to take hours can be completed in minutes!" Sure, like how if I arrive at the gym and immediately go for a shower, my workout is done in record time. And if I throw my sandwiches straight in the bin, I can finish my lunch in under 10 seconds.

Hot take: I don't think social media made people dumber. We've been dumb this whole time. It's just that you used to have to have a job that people sent their dumb letters to, to notice. This made "Engaging with fools" an occupational hazard rather than the 24/7 experience it is presently.

I'm convinced AI is our generation's radium - a discovery with genuinely useful applications in specific, controlled circumstances that we stupidly put in everything from kid's toys to toothpaste until we realised the harm far too late where future generations will ask if we were out of our minds.

Lord of the Rings, naturally.

I have blamed The agents That hacked Your website And which You probably Reasonably thought I controlled Forgive me I am rich And unaccustomed To taking responsibility

if only there was a way to transfer all that energy dedicated to hating Jewish people just for being Jewish to hating Elon Musk just for being Elon Musk, which he actually deserves

You’re right—that plane shouldn’t have gone there. That’s my fault, and I should have made sure there wasn’t a terminal in the landing path. Would you like me to call emergency services, or assist with lining up takeoffs?

"My opponent wants to hire creeps to inspect your daughter's genitals if she wants to play soccer. I wouldn't trust him or any hired weirdo from his pedophile-protecting party alone in a room with any kid." Go on the offensive, you cowards! It's not that hard!

By the Burning River Brigade in NE Ohio

😳 It just keeps getting worse the longer you look at it!

Gavin Newsom is basically an overrated sports car. Really pretty on the outside and capable of top speeds. But the fuel efficiency is terrible. So is the handling. So is the maintenance. Looks really cool in a movie but it's completely impractical as your everyday ride. This will become clearer.

john fetterman is the first rat in history to climb onto a sinking ship.

My #Smithsonian experience

ALMOST matched my high score. www.maptap.gg September 11 99🎯 92🏆 97🔥 98🔥 98🎯 Final score: 973

I've said this in the past a few times, and it bears repeating: I'm convinced that most of the tech industry are sociopaths. There is no industry more committed to rationalizing mass destruction, and in our current environment, that's saying something.

Delighted by these lads and their misplaced rage.

Edgar Allan Poe really ruined it for anyone who just wants to show their bitter enemy something cool in a catacomb.

"Yeah, we know, we’re seen as boring and old and out of touch. But we’re hungry for progress. As long as it feels scripted and familiar. We’re ready to usher in profound change, abstracted into a focus-group-tested campaign slogan." buff.ly/tt1slzK

I am the very model of a modern day typographer I know the type tonalities from elegant to jocular I am a master tracker and my kerning is harmonical I know the sacred swatches and can name the hues Pantonical (Full version of Modern Day Typographer now on my YouTube channel)

Rough Draft vs Final Draft

If you were to ask me what historical period I'd want to live in, my answer would be "none of them."

Very good piece on how the shit is about to hit the fan as the AI companies have to start paying for data centers when they come online in a big way, starting next year www.groundbrkr.com/p/the-teaser... Hopefully, even brain-dead billionaires can see this coming.