johnbenwoo.bsky.social

johnbenwoo.bsky.social

@johnbenwoo.bsky.social

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AI is the point-and-shoot digital camera for the masses, not a somehow-free tricked-out $20k camera with $50k lens that takes singe perfect shots every time. It’s ok if the 50 shots you took aren’t all fit for museum walls. Notice what you like about the ones you like. Delete the others. Iterate.

The point of the Canon Powershot wasn’t to turn us all into Ansel Addams. It let a lot more people take a lot more pictures and cement more memories. So many more events have been documented because of it, and so many people have gotten deeply into photography from that beginning.

There comes a time in life when you just have to play Many Rivers To Cross on repeat-1 until you're across whatever rivers you have in life. Thank you, Jimmy, for getting us through those times.

Ok so who's starting the ETF?

Jen Bendery@jbendery.bsky.social

Morning. ☕ ICYMI: A list of all the CEOs, real estate moguls, defense contractors, telecom companies, Big Tech companies, crypto guys and otherwise just really rich people financing the construction of Trump's ballroom as he demolishes the White House.

Congrats to Prof Mokyr and the Northwestern Econ department on another Nobel!

NPR@npr.org

Joel Mokyr, Philippe Aghion and Peter Howitt won the Nobel memorial prize in economics Monday for their research on how technological innovation fuels economic growth and creative destruction. n.pr/4oh42lZ

Ah yes colostrum, the veal of the dairy industry

Helen Rosner@hels.bsky.social

I feel like we haven’t really talked enough about how much of MAHA/masc-coded wellness grift is just boosterism for the cattle industry - collagen - whey protein - colostrum - tallow - organ meats It’s all repackaged beef & dairy byproduct, baby

Can he PLEASE do those deals with all US health insurance companies? But for like 100% stakes?

Andrew Lawrence@ndrew.bsky.social

it was only like 7 years ago that the republican party built its entire identity around keeping government out of business, and yes i agree it was always bull shit but to see this type of open government take over of "capitalism" by a republican with every republican just falling in line is wild

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well that explains the vibe

Brooke Jarvis@brookejarvis.bsky.social

Today in everything is a metaphor, geoscientists have discovered that the craton, the enormous stable rock that forms the core of North America, is eroding away www.jsg.utexas.edu/news/2025/04...

Can someone please print this out and staple it to the entry staircase at Topanga?

Katharine Gammon@kategammon.bsky.social

Also in the post-fire environmental world: surfers, swimmers and beachgoers have been worried about what is lurking in the ocean after the fire debris runoff. Some answers have finally appeared: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Depopulation is a comically evil way to cut Social Security and Medicaid, even for these nazi clowns

Shannon Watts@shannonrwatts.bsky.social

Donald Trump and Elon Musk have frozen funding for federal programs that provide support and sustenance to dozens of millions of older adults and people with disabilities, including Meals on Wheels.