Max Gross

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Mamdani fixing all the problems in New York is quite annoying for those of us not in New York

I know the zipper merge is more efficient for traffic, but not saying “how are you?” is also more efficient for conversation some things are worth a little inefficiency, like politeness and feeling like you live in a decent society

Hi, I’m a sighted alt text user! Here are some reasons I use it: - Slow Internet on an airplane - I’m over 40, I have no idea who that celebrity is - Bluesky broke images again - My vision sucks and that text is too small to read otherwise - Conveys further context and authorial intent

read a comment once saying "Smosh is straight but gay-coded" and i can't stop thinking about it

gianmarco is definitely... something. not gay, but something

Things that are not real: • meritocracy • unicorns • Australia

Women are NOT safe around men.

ME: So I can't put anything else on the scale? ANUBIS: No. Just your heart ME: No money, no good deeds? ANUBIS: No ME: What about steam points? I've got a ton of steam points ANUBIS: The point is to be lighter than the feather ME: I was just hoping to finally do something with the steam points

If someone ever tells me “you can do this with our AI” then I may throw something at them

A cat is a machine that turns chicken into hair

Meta and X have been quietly downranking external links for ages, but we're now entering a new era of open hostility toward the open web. It's a great time to build your own website, free from any billionaires demanding a tithe for things that have always been free.

Fewer startups, more co-ops. Fewer founders, more communities.

you, behind the times: still getting your ducks in a row me, business thought leader: getting my ducks into an n-dimensional matrix for maximum performance throughput

When the edible hits and you’re at the Taco Bell drive thru.

I took a picture of this sign in 2022 and it’s gotten a lot less funny ever since

Tonight I am once again wondering if we've tried turning the world off and on again

You take a job somewhere called “Reuters Legal” and you just never expect to have to write this sentence

“If you haven’t yet purchased a ticket or don’t intend to buy one, if you’d just like to hide in the toilets now for me, that’ll be great” this documentary has the best train manager ever

Never understood Miranda Priestly like I do right now, when I'm well prepared for closing and everybody else isn't, sighhhhhhhh. #WhyIsNoOneReady

Isn't it nice that we are doing war crimes too

NO IT ISN'T AND FUCK YOU FOR NOT HAVING A "NEVER SHOW THIS" OPTION

For my fellow Chicagoans, please go fetch your spare winter jackets for the Texas National Guards who are on their way because my goodness can I tell you that they are not gonna be ok here

Oof. The Dems need to stop pretending, based on some imaginary focus group, that there’s some common ground with Trump. The key is to fight everywhere. You should go study Neville Chamberlain’s attempt at “common ground.” It didn’t end well for his historical reputation. Or the world.

I know, I know, but: The president of the US saying, literally, "we're going in" in reference to sending the military to an American city for no reason beyond terrorizing the local population should be the most immediately impeachable shit imaginable

@strange.website can I still make pull requests for personalsit.es for stuff that's offline

celebrating labor day tomorrow to avoid the crowds

Great lead headline right now, @nytimes.com.

also if you are in the US you should know that it is illegal to carry your Adderall (or other controlled substance) in anything other than the original prescription bottle

Hitler targets ethnic and religious minorities. Critics see big risks.

National Guard does not have the authority to make arrests. This isn’t about crime. It’s about terrorizing a majority Black city & making sure y’all know they will do it to you too.

Sean Dunn, accused of throwing a sandwich at a federal officer, is released on his own recognizance as the judge finds the felony charge excessive

Genuinely incredible that she's saying this with 2 accused rapists on either side of her

Once again reminded that all my bugs are likely just networking issues

Donald Trump fired the head of the nonpartisan Bureau of Labor Statistics because they reported bad jobs data he didn’t like. If the facts don’t fit his story, he’ll try to erase them. This is dangerous for our economy.

Being 6 feet 2 inches tall is the same as being trans, apparently. This kind of trans hate does not belong anywhere. www.thepinknews.com/2025/08/05/m...

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Techbros couldn’t have invented GPS because to have it work at all requires the use of distant black holes; basic research that gov’t needs to fund over decades that tech never will. They don’t realize yet that they’ve turned off the faucet of the tech hose by defunding science.

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Every. Single. Story. about women not using AI as much as men portray it as bad for their future career prospects (without a shred of evidence) and a result of women being fearful little ladies rather than looking at AI's output and saying "this sucks, it's not going to help me."