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Tribute to Dolly Parton: youtu.be/plUD6vN80dg?...

This chart pair never gets old. (via B of A)

Please enjoy this graph from a FT article explaining that AI hasn’t added any value (no, debt and circular investment isn’t value) It has produced More Stuff, it’s just the Stuff isn’t useable or fixable. Welcome to the age of everyone making apps no one uses

Every summer I repost this article on how to spot drowning. Please read it and pass on. In the last few years I’ve had SIX messages from people who saved a kid’s life after clicking on the link from my feed. slate.com/technology/2...

Why do the Japanese like their buns askew (2026)

Man Who Threw Molotov Cocktail At Sam Altman’s Home Claims He Was Following ChatGPT Recipe For Risotto https://theonion.com/man-who-threw-molotov-cocktail-at-sam-altmans-home-claims-he-was-following-chatgpt-recipe-for-risotto/

I hadn't seen this before. This is pretty remarkable. Earth and Moon in one NASA photo. ht @astrokatie.com

Incredible encapsulation of the AI bubble and its specific destructive power by @doctorow.pluralistic.net: pluralistic.net/2025/12/05/p... As a corollary, the only, but specific way that AI will destroy the world is by people’s reliance on hallucination-machines as search engines

Masuke seems to want to be petted.

Absolutely wild. WSJ reporting that some OpenAI staffers thought the Tumbler Ridge shooter's use of ChatGPT raised the potential of real world violence but leadership decided not to alert RCMP. www.wsj.com/us-news/law/...

Now that's a lede From @nlanard.bsky.social www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

I don’t really know what I expect in posting this, but maybe some people see it and can learn from it. I’ll call it “lessons from an unwilling immigration attorney.” 1/

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So I have the cover story in next month's TNR. I interviewed the heads of police groups; immigration defense attorneys, ex-judges and ex-prosecutors; former DOJ and DHS officials, and the former head of Border Patrol. They're all horrified at what we've seen, and they all fear what's coming.

I love this rant, Pookle. For what it's worth, this is the best estimate of OpenAI's "informed business-as-usual" financial futures. OpenAI is expected to pay out $30 billion on revenues of $13 billion in 2025. They're set to lose $2.42 for every $1.00 they earn. www.ft.com/content/23e5...

This is a tremendous read from @mattgurney.bsky.social

A lovely update from XKCD: Fifteen Years. Growing old is a gift. [kottke.org]

Should look out for next week's assault-by-panko

September 13, 2026 will be the 20th anniversary, in point of fact. For a brief period of time, my cat Ghlaghghee (pronounced "fluffy") was the most famous cat on the Internet. She took it in stride. One of the great moments of the blog era. We should do something for the anniversary. Suggestions?

Good morning! AI is being force-fed to you by a handful of billionaires who will lose a bunch of money if they fail to convince you that you need it. You do not need it 🫶

seems bad! www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...

Send me some good wedding playlist suggestions please

Exclusive: Anthropic spent $2.66 billion on Amazon Web Services in the first three quarters of 2025, around 100% of their estimated revenue. Its costs appear to increase with their revenue, showing little path to profitability. www.wheresyoured.at/costs/

Hey everyone! Quick question: are these margins good? is Negative 220% good? If it helps the thing in question cost $50,000 and you need hundreds or thousands of them. Also the thing with negative 100% gross margins costs $1.9m, is that good? www.theinformation.com/articles/ora...

Happy Thanksgiving to all who celebrate

Never post.

*The AI boom = one of the costliest building sprees in world history * Past 3 years' commitments are greater than the cost of building the U.S. interstate highway system * Consumers must spend $800 billion on AI within a few years, to justify investment from 2023-24 www.wsj.com/tech/ai/ai-b...

My day is ruined.

i feel in most relationships one partner is miss piggy and one partner is kermit. it's important to understand which one you are

I get that the news cycle is packed right now, but I just heard from a colleague at the Smithsonian that this is fully a GIANT SQUID BEING EATEN BY A SPERM WHALE and it’s possibly the first ever confirmed video according to a friend at NOAA 10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)

Pie

Tractor beams exist in the real world. They use ultrasound to hover and manipulate tiny objects. “It can be thought of as an acoustic hologram. It’s a shape that exists in space but is made of sound.” [expmag.com]

when people call it the "AI bubble" this is what they mean

Analysts show that capital expenditures on AI were so big over the last 6 months they added more to the GDP than *all consumer spending*. That growth is offsetting pain from the tariffs and slow job growth. So the AI bubble may be propping up the whole US economy. What happens if and when it pops?

BREAKING: Canadian C-130J Hercules aircraft have begun airdropping humanitarian aid into Gaza. This marks a major shift in Canada’s approach to the crisis. #cdnpoli

Chicken, crab and sausage facehugger

New article that looks at electricity market design in this era of increasing renewables. Some specific applications to Alberta, but hopefully useful more broadly. From David Brown, Derek Olmstead, and me. [Author gift link:] www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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Westjet has free wifi on this flight, but no TV or flight map. Weird.