Jeffery Irvin

To understand AI and cryptocurrencies does not require technical expertise. To understand the absurdity of these technologies one need understand only that capitalism requires faith in perpetual innovation and productivity. The irony is this tech augurs the death of capitalism, not its resurgence.

@pattonoswalt.bsky.social Thesis: 8½ (1963), The Swimmer (1968), and Falling Down (1993) all explore a central theme, the pilgrimage of the broken male ego which always ends in death. Both 8½ and Falling Down even begin with men stuck in a traffic jam, and who abandon their cars. Thoughts?

What if Thanos snapped his fingers disappearing half of all life but also making them all forget? Then, only Scott Lang would remember. Could Scott still convince The Avengers to return people they don't remember? 🤯 Yes. I know. I need a hobby. 😁

I love that Amy Walter and Tamara Keith just reduced Trump's stumping for Republicans as a "Hell Freezes Over Tour" for his remaining fans. 🤣🤣🤣 @pbsnews.org

Great thread! I would add that AI boosters dwell in the world of the corporation, full of managers parroting jargon like "deliverables" or "getting buy ins." Bender has accused a world full of parrots of creating machines that parrot. That they are oblivious to the irony should not be a surprise.

Somewhat heartened by the muted applause for calling someone with a U.S. birth certificate not fully American. I would have preferred no applause. 🫩 #ItHasHappenedHere

How is this possible? I've been asked for my graduate transcripts at least half a dozen times since 2008 to prove I'm a Ph.D.

There is a way both Musk and Trump colluded here. Musk tells administration that he will throttle Starshield unless U.S. ponies up the extra money. Trump, of course being Putin's best friend, tells Musk to go spit. Whether coordinated ahead of time is immaterial, both are working against Ukraine.

Repeat to yourself, AI creates vulnerabilities, and AI exploits vulnerabilities

I'm not sure why it's so hard for newspapers to write, "Mom Took Side of Rapist Husband Then Called Her Daughter A Liar" It's so easy when the goal is clear communication. 🤷‍♂️

Trump administration.

@edzitron.com will have a good two years after the AI bubble bursts to gloatingly repeat "I told ya so!" What will he do after that? 🤣 youtu.be/YQgFLqPMNsU?...

I've read "Hayek's Bastards" and I'm just about done with "Voltaire's Bastards," now I'd like someone to write "Marx's Bastards: From Lenin to Mao." So many bastards, so little time. 😁

Couldn't Democrats make the same argument if Dan S. Sullivan wins it by a few tenths of a percentage? Maybe thousands of voters meant to vote for Dan J. Sullivan? 🤔 #CounterFactualNonsense www.cnbc.com/2026/10/23/a...

GM just announced the biggest stock buyback in automotive industry history. Instead of investing in their workers or new product lines, GM executives are robbing from the future to pay themselves and their shareholders today. Stock buybacks should be illegal.

In my mind, death is simply not warranted over either of these two items. #CapitalismKills

We are all going to need Speedos and a barrel a week of SPF 1000, and it still won't be enough. 😒

The U.S. and the U.K. can bomb the Houthis to defend Saudi Arabia but they can't bomb Russia to protect Ukraine? 🤔 #MafiaStates

Sitting here, trying to figure out which of these 1985 movies represent Trump's last-minute rallies. #ItHasHappenedHere

This guy had me at "less of something." #TaxTheRich #UBI #Medicare4All

When The Republican Party has gone the way of the Know-Nothings, the historians will remember that even Lindsey Graham understood that they were harnessing dark magic to obtain political power. There's always a price for such magic. 🪄 youtu.be/6MTTug24lpE?...

@deadlinewh.bsky.social, come on, Trump is just "candidate-maxxing" when he objectifies his hand-picked choices for House and Senate! Looking forward to Trump treatment of Mike Rogers when Trump he visits Michigan. 🤣 #ItHasHappenedHere

Of all the things that never happened, this is the thing that never happened the most. #16DaysUntilTheBeginningOfTheEND-IfYouVOTE 🗳️ ✅

Financial interbreeding results in no better outcomes than does a mixing of the same pool of DNA.

Hey, remember in the 70s and 80s when people would not stop asking Ted Kennedy if he'd disavowed the Irish Republican Army and Sinn Féin? <Satire: This did not happen.>

Whatever happened to this story? bsky.app/profile/arti...

@deadlinewh.bsky.social just ran a montage of Susie Wiles pics and I had flashes of Ma Barker. #ItHasHappenedHere

Just watched the pilot for West Wing (1999-2006) and could not help but think this show fits into a niche we could call "competence porn," shows that make politicians, doctors, lawyers, cops, and firemen far more universally competent than they are.

Scott Jennings must be doing pirouettes in his kitchen right now. 🤣

Watched first two episodes of VisionQuest and the best line is when Ultron/James Spader calls bullshit on the Theseus ship paradox, pointing out that it's just an intellectual distraction for college freshmen. My hope is that Ultron will give the trolley problem a similar cynical treatment. 😈

Ossoff/Talarico 2028!

There's a reason for that: what problem is this solving? 🤔 I await the news story of some rich asshole trying to use this car's features and causing a 100-car pile-up on a Texas highway.

The idea that this guy will ever be a frontrunner in '28 is just laughable. #SmallDEnergy

Pizzagate taught MAGA nothing when it comes to these absurd assertions. #ItHasHappenedHere

Oh, please honey, let this happen! 🤞🤞 #ItHasHappenedHere newrepublic.com/post/216609/...