Eric “wake me for the eschaton” WVGG

21 Feb 2025

No LLMs were used in the shooting of this horse.

one of the things that makes T smarter or at least more capable than Vance is he knows the only correct answer is “fuck you”

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Q: Why shouldn't Alaskans find it insulting that the administration is suggesting they can't read the word 'incumbent' on their ballot and know to vote for Sen. Sullivan? JD VANCE: People are busy. People have lives. People have jobs.

nytimes.comWhy the Future of the Amazon Could Depend on Brazil’s ElectionFlávio Bolsonaro, the front runner in this month’s presidential runoff, is a strong advocate of environmental deregulation who has backed policies that scientists say could hurt the rainforest.

23h

better article: “Why the Future of the Amazon Could Depend on Brazil’s Election. And the One After That. And Then the Next One.” This is not sustainable :\ www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

“hang on, i left my wallet, i’m stupid” /grabs me by the elbow, looks DEEPLY into my eyes: “Never say that. You are *not* stupid. Don’t ever let anyone tell you you’re stupid.” i’ve had discussions with war veterans that were less intense than these guys

r o o@jakepaulsartre.bsky.social

I really stand firm by the take that the mental health awareness movement in the 2010's went too far. I should be allowed to state "I'm going to kill myself" if I hit my elbow. You can be a little flippant about suicide, as a treat

My folks are “never-Trump Republicans,” and while I appreciate the line they won’t cross, “they’ll be voting for a ‘moderate’ GOP in six years” has been in the back of my head. my father today: “Do billionaires not realize that if they gobble everything, their heads will be on chopping blocks?”

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mom today: “I’m still not sure what I think of Sanders, but that woman you like?” Elizabeth Warren. “I’m coming around to her.” “I know everyone pays much higher taxes in Sweden, but you can just go to the doctor if you need to. Nobody should get rich when someone gets cancer.”

… better late than never, Eric… better late than never…

“It seems like the standard of living in China is just way better.” “I’m starting to think I’ve been lied to about communism my whole life.” (he’s 83) “I never believed that ‘blood for oil’ stuff but… nothing else makes sense.” Meanwhile mom is out advising local Dem candidates on housing issues.

patreon.comIs Dat Destroyer Dude Dan Now Performing in New Pornographers? - Mass Romantic (feat. John Collins from Destroyer and the New Pornographers) | Anime SickosIt's a momentous series of firsts: our first episode covering a non-Destroyer Dan Bejar project. Our first episode featuring a guest. Our fi

One of my five favorite albums of all time, like easily. Twenty-five years and I’ve never gotten tired of listening to it.

Did Dat Dude Describe Destroyer?@dddddpodcast.bsky.social

Our Mass Romantic episode is live! This is our first episode with a guest, and folks: it’s John Collins, bassist/producer of both Destroyer and The New Pornographers. The sheer number of fun facts and kooky anecdotes John shares on this episode is unreal. One of the best podcasting experiences ever

defenders of Queens are annoyingly Correct hellgatenyc.com/dutch-kills-...

It has come to my attention that I’ve been pronouncing “longevity” as “longetivity” for (checks notes) my entire life.

turning this into a thread of words I’ve been mispronouncing for my entire life vizier (vah-zeer, not viz-ee-ay) majordomo (I was right but never sure and never asked)

stfu i’m busy reading about vampire squirrels from borneo

c0nc0rdance@c0nc0rdance.bsky.social

The Tufted ground squirrel (Rheithrosciurus macrotis) is a riddle wrapped in an enigma wrapped in floof. Let's start with the *FLOOF* & talk about why they're called "VAMPIRE SQUIRRELS" last. They have the largest tail: body size ratio of any mammal on Earth: the tail is *130%* the size the body.

Jim Thompson was one of the greatest stylists of all time, should be taught in more creative writing classes

Richard Kadrey@richardkadrey.bsky.social

2/7 “There are things that have to be forgotten if you want to go on living.” “You've got forever; and somehow you can't do much with it. You've got forever and it's a mile wide and an inch deep and full of alligators.”

youtu.beTHE GRIFTERS Official Trailer (1990, John Cusack, Anjelica Huston, Annette Bening, Stephen Frears)YouTube video by Trailer World

If you’re one of those post-literate types, stream The Grifters and enjoy John Cusack, Melanie Griffith, and Angelica Huston being peak Cusack, Griffith and Huston youtu.be/-p6Co75U1G8?...

as long as one doesn't mind being an engineer who doesn't vote or hold any particularly important opinions on culture and humanity, yeah it’s basically optional

Mike Ross@eruptionchaser.bsky.social

Am I missing something here? In what universe would an engineering student ever study history?! Do many history students study engineering?! I *enjoyed* history at school, and I was *good* at it. But no way would I ever have studied it at university.

… trolling aside: I was a stupid person before I started seriously studying history. And I’m still pretty dumb, but at least it’s an informed dumbness, which isn’t as bad as stupid. Education is as much about preparing for a career as it is becoming better at being a person.

fitness trainer during kettlebell class complimented me on my “excellent snatch” I guess I’ll take the compliments where I can find them…

the only things left propping up the U.S. economy are data centers and “pumpkin spice”

Eric “wake me for the eschaton” WVGG reposted

Oregon 🕎🎲

@oregonthedm.bsky.social

Most riveting thing I've seen all week

what if we kissed in the tower of the panopticon 🤭

these look like people whose minds would go into laptop-style sleep mode the moment they were left alone together in a room

Pop Crave@popcrave.com

Ella Langley & Tucker Wetmore are dating, PEOPLE reports.

20 Sept

This shit has been on my mind a lot lately, particularly w/r/t AI execs saying “there’s a 10% chance AI will kill us all” and actively embrace gov’t regulation. They don’t believe that, obviously. But they know that people will try to use AI for things like air traffic control…

Smooth Dunk@smoothdunk2.bsky.social

been thinkin about how robots are gonna kill us

20 Sept

Then accidents will happen, people will be “OMG IT’S SKYNET” If you’re regulated, you can displace the blame to the users because it’s the law. That’s a lot harder without guardrails.

16 Sept

I have no idea what Macklemore’s music sounds like and I’m not curious to see if I like it but I am now curious why people *don’t* like it

NY Times Pitchbot@nytpitchbot.bsky.social

For some music fans, Macklemore's comments on Gaza were a welcome relief from his music.

13 Sept

@dame.is any thoughts on preferred AT Protocol blogging standards/platforms?

11 Sept

there's an account on the old bird site called @25YearsAgoLive which has been live-tweeting news from 25 years ago in real time for a few years now. The anticipation re: today has been palpable, the author has been preparing for months. The right tower is starting its collapse x.com/25YearsAgoLive

11 Sept

I spent the first thirty minutes of the morning doomscrolling just that account… gawd you really had to live through that day… It’s disappointing that projects like this are still taking off on X the Everything App™. We still haven’t got the juice.

10 Sept

I love you like a designer loves itty bitty type

8 Sept

interesting day to be one of the thousand or so people alive who knows what a kakapo is

much like your ghosting@mlyp.bsky.social

catching up on the news

3 Sept

the modern conservative movement is a spectrum from “the jews rule the world and that’s bad” to “the jews rule the world and that rules”

3 Sept

it turns out that the real anvil was capitalism all along

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youtube.comElton John - Club At The End Of The StreetYouTube video by EltonJohnVEVO

16 Aug

I’ve waited thirty years for this term to get minted. A perfect worn coin with a dingy patina that can redeemed for a crappy gumball in the machine near the exit.

Jessica Ritchey@jmritchey.bsky.social

Whiskey Fridays with Tony Dokoupil dance party brought to you by #Grocerycore, (tm @jessehawken.bsky.social). www.youtube.com/watch?v=m34N...

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weekend listening: #Swanboy playlists! (Apple Music, and converted to Spotify) There’s a ton of bands here I have of course heard of, but never got around to checking out. “Today is the day I learn about the Weakerthans” has not happened. Until today. Today is that today. swanboy.com/comic/chavez/

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music.apple.comCrispy Rice (Valenti) by Eric Jacobsen on Apple MusicPlaylist · 62 Songs

oh man, whatever’s going on in Rona’s head is so much worse than I thought. This playlist had me staring into the abyss. @bransonreese.bsky.social this girl needs more Whitney Houston in her life music.apple.com/us/playlist/... open.spotify.com/playlist/1qN...

(btw since I didn't know anything about most of these bands, I just stuck in their more-popular songs, and tried not to pick any two from the same album. listen on shuffle. pick your nits.)

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music.apple.comCrispy Rice (Household) by Eric Jacobsen on Apple MusicPlaylist · 50 Songs

I was most familiar with (sigh) Noel’s playlist. I like my music a little poppier, but we’re mostly in the same space. music.apple.com/us/playlist/... open.spotify.com/playlist/49h...

music.apple.comCrispy Rice (Dandolos) by Eric Jacobsen on Apple MusicPlaylist · 68 Songs

Swanboy’s playlist is old school but not the kind of old school people mean when they say “old school”. A much-overdue education. At the old school. music.apple.com/us/playlist/... open.spotify.com/playlist/3tI...

arstechnica.comPhilly suburb: Sure, build that data center—but first meet our 43 demandsThe final condition will shock you! (It won’t. It’s taxes.)...

29 July

This is the blueprint for any municipality that is considering a data center. (V. serious not joking) https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/07/philly-suburb-sure-build-that-data-center-but-first-meet-our-43-demands/

27 July

This is the neatest summary of the “AI/datacenter-pessimist” take on the LLM bubble that I’ve read to date. (The title says “Apple” but it’s barely about them.) www.macrumors.com/2026/07/27/e...

27 July

- The demand for corporate AI is mostly imaginary. - The datacenter buildout has no real customers. - Private-equity-owned pensions are holding the bag for this mess, and a bailout isn’t feasible. (THIS IS BAD) - Oracle is over lol - Apple’s lack of investment is starting to look shrewd.

24 July

my other car is my whole personality

youtu.beCoyote vs. ACME | Final TrailerYouTube video by Coyote vs. Acme

23 July

cracked up at that last Cena bit my homeland of the American Southwest has basically two media properties, Breaking Bad and Roadrunner cartoons. Never would have believed Wile E. Coyote would get his own flick and I couldn't be more excited 🌵 🏜️ /anvil-emoji

Termite Terrace Club@termiteterraceclub.bsky.social

youtu.be/kMsiD1Nky5I?... Final trailer for #CoyotevsACME has dropped. Tickets are on sale now as of 9am with more theater chains joining Regal. #LooneyTunes

Eric “wake me for the eschaton” WVGG reposted

Potempkin Village Idiot

@ixak.bsky.social

18 July

"Unless you're over 60, you weren't promised flying cars. You were promised an oppressive cyberpunk dystopia."

17 July

Carrie Anne Moss spitting in a beer and forcing the audience to imagine drinking a beer that Carrie Anne Moss had spit in was a Moment for many of us

Rob Delaney@robdelaney.bsky.social

My fave Nolan bits/bobs in no order: •Opening sequence w/ plane in Dark Night Rises •Bowie as Tesla in The Prestige •Matt Damon in Interstellar •How much money he got a studio to put into a movie as insane as Tenet •Everything about Dunkirk Can’t wait to see The Odyssey in 70MM this weekend.

wired.comThe Explosive Diarrhea Outbreak Is About to Get Much BiggerOfficial case counts likely capture only a fraction of US cyclosporiasis infections, and the outbreak is likely to get worse before it gets better.

15 July

For the rest of the summer you have official license to go with the fries instead of the side salad.

Katie Drummond@katie-drummond.bsky.social

We’re all going to get diarrhea I guess.