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Seeing ppl circulate projects whose NEH grants were canceled by DOGE reaffirms my argument about AI as a permission structure. Some grants were canceled w/o a “no” from the generated summary. DOGE had a mandate to slash humanities funding & AI gave them the veneer of a rationale for their actions.

I don't think anyone really enjoys the mechanics of the time change and losing the hour but my fucked up sleep/wake cycle means I'm always awake for it and it's just rude that way

Nasal Stephanie Hawking really said "detauntion"

You could go back in time 20,000 years and show this to a guy and he'd be like yep and point to his ur-dog and show you how he also likes to give it things to crunch

I am really good at making soup, you guys

We gotta get Rick Steves to get a little mean and then we'll be back on the right path

It's widely known that autocorrect has gotten bad lately, this is not news. What really bothers me though is how it's correcting correctly spelled but perhaps more obscure words into better-known but wrong words. Sorry you think there's no way I could really mean "potable", Google, but in fact I do.

The hose thing specifically is so weird to me. It's a treated, potable water source! "It's symbolic of not being cared for" No, it was symbolic of running around outside and not wanting to go back inside for a drink of water!

this makes me wonder: do people like "ai" or do they just like the idea of having a low-stakes conversation with someone for whom it is impossible to judge you with no expectations or strings attached. or reworded, is the popularity of conversational AI just a symptom of social atomization?

Another bee interview I did. LOL

In 1971, the LA Dept. of Airports still had high hopes that an international airport would be built in Palmdale.

This promo is like something out of The Simpsons. Left to right, you have busy LAX, then Ontario, then regional Van Nuys, then bare-ass tumbleweed desert in Palmdale.

thank you computer. you are stupid

i think that one of the things that nobody in the mainstream talks about (yes i know we complain about it on here all the time if you think this is the mainstream oh boy) is how successfully politicians have divested themselves of any responsibility for anything at all

Steve: did u guys get a good pic of me
Dave: ya dont worry
Steve: which pic did u use
Mark: dont worry about it

The replies to that post are horrible fyi (including my own I'm sure). Someone is mad at the entire period of baroque music

I had to read the Terry Brooks novel "Magic Kingdom for Sale" in high school and I remember hating it so much that I couldn't even articulate why, it was like it was on a molecular level. I had a similar reaction to "The Hobbit". I wanted to get into a fist fight with these books.

I don't pretend to know what makes a worthy steakhouse but I have to be honest, I ate at a Texas Roadhouse in Kansas at random a couple years ago and it was hopping and actually pretty good

I think I'm even more confused by the heat map of Iran being Joplin, Missouri

I think we're in a phase of late-dx that didn't exist for previous generations and isn't going to exist (at this degree, at least) for future ones. People won't be playing catch up in 20 years the way we have been.

I'm interested to see how this debate changes over time, bc I really don't think we're dealing with "adult autism" vs "kid autism", it's criteria, societal awareness and understanding, etc., changing. Getting dx'd as an adult now or a kid in 20 years isn't about the autism, it's about the times.

Dudes. Fucking. Rock.

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Not going to mute "Graham" because you never know when someone might start a conversation about

Muted words: Platner and Graham Platner

Had to do it, guys

This War Will Destabilize The Entire Mideast Region And Set Off A Global Shockwave Of Anti-Americanism vs. No It Won’t George W. Bush may think that a war against Iraq is the solution to our problems, but the reality is, it will only serve to create far more.

This War Will Destabilize The Entire Mideast Region And Set Off A Global Shockwave Of Anti-Americanism vs. No It Won’t

We had some of those guys in my neighborhood in Berkeley, just hanging out on the phone poles and being goofy while the pigeons looked very unimpressed

I really like when perfectly coiffed Instagram Mar-a-Lago FOX News hair gets combined with the dumpiest clothing you've ever seen. Lady wanted to be comfy (no problem) but she's still yoked to that damn hair...

I think I still have residual CA gas brain because even now, years after I moved away, I'll see premium for $4.25, which is high for around here, and get excited about it

Nature's perfect head cold food too. It's one of the few things that tastes the same even when you're all stuffed up