← Feed

Posts

• View post

  "AI is a power tool, and like any power tool it’s dangerous if you’re careless with it. You can be the guy who warned everyone that a table saw can cut your fingers off and still lose a finger one day.…" — Don’t Write With AI, Say People Who Write With AI [Will Oremus / The Atlantic] https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/2026/10/meet-the-ai-writing-hypocrites/688872/?gift=_aFBI00lj0Z6Gzv9uVJeWJcbrvua3gxoRjDudYMrunE&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share

• View post

  Gerbil. Journalist Allen Salkin’s multipart investigative podcast about that rumor about Richard Gere. “A deep dive into Hollywood’s most infamous rumor — and what it reveals about celebrity, gossip, power, the internet and our own brains.” I’m not sure about this podcast but I enjoyed the first episode and Salkin’s interview on Dan Savage’s podcast so I’ll stick with it for at least one more episode and see where it goes. https://www.allensalkin.com/gerbil

• View post

• View post

• View post

• View post

• View post

• View post

• View post

  County With 37 Data Centers Asks Schools to ‘Conserve Electricity’ https://www.404media.co/henrico-virginia-datacenter-energy-cost-email/

• View post

  RE: https://social.growyourown.services/@FediTips/116851816985011989 "If you spot an account you think might be AI-generated, click ⋯ on one of the account's posts and select "report". Remember to give your reason for reporting, so that the admin knows what to look for." This seems like a bad idea. People on social media are bad at spotting AI. Too many false positives. I know this because I have twice been accused of being AI for my social media posts, so I anticipat...

• View post

  I want to improve my timeline. Suggest accounts and starter packs for me to follow.

• View post

  @overcastfm@mastodon.social I like the episode images. Before they were implemented I didn't think I'd care but now that I have them I like them.

• View post

  Bobby Brainworms says babies live inside women’s placentas, which is not how women’s bodies work, and that he’s going to assign someone to prove that acetaminophen causes autism, which is not how science works. https://www.jezebel.com/rfk-jr-confirms-he-knows-nothing-about-female-anatomy-in-embarrassing-rant?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

• View post

• View post

  🤖 Mitch’s newsletter 5.8.2026: https://newsletter.mitchwagner.com/2026/05/08/mitchs-newsletter.html

• View post

  Lines, Ranked — McSweeney’s https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/lines-ranked

• View post

  Meanwhile, Zohran Is Just Getting Things Done. https://www.currentaffairs.org/news/meanwhile-zohran-is-just-getting-things-done

• View post

  The Venture-Capital Populist. How David Sacks and the new tech right went full MAGA and captured Washington. https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/2026/06/david-sacks-crypto-ai-venture-capital/686941/?gift=_aFBI00lj0Z6Gzv9uVJeWMN2FE3oMtLnbRLGiOEL2WI&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share

• View post

  My old friend Dr. Marc Gorelick, who is a respected elder statesman of pediatric medicine, writes about the skewed incentives in medical care that make a hair transplant more valuable than resuscitating a newborn infant. https://startingwithcurious.com/2026/04/23/the-value-of-work/ According to the metrics used by the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services and the American Medical Association, the hair transplant is 31-84% more valuable than resuscitating a newborn. Marc mentions circumci...

• View post

• View post

  We shouldn’t use AI to replace doctors. We should use it to replace patients https://val.demar.in/2026/04/a-rash-conclusion/

• View post

  The Other Reasons Why Podcasting is Hot — Doc Searls https://doc.searls.com/2026/04/24/the-other-reasons-why-podcasting-is-hot/

• View post

  The Iran war is reducing demand for fossil fuels and driving the world toward renewables for everybody but the US, writes Rebecca Solnit. "This is how the attack by one petro-state (ours) on another (Iran's) may be turning out to be very bad for petroleum, because the only thing history loves more than a surprise party is irony." https://www.meditationsinanemergency.com/truth-consequences-climate-and-demand-destruction/ Via @pluralistic — Thanks! https://pluralistic...

• View post

  "I was on a call with investors who asked why there are so many protests about data centers. I told them something they didn't want to hear. The public looks at what hyperscalers are doing and sees this: tech gets rich; you pay more for water and electricity; your kids may not have jobs. And you're surprised that 85% of the public doesn't like that deal? They're not wrong." https://www.fierce-network.com/broadband/america-used-build-future-blair...

• View post

  An explanation of why the buns are askew on Japanese McDonald’s ads. This takes a turn at the end. https://www.reddit.com/r/BrandNewSentence/comments/1so9wf1/comment/ogrko74/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1

• View post

  My employer is being acquired! https://investor.emeraldx.com/news-releases/News-Details/2026/Apollo-Funds-to-Acquire-Emerald-and-Questex-to-Create-Leading-North-American-B2B-Events-Platform/default.aspx

• View post

  Typing Is Being Replaced by Whispering—and It’s Way More Annoying. Workspaces are starting to resemble high-end call centers, only these employees are talking to AI. “It’s just a little awkward.” By Kate Clark at the Wall Street Journal. https://www.wsj.com/tech/typing-is-being-replaced-by-whisperingand-its-way-more-annoying-a804fee7?st=PhWFbK&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink

• View post

  I don't use dictation on my desktop. I have spent a lot of time typing every day for my entire adult life and much of my teens. I am as comfortable typing as I am speaking — maybe more comfortable. But that's only when I have a full-size keyboard and a flat surface to put it on. On my iPhone, I dictate, rather than type, half the time or more. I use Siri for that; I haven't tried any other voice-to-text apps. In the 1970s, writer John Varley wrote a series of science...

• View post

• View post

  Name your top 15 TV shows ever, gut instincts only: Deadwood Star Trek:TOS The Odd Couple The Mary Tyler Moore Show MASH Hill Street Blues ER The Pitt Doctor Who Bob Newhart Show Buffy the Vampire Slayer Angel Firefly The Sopranos Mad Men This list is biased toward shows I loved when I was a child, teen and early 20s because shows hit harder then. It sucks about Joss doesn’t it?