Andy W

So incredibly well deserved - I couldn’t have asked for a better mentor & academic advisor.

a group of brewers baseball players standing in the dugout Alt: a group of brewers baseball players standing in the dugout

BREWERS!!!

famously, people that spend $40b of their and friends’ assets to contractually buy a company w/o due diligence but then spend months pissing themselves in a manic tantrum to get out of it and only close days before their deposition & trial, totally did all that because they’re philosophical martyrs

Political robotexts

“We're sorry for sending such a graphic picture“

????

Spam political texts

Political robotexts and their consequences have been a disaster for the human race.

Looks like a second significant aftershock to this morning’s M 4.3 earthquake in Berkeley

It gives them chance to consolidate more stations w/ FCC rules loosening & admin is happy with their behavior. They can then shift identity from "local station owner" to "nationally recognized news + content brand”

eg. Instead of Kimmel on your local station, you'll get Sinclair News Tonight

From a regulatory perspective, it's heading the other direction... Nexstar & TEGNA have a Sept. 30th deadline to file US antitrust & FCC paperwork for their merger. For the deal to go through, the FCC will have to change a number of rules around broadcast mergers.

Modern streaming broadcast model:

Studio (production company) ⤵️
National Network (ABC, NBC, etc.) ⤵️
Streaming Platform (Disney+, Hulu, Paramount+, etc.) ⤵️
Internet Distributor (Comcast, Charter, AT&T, etc.) ⤵️
Consumer

Sinclair calling bluff on ABC. A high risk bet given affiliate is easiest for consumers to replace in traditional broadcast model:

Studio (production company) ⤵️
National Network (ABC, NBC, etc.) ⤵️
Local Affiliate Station (Nexstar, Sinclair, etc.) ⤵️
Distributor (cable, satellite, antenna) ⤵️
Consumer

M 4.6 - 2 km ESE of Berkeley, CA Link: https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/nc75240492

LinkedIn clickbait slop post with nonsensical chart of essential and non essential skills

Nobody:
Absolutely no one:
LinkedIn: Reading, writing, math, and programming are no longer essential skills. AI, big data, and flexibility are essential.

*taps the sign*

a baby wearing a green bay packers jersey Alt: a baby wearing a green bay packers jersey

go pack go

Biden Declassifies Secret FBI Report Detailing Saudi Nationals' Connections To 9/11 The families of 9/11 victims say the FBI document validates their claim that Saudi Arabia played a role in the attacks.

www.npr.org/2021/09/12/1...

24 years

no.

Unemployment Rate - Bachelor's Degree and Higher, 25 Yrs. & over Unemployment Rate - Bachelor's Degree and Higher, 25 Yrs. & over

Source: fred.stlouisfed.org/series/LNS14...

Unemployment for college graduates 25+ years old has been steadily rising since early 2023 (shortly after release of ChatGPT). This is the first ever time since this data was first reported (1992) that this cohort saw an upward trend without a recession & the longest time of an upward trend.

AI models are powerful pattern recognizers, but they are not anywhere close to general human-level intelligence and creativity across all domains

Don’t worry Bears fans, there’s always next year

Disinformation about Disinformation — Most People Don’t Want to Believe Propaganda Works Houston, we have a problem. Most people in the U.S. don’t believe in one of the most powerful forces in our culture — disinformation. At…

“…research shows that repeating lies typically causes humans to believe them. It’s normal human thinking. It doesn’t mean that the conned person is stupid, crazy, irresponsible or that the person needs to believe lies. This is called the Illusory Truth Effect.”

upine.medium.com/disinformati...

Football is back. Bills with one of the great SNF games.

some movement around Pleasanton today

*taps the sign*

a green bay packers logo is shown on a yellow background ALT: a green bay packers logo is shown on a yellow background

the 2025 packers are an elite football club

after a summer in Midwest and rural Wisconsin, the lack of social contract in coastal hubs is really striking

Yes, Elon Musk’s Brother Is on the Burning Man Board of Directors Burning Man has added Elon Musk’s younger brother Kimbal Musk to its board of directors, stoking concern among Burners about connections between the annual desert event and the new Republican tech oli...

but also, concerning