Will Slack

I’m getting more and more of these too. It’s depressing.

Liars and cheats convince themselves that everyone else must be doing the same, depending on us not holding them to higher expectations. Don't let those people create a world that expects and gives a pass to bad behavior.

My thoughts are with the victims of today's UPS plane crash, but they are also with the NTSB investigators who, tomorrow, will dig through half a mile of toxic debris to find the black boxes, all without being paid. Godspeed to them as well.

after 2 doubles and 2 HR, seems like a reasonable choice

YouTube video by Flynonymous WX 1547Z pass through Hurricane Melissa on 27 October

www.youtube.com/watch?v=xEYe...

Wow.

Collapse implies a binary status (uncollapsed or collapsed) - its not just what's felt that's on a gradient - there's no one universal status. But yes, we may not be talking about the same thing.

The recipients likely have as much or more forever chemicals already, so to me its replacing like with like - I still giving is still altruistic.

It's more like a side benefit from generating more blood in your own body.

By that logic there are places in the world that have never built, and ruins abounded a few generations ago. It's not a binary.

Here’s another reason to donate blood: it reduces ‘forever chemicals’ in your body | Adrienne Matei While the $4tn global wellness industry bends over backwards to sell us dubious detox products, there is an accessible, easy, and free way to genuinely rid our bloodstreams of toxins

Another reason to give blood: reduce the level of forever chemicals in your blood while saving others' lives! www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

I don't think the SUV boom of the 90s was marketing driven. Companies did not expect or model so much demand for those vehicles.

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that harvey interview was....wow. jon mut be in so much pain, but so proud of them.

YouTube video by Backyard Ultra Channel BACKYARD ULTRA INDIVIDUAL WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP 2025 - H82

Happening right now: day 4 of Big's Backyard Ultramarathon, where people run 100 miles every 24 hours, with a lap starting every hour on the hour. Amazing feat of human achievement: www.youtube.com/watch?v=IkAe...

All these people avoiding m-dashes because “AI uses them” simply means that there’s more for me!

Likewise for me was my hometown team winning a track meet we didn't expect to take by a single point. The bus ride home where everyone knew that their individual result helped secure the win was just the most amazing vibe and I know someone else's sports won't achieve that for me - and that's ok.

There’s a lot of actual news in the world. I find it despicable that the top story in my email from an influential media outlet tonight is about fundraising totals.

BACKYARD ULTRA INDIVIDUAL WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP 2025 YouTube video by Backyard Ultra Channel

Planning to watch a lot of this over the next few days: it’s amazing what willpower can do for people. www.youtube.com/live/kx7SO0v...

(They are all running 2 and some miles every hour on the hour until only one is left)

The last Randian will die of starvation at Galt's Gulch.

Given your experiences, do you have any takes for people with friends/family with strongly held opposite beliefs and how to best be in relationship with them when they bring those topics up?

YouTube video by Technology Connections Algorithms are breaking how we think

Great video essay on how recommendation algorithms are changing how we use the internet: www.youtube.com/watch?v=QEJp...

This is a REALLY good video that gets into the *specifics* of how AI is degrading our information environment and putting truth further out of reach for the average person / the population as a whole

US gov't admits F-35 is a failure With some wonky, hard to decipher language, a recent GAO report concluded the beleaguered jet will never meet expectations

The rot isn't all recent. "When you try to build a single jet to meet the multi-role needs of at least 15 separate militaries, while also being a global jobs program and political patronage scheme, you get a $2 trillion albatross." responsiblestatecraft.org/f-35-failure/

Fun thread of airport observations about human behavior.

AI has actually impactful uses, but the news stories aren't talking about those. Clickbait and usefulness are orthogonal.

The Login.gov Anti-Fraud team is hiring: www.usajobs.gov/Search/Resul...

Congrats Admiral, and thank you for releasing your translation publicly!

Looked at my data collections for state-backed activity. If the report were a picture:

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The Toxic Avenger is clearing medical debt as marketing for the movie.

Called it guard.io/labs/scamlex...

Grateful tonight for officer David Rose, so sorry for his wife and children, and thankful for everyone who runs into fire if that moment should come.

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Last week I gave a talk at a Center for Civic Futures conference called "What You Need To Know Now about AI." I wrote it down after the fact as is my custom and will post some version of it somewhere eventually. But for now, a tangential thing I realized after talking to people there: The blockchain feeding frenzy shows us a possible future for "AI." The fundamental dumbness of blockchain (incredibly slow, expensive, riddled with scams) was never overcome. No one is seriously even trying anymore. Because it didn't matter. Blockchain created a smoke cloud that allowed finance bros to do what they want to do anyway, which is evade 150 years of market regulation and go back to wildcat banks. That's its actual purpose, and it's up and running. You could have created exactly the same industry if enough podcasters and QVC-quality youtubers and internet clowns suddenly started promoting magic beans or Disney dollars or Monopoly money. Likewise, "AI" doesn't have to even work on its own terms, let alone solve any actual problem, for it to kick up a smoke cloud that allows the titans of industry to implement the workforce and product enshittification they want to do anyway. That's its actual purpose, and it's up and running. All of the technical criticisms that people like me have can be correct, and not matter. The purpose of a system is what it does.

Some commentary I found smart: www.linkedin.com/posts/mikeyd...