What Did Mark Say?

I read The Martian this past month by Andy Weir. Being there is starting to look more attractive by the day.

Our agreement with the Department of War Details on OpenAI’s contract with the Department of War, outlining safety red lines, legal protections, and how AI systems will be deployed in classified environments.

If you believe OpenAI or the US government currently, I have a bridge to sell. openai.com/index/our-ag...

Proud of you.

Cards Against Humanity Gives You Your Fucking Money Back We're giving 100% of our tariff refund back to our customers.

I’ve never played this game but I already love this company. And that domain.
www.getyourfuckingmoneyback.com

Papa Johns will close 300 restaurants As part of its transformation, the chain will close units that are over 10 years old with AUVs under $600,000 and has already cut 7% of its corporate staff.

Unsurprising. Papa John’s - the home of the $32 medium pizza. www.restaurantdive.com/news/papa-jo...

Every picture I see of Jack Dorsey looks like he’s waiting on his parole board hearing.

jack on X: "we're making @blocks smaller today. here's my note to the company. #### today we're making one of the hardest decisions in the history of our company: we're reducing our organization by nearly half, from over 10,000 people to just under 6,000. that means over 4,000 of you are" / X we're making @blocks smaller today. here's my note to the company. #### today we're making one of the hardest decisions in the history of our company: we're reducing our organization by nearly half, from over 10,000 people to just under 6,000. that means over 4,000 of you are

The former head of Twitter axes half his employees because the company is doing great, in his own words. He also has no working Shift key. x.com/jack/status/...

Think it’s fixed now.

While I certainly see the problem with Paramount buying WB, I also don’t watch virtually any of the channels that they would own. Cable TV is declining YOY.

Let them fight over the deck chairs on the Titanic.

I’d be honored to be included. I run a small tech opinion blog at whatdidmarksay.com, and love what you do. Inspired me honestly.

If it isn’t overabundant AI slop, my YouTube feed is now devolved into some older fellow reading a H.G. Wells novel in front of his pantry at the top of the page.

Especially appreciate the extreme close ups of his head when he leans forward into the camera.

War of the Worlds deserves better.

What's great for a snack, and fits on your back?
It's log, log, log

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Haven’t posted this lately. But if you like my blog and what I do, please do. ko-fi.com/whatdidmarksay

I prefer the nonexistent style of Alexa in my life.

Entirely skipped the State of the Union tonight. I have enough works of fiction that I can enjoy.

I have no desire to ever own a folding phone, so that would suit me.

I find it rich these companies are suing the US for full refunds on the tariffs when they passed all of them onto their customers.

That’s my money.

Candice Millard can tell a story about as perfectly as one could ask. I’m barely into it, and got me hooked in the first 40 pages. #Booksky 💙📚

Perhaps it’s because they found out you write for the Free Press.

PayPal Confirms Data Breach — Money Stolen, Passwords Reset PayPal has confirmed a breach that exposed personal information to a hacker. Are you affected? What data was exposed?

When they won’t tell you how many, that could be a red flag. www.forbes.com/sites/daveyw...

Slowly withdrawing from Discord to Signal. Moving friends with me is a lot easier than I assumed, given one or two’s overwhelming sloth-like qualities.

In other news, South Korea and England are giving me hope. Maybe a fair amount of jealousy too.

After buying the new AirTags, I hope version 3 comes with rechargeable batteries rather than the CR2032. I mean the Apple Watch charger is right there.

Google's Pixel 10a arrives on March 5 for $499 with specs and design of yesteryear Google's new budget phone is here, but don't expect a big upgrade.

Nothing here jumps out at me. Seems like a prepaid phone. arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026...

Microsoft AI chief confirms plan to ditch OpenAI Microsoft AI lead Mustafa Suleyman suggests that the big tech firm is moving away from OpenAI reliance, as the latter's financials look increasingly dire.

In the words of Team Rocket: Prepare for trouble and make it double! OpenAI is circling the drain. www.windowscentral.com/artificial-i...

a close up of a frog wearing a veil and makeup . ALT: a close up of a frog wearing a veil and makeup .

What first came to mind.

If Discord had hair, it’d be on fire.

Dat Cord, Not Discord featuring an oversized image that amused me to no end. The latest from my blog.
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Scrolling through all 12 seasons of Big Bang Theory to find what episode I want, I could do without.

Dear Apple TV,

I would love it if you separated all your purchasable shows by season instead of just a few. And if it is just a few, can it be more of the ones I buy?

Thanks.