Mike Laughton

I don’t think he believes most of what he says, but his hatred toward constituents feels honest.

I left my phone at home when I got my oil changed on Saturday. So I watched Jiffy Lube TV for 15 minutes straight. Like a psychopath.

It's amazing to me that I haven't seen "Raid Over Moscow" mentioned yet. In my pre-teen mind, that was the premier title for the whole platform.

It's heartbreaking to watch a US president get manipulated in realtime. It's bad enough that he's never the smartest person in the room, but what makes it truly dangerous is that he thinks the opposite is true.

Attention Bluesky: For my feed please amplify the most reasonable opinions. Even boring is okay if it's thoughtful. Thank you.

Plutonium

Plutonium

xkcd.com/2115/

I know it's a stupid rename but I can't really blame companies for accepting changes that come from official government sources. I wholeheartedly blame the people who voted for this insanity in the first place though. Now just waiting for the un-rename on day 1 of the next non-MAGA administration.

I remember when "Freedom Fries" were the dumbest rename to come out of Washington. Simpler times.

Almost... it's "walked 10 miles to school /barefoot in the snow/ uphill both ways." :) Thanks for posting the CD pic though -- made me smile.

It's like the old saying: "Never underestimate the bandwidth of a station wagon full of tapes hurtling down the highway."

Hold my beer.

Questions are 1) Could it be developed externally (bsky's openness might help?), and 2) Is there a business model that offsets the costs? e.g., Does it filter out the dopamine-fueled toxicity that makes social media popular in the first place? @mcuban.bsky.social perspective would be interesting.

Imagine AI that ranks all posts along axes of human interaction, enabling users to fully control their feed. e.g., "Only show posts with >40% good-faith and <10% tribalism". This would change social media, making that platform enjoyable for all users (even those who thrive on negativity).

Fact. Dunning-Kruger effect.

My computer monitor has a simple 4-step process to turn it off:

1. Press the power button to wake it up.
2. Press it again to see if it's awake (it's not).
3. Press it again (still no).
4. Press it again to turn it off.

The world really needs a universal "Whoops, sorry" gesture. The problem is that any gesture looks aggressive to someone who doesn't recognize it yet.

Agreed, it gets a bit nuanced on the opinion side. But even there, an opinion piece on why billionaires shouldn't get a tax break loses credibility if it resorts to using "billionaires are evil" and "only motivated by greed" tropes. Opinion w/out tribalism sets a high bar, but is a worthy goal.

I'm curious about why this is such a bad idea. If journalists know their work will be measured for bias then they'll hone it with that lens before submitting it.

If your concern is that it's an impossible task to implement correctly then that's a fair point, but is the goal itself bad?

For some questions, any answer is a lie.

I think it's kind of cute that Bluesky only shows me posts about vintage computer hardware. Do I care about vintage computer hardware? Not at all. But somehow I find it to be more innocent than annoying. I want to uninstall X from my phone, and I'm almost (but not quite) there.