Troy

If you actually wanted to write about Starbucks destroying social bonds it’s years long union busting efforts were right there

Idk, it could have bolded subheadings

I don’t but the ones I’ll always do is the post customer service phone call bc people actually answering phones are doing the lords work and not getting paid

My partner Katie is a sociopath about surveys and will legit answer the phone on an unknown number hoping it’s a survey

Needed more carbs. Potato vodka and I bet he’d have been fine

::Peter Thiel has entered the chat::

Broke: Lucy pulls the football from Charlie Brown

Woke: Lucy pulls Charlie Brown from the football

I enjoyed it but think it really shines on insanity mode—grave parts lot more layout, aggro radius, and stalker manipulations that you have no reason to notice on normal (tho I’m only to grace basement)

Leon more frustratingly tough but also much more strategic w parry and mob management

Fascinating!

Wu li xiang sign

While I’m at it have you covered this (I’ve been gone for a week) replacing ramen shop next to central sq Toscanini?)

ig post saying same

@marchurboston.bsky.social third time soft open in kendall!

The best thing I can say about either is that they’ll canbibalize each others primary voters

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I grew up pre-widespread understanding of Gender. lot of folks insisted I was a gay guy & just didn’t know it (some derisive, others hopeful)

A. It sucked

B. It did not cause me questions about my sexuality!

C. Maybe author should introspect on why he thinks he would’ve questioned his gender??

claudine gay

calling gaza protests 'antisemitism on campus' in a vertical on homepage

trans coverage

the list goes on

miss me with that 'sometimes' shit

Me bombing: ha! Fuck yes! Is there any theory more discredited than blowback?

Me being bombed: well this fucking sucks. What the [boom]

“they were too early” imo overplays extent to which it was an “adoption” problem and underplays the decade/s of further tech and infrastructure development that made all those examples much, much more desirable to adopt. Maybe AI gets there for similar reason but don’t think it’s about psychology

Real microcosm of AI (family trip this week), despite a rule of no AI at dinner table:

1. Family sees a neon sign in distance no one can make out

2. Dad feeds a pic of sign to AI to “enhance” and 3 models give dif answers

3. We ask waiter about sign, she immediately knew, all models were wrong

If a journalist supports trans rights, then the nyt denigrates you as an activist. If you advocate for white nationalism, nyt will happily brand you a journalist.

“AI must be incorporated into education now” folks and “AI will be unrecognizable in two years” folks venn diagram a beautiful perfect circle experiencing 0 cognitive dissonance

You’re on Bluesky so that all tracks

Still want us to at least run a trial on doing a prize system instead of patents in some fields!

Ninja turtles logo Janet Jackson rhythm nation

It’s a real bind that every pundit should have to teach middle school for one semester to develop a thick skin but no middle schooler should be forced to listen to almost any pundit for five hours a week

I really enjoyed this for

A. A perfect use of the community meme

B. A very forthright/earnest appraisal of not having left already (and admittedly you are one of 3 ppl tops I still had a Substack account for!)

Troy and Katie mugging at the cam looking silly

Tfw your flight at 2 was canceled for rando crew issue and now you’re playing chicken w the weather on your rebooking…and at the airport bar in the meanwhile

lol can’t argue with that!

One can hope, but the consistent refrain I’ve read from folks was that the court would always do this bc it’s good for the economy (and accordingly is doing what it can to boost gop electoral chances)

That sun was POWERFUL. I was down to a sleeveless vest just trying to walk from Cambridge to downtown.

Aside, per vibe check and your love of rocks—have you checked out the scholar’s rock exhibit at the Harvard art museum in their Asian division? Good rocks.

What next you turn on Steven Pinker?

A great listen. Something I did come away thinking listening to the Mamdani vs rfk headlines: the pundit drive to nuance, contrarianism, and savviness all disappear when attacking folks to their left, everyone suddenly happy to bandwagon, which says a lot about what’s actually animating those folks