Michael A. Levin

I do not recall Yale having an active Greek scene unless its secret clubs count as a Greek scene.

A Second Tea Breach Reveals Users’ DMs About Abortions and Cheating The more than one million messages obtained by 404 Media are as recent as last week, discuss incredibly sensitive topics, and make it trivial to unmask some anonymous Tea users.

For those who enjoy a half-baked conspiracy theory: Tea is a honey trap operation where the security vulnerabilities were purposely baked in. H/T @daringfireball.bsky.social.

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Did you hear that @sassysmc.bsky.social, @markjpelletier.bsky.social, @aniarynarzewska.bsky.social? We have Academic Sky now. Y'all can come back.

We could be getting one or possibly two new cigar shops. I am not sure if Signature is related to Ash to Ash.

Advocate editors: really like your coverage, even when you cannot call out the governor for making anti-semitic statements. This morning's email blast referred to tariffs as import taxes. That kind of mushmouth English would make a few CEOs proud. Good job.

Lance, just say that you are closing 200 stores because of performance issues and that you are refreshing or remodeling a thousand outlets. Done. Now, go develop more munchy food that your target market craves.

Jack in the Box Unveils New Remodel Program Amid Sales Slump and Store Closures Jack in the Box has plans to shutter roughly 200 restaurants, but it wants to refresh a lot more of them. On Wednesday, the burger giant announced a new “Jack’s Way” operating plan, including a multi-...

I understand that CEOs got to this level because, and not despite, their ability to misuse and abuse the English language. Jack in the Box's CEO Lance Tucker is just another in a long list of mushmouthed English speaking CEO. Still...

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Wright Thompson?

Fraternities could be different. I never felt my social life was diminished because I was in house A instead of house B. Regardless of the letters on my chest or the lack thereof, no woman from Kappa or Pi Phi was going to talk with me beyond pleasantries.

A student who danced recommended this thing that you slide over your toes. It felt wonderful. Between it and the ball exercises, I was back on my bike in about two weeks. I still put the toe spreader on when my feet ache.

It is as if a group of private citizens, and not actual government employees, broke into the U.S. government's computers, stole sensitive information, and then sold it to our enemies. As if.

JFC. Every person knows OH. IO. They teach in the preschools. It is mandatory. I have never seen a populace so proud that they can spell their state. In public. In unison. And gen AI cannot replicate this simple task. Must be a❌ichigan gen AI package.

Nah. We are here because 31% of the voting population said, More Nazis! About 40% said we do not care between freedom and Nazis.

Jim Irsay did all the good drugs, drank all the good liquor with young women, and said Dan Snyder needed to fuck off. For that alone, he is aces in my book. If he put a bidet in the outhouse, that’s his prerogative.

Taylor Swift & Travis Kelce spotted house-hunting in Ohio According to multiple sources, including Page Six and New York Magazine, a famous duo could be settling in right here in Ohio. Taylor Swift & Travis Kelce reportedly toured two extravagant homes that…

Travis and Taylor: I know a super cute Cape Cod that will hit the market. The neighborhood is tranquil and close-knit. Y'all will enjoy it. DM if you want to see it.

I exchanged some emails with a former Apple sales rep for federal contracts who ran a blog about the experience. Applepeals? Yikes. It sounded like fighting with both hands tied behind your back, and then management blindfolding you for giggles and grins. Should have been a cash cow.

Same. We were locked into supporting the Macs, which made my job at the time safe. Boss told me after I left that he finally dumped the Macs when the organization went entirely with Dell or Gateway.

Apple completely screwed the pooch on B2G sales. Constantly refused to support them. No product road map. No update schedules.

IIR, the VP of Human Resources, took over for him, and the store experience went from Cartier to nearly Claire's level overnight.

All of it was proprietary, which forced you to buy replacement parts at inflated prices compared to open architecture parts. A boss wanted to fire the Macs into the sun because of the total cost of ownership. And Mac OS 8 was such dogshit.

Agreed. He was in the right spot at the right time. I do not think he will leave his successor much to work with because it has been one incremental innovation after another with no "Wow" product. I would not rehire Ron Johnson to run the show, but I would ask for his opinion.

I feel you. I made an even worse decision. I passed on it at $11, $18, and $22. I bought Microsoft instead, as Steve Ballmer took over and proved he knew only one thing in life–Bill Gates. I am a horrible stock picker.

I successfully did it at 17 but never since.

He still thought he was running Pepsi.

Sulley and Spindler (his successor) were in over their heads. Yes, Jobs was a prick. No, I would never want to work for him. He rescued the company, though, and put it on a path that Tim Cook so far has not messed up.

Their backs were up against it by that point. Apple had run out of money to the point CEO Gil Amelio had nothing to work with. The stock sagged to about $11 in Q2 1997, IIRC. A rumor I heard was that Jobs sold a huge chunk of stock, which caused the slide that led to Amelio's ouster.