Jonathan Tisdall

I wonder if people are paying attention to how much their doom scrolling is cutting into time they used to use to read books

...I'm having trouble thinking about the drawbacks of Fridays...

"I am loving this book, I have genuinely laughed out loud when reading this book, which is a big achievement by the writer as I am mostly miserable."

F*** that nice write-up I got in the Guardian. This is my all-time favourite review of one of my books.

I woke up and thought of some of the people who created so much nastiness around Monkey Cage - rich people living luxury lives who found time to be committed to increasing the hate in the world - and I thought how many of them there are as we watch this century’s celebrations of cruelty

All fun and games until Björk mobilizes Icelandic elves to protect Greenland

Man, I need to start constantly hanging around Fark again...

“She will continue praying to the Shrek figure, citing their established relationship and noting that the ogre had answered as many prayers as any other household deity, statistically speaking.”

Even in Captain Planet the writers room would be like ok tone it back

The first time Charlie Chaplin spoke onscreen, he implored the people of the world to resist the rising tide of fascism.

Nearly 90 years later, it remains a timely message.

It's interesting that, with their algorithms, the tech bros who design the most reprehensible parts of social media make a mirror of the shit that's destroying society. "Only big posts matter/get seen" is another version of "the obscenely wealthy get more obscenely wealthy and fuck all else matters"

A photograph of a beautiful creature, or an increasingly rotund psychopath who spends all day eating cream and rats? The jury is out.

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Gregory Bovino is exactly who E.B. White — author of 'Charlotte's Web' — warned us about DHS named its North Carolina anti-immigrant effort "Operation Charlotte's Web." In 1940, White wrote of the "smell" that "rises" from those who "adjust to fascism" over freedom.

Here for your coffee break already?

Check out this longer form essay 👇
“To use a book authored by E.B. White as your name is an offense to history. White was a leading voice for American democracy & freedom & against fascism & tyranny."

Great piece—esp. White’s poetically fierce support of freedom

Yes, Keymer has started to fascinate me, his games have become so chaotic, very interesting to watch.

He's such a tremendous fighter and entertainer, and more well rounded a player than most notice. He seems to be nearly cursed at the threshold though.

I've known him for ages, so all these near misses for the Candidates really hurt

Yeah, but I really weep for good old Arjun...

But we should always complain about what a mess it is...

I might try 26. I'll never give it up completely either.

Ha! So well put. Actually, I now do most of my work in SCID...

Saw a vanishing post about install time, and had to say that I recently updated a major database and ChessBase narrowly beat its predicted 50 hours of processing...

SECURITY QUESTION: What was the last name of your first grade teacher?

MY FIRST GRADE TEACHER HACKING MY BANK ACCOUNT: I'm in

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Ridiculous situation. A man who has spent the last thirty years being one of the most inventive, prolific and funniest stand-ups out there. You should make a beeline for this, I'd say.

A Fish Falls From the Sky and Sparks a Brush Fire in British Columbia

For a medieval monastic chronicler, a headline to die for

Post from "The Rundown" July 18 at 5:30 PM · DuckDuckGo has introduced a new feature allowing users to filter out AI-generated images from search results, addressing growing concerns over synthetic content overwhelming authentic visuals online. The filter can be activated through a dropdown in the Images tab, search settings, or by using a dedicated AI-free domain: noai.duckduckgo.com. The system relies on curated blocklists, including uBlockOrigin’s Huge AI Blocklist, to detect and suppress AI-generated imagery. While not perfect, it significantly reduces synthetic content visibility. This move sets DuckDuckGo apart from competitors like Google and Bing by giving users direct control over their exposure to AI-generated material. Source: TechCrunch

DuckDuckGo has added a feature to filter out AI images from search results.

It's funny how we say "a bug hit my windshield" when we are the ones going 70mph. I'll bet the bug's family describes it differently.

... I have decided to seek out the Burryman this year...

I think I'd probably find the whole notion of banning kids from social media easier to swallow if adults accepted that it is also obviously driving them mad.