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I saw somebody on TikTok using the word 'slopper' as a slur for people who use ChatGPT, and that's a thing we should start doing.

What Would a Real Friendship With A.I. Look Like? Maybe Like Hers.

One thing we’re going to see a *lot* of: Pieces that appear to explore an intellectually provocative question inspired by AI, but that assume a premise (in this case “friendship with a chatbot is possible”) that’s a) nonsensical and b) perfectly aligned with the aims of AI marketing

there are so many great things about generative AI! here are some of my favorites <3

I find it incredibly sad that conservatives on the east coast have needlessly politicized cycling and cycling infrastructure.

In Victoria, we take an evidenced-based approach. Our 45 km of protected bike lanes have

✅ Doubled the % of cyclists
✅ Reduced congestion
✅ Reduced serious accidents by 37%

Years ago, I made a tester account for this kind of thing. It is following only @NBA and nothing else. It has never posted or interacted with a single tweet.

I just logged on to it. Here’s what the algorithm showed me as I scrolled for 30 seconds.

this is such a good representation of American Christianity

memorize & internalize this important social media history. then, do a kickflip

I have a serious question for an article I am writing.

It's about this particular issue of this particular book.

If you were around to buy this when it came out, or if it affected you in some way later, I would love to hear your SHORT thoughts on it.

1/

Earlier this semester, an NYU professor told me how he had Al-proofed his assignments, only to have the students complain that the work was too hard. When he told them those were standard assignments, just worded so current Al would fail to answer them, they said he was interfering with their "learning styles." A student asked for an extension, on the grounds that ChatGPT was down the day the assignment was due. Another said, about work on a problem set, "You're asking me to go from point A to point B, why wouldn't I use a car to get there?" And another, when asked about their largely Al-written work, replied, "Everyone is doing it." Those are stories from a 15-minute conversation with a single professor.

Absolutely cooked.

The recent court documents showed that Google's internal testing demonstrated that significantly worse search results would not harm their business operations. This apparent immunity to quality concerns stems from the company's dominant market position, which the recent federal court ruling addressed. "Since Google doesn't have any real competition, it can make the best information hard to find, forcing users to stay on Google for longer and interact with more ads," Papadimitriou said. "This is dangerous for consumers, most of whom think the best results appear first." The strategy appears to be working from a business perspective. The study suggests that poor organic search results actually benefit Google's bottom line in two ways: they make paid advertisements more valuable to users seeking accurate information, and they force users to refine their searches multiple times, exposing them to more advertising in the process.

For everyone who was like “Google search is getting worse,” we were absolutely right.

News Is Blocked on Meta’s Feeds in Canada. Here’s What Fills the Void. (Gift Article) Hyperpartisan and misleading content from popular right-wing pages such as Canada Proud is thriving on Facebook as the election nears.

www.nytimes.com/2025/04/21/t...

OK, this is almost funny

Holy shit

If humans did invent the Jaunt you know there'd be a whole subculture of going through it awake.

Witherpunks boasting about how many trips they took, competitive wakejaunts, etc.

The biggest streamer celebrity would be a wizened husk with milky cataract eyes who livestreams each jaunt

the tariff trade war stuff is pretty complicated but one way you can think about it is that in this scenario the United States is basically Drake and Canada is Kendrick Lamar

Chicago, baby.

:-/

Holy shit

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evergreen

100 years of solid 'tude

(I am giving us until the end of 2040 to finish up)

Oof it's gonna be a busy 16 years!

Oh, I like angst! Thanks for the intel 🚀

I’m making a playlist of my top 40 songs of the year and there are ten Charli XCX songs on it

The North Pole - Single by Smaller Hearts on Apple Music Album · 2024 · 2 Songs

Apple Music link for those who participate: music.apple.com/ca/album/the...

The North Pole Smaller Hearts · Single · 2024 · 2 songs

If you can stand it, @parleek.bsky.social and I recorded a couple of Christmas songs in the amazing year 2005, and here they are: open.spotify.com/album/2f7Ro7...

I will (and same to you)!

Kristina just finished My Year of Rest and Relaxation by Ottessa Moshfegh and she really liked it; that might be my next move when I finish/give up on the Knausgard.