Lincoln Michel

Joyce Carol Oates @Joyce... 17h O So curious that such a wealthy man never posts anything that indicates that he enjoys or is even aware of what virtually everyone appreciates— scenes from nature, pet dog or cat, praise for a movie, music, a book (but doubt that he reads); pride in a friend's or relative's accomplishment; condolences for someone who has died; pleasure in sports, acclaim for a favorite team; references to history. In fact he seems totally uneducated, uncultured. The poorest persons on Twitter may have access to more beauty & meaning in life than the "most wealthy person in the world."

Elon Musk ' @elonmusk X.com Oates is a liar and delights in being mean. Not a good human.

lol she got his ass and he knows it

This is the kind of thing that makes me think that no matter what one might argue hypothetically could happen with LLMs, the main thing will be making everyone a lot lazier. Even the cheating students used to put more effort into cheating :-/

Tim Robinson ass president

RIP Baudrillard you would have loved this shit

Why did the rich son of rich Republicans become a Republican like his parents? Not sure there is a huge mystery there.

Dear [Professor’s Name], I want to sincerely apologize for my actions regarding my midterm submission.

Email from a student who turned in a ChatGPT essay. Not even looking at the ChatGPT output in the apology 🥴

Interview: Fisher the Bookseller Explains How Bookstores Decide Which Books to Sell The ins and outs of how books are bought and sold in bookstores

Ever wonder how bookstores decide what books to stock out of the "Fifty thousand new books a year [published] in the United States"*? A bookstore buyer explains:

* 50k is just traditionally published books
countercraft.substack.com/p/interview-...

Interview: Fisher the Bookseller Explains How Bookstores Decide Which Books to Sell The ins and outs of how books are bought and sold in bookstores

Authors, I think you might enjoy this long interview with a independent bookstore buyer about how bookstores decide what books to stock and display: countercraft.substack.com/p/interview-...

well, what would it mean for software to be alive/sentient?

The Case That A.I. Is Thinking ChatGPT does not have an inner life. Yet it seems to know what it’s talking about.

Read this with open mind it ultimately doesn't say much. "LLMs do some things well and other things poorly compared to human brains." Ok.

I'd like ONE of these articles to take next step and argue what rights LLMs should have if you believe they think/are sentient www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

Is it possible to get a court order to force someone to log off for their own good, like a wellness check on a coworker who hasn't been heard from all week.

Interview: Fisher the Bookseller Explains How Bookstores Decide Which Books to Sell The ins and outs of how books are bought and sold in bookstores

Ever wonder how bookstores decide what books to stock out of the "Fifty thousand new books a year [published] in the United States"*? A bookstore buyer explains:

* 50k is just traditionally published books
countercraft.substack.com/p/interview-...

It should be extra illegal to text/call/email/pop up spam you about "feedback."

Wouldn't GDP rise dramatically as robots killed off humanity? When one dude left, the GDP per person would be nearly infinity

Financial Time chart explaining how AI could either kill all humanity and bring GDP to 0, end all scarcity problems and send GDP to infinity, or simple have no real effect and GDP rises at normal rate.

Economist is the funniest fake profession.

Brilliant insight, and exchange. Is your life touched by books in any sense? Read every word.

Are you a #bookseller or #bibiliphile? This is a great interview with an indie bookstore buyer. #BookSky 📚

thank you!

I found this fascinating… #books #bookshops #bookstores #authors

"an" not "a" d'oh

Interview: Fisher the Bookseller Explains How Bookstores Decide Which Books to Sell The ins and outs of how books are bought and sold in bookstores

Authors, I think you might enjoy this long interview with a independent bookstore buyer about how bookstores decide what books to stock and display: countercraft.substack.com/p/interview-...

AI bros got mad at me last week when I said investors were expecting Trump to bail out AI companies when the bubble pops but...

Trump does not even have a nub of a brain left. He is completely gone into his own demented fan fiction self-insert AU story with basically no reference to the real world.

YouTube video by Prodigy - Topic Mac 10 Handle

I sit alone in my dirty ass room 🎵
Starin' at candles, high on drugs 🎵 www.youtube.com/watch?v=KpdL...

Turning Off the TV in Your Mind Thoughts on flipping from "TV brain" to "prose brain" when writing fiction

Tangentially related at least! countercraft.substack.com/p/turning-of...

YouTube video by bigaudiodynamiteVEVO Big Audio Dynamite - V. Thirteen

Shout for all the people who have nothing to say
'Cause we're only gone tomorrow and here today
youtu.be/sjqSRQoxnhs?...

Camel taxis would be pretty sick. I say let's try it!

Some of the most interesting alternative universe worldbuilding fan fiction is being written by Republicans today.

VA gov winner is ex-CIA officer who ran moderate campaign, although also with an economic focus like Mamdani's.

Lessons across VA/NJ/NYC seem to me to be 1) Voters are turning on Trump 2) They want politicians who are fighting back 3) Economic focus wins 4) GOP culture war nonsense is losing power

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