Jason Reifler

If you just took the songs that are covers (I’m counting the Meat Puppets songs even though they joined) it would probably be the best covers EP of all time.

Reject. Needs more theory.

(Actually, I love it. Accept!)

Does the money really even exist? Who does this, versus say buy Trump crypto? Seems just as like that there’s a fictional donor (repurpose money in some way? Just owning the libs as they chase a made up thing? Who knows?). All options are bad & we don’t even know what bad we’re trying to discover.

Grass torn underfoot,
the ball slips through nervous feet—
passes lost, hopes fade.

(Slight human editing from ChatGPT prompt of “Write a haiku reflecting the struggles of a soccer team struggling to retain possession and generate good attack”)

Rage Against The Bastards

Rage Against The Bastards

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The brief moment of happiness as Sisyphus watches the boulder roll down the hill.

As noted by others, I’m enjoying Marinakis struggling. MGW saga led to learning more about EM, and he seems a very shady dude. I wish struggles happening with someone else and that Ange was revitalizing a team somewhere. (I also think Forest fans deserve a better owner.)

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It's actually sweet All the time you've spent on me It's honestly wild All the effort you've put in It's actually romantic Stop talking dirty to me It sounded nasty, but it Feels like you're flirting with me

Taylor Swift singing about peer review

I think there’s a Full Monty joke in here somewhere, but can’t quite uncover it.

“If we read this bad faith thing as if it were good faith, it doesn’t sound that bad.”

10/10, no notes.

I’m not saying I feel the same way about Jamie Carragher and Gary Neville, but it did take me way longer than it should have to clock they were not the same person. Like years after I moved to the UK (which was after their playing careers were over).

I’m not a mega-brain political strategy genius, but the Tories stridently and vocally taking unpopular positions (more austerity! less compassion! climate change good!) seems like a party really committed to locking up 4th place at the next general election. Big ups to them, I guess.

Seeing some “well, what did people expect posts?” in response to this. Just a reminder that it can simultaneously be true that (a) people expected it to be very bad, and (b) it is worse than what was expected.

May his memory be a blessing

As far as failed tech bro product launches go, the Meta AI steak sauce “wifi” fail still not in Cybertruck smashed windows territory. Though how well the product does once released feels like it might be really similar.

And I’d worry about the consistency of the sauce. Probably want something emulsified like an aioli or mayo more than a really wet sauce. Not sure what demo would have done in this score, but seemed a very liquid direction. (Some people love soggy French dips or Chicago Italian beefs.)

Regarding the Meta AI product demo fail, I have a food question about the setup. Is a Korean inspired sauce to put on a steak sandwich even a good idea? (Don’t get me wrong, I enjoy Korean flavors.) But wouldn’t it make more sense to have marinated the beef and cooked it with the sauce?

If Mike Myers ever comes back to SNL, there’s an update for the “Coffee Talk” when the host is feeling verklempt. “AI psychosis is neither artificial intelligence nor psychosis. Discuss.”

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£4-6 is a very reasonable guide. Depends on what store and what options in the meal deal.

I see the world did not magically get better while I was on a plane for 8 hours. It seemed to even get slightly worse.

Of course it was intentional! Russia is always testing NATO defenses.

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“Hurling as deontological metaphor for modern life”

Did I do that right?

FWIW, the APSA jobs list is not quite as bleak.

I just read through the list. That is bleak.

Slightly diminish a book

The Sound and the Furry