Andrew Rosenblum

I liked that she named the tool "Blorbo" and it criticized her for being "rude" because it thought she was calling it "gordo." Also, her contrast with her relationship with her actual human friend was genuinely moving.

Me too

An actually hopeful climate story -- when you put time and money into cleaning up a polluted river...

This is a good take on why Open AI is stealing art and music under the banner of "fair use"

Grain suffocation leads to a horrifying death scene in "Witness"

(solemnly) You've had mail.

In brief LimeWire has bought the notorious Fyre Festival for $230,000 and the team is planning on putting a crypto spin on the brand. Julian Zehetmayr, CEO of LimeWire, told Decrypt there are plans to somehow use the LimeWire token and possibly NFTs for old ticket holders.

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Paul Kingsworth compares Silicon Valley technoutopians to the bloody cult of reason during the French Revolution. It's the Burkean conservative question: what fills the power vacuum when you dispense with the world people know? harpers.org/archive/...

There is an Altman feature on Criterion Channel right now and I just rewatched Long Goodbye for the first time in 20 years. I hadn’t remembered that Jim Bouton played Terry Lennox—wonderfully quirky choice. Though the ending was very different and more John Wayne than Chandler’s novel

Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter Are Ready for ‘Godot’

As someone who once wrote a master's essay on Beckett, let me just say THIS IS MOST TRIUMPHANT

www.nytimes.com/2025/09/05/t...

Global solar installations surge 64% in first half of 2025 | Ember

Breaking:

Record 380 GW solar PV installed globally first half 2025, 64% higher than first half of 2024 (232 GW) and only 13% less than all of 2023 (438 GW)

China installed 67% (256 GW)
India 6.3% (24 GW)
US 5.5% (21 GW)
Brazil and Germany 1.3% (7 GW)

ember-energy.org/latest-updat...

How come Jack Ryan never has to grade any papers? That's got to be the actual hardest part of the job for any real historian.

It's been awhile since I read the Federalist papers, but I seem to remember a lot about dispersing power throughout the co-equal branches to avoid the rise of a populist demagogue. If only there were a "Federalist Society" we could ask about this important issue!

Just saw you at the Shorline Amphitheater with my wife and 11 year old -- such a fun show, such great vibes. I'm sure you will kill it at the Forum

How churches use data and AI as engines of surveillance Spiritual care and surveillance are converging across the country, reshaping the theology of trust.

Having read a lot of R.W. Emerson and the primacy of the individual conscience, I shudder to think what he would say about ministers using algorithms to data-mine their congregation: www.technologyreview.com/2025/08/19/1...

"I used to livestream my own sex videos and re-create Gunther Schuller arrangements with my buddy, who was accused of murder but is a totally awesome guy. And now we've got the most amazing idea ever!"

a black and white photo of a bald man with a hood on his head ALT: a black and white photo of a bald man with a hood on his head

This guy is his chief of staff so it tracks

❌ NO CLANKERS ❌

Radioactive isotopes are 100% natural -- as are the tumors they cause

The greenhouse gases we’re not accounting for Global warming is driving emissions, which are driving global warming, which is driving ...

Nations are largely ignoring a growing source of greenhouse gases in their climate commitments & risk assessments: emissions driven by climate change itself, like methane released from warming wetlands.

A new research collaboration aims to address that gap in our understanding:

Craziness -- they outsourced the AI job to humans

Cancer is a feared killer to some, while others see a quirky clump of cells that would rather ask forgiveness, not permission

Naming your steel "cow" that is actually a bioreactor for making cheese "casein" proteins after Margaret Thatcher is a bold strategy. I can't tell if it is earnest or sardonic though: thosevegancowboys.co...

"There's a sale at Penny's!"

Uber’s Festering Sexual Assault Problem

Uber had over 400,000 reports of sexual assault or sexual misconduct in a 5 year period -- some chilling investigative reporting here: www.nytimes.com/2025/08/06/b...

Tequila, Drugs and Torture: The Spending Binge of Two Crypto Bros That Ended Behind Bars William Duplessie and John Woeltz hatched grandiose plans in business and politics but instead drew charges in an alleged kidnap scheme.

You start off parlaying your crypto fortune into a Kentucky mansion and plans for a Senate run -- then, before you know it, you're lighting a guy's clothes on fire and dangling him off a stairwell to get his passwords: www.wsj.com/us-news/...

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reading Wittgenstein: if only I understood Hegel
reading Hegel: if only I understood Kant
reading Kant: if only I understood the classics
reading Germania: you're right, Tacitus, the Divine Augustus SHOULD have re-crossed the Rhine and subdued the Germans BEFORE THEY INVENTED GODSDAMNED IDEALISM—

This is the trade-off the administration has made

What a great acronym. Easy to remember and makes an important point