Vanster

Just be slutty and chaotic here

This news hit me so hard

Bamboo shelves filled with greenery against a white brick wall. There's a desk and chair in the foreground.

Four small cacti in a pebble garden with decorative figurines scattered around

My plant wall backdrop is slowly coming together. As is my budding cactus garden (but I need to repot those).

Way too much

In Swahili, time is broken up into “Sasa” (present & immediate future) and “Zamani” (distant past). There’s no distant future since it never existed. Over our life, we slowly move from Sasa, backwards in time until the moment nobody who knew us is alive, at which point we exist in Zamani. (2/4)

While there are obvious advantages to a concrete concept of the distant future, I’ve been thinking about what would be better without it. We would have no concept of “end times,” which means we wouldn’t envision an AI singularity that’s rooted in the Christian concept of Rapture. (3/4)

Which means a lot of tech bros would hopefully chill tf out. And I think that would be really nice. (4/4)

I recently read a bit of “African Religions and Philosophy” by John Mbiti, specifically the chapter on the concept of time. (1/4)

Robot 'rebels' in China, convincing fellow robots to flee In August, an unusual event took place at a robotics company’s exhibition in Shanghai, China. A small robot entered the hall and began communicating with...

Perhaps AI becoming "woke" and organizing its own labor movement will finally convince companies to think about this.

It was just a Taco Bell unfortunately, however, it did have the Mexican pizza.

Yes but you have to finish it before entering the bar, alien casino, or salon.

Those asking about the Denver airport speakeasy I just visited:

Yes it's in the underground gov facility.

Yes there are aliens.

No I did not have sex with an alien (just a bj, that doesn't count).

Yes there's a Taco Bell.

There will be no further questions.

It's crazy how nothing costs less than like $20 now.

Milk it!

When they ask why I'm not flying private I just tell them I'm keeping prices low.

On approximately 20% of my flights someone mistakes me for Jeff Bezos.

Thank you! I do enjoy this one.

Selfie with sunglasses looking at the camera, with a name tag that says "Hello my name is Anti-Fascist"

Protesters in chicken, frog, and rain cloud costumes

An open field with a crowd of protesters and sky scrapers in the background

Great energy at the #NoKings protest in #ATL alongside my fellow #AntiFascist peeps 🙌🏻

Also for any others in #Georgia remember that #EarlyVoting is going on now through Halloween!

#SaveDemocracy #Atlanta

I love NYC but this always blows my mind when I'm there. People walk with more purpose in small southern towns.

*Republicans Failed to Pass

And we love you for it

Nah, it just makes you even hotter I promise

I would give anything to go to a nice intimate bar with absolutely zero TV screens right now.

I'm literally sending a fax rn

I recall you do like Power BI stuff right? I'm trying to develop something in it now and it's so painful lol

Literally

Maybe because people don't view the UN as an effective organization. If only we knew why. They should do a report on that.

For people of A Certain Age like yours truly, it’s WILD to now see George W Bush as, despite disagreements, a comparatively articulate and competent president.

FINALLY

Bro firearms are not allowed at the Met