Scott Rose

the 2024 fischer random world championship starts tomorrow and no one is more excited than me (no one is excited)

it's probably fine

our mayor in waiting

Maybe the chess crowd is too new and too pure to know Mr Dodgy

Yes, I made a joke on Bluesky once. I’d like to make it very clear that this was neither on a train nor in 1929.

one of the great things about bluesky is joke understanding. just through the roof. you make a joke and people on bluesky are very cool about it. they nod and maybe throw a knowing wink. you'll love it

bookmarking for when bluebaum beats gukesh later this year

the discipline of regularly working with an editor who calls you out on your shit is ... not to be underestimated

tell everyone you're quitting twitter and it's time. you don't have to mean it

are people still bluebing

exciting time to have an EM background

Zelenskyy plans spring elections alongside referendum on peace deal after US push Trump administration has pressured Ukrainian leader to hold both votes by May 15 or risk losing security guarantees

NEW: Ukraine has begun planning presidential elections alongside a referendum on any peace deal with Russia, after the Trump administration pressed Kyiv to hold both votes by May 15 or risk losing proposed US security guarantees
w/ @henryjfoy.ft.com @maxseddon.bsky.social
www.ft.com/content/50d3...

YouTube video by jesie Paul F. Tompkins as the Cake Boss (cakeboss!)

youtu.be/ggzSACC3afw?...

I can't tell if the cashier's smiling because she likes me or it's my beanie propeller hat

starter packs are back

From the amazing Becca Rothfeld, laid off by the Washington Post last week and immediately hired by the New Yorker:

‘A quiet, creeping Russification’: the displacement of indigenous languages across Russia According to the 2020 census, almost all national languages lost speakers despite the demographic growth of the corresponding ethnic groups.

oc-media.org/a-quiet-cree...

That's got to be up there with baby Gukesh on the trophy shelf

What a way to begin the week.

seeking investors for my new project to suck all of the oxygen out of the atmosphere. it's going to be pretty expensive to build, but the finance guys are saying we'll be able to sell oxygen back to any remaining people at a breakeven price by 2032

pretty grim reading. "coordinated optimism" in high AI valuations can become a self-fulfilling prophecy, making more capital available to invest in AI that replaces workers, increasing earnings to capitalists who then save more to invest in AI

but if that optimism cracks, it can unwind quickly...

I bet PHN could throw a mean block if called upon

heads up to the american news media: I do not care what racists thought of the super bowl halftime show

I'd be ok with chess where you have to glide your pieces across meters of ice to execute a move. Or disc chess, would be easier to execute a knight move

probably a smidge closer to bocce though

what do you even say. oh yes, mad sauce! no one eats it though. a popular antiperspirant in some parts of the country, and it does wonders on a squeaky hinge

Judging from the dallop in the illustration, Mad Sauce looks mayo-based, so they got us there I guess. But what's the verdict?

they can't hear us, they're all on twitter

my question for guys who drive really loud cars is why do you stop when you get out. why not carry around a little noise device in the grocery store. you know? and the elevator. since everyone loves you in your car, and no one is hoping you wrap it around the nearest street light

is what i'd ask

a shopping mall emo/indie kid who is somehow also an ICE thug

Death Camp For Cutie over here