Aloof Wife Haden Plouffe

Saying this but to a computer

one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.

As a 97% gay woman it still astounds me what Handler Walter does to my brain when he says "my hound"

Time for my usual morning routine, pouring myself a cup of coffee and checking the stock price of the company "Nvidia" to find out if the entire economy has crashed

Kingfisher against the silvery sea, leaving Whidbey Island.

Amazing to learn that Isaac Chotiner can apparently just come for you in your replies. Like suddenly realizing you're swimming in open ocean

Yes, HID headlights are very bright but the bigger problem is the proliferation of gargantuan vehicles with 5’+ hood heights so that if you’re driving a normal sized car their headlights are at your eye level rather than seat level like they’re supposed to be.

imagine having to hear shit like "study confirms giving diabetic children insulin reduces their death rates by 100%" as if that hasn't been known for like a hunred years. that's what being trans is like

the main reason to buy cheap coffee is it tastes bad but gets the job done. the main reason to buy expensive coffee gear and specialty beans is it tastes bad and it's your fault. once again everything comes back to catholic brain or protestant brain

when you think of a snappy comeback 18 months after you lose an argument.

I may be an extreme fangirl for Ornstein but this piece really is one of the pinnacles of pre-war American modernism, it manages to sweep everything up in these titanic waves of sound that keep you hooked from minute one to minute done

YouTube video by ЦММ - Центр музики молодих Leo Ornstein – Piano Concerto (1921/1923) Roman Lopatynskyi, Etienne Haan

A *profoundly* magnificent performance of one of the great American concertos, maybe only the 3rd or 4th in the past 100 years. This is an absolute must listen

YouTube video by Inger Blom - Topic Seid nüchtern und wachet …: VII. Es geschah (It came to pass)

Sometimes I forgot that I should just listen to Schnittke whenever I'm dealing with writer's block

The judge, the "journalists", the perpatrator are all in on it, they're all there to collectively lie about, misgender, and otherwise harass and throw slurs at a girl who's been harassed by a man in his mid 50s since she was 15 years old

I talk often with my friends about how when we were teens the internet really seemed like The Realm Of Possibility and then we've gotten to watch a decade of algorithmic and now LLM-driven decay and man that shit is just so fuckin sad now lol

It's weird to not only have lived through an information revolution but also now living through its undoing, all within less than a generation.

not the courts caring about the rights of a phone more than an actual trans child

maybe i am going insane

No email from a library system stirs the imagination like a notice my scan is ready to download through WORLDCAT. The great cat that surrounds the world? That nuzzles the roots of the world-scratching-tree? The great world cat who is and was and shall be? That cat???

“let me invite Isaac Chotiner to investigate this further, I’m sure it’ll go well”

you gotta read these things back before you hit post man what are you doing

Isaac Chotiner: "You would have to be brain-dead to read this piece and not immediately wonder who is funding Semafor Gulf." Quote post of Ben Smith saying: "Fascinating @msergie piece on covering a monarchy" about a Semafor article on Saudi Arabia's crown prince Smith responds to Chotiner: "That's a hell of an allegation/implication, Isaac. To figure out the literal answer to your question, you'd either have to look and see who the sponsors are in the email (I haven't checked today!) or read our publicly disclosed list of investors. I believe you're trying to imply that it's the Saudi government? Have you read more of our coverage, or just this tweet? My impression — correct me if I'm wrong — is that you're working on zero information and smearing us in general, and an experienced journalist @msergie whose work I suspect you're totally unfamiliar with in particular." Chotiner responds:"I’m not making any allegation. I’m making a simple point about how an average reader—myself included—might respond after reading this ridiculous piece"

Ben Smith: "Just asking questions! Come on. You genuinely know better. Or read Mohammed's long career of work covering the Gulf and the Syrian war before you imply he's some kind of stooge." Noah Kulwin: "The point is not about who funds your reporting/if your colleague is a “stooge”. Isaac’s comment is that the reporting is so bad so as to make a reader wonder who is funding it" Smith: A reader, sure. A journalist who can do very basic homework, kind of lame. Chotiner: "You are right, I’ll do some homework now by perusing Jay Solomon Semafor pieces, and reading Jason Greenblatt Semafor columns. In the meantime, I will formally say that I am making no accusation and was just astonished at how inane the piece was"

Chotiner quote-posts with "I see Semafor loves running column after column by this guy (https://semafor.com/author/faisal-j-abbas), who also publishes pro-Saudi conspiracies about the murder of Jamal Khashoggi https://arabnews.com/node/1386291" Ben Smith's post says "I hope I'm not overreacting, but it makes me crazy when people I think of as reporters do this "just asking questions" stuff. Feel free to report it out by googling/asking me/reading our various scoops and reports about the region — these two just now" and links to two Semafor articles

Chotiner quote posts Ben Smith: "You might have heard that the UAE is helping destroy Sudan, but at the next Semafor event, all is well." Screenshot says "Held at Abu Dhabi Finance Week, Semafor will spotlight insights from the Global Findex 2025 report and the Global Digital Connectivity Tracker, translating global research into actionable, locally relevant conversations. As the third stop on The Next 3 Billion Tour, this edition explores how the Gulf's growing investments in Africa can accelerate digital connectivity and financial inclusion. With Abu Dhabi's focus on sustainable finance, digital transformation, and cross-border collaboration, it offers a strong platform to examine how technology and capital can work together to expand access and opportunity." Ben Smith's post says "Just asking questions! Come on. You genuinely know better. Or read Mohammed's long career of work covering the Gulf and the Syrian war before you imply he's some kind of stooge."

A new kind of rapid Chotining. Please appreciate the alt-text.

as much as I wish to mock Bari at all times I do not think I can top this as a self-burn, fair play to her

Hey friends! Unfortunately we are delaying our Switch release til January. Port isn't perfect yet, & given Qud's long dev timeline, what matters most to us is releasing the best possible ver of the game, even if it means a delay

We're confident on the Jan timeline, so we'll see you on Switch soon

is this good

YouTube video by Star Wars Andor | Maarva Andor’s Monologue | Disney+

I don’t know why everyone is talking about Star Wars today but let’s just rewatch this. “It’s here and it’s not visiting anymore.”

just heard about unreliable narrators and subjective experiences. it's so fucked up

every journalist who has been ringing the alarm bell about this for the last three years should get $10 million from any bailout, as a treat

any time i see someone interacting with chatgpt

Plus more sight gags than you can shake a stick at

It is literally 3-4 gags a minute and the vast majority of them are gutbusters