Dr. James D

really feels like housing affordability is one of the most important political issues of our time, affecting nearly every aspect of our lives, and everyday our mainstream political discourse is about whether sour cream is woke or not

Thread. ...Here's one bit I liked, though: "If the appeals court denies the petition, Anthropic argued, the emerging company may be doomed." ...Good. They brought this (potential) situation on themselves. Let 'em be doomed.

Pupdate! Three weeks old.

I see them Sunday to try to help them enjoy cereal for the first time.

AKA I will be covered in cereal.

As predicted by every trans person over a decade ago, the UK's gender critical shitshow doesn't work for anyone.

The replies going "women can't match up to men" are wild considering the main reason sports are segregated is because of things like when Jackie Mitchell at 17 years old took her pitching against Babe Ruth and struck him out.

reminds me of the time i was stuck on some font code stuff and someone helped me solve it and when i looked him up it was the guy who invented PNG and now is like the main font guy for like microsoft or something like that lol i was like ah well this is convenient

Just to be clear, when this user says "it's a 60% drop" what they mean is that the number of new users is not growing as fast as it once did, not that there is a 60% drop in new users every month.

YouTube video by Global News "Feisty" 6-pound Pomeranian chases black bear out of BC home

STOP WHAT YOU ARE DOING AND WATCH THIS NEWS CLIP ABOUT A SIX POUND DOG

www.youtube.com/watch?v=6V2o...

The goal here is to eliminate trans people's ability to exist in public.

But note that it will also have the impact of being able to police anyone whose gender presentation does not match what they believe it is, because how do you even know someone is trans?

Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk say human population not nearly big enough: ‘If we had a trillion humans, we would have at any given time a thousand Mozarts’ “I think in a lot of these endeavors we're very like-minded,” Bezos said of himself and Musk regarding getting humans into space.

I don’t know why this incenses me as much as it does, but it does:

we very likely have a thousand plus Mozarts *right now*. But they make non-Western art in economically destitute conditions so they have to do other work to pay bills; if you cared, UBI’d be more important to you than going to space

behold: a woman

It’s gonna be a Monster Energy drink laced with ivermectin.

Here's a thread about federally funded research-based patents from somebody with expertise in the field (i.e. not me).

simple solutions to big problems do exist

We just have to be very very careful about the hound cross, or else you’ll wind up with a herding dog that can climb trees and then we have to nuke the site from orbit to be sure.

Forget doodles. I think what we need is designer dog breeds that cross with hounds. You can call them -hunds to be fancy and German. The Goldenhund. The Labrahund. The Sheephund.

It sleeps for ten hours, runs for five minutes, then takes a nap to gear up for the next ten hours of serious sleep.

A stunningly beautiful large moth wearing brown woodland camo.

Same moth but with mosquito circled in red.

While I was taking a photo of this Chonky Boi a mosquito landed on its back, and possibly started sipping. Which is something I didn’t realize was a thing and kind of weirds me out for no specific reason.

EAT SHIT, MALICIOUS OBSOLESCENCE!!

A knight named Blackheart the Conqueror in all-black armor with horns and the face of a monster. Their eyes are glowing red. They are chasing after their two pet dogs which are very cute. In the background is their home with a castle and in-ground pool. The pool has a four-sided fence. Blackheart shouts, “Good girl, Scrapheap! Keep going! James! Play nice!” The text reads: Blackheart the conqueror is having a great summer! He’s got a fence around the pool and knows it will keep kids safe from drowning. Fences should be at least 4 feet high, not climbable, and surround the pool. The pool should only be accessible through a self-closing, self-latching gate. Install a door alarm from the house to the pool.

We're chasing Scrapheap and we're staying safe by the pool this weekend.

The joy we felt when after hearing repeatedly to not expect anything sooner than 18 months when we were told they'd be rolling something out before the end of the year. The absolute testament to the power and ingenuity of the American system of science. Moon landing level stuff, and now erased.

Who is growing the food your protag is eating, that's what I want to know

whew the roller coaster this took me on! I was bummed but resigned when Amazon gave this away without asking if I'd wanna keep it. So when this person came and said "I wanna do a selfie with me holding this" I thought they were being inconsiderate. Then they turned around and gifted it to me. 🥹🥹🥹

Very cool project 😎

Writers should internalize Lao Tzu's lesson about how the emptiness at the center of a wheel is what makes it useful, and how a pot is valuable because of where the clay *isn't*. Corporate geek culture has warped us into thinking that negative spaces are flaws that need to be fixed.

I love how the portion sizes are nice and big too, there's plenty of leftovers even after I decanter some into bowls to eat now. 😁

Sometimes you just need someone to deliver you some plastic takeout containers of broccoli chicken and honey chicken as comfort food. YUM.

Noodle Asia in Corinda is celiac-safe and is a tiny hole in the wall place in a suburban strip mall which means it has EXACTLY the kind of comfort food I need.
Happy Boy/Snack Man in Fortitude Valley is also very good but doesn't deliver and is fancier Chinese (I love their beef noodles)

Moving to the new apartment has an unexpected benefit - I am now in the delivery range of my favourite celiac-friendly Chinese restaurant! This week has been a slog and a half between moving and work stuff and migraines, time for Chinese and movies.

Rasmus Jarlov on Twitter writes: "There is nothing to celebrate. Moving from average tariffs of less than 2% on trade between the USA and Europe to 15% under today’s deal will inevitably lead to inflation. Almost everything will become more expensive in both Europe and the USA, and we will all be worse off. The economic illiteracy in the White House is doing serious damage to the West." Stylish Skunk replies: "I have a feeling you have 0 idea what you're talking about. In fact I know you do." Rasmus Jarlov responds: "Of course. I am former minister of trade in Denmark and you are an anonymous Twitter profile. You probably know a lot more than me. For sure."

lol

Imagine you're a brand that doesn't want to pay whatever Cindy Crawford, Kendall Jenner, and Gisele Bündchen command. Can you create an AI "model" based on them? A basic idea of property rights is that you own your body and thus what your body creates (labor). How does this work with AI "models?"