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Needing a quick distraction, the DoJ sloppily dropped almost 3.5M files and documents from the Epstein trove. It's not all of it, but it will drive a lot of news cycles.
Politics
Why do farmers vote Republican? Is it a kinship, a belief in hardy conservative values? Nah, it's because Republicans give them more $$$
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It may seem like what we are experiencing is unprecedented, but it isn't. The temperance movement culminating in Prohibition is remarkably analogous to what we are experiencing today.
Politics
What a fucking shitty day to be alive in America. And for once I am not pissed at French after reading him, but at what he wrote (that is sadly true). We are well and truly fucked...
Politics
The murder of Renee Good was horrifying. What is worse is hearing my fellow citizens say that the agent was right to pull his weapon because his emotions were running high. That is dangerous thinking.
Music
A killer new guitar, a bit out of my comfort zone, but damn, is it amazing.
Politics
It has become exhausting to just exist with all the fuckery happening. But last week something good did come out of the Trumpian chaos.
Politics
Adam Kinzinger is the fucker of the maxiamal fucking fuck, his political sensibilities is on par with his shitty courage after he bolted instead of fighting for his seat. A fucking coward.
What's in the Epstein files must fukkin' terrify Trump and his coterie, because distraction theater is ramping up. A round up
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Guitarists are snobs, but our snobbery is a mere fraction of the nuttiness of the audiophile ecosystem. The myths are sticky, but real data and tests are good at busting them.
I got scammed. Alas, AI is democratizing spear-phishing, and you should be really wary of the risk.
AI is increasingly being perverted to create non-consensual adult material, and even CSAM content. Most model owners "try" to gate it, but one seems to flaunt all common sense restictions. Additionally, the predictions about AI at the beginning of 2025 turn out to be dead wrong.
Sixteen years ago today, I was going to die. Luck, a quick thinking wife (who was panicking) and a lot of hard work got me here.
First post of '26, the Bulwark does a fuckery, AI is going to destroy young people's career prospects, and Hayek's Bastards still are bastardy.
Adding a streaming service, and supporting PBS and my local affiliate? Sign me the fuck up for that.
I miss the days of the Nigerian prince scams. At least they were entertaining. Alas, GenAI and some skeevy operators are making it trivial to attempt to scam people. Stay alert!
AI is going to fuck up the workforce. Sal Khan (of the Khan Academy) is not offering a serious response to this tectonic shift.
The insanity doesn't take holidays off. Read to the end for a pleasant musical coda.
Some maintenance of my dustiest archives uncovered some early internet video gems. I had to share the wealth with you at Christmas!
Enough politics insanity, what are my favorite Christmas movies? Here are my top list, ones I watch every year.
I fucking hate youtube influencers, especially those tho scam their audiences, so when Jake Paul, an especially scammy fuck gets his arse kicked, it is a time to celebrate!
