I mean this is boring but also better than listening to some scholar try to riff and ramble

Google is so broken that the first image it gave me for a pipe is something that is not a pipe 🙄

BREAKING: The Republic of Ireland will officially recognise the State of Palestine along with other two EU states tomorrow morning. belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/republic-…

the number of communists who are super excited about a guy who made his career on murdering communists is really higher than i thought

The OpenAI board was right. Even on little things, Sam is not consistently candid.

Earlier today OpenAI said the resemblance to ScarJo was a “coincidence”.

It was not:

The departure of Lisa Lucas — my brilliant editor at Pantheon Books — is absolutely devastating for authors and readers. I am bereft. 💔💔💔

What??

'Movies were better under the Hayes Code'

What people don’t get is that this is like 90% of movie worldbuilding. Show us a shot of a weird-looking dude and then never acknowledge it again. Star Wars is literally built on this idea.

'These suits look ugly'

'But they're expensive and all expensive things are inherently good. Checkmate!'

This is because “policeman” is a great frame for the question: will I help people, or stomp upon them.

Consumer capitalism is all about destroying what is free today so you can sell it as a luxury good tomorrow.

lol

This post might summon Cesar Aira to Twitter

Ray by Barry Hannah
Pedro Paramo by Juan Rulfo
Train Dreams by Denis Johnson
All of Chester Himes’s Harlem Cycle