it’s just great marketing

“Everything is 40% more expensive because of AI” is a great line for an opposition party trying to unseat the AI-supported incumbents, if any Democratic consultants wanted to take a short break from dehumanizing trans kids to actually try winning a contested election.

1995 Yelena having a modern Twilight Sparkle doll in Black Widow nearly sends me into a blind rage.

You know, the thing is, I had drafted this piece a month ago, and then never published it, because I thought maybe it was too mean.

Brilliant. It's not about the pen, it's about what the pen means. It means you spent time thinking about what you were gonna write.

I kind of suspect the reason why AI companies are trying to push AI into everything is to speed run the "too big to fail" playbook. When the bubble pops they'll cry about needing bailouts or everything they've gotten into will stop working -- while some few walk away with large payouts somehow.

Happy indigenous peoples day

A dragon came to the royal castle and requested an audience with the king. "I hear," the dragon said, "that you have no princess." "So?" "So I propose you adopt me." "You're a girl?" "I could be." "Sorry. But wouldn't that bring more dragons?" The dragon fluttered her eyelashes. "I hope so."

yearly reminder to people insisting that we view Christopher Columbus as "a man of his time" that *the people responsible for the Spanish Inquisition* thought Columbus was out of pocket

someone made this with snoopy

Everyone in creative work for hire knows most of the job is clients asking you for something bad and stupid and you figuring out how to make something completely different while convincing them it's what they asked for. The AI era means everyone gets to see what clients actually want

The dirty secret is that rich people need to live in politically stable regimes in order to keep their wealth. They will piss and moan about taxes, but they will not flee en masse. They like paved roads and not being kidnapped too much.

Someone should pick up this chess piece and handle it to reinforce the new proprioception.

California voters! Vote YES on 40, NO on 41 and 42 if you want these punkass billionaires to pay their share! Also be sure to drop off your ballot at a ballot box, DON'T MAIL IT!

This is very silly (complimentary) but no more so than actually happens in chess tournaments (derogatory).