May make this the new home of my writing, stay tuned. Previous work at: https://southcypressmoss.substack.com/ In the meantime listen to this, it's goated
CypressMoss
so what happens when this doesn't work
Shipwreck @shipwreck75.bsky.social
In recent meetings, including a Monday discussion, Trump opted to continue squeezing Iran’s economy and oil exports by preventing shipping to and from its ports. He assessed that his other options—resume bombing or walk away from the conflict—carried more risk than maintaining the blockade.-WSJ
my take remains the same: I do not think that AI is doomed but OpenAI specifically might be
The Wall Street Journal @wsj.com
Exclusive: OpenAI recently missed its own targets for new users and revenue, stumbles that have raised concern among some company leaders about whether it will be able to support its spending on data centers.
this cynicism is part of an upward spiraling process of radicalization. the next "on" phase will be worse and will probably be primarily antisemetic
Next door in Silicon Valley @nextdoorsv.bsky.social
I love median voters. I love how after the disaster of Trump 2 so far, the lesson these two voters came away with was "Boy you really can't trust Republicans or Democrats! I'm smart!"
god these blueanon people type so much like my mother
Rosencreutz (alleged youtuber) @rosencreutz.bsky.social
Hey remember when I said that petty theft didn't tear the social fabric nearly as much as what the people in power do? Well, my post about how quickly blueanon brains have leapt into conspiracy mode and willfully ignored reality has quite a lot of comments about a zero-trust environment, so...
This is something that ANDOR really reshaped in how I see Star Wars; it takes a central contradiction of the Universe, that the Empire isn't old enough to exist as the primordial force it's presented to us as, and turns it into a strength by recontextualizing it as an *ongoing* totalitarian project.
Nathan Goldwag @goldwagnathan.bsky.social
My thought process for how the Galactic Empire works is basically Stalinist developmentalism with totalitarian ambitions being built in the Holy Roman Empire, that coincidentally also happens to be run by a cabal of Satanists, where the Five Year Plans end up resulting in the Thirty Years War.
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the internet is the result of an accretion of all borders onto the surface of the technical apparatus, in the process becoming gravitationally aligned. it is composed entirely of these borders, now functionally equivalent, merged into a sort of hyperborder between the technical space and the void.
this photo is so iconic
Weather History @weatherhistory.bsky.social
April 23, 1989:
Marilee Thomas of Beaver City, Nebraska, took this picture of her daughter in front of a weak tornado in Furnas County. The dusty twister produced minor damage to farms, and the "tornado girl" photo went on to win second place in a national contest.
Marilee Thomas of Beaver City, Nebraska, took this picture of her daughter in front of a weak tornado in Furnas County. The dusty twister produced minor damage to farms, and the "tornado girl" photo went on to win second place in a national contest.
it literally is
Sharon @sharonk.bsky.social
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