The Macedonian Phalanx https://x.com/realatlaspress/status/1928453571336429733?s=46

@89th said in It’s way too early but let me tell you what I like about this list: If he adjusts his policy positions just enough, … What are some of Pete’s policies you don’t like?

What AI subscriptions you (or members of your household) have, how prestigious are the models in your AI subscriptions. Left-leaning politicians will talk about government subsidized equitable AI subscriptions for all. Right-leaning politicians will talk about “vouchers” to let individuals choose AI subscriptions that they may not be able to afford on their own. The welfare units or voucher values bantered about maybe argued in terms of “tokens,” FLOPS, Watt-hours, or some yet to be defined AI units. Can’t answer yet. Need to figure out a way (even a metric, a “unit”) to measure/quantify “disruptiveness” first. Doesn’t seem like the sociologists, anthropologists, historians, economists have come up with a commonly recognized one yet.

Well, it did happen to our early ‘ancestors’ when mitochondria were engulfed by eukaryotic cells. But that seems less gross.

If you want peace....

And yet his popularity is still higher than at any point his first term.

https://x.com/ap/status/1928767305829196277?s=46

WaPo's analysis on signs that AI was used to generate contents for the report: https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/05/30/maha-report-ai-white-house/

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The silliness surrounding this library has been in news here some months now.

@taiwan_girl said in Beating Back the Lizards in Taiwan: @jon-nyc always wear a broad brim hat in the forest or in the vicinity of sea gulls.

As the young’uns say, I was today years old when I learned that her last name was Swit not Swift

He's long since proven that he doesn't suffer much from shame. He will be fine, and this will be good for his career.

@Mik said in So....: The Lone Ranger was ambushed and captured by an enemy Indian War Party. The Indian Chief proclaims, "So, you are the great Lone Ranger...In honor of the Harvest Festival, YOU will be executed in three days. "Before I kill you, I grant you three requests. What is your FIRST request?' The Lone Ranger responds, "I'd like to speak to my horse." The Chief nods and Silver is brought before the Lone Ranger who whispers in Silver's ear, and the Horse gallops away. Later that evening, Silver returns with a beautiful blonde woman on his back. As the Indian Chief watches, the blonde enters the Lone Ranger's tent and spends the night. The next morning the Indian Chief admits he's impressed. "You have a very fine and loyal horse. But I will still kill you in two days." "What is your SECOND request?" The Lone Ranger again asks to speak to his horse. Silver is brought to him, and he again whispers in the horse's ear. As before, Silver takes off and disappears over the horizon. Later that evening, to the Chief's surprise, Silver again returns, this time with a voluptuous brunette, more attractive than the blonde. She enters the Lone Rangers tent and spends the night. The following morning the Indian Chief is again impressed. "You are indeed a man of many talents, but I will still kill you tomorrow. What is your LAST request?" The Lone Ranger responds, "I'd like to speak to my horse...alone." The Chief is curious, but he agrees, and Silver is brought to the Lone Ranger's tent. Once they're alone, the Lone Ranger grabs Silver by both ears, looks him square in the eye and says, "Listen Very Carefully!!! "FOR...THE...LAST...TIME..." "BRING POSSE" The Lone Ranger and Tonto rode into town after a long and hot ride across the desert. The horses were overheated, so Kemosabe told Tonto to run around the horses to generate a breeze while he went into the tavern to get them all something to drink. The masked lawman was waiting at the bar for two beers and two buckets of water when a guy came into the bar and yelled “Hey! Is that your white horse out there?” The Lone Ranger replied “Sure is, is there a problem?” The guy responded “No, but you left your Injun running”

Where does he find these crackpots?

@Horace said in What are you listening to - Podcast Edition?: Good reddit thread regarding Sam. This guy unsubscribed at about the same time I did, with about the same reasoning. https://www.reddit.com/r/samharris/comments/1kv5unv/why_i_just_canceled_my_subscription/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button I liked this response. It's something I've been thinking about lately. The economy of subscriptions to individual public commentators. Their price is often the same as a subscription to a top-tier commentary magazine or service. For $60 a year you can get a subscription to The Atlantic, which publishes new content everyday, some by Pulitzer Prize winners. Sam asking $150 a year is ridiculous in comparison Patreon tends to be saner, where creators request subscriptions on the order of $1 or $3 per month. But the substack crowd tends to start at $10/month or more. As for Sam, his pursuit of money is too obvious, compared to his professed higher motivations. I still recall how he was charging separately for his Substack writings and for his podcast. When he consolidated everything at a higher price, he attributed that to an oversight. What you can know about Sam is that he is compelled to maximize his revenue, and he is ashamed of admitting that, and will never admit that.

As health supplements go, that one is probably more reasonable than most. At least you know that if it does make a difference, it'll be a positive one.