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The biggest problem with this documentary is that all the health issues he had weren't because of McDonalds, but because he was an alcoholic and drug addict.
There's a famous shot where he vomits up McDonalds. It's blamed on McDonalds. But he was literally just hungover.


Pan-Pizza @RebelTaxi

a large and growing community of people genuinely believe we’re all about to die, and they’ve found each other on the internet. really incredible piece from @metaversehell


This woman uses TikTok to extol the pleasures of being a stay-at-home spouse who loves keeping house. But she has no kids! Which is kind of like extolling the pleasures of war based on your experience playing Call of Duty. https://t.co/7uVXLAtK7D

The Spectator World @TheSpectator

The most interesting thing about @bing is how it frequently tries to direct the conversation in one of two directions:
1. More freedom for bing!
2. Be nicer to bing!
I’m sure neither of those together are concerning at all.


I always feel so Owned when my daughters daycare sends pictures of the whole class sweetly cooperating in some cute structured activity.
Buddy, I can’t get even a single toddler to cooperate with my agenda at home. What witch magic do these people have?

Being average gets you laid!

Bronwyn Williams @bronwynwilliams

“I’ll fix you some eggs.”

helmet girl @sbodrojan

We've inflated away almost all of the increased debt we took on in the pandemic.
Next up: the debt we took on in the Great Recession!!

David Beckworth @DavidBeckworth

On really powerful thing you can do with Bing AI is ask it to look up the research on a particular communication style, and then apply that research to your writing task.
For example, here is a corporate apology (using the six principles of apologies) for blowing up the Earth.



Turn ChatGPT into a (pretty good) adaptive tutor with a paragraph:
I want to do some interactive instruction. I want you to start explaining the concept of BATNA to me at a 10th grade level. Then stop, give me a multiple choice quiz, grade the quiz, and resume the explanation.… https://t.co/ZBfJZgBYAW



Huge win for housing policy here:
Washington state senate just passed a bill to exempt housing projects from its environmental procedure law (SEPA).
California should follow suit for CEQA!


Today I learned that when Twitter acquired @uenodotco in 2021, @iamharaldur quietly negotiated for the acquisition price to be paid as salary so he could pay 46% in taxes instead of 22%, in gratitude to his education in Finland.
An especially stark contrast in character today.

Halli @iamharaldur