Favorite Rejects 2023-04-05

gfodor @gfodor

Here is a prompt in Shoggoth-tongue that will spawn a IRC chat room where you can talk to historical figures. Type /summon X to add people. simul8-IRC(historical_figures); /summon; act_as_IRCclient; realism+emoji https://t.co/f7fl8BVF8h

TheOmniZaddy 🌹🔰🏗 @TheOmniZaddy

Yet another example of traffic engineers being ontologically evil

ryan cooper @ryanlcooper

TIL President Grant was arrested for racing horses with his buddies in Washington in 1872. he drove the officer to the station to get processed and assured him he wouldn't get in trouble lol nytimes.com/2023/04/04/nyr…

bryanculbertson@mastodon.social @bryanculbertson

Why is the fire department fine with narrow roads with parked cars on both sides, but will veto roads with soft hit posts?

Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

Abortion should be legal, reckless driving should be punished. https://t.co/7KpjcTlwRL

fulano @cowabungatime

Newly-elected Judge Protasiewicz will not only strike down gerrymandered maps and protect a woman's right to choose, she also has a proven record of locking up hit-and-run drivers with lengthy prison terms and protecting traffic safety. 😍😍😍 https://t.co/jbW47TJ2zT

http://twitter.com/kottke/status/1643617491048882176

http://twitter.com/awprokop/status/1643625622248226818

Ethan Mollick @emollick

There are big categories of common problems that, in retrospect, were never good applications for Google search. Bing AI, even with occasional inaccuracies, is just better for things like: 🧑‍💻Tech support 📍Deciding what to do/where to eat ⚒️How-to advice ❓Getting started advice

David Burr Gerrard @DBGerrard

Remembering the most breathtaking object I have ever seen for sale in a drugstore

http://twitter.com/GeorgistSteve/status/1643730413968580609

rev. howard arson @revhowardarson

the real trick is nonlegacy white students. 43% of white Harvard students are legacy. it is the case that elite schools aren't admitting qualified white students, but the reason is that they are admitting vast numbers of unqualified white students. https://t.co/0sNQwJm6uf

Michael Hobbes @RottenInDenmark

yes when will ivy league schools start admitting whites again https://t.co/BXNDGa7YNl https://t.co/RIb0M2cx11

http://twitter.com/DKThomp/status/1643712631008641024