Theological question: Heaven does not have wifi and does not allow DMs... especially group texts... right? Please?

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.@nyt sets us straight!!

Is a superhuman AI a potential civilization-ender, like nukes or global warming? Enough smart people think so to take it seriously. My stories... the second audio link, further down, is more in-depth. npr.org/2025/09/24/nx-…

the phrase "Grok is this true" is the saddest abdication of human agency ever

THIS is why, when some store clerk says they "HAVE TO" scan your driver's license, you say NO. They can look at your ID with their eyes. And Georgetown Brewing: I don't recall authorizing you to store my info on your server.

The "Southern Surge" in literacy is not something people here in Seattle Schools seem to be talking about. nytimes.com/2025/10/09/opi…

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Watching Mariners v. Blue Jays, and there's a long serious ad bemoaning the economic folly of tariffs. Narrated by Ronald Reagan. Paid for by the province of Ontario.

Dibs: Satirical novel about Silicon Valley self-satisfied PR golbbledy gook. The title, of course, will be "Human Flourishing"

I just asked chatgpt to create an image of Cthulhu emerging from a server rack, emitting "evil sparks." I wonder if I'm about to set something off that we'll all regret

Progress!

Trying to get people on the phone in the days before Thanksgiving is easily the highest effort-to-payoff ratio in the journalism year. Let's just declare the whole week a holiday and be done with it.

Wow. I've heard that Medicare Advantage plans are a rip-off, and now I see why. Handling a denial of preauthorization for my mom by her @humana plan, and they acknowledge that if my mom had plain old cheap medicare, authorization would be immediate. You pay more to get denied.

Just putting this here. youtu.be/b4LnjxEjXtQ

If I have any reason to think something is written by AI, I refuse to read it on principle. Insta-delete. That applies especially to unsolicited emails full of those tell-tale emoji section headings AI seems to love so much. Slop.