"The best way to solve a problem happening right now is us waiting for you to vote later. Because if we did something now, some people might not vote for us. And if they don’t vote for us later, then we can’t do something later! You see the problem." mcsweeneys.net/articles/we-wo…

losing my mind

The penalty for destroying evidence post insurrection should serve as a guilty plea for sedition, max sentence to them all.

This is exactly the problem in advertising today.. there’s a huge pile of papers, unread, unapplied, while people just push forward with their gut, selling drivel to cheap clients.

democracy

Wait, the moldy whoppers didn't do it? nypost.com/2022/09/11/bur…

not gonna lie the first time I generated this data and chart it was so jaw dropping I immediately checked to confirm it was right businessinsider.com/gerontocracy-u…

Top human-caused threats to birds in the US. If you are against wind energy because they threaten birds, I am sure you are also fighting to outlaw cats. Source: buff.ly/3dCeAxp

Here’s a fun one: we’ve translated a “slide rule”-style recipe guide for Hiram Walker to the web. Note that it takes a moment to download and that there’s also a reverse view. Scroll to activate. library.cocktailkingdom.com/exh.treasures.…

too subtle, feel like the brand is getting lost here

Brilliant thread

Imagine how much work we’re all going to get done when twitter dies. Elon’s implosion might single handedly lift economic output

Unarmed queers in a gay bar in Colorado Springs were able to do what hundreds of armed men couldn't do in Uvalde.

Maybe we could just take a year off to read books.

Yes, of course I asked the fancy new AI chatbot about 60:40... pretty decent response. cc/ Les Binet

I really hope all these shot down UFOs are just a branded Super Bowl stunt

All the new papers that I need to read

Keynes said in 1930 that labor-saving technologies would lead to a 15-hour workweek for his grandchildren… I don’t doubt the impact of AI, but it might do what the last 100 years of tech has done and essentially created more work.

"They download the papers, make a list they call MUST READ, and believe they'll have time to read it sometime in the future!"

youtu.be/9n1OqPzIKH4?si… Ken Burns brilliance, no notes. Recommend listening with head phones and eyes closed.