I think it's logically impossible for AI to make "good" art. Do you agree?

I actually really liked Kate Zacharia, she was a breath of fresh air in the White House:

Did Ukraine just save the internet last week? After the country bombed a Yandex data center in Russia, everyone posted data showing that right-wing bots decreased online. But it turns out the majority of this data was about "web crawlers," standard info-gathering bots that help search engines organize the internet. Users screenshotted and shared the data anyway. And ironically, this whole episode seemed to have increased misinformation. So as much as I'd like to send an explosive drone into a Russian data center, I don't think it'll do much. The bigger issue seems to be what @haubursin tackled in his latest video —  social media platforms have monetization policies that incentivize slop en masse:

We always try to ask the hard questions Thank you @HanaaTameez for a great interview!

Not impressed. Poland had flying cars back in 2020 already

much like a man in his 70s, private equity is having "liquidity problems." and similarly, it all comes down to "aging assets:"

Soy sauce isn't real soy sauce. Movie theater butter isn't real butter. Vanilla flavor isn't real vanilla flavor. Why's everything fake now?

Altogether, that comes to close to $1,100 per household, paid at the pump and in the higher cost of everything that moves by truck or plane. And the energy tab continues to increase by about $50 a week at today’s fuel prices.

Many are calling it the largest investment in Europe ever

only day you can post this

This tees him up nicely for a 2032 presidential run

in global news a Russian bot farm was attacked and destroyed by Ukrainian forces, so anyone still calling you slurs on Twitter today is organic farm to table

Why did the former Serbian President debate a rock on state TV? Maybe cuz his political career hit rock bottom... Aleksander Vucic's opposition refuses to debate him. Not because they're pulling a Ken Paxton, dodging tough competition. But because it's literally not worth their time. Bro was literally president until 2 weeks ago...

Scott Bessent, at his confirmation hearing in Jan/2025 to be Treasury Secretary: "the tragedy going on in Ukraine is one of the greatest tragedies of my adult life ... I believe that the sanctions [on Russia] were not fulsome enough. I believe that the previous administration was worried about raising US energy prices during an election season... if I'm confirmed and if President Trump requests ...I will be 100% on board for taking sanctions up." Mark Warner (D-VA): "I very much appreciate your willingness and I hope you will be an advocate for keeping those sanctions on and actually advancing them even further." rev.com/transcripts/scott-be…

mfw America's short-term domestic politics create the worst long-term foreign policy outcomes imaginable

WTF is going on in Brazil? Turns out, the country I knew for the masterpieces Rio and Rio 2 is also South America's largest economy (~50% of the continent's GDP). And unfortunately, we got a Brazilian debt crisis before a Rio 3. The good news is that, unlike classic debt crises, most of Brazil's debt is denominated in their local currency. So it's a slow burn. But the bad news is that this is still leading to some alarming political outcomes — the Bolsonaro family is rapidly gaining ground against the incumbent president (Lula) and his party. For context, Jair Bolsonaro, the previous Brazilian president, is exiled in Florida right now for a botched coup attempt after he lost the last election. Despite this, markets rose with hopes that the Bolsonaros can turn the ship around. But investors in Brazil are mistaken for the same reasons they were wrong in America. No individual candidate can limit spending in either country. Because much like the US, the vast majority of Brazil's government spending is Constitutionally-mandated:

I feel for Jeff Bezos. Cuz Elon Musk once again reached trillionaire status this week. Meaning Bezos is closer in wealth to all of us than he is to Elon:

Every person receiving the nation’s top scientific award is a foreign born immigrant

I’m really enjoying this interview. Truly.