here's a cognitive dissonance that is burning me out:

- LLMs are magic pixie dust, this shit was sci-fi just a few years ago, would love to use them more productively
- If they were that earth shatteringly useful you wouldn't have to *force* your employees to use them

Jeffries: hey the GOP controls the government, absolutely nothing i can do, gonna work on my personal book tour

Sanders: brb i am going to personally barnstorm strategic GOP house districts and try to peel off 2 votes so we can block Trump's cuts to Medicaid

https://www.commondreams.org/news/bernie-sanders-donald-trump

Recent convo about the original Four Loko -- and my last-chance tasting -- puts me in mind of the genius mashup mixtape Girl Talk had just released. My soundtrack that weekend.

'Oh No' starts by pairing 'War Pigs' and 'Move Bitch' -- and eventually even samples 'Strawberry Letter 23'

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4bMM7tGV9MI

master: welcome to my Smart Home

student: wow. how is the light controlled?

master: with this on-off switch

student: i don't see a motor to close the blinds

master: there is none

student: where is the server located?

master: it is not needed

student: excuse me but what is "Smart" about all of this?

master: everything.

in this moment, the student was enlightened

He had 6 companies facing 32 investigations from 11 government agencies. Only a miracle could save his net worth and then…November 5th 2024.

Now the rest is history. Or some would say, oligarchy.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/11/us/politics/elon-musk-companies-conflicts.html?unlocked_article_code=1.wE4.2bpK.zw_LZKybnn44&smid=url-share