Buckaroo Ponzi

From our 7yo

Current status of the fundraisers for those killed by ICE: Renee Good: $1,499,580 Alex Pretti: $1,289,249 Keith Porter, Jr. $302,423 Parady La: $45,848 Heber Sanchez Dominguez: $47,991 Luis Beltrán Yanez Cruz: $18,640 Victor Manuel Diaz: $2,538 Geraldo Lunas: $2,260 Luis Gustavo Núñez: $1,935

It’s siggraph season! Next year’s computer graphics features and/or fresh horrors today! youtu.be/FlrTZEJeEXs?...

@notalawyer.bsky.social @michaelhobbes.bsky.social Listening to the worst takes episode reminds me of this ancient (80 second) video of John C Dvorak, tech pundit: youtu.be/343NxxEiFfM?...

I wonder how many house fires have been started by Hanukkah candles falling into Christmas trees.

In the space of one year, I went from zero to daily: * reading glasses * statin * Metamucil * compression socks

I keep trying to make this joke and I’m not smart enough so someone else figure it out.

Siri personalized responses sound so sarcastic. Okay, “Ben”, I added waffles to the Trader Joe’s list.

Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer. He is a computer safety researcher. And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine. In under 1600 words. aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...

Everyone who talks about The Singularity should be required to wear Ray Kurzweil’s toupee while they do it. It’s the only way to have the appropriate level of gravitas.

It’s going to be so much easier to explain systemic racism to little white kids now. “We can’t go into school right now because we can’t let these kidnappers in to get your classmates with darker skin.”

I got my hands up They’re playing my song They know I’m gonna be okay Yeah it’s a party in the USA — Miley Cyrus I got my hands up Pants fall down Underwear flies away Yeah it’s a potty in the USA — Ezra, 1st grade classmate of my daughter.

"The hallways...were absolutely lined with ICE agents. And immigrants were scared to leave, even though their cases were still open. What happened was that ICE agents then stormed into the courtroom, kicked out the attorneys, and detained everyone in the courtroom over the judge's objections."

@reckless.bsky.social Have you seen the party speaker scene in Andor? S02E03, 33 minutes in. Custom for you. Uh… spoiler warning.

A communist is one who stands athwart history, yelling “Pimps down, hoes up.” — Boots Riley

Like Water for Hot Dogs