I know someone will tell me this is AI.
— Jonah Goldberg (@JonahDispatch) July 9, 2026
I know.
But it’s a banger. pic.twitter.com/OgAYl8xZRd
Fortunately, Ember isn’t much of a hunter (neutering probably will do that), and his sister Ashe, who is the hunter in the family, generally only brings in butterflies, most of which I manage to save and release. We don’t have mice (AFAIK), but once in a great while she’ll get a bird.
An interesting X thread of diverse experiences:
This is a certain kind of talk around LLMs that I find increasingly puzzling. That is all of the people bitching that LLMs constantly generate crap code and hallucinate solutions, and are worthless for programming.
— Eric S. Raymond (@esrtweet) July 8, 2026
This has almost never happened to me, and never during the last…
My own experience is that it can be useful in providing first drafts for things like business plans, requirements documents, etc., but I have to edit, and many wouldn’t have the knowledge to do it properly or recognize issues. It can be a multiplier of both good and bad.
[Update a while ago]
The wages of AI: Professor bans take-home exams after rampant cheating.
What would terrify me about this if I were a student again would be having to go back to handwriting papers and essays. If I didn’t have a keyboard, I’d have hardly written anything in my life.
On America’s birthday, a history:
The banjo is America’s instrument – born in struggle, forged in freedom, and ringing and twanging for 250 years. 🪕🇺🇸@MrWinMarshall delivers a beautiful tribute to the banjo on America’s 250th Independence Day: pic.twitter.com/66I6kBqJxn
— Melissa Chen (@MsMelChen) July 4, 2026
This is much more accurate than the 1619 Project.
Everything they taught you about July 4th, 1776 is a lie.
— PJ Ace (@PJaccetturo) July 3, 2026
The Redcoats weren't soldiers. They were something else.
We recovered the real footage using Utopai 🧵👇 pic.twitter.com/v2GFLGQqpW
…to Mel Brooks.
Hard to imagine him being able to do Blazing Saddles or The Producers today.
…returns.
And yes, they should be allowed pinups as well. The women pilots can livery their own planes as they wish.
VDH: Spare us the collective outrage.
The Colbert show, explained:
I am the Senior Vice President of Late Night Strategy at CBS. I am the person who turned a comedian into a priest and charged advertisers to watch the congregation.
— Peter Girnus 🦅 (@gothburz) May 23, 2026
I want to be precise about what I built. Not a comedy show. A permission structure. For eleven years, six million… pic.twitter.com/UnOQ3PGk7O
[Update Saturday afternoon]
Israel knows a defamation case won’t fly. That’s not the play.
— Jeff Callahan (@thejeffcallahan) May 11, 2026
It would be almost literally a breath of fresh air if he wins.