Normcore MacDonald

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Won’t you take me to…

Midlife ADHD diagnosis has made me more aware of how often and easily I’m side tracked. Not any easier to prevent it though. Basically feel like the Guy from Memento

Me: polyurethane Polly: I’m not insane, you’re insane! Me: who said that?

Google trains off FAQs, not Never Asked Questions

Google explaining the “glue pizza” search result by stating EXPLICITLY that the wrong answer was given BECAUSE nobody had ever asked that question in the training data tells you that what we have isn’t artificial intelligence. It’s a server that copies, changes slightly, and pastes. Not intelligence

No Trespassing! But if you insist on trespassing, do not smoke!

If Elon Musk started a moving company

Pistol Pete Maravich bereft at losing his scoring record to Caitlin Clark - and it’s taken so so literally

McSweeney’s piece I expect to see: “Almuni Magazine Feature from the Protest”

Will never get tired of PSG finding new and creative ways to blow it in the UCL www.espn.com/soccer/story...

PSG denied by woodwork in 'unfair' Champions League exit - ESPNwww.espn.com Paris Saint-Germain had no shortage of chances and possession in their Champions League semifinal loss to Borussia Dortmund on Tuesday, but they didn't have the one thing that mattered: goals.

Netflix’s The Idea of You, starring Anne Hathaway, directed by Michael Showalter, and brought to you by Tag Heuer.

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Today's newsletter is the story of how Prabhakar Raghavan, Google's former head of ads - led a coup so that he could run Google Search, and how an email chain from 2019 began a cascade of events that would lead to him running it into the ground. www.wheresyoured.at/the-men-who-...

The Man Who Killed Google Searchwww.wheresyoured.at This is the story of how Google Search died, and the people responsible for killing it. The story begins on February 5th 2019, when Ben Gomes, Google’s head of search, had a problem. Jerry Dischler, ...

In Soviet Russia, making outs YOU!

In Australia, making out is called “getting to third base.”

Oh the joys of scheduled social media posts

@astrokatie.com does this mean any of the endings change in the send of Everything? www.nytimes.com/2024/04/04/s...

A Tantalizing ‘Hint’ That Astronomers Got Dark Energy All Wrongwww.nytimes.com Scientists may have discovered a major flaw in their understanding of that mysterious cosmic force. That could be good news for the fate of the universe.

Thyme, flies, señor Halving Fund

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Ok I am so deeply obsessed with the terrible Willy Wonka Experience and there is just SO MUCH material being unearthed that I'm going to just try and pull together a resource thread with everything that's currently been found. Let's start with the AI promotional images for the event:

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BONE APPETITE - dashare.zone ADMIN

True. In fact, you have to stay home to make sure no random soldiers quarter there.

A haiku about the MTA

AdmrialAkbar.gif — It’s a trap!

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You’d never think anything starting with “Mutant wolves roaming the deserted streets of Chernobyl” would have a positive ending, but here we are.

Good morning!

RIP Chubbs

I contend Tim Meadows’ best SNL character was Weatherman John John Mackey, and this ahould have been his Lorne Michaels production youtu.be/59oYNXLCK9E?...

John John Mackey snlyoutu.be John John Mackey from back in the day!! 1997 i believe

I think about this lesson from Psych 101 a lot

youtu.be/FT7YZQEHHVE?...

Gen Z will drop Taylor Swift like a hot bedpan once they’re introduced to cool musical stylings of…Jon Voight?

turnip juiceyoutu.be lemon tree episode

Laser cat in repose

The Platform Edge, my new SaaS podcast

This is how I hear Klopp is leaving?