Reposted by Andrew KowalAlexandra Petri @petridishes.bsky.social · 27/08/2026the year is 2027. gas costs $83 and lettuce is at war with us. however every location on every map now says AMERICA 227147282820
Reposted by Andrew Kowalthe Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social · 21/08/2026hey people sorry if some of you breeze past this part but it’s Friday. We do AI discourse on Wednesday and Thursday. Friday is for stuff that rocks and is actually fun. It’s in the TOS & the packet you got at orientation. get it together please 894415700
Reposted by Andrew Kowalceej @ceej.online · 31/07/2026ANTHROPIC: Our son loves humanity and for the low price of trillions and trillions of dollars will usher in an era of unprecedented peace and prosperity! OPENAI: Our horrible oafish son is hacking web sites without our permission. ANTHROPIC: (eyes narrowing) Our son is also evil 3666151247
Reposted by Andrew KowalBrosephine so scary 🎃 @joparkerbear.bsky.social · 19/06/2026Can’t sleep? Simple methods that work: • study hurricane forecast • who hates me • what did i forget • relive supreme humiliation • win 12-yr-old argument • buried alive? could happen • what i did vs should have done • dead people i miss • what if i’m bad • why do i say stuff • what’s my fuckin deal 1080542170
Reposted by Andrew KowalMayfair Theatre @mayfairtheatre.bsky.social · 03/07/2026Because many people have asked, yes we are happy to share that the short student documentary about the Mayfair can be watched online! Click over to watch The Time Capsule Theatre at 53:16 on the program. And, be sure to check out the other movies too! www.youtube.com/watch?v=fmhU...youtube.comAlgonquin College Student Films 2026YouTube video by WPBS Digital Studios 012
Andrew Kowal @akowal.bsky.social · 11/04/2026The creepy feeling after finding this in my feed while doomscrolling in my parked car bsky.app/profile/apne... 021
Reposted by Andrew KowalCinephilia & Beyond @cinephiliabeyond.org · 13/03/2026“But, as you see, it's a beautiful day, the Strait of Hormuz is open and people are having a wonderful time.” 205158963609
Reposted by Andrew Kowalthe hype @thehyyyype.bsky.social · 25/12/2025Spruce up your cage, you poor piece of shit 2822
Reposted by Andrew KowalJerry Chen @jcsalterego.bsky.social · 24/12/2025people should say bye on the phone in tv shows and movies 3660646
Reposted by Andrew KowalJerry Chen @jcsalterego.bsky.social · 21/11/2025muppet starship troopers could fix us 751004177
Reposted by Andrew KowalJim Ryan @jim-ryan.bsky.social · 05/06/2025We should call this Small D- day. 291395163
Reposted by Andrew KowalAnil Dash @anildash.com · 29/05/2025And actually, let’s name the editors who prioritize Musk’s feelings over the harms done to the vulnerable. It’s good to identify them and explain their choices in public. 121843
Andrew Kowal @akowal.bsky.social · 26/05/2025www.nytimes.com/2025/05/26/o...nytimes.comOpinion | Our Sympathy Hangover 031
Andrew Kowal @akowal.bsky.social · 23/05/2025“The thing about tennis is, no matter how much I play, I’ll never be as good as a wall. I played a wall once. They’re relentless.” 1231
Reposted by Andrew KowalThe Onion @theonion.com · 20/05/2025Plan To Straighten Out Entire Life During Weeklong Vacation Yields Mixed Results theonion.com/plan-to... 576012675
Reposted by Andrew KowalMolly White @molly.wiki · 10/05/2025they're going to put indulgences on the blockchain 4580279
Reposted by Andrew KowalMike Ginn @shutupmikeginn.bsky.social · 08/03/2025its amazing how chatgpt knows everything about subjects I know nothing about, but is wrong like 40% of the time in things im an expert on. not going to think about this any further 126187644575
Andrew Kowal @akowal.bsky.social · 01/03/2025Reading such a heart-breaking article and all I can think of is: ‘This needs an Oxford comma.’ 030
Reposted by Andrew Kowalpixelatedboat aka “mr bluesky” @pixelatedboat.bsky.social · 07/02/2025Most of the world’s brightest minds are hard at work developing new ways for you to get depression from a computer 162172842428
Andrew Kowal @akowal.bsky.social · 04/02/2025www.nytimes.com/2025/02/04/o...nytimes.comOpinion | DeepSeek Serves as a Warning About Big Tech (Gift Article)The arrival of DeepSeek shows us the competitive weaknesses of America’s tech giants. 010
Reposted by Andrew KowalThe PS1 startup sound as a lesbian @janus.bsky.social · 23/01/2025fuck yes. Borges those motherfuckers404media.coDeveloper Creates Infinite Maze That Traps AI Training Bots"Nepenthes generates random links that always point back to itself - the crawler downloads those new links. Nepenthes happily just returns more and more lists of links pointing back to itself." 8539180
Reposted by Andrew KowalJason K Pargin, author @jasonkpargin.bsky.social · 20/01/2025I did an in-depth interview with The Weekly Anthropocene about how to stay out of a pit of despair when all of your feeds fill with bullshit and dogshit and other types of metaphorical shit: sammatey.substack.com/p/the-weekly... 622425
Andrew Kowal @akowal.bsky.social · 12/01/2025“The Shining” carpeting in the header image is 🧑🍳😙🤌 www.nytimes.com/2025/01/11/b...nytimes.comShould You Consult H.R. About a Conflict With Your Manager?Don’t count on human resources to take your side in a workplace issue, especially if it involves a conflict with your boss. 010
Reposted by Andrew KowalJames @james.tarnation.lol · 15/11/2024i buy all my nuts from aldi’s just for the joke potential 1952692
Reposted by Andrew Kowalsouthpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 28/10/2024tbf, even if no one ever subscribed again, Jeff Bezos could create an endowment to pay salaries and pensions to every journalist who works for The Washington Post until the Earth is swallowed up by the Sun rather than punish the ones who work there now for the consequences of a decision he made. 531688377
Reposted by Andrew KowalBrendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 28/10/2024This is the campaign message 151834272
Andrew Kowal @akowal.bsky.social · 22/09/2024youtu.be/sAh4Vb1ghCo?...youtu.beJorge Ben – Ponta de Lança Africano (Umbabarauma) (Official Video)YouTube video by Luaka Bop 010
Reposted by Andrew KowalElle @elleisanisland.bsky.social · 24/08/2024me: *typing in my symptoms* webMD: GO INTO THE LIGHT 212730
Reposted by Andrew KowalSandra Newman @sannewman.bsky.social · 08/01/2024If you gaze into the abyss long enough, someone will put advertising in it. 231319443
Andrew Kowal @akowal.bsky.social · 12/04/2024It always saddened me that Christopher Hitchens didn’t live long enough to comment on Kissinger’s death. Similarly I wish Norm McDonald lived long enough to do an OJ Simpson “eulogy” on Weekend Update. 050
Reposted by Andrew Kowalc0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 10/01/2024There's a lovely quote from Kurt Vonnegut that captures this idea, the essence of being an amateur: 8487155
Reposted by Andrew KowalBethany Black @bethanyblack.bsky.social · 20/02/2024I never understood survivorship bias and I turned out okay. 6756183
Reposted by Andrew KowalJanel Comeau 🍁 @verybadllama.bsky.social · 27/09/2023hey sorry I missed your text, I am processing a non-stop 24/7 onslaught of information with a brain designed to eat berries in a cave 2950481639
Reposted by Andrew KowalGef the Toking Mongoose @geftokingmongoose.bsky.social · 29/01/2024if the hot ones guy and nardwuar ever touch it will cause a singularity of thoroughly researched interview energy and cause a black hole killing us all 2154
Reposted by Andrew KowalThe Trandalorian @charliejaneanders.com · 19/01/2024This 2000 interview with Paula Borsook (Cyberselfish) perfectly sums up/predicts everything that's happened with Silicon Valley in the past quarter century. www.salon.com/2000/05/04/b... 21475179
Andrew Kowal @akowal.bsky.social · 20/10/2023Everything old is new again www.youtube.com/watch?v=hrlU...youtube.comJon Stewart Learns What Happens When You Criticize Israel"Many have accused Jon Stewart of being pro-Hamas for expressing sympathy for the residents of Gaza, where more than 500 people have been killed -- including... 040
Reposted by Andrew KowalJessica Roy @jessicaroy.bsky.social · 23/09/2023I’m currently an hour and 15 minutes into an NYT Cooking “30-minute pantry meal” recipe and I’ve lost both the will to cook and to live 1749535
Reposted by Andrew Kowaldrewtoothpaste @drewtoothpaste.bsky.social · 18/09/2023no one has "too much free time," if you see someone making something creative it isn't because they failed to watch television 131444232
![So now, when we talk about high-tech culture, a lot of what we're talking about is really business-speculation culture, and a transplanted Midtown Manhattan advertising culture, or Wall Street financial culture. So, though we may use the words "high tech" these days to refer to this group, they're not all the same kind of person -- but they are finding lots of common ground.
Absolutely. I noticed that at some point in the mid-'90s, we got major culture-creep, when programmers and systems administrators all became covert stock traders on the Web.
Yes. It's horrifying. [laughs] Because -- and I'm not anti-technology or anti-geek -- what is really best about these people is what I call their "curious child" quality -- scientists have it -- that kind of noodling around with code, and zoning out for 36 hours at a time working on something. That's where the really good creative work can happen. But if you have one corner of your monitor that's constantly watching the stock market, or you'r](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:psqralexigiufgtswkszy6zr/bafkreic2klxsqffbku7jdvewrbjm2ulosrtfpy5mczn7nwm4z6nqvclrxa)
