Jonathan E Cowperthwait @cowperthwait.sfba.social.ap.brid.gy · 17/10/2026✈ KOA remains like if a Cub Scout troop ran an airport, but, like, high-achieving Cub Scouts. 000 0
Jonathan E Cowperthwait @cowperthwait.sfba.social.ap.brid.gy · 16/10/2026Later this morning, Satya Nadella is going to rebrand all $MSFT’s EAs to santamataldums. www.threads.com/@aaron.rupar/post/D…threads.comAaron Rupar (@aaron.rupar) on ThreadsTrump: "Maybe I won't have a news conference santamataldum" 000 0
Jonathan E Cowperthwait @cowperthwait.sfba.social.ap.brid.gy · 15/10/2026Didn’t want the censors to behead me for nipple. 110 1
Jonathan E Cowperthwait @cowperthwait.sfba.social.ap.brid.gy · 07/10/2026“Why don’t you just change the settings” Look, don’t bully me. I can’t take it. I was bullied within an inch of my life last night. (I make dolls out of human hair.) 000 0
Jonathan E Cowperthwait @cowperthwait.sfba.social.ap.brid.gy · 07/10/2026I swear, the PM for the macOS Tahoe Dictionary app has some new bonus riding on how many times I launch the app, and bribed the MacBook Pro trackpad people to help. The little shit pops up every time I select a block of text—every damn time. 100 1
Jonathan E Cowperthwait @cowperthwait.sfba.social.ap.brid.gy · 06/10/2026Happy midterm election season to all who celebrate 122 2
Jonathan E Cowperthwait @cowperthwait.sfba.social.ap.brid.gy · 04/10/2026A semiprofessional social event. “You look good! You look so great!” Yes, well, I was very ill and shed a third of my bodyweight in six weeks, and “Well, be careful. Keep it off. You were overweight. But now, so good!” 000 0
Reposted by Jonathan E CowperthwaitJonathan E Cowperthwait @cowperthwait.sfba.social.ap.brid.gy · 04/10/2026I refuse to believe this story wasn’t written by @dougjballoon. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/01/us/polit… 001 1
Jonathan E Cowperthwait @cowperthwait.sfba.social.ap.brid.gy · 04/10/2026I refuse to believe this story wasn’t written by @dougjballoon. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/01/us/polit… 001 1
Reposted by Jonathan E CowperthwaitJef Poskanzer @jef.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 03/10/2026It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas 221 2
Jonathan E Cowperthwait @cowperthwait.sfba.social.ap.brid.gy · 02/10/2026Fuck right right right right off. 000 0
Reposted by Jonathan E Cowperthwaitceej @ceej.online · 11/10/2024ME: (bringing a date back to a haunted house) Enter… if you dare! Haha. But seriously, it’s pretty spooky in there. Who knows, play your cards right and maybe we could add some moans of our own? DATE: Um, maybe another time. THE WHISPERING CORPSE THAT HOVERS JUST BEHIND MY HEAD: ʸᵒᵘ ᵃˡʷᵃʸˢ ᵈᵒ ᵗʰⁱˢ 141445 414
Reposted by Jonathan E CowperthwaitDoctor M. Popular @docpop.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 30/09/2026Finally, an honest YouTube title. www.youtube.com/watch?v=KCzwyFHSMdY 102 2
Jonathan E Cowperthwait @cowperthwait.sfba.social.ap.brid.gy · 29/09/2026Who needs to remind Ed Zitron that priapism requires immediate medical attention to prevent lasting damage? www.reuters.com/business/finance/an… 001 1
Jonathan E Cowperthwait @cowperthwait.sfba.social.ap.brid.gy · 27/09/2026Accidentally washed some black washcloths in my load of whites, and now bracing for a bunch of smug told-you-so’s from Mississippians. 010 1
Jonathan E Cowperthwait @cowperthwait.sfba.social.ap.brid.gy · 27/09/2026Every morning, a different one wins. I should start a Polymarket. (It kills me that China can’t be arsed to manufacture zigbee-addressable motors that are a) cheap but also b) surgically precise. Also, yes, my windows are filthy.) 000 0
Reposted by Jonathan E Cowperthwaitjonny (nonvenomous) @jonny.neuromatch.social.ap.brid.gy · 24/09/2026RE: mastodon.sdf.org/@doragasu/11732469… Not only confirming this, its extremely easy. Almost no prompt injection resistance lmao 516127 127
Reposted by Jonathan E Cowperthwait[object Object] @zzt.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 23/09/2026can’t believe the K in KDE stands for klan 165 6
Jonathan E Cowperthwait @cowperthwait.sfba.social.ap.brid.gy · 21/09/2026There are three wolves inside you, one is 001 1
Jonathan E Cowperthwait @cowperthwait.sfba.social.ap.brid.gy · 21/09/2026Reunion drinks with the cast of one of my first ad industry gigs and it’s funny(?) who remembers what. Many people think I was younger, God bless them; a few think I was older, fine; and one accounts guy who remembered (fondly) that the day I cracked a new client services budget I blew it all on […]sfba.socialOriginal post on sfba.social 000 0
Jonathan E Cowperthwait @cowperthwait.sfba.social.ap.brid.gy · 20/09/2026Instagram just presented me with a seemingly real video of a sheep wrestling with a goose, in which then goose prevails and then just wails on the sheep, pecking its neck to high heaven, and, honestly, the algorithm finally gets me. 011 1
Jonathan E Cowperthwait @cowperthwait.sfba.social.ap.brid.gy · 19/09/2026I will be trawling LinkedIn to find the outdoor advertising specialist who King Ralphed into healthcare directly from an Indiana highwayside adult novelty gift emporium. 000 0
Reposted by Jonathan E Cowperthwaitjonny (nonvenomous) @jonny.neuromatch.social.ap.brid.gy · 12/09/2026You literally cannot start something in a funnier way than this 034 4
Reposted by Jonathan E Cowperthwait[object Object] @zzt.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 08/09/2026you’re saying this software can be used to render men? 101 1
Jonathan E Cowperthwait @cowperthwait.sfba.social.ap.brid.gy · 04/09/2026Which one of you did this? (I know it was one of you) 120 2
Jonathan E Cowperthwait @cowperthwait.sfba.social.ap.brid.gy · 03/09/2026You might not think it would be possible both to decry cancel culture and decry an institution for not more quickly canceling an antisemite, but you are not Bret Stephens. “Cognitive dissonance” is a somewhat useless concept for someone whose entire cognitive oeuvre is “mmm, boot, lick, mmm.” […]sfba.socialOriginal post on sfba.social 000 0
Jonathan E Cowperthwait @cowperthwait.sfba.social.ap.brid.gy · 03/09/2026I am, whatever, 15 years late to this party but I declare JetBlue the spiritual successor to Virgin America (z״l). All these little tiny UI/UX fit and finish details that they didn’t have to do and nobody else bothered to do. 000 0
Jonathan E Cowperthwait @cowperthwait.sfba.social.ap.brid.gy · 31/08/2026I know everyone thinks Microsoft’s KB5120998 “breaks mouse settings” because Windows quality control is “a tire fire” symptomatic of a company that has “fundamentally lost its way” following years of “terrible product strategy” that “abuses users” in a form of “thrashing now that enterprise […]sfba.socialOriginal post on sfba.social 111 1
Jonathan E Cowperthwait @cowperthwait.sfba.social.ap.brid.gy · 18/08/2026I mean, on the other hand, when I’m too lazy to make it down to Emmy’s Spaghetti Shack, at least we have this. 010 1
Jonathan E Cowperthwait @cowperthwait.sfba.social.ap.brid.gy · 18/08/2026I’m on the verge of writing a whole goddamn book about this. When token subsidies expire and the LLM economy corrects, look at the sheer quantity of people whose career Zoom alone has fucked. Even at just 1 PM + 1 eng for each of these features, we’re talking millions of wasted person years. 100 1
Jonathan E Cowperthwait @cowperthwait.sfba.social.ap.brid.gy · 17/08/2026RE: flipboard.com/@thecollector/thecoll… A border with whom now?flipboard.com 000 0
Jonathan E Cowperthwait @cowperthwait.sfba.social.ap.brid.gy · 17/08/2026If this doesn’t do 10K impressions before lunchtime, I’m joining the priesthood. 000 0
Jonathan E Cowperthwait @cowperthwait.sfba.social.ap.brid.gy · 17/08/2026I don’t know, per se, what Gemini will do with that many flights to Daytona, but let’s go. 200 2
Jonathan E Cowperthwait @cowperthwait.sfba.social.ap.brid.gy · 17/08/2026Musk: “Hey Grok, buy me that airline with all the racist passengers” “Sorry, Mein Führer…” 101 1
Jonathan E Cowperthwait @cowperthwait.sfba.social.ap.brid.gy · 17/08/2026In response to this, watch Sam Altman just straight up buy Southwest. 100 1
Jonathan E Cowperthwait @cowperthwait.sfba.social.ap.brid.gy · 17/08/2026This seems like an unwise tie-up until you remember that Google’s only thriving community is the comment section on YouTube videos, and here is where all of those users, specifically, flew IRL […]sfba.socialOriginal post on sfba.social 100 1
Reposted by Jonathan E CowperthwaitMike Masnick @masnick.com · 15/08/2026Had missed this, but yikes. www.middleeasteye.net/features/sui... 121055 210
Reposted by Jonathan E CowperthwaitAdrianna Tan @skinnylatte.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 15/08/2026Remember the CEO who fired all those people on Zoom? He got fired. www.reddit.com/r/technology/s/lpwLL… 1732 32
Reposted by Jonathan E Cowperthwait[object Object] @zzt.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 10/08/2026sometimes you’ll ban a wide class of people (fascists, debatebros, AI boosters, take your pick) on sight because that’s what makes the community work some of them will non-credibly call you names who gives a shit 112 2
Jonathan E Cowperthwait @cowperthwait.sfba.social.ap.brid.gy · 10/08/2026Oh, hey, also, an 8 port 2.5gbit managed Ethernet switch. This one is harder to drop on my foot, so I’m feeling optimistic here. www.craigslist.org/view/d/san-franc…craigslist.orgNETGEAR MS108EUP 2.5 Gbps 8-port managed Ethernet switch + power - electronics - by owner - sale - craigslistThis is a listing for a NETGEAR MS108EUP 2.5 Gbps 8-port managed Ethernet switch with power supply. You may have this for free. Give a buck to someone in need. This is available for local pick up... 000 0
Jonathan E Cowperthwait @cowperthwait.sfba.social.ap.brid.gy · 10/08/2026@jsatk People don’t goddamn read. 000 0
Jonathan E Cowperthwait @cowperthwait.sfba.social.ap.brid.gy · 10/08/2026I’m not exasperated, you’re exasperated. (PS: free wine fridge in #SFBA!: www.craigslist.org/view/d/san-franc…) 300 3
Jonathan E Cowperthwait @cowperthwait.sfba.social.ap.brid.gy · 07/08/2026Oh, you’re absolutely right to call me out for that, whoops! I can see how, in a house-fire situation, “did not actually notify emergency services” would read as a meaningful gap in service. That’s on me. I appreciate you flagging it — feedback like this is genuinely how I get better. Totally […]sfba.socialOriginal post on sfba.social 002 2
Jonathan E Cowperthwait @cowperthwait.sfba.social.ap.brid.gy · 03/08/2026BRB, doing an MRI at Brad Raffensperger Hall in the Low Flow Toilets Precision Oncology Radiation and Gender Affirming Care Center. 000 0
Jonathan E Cowperthwait @cowperthwait.sfba.social.ap.brid.gy · 03/08/2026Someone should pay me to be the guy in meetings who just points out that [thing] will enrage RFK and DJT and endanger thousands of lives. 100 1
Jonathan E Cowperthwait @cowperthwait.sfba.social.ap.brid.gy · 02/08/2026Fellas. Is it gay not to go literally, literally psychotic? 000 0
Jonathan E Cowperthwait @cowperthwait.sfba.social.ap.brid.gy · 02/08/2026One director was assigned the unrejectable commission of shooting every single one of them, and, honestly?, he was pretty good? www.youtube.com/AdvGeniusHarryEgipt… 101 1
Jonathan E Cowperthwait @cowperthwait.sfba.social.ap.brid.gy · 02/08/2026In the 1980s, every Soviet oblast was ordered to devote budget to advertising, in an attempt to drum up demand for the catastrophically but also hilariously catastrophic garbage wares they had been misled into building their entire economies around. Anyway, 100 1