Evan Parker @evanparkernyc.bsky.social · 3hwww.nytimes.com/2026/10/04/m...nytimes.comHow Everything Became Gambling (Gift Article)It’s not just DraftKings and Polymarket — the logic of gambling undergirds everything coming out of Silicon Valley. 001
Reposted by Evan ParkerAdam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 5hThis book had me sleeping with the lights on when i was six bsky.app/profile/slee... 70104273
Reposted by Evan ParkerRudiments of Gruel @week4paug.net · 14hThe roar was nuts once everyone realized what was going on 1557
Evan Parker @evanparkernyc.bsky.social · 03/10/2026www.nytimes.com/2026/10/03/o...nytimes.comOpinion | Zohran Mamdani Is Showing the World How It’s Done (Gift Article)The New York City mayor has an antidote to globe-spanning distemper. 020
Reposted by Evan ParkerPhil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 01/10/2026An adopted St. Louis man discovered his father is five-time Grammy award winner Michael McDonaldkctv5.comAdopted St. Louis man discovers his biological father is a Grammy-winning artistA St. Louis man who spent decades wondering about his biological roots was recently reunited with his birth parents—and discovered his father is a five-time Grammy Award winner 851320239
Reposted by Evan ParkerMichael Lobel @mlobelart.bsky.social · 01/10/2026 absolutely savage😭 www.nytimes.com/2026/09/29/u... 1304
Evan Parker @evanparkernyc.bsky.social · 01/10/2026RIP www.nytimes.com/2026/09/29/a...nytimes.comAs Mr. Belding on “Saved by the Bell,” Dennis Haskins Made Principals Your Pal (Gift Article)As Mr. Belding on “Saved by the Bell,” Dennis Haskins helped change an onscreen dynamic that paved the way for principals to come. 000
Reposted by Evan ParkerIan Coldwater 🧊🚫 @lookitup.baby · 30/09/2026BREAKING NEWS: “Do geese see God” is a palindrome 14580541973
Reposted by Evan ParkerRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 29/09/2026The moment Jack Smith realized Eric Schmitt was talking about the wrong game. 599199703159
Reposted by Evan ParkerHelen Kennedy @helenkennedy.com · 29/09/2026Trump’s new AI website is kinda fun, it turns out. 5541341127
Reposted by Evan Parkerwomensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 28/09/2026While listening to council meetings in Montreal, local mayor Sue Montgomery decided to knit in red when men spoke and in green when women spoke, when similar numbers of both attended. Day 1 results.... #WomensArt 201310394
Reposted by Evan Parkerwilhunter.bsky.social @wilhunter.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Chad Ryland in Denver a couple years ago was a good one 3502
Evan Parker @evanparkernyc.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Spouse just finished The Nickel Boys. I’ve been waiting for her to read the twist for weeks, now we can marvel at it together 000
Evan Parker @evanparkernyc.bsky.social · 26/09/2026There’s only so much time left in this crazy wooooorrlld 000
Evan Parker @evanparkernyc.bsky.social · 26/09/2026I have no idea about the origins of the iced coffee / mom at the Giants game discourses #blessed 000
Evan Parker @evanparkernyc.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Got 'em www.ft.com/content/4c3f...ft.comOK, so where are all these data centres?A construction shortfall so big you can’t see it from space 000
Reposted by Evan ParkerJosh Gondelman @joshgondelman.bsky.social · 26/09/2026"Nor'easter" has got to be the black sheep of the contraction family. Doesn't even save a syllable. 5196482
Reposted by Evan Parkerandy vs. @im-all-id.me · 26/09/2026It's really comin down out there (civilization) 262366464
Evan Parker @evanparkernyc.bsky.social · 26/09/2026www.nytimes.com/2026/09/25/n...nytimes.comThe Graffiti Artist Top Brands Call On for That ‘New York’ Look 010
Reposted by Evan ParkerIsle McElroy @islemcelroy.bsky.social · 17/09/2026I start teaching at the Columbia mfa today. Here’s the AI statement from my syllabus. Feel free to borrow. 1026142
Reposted by Evan ParkerRic Fouad @ricfouad.bsky.social · 18/09/20261/2 Friend speaks for me, most important legal opinion piece this century, no hyperbole: rule of law & our democracy are on line. “Trump’s lawyers are engaged in professional misconduct [on a staggering] scale” & authorities shld revoke their law licenses. Keys include Rule 8.4(d) proscribing 1125
Reposted by Evan ParkerPavel @spavel.bsky.social · 18/09/2026We told everyone that programming wasn't the hard part, but no one believed us. The reason LLMs can excrete sort-of-okay code is that sort-of-okay code has been a commodity good for 20+ years. Then, just like now, the bottleneck was understanding what people actually want.nytimes.comOpinion | A.I. Slopware Is Everywhere Now. Nobody Is Using It. (Gift Article)Just because A.I. is revolutionizing coding, doesn’t mean it will automatically revolutionize our apps. 14466111
Reposted by Evan ParkerCarl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 18/09/2026DEUTSCHE: “.. we’ve now reached a point where 50% of newly published articles are predominantly AI-generated.” 40369159
Reposted by Evan ParkerJames Medlock @jdcmedlock.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Republicans, in their infinite wisdom, left a big gambling loophole in the Medicaid work requirements. I'm no fan of the gambling industry, but if you are on Medicaid and struggling to deal with the work requirements, taking a $580 bet on both sides of an outcome is one way of getting around them. 401998531
Evan Parker @evanparkernyc.bsky.social · 15/09/2026This work is incredible www.nytimes.com/2026/09/10/a...nytimes.comAn Artist Inspired by Men Behaving Badly (Gift Article)In a new show at David Kordansky Gallery, the Iranian American painter Tala Madani plumbs the lives of her characters with absurd humor and a strange tenderness. 010
Evan Parker @evanparkernyc.bsky.social · 15/09/2026At a one-mile "back to school" race down 5th Ave on Sunday the men's winner finished the mile in 3:45. Insane!!! 000
Reposted by Evan ParkerBrendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 15/09/2026It’s kind of crazy that this is going to be revelatory for a lot of people while idiots who post online have known this incredibly important information for years and years at this point 834699806
Reposted by Evan ParkerBrent Staples @bstaples.bsky.social · 12/09/2026The disadvantaged young — or how the old consolidated wealth and power in the United States. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...lrb.co.ukDavid Runciman · The Cult of LongevityWe don’t have a politics of what works so much as a politics of what older citizens won’t notice. All human beings... 0113
Evan Parker @evanparkernyc.bsky.social · 14/09/2026www.nytimes.com/2026/08/31/b...nytimes.comPrivate Equity Wants to Invest in College Sports. Some Schools Are Wary. (Gift Article)As desperate as many athletic programs are for money, they are proceeding cautiously when it comes to deals with private equity. 000
Reposted by Evan Parkerjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 12/09/2026mackenzie scott really seems like the only billionaire to figure out that you can be a literal hero to millions with a relative pittance 357155522731
Reposted by Evan ParkerDare Obasanjo @carnage4life.bsky.social · 11/09/2026The list of software industry trends below resonates with what I’m seeing and hearing from friends. • IDE usage has plummeted in favor of coding agent CLIs. • Flattening, Super ICs and career development is on the back burner everywhere. • Costs now matter for AI tokens. • Everyone is overworked. 5525
Evan Parker @evanparkernyc.bsky.social · 11/09/2026I’ll tell you what H/T @mulberrysdream.bsky.social 011
Reposted by Evan ParkerChris Scott @iamchrisscott.bsky.social · 11/09/2026For two grand I’ll come fold your iPhone for you 1268
Evan Parker @evanparkernyc.bsky.social · 10/09/2026I bet the ratio of people who set their thermostat to even vs odd number is 2:1, or is it just me 000
Evan Parker @evanparkernyc.bsky.social · 10/09/2026The only reply needed for the AI killing us guysstatic.klipy.comJennifer Lawrence's Expressive ReactionALT: Jennifer Lawrence's Expressive Reaction 000
Reposted by Evan ParkerStephen Nuñez @socio-steve.bsky.social · 09/09/2026For the record I estimate that sociology has only a 0.1 percent chance of destroying humanity in the next decade. 812813
Reposted by Evan ParkerP(aul) Frazee @pfrazee.com · 07/09/2026This is why I care about AI coding. 2834537
Evan Parker @evanparkernyc.bsky.social · 09/09/2026www.nytimes.com/2026/09/07/b...nytimes.comSocial Media in China Is Getting Really Dark (Gift Article)The Chinese Communist Party has spent years trying to make “positive energy” the dominant mood of the country’s internet. It’s no longer working. 000
Evan Parker @evanparkernyc.bsky.social · 09/09/2026I have to get my kids up at WHAT TIME on Thursday??? 100
Reposted by Evan ParkerMerriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 08/09/2026Here is our draft definition of 'artificial intelligence' from 1981. It was written by a lovely human. 28977202