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The dog needs eye drops. I give her a treat before and after to offset the discomfort and I put the treats up on a high shelf before starting the procedure. This morning I stepped away for a few minutes and when I came back, Julie t... mitchwagner.com/2026/09/29/the-dog-…

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Mitch Wagner @mitchwagner.com · 21h

🦍 Mitchellaneous #170: Memes and other found media: mitchwagner.com/2026/09/29/mitchell…

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Please enjoy this trailer for the movie "Convoy" featuring some unbelievable talent for what seems to be cinematic schlock — Kris Kristofferson! Ali McGraw! Ernest Borgnine! directed by Sam Peckinpah! — and a cover of the CW McCall novelty song with the same title. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sd5Z...

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C.W. McCall - Convoy

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Mitch Wagner @mitchwagner.com · 29/09/2026

Hal Jordan and John Stewart are modeling the mentor/mentee relationship poorly.

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Mitch Wagner @mitchwagner.com · 29/09/2026

There is a unique disappointment when you ordered something fun from Amazon and you see the package at your front door and you open it and you see that it is the toothbrushes which you had momentarily forgotten you also ordered.

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Mitch Wagner @mitchwagner.com · 28/09/2026

The Imaginary Worlds podcast reflects on how “myths like Pygmalion or Pandora reflect primal human desires and fears that have an effect on the development of AI," and talks with “audio journalist Rebecca Nolan about he... mitchwagner.com/2026/09/28/the-imag…

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Mitch Wagner @mitchwagner.com · 27/09/2026

“The other day, I looked out my door cam and saw an 81-year-old man slowly and painstakingly carrying my heavy luggage that had been lost on a recent flight up a steep flight of stairs,” writes Erin Howell, who set up a GoFundMe to he... mitchwagner.com/2026/09/27/the-othe…

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Mitch Wagner @mitchwagner.com · 27/09/2026

Cloudflare CEO Matthew Prince has an intriguing proposal for making content creation for the web a viable business in the AI era: Require AI bots to pay when they index a site and deliver results to users. That would requir... mitchwagner.com/2026/09/27/cloudfla…

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Uncle Duke @uncleduke1969.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

ME: *rings neighbor’s doorbell* I think I ran over your cat. NEIGHBOR: Oh no! What did the cat look like? ME: *makes surprised face*

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Richard Kadrey @richardkadrey.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Happy Sunday. What's everyone reading this weekend? #PulpSabotage

a parody book cover of a 60s erotic novel called Doorway Of Boobs

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Uncle Duke @uncleduke1969.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

debbie sounds like fun

Handwritten door sign reads “All Girls With Long Hair - Must Be tied UP.
Thank you
DEBBIE”

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Mitch Wagner @mitchwagner.com · 27/09/2026

‘How it works’ The Computer - A Ladybird Book by David Carey, 1971 www.tumblr.com/thevaultofth...

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Mitch Wagner @mitchwagner.com · 27/09/2026

Barbara Eden (left) and Elizabeth Montgomery, 1967 www.tumblr.com/retropopcult...

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Mitch Wagner @mitchwagner.com · 26/09/2026

chaka khan 1975 www.tumblr.com/mudwerks/828...

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Richard Kadrey @richardkadrey.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Good morning from Marcel Duchamp

"Not everyone is an artist, but everyone is a fucking critic."

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TheSpinMD @mikemaney.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

What a lot of folks seem to be missing in trying to rank the best: The 21st century saw some *amazing* storytelling!

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Mitch Wagner @mitchwagner.com · 25/09/2026

On the Verge’s Version History podcast, Oregon Trail designer Philip Bouchard walks through the history of the brutal edutainment adventure. I am too old to have played the game in school, but we had a similar resource game where you had to provision armies during the Civil War.

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How The Oregon Trail became a generational icon

You have died of dysentery.

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Mitch Wagner @mitchwagner.com · 25/09/2026

The history of Tewodros II, the mad 19th Century Emperor of Abyssinnia (present-day Ethiopia), who imprisoned dozens of British emissaries, setting off one of the most ambitious military expeditions of the British Empire. therestishistory.com/episodes/…

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History Podcast Episodes & Archive | The Rest Is History

Explore The Rest Is History episode archive with Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook. Browse history podcast episodes, series and bonus content.

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Mitch Wagner @mitchwagner.com · 25/09/2026

Minnie is physically doing well, but stoically suffering when she wears the collar. I give her a break from it every now and then because she is not scratching at the eye. At least not yet. A friend said Minnie will adjust t... mitchwagner.com/2026/09/25/minnie-i…

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Mitch Wagner @mitchwagner.com · 25/09/2026

We need to redefine a productive economy as one where we make more things we need more of, rather than one where we just make more things. Cory Doctorow: “Inefficiency is bad, actually”

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Mitch Wagner @mitchwagner.com · 25/09/2026

Minnie went to the vet today and she is improving! Her bloodwork was better than her last visit. I didn’t think that was an option. Of course we’re delighted. She was diagnosed with kidney failure in early June, which is fatal. We t... mitchwagner.com/2026/09/24/minnie-w…

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Mitch Wagner @mitchwagner.com · 24/09/2026

“Once again, a core feature of a major piece of AI technology will actually just be people working in a call center, doing work that a company says AI is doing.” Meta Tests Muse AI Agent Calls That Are Actually Made By Humans in a Call Center

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Meta Tests Muse AI Agent Calls That Are Actually Made By Humans in a Call Center

"This has potential for so much negative PR. It could portray us as ‘their AI is not good enough so they still need humans’ kind of coverage for this launch."

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