Weird: The Al Yankovic Story
Absolutely batshit. I loved (almost) every minute. Weird Al is a treasure and must be kept safe at all costs. #Memoir [Link]
Venture Capital Isn’t the Problem—It’s Venture Capitalists
“Investors are more likely to place their bets on companies led by founders with elite educational backgrounds and stacked resumes, when business-related factors such as the market sector the company belongs to have a much larger effect on its financial future.” #Business [Link]
Wordcraft Writers Workshop
“Because the language model underpinning Wordcraft is trained on a large amount of internet data, standard archetypes and tropes are likely more heavily represented and therefore much more likely to be generated. Allison Parrish described this as AI being inherently conservative. Because the training data is captured at a particular
On Twitter DMs
In my Twitter security post I mentioned that you should delete DMs. Ted Han pointed out to me that you can only delete them from your own inbox: the other party can still see them, and they’re consequently still available on Twitter’s infrastructure. It may still be worth
Inside Elon Musk’s Takeover of Twitter
“Twitter executives also suggested assessing the lists for diversity and inclusion issues so the cuts would not hit people of color disproportionately and to avoid legal trouble. Mr. Musk’s team brushed aside the suggestion, two people said.” #Technology [Link]
Tech Workers Union Local 1010
This seems good. #Labor [Link]
LLY Stock Dives — Taking Novo, Sanofi With It — After Fake Twitter Account Promises Free Insulin
Honestly the fact that this led to a stock dive just makes me really sad. #Business [Link]
Security on Twitter
Yesterday I sent a memo to all staff advising them on the situation at Twitter and how it pertains to their own security. I thought it might be useful to share a version of this information with you, too. Twitter’s Chief Information Security Officer, Chief Privacy Officer, and Chief
Nick Fuentes Says the Results of the 2022 Elections Prove 'Why We Need a Dictatorship'
““When you look at these things like abortion, it’s popular,” Fuentes added. “And you can thank the Jewish media for that. Abortion is popular, sodomy is popular, being gay is popular, being a feminist is popular, sex out of wedlock is popular, contraceptives—it’s all popular. That’s
What the results of the midterms mean for women’s representation, by the numbers
“The number of women in Congress has stabilized, and next year a record-breaking number of women will serve as governor — including the first out lesbian governor in the country’s history.” #Democracy [Link]
Publishing for the privileged
Two service updates I’m interested in: Substack has introduced a “bestseller” badge for its top-selling newsletters, as a sign of quality. Newsletters on Substack don’t need to have paid tiers, but this badge is only given out to newsletters that have a lot of paid subscribers. The implication
4.2 Gigabytes, or: How to Draw Anything
“I envisioned a massive, alien object hovering over a long-abandoned Seattle, with a burning orange sky, and buildings overgrown as nature reclaimed the city. Later that night, I spent a few hours creating the following image.” Amazing. #AI [Link]