Below are links to articles, highlighted passages[1], and occasional annotations[2] for the week ending on the date in the title, enriching the raw data from Instapaper Likes and Twitter. They are intentionally succinct, else they’d be articles and probably end up in the gigantic backlog of unpublished drafts. YMMV.

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Below are links to articles, highlighted passages[1], and occasional annotations[2] for the week ending on the date in the title, enriching the raw data from Instapaper Likes and Twitter. They are intentionally succinct, else they’d be articles and probably end up in the gigantic backlog of unpublished drafts. YMMV.

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Below are links to articles, highlighted passages[1], and occasional annotations[2] for the week ending on the date in the title, enriching the raw data from Instapaper Likes and Twitter. They are intentionally succinct, else they’d be articles and probably end up in the gigantic backlog of unpublished drafts. YMMV.

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The article Uber Caps Usage of AI Tools Like Claude Code to Manage Costs by Simon Willison writes,

“The rideshare giant is limiting all employees to $1,500 in monthly token spending per AI coding tool, an Uber spokesperson said in response to a Bloomberg News inquiry. That means spending on one tool doesn’t have a bearing on the budget for another.”

That’s $18,000 per year, for those weak in arithmetic. Per tool.

The author approves, writing,

“A $1,500 monthly limit per tool strikes me as a rational policy... [More]”

The article Citing Charity Majors by Simon Willison writes,

“[…] this does not feel like a normal technology cycle where you can wait for the dust to settle; teams that sit this out while competitors are hustling could be out of business before the dust settles.”

This time is different. The cult I’ve joined is the real cult.

If you’ve done the reading, then you’ll eventually see that this is, as are all socioeconomic problems, a class issue. The rich are plundering the poor, again.

I’m reminded of MLMs. I’m... [More]

The first video is about an hour long and refines many of the arguments I’ve seen him make in various interviews. It is an excellent summary of the history and the facts, as well as an insightful analysis of the moral and ethical underpinning of conflict, especially in relation to the context in which that conflict takes place.

Norman Finkelstein: Palestinians Tried EVERYTHING before October 7th − A Slave's Case for Resistance by MintPress News (YouTube)

This is another brilliant interview with Norman, wide-ranging and unflinching.

Norman Finkelstein on the Insane Racism of Israeli Society and the Plan to Erase Gaza by Current Affairs | Nathan J. Robinson (YouTube)

From about 01:20:00,

“For me, the question is not what I’m committed to. I’m not... [More]”

When I paid $200 for 3 bags of groceries today, I thought to myself, 'I’m sure glad they’re having a UFC fight on the White House lawn.'

When a friend sent me this, I was reminded that I’d wanted to send them an aerial shot I’d seen of what remains of the White House after they plastered a UFC arena right in front of the White House and then there’s gigantic eyesore of the ballroom construction site right next to it but then I couldn’t find it and I realized that it doesn’t matter because we both already know how awful and stupid it all looks and how it’s just so fitting that this is where we are now, watching what we thought... [More]