shiny things 27/

even an LLM won't make me a good rapper

• Too hot for photosynthesis? oh dear

• The cheap scams that are proliferating because of chatGPT are fascinating. How much cash are you going to assemble with self published books about mushrooms? also 404 media is a great name for a website

• Lupe Fiasco x Google Large language Models. Ok I’m Old. Via Allie k Miller

  Persuasion

  Why So Many Elites Feel Like Losers

  As Persuasion celebrates its third anniversary, our team is proud of what we’ve achieved—and in need of a little breather. So, for the second half of August, we are republishing some of our favorite essays of the past 12 months. From Freddie deBoer's essay on why so many apparently successful educated elites are wr…

  Read more

  5 months ago · 92 likes · 12 comments · Freddie deBoer

  The hedonic treadmill? Mimetic desire gone awry? climate realism? Via 3 quarks

We just cant quit Elon Musk — and now he controls a strategically important network which puts the future of Ukraine at the whim of one of the most powerful children since Boss Baby or Zhao Bing.