it is so funny to me that of all the things i have ever posted about art, the most controversial take WITHOUT QUESTION is when i say that the best thing you can do if you want a career as an artist is to be KIND to your peers. folks get SO upset by that one, which i think is unfortunately telling
The menthical myth month
Catherine O'Hara in Beetlejuice
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The new one, Royal Gambit, is a very fun shorter read
The Daniel O'Malley (The Rook) and Vivian Shaw (Dr Greta van Helsing) books already mentioned are great. Olivie Blake's Atlas series?
REALLY must get on to the second one at some point.
The Cutting Room 💯
He did write one of the great bi characters of our time. Anyhow - levgrossman.substack.com/p/a-season-i...
I think Lev Grossman is in Sydney as well
Have you heard the strong songs podcast on Chicago? Completely wonderful
Who doesn't love a good data-driven drive by?
Australia's past relations with Malaysia include a diplomatic incident where Australian PM Paul Keating described Malaysia's leader as "recalcitrant". This boofhead is not remotely Paul Keating, but at least Malaysia is probably prepared.
How do we keep Andrew Sullivan off Bluesky?
HOW is Sullivan still around?
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Interested to hear how this goes as we’re going in hard on neo later this year
As a result, I was three hours late for my mother’s birthday, another element of this story I think White would appreciate
Celebrating the life of Edmund White by remembering the time I was picked up by a sailor who saw me reading States of Gay Desire at a bus stop
Dave is great (as is the Guardian). Work with him!
Congratulations, and also ‘were you not busy enough?’
Brb training CoPilot on the song ‘you say it best when you say nothing at all’
What is
{ ‘ ‘ }
even supposed to do in Rails?
VSCode has recently taken to inserting absolute nonsense on Copilot’s behalf. I cannot follow what it’s trying to do
Oh this stuff is great
Is there a separate Team Butler (Judith) tee or can this suffice for both? Also, where can I get one?
Quote tweet by @vitrupo. Picture of a coddled guy who has no fucking idea how the world works, but has a ton of money. Text: Marc Andreessen says when AI does everything else, VC might be one of the last jobs still done by humans. It's more art than science. There's no formula. Just taste, psychology, and chaos tolerance.
"Democratise creativity for thee, but not for me"
Related: BOY I cannot wait for the Australian election to be over so public servants can have opinions again
Tweet by @eatnik I had forgotten how blunt Europeans are in meetings. French attendees: "Hello you have given an explanation but it is very bad so I have many questions"
Heading out to request French citizenship
