It’s becoming painfully clear not only that US and Israel are losing this war but that this is one of the biggest strategic failures of the West with the most significant consequences for geopolitics of the region and the global economy since WWII

NEW 'LORD OF THE RINGS' MOVIE Stephen Colbert is co-writing "The Lord of the Rings: Shadow of the Past" (working title), which will go into production after "The Hunt for Gollum." The synopsis: "Fourteen years after the passing of Frodo - Sam, Merry, and Pippin set out to retrace the first steps of their adventure. Meanwhile, Sam’s daughter, Elanor, has discovered a long-buried secret and is determined to uncover why the War of the Ring was very nearly lost before it even began." Colbert is co-writing the script with his son, Peter McGee, and franchise veteran Philippa Boyens. variety.com/2026/film/news/l…

me: "can you use whatever resources you like, and python, to generate a short 'youtube poop' video and render it using ffmpeg ? can you put more of a personal spin on it? it should express what it's like to be a LLM" claude opus 4.6:

Being in SF is like being in Wuhan right before the pandemic Something is happening, it's gonna hit everywhere but so few people know it

i just don’t care about any of this shit because i work for a living

"A lot of science fiction plots and comedies spell out what would happen in a world when people were completely honest. You might think, that would be great, no more hypocrisy and shilly-shallying and beating around the bush. But actually, as these comedies play out, this would be a nightmare. We don't want to live in a world in which everyone is completely honest. The reason is that our relationships depend on certain understandings that, when it comes down to it, are fictions. Like that two friends are completely loyal to each other and instantly generous. That couples are faithful, not just in action, but in thoughts. Now, we know that these are not quite reality, but still, we don't know that the other person knows that we know that they know. And that's what allows us to preserve the relationship. If everyone were to say what was on their mind at every time, who they fantasized having sex with, who they fantasized killing or harming, that would pollute the pool of assumptions that allows us to get along."

Why is Siri activating so often, suddenly? I've had to turn off voice and gesture triggers because it's now a multiple-times-a-day thing, when before it was only once every week or two (which was similar in frequency to actual intentional use, for me...).

Committing a criminal or dishonest act in the service of effective altruism is wrong. It is wrong because it harms specific people, and violates deeply important moral principles. But it is also ineffective at making the world a better place.