Mack Nolen

Father, husband, sailor, dad-joke teller. “A world is only half-explored by someone on his own” - Tom Lewis

[Mack Nolen @MackNolen]

Hey @OpenAI did I hear ChatGPT sneeze while it was doing text to speech? Right after it says “the jerk.” Because that sure sounded to me like a sneeze. Or an AI attempt to replicate one. If so, what is it allergic to? Is it flu season for LLMs too?

[Mack Nolen @MackNolen]

@CathyLewisTalks 🤣🤣 it’s hard. I get it. Proud of you!

[Mack Nolen @MackNolen]

@arcticturnip @SeanDKennedy Abandoning your point in favor of childish taunts?

This tells me you are a person I no longer have to take seriously.

[Mack Nolen @MackNolen]

@heyalexfriedman @EthanDriskill Isn’t that the free market at work? If the costs of things go up, shouldn’t they be raising prices or shrinking portions? Chipotle’s not a charity.

[Mack Nolen @MackNolen]

@SeanDKennedy You’re upset because it wasn’t set in a Coastal Virginia newsroom where the owner sold the paper’s building out from under the staff so it could become apartments, right?

[Mack Nolen @MackNolen]

@SeanDKennedy Pay up

[Mack Nolen @MackNolen]

@waldymdiez Everyone in the region agrees with you, save for a vocal minority in VB

[Mack Nolen @MackNolen]

@SeanDKennedy

[Mack Nolen @MackNolen]

@virginianpilot I’d love the region to work on sluglines, the informal carpooling that is so successful in DC. We have lots of what’s needed already (concentrated employment ctrs, hwy connections, etc). But no HOV-3+ lanes. A little investment from local govts could = lots of cars off the road.

[The Virginian-Pilot @virginianpilot]

We recently conducted a poll to get an idea of Hampton Roads residents' commuting habits.

This story explores the state of commuting in the region, which highlights the need to think regionally about transportation solutions, one expert says.
https://t.co/vWkxY9nyXz

[Mack Nolen @MackNolen]

@NFK_VA I picture him saying “here I am. Now give me all my stuff back.”

[The Virginian-Pilot @virginianpilot]

A double tractor trailer crash left one man injured and Route 460 in Isle of Wight County strewn with water bottles and shut down to traffic Thursday night.
https://t.co/xNAa7Y77dC

[Brett Meiselas @BMeiselas]

The reactions to the Menendez indictment tell you everything you need to know about the two parties. Not a single Dem on my feed is whining about a “weaponized” justice system. Not one person is calling for civil war. Nobody is defending his actions. Instead, my entire feed is people calling for equal justice under the law, calling for him to resign, and hoping he is convicted and sent to prison if proven guilty. Only one party believes in the rule of law and its equal application.

[Mack Nolen @MackNolen]

@_TheRiceIsRight @VApoliticalmeme Ahem.. Willoughby Peninsula

[Mack Nolen @MackNolen]

@virginianpilot Right on. Faster than I ever have. 🤣

[Mack Nolen @MackNolen]

@SeanDKennedy Today I actually ran across an article in the Norfolk Virginian in 1887 that refers to an area as “Tidewater Carolina”, which sounds about as weird as “the Virginia Tidewater.”

Sooo… maybe that TikTok is from 1887? 🤷‍♂️

[Mack Nolen @MackNolen]

@AliSullivan9 The VP archives are such a treasure. I burn an unjustifiable amount of time browsing through them.

[Mack Nolen @MackNolen]

@TheOnion @VApoliticalmeme
This looks about right