2026 - New Year, Same Old Me

I can't drive 55

[2026 - New Year, Same Old Me @MisterGeneric]

@RobbieBarstool @ChrisKlemmer Harrison Ford was too old for the character. Patriot Games is actually supposed to happen before Red October, chronologically.

[2026 - New Year, Same Old Me @MisterGeneric]

@ingelramdecoucy From what I've been told, it was getting observed at some HBCUs at least since the 90. So it was building up to be more than just a niche regional holiday.

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@cm_harper @iamgabesanchez @Just4lyn1 Polyurea is used for infrastructurr water retention projects like dams and reservoirs. https://t.co/1ZHMUGXKp6

[2026 - New Year, Same Old Me @MisterGeneric]

@googlechrome fyi, I do not trust this card showing up in chrome on browser.

[2026 - New Year, Same Old Me @MisterGeneric]

@702ValetParker Girl….that man is a pimp. I’m not joking.

[David Perell @david_perell]

Michael Pollan explained his entire writing process to me in 70 minutes. Afterwards, he said: "Man, I just gave you a whole semester's worth of lessons in a single conversation."

Timestamps:
0:48 Does coffee make you more creative?
3:37 Do drugs make you creative?
10:45 How psychedelics shape your thinking
12:57 Journaling
16:29 Michael's routine
18:55 Writing a 1st draft
20:34 Why write in the first person?
26:09 The Cow Story
34:08 Balancing stories and facts
39:02 Metaphors are a cheat code
42:48 Finding good questions
51:25 Reading novels
55:40 How Michael does research
1:01:43 What makes a good character?
1:08:35 Art expands consciousness
1:11:05 Michael's top writing lessons

You'll find the full conversation below. If you'd rather watch on YouTube, or listen on Apple / Spotify, check out the reply tweets.

[Varad Mehta @varadmehta]

First SCOTUS opinion of day is in the case about whether users of recreational marijuana forfeit their Second Amendment rights. They do not, says Justice Gorsuch for a unanimous-ish Court. No dissents, but a couple of justices concurred instead of joining Gorsuch's opinion.

[2026 - New Year, Same Old Me @MisterGeneric]

@coolermint_ @nocontextmemes Deer and moose shed their antlers after the end of rutting seaons. https://t.co/4WJF3xEpXp

[2026 - New Year, Same Old Me @MisterGeneric]

@maxinemoonxx I said "yiffing" on a conference call with coworkers back at the main office. I was on speakerphone, and someone walking by their conference room knew what that meant.

[2026 - New Year, Same Old Me @MisterGeneric]

@nerdimmersion Who is the movie for? It's a PG-13 movie for a set of toys aimed at 8 to 11 year old kids. There's no current cartoon series for it, and the guys in their 50s that grew up with the original cartoon are too worried about losing their jobs to AI to spend $50 for tickets and snacks.

[chaotic memes @memechaotic]

Unbelievable.

[2026 - New Year, Same Old Me @MisterGeneric]

@catturd2 I only know him from a song he did with Little Big, "Turn It Up", which is probably not your bag... The hook from this song was used a million TikTok memes: https://t.co/xPNLLyQuIv

[2026 - New Year, Same Old Me @MisterGeneric]

@CoraBuhlert They made a PG-13 movie for a toy series that appeals to 8 to 12 year-old kids.

[2026 - New Year, Same Old Me @MisterGeneric]

@CooperZurad Software is built from packages of code like Lego blocks. Your program is like a castle from those blocks. Every so often one of those blocks needs to be replaced, and maybe the replacement is not the same shape as the old one. But you still want your castle to look like a castle

[2026 - New Year, Same Old Me @MisterGeneric]

@fiago7 Chicago is at the same latitude as Rome. New York City is the same latitude as Madrid. Los Angeles is the same as Casablanca. Wear your sunscreen.

[Arthur Dent @ArthurCDent]

Douglas Adams, prescient as always

[✨Jewelz✨🐱 $3.50 OF⚡️TOP .08% @jewelz_blu]

So these are good to wear while getting fucked ?

[2026 - New Year, Same Old Me @MisterGeneric]

@japan_nobunaga Even if the police cared, most DA offices don't prosecute petty theft cases. So there's been a rise in organized theft, where the same products are stolen in multiple stores. Then the products are fenced through street vendors, Facebook or Ebay.

https://t.co/swh8JoYn6b

[2026 - New Year, Same Old Me @MisterGeneric]

@transport_6641 @xsyntryk1 The used mash is technically renewable biomass and being bought by powerplants that are getting government handouts because they are "green" energy. This is like the US govt subsidies for corn ethanol driving up tortilla prices in Mexico.