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Information junkie who needs to be In-The-Know-About-Hip-Things-Without-Appearing-Too-Much.

[Alex Vacca @itsalexvacca]

BREAKING: MIT just completed the first brain scan study of ChatGPT users & the results are terrifying.

Turns out, AI isn't making us more productive. It's making us cognitively bankrupt.

Here's what 4 months of data revealed:

(hint: we've been measuring productivity all wrong)

[Merriam-Webster @MerriamWebster]

Congratu-BLEEPING-lations!

It’s time we had a little talk about your use of expletive infixation.

‘Expletive infixation’ is the linguistic term for profanity inserted into a word for emphasis.

(For this thread, we’ll use 'BLEEPING,' but feel free to substitute another word.)

[Michael Harriot @michaelharriot]

We were debating the most racist state of ALL TIME, so here’s a question for the Blacks:

You’re gonna be instantly transported to another state & time in history. You don’t get to choose where you go but you can EXCLUDE 1 state from the possibilities

Which state do you exclude?

[Michael Harriot @michaelharriot]

What’s the whitest place in America?

I nominate the state that seceded from the Union to form a country until it fought a war over slavery & …

Wait…You think I’m talking about the Confederate States of America?

Nah. You gotta hear about the FIRST White Wakanda!

A thread:

[Crappy Cheapo Architecture @CheapoCrappy]

I am at a true and honest to god loss for words

[weird medieval guys NEW BOOK OUT NOVEMBER 5!!! @WeirdMedieval]

thread of medieval jokes that still kinda go hard:

[Andy Haynes @imandyhaynes]

I’m in Paris and I ordered an oat milk latte and the waiter said no.

[Anthony Michael Kreis, FRHistS @AnthonyMKreis]

So, @TheOnion filed an amicus brief before the Supreme Court in defense of parody under the First Amendment… and it’s exactly what you’d expect. https://t.co/1JFfSqUJFA

[Duke Women’s Basketball @DukeWBB]

For anyone who needs to hear this today…

Handle hard better.

[dara faye @darafaye]

I saw a tiktok of someone saying Adam Levine looks like a chipotle bag and I can’t stop thinking about it.

[Patagonia @patagonia]

Hey, friends, we just gave our company to planet Earth. OK, it’s more nuanced than that, but we’re closed today to celebrate this new plan to save our one and only home. We’ll be back online tomorrow.
https://t.co/fvRFDgOzVZ

[Mary Peltola @MaryPeltola]

Thank you to all Alaskans who have put their faith in me as the first woman in Alaska’s history to represent our state in the House of Representatives.

Tonight, we’ve shown that we can win as a campaign that is pro-choice, pro-fish, pro-worker, and pro-Alaska.

[Errin Haines 🐴🤠🇺🇸🍑 @errinhaines]

Biden 2019: “This is not who we are.”
Biden 2022: “This is who some of y’all are.”

[NPR @NPR]

These are the kid and teen finalists in the USA Mullet Championship — yes, you read that right.
https://t.co/qUFsZ59knU

[NASA @NASA]

We celebrate the life of Nichelle Nichols, Star Trek actor, trailblazer, and role model, who symbolized to so many what was possible. She partnered with us to recruit some of the first women and minority astronauts, and inspired generations to reach for the stars.

[The New York Times @nytimes]

“The Wire” premiered 20 years ago, in June 2002. The creators David Simon and Ed Burns discussed why it has only become more relevant — and why it would never be made today. https://t.co/HK4DC61b3g

[Sam Ali @SamAliSports]

This is the greatest walk-up song in the history of baseball 🤣🤣🤣

[Kendrick Lamar @kendricklamar]

The Heart Part 5 https://t.co/DlnQO2g5nw

[annie @soychotic]

Every time I have a programming question and I rly need help, I post it on Reddit and then log into another account and reply to it with an obscenely incorrect answer. Ppl don’t care about helping others but they LOVE correcting others. Works 100% of the time