daniel (he/him/his)

wandering sound maker and mix engineer / optimistic @afcbournemouth fan / former @morningbrew, @voxdotcom and @discohq_ / tweets mine

[Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias]

The OpenAI board clearly fucked up but I have to say that to me this all *confirms* rather than debunks the basic worry that financial motives in the AI space are going to trample on the interests of humanity.

[daniel (he/him/his) @daniel__markus]

good tweet

[Ryan McEntush @rmcentush]

taylor swift could single-handedly shape America's trajectory in the 21st century by making a couple pro-nuclear posts and having kids

[daniel (he/him/his) @daniel__markus]

@WillManidis @matt_levine

[daniel (he/him/his) @daniel__markus]

@PabloTorre good tweet for the show

[Laura Bassett @LEBassett]

Fellas, is it gay to catch a touchdown pass in an NFL game you helped your team win and then leave with Taylor Swift on your arm

[daniel (he/him/his) @daniel__markus]

And aren't we glad for it

[Carol Lombardini @ItsMeCarolAMPTP]

these people ruined my life

[daniel (he/him/his) @daniel__markus]

@leahmocc thank you for gracing my tl with this

[daniel (he/him/his) @daniel__markus]

@Jack_Raines @matt_levine is it securities fraud

[daniel (he/him/his) @daniel__markus]

They forgot the favicon?

[daniel (he/him/his) @daniel__markus]

Soaking in my last hours of using this site in bird mode

[daniel (he/him/his) @daniel__markus]

@minakimes it's giving Hartford whalers

[daniel (he/him/his) @daniel__markus]

Fuck

[daniel (he/him/his) @daniel__markus]

@ElieNYC "Supreme Court Justice Sotomayor's staff prodded colleges and libraries to buy her books"

Oh, you mean PR? Which is like the most normal thing in the whole universe?

[daniel (he/him/his) @daniel__markus]

income inequality

hello

[Derek Thompson @DKThomp]

As for explanations

1. Real wages declined in 2021 and 2022 (there's some evidence they're recovering in 2023)

2. Consumer sentiment is all negative polarization now, so Republicans tells pollsters they're living through the apocalypse

3. America's just in a ... bad mood? idk

[daniel (he/him/his) @daniel__markus]

@elonmusk now that Instagram's Threads app has launched I propose this idea: you and zuck should lay your apps on the line as a wager for your cage match. loser has to shut down. Zuckerberg loses? No more Threads.

[daniel (he/him/his) @daniel__markus]

really, really good thread

[David Simon @AoDespair]

1) Thread for today: I am not going to opine on the Supreme Court's ruling except to tell a story about a late and valued friend. The story will suffice for the sum of my thoughts about affirmative action.

I was working at the student newspaper at the University of Maryland...

[Three-Eyed Raisin @GulagJamun_]

Nice!

[Brandy Jensen @BrandyLJensen]

if i was in possession of important, secret documents i would also be like “check this shit out” to anyone who came over. luckily i’ll never be trusted with anything like that but still, relatable in a way

[Annie Agar @AnnieAgar]

remember when Dunder Mifflin bought out the Michael Scott paper company. this is like that