Jay Yencich

Feral intellectual / whywolf (ND). Poet. Critic (Lit. / Eco. / Media). Introverted but rambunctious about thinking. Ride or die or die.

[Jay Yencich @JayYencich]

If I could have one superpower, I would like to have the ability to read for as long as I like without loss of attention or comfort.

[@timnitGebru (@dair-community.social/bsky.social) @timnitGebru]

By me and Emily M. Bender:

"According to the AI industry, we should be more worried about a fictional machine god than about the climate catastrophe these data centers exacerbate, the asthma suffered by those living near them, the rising electricity bills of the public subsidizing them, or the water...[for] cooling them."

https://t.co/Kyaaa0Cuya

[ProPublica @propublica]

New: In late 2024, FBI investigators had enough evidence to launch a sweeping bribery probe that could ensnare top lawmakers, including Sen. Susan Collins. Then Trump was reelected and eviscerated the FBI and DOJ teams handling public corruption probes. https://t.co/oCahGd4lgY

[Jay Yencich @JayYencich]

@crulge Luberty Booberty

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@NairYasmin Ah yes, the guy who got recruited by the Kochs to push "Abundance"...

[Jay Yencich @JayYencich]

@NairYasmin Nah, she's definitely a wee lass. Other angles do not make her look much bigger

[Jay Yencich @JayYencich]

It was also the girl's birthday yesterday. We will continue to celebrate the girl all weekend even if she doesn't understand camera phones and tries to bite them.

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@crulge As I was saying on Blusky, I remember an area Japanese restaurant called "Osamu's" getting vandalized because, with a name like that, the guy had to be up to Something.

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@MarinerMuse From least to most likely based on vibes, Kirby, Miller, Logan, Woo, though it is possible that none of them will

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@alicealeph0 Again, even if the ordinary cultural markers of degrees and whatnot aren't there, the ability to dive into something new even without guideline or reward, the willingness to say (as a friend did some months ago) "there are so many things I could still be bad at!", is commendable

[Jay Yencich @JayYencich]

I love the mythology around running the rock in football. If you can't do it, well then it's clear passing is your only option. But if you can do it, who knows what you're capable of?

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@NairYasmin Having been through an MFA and most of a creative PhD, I feel as if there's a lifestyle branding with contemporary writers that supersedes the text itself and anything it's trying to do.

[John Lurie @lurie_john]

I thought as I grew older life might make more sense.

[Jay Yencich @JayYencich]

@alicealeph0 The lady is so honest and authentic that she doesn't need to blink. Ever

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@timnitGebru "I went to Silicon Valley to ask some of the leading AI experts that question."

I wanted to learn more about global warming, so I wrapped my mouth around a car's tailpipe

[Jay Yencich @JayYencich]

@alicealeph0 Yeah, I'm also not on board with Tolkien being wholly good because he had his racist moments (including discouraging Stuart Hall's interest in medieval studies) and intervened to prevent a lady from taking his old position when he retired. That's my niche though.

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@alicealeph0 Some of these takes are just weird though so let's establish that I am responding to the Wallace Stevens question and not anything else

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@alicealeph0 Insurance industry is one guess but he also had some track record of racism including a slur directed at Gwendolyn Brooks (not that one, a different one)

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@crulge what the fuck is a brutalist menu are we dining on concrete this evening? maybe that's your problem

[Jay Yencich @JayYencich]

My team is bad but baseball as a general phenomenon is quite good.

[JANDY @Jandystl]

TILTED HATS IN THE CARDINALS DUGOUT THIS IS UNREAL😭😭