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[BowTied Cloak @Bowtiedcloak]

Congratulations, you just reinvented mortgage-backed securities but for burritos. Call it Burrito Default Swaps (BDS) and get the Fed involved.

Step 1: Bundle thousands of delinquent burrito loans.
Step 2: Slice them into tranches—“AAA Prime Carne Asada” down to “Subprime Bean & Cheese.”
Step 3: Sell them to pension funds.
Step 4: When the market collapses, demand a bailout.

[Will Manidis @WillManidis]

every "new transplant" city in the US has taken on the same slop aesthetic. austin, nashville, scottsdale -- all of them embody the same kind of beer garden yuppieism. scooters and axe throwing, plastic apartments and group fitness. no history, just remote first jobs.

[Will Manidis @WillManidis]

slop culture

[Will Manidis @WillManidis]

slop is the defining cultural export of the next decade.

the industrialization of writing via LLMs will turn all writing into slop in the same way the industrialization of farming turned our food supply into slop. total slop.

your only hope is to find the old, the durable

[Z 🪐 @stealthzal]

@DiogenicDescent @nwilliams030 It’s also very cost effective if you play it right. I would, for example, order 3 curries from Shef and pair those with rice + a side salad I’d quickly make at home. It would be an easy dinner “meal prep” for M-Fri for ~$50.

[Z 🪐 @stealthzal]

@DiogenicDescent @nwilliams030 We have this in SF, just google “Shef”. They have a plethora of amazing home chefs & cuisines. Delivery is free over $25.

[Z 🪐 @stealthzal]

@ritchiewlc @saranormous @HeyMarvinApp is exceptional for automated note taking, transcripts, & AI summaries. really solid organizational functionalities too (i.e. categorization buckets)

[roon @tszzl]

you have to stare existential risk in the face and do it anyways

[rishi is nesting @rishi_unfolding]

I’ve realized when I ask a question and there’s a long wait to respond, the person is:

- trying to figure out their answer
- unsure if they want to reveal what it brings up

In either case, I’ve learned to just hold space and silence; something interesting always follows

[Nabeel S. Qureshi @nabeelqu]

Honestly just stunned by these Ghibli-style SF images generated by Stable Diffusion

[Z 🪐 @stealthzal]

@williamdawalrus @LauraDeming I’m hyped regardless, thank you!

[Z 🪐 @stealthzal]

@williamdawalrus @LauraDeming any chance you have the names for these?

[roon @tszzl]

it’s eminently easy to wax poetic about nature and pretty women and religion and whatnot. try writing poetry about machines and commerce

[Z 🪐 @stealthzal]

@beansenjoyer I did this for hours

[Z 🪐 @stealthzal]

quite @simonsarris reminiscent (via Katy Kelleher)

[Z 🪐 @stealthzal]

@ninibeanie_ idyllic

[Simon Sarris @simonsarris]

Mysterious Squeak

[Z 🪐 @stealthzal]

very much so enamored by solarpunk as a concept & aesthetic

[Jen 'now @jenrubin9' Rubin @JRubinBlogger]

As we recognize that covid-19 is not a deadly or even severe disease for the vast majority of responsible Americans, we can stop agonizing over “cases” and focus on those who are hospitalized or at risk of dying.
https://t.co/S4OQD7R58u