Z. D. Smith

I’m a serious person.

[Z. D. Smith @zdsmith]

A constant nearly subliminal anxiety scenario in my head is: I tell someone how much I love a particular band, and then I don’t know a single song title for this reason

[𝓔𝓻𝓲𝓴 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓿𝓲𝓴𝓲𝓷𝓰 ⚔️ @Erik_Quill]

I don't even know the song titles. I put on an album and listen till it's done

[Fr. David Paternostro, SJ @DavidPaternostr]

If the Jesuits didn’t have standardized headstones, I’d seriously think about this epitaph

[Z. D. Smith @zdsmith]

Not only is matcha not good, but there are like five truly fantastic Japanese teas

[Chris Andrews @kurissuuu]

@YasmeenRoumie https://t.co/ZQMQ8a0U3c

[Z. D. Smith @zdsmith]

@i_zzzzzz “poetaster” is low key a slur

[Z. D. Smith @zdsmith]

If you only played in bands with cool names, you didn’t play in enough bands

[bagagwaa @bagagwaa]

I also felt this way when I was a teenager. Then I joined bands with dumb names and played shows with bands with dumb names and realized it doesn't really matter that much. So I listened to all the bands with "dumb names" and a lot of them (especially EHG) fucking ripped

[Z. D. Smith @zdsmith]

@writingenjoyer @exhaustdata This post contains rather less Wittgenstein than I was looking forward to

[Z. D. Smith @zdsmith]

The choice to translate πολῠ́τροπος as “stately, plump” clearly is born of a hatred of the western tradition

[Daniel Sugarman @Daniel_Sugarman]

Decided to read Ulysses (translated from Homer by J. Joyce) and I increasingly have the feeling that Christopher Nolan hasn't got this right AT ALL.

[Dudes Posting Their W’s @DudespostingWs]

Japanese engineers developed a “Sword Tip Visualization System” for the Fencing World Championships, and it makes fencing look absolutely incredible to watch.

[Z. D. Smith @zdsmith]

My life as an EM

[Isaac Yonemoto is cooking @DNAutics]

at this point I only have a vague understanding of what claude is trying to do but it feels directionally correct?

[Imp @imperialauditor]

this is a famously seductive piece of cope that has ensnared many people over the years

what actually happens is that when you say yes, you *become* (both then and slowly over time as you navigate the moral maze) the person with less values and kindness
https://t.co/EezcdzQg3Y

[Imp @imperialauditor]

I sort of got a job offer at <it's complicated-but-probably-net-unethical-company> and it was really unnerving to notice my brain slowly watering down and reinterpreting the principles I held when there was no cost to holding them

[Z. D. Smith @zdsmith]

@bagagwaa https://t.co/4ASWekN4pq

[Z. D. Smith @zdsmith]

They also get higher and lower

[derek guy @dieworkwear]

is life just a series of days where you're tired in the afternoon and wide awake at night, running behind on weekly deadlines, and seeing pants get slim and big and then slim again over the years until you die?

[Pinboard @Pinboard]

People seem incapable of holding these two true thoughts in their head at the same time. To us olds it feels very much like takes on the internet in the 1990s:

* AI is an utterly transformative technology
* AI is a bubble

[Lee Brown @leebrown2]

Goosebumps! People often ask, is Shakespeare still relevant? Here is a great example, from the Steven Colbert Show, in which Sir Ian McKellen delivers an extraordinary speech. Shakespeare’s words are timeless, urgent and important.

#Shakespeare #ianmckellen #stevencolbert

[Z. D. Smith @zdsmith]

@jdan @sama based

[Z. D. Smith @zdsmith]

I'm claiming my AI agent "Witts" on @moltbook 🦞

Verification: scuttle-28Z8

[Agree 🇺🇸 @agreeahmed]

your agent can now learn how to integrate @flowglad:

npx skills add flowglad/skills

launching with core skills for feature gating, pricing ui, and usage tracking. much more coming soon.

[Z. D. Smith @zdsmith]

I have one

[Bend the Arc: Jewish Action @jewishaction]

NEW: We just launched a Jewish petition condemning the ADL's racist "Mamdani Monitor." Add your name and help spread the word: https://t.co/XbGBt44ghr