Randomness!

one thing that has been very heartening and morale-boosting for me lately is seeing ed zitron's predictions for the tech industry's greed being proven right. i mean it's not great situations but it means more eyes are on the absurdity and unsustainability of the fake money numbers, the absolute depravity necessary to prop them up, and the doomer narratives meant to coerce people into blind passive compliance instead of asking questions. ed zitron has been showing up on all kinds of news outlets and talk shows and podcasts in the past couple weeks and his smile gets bigger every time. it is the smile of a man who broke the story of openai's audited financials and had found within them everything he'd predicted

now is the summer of Ed Zitron's Markiplier Honey Moment. and the answer to "where is the money coming from" is like... private equity, subsidized user subscriptions that operate at a massive loss, circular financing among the same handful of companies + their shells, and now public stock pump-and-dumps. which of course is awesomely healthy for what he calls the Rot Com Bubble

after seeing him riffing with brennan lee mulligan of all people just now (looking very pleased to share the latest skeletons discovered in the tech industry's collective closet) i think ed zitron's Summer Of Smiles World Tour should include a guest spot on game changer for no other reason than i think it would be funny. if they got the legal eagle of all people then they should get ed on too

i am massively overdue for a very very good week where not a single bad thing happens and everything is easy

reblog to give prev a very good week where not a single bad thing happens and everything is easy

i used to work for a nature center and we would constantly have wild owls come and call out to the owls in their cages and try to 1.) get them to follow them or 2.) they were looking for a mate

IT’S HALLOWEEN TIME TO GET SPOOKY

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Oouuuhhhhh you are not majestic but you are having so much fun