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    How much time have you invested in ChatGPT this past week?

    I had a fairly productive convo on whether god could make a burrito so spicy he couldn't eat it
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    Who Killed JFK?

    even if they had a document that was like "JFK KILL PLANS - allen dulles" there would be no public outcry and nothing about the CIA would change. its interesting but fundamentally a hobby for nerds.
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    Dostoevsky

    New Bros K translation coming in July. Not a fan of Pevear/Volokhonsky so I'm interested to see how this one goes.
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    Overeducated sports writers log

    this is as corny as every baseball essay but it's better bc he's making it up as he goes along
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    what are you reading now?

    i'm reading austerlitz right now as well -- good stuff
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    Strange American Things.

    I think electric kettles are more common than they used to be, coinciding with fancier coffee and better brewing methods. My parents don't have one but I and probably most of my friends do.
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    Strange American Things.

    In general though I think a lot of people neglect their pets' well-being. Tons of dogs in my neighborhood just sitting in front yards barking all day, lots of cats who I'm sure are bored and understimulated.
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    Strange American Things.

    I do think it's weird and I'm conflicted about it. I have two cats that I found as tiny kittens and they've been indoors since they were a few weeks old. I think I give them a good life -- I play with them until they're worn out every day, they chase each other around, sleep a lot, watch tv with...
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    Inventing Sounds Way Ahead of Historical Schedule

    It's "Poor Moon"! Which along with Time Was is almost as good as On The Road Again.
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    Who Killed JFK?

    I was pretty into reading about this after i read libra and american tabloid. IMO the oswald-CIA connections are too weird and numerous to ignore, but in a way that makes an actual assassination plot hard to distinguish from "oh shit oh shit our guy shot the president we have to cover this up to...
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    Inventing Sounds Way Ahead of Historical Schedule

    not sure what this is anticipating per se (motorik sorta, a little arthur russell maybe?) but i've always dug that canned heat has two singers and one is really boring boomer 60s white blues and one feels much weirder, more knowing, unique. like you'd think you'd have to get the boomer stuff out...
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    effective altruism

    someone i know works in one of the EA organizations and from what I understand they've had a Reformation-like split between the people who want to distribute mosquito nets and water purifiers and the people who want to upload human consciousness into the cloud
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    the absolute best choruses hooks of all time

    i'm in the corner watching you kiss her oh-ohhh
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    In solidarity with Library Genesis and Sci-Hub

    https://annas-archive.org/
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    Baseball

    game one was a classic but really hope the rule changes next year help beat back the unhittable bullpen vs dingers-only offense thing
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    Baseball

    they'll never get me to care about a combined no-hitter
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    B OR Z I O I

    hi luka. just poking around the old haunts.
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    Stuff Version Might Like

    version i was flipping thru positively 4th street at the library today and i saw thomas pynchon quoted (!) a bunch of times. is this the only interview he's given??? did this dude sit down with tp under the condition that they just talk about richard farina? whats the deal.
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    Beats

    from erik davis's newsletter today:
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