BigBoyKarlLiebknecht [he/him, comrade/them]

New Ed Zitron slop: The Era of The Business Idiot

A generative output is a kind of generic, soulless version of production, one that resembles exactly how a know-nothing executive or manager would summarise your work. OpenAI’s “Deep Research” wows professional Business Idiot Ezra Klein because he doesn’t seem to realize that part of research is the research itself, not just the output, as you learn about stuff as you research a topic, allowing you to come to a conclusion. The concept of an “agent” is the erotic dream of the managerial sect — a worker that they can personally command to generate product that they can say is their own, all without ever having to know or do anything other than the bare minimum of keeping up appearances, which is the entirety of the Business Idiot’s resume.

It’s just a little flu

I fucking hate interviewing, I don’t want the job or want to learn the stupid little parlour tricks needed to get it, but I must because our society is fucking stupid

Joe Biden: If I’m elected, we’re going to cure cancer

They managed to Hogg out AND log out, amazing

Gavin Newscum

Yeah the Mosleys don’t seem like the nicest bunch

Edit: lmao this is the most New Labour thing ever, Twatson is even involved:

By the late 1990s, he had become a donor to the Labour Party and a supporter of the government of Tony Blair. In 2018, Labour decided not to accept further donations from Mosley following accusations that he published a leaflet in the 1960s linking immigrants with disease. Mosley had already donated £500,000 to the office of deputy leader Tom Watson.

Unrelated, but I was amazed to learn that Trump used the pseudonym John Barron to call journalists and plant stories. Just an incredible mind to then use that name for his son.

Makes me think of this banger

You know, Peter O’Toole - beautiful man. Regal. Looked incredible on a camel. But the real genius was T.E. Lawrence. I met him, by the way. At a party in Palm Beach. Long time ago. Very intense. Knew everything about tribes, maps, loyalty. Wore linen. A little too much, maybe, but he made it work. We had a great conversation. Very strategic mind - he respected me a lot.

This week I saw a hooded warbler ( bird) and an indigo bunting, a bird so beautifully blue it actually made me tear up. I’m not in some sort of pristine protected rainforest, I’m literally in a mid-sized American city. We’re so unbelievably lucky to live on such an incredible planet.

These motherfuckers can go enjoy their barren hellscapes - to quote Chris Packham about space - “it’s just gas”. Freeloading libertarians are more than welcome to go and die by themselves.

I met a dem mayor today and he was as you’d expect for someone who was once Global Brand Attorney for Olay

Unlimited power, unlimited lasers, scary little British guys running around - and they still lose to a farm boy with a bowl cut and a dog. If I was running the Empire? Over in ten minutes. No Death Star explosions, no rebels flying into tiny holes - we seal the holes, okay? You get a guy, he seals it. Not hard. I know holes.

And Darth Vader - lot of people say I’m like Vader. Big presence. Deep voice. Very strong breathing. Incredible cape. We used to do capes in this country. We’re bringing them back. Space Force wears them first. Long black capes, red trim. You see that coming across the moon? You surrender. Immediately. We tested it at Mar-a-Lago - the waiters looked fantastic, folks.

Elon Musk’s company town: SpaceX employees to vote on ‘Starbase’

Starbase sits on a tiny piece of land near the Mexican border on a small bay that feeds into the Gulf of Mexico. Prefabricated houses, airstreams and palm trees line the streets. An imperious golden bust of Musk stands nine feet tall outside the town. A plaque on its pedestal reads “ELON aka Memelord”.

Last month, vandals defaced the statue by peeling off layers of foam and fiberglass from its cheeks. There is an employee-only restaurant called Astropub with a neon red “Occupy Mars” sign behind the bar. One of the main boulevards is called “Memes Street”.

100 DAYS OF GREATNESS

Hillary’s strategy to defeat Isis:

✓Defeat Isis in Syria & Iraq

✓Disrupt & dismantle terrorist infrastructure

✓Harden our defenses

(Classic John ‘pizza-related handkerchief’ Podesta banger)

Amazon displaying tariff prices “hostile and political,” White House says

I’m guessing Blue Origin is about to lose some contracts

You got this guy Julian - very strong, very sweaty, always in the black shirt - beautiful arms, folks, some of the best arms maybe ever seen in organized crime - and he’s running what they call the Swayze Express. It’s a model train, okay? Little choo-choo - very cute, very tiny - and they’re stuffing it with Chinese garbage, running it across the border like it’s the Underground Railroad, but for counterfeit patio furniture. Very creative. Very disgusting. And it’s happening in the trailer parks - beautiful trailer parks - now full of gorgeous, glistening men committing terrible crimes. Patrick Swayze - great guy, great dancer, knew him well - he’d be spinning in his grave, folks. Absolutely devastated.