From these guys, talking about the response of Virginians to the latest round of socialist-inspired gun restrictions:
“When government signals that it wants to restrict a constitutional right, people often become more determined to exercise it.”
Which is what happened in Virginia. Somewhere out there, I can hear the chuckles of native Virginians Thomas Jefferson and George Washington.
For some reason, the baking Texas heat outside always brings to my mind the visuals of people not like me, i.e. people who sunbathe:
And then we have the people who suddenly feel an unstoppable desire to cool off:
“A prospective employee today saying that they don’t use A.I. is the equivalent of a prospective secretary in 1995 saying that she doesn’t use a PC.” — Scott Galloway
I hadn’t thought of it that way before — being preternaturally suspicious of A.I. as I am — but the more I read and speak to people, the more I’m starting to see why the above is true.
I’m just glad I’m not part of today’s prospective employee group.
I’m not sure that there’s a better podcast than Triggernometry, and this episode is one of the best.
Which two could you live without, or would actually push away? Watch the episode, and see how it works. (And unlike most things I talk about here, don’t feel you have to share your findings in Comments, because it’s intensely personal; I’m not going to share mine, for that reason.)
And by the way, the expression “performative activism” explains just about everything I find irritating about today’s world.
Well, here we are:
A bizarre new AI-powered dating service is sweeping across California college campuses by replacing endless swiping with computer-generated matchmaking that promises to find students more compatible dates.
Ditto, a startup founded in 2024 by former UC Berkeley students, is expanding rapidly after ditching the Tinder-style model in favor of an AI-driven system that pairs users based on their interests.
“For the past 20 years, we’ve connected in primitive ways,” Ditto says on its website. “But now … AI brings your ‘profiles’ to life as agents.”
Silly me, I thought that was the way Tinder paired people off, but I’ve been told that in fact it was other dating (“looking for a shag / partner”) websites (e.g. match.com, OKCupid, etc. ) which did that.
On a tangential note, I constantly thank goodness that I’m not part of the dating pool — never was, unless we’re talking about my teens and twenties, which are so far in the past that genealogists shudder.
Here’s a thought: in Comments, imagine what my profile would read like in Ditto. Be as graphic or insulting as you wish.
Okay, this is really funny.
Let’s give a round of applause to Russian military training and their equipment.
