Peter Drake, he/him, LFHCfS 🔥 @peterdrake@social.cleverlibre.org

I finally got around to reading @pluralistic's essay on why the internet is getting noticeably worse:

https://pluralistic.net/2023/01/21/potemkin-ai/#hey-guys

The long essay is worth a read, but handily the TLDR is in the first paragraph:

"Here is how platforms die: first, they are good to their users; then they abuse their users to make things better for their business customers; finally, they abuse those business customers to claw back all the value for themselves. Then, they die."

Spending the day transubstantiating NyQuil into urine.

gaslight
gatekeep
girlboss
glue gun
gorgon
grilled cheese
gumshoe
git push
garfish
gazprom
guy-wire
glasgow
gandalf
guava
glassware
ghana
goober
grow light
guano
gut punch
grandma

#memes #lists

So much for the "rodents don't like capsaicin" theory.

@htdrake reports that a squirrel knocked down our suet holder, opened it, and ran off the the block of "hot pepper suet".

If, as the disclaimers say, "investment in securities involves the risk of loss", they're not very well named, are they?

#YouHadOneJob