I don’t even know what to say lol
Denmark to pump $2bn into Arctic security as Trump eyes Greenland
Copenhagen announced on Monday that it will pump an additional 14.6 billion Danish crowns ($2.05bn) into security. The announcement came as the European country resists demands from United States President Donald Trump to hand over control of Greenland.
I sure hope there would be mass protests from our military if they were ever ordered to do something as fucking stupid as invading an ally.
What is DeepSeek and why is it disrupting the AI sector?
New AI from China is cheaper and more efficient than ChatGPT and actually open source.
The company has attracted attention in global AI circles after writing in a paper last month that the training of DeepSeek-V3 required less than $6 million worth of computing power from Nvidia H800 chips.
It’s hard to stick up for American companies like OpenAI when they burn through tens of billions in funding, aren’t actually open source and then completely changed their business model from non-profit to for-profit.
Every year or two I always get this urge to subscribe to our local newspaper. They do this promotion where you get six months for $0.99 and even that feels too expensive for how bad it is since Gannett took over.
The great (American?) firewall
I love that people are migrating from TikTok to Red Note in droves. Our oligarchy is banning TikTok under the guise of national security; never mind the fact that any American reading this post is likely doing so on a device manufactured in China.
Never mind the fact that SHEIN and Temu are both Chinese apps that collect the same data as TikTok but no one cares because there’s no actual threat. Nothing beyond what Facebook or X does with our data anyway.
They’re banning TikTok because it’s the biggest social media app that the US government has no control over. So people are directly, knowingly and willingly handing their data over to an app that actually is controlled by the Chinese government in protest.
What a time to be alive 🤭
Elon Musk is being sued by the feds over the way he bought Twitter - The Verge
It’s hilarious that this is even a news story. Like as if it will have any repercussions whatsoever for Elon. It’s no different than how Jack Smith decided Trump is absolutely 100% responsible for the Jan 6th insurrection and if he was anyone else he’d be serving hard time, but in reality he doesn’t even get a slap on the wrist. Instead he gets to run the free world into the ground.
It’s just a thing that happened followed by a bunch of meaningless media coverage that translates to static.
It makes for good filler in between multimillion dollar advertisements, but it’s no different than watching an episode of Breaking Bad or Game of Thrones on digital cable.
They could fine Elon Musk $100 billion and it would have absolutely no noticeable effect on his life or his power as an oligarch.
2024 Word of the Year Is “Rawdog” - American Dialect Society
The verb rawdog is defined as “to undertake without usual protection, preparation, or comfort.” While the word originated as a vulgar slang term referring to having sex without a condom, rawdogging ended up crossing over into mainstream usage for a wide variety of activities, like the travel trend in which a passenger sits through a flight without any distractions.
Hmmmmm 🤨
Crazy to think the golden age of streaming has already came and went before we even knew it. Now it’s all corporate mergers to make executives richer while regular people keep paying more and more for shittier service.
They’re turning the internet into cable tv.
Crypto Platforms Like Polymarket Now Taking Bets on Los Angeles Fire Devastation
Wow crypto bros have hit a new low o.O
I’m not going to get any sleep tonight. I’m sitting here checking the weather like a giddy school kid hoping for a level three snow emergency so I get off work tomorrow 🤞
My new favorite drink 🤯 so tart and sour! I like the original Bubbles a lot too, it’s a Rosé cider but this is the most unique tasting cider I’ve ever had. Super good Ohio based craft beer company 🍻
A dumb week for Apple
We’re living in a surveillance state run by oligarchs, but the surveillance is mostly to serve you the finest targeted ads. We are in the dumbest possible timeline.
I don’t know why I’m surprised about anything anymore lol
🔗 What to know about Apple’s $95 million settlement of the snooping Siri case
🔗 Apple CEO Tim Cook donates $1 million to Trump inauguration
Thoughts on Kagi, The Assistant
I resubscribed to Kagi recently, only this time on the Ultimate plan with The Assistant.
I swore off of them for a while after the little bit of drama about integrating Brave Search, but who really gives a shit, you know? You gotta pick your battles. Separate the art from the artist.
I’ve been fighting this respiratory bug for the last month. It almost completely cleared up for about a week, then it came back full force. I decided I was going to urgent care today but they’re closed.
Still had a great Xmas and managed to get pretty hammered for New Year’s Eve last night while watching Anderson Cooper and Andy Cohen with my better half <3
We have a lot of terrible shit ahead of us after Jan 20th but I’m still optimistic about 2025. They say it’s always darkest before the dawn.
I hope everyone’s having a good day off today and I wish you all a happy 2025 🎉
I think I’ll have a shot of Mucinex now.
Clay Aiken says it was crucial to come out when he did even though he lost half his fans
“It was the first decision I made as a father,” he said at the time. “I cannot raise a child to lie or to hide things. I wasn’t raised that way, and I’m not going to raise a child to do that.”
This is one reason I’m so open about my bisexuality even though I’m in a straight relationship. I could hide it to fit in better, but I’d rather be honest about who I am. Also some straight people like to say a lot of terrible shit when they think a gay isn’t in the room with them.
Retro vibes, pop culture and a little nostalgia
I was jamming to The Selecter this morning and it got me thinking…
Bands from the 80’s and earlier are a different breed than the pop stars of today. One obvious thing is the whole debate between analog vs digital recordings, vinyl vs cd’s and other digital formats.
Every time I walk in the room and make a little noise, this little tarantula runs and hides as far as he can under a piece of bark in back of the terrarium. I feel you little buddy <3