California just had a small one the other day, so maybe Scott Alexander's shitty opinions cause earthquakes.

Eurgh. I'm now feeling angry at the thought of someone who is doing a degree in global health but gets persuaded that AI safety is more important.

Oh no, I think I've seen people talk about her memoir! I've heard it's good!

It was Jann Wenner, former Rolling Stone owner/editor, who said that he only wanted to write about "philosophers of rock ’n’ roll" for a book he wrote called "The Masters".

You know, Joni was not a philosopher of rock ’n’ roll. She didn’t, in my mind, meet that test. Not by her work, not by other interviews she did. The people I interviewed were the kind of philosophers of rock.

• "Jann Wenner Defends His Legacy", web.archive.org

I started (but didn't finish) a degree in city planning, and we literally spent a lot of the first year learning about why planned cities are usually a bad idea. Siskind's a schmuck

Ah, the idea that merely living in the same country as some rich people means that you yourself are rich.

His glowing reference to the "aggro Scots Irish" reminded me that the "Scots Irish" are descended from Ulster Protestants, and that it wasn't fun being an Irish Catholic in Northern Ireland for much of the 20th century. Ian Paisley famously said that Catholics "breed like rabbits".

Not sexist at all!

eurgh. I think a lot of them probably delude themselves that they aren't just posting. but they are just posting. they're christians the way QAnon followers are political activists.

this is just conversion therapy with extra steps.