Michael Kraabel

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The Army spilled biological waste in a suburb, every cat on the block drank it, and the family tabby now wants your throat. Catastrophe is an 80s zombie cat horror movie, coming soon. They purr. They hunt. They eat. Reply with your cat's name and I'll tell you how long you last.

This is sports. Notre Dame fans know this look. We feel your pain.

Today is election day, and I hope everybody gets out and votes, regardless of your political affiliation. I got somewhere between 100 and 200 campaign texts this season and replied to nearly every one with the same question. “How can I get involved?” Judging by the outreach I saw from Democrats, Republicans, and independents, that seemed to be the one question nobody had planned for. I got exactly ZERO responses to this simple question ... I even saw campaigns turn off comments on their posts, which is a curious way to interview for a job representing the public. Why is political texting considered a one-way begging operation rather than a means to mobilize your base? Some estimates reckon Americans will get 25 to 30 billion political texts during this election cycle. I imagine plenty of the replies would peel the paint off a yard sign. But somewhere in that inbox is a person offering up a Saturday, and all it takes to get them knocking on doors is a time, an address, and the name of someone expecting them. Did anyone else reply to a campaign text this season and get put to work?

I think this guy represents the way most of us feel about the world these days, and I'm super happy that people are being generous. I added myself to the list, and I encourage everyone else to at least buy him a beer. It's the least we can all do.

What if the whole concept behind the FLOCK cameras is that the Rich elites just wanted to be able to watch the downfall of Society live?

I subscribed to NBA League Pass for all of 12 hours yesterday. As we were driving home from Kansas and listening to the Timberwolves game, I went down with the premium package. I thought we were going to be able to watch all the games throughout the season, only to get back home and realize that zero of the Timberwolves games are available for live streaming on League Pass. I did a calculation. If I wanted to watch all the Timberwolves games this season, this is what I would have to pay: To watch 80 games this season across various streaming platforms, it will cost me $497.78. NBA is quietly becoming a sport of elites and not the masses, and this is a shame because these sports are really designed to bring communities together.

I get a lot of political text messages and respond to every single one of them saying hey how can I get involved more and donate up to the max? Who should I talk to? After sending that response back between 50 and 100 times I’ve gotten zero responses. Way to go politicians.

I went and saw "You Can See Everything" last night. A must-see documentary.

Minneapolis just outdid itself. Driverless cars must have a driver in them. Make it make sense.

Two of my favorite memes connect. This is why the internet will live forever.

Many people think OpenAI, Anthropic, and Grok will create a world of endless hacking and security breaches. The problem is that they won't be responsible. Instead, the models trained on this software will likely enable nefarious actions, and those models will have no guardrails.

Claude is no longer a viable large language model for any form of content creation. It simply doesn't follow instructions.

For those of us tracking the AI-versus-AGI-versus-end-of-humanity world on TV, I wanted to share a great movie from the 80s that might make sentient computers a little less doomsday and a little more rom-com meet-cute. Movie buffs, I'd love to know whether you've seen this one. If you haven't seen it and are looking for a really fun 1980s movie to watch tonight, I'd love to hear what you think. youtube.com/watch?v=-aH39gQu…

This is another reason to live AI. teapawt.org/JasonBassler1/status/2…

I think I've finally figured out when we will know AGI has arrived. Our AI overlords will simply say, "Hey, why don't you try doing that yourself for a change?"

There are two kinds of car collectors. Those that “had” a certain car. And the rest of us who still “have” all the cars.

If each decision we make actually affects the outcome of a different timeline, then I'm pretty justified in my superstitions about Notre Dame. I can watch the game on delay after a media blackout and still impact the end of the game in my timeline. Follow for more scientifically proven theories.