Mike Elgan
@mikeelgan
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People used Alexa to save time. "But after Amazon’s bait-and--switch, Amazon used the psychological tactics of fake “friendship” to get users to spend more time with it and supply to Amazon personal information that Amazon can use for personalized marketing." www.machinesociety.ai/p/amazon-inv...
In Oaxaca, most mezcal is served in these glasses. They start out containing candles for prayer, then get repurposed for mezcal. They're designed so that at the bottom of your mezcal, you find Jesus, so to speak. gastronomad.net/oaxaca
I saw The Odyssey. The cinematography and special effects were glorious. The screenplay was pretty good. What ruined it was the casting. (I'm not talking about Helen's race.) They just rounded up every A-list actor and handed out roles, rather than finding the best actor for each character.
I've set Google News search to find my NEWS in English. So why does it return so much INSTAGRAM in Chinese?
"This is yet another entry into the emerging world of Attachment Economy hardware, where physical movement is combined with a humanlike voice and deep personalization to engender emotional attachment by the user to the product." www.machinesociety.ai/p/open-ais-f....
Two headlines that tell one story: "DOGE is done. What happened to its records?" www.ms.now/opinion/doge... "An estimated 700,000 people have died from DOGE’s U.S.A.I.D. cuts" www.ms.now/opinion/doge...
Two headlines that tell one story: "Trump’s recent financial disclosures revealed that he's made on average $6 million per day since he returned to office" thehill.com/opinion/whit... "Millions of Americans take on debt and drain savings to afford food" www.cbsnews.com/news/america...
This picture of a delicious haggis I had in Scotland was removed by the r/FoodPorn moderators "due to poor quality food, composition, lighting, or otherwise poor aesthetics." Why do I even bother with Reddit?
AI obsession makes slop zombies dumber and less productive, but they believe themselves to be smart and productive. Slop zombies believe themselves to be valuable to the company, but in fact have already replaced themselves with AI and are therefore of little value. www.machinesociety.ai
"The world is too dangerous right now so we're staying closer to home." The World: gastronomad.net/provence
Eating nachos in a pub in England -- listen in to our latest Gastronomad pubcast! gastronomad.substack.com/p/back-in-en...
Playing pétanque in the Provençal village of Pernes-les-Fontaines with my beautiful wife and beautiful friends because (in the words of the 21st-century American poet Kanye West) my life is dope and I do dope shit.
Where I’m at: a pub in Edinburgh at nearly 2am watching the World Cup match between Mexico and England
"You know what's remarkable? Is how much England looks in no way like Southern California." - Austin Powers, International Man of Mystery
"The Gastronomad Experience is a magical discovery. This isn’t some catalog travel-book experience. This is an instant family of kindred spirits you are welcomed into." - Ashley gastronomad.net
This spectacular bouillabaisse under the stars brought to you by The Provence Gastronomad Experience. gastronomad.net/provence
"The world is too dangerous right now so we're staying closer to home." The world: gastronomad.net/provence
Some say that Tuscany is the most beautiful place in the world, but actually.... yeah, it's Tuscany. gastronomad.net/tuscany
My new favorite cocktail: the Martinez martini (at Soso’s in New York City)
My beautiful granddaughter running in my friend's beautiful vineyard in the Prosecco Hills. What have I ever done to deserve this?
"The world is too dangerous right now so we're staying closer to home." The World (on a Gastronomad Experience): gastronomad.net/prosecco