{"id":33191,"date":"2023-11-18T17:37:00","date_gmt":"2023-11-18T17:37:00","guid":{"rendered":"\/p\/saturday-headlines-please-please-tell-me-now#id33028"},"modified":"2023-11-18T17:37:00","modified_gmt":"2023-11-18T17:37:00","slug":"saturday-headlines-please-please-tell-me-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/associatednews.us\/content\/saturday-headlines-please-please-tell-me-now\/","title":{"rendered":"Saturday headlines: Please please tell me now"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>New research finds gig workers may be missing from government job reports, which could have massive implications for how the Fed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/markets\/us\/us-jobs-data-may-be-miscounting-millions-gig-workers-research-suggests-2023-11-17\/\">assesses inflation risk.<\/a><span style=\"color:#A9A9A9\"> \/ Reuters<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Signal&#39;s president breaks down what it costs to keep the platform afloat, which by 2025 will add up to around <a href=\"https:\/\/signal.org\/blog\/signal-is-expensive\/\">$50 million a year.<\/a><span style=\"color:#A9A9A9\"> \/ Signal<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Joanne McNeil on the empty promises of self-driving cars, which could actually be useful if companies weren&#39;t so <a href=\"https:\/\/www.esquire.com\/entertainment\/books\/a45823821\/joanne-mcneil-wrong-way-interview\/\">focused on dazzle.<\/a><span style=\"color:#A9A9A9\"> \/ Esquire<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#39;s been a little over a year since Elon Musk officially took over Twitter, and I&#39;m prepared to admit that&mdash;on at least one count&mdash;I was <a href=\"https:\/\/maxread.substack.com\/p\/context-collapse-collapse\">wrong as shit.&#8221;<\/a><span style=\"color:#A9A9A9\"> \/ Read Max<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Experiencing a toddler learning to talk teaches lessons about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/humor\/sketchbook\/is-my-toddler-a-stochastic-parrot\">large language models.<\/a><span style=\"color:#A9A9A9\"> \/ The New Yorker<\/span><\/p>\n<p>See also: &#8220;The study and building of neural networks have become central to learning <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scientificamerican.com\/article\/understanding-consciousness-is-key-to-unlocking-secrets-of-the-universe\/\">about the mind.&#8221;<\/a><span style=\"color:#A9A9A9\"> \/ Scientific American<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The world of 1800, when artists revolted against the technocracy, is remarkably similar to today&mdash;maybe we&#39;re headed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.honest-broker.com\/p\/notes-toward-a-new-romanticism\">into a new Romanticism?<\/a><span style=\"color:#A9A9A9\"> \/ The Honest Broker<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Unrelated: Recalling the New Romantic aesthetic <a href=\"https:\/\/aesthetics.fandom.com\/wiki\/New_Romantic\">from the late<\/a> 1970s\/early &#39;80s, which &#8220;burned <a href=\"https:\/\/museumofyouthculture.com\/new-romantics\/\">briefly but brightly.&#8221;<\/a><span style=\"color:#A9A9A9\"> \/ Aesthetics Wiki, Museum of Youth Culture<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Can Jeff Bezos, Kid Rock, or George W. Bush lasso a steer or fix your truck?&#8221; Why rich guys love dressing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.texasmonthly.com\/news-politics\/jeff-bezos-cartoon-cowboy-vogue-photo-shoot\/\">like cartoon cowboys.<\/a><span style=\"color:#A9A9A9\"> \/ Texas Monthly<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Cold calling people around the world to find out if they&#39;re familiar with Thanksgiving: &#8220;I think of America, I think of gun violence <a href=\"https:\/\/themorningnews.org\/article\/we-dont-eat-it-here\">and sad people.&#8221;<\/a><span style=\"color:#A9A9A9\"> \/ The Morning News<\/span><\/p>\n<p>A short story for your weekend: Sheila Heti&#39;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/magazine\/2023\/11\/20\/according-to-alice-fiction-sheila-heti\">&#8220;According to Alice.&#8221;<\/a><span style=\"color:#A9A9A9\"> \/ The New Yorker<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;When the mega-mansion developer said, &#39;Build,&#39; he willed the entire life of a neighborhood into despair.&#8221; Martin Luther in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mcsweeneys.net\/articles\/martin-luther-in-the-west-village-the-twenty-five-theses\">the West Village.<\/a><span style=\"color:#A9A9A9\"> \/ McSweeney&#39;s<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/themorningnews.org\/p\/saturday-headlines-please-please-tell-me-now\">View Post &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New research finds gig workers may be missing from government job reports, which could have massive implications for how the Fed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/markets\/us\/us-jobs-data-may-be-miscounting-millions-gig-workers-research-suggests-2023-11-17\/\">assesses inflation risk.<\/a><span> \/ Reuters<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Signal&#8217;s president breaks down what it costs to keep the platform afloat, which by 2025 will add up to around <a href=\"https:\/\/signal.org\/blog\/signal-is-expensive\/\">$50 million a year.<\/a><span> \/ Signal<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Joanne McNeil on the empty promises of self-driving cars, which could actually be useful if companies weren&#8217;t so <a href=\"https:\/\/www.esquire.com\/entertainment\/books\/a45823821\/joanne-mcneil-wrong-way-interview\/\">focused on dazzle.<\/a><span> \/ Esquire<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s been a little over a year since Elon Musk officially took over Twitter, and I&#8217;m prepared to admit that\u2014on at least one count\u2014I was <a href=\"https:\/\/maxread.substack.com\/p\/context-collapse-collapse\">wrong as shit.&#8221;<\/a><span> \/ Read Max<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Experiencing a toddler learning to talk teaches lessons about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/humor\/sketchbook\/is-my-toddler-a-stochastic-parrot\">large language models.<\/a><span> \/ The New Yorker<\/span><\/p>\n<p>See also: &#8220;The study and building of neural networks have become central to learning <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scientificamerican.com\/article\/understanding-consciousness-is-key-to-unlocking-secrets-of-the-universe\/\">about the mind.&#8221;<\/a><span> \/ Scientific American<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The world of 1800, when artists revolted against the technocracy, is remarkably similar to today\u2014maybe we&#8217;re headed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.honest-broker.com\/p\/notes-toward-a-new-romanticism\">into a new Romanticism?<\/a><span> \/ The Honest Broker<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Unrelated: Recalling the New Romantic aesthetic <a href=\"https:\/\/aesthetics.fandom.com\/wiki\/New_Romantic\">from the late<\/a> 1970s\/early &#8217;80s, which &#8220;burned <a href=\"https:\/\/museumofyouthculture.com\/new-romantics\/\">briefly but brightly.&#8221;<\/a><span> \/ Aesthetics Wiki, Museum of Youth Culture<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Can Jeff Bezos, Kid Rock, or George W. 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