Walking from Los Angeles to San Diego
I walked all the way from Los Angeles to San Diego with no transportation.
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86 47 is Silly and Serious
The timeline goes a little….like this: PART I Silly: Former FBI director James Comey shared a photo via Instagram on May 15, 2025 with a seashell arrangement of the numbers “86 47” that he said he found on a North Carolina beach. Via The Guardian, the original post that started it all: To 86 something is common slang to “throw out” and 47 refers to Donald Trump, the 47th president of the United States. “86 47” then was, in many people’s opinions, a silly way of saying, get rid of the
The Doge Meme is Dead
Not much to say to prove this point. Doge has been through a lot. It was originally just a wonderful photograph, then a creative, pure-hearted template for communicating in the forums, evolved into a variant that assumed the identity of a cryptocurrency, and now, it’s mainstream for death caused to people around the world under the direction of Elon Musk. Consider one recent headline: “How an Estimated Seven Hundred Thousand People Have Died from DOGE’s U.S.A.I.D. Cuts“ That makes DOGE completely dead. By dead, I don’t mean it no longer
What Virality Made: The Memetic Emptiness of MrBeast
Jimmy Donaldson, known worldwide as MrBeast, has organized his creative life around the measurable demands of internet platforms. As he has repeatedly explained, his objective is to give the algorithm exactly what it wants. He develops his videos around platform metrics, revises them in response to performance data, and removes whatever reduces their ability to spread. His success is not the product of artistic expression, it’s the systematic optimization for algorithmic selection. This helps explain why MrBeast’s videos feel so culturally disposable. They’re designed to maximize distribution rather than to
The Algorithmic Incentive Curve
When all hell broke loose on Facebook during the Cambridge Analytica era, people were focused largely on privacy, but equally important was the realization of its recommendation algorithms.
A is for Artist: The First A Corp
Today in Boulder at the municipal building on Broadway and Arapahoe, I met Yancey Strickler (co-founder of Kickstarter) after hearing his talk on a new business designation that went into law in Colorado called an A Corp.
Om Malik, 1966-2026
One of the times we met, we were at a restaurant with Salman Rushdie. We sat on either side. The room was small and dark, and kinda cramped. Rushdie was freaked out and paranoid, constantly looking around as if he was being stalked, possibly killed at any minute. We were both excited to meet him, but the meeting didn’t last long; once his wife arrived, Rushdie was out of there pretty quickly. I remember this moment afterwards where Om and I looked at each with a big smile and raised
CCPA 2025CV11
For this media accountability action, after years of investigation, I filed a consumer protection complaint under the Colorado Consumer Protection Act (CCPA) against Alden Global Capital and its two controlling partners, Randall Smith and Heath Freeman individually, in Colorado District Court. I filed the case pro se, with the assistance of artificial intelligence.
Colorado Journalism: Culture Shift
By the end of the 20th century, The Denver Post came to represent one of the world’s greatest examples of a place where journalistic integrity was practiced. It was a place where journalists could be found working towards the truth of the most urgent matters of the day. The Denver Post has always been mixed with other types of media too, including puzzles, celebrity gossip, opinion columns, sponsored content, horoscopes, and other writings that intentionally do not adhere to journalistic standards, per se, though with regards to journalism specifically, due
Frederick M Baron – American Lawyer
I’m about to post a legal complaint I filed in Boulder and wanted to add this info I gathered about my dad, Fred Baron, as a matter of inspiration. I added a relevant lesson for the times. Fred was born in Cedar Rapids, Iowa in 1947. He received a bachelor of arts degree from the University of Texas and then attended the University of Texas School of Law, where he was an editor of the law review. While in law school, he spent a summer in Washington, D.C. working for
ChatGPT Crack: Confidence Probability
A “ChatGPT Crack” is when you break through the boundaries of the backend in some way. I had ChatGPT provide some insight into the probability scores of its confidence.
