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Sat, 11/10/2025 - 04:02

Thank you for attending our company’s all-hands.

It’s been an incredible eight years since we launched the first version of the Small Child. I’m not embarrassed to say that initially, we had a suboptimal product-market fit. The UX was terrible, and first-time users had no idea how to navigate the product. But we stayed agile. We pivoted hard and iterated rapidly. After several years of design sprints, I’m proud to announce that we’re launching the latest version of the Small Child. Meet xKid, your everyday companion.

We’re entering a bold new era of technology, and those who don’t adapt will be left behind. I knew we needed to update the Small Child in a way that truly meets this moment. xKid still has all the features you know and love about the Small Child. But now, it’s superpowered by AI—Always Interrupting.

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Sat, 11/10/2025 - 00:00

A QUARTERLY column from Carrie Brownstein, who is better at dispensing advice than taking it

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Q: I’m an adult. I bathe. And yet people keep giving me soap. My mom slipped a bar into my Easter basket this year. My best friend gifted me a bourbon-scented soap for my birthday. My dad found some artisanal soap at a Ren Faire, and my sister gave me some made by monks in Italy. These are all thoughtful gifts. But I’m starting to wonder if they’re also… pointed.

What began as a quirky gifting trend is beginning to smell like an intervention. I want to ask if there’s some unspoken insinuation—but if the answer isn’t a hard no, isn’t it basically a yes?

So tell me: When does a friendly gesture become a red flag?

Fraser Grant
Columbus, OH

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Fri, 10/10/2025 - 23:00

“Friday” – Rebecca Black
“Temporal Awareness Cantata in G Major for Adolescent Voice and Auto-Tuned Choir (‘Hebdomadal Celebration’)”

“Mambo No. 5” – Lou Bega
“Polygamous Dance Catalog in F Major for German-Cuban Vocalist. Homage to Monica, Erica, Rita, Sandra, Tina, Mary, Jessica, et al.”

“I’m Blue” – Eiffel 65
“Cerulean Obsession Dance in G Minor for Italian Trio Demonstrating Monochromatic Lifestyle Commitment”

“Crazy Frog” – Axel F
“Amphibious Annoyance Étude in F Major for Synthesized Batrachian and Electronic Torture Ensemble”

“Macarena” – Los Del Rio
“Andalusian Kinetic Ritual for Choreographed Mass Behavior”

“It’s Raining Men” – The Weather Girls
“Male Precipitation Fantasy in C Major for Female Duo of Solitary Chart Triumph”

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Fri, 10/10/2025 - 22:00
In response to a post of mine at Naked Capitalism about Trump’s dispatch of National Guard troops to support ICE in Chicago, and the possibility of thing escalating beyond his control or intention, a commenter  wrote that “so many Black people are avoiding the protests entirely and are considering each antiBlack outrage from the TrumpAdmin […]
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Fri, 10/10/2025 - 19:51

I left Labour and co-founded Your Party because politics as usual is failing us. The challenges we face are immense: the far-right on the rise, climate breakdown, collapsing living standards, public services gutted to the bone, a housing system rigged against us, and a government enabling genocide in Palestine. Tinkering at the edges won’t cut […]

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Fri, 10/10/2025 - 18:00
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Fri, 10/10/2025 - 17:39

At a time Donald Trump, Big Tech and Wall Street deploy stablecoins to privatise the dollar, usurping the decentralising power of blockchain to enrich themselves at everyone else’s expense, here is an alternative use of blockchain that harnesses its decentralising powers to benefit everyone equally – to pay everyone a substantial, non-inflationary, basic dividend – […]

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