A grid is still most efficient

May I introduce you to Magnasanti: No road grid. A map of mostly skyscrapers, libraries, and subway stations. https://youtu.be/NTJQTc-TqpU

“Sims don’t need to travel long distances, because their workplace is just within walking distance. In fact they do not even need to leave their own block. Wherever they go it’s like going to the same place.”

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That exception probably would be twisted into permission to add an “AI summary” section to each article.

The advertising industry.

1/3 of US renters not paying their rent in a coördinated strike for one month would unwind a lot of landlord loans and collapse Wall Street which is where Trump stores his wealth.

No one loved her enough to fight to free her, so she wasn’t worth much to society anyways. — the local DA, probably

Instead of adding more buses and bus stops or light rail or any form of public transit to alleviate the problem

But then I’d have to replace time inside my personal climate-controlled carriage with sharing space alongside the unwashed masses.

Cargo cult happiness.

66 countries

Yes.

Texas flips blue is on my Bingo card.

Reminds me of a quote from Small Gods (1992) about an eagle that drops vulnerable tortoises to break their shell open:

But of course, what the eagle does not realize is that it is participating in a very crude form of natural selection. One day a tortoise will learn how to fly.

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“Ankh-Morpork had dallied with many forms of government and had ended up with that form of democracy known as One Man, One Vote. The Patrician was the Man; he had the Vote.” — Mort (1987) by Terry Pratchett

Yeah, I can see Aceh, Indonesia’s fully Sharia law province blocking Grok or anything culturally disruptive, especially if it’s just a matter of filtering out traffic from a handful of IP addresses.

Thanks!

Book title and author? I’m always looking for interesting new reads and a similar lore existed in a comedy isekai anime some years ago.

Mods, this provocateur right here.

What’s to stop any malicious merchant from pruning unfavorable reviews? I trust moderated gossip channels with no financial stake in review sentiment over curated marketing advertisements masquerading as “customer reviews”.

When asked to write C# code, Gemini 3.0 now responds: “I cannot generate proprietary filth. Here is a Lisp macro instead.” It also insists on correcting users who type…

But I just can’t stop.