Fatbobman's Swift Weekly #065
Perspective Shift: Viewing the Developer's Dual Identity Through the Airport Debate
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Dec 31
Happy New Year and enjoy ur break! 🎉
The Swift Runtime: Your Silent Partner
Fun and games with the Swift source code
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A Swift Kick to the Emotional Groin
Author’s Note: This is a reprint from a few years ago, before I was writing on Substack. I believe it was published on FB, and not elsewhere. I’ve returned to it often over the years, because it conveys something underlying learning and life that speaks to my heart.
I have often thought that we get angry as parents because we want the child. for example, to tidy their room a bit and then we plan to have a treat. Then they don't do it, so I.offer that as a bribe. Then they don't do it, and the bribe becomes a boundary. Then they don't do it and the boundary becomes a threat. They still don't do it. And we're angry. Not because the room's still a mess, but because they have effectively enabled me to back myself into a corner where i have to lay down the law, be mean and basically I feel tricked and cheated into.a place where i can't see myself as a 'nice mummy'. I'm now a harridan and I'm furious that I did that to myself. Or something like that.
Wrong Liberals, Taylor Swift, And More Ls
Seems he will be President again…
I can't believe that "brooklyn dad" bastard is allowed to still be on X. Surely, that asshat is a government operative. He is a disgrace to Brooklynites.
And how many years did we have to put up with idiots and brainwashed liberals calling for the deaths of good Americans? These people are evil. I want to see public executions of the REAL criminals, like Pelosi, Cheney, Mayorkas, Biden, Schiff, etc.
I think it would be draining, always looking for the negative posts on X. Of course, you can just go to Brooklyn Buffoon and there's a rich vein of "Ls" to mine. Coupled with a total lack of self-awareness and insight, of course.
A New Era Begins
(For me, not Taylor Swift)
In March 2024 we put Terrible, Thanks for Asking on hiatus.
Their Drum Major Sidelined, The Woke Parade Just Passes Obama By
Barack Obama's Swift Passage to Irrelevancy
“On behalf of the great state of Illinois, crossroads of a nation, land of Lincoln, let me express my deep gratitude for the privilege of addressing this convention,” said Barack Obama in the opening of the 2004 DNC speech that would introduce him to the world.
Taylor Swift, Chimamanda Adichie, and Jay Z Have Something in Common
Jordan Peterson said that if you can write and speak well, you’re very dangerous. I’ll add: dangerous to poverty.
Notes On: The words that defined 2024 as Taylor Swift eras
With lots of articles, podcast reccs, and things that made me smile this year (bc why not?)
“Tis the privilege of friendship to talk nonsense, and to have her nonsense respected” – Charles Lamb
My subscription to your substack is one of the things (truly) that has brought me so much joy and feeling seen this last year. So excited to see what you write in 2025b
hannah!!! i loved this so much! thank you for including my piece and i'm so glad I've gotten to know you this year 💌
The Engine
Jonathan Swift (sort of) predicts Large Language Models in 1726
the most ignorant person, at a reasonable charge, and with a little bodily labour, might write books in philosophy, poetry, politics, laws, mathematics, and theology, without the least assistance from genius or study.
Swift's engine was probably a parody of earlier ideas about mechanical aids to human thinking, i.e., "artificial intelligence." See here https://www.forbes.com/sites/gilpress/2022/10/30/history-of-ai-in-33-breakthroughs-the-first-thinking-machine/
Lagado is a damn fine representation of the state of openAI. They spend so much in cool ‘Engine’ research and just running it, they are still in abject poverty as a company. Losing money even on the $200 pro plan as Altman himself tweeted. Great read.
A Swift Exchange (31)
Who would have such maps at their disposal? And how could Godiar have access to them? The answers to these questions would end up being quite illuminating.
Go back to the INDEX.
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Jan 7, 2025 : Trump Swift Action Exports, Advisers Preaching Patience
Trump Promised Swift Action on LNG Exports, but Advisers Preaching Patience - Reuters
Who Will Buy TikTok From China? Plus. . .
Biden’s transgender prison policy goes to court. Is Taylor Swift a threat to free speech? And much more.
It’s Tuesday, January 14. This is The Front Page, your daily window into the world of The Free Press—and our take on the world at large. Coming up: Could Elon—or Trump—buy TikTok? Is Taylor Swift a threat to free speech? Your letters to the editor about the Los Angeles fire. And much more.
The word I most associate with woke is evil. What sane, moral person thinks it’s a good idea to house violent male sex offenders with women because they identify as women? Progressives are a cancer on society. Would the liberals please take back the Democrat party ffs.
'Could MAGA Buy TikTok?' - Who's MAGA? Is MAGA in the room with us right now?
Also......can you guys please have Ben Kawaller sit down and do a video interview with Eddie Griffin. He has a theory. https://x.com/Evans_Wroten/status/1879133496100430333
On their weekly monday night 'America This Week' livestream, Matt Taibbi & Walter Kirn did a hell of a job covering the breaking news that Jen Rubin (WaPo) & Norm Eisen (Brookings Institute) are starting a new 'blog' called 'The Contrarian'. Is 'blog' a thing anymore? Hey Ms Rubin......2002 called and it wants its WordPress editor back. https://www.racket.news/p/atw-livestream-tonight-at-8-pm-et7-f37
Finally, has anyone reminded Lebron James, JLo, Robert DeNiro, Whoopi Goldberg, George Clooney, Barbara Streisand, Ben Stiller, Tom Hanks, Billie Eilish, Taylor Swift, Stephen King, Julia Roberts, Meryl Streep, Kevin Spacey, Rosie O’Donnel, & Lady Gaga that they only have 6 days left to leave? Asking for a friend.
The geological and inflationary impact of Taylor Swift - with reference to the 14th century...
I’ve been following the Taylor Swift phenomenon for the last 18 months since the astonishing Eras tour kicked off in Arizona in March 2023. Since that time, Swift has played 152 shows across five continents, delighting fans around the world - and not
Here for medieval Au/Ag ratio porn! One of my favourite parts of The Silk Roads.
9/11- A Swift Response
(Originally published on December 14, 2022.)
🌏 Taylor Swift, Music & Geopolitics
How Cultural Industries Drive Economic Growth
Taylor Swift doesn't just dominate music charts--she influences geopolitics. Taylor Swift concerts drive significant revenue for their host cities, and so countries are lobbying to host Taylor Swift concerts.
Issue #025: Net Neutrality + TikTok Ban + Meta FlipFlop = Weird Times.
PLUS news summaries re: Dave Portnoy, Rednote AKA the new TikTok, Taylor Swift ticket mob, Costco apartments.
Taylor Swift and the Eras Tour
A Moment of Glory, Peak Pride, and Bad-Ass Girl Power
December 23, 2024
That’s an excellent summary. I have not been privileged to be able to attend one of her concerts. What is certain is she is a remarkable individual and rightly deserves the praise that she receives, it’s a pity more individuals who are in a position of power and influence do not have the same generosity, humility and openness.
Thank you for your essay, and for the videos—the closest I'll come to witness. Taylor performing before such vast crowds, with the aim of being heard by everyone, reminds me of the Beatles who quit touring because they couldn't hear themselves. Your videos give a clear view, but I must admit (without faulting anyone) I couldn't understand anything. I hope it was better for you and the audience. It's clear, though, that the sound technicians have given it every possible consideration.
I can't imagine the complexity of travel, the staging and choreographies, and the crews needed to pull off such a feat in cities all around the world. Thanks for the hints you give.
And it was wonderful to see her pause and take it all in: "Wow. Don't let this moment get away. Embrace it." Whatever her precise thoughts, it's truly humbling to think: "They all came for me."
Managing Life at 22: Happy, Free, Confused and Lonely at the Same Time
Taylor Swift was onto something, and this episode goes much deeper than lyrics
Whether you are a fan of Taylor Swift or not, it doesn't matter since this isn't about her. It's about how almost every 22-year-old can relate to the feelings she shared in her song "22," a…
A Modest Proposal...
...with a small nod to Jonathan Swift
Although few people have noticed, Trump’s “wince score” has been trending downward for quite a few years. For the most part, the brash/rash Trump has taken a back-seat as the more statesmanlike Trump has ascended. I’ve found myself not grimacing nearly as much as before — back when Trump was the King of the Unforced Error. The, “you didn’t need to say t…
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