The only good gag was the emojis

Continues to be the best post of 2026.

Daughter's thing is now apparently reading Calvin and Hobbes, asking us to "explain why it's funny" for each strip, and then responding flatly "that's not funny" when given an explanation.

She's read 30 pages of Calvin and Hobbes this way today. She's found exactly two strips funny.

I solved the Thursday 4/09/2026 New York Times Daily Crossword in 7:44!

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UW graduate student deported through SEA as protesters demand answers A union representing University of Washington graduate student workers says Kennedy Orwa’s student visa was rescinded without explanation.

Our PhD student Kennedy Orwa, who studies applications of AI to health care, was hastily deported today to Kenya along with his 13-year-old son without opportunity to speak to legal counsel.

King 5 reports that he held a valid visa that was rescinded without explanation.

By my firm's pad policy I cannot

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Counterpoint: If OpenAI was already profitable its valuation would be much higher

At the risk of sounding like an OpenAI apologist (I'm not! I don't use ChatGPT and I think they're easily in the worst spot of the Big 3), that $111B figure is projected burn through 2030

Kind of incredible that Michael Knowles wasn't one of the five biggest assholes I knew in college

Nee rittlemeyer

Oh no why are we back to her

He's so smart, he almost reminds me of a computer as smart as a person

That seems unlikely bc this archetype is pretty common. I think he's just better at it.

i am still laughing at the Strategy Cheese threatening the Vatican, lmao

Are these agreements contracts or are they secret handshake agreements? There isn't a third option

My explanation is that they just don't like him and are venting. Your explanation is that Microsoft has entered into multiple secret handshake agreements (in violation of SEC disclosure laws) with the CEO of their most important business partner and he's repeatedly reneged on them.

Shit, they're catching on to us. Quick, let's start calling them Tyler

I already answered this

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And yet the only agreement mentioned is explicitly a contract. Because that's how trillion dollar companies form agreements.

You're saying Sam Altman is making private handshake deals with Microsoft execs and then reneging on them?

I think the better comp for fraud would be something like Frank or OzyMedia, where the metrics are just fraudulently inflated pre IPO

I think technically to be a ponzi scheme you have to promise returns that are secretly funded by new depositors. SBF was just losing the money.

this is the setup of a family guy cutaway gag

In today's headlines: East Village institution Veselka is bringing back its 24/7 service starting April 17.

"Not every agreement is a contract"

1) Between two companies? Yes they are
2) The only examples given are of contractual agreements

There is no "lying on agreements". Either this is about OpenAI's lawyers being better than Microsoft's (doubtful!) OR it's just about people thinking he's a fucking asshole. Neither is a serious allegation of fraud.

"Sam Altman could be secretly committing fraud" is both true and contentless. It's true of everyone alive.

No I am not technically correct, I'm just correct. A ponzi scheme is a fraud. Altman is being very transparent about what he's selling. People who choose to give him money in exchange for part of the company can evaluate how realistic they think his vision is