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highplainsdem

(61,084 posts) Thu Feb 12, 2026, 08:18 PM Thursday

Ed Zitron, who knows what he's talking about, did an annotated version of Matt Shumer's "Something Big Is Coming" hype

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The link Ed posted on X:

https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/qw6k5c3m575cq21p7jjac/Something-Big-Is-Coming-Annotated.pdf?rlkey=qlr0mgnlpjifo5xkon2crhrhw&e=1&dl=0

I hope you'll read it. What he has to say is both sharp and hilarious.

I'll put Ed's thread on X in a reply below.

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Ed Zitron, who knows what he's talking about, did an annotated version of Matt Shumer's "Something Big Is Coming" hype (Original Post) highplainsdem Thursday OP

Ed's posts about this on X: highplainsdem Thursday #1

No surprises here - it's the Blue Tsunami in November! Fiendish Thingy Thursday #2

??? This is about AI, and silly hype about it that got tens of millions of views earlier this week: highplainsdem Thursday #3

OK, I was just making up my own "BIG NEWS" Fiendish Thingy Thursday #4

Ahead of fundraising - see the third link there - but I'm sure some of them are planning to dump stocks. highplainsdem Thursday #6

If one likes audio content, one should listen to Ed's podcast "Better Offline" RockRaven Thursday #5

He's great. And his writing is brilliant. Often reminds me of Harlan Ellison's best rants against the TV industry. highplainsdem Thursday #7

kick highplainsdem Friday #8

K&R Merely for the word hilarious being in the post. Hugin Friday #9

We all need hilarity right now. It's one reason I like Ed's writing so much. He writes beautifully and highplainsdem Friday #10

The DU tech heavyweights did a very good job in the previous thread. Hugin Friday #11

highplainsdem

(61,084 posts)

1. Ed's posts about this on X:

Reply to highplainsdem (Original post)

Thu Feb 12, 2026, 08:19 PM

Thursday

Link to tweet

Fiendish Thingy

(22,568 posts)

2. No surprises here - it's the Blue Tsunami in November!

Reply to highplainsdem (Original post)

Thu Feb 12, 2026, 08:21 PM

Thursday

What could be bigger than that?

Anything Trump has in mind will fail.

highplainsdem

(61,084 posts)

3. ??? This is about AI, and silly hype about it that got tens of millions of views earlier this week:

Reply to Fiendish Thingy (Reply #2)

Thu Feb 12, 2026, 08:29 PM

Thursday

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100221012921

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100221014954

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100221017268

Fiendish Thingy

(22,568 posts)

4. OK, I was just making up my own "BIG NEWS"

Reply to highplainsdem (Reply #3)

Thu Feb 12, 2026, 08:34 PM

Thursday

Rather than clicking on a blind link.

Sounds like they are doing some pumping ahead of the dumping of AI stocks…

highplainsdem

(61,084 posts)

6. Ahead of fundraising - see the third link there - but I'm sure some of them are planning to dump stocks.

Reply to Fiendish Thingy (Reply #4)

Thu Feb 12, 2026, 08:58 PM

Thursday

It's depressing that so many people fell for what Matt Shumer wrote.

RockRaven

(19,000 posts)

5. If one likes audio content, one should listen to Ed's podcast "Better Offline"

Reply to highplainsdem (Original post)

Thu Feb 12, 2026, 08:34 PM

Thursday

He is one of the better AI-company-skeptics (my descriptor, not his own) out there.

highplainsdem

(61,084 posts)

7. He's great. And his writing is brilliant. Often reminds me of Harlan Ellison's best rants against the TV industry.

Reply to RockRaven (Reply #5)

Thu Feb 12, 2026, 09:00 PM

Thursday

highplainsdem

(61,084 posts)

8. kick

Reply to highplainsdem (Original post)

Fri Feb 13, 2026, 11:00 AM

Friday

Hugin

(37,687 posts)

9. K&R Merely for the word hilarious being in the post.

Reply to highplainsdem (Original post)

Fri Feb 13, 2026, 11:11 AM

Friday

I NEED hilarity right now.

I am savoring the mark-up. It’s saying all of the things that I would have said.

highplainsdem

(61,084 posts)

10. We all need hilarity right now. It's one reason I like Ed's writing so much. He writes beautifully and

Reply to Hugin (Reply #9)

Fri Feb 13, 2026, 02:36 PM

Friday

very clearly about complicated subjects that are serious and can be depressing, but he can also skewer the fools and villains he writes about so perfectly that I laugh out loud.

Hugin

(37,687 posts)

11. The DU tech heavyweights did a very good job in the previous thread.

Reply to highplainsdem (Reply #10)

Fri Feb 13, 2026, 04:37 PM

Friday

Dissecting this tissue. It was like watching chum thrown to sharks.

Credit where credit is due.

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