Archive - vishalblog

Taylor Sheridan's Retarded Women

"You look like a little girl when you're scared"

19 hrs ago • Vishal Prasad

Beta Uploading: A Survey

Text-based Apotheosis!

Mar 11 • Vishal Prasad

Jessa and Cazzie’s Waymo arrives in Silver Lake.

Mar 3 • Vishal Prasad

February 2026

try harder, asian-american artist

asian-american art is a wasteland.

Feb 27 • Vishal Prasad

Somewhat Against Debate Culture

I am an incurable arguer.

Feb 25 • Vishal Prasad

"Pierre Menard, Author of the Quixote" Is Not A Satire

I am currently in a Borges reading group, and a few weeks ago we discussed “Pierre Menard, Author of the Quixote”. The consensus of the group was that…

Feb 23 • Vishal Prasad

AI Automation and the Labor Market 2025-2026

Feb 17 • Vishal Prasad

Death Meditations II

IV I’m “gardening” in my world model.

Feb 10 • Vishal Prasad

Death Meditations I

I The thinness of my stool should have been ample warning, but I was too pleased by the sudden weight loss to think about the matter with apposite…

Feb 9 • Vishal Prasad

January 2026

Excerpt from the Life of Rashid al-Yatim

Note: An underappreciated fact about LLMs is that they are enabling a renaissance in the translation of “obscure” texts into English.

Jan 30 • Vishal Prasad

Jan 26 • Vishal Prasad

Nick Fuentes: Bot Farmer?

Controversies in Online Amplification

Jan 23 • Vishal Prasad

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