Fitz

05/30/2026

Bruno Michel showing the community spirit that makes you guys awesome. Thank you for being you

05/30/2026

From a draft of that article I have been encouraged to write:

In one recent application process, [COMPANY NAME REDACTED] advanced candidates through an AI-assisted screening funnel into a second round of prerecorded video questions.

Candidates were asked to perform spontaneity into a camera, answering broad behavioral prompts delivered by recorded employees with the mid-grade production quality of an 90's internal training module.

Before participating, I had to click a box to acknowledge that my video would not be used to discriminate against me. A quick search of the vendor’s recent history showed why that box existed. [VENDOR NAME REDACTED], a major video-interviewing platform, has been named in civil rights proceedings alleging that its product contributed to discriminatory outcomes.

The reassurance was almost too perfect: a legal checkbox placed in front of a process whose central promise is that machines can make human evaluation cleaner, faster, and fairer than humans can.

Then came the human layer, which was somehow stranger.

The prerecorded questioners in the process appeared carefully selected to project diversity and inclusion: women of color, professionally framed, earnestly asking open ended questions into the void.

The effect was not sinister so much as brutally comic: a company apparently responding to the anxieties of algorithmic bias with a video tableau that seemed to announce, “Look, humans work here. Diverse humans. Please notice. And don't sue.”

That is the whole white collar labor market in miniature: algorithmic judgment wrapped in human theater, legal caution wrapped in corporate optimism, and applicants asked to prove their humanity to a machine that has already shaped the terms of the encounter.

05/29/2026

Few things make a nap sweeter than the sound of someone else mowing my lawn.

So relaxing

05/29/2026

Hannibal Lecter has announced he will no longer be performing at the Freedoom 250 Great American State Fair.

05/28/2026

I bet I'll be the only middle aged man in attendance with strong opinions on kids TV and movies

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05/28/2026

The lineup is so bad its like someone's putting on a sarcastic bar mitzvah. Hilarious.

Its a trump themed state fair and Kid Rock and Aaron Lewis arnt available? Come on, guys

The entertainment lineup was announced hours earlier.

05/27/2026

So the strange part is this: I have been encouraged to write an article for national publication describing what its like to make a career change in my 50's at the dawning of the AI consumption of every white collar job.

But I have been hesitant to do the one thing I have always done: Share everything.

But--I dont know how the world outside works, frankly. Oh dude--Ive got so many wild ass "would immediately go on the air with this s**t stories" but I am looking for work.

But and: if they dont know who I am (and who would even care) how would they even ever find out if I told the legitimately hilarious things Ive been experiencing, yeah?

Oh MAN and have they been good.

Anyway, Ive got some voice work to finish and Im almost done so imma get back to it.

Thank you for reading my thoughts and goobye. Just for now

05/27/2026

Its weird, man. Its been 6 months since and I am just now feeling like I am returning to myself. Im glad I have you folks.

Its been strange and I am, as undeserved as it is, so lucky. That after so many years of wandering, I found you.

Yeah, dude. Its been a lot. Im glad I didnt have to go it alone

05/27/2026

Mrs. Fitz: Dont be too drunk when I get home

Me: Oh, Ill be drunk enough for sure

05/27/2026

There is OPA and there is OPA, beratna.

A mixed-use development is taking shape near Signal Butte and US 60 in Mesa. We’re taking a look at Medina Station’s site plan and upcoming openings.