Alton B.H. Worthington
@abhw.bsky.social
Social Science Shop Teacher in the vocational training division of a sports entertainment and medical services conglomerate. Views expressed represent nobody, even myself. ∃ RPs ∉ {Endorse} ∧ ∀ Posts ⊂ {Nonsense}. PV=NRT. "Car weirdo."
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i feel like i see a lot of "mysterious new account makes big bet on insider information" news stories and not enough people-being-arrested-for-that news stories
“What appears to be a newly created account appeared to invest $30,000 Friday in Maduro's exit. After Maduro went into custody Saturday morning, that same investor netted $436,759.61.”
Someone made $400K by predicting Maduro's capture. Here's what happened
The winnings come as the rules governing prediction markets are still evolving.
www.axios.com
January 3, 2026 at 9:44 PM
i feel like i see a lot of "mysterious new account makes big bet on insider information" news stories and not enough people-being-arrested-for-that news stories
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These freaks want territorial expansion and they know Trump will do everything he can to deliver.
This isn’t just a tweet from some random asshole either. This is Stephen Miller’s wife. Miller was in the room with Trump during the kidnapping of Maduro.
This isn’t just a tweet from some random asshole either. This is Stephen Miller’s wife. Miller was in the room with Trump during the kidnapping of Maduro.
January 3, 2026 at 9:22 PM
These freaks want territorial expansion and they know Trump will do everything he can to deliver.
This isn’t just a tweet from some random asshole either. This is Stephen Miller’s wife. Miller was in the room with Trump during the kidnapping of Maduro.
This isn’t just a tweet from some random asshole either. This is Stephen Miller’s wife. Miller was in the room with Trump during the kidnapping of Maduro.
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i don't know a lot about Venezuela or Maduro, but if you are a journalist or researcher, then you should be keeping an eye on Chevron during this transition period
January 3, 2026 at 6:51 PM
i don't know a lot about Venezuela or Maduro, but if you are a journalist or researcher, then you should be keeping an eye on Chevron during this transition period
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You ever think about how the Roman Senate kept meeting centuries into the reigns of emperors. Hanging out, shooting the shit, giving speeches, and play-acting that their positions of privilege remained positions of power.
January 3, 2026 at 6:36 PM
You ever think about how the Roman Senate kept meeting centuries into the reigns of emperors. Hanging out, shooting the shit, giving speeches, and play-acting that their positions of privilege remained positions of power.
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Cancel the three F1 races in the US while they're at it too.
January 3, 2026 at 7:30 AM
Cancel the three F1 races in the US while they're at it too.
This is bad, in a variety of distinct ways all at once and intensely in all of them.
January 3, 2026 at 7:32 AM
This is bad, in a variety of distinct ways all at once and intensely in all of them.
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People are right to roll their eyes at this—another stupid and malicious effort to undermine universities. But don’t rest your opposition on the idea that scores “don’t predict outcomes”. Insofar as any measure is used to select a population, you have conditioned on it so it won’t predict outcomes.
January 2, 2026 at 6:28 PM
People are right to roll their eyes at this—another stupid and malicious effort to undermine universities. But don’t rest your opposition on the idea that scores “don’t predict outcomes”. Insofar as any measure is used to select a population, you have conditioned on it so it won’t predict outcomes.
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AI cannot take accountability. AI cannot be “sorry.”
You have no control over the outputs of AI if you did not make it yourself, train it on very specific data sets, and create extremely rigorous control methods. Even then the safeguards are limited.
The creators must be held accountable
You have no control over the outputs of AI if you did not make it yourself, train it on very specific data sets, and create extremely rigorous control methods. Even then the safeguards are limited.
The creators must be held accountable
January 2, 2026 at 5:23 PM
AI cannot take accountability. AI cannot be “sorry.”
You have no control over the outputs of AI if you did not make it yourself, train it on very specific data sets, and create extremely rigorous control methods. Even then the safeguards are limited.
The creators must be held accountable
You have no control over the outputs of AI if you did not make it yourself, train it on very specific data sets, and create extremely rigorous control methods. Even then the safeguards are limited.
The creators must be held accountable
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You don’t need to know a single fact about Somali Americans to know the campaign against them is morally hideous. Either you can recognize that these campaigns are wrong a priori, or you are in your heart a racist.
I was wondering why their is so much random racist discourse on Somalis on the TL rn but oh it’s election season for governor rn lol
January 2, 2026 at 5:55 AM
You don’t need to know a single fact about Somali Americans to know the campaign against them is morally hideous. Either you can recognize that these campaigns are wrong a priori, or you are in your heart a racist.
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If you are a resident of California, the state now has a portal where you can demand deletion of your personal data from 500+ registered data brokers with a single request form, for free.
consumer.drop.privacy.ca.gov
consumer.drop.privacy.ca.gov
consumer.drop.privacy.ca.gov
January 2, 2026 at 2:26 AM
If you are a resident of California, the state now has a portal where you can demand deletion of your personal data from 500+ registered data brokers with a single request form, for free.
consumer.drop.privacy.ca.gov
consumer.drop.privacy.ca.gov
I know about sinking costs vs tying hands, but dropping a serious chunk of change on new safety gear does feel like a commitment to doing more on-track stuff this year. Here's to a more safer 2026.
January 2, 2026 at 4:27 AM
I know about sinking costs vs tying hands, but dropping a serious chunk of change on new safety gear does feel like a commitment to doing more on-track stuff this year. Here's to a more safer 2026.
January 1, 2026 at 7:21 AM
We stan the Ford-Elan. Thanks for all you did for sportscar racing in America, Don.
Back in the day, the guy who co-invented the nicotine patch bankrolled dropping a NASCAR V-8 in a Le Mans prototype class car: youtu.be/Gy4j1hpeoNI?...
1999 Panoz LMP1 Roadster-S
YouTube video by Retroschaft
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January 1, 2026 at 7:12 AM
We stan the Ford-Elan. Thanks for all you did for sportscar racing in America, Don.
"One Billion Revenue Officers"
One of my furthest beliefs is that the next democratic administration needs to hire half a million IRS agents. 70,000 was far too few.
Income tax is corruption is so cool, I hope all the right wingers with clearance just refuse to pay it.
January 1, 2026 at 5:53 AM
"One Billion Revenue Officers"
We're here because we're here.
January 1, 2026 at 4:58 AM
We're here because we're here.
Good. Fucking. Riddance.
January 1, 2026 at 4:55 AM
Good. Fucking. Riddance.
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oh you know our boy is thirsty if he's pumping neuralink
Elon Musk says Neuralink plans to start "high-volume production" of brain-computer interface devices and move to a fully automated surgical procedure in 2026 (Reuters)
Main Link | Techmeme Permalink
Main Link | Techmeme Permalink
January 1, 2026 at 1:53 AM
oh you know our boy is thirsty if he's pumping neuralink
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They're going to *throw out* one-of-a-kind NASA archives?!
Not even a year since the Inauguration & we're already at the 2nd-time-as-farce version of the burning of the Library of Alexandria.
Not even a year since the Inauguration & we're already at the 2nd-time-as-farce version of the burning of the Library of Alexandria.
December 31, 2025 at 7:55 PM
They're going to *throw out* one-of-a-kind NASA archives?!
Not even a year since the Inauguration & we're already at the 2nd-time-as-farce version of the burning of the Library of Alexandria.
Not even a year since the Inauguration & we're already at the 2nd-time-as-farce version of the burning of the Library of Alexandria.
sudo shred -vzf year2025.db
January 1, 2026 at 1:13 AM
sudo shred -vzf year2025.db
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Men doing this whole “I will vanquish continents for my children” LARP is so goofy in the context of household surveys. It’s nice you’ll kill millions for your daughter, maybe we can start at doing a load of laundry for your wife who does the vast majority of household labor?
December 30, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Men doing this whole “I will vanquish continents for my children” LARP is so goofy in the context of household surveys. It’s nice you’ll kill millions for your daughter, maybe we can start at doing a load of laundry for your wife who does the vast majority of household labor?
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That time Ohio State missed a game-winning FG right as the New Year's ball dropped was wild.
December 31, 2025 at 5:16 PM
That time Ohio State missed a game-winning FG right as the New Year's ball dropped was wild.
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Fewer Irish people using ChatGPT than in other countries, OpenAI told Taoiseach
Fewer Irish people using ChatGPT than in other countries, OpenAI told Taoiseach
Micheál Martin was told application had been rolled out to all secondary school students in Estonia ‘to complement the curriculum’
www.irishtimes.com
December 31, 2025 at 6:39 AM
Fewer Irish people using ChatGPT than in other countries, OpenAI told Taoiseach
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Income tax is corruption is so cool, I hope all the right wingers with clearance just refuse to pay it.
December 31, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Income tax is corruption is so cool, I hope all the right wingers with clearance just refuse to pay it.