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Writer, science nerd, boy crazy, Dodger fan. she/her. I made a book & won best dramatic screenplay at #AFF2021. Opinions my own & often wrong.
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Please don’t mistake declarative statements for expertise, I’m just medically incapable of speaking without unfounded confidence.
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right, like someone else replied to the apology asking it to do a non-apology and it did that too! there is not a little guy in there who's sorry! llms do not work that way!
Also it only "apologized" because a user told it to
January 2, 2026 at 7:09 PM
right, like someone else replied to the apology asking it to do a non-apology and it did that too! there is not a little guy in there who's sorry! llms do not work that way!
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320,000 followers, completely fabricated a hoax Politico story, like 200 of you follow this account, consider your choices
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January 2, 2026 at 11:36 PM
320,000 followers, completely fabricated a hoax Politico story, like 200 of you follow this account, consider your choices
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Yes, Twitter and Musk themselves aren’t even attempting to apologize for “Grok creating CSAM” - but this too is an example of allowing a machine to take blame!
Who CREATED the machine that’s apologizing for its actions in a fashion that shifts blame to itself and not to its actual human creators?
Who CREATED the machine that’s apologizing for its actions in a fashion that shifts blame to itself and not to its actual human creators?
Ooh look, we’re seeing the “let’s attempt to deflect blame to the artificial construct that is The Demon Machine instead of the actual, breathing, fallible humans who made the Demon Machine” maneuver play out in real time!
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 6:05 PM
Yes, Twitter and Musk themselves aren’t even attempting to apologize for “Grok creating CSAM” - but this too is an example of allowing a machine to take blame!
Who CREATED the machine that’s apologizing for its actions in a fashion that shifts blame to itself and not to its actual human creators?
Who CREATED the machine that’s apologizing for its actions in a fashion that shifts blame to itself and not to its actual human creators?
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I hope they’re pursuing adoption
Black bear living underneath California house shows no sign of budging as homeowner mulls legal action
Black bear living underneath Altadena house shows no sign of budging as homeowner mulls legal action
The 550-pound black bear has taken up residence in the crawlspace underneath Ken Johnson's home in California for a month.
www.cbsnews.com
January 2, 2026 at 2:15 AM
I hope they’re pursuing adoption
Sure sure because baseball is the boy zoo but these guys are on ice like penguins at the aquarium I’m following
my wife and her friends are calling this “Boy Aquarium”, which is apparently a stand-in for hockey in general?
January 1, 2026 at 11:35 PM
Sure sure because baseball is the boy zoo but these guys are on ice like penguins at the aquarium I’m following
Alright I’m home I’ve got a hair mask on I’ve got mac and cheese let’s watch the Heated Rivalry finale
January 1, 2026 at 11:24 PM
Alright I’m home I’ve got a hair mask on I’ve got mac and cheese let’s watch the Heated Rivalry finale
the two genders
January 1, 2026 at 11:19 PM
the two genders
Love when landing at LAX takes me on a scenic tour of the city
January 1, 2026 at 9:45 PM
Love when landing at LAX takes me on a scenic tour of the city
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any discussion of city transit improvement online ever
January 1, 2026 at 12:07 AM
any discussion of city transit improvement online ever
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Weiss believes she is engaged in a game in which the point is self-aggrandizement, and that everyone else is involved in that same game, and she fundamentally cannot *understand* criticism on the grounds of integrity or virtue.
The most telling Bari Weiss incident came when "The Free Press" excused George Floyd's murder, @radleybalko.bsky.social highlighted factual errors, and Weiss's reaction was not to make corrections, but to invite Balko on a podcast.
There is no truth, there are no standards, there is only content.
There is no truth, there are no standards, there is only content.
Every part of this is embarrassingly lame.
January 1, 2026 at 1:21 AM
Weiss believes she is engaged in a game in which the point is self-aggrandizement, and that everyone else is involved in that same game, and she fundamentally cannot *understand* criticism on the grounds of integrity or virtue.
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“Jesse’s Girl” is actually the prequel to “My Best Friend’s Girl”
January 1, 2026 at 6:48 AM
“Jesse’s Girl” is actually the prequel to “My Best Friend’s Girl”
Technically, The Poseidon Adventure is a New Years movie.
January 1, 2026 at 6:49 AM
Technically, The Poseidon Adventure is a New Years movie.
I’m watching Dick Clark’s Rockin’ New Years Eve with Ryan Seacrest which means it’s a chance yet again to repost this, the story of the time I asked Ryan Seacrest to prom.
Picture it. Los Angeles, 2003.
(1/32 yeah it’s long just go with it)
(1/32 yeah it’s long just go with it)
January 1, 2026 at 5:44 AM
I’m watching Dick Clark’s Rockin’ New Years Eve with Ryan Seacrest which means it’s a chance yet again to repost this, the story of the time I asked Ryan Seacrest to prom.
Stoned! In the Calgary Airport Marriot
January 1, 2026 at 5:33 AM
Stoned! In the Calgary Airport Marriot
Eating a prime rib in a restaurant called Cattlebaron while All By Myself plays on the sound system, what a way to send out 2025
January 1, 2026 at 4:35 AM
Eating a prime rib in a restaurant called Cattlebaron while All By Myself plays on the sound system, what a way to send out 2025
Every restaurant and bar I’ve gone to in Canada has Strongbow so I think I live here now
January 1, 2026 at 4:03 AM
Every restaurant and bar I’ve gone to in Canada has Strongbow so I think I live here now
open for a jump scare
January 1, 2026 at 3:37 AM
open for a jump scare
call Benoit Blanc; somehow the contents of my suitcase are wet without the exterior of my suitcase getting wet.
January 1, 2026 at 2:45 AM
call Benoit Blanc; somehow the contents of my suitcase are wet without the exterior of my suitcase getting wet.
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Shout-out to Le Renard Argenté by @amandasmith.bsky.social filling my "New Author to You" space (technically true).
December 31, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Shout-out to Le Renard Argenté by @amandasmith.bsky.social filling my "New Author to You" space (technically true).
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THE DAY CARES ARE LOCKED BECAUSE YOU MADE A GENERATION-LONG EFFORT TO MAKE IT AS EASY AS POSSIBLE TO KILL THE CHILDREN INSIDE THEM YOU ABSOLUTE FUCKING GHOULS
these fucking people. they pass laws to make sure every person with a screw loose who wants an Armalite can show up to the day care armed & ready to kill, then complain that the day cares are locked to protect the children inside
CNN: “Surely you don’t think a daycare should be unlocked.”
SHIRLEY: “There should be a reception area.”
CNN: “No, every day care is locked.”
SHIRLEY: “Fair point.” 🤔
He shows up to a day care with masked men and wonders why they don’t let him in.
SHIRLEY: “There should be a reception area.”
CNN: “No, every day care is locked.”
SHIRLEY: “Fair point.” 🤔
He shows up to a day care with masked men and wonders why they don’t let him in.
December 31, 2025 at 7:30 PM
THE DAY CARES ARE LOCKED BECAUSE YOU MADE A GENERATION-LONG EFFORT TO MAKE IT AS EASY AS POSSIBLE TO KILL THE CHILDREN INSIDE THEM YOU ABSOLUTE FUCKING GHOULS
lol this tweet from 1/2/2020 good job me it only took a pandemic to break my streak of befriending baseball twitter grifters
My New Years resolution is to not make this a third consecutive year of befriending a baseball twitter grifter.
December 31, 2025 at 2:40 AM
lol this tweet from 1/2/2020 good job me it only took a pandemic to break my streak of befriending baseball twitter grifters
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