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I once knew a Federal bank examiner, and one time someone asked him why we had to KEEP inspecting banks over and over. He basically said every new batch of business school grads invents bank fraud from first principles.
AirBnB CEO calling it “vibe revenue” just 👨🍳 😘
The underlying cause of every bubble - debt masquerading as financial innovation - depends on not just short financial memory & speculative neophytism, but reinventing jargon of finance, like how each generation of kids has new ways to say same things.
The underlying cause of every bubble - debt masquerading as financial innovation - depends on not just short financial memory & speculative neophytism, but reinventing jargon of finance, like how each generation of kids has new ways to say same things.
November 22, 2025 at 6:02 PM
I once knew a Federal bank examiner, and one time someone asked him why we had to KEEP inspecting banks over and over. He basically said every new batch of business school grads invents bank fraud from first principles.
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I'm afraid China is absolutely enamored with AI slop too, bro.
America putting most of its eggs in the generative AI basket, China going hard into green tech. When history looks back on this period, someone is going to look awfully stupid.
November 22, 2025 at 10:52 PM
I'm afraid China is absolutely enamored with AI slop too, bro.
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What's really funny is Google says if I use GMail any longer they're gonna start charging me monthly and I'm like oh hm wow… so if I'm paying for an email provider why would it be this one? Anyway how looking for the least AI-brained web mail that replicates as closely as possible GMail from 2020
November 22, 2025 at 10:38 PM
What's really funny is Google says if I use GMail any longer they're gonna start charging me monthly and I'm like oh hm wow… so if I'm paying for an email provider why would it be this one? Anyway how looking for the least AI-brained web mail that replicates as closely as possible GMail from 2020
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Anyway the warnings going around about Gemini in Gmail were technically wrong and the corrections saying it's fine and you don't have to do anything are also wrong
November 22, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Anyway the warnings going around about Gemini in Gmail were technically wrong and the corrections saying it's fine and you don't have to do anything are also wrong
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The Dem leadership need to start beating this drum now: The time to come forward is now, because the people who have broken the law will be held accountable.
It’s crazy to think about the crimes we’re going to learn about after this regime ends.
We’re already hearing about Watergate level crimes every week. Imagine what will come out after it’s over.
We’re going to need a full accounting of all that’s been done in violation of the constitution.
We’re already hearing about Watergate level crimes every week. Imagine what will come out after it’s over.
We’re going to need a full accounting of all that’s been done in violation of the constitution.
November 22, 2025 at 10:25 PM
The Dem leadership need to start beating this drum now: The time to come forward is now, because the people who have broken the law will be held accountable.
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Anyway, do not help the Sam Altmans of the world steal Machine Learning valor to prop up a bunch of gross plagiarism machines that have all our worst biases and failings baked in.
November 22, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Anyway, do not help the Sam Altmans of the world steal Machine Learning valor to prop up a bunch of gross plagiarism machines that have all our worst biases and failings baked in.
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Lumping them together as “AI” gives readers the impression that a single class of tool is discerning novel protein structures, teasing subtle patterns out of mountains of LHC data, writing a student’s History 101 paper, and arguing a ketamine-addled billionaire could post up Shaq in his prime. No.
November 22, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Lumping them together as “AI” gives readers the impression that a single class of tool is discerning novel protein structures, teasing subtle patterns out of mountains of LHC data, writing a student’s History 101 paper, and arguing a ketamine-addled billionaire could post up Shaq in his prime. No.
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Machine learning (umbrella term, I know) is a useful, sometimes transformative tool in the hands of trained researchers who understand how to deploy it and critically assess the results.
A chatbot is not useful in the same ways (though underlying technologies may be, in other contexts).
A chatbot is not useful in the same ways (though underlying technologies may be, in other contexts).
November 22, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Machine learning (umbrella term, I know) is a useful, sometimes transformative tool in the hands of trained researchers who understand how to deploy it and critically assess the results.
A chatbot is not useful in the same ways (though underlying technologies may be, in other contexts).
A chatbot is not useful in the same ways (though underlying technologies may be, in other contexts).
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Journalist challenge: Use “Machine Learning” when you mean machine learning and “LLM” when you mean LLM. Ditch “AI” as a catch-all term, it’s not useful for readers and it helps companies trying to confuse the public by obscuring the roles played by different technologies. 🧪
November 22, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Journalist challenge: Use “Machine Learning” when you mean machine learning and “LLM” when you mean LLM. Ditch “AI” as a catch-all term, it’s not useful for readers and it helps companies trying to confuse the public by obscuring the roles played by different technologies. 🧪
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Bluesky: Transphobes get special treatment, genocide victims get banned asking help, and you can get catch a 3 day suspension for 3 days for cussing at a clanker!
FYI bluesky just issued a 3 day suspension to Wendy Xu for probably nothing
November 21, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Bluesky: Transphobes get special treatment, genocide victims get banned asking help, and you can get catch a 3 day suspension for 3 days for cussing at a clanker!
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Do you think they needed an Israeli to come up with stupid racist memes?
November 22, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Do you think they needed an Israeli to come up with stupid racist memes?
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This is a good example of obvious bullshit and why conspiratorial antisemitism makes you dumb. No, it doesn’t actually make sense to think the DHS gov account is managed out of Israel. that’s actually a really stupid thing to think.
November 22, 2025 at 7:15 PM
This is a good example of obvious bullshit and why conspiratorial antisemitism makes you dumb. No, it doesn’t actually make sense to think the DHS gov account is managed out of Israel. that’s actually a really stupid thing to think.
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“Our kids are drawing uncomfortable conclusions about our values, let’s limit their access to information” smacks of the pulpit.
November 22, 2025 at 3:43 PM
“Our kids are drawing uncomfortable conclusions about our values, let’s limit their access to information” smacks of the pulpit.
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I still can’t believe the Obama speechwriter explicitly calling for less visibility of Palestinian suffering because it’s making American kids doubt the Netanyahu government.
How do you sleep at night? Briefcase Carrier to Atrocity Denier.
How do you sleep at night? Briefcase Carrier to Atrocity Denier.
November 22, 2025 at 3:40 PM
I still can’t believe the Obama speechwriter explicitly calling for less visibility of Palestinian suffering because it’s making American kids doubt the Netanyahu government.
How do you sleep at night? Briefcase Carrier to Atrocity Denier.
How do you sleep at night? Briefcase Carrier to Atrocity Denier.
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FNC spent 15 years setting conditions for this crime spree, Carl Higbie and Sean Parnell and The Drunk blaming every strategic setback on insufficient violence directed against Iraqis and Afghans.
The rot is vast and Ds shouldn’t underestimate the work ahead (especially given comfort with the IDF)
The rot is vast and Ds shouldn’t underestimate the work ahead (especially given comfort with the IDF)
November 22, 2025 at 3:37 PM
FNC spent 15 years setting conditions for this crime spree, Carl Higbie and Sean Parnell and The Drunk blaming every strategic setback on insufficient violence directed against Iraqis and Afghans.
The rot is vast and Ds shouldn’t underestimate the work ahead (especially given comfort with the IDF)
The rot is vast and Ds shouldn’t underestimate the work ahead (especially given comfort with the IDF)
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War crimes should be spoken of like CSAM and perpetrators subject to the same scorn
November 22, 2025 at 3:33 PM
War crimes should be spoken of like CSAM and perpetrators subject to the same scorn
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I’m sorry, we need PAS and GOFOs and SES in paddocks after this.
Obama whiffed his chance to course correct. Biden did too. No longer.
Obama whiffed his chance to course correct. Biden did too. No longer.
November 22, 2025 at 3:32 PM
I’m sorry, we need PAS and GOFOs and SES in paddocks after this.
Obama whiffed his chance to course correct. Biden did too. No longer.
Obama whiffed his chance to course correct. Biden did too. No longer.
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If a new D president doesn’t name a Special Counsel to investigate these crimes and fumigate the Pentagon by 1pm on Inauguration Day, that D president will be a failure.
On the patently unlawful boat strikes
It's hard for USGs to claim ‘mistake of law’ or ‘advice of counsel’ – when they’re firing lawyers who wouldn't sign off on the strikes.
WaPo's new revelations on firings or removals:
1) CIA General Counsel
2) NSC Legal Adviser
3) CIA Mission Center’s lawyer
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It's hard for USGs to claim ‘mistake of law’ or ‘advice of counsel’ – when they’re firing lawyers who wouldn't sign off on the strikes.
WaPo's new revelations on firings or removals:
1) CIA General Counsel
2) NSC Legal Adviser
3) CIA Mission Center’s lawyer
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White House blew past legal concerns in deadly strikes on drug boats
The Trump administration sidestepped skeptical lawyers across national security agencies as it pursued a military campaign against alleged narcotraffickers, officials say.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 22, 2025 at 3:30 PM
If a new D president doesn’t name a Special Counsel to investigate these crimes and fumigate the Pentagon by 1pm on Inauguration Day, that D president will be a failure.
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Note...this is the questionnaire they used:
www.pewresearch.org/wp-content/u...
This is the question: "Please indicate whether or not you
ever use the following websites or apps.”
The one question. Along with your demographic data. So.
www.pewresearch.org/wp-content/u...
This is the question: "Please indicate whether or not you
ever use the following websites or apps.”
The one question. Along with your demographic data. So.
November 22, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Note...this is the questionnaire they used:
www.pewresearch.org/wp-content/u...
This is the question: "Please indicate whether or not you
ever use the following websites or apps.”
The one question. Along with your demographic data. So.
www.pewresearch.org/wp-content/u...
This is the question: "Please indicate whether or not you
ever use the following websites or apps.”
The one question. Along with your demographic data. So.
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You can see the shift in movies as well. Silent films commonly called out police torture and corruption. Dirty cops were all over mainstream classic Hollywood releases.
I haven’t done a formal tally but “one bad apple” and “the crooks get off if I play by the rules” took over by the 1970s-1980s.
I haven’t done a formal tally but “one bad apple” and “the crooks get off if I play by the rules” took over by the 1970s-1980s.
Fun fact: this is explicitly why Dick Wolf created Law & Order: he violently hates defense attorneys and felt tere weren't enough shows about how defendants and their lawyers are scum
(also when somebody "gets off on a technicality" that actually means the cops committed a crime against them)
(also when somebody "gets off on a technicality" that actually means the cops committed a crime against them)
November 22, 2025 at 8:34 PM
You can see the shift in movies as well. Silent films commonly called out police torture and corruption. Dirty cops were all over mainstream classic Hollywood releases.
I haven’t done a formal tally but “one bad apple” and “the crooks get off if I play by the rules” took over by the 1970s-1980s.
I haven’t done a formal tally but “one bad apple” and “the crooks get off if I play by the rules” took over by the 1970s-1980s.
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Yes. The question is not why Biden's debate performance generated a lot of negative coverage -- he was legitimately bad and was right to drop out -- but why Trump faring so badly against Harris that he turtled from any further debates generated so little
The polls of people who actually watched the debate showed Biden losing badly... by the exact same margin that Trump lost the Harris debate. But Trump by contrast didn't have weeks of drumbeat, full-court-press news afterwards about his debate failure - media instead dropped the story
November 22, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Yes. The question is not why Biden's debate performance generated a lot of negative coverage -- he was legitimately bad and was right to drop out -- but why Trump faring so badly against Harris that he turtled from any further debates generated so little
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Lol Bezos must have done some wild shit on Pedo Island
The Washington Post editorial board decided the Epstein files have “no public interest” before even seeing them. That’s a stunning position for any newsroom to take. Praising Clay Higgins as the lone ‘no’ vote, too? No wonder no one trusts legacy media. Absolutely disgusting.
November 22, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Lol Bezos must have done some wild shit on Pedo Island
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Regret to report that there has been another good linkedin post
November 22, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Regret to report that there has been another good linkedin post
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Mamdani getting Trump to happily pose with him in front of a big painting of FDR, just monumental stuff, CHUDs in Disarray
November 22, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Mamdani getting Trump to happily pose with him in front of a big painting of FDR, just monumental stuff, CHUDs in Disarray
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Thinking about Andrew Cuomo’s big gambit that only he could stand up to Trump, fuckin LOL that he wound up getting Trump’s endorsement (aka the Kiss of Death) and then Mamdani kinda dogwalked the President yesterday, way to go centrist libs!
November 22, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Thinking about Andrew Cuomo’s big gambit that only he could stand up to Trump, fuckin LOL that he wound up getting Trump’s endorsement (aka the Kiss of Death) and then Mamdani kinda dogwalked the President yesterday, way to go centrist libs!