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Toaster ovens generate Bible images that go viral with Christians.
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Joe Ely, Texas-Born Troubadour of the Open Road, Dies at 78
www.nytimes.com
December 16, 2025 at 12:15 PM
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Meta made about $3 billion in China last year from ads for scams, illegal gambling, pornography and other banned content, according to internal Meta documents reviewed by Reuters.
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
December 16, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Meta made about $3 billion in China last year from ads for scams, illegal gambling, pornography and other banned content, according to internal Meta documents reviewed by Reuters.
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
how long before BS starts throttling links offsite?
December 16, 2025 at 1:37 PM
how long before BS starts throttling links offsite?
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The lawless Hegseth/Trump boat murders continue: “The US military conducted strikes against three alleged drug-trafficking boats in the eastern Pacific Ocean on Monday, killing 8 people…”https://www.cnn.com/2025/12/15/politics/us-military-strikes-three-boats-pacific
December 16, 2025 at 1:08 PM
The lawless Hegseth/Trump boat murders continue: “The US military conducted strikes against three alleged drug-trafficking boats in the eastern Pacific Ocean on Monday, killing 8 people…”https://www.cnn.com/2025/12/15/politics/us-military-strikes-three-boats-pacific
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Time is a flat circle.
December 16, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Time is a flat circle.
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Just laughable that NSF will now describe having one hand-picked crank sign off on research as "peer review."
Will take years, possibly decades, to restore the structures, expertise and trust that built the US into the premiere scientific research model of the world.
Will take years, possibly decades, to restore the structures, expertise and trust that built the US into the premiere scientific research model of the world.
NSF plans to streamline merit review to heal self-inflicted staffing wound www.science.org/content/arti...
NSF pares down grant-review process, reducing influence of outside scientists
Memo cites overburdened staff, but some say move also aims to elevate White House priorities
www.science.org
December 16, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Just laughable that NSF will now describe having one hand-picked crank sign off on research as "peer review."
Will take years, possibly decades, to restore the structures, expertise and trust that built the US into the premiere scientific research model of the world.
Will take years, possibly decades, to restore the structures, expertise and trust that built the US into the premiere scientific research model of the world.
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please take a moment to appreciate Tesla's epic accomplishment of coming dead last in the auto industry in reliability, despite making relatively expensive cars with a tiny fraction of the moving parts
www.consumerreports.org/cars/which-b...
www.consumerreports.org/cars/which-b...
December 15, 2025 at 3:53 PM
please take a moment to appreciate Tesla's epic accomplishment of coming dead last in the auto industry in reliability, despite making relatively expensive cars with a tiny fraction of the moving parts
www.consumerreports.org/cars/which-b...
www.consumerreports.org/cars/which-b...
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Buckle up Dem establishment, because me and my maximum wage tied to the minimum wage proposal are coming for your asses
"For the first time, a majority of Americans believe billionaires are a threat to democracy. A remarkable 71 percent believe there should be a wealth tax. A majority believe there should be a cap on how much wealth a person can accumulate."
Opinion | The Billionaires Have Gone Full Louis XV
www.nytimes.com
December 15, 2025 at 3:33 AM
Buckle up Dem establishment, because me and my maximum wage tied to the minimum wage proposal are coming for your asses
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Armed ICE agents trapped US citizens in a restaurant and demanded their papers. Federal agents walked into East African restaurants in Cedar-Riverside, MN. They closed and blocked the doors. Then they demanded to see everyone’s papers. Every person present was a US citizen.
Federal agents use chemical irritant on crowd in Somali neighborhood of Minneapolis amid Trump crackdown
Federal agents have used chemical irritant to disperse a crowd in a heavily Somali neighborhood in Minneapolis. This happened Tuesday during a identification checks amid the Trump administration's cra...
www.mprnews.org
December 14, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Armed ICE agents trapped US citizens in a restaurant and demanded their papers. Federal agents walked into East African restaurants in Cedar-Riverside, MN. They closed and blocked the doors. Then they demanded to see everyone’s papers. Every person present was a US citizen.
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"We built the torment nexus to warn about the ethical implications of building the torment nexus."
— these assholes, every single time.
("gift" link)
— these assholes, every single time.
("gift" link)
Why Stanford Researchers Tried to Create a ‘Gaydar’ Machine (Published 2017)
www.nytimes.com
December 12, 2025 at 3:01 AM
"We built the torment nexus to warn about the ethical implications of building the torment nexus."
— these assholes, every single time.
("gift" link)
— these assholes, every single time.
("gift" link)
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Computer scientists: "So with machine learning we can extract subtle patterns from massive datasets. What shall we do with it?"
Business school professors, every single time: "You know, I think phrenology got a raw deal in the late 1800s."
Business school professors, every single time: "You know, I think phrenology got a raw deal in the late 1800s."
Can Your Face Predict Your Salary? Using AI Personality Assessments in Hiring
A new study from Wharton faculty explores how AI can extract personality traits from facial images — and what that means for your career.
knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu
December 11, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Computer scientists: "So with machine learning we can extract subtle patterns from massive datasets. What shall we do with it?"
Business school professors, every single time: "You know, I think phrenology got a raw deal in the late 1800s."
Business school professors, every single time: "You know, I think phrenology got a raw deal in the late 1800s."
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MINNEAPOLIS: “All I did was step outside as a Somali American citizen, and I got chased by a masked person, assaulted, kidnapped. It was inhumane. If this is what’s happening to a 🇺🇸 citizen on camera, imagine what could happen to your loved ones.”
December 11, 2025 at 4:00 AM
MINNEAPOLIS: “All I did was step outside as a Somali American citizen, and I got chased by a masked person, assaulted, kidnapped. It was inhumane. If this is what’s happening to a 🇺🇸 citizen on camera, imagine what could happen to your loved ones.”
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Promising to use financial resources of a major corporation to censor news on behalf of Trump in order to get Trump to assist in a hostile takeover of another firm...
...is criminal bribery
Democratic leaders should be saying so and promising to indict Paramount leaders.
...is criminal bribery
Democratic leaders should be saying so and promising to indict Paramount leaders.
David Ellison appears to be mortified that CBS/60 Minutes is “going rogue” by covering the news and by keeping him “in the dark” about a segment critical of Trump.
Because Ellison doesn’t realize that’s how it’s supposed to work.
nypost.com/2025/12/10/m...
Because Ellison doesn’t realize that’s how it’s supposed to work.
nypost.com/2025/12/10/m...
December 11, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Promising to use financial resources of a major corporation to censor news on behalf of Trump in order to get Trump to assist in a hostile takeover of another firm...
...is criminal bribery
Democratic leaders should be saying so and promising to indict Paramount leaders.
...is criminal bribery
Democratic leaders should be saying so and promising to indict Paramount leaders.
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This is quite a thing from the people who brought you a copyright extension act that strains the rule against perpetuities. Actual human artists can't tell stories with your characters for decades to come, but Sam Altman's toy can put them into porn, no problem.
December 11, 2025 at 2:23 PM
This is quite a thing from the people who brought you a copyright extension act that strains the rule against perpetuities. Actual human artists can't tell stories with your characters for decades to come, but Sam Altman's toy can put them into porn, no problem.
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The cost of Trump's tariffs continues to hit new highs in data released this morning—import taxes are running at a $350B/yr pace for the first time in history, nearly 5x what they were this time last year
December 11, 2025 at 2:30 PM
The cost of Trump's tariffs continues to hit new highs in data released this morning—import taxes are running at a $350B/yr pace for the first time in history, nearly 5x what they were this time last year
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As Mike Johnson loses control of the House, there's a discharge petition to force a vote for a wildly popular congressional stock trading ban. It already has more than enough Republicans to pass, if all Dems sign on. Sources working on the bill say Hakeem Jeffries is squandering this opportunity.
House Democratic Leaders Urged to Force a Vote on Stock Trading Ban - The American Prospect
Enough Republicans are on a discharge petition to get a House vote to end congressional stock trading—if Democrats sign on.
prospect.org
December 11, 2025 at 2:31 PM
As Mike Johnson loses control of the House, there's a discharge petition to force a vote for a wildly popular congressional stock trading ban. It already has more than enough Republicans to pass, if all Dems sign on. Sources working on the bill say Hakeem Jeffries is squandering this opportunity.
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The very next year, SCOTUS heard US v Thind, in which a South Asian Sikh insisted he was technically part of the Caucasian race based on language and anthropology etc.
The court said, ha ha, no, by "Caucasian" we mean white.
The court said, ha ha, no, by "Caucasian" we mean white.
December 11, 2025 at 2:00 PM
The very next year, SCOTUS heard US v Thind, in which a South Asian Sikh insisted he was technically part of the Caucasian race based on language and anthropology etc.
The court said, ha ha, no, by "Caucasian" we mean white.
The court said, ha ha, no, by "Caucasian" we mean white.
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In the 1922 case of US v Ozawa, a Japanese immigrant to the US essentially pointed to the color of his skin and said, look, I'm white, I should be eligible for naturalization.
But the court, embracing the new "science" of race, said, no, by white we mean "Caucasian"
But the court, embracing the new "science" of race, said, no, by white we mean "Caucasian"
December 11, 2025 at 1:57 PM
In the 1922 case of US v Ozawa, a Japanese immigrant to the US essentially pointed to the color of his skin and said, look, I'm white, I should be eligible for naturalization.
But the court, embracing the new "science" of race, said, no, by white we mean "Caucasian"
But the court, embracing the new "science" of race, said, no, by white we mean "Caucasian"
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Trump last night on Somalis: "the only thing they're good for is going after ships."
Trump today:
Trump today:
After months of extrajudicial killings in the waters off Venezuela, the Trump administration opted instead to capture an oil tanker.
U.S. Realizes It Can Seize Boats After All
The United States seized an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela in a dramatic escalation of its recent aggression toward the country.
interc.pt
December 10, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Trump last night on Somalis: "the only thing they're good for is going after ships."
Trump today:
Trump today:
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December 10, 2025 at 1:44 AM
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My colleague points out here that possibly one in seven requests to our library now may be assisted by LLMs.
When those point to fictional documents, that's a huge staff time drain. There's often no quick way to check if an undigitized primary source doc exists beyond physically pulling some boxes.
When those point to fictional documents, that's a huge staff time drain. There's often no quick way to check if an undigitized primary source doc exists beyond physically pulling some boxes.
December 9, 2025 at 2:06 AM
My colleague points out here that possibly one in seven requests to our library now may be assisted by LLMs.
When those point to fictional documents, that's a huge staff time drain. There's often no quick way to check if an undigitized primary source doc exists beyond physically pulling some boxes.
When those point to fictional documents, that's a huge staff time drain. There's often no quick way to check if an undigitized primary source doc exists beyond physically pulling some boxes.
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The Paramount bid is fueled by the Gulf Arabs and Jared Kushner, www.ft.com/content/e5da...
Kushner, Gulf money and desperate texts: inside Paramount’s hostile bid for Warner Bros
Ellison’s approach was rebuffed over concerns about financial backing from China and Middle East sovereign funds
www.ft.com
December 9, 2025 at 2:59 PM
The Paramount bid is fueled by the Gulf Arabs and Jared Kushner, www.ft.com/content/e5da...
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Why does this photo look like a still from the Genesis “Land of Confusion” video
December 8, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Why does this photo look like a still from the Genesis “Land of Confusion” video
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I was thinking about the amazing undergrad science being done at Winona. They have a dinosaur in a rock maybe still with skin! A public branch university creating opportunities for students.
The news from Oklahoma and Nebraska is so depressing. The US public university system is one of the greatest achievements of the 20th century, created to democratize liberal arts education, and it's being destroyed by greedy people who think only the rich are deserving of such learning.
December 8, 2025 at 3:17 AM
I was thinking about the amazing undergrad science being done at Winona. They have a dinosaur in a rock maybe still with skin! A public branch university creating opportunities for students.
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On Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram, AI slop videos of simulated ICE arrests are going viral among the sadists who enjoy that sort of thing.
Meanwhile here's my US Senator, showing us the ugly reality of of what these thugs are doing.
Thank you, Senator Murray. We have to end this.
Meanwhile here's my US Senator, showing us the ugly reality of of what these thugs are doing.
Thank you, Senator Murray. We have to end this.
You can hear Jose scream in excruciating pain as an ICE vehicle runs over his foot while he's being detained.
His family says Jose is a good man, with no criminal record, who works in roofing.
He needs to be released from detention to receive appropriate medical care.
His family says Jose is a good man, with no criminal record, who works in roofing.
He needs to be released from detention to receive appropriate medical care.
December 6, 2025 at 9:29 PM
On Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram, AI slop videos of simulated ICE arrests are going viral among the sadists who enjoy that sort of thing.
Meanwhile here's my US Senator, showing us the ugly reality of of what these thugs are doing.
Thank you, Senator Murray. We have to end this.
Meanwhile here's my US Senator, showing us the ugly reality of of what these thugs are doing.
Thank you, Senator Murray. We have to end this.