Burgo
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It’s widely known (and, I think, pretty uncontroversial) that learning requires effort — specifically, if you don’t have to work at getting the knowledge, it won’t stick.
Even if an LLM could be trusted to give you correct information 100% of the time, it would be an inferior method of learning it.
Even if an LLM could be trusted to give you correct information 100% of the time, it would be an inferior method of learning it.
Relying on ChatGPT to teach you about a topic leaves you with shallower knowledge than Googling and reading about it, according to new research that compared what more than 10,000 people knew after using one method or the other.
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November 21, 2025 at 12:49 PM
It’s widely known (and, I think, pretty uncontroversial) that learning requires effort — specifically, if you don’t have to work at getting the knowledge, it won’t stick.
Even if an LLM could be trusted to give you correct information 100% of the time, it would be an inferior method of learning it.
Even if an LLM could be trusted to give you correct information 100% of the time, it would be an inferior method of learning it.
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My most woke opinion is that the whole point of society is to collectively help each other. My taxes should be going towards housing and feeding everyone. No one should be without food or shelter. Rich people should be contributing more towards this. It shouldn't even be controversial!
November 20, 2025 at 12:58 PM
My most woke opinion is that the whole point of society is to collectively help each other. My taxes should be going towards housing and feeding everyone. No one should be without food or shelter. Rich people should be contributing more towards this. It shouldn't even be controversial!
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Old enough to remember when Musk said he’d sell Tesla stock and donate $6B if the UN’s World Food Program would share how they’d help end world hunger. They did. And instead he donated to install a US govt that ended USAID and exacerbated the problem.
November 21, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Old enough to remember when Musk said he’d sell Tesla stock and donate $6B if the UN’s World Food Program would share how they’d help end world hunger. They did. And instead he donated to install a US govt that ended USAID and exacerbated the problem.
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Every country that does this only bans it for trans people. It's still approved for cis children www.ctvnews.ca/health/artic...
New Zealand halts new puberty blockers for young transgender people
New Zealand said on Wednesday it was banning new prescriptions of puberty blocking drugs for young transgender people, in a move that critics warned could worsen the mental health of those affected.
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November 20, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Every country that does this only bans it for trans people. It's still approved for cis children www.ctvnews.ca/health/artic...
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Check out this COOL sneak peek from SPAWN: THE DARK AGES #1 (of 6)... on shelves THIS WEDNESDAY!
Have you added YOURS to your pull list?
TODD.
Writer/Artist: Liam McCormack Sharp
Letterer: AndWorldDesign
#spawn #darkages #comics #imagecomics
Have you added YOURS to your pull list?
TODD.
Writer/Artist: Liam McCormack Sharp
Letterer: AndWorldDesign
#spawn #darkages #comics #imagecomics
November 17, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Check out this COOL sneak peek from SPAWN: THE DARK AGES #1 (of 6)... on shelves THIS WEDNESDAY!
Have you added YOURS to your pull list?
TODD.
Writer/Artist: Liam McCormack Sharp
Letterer: AndWorldDesign
#spawn #darkages #comics #imagecomics
Have you added YOURS to your pull list?
TODD.
Writer/Artist: Liam McCormack Sharp
Letterer: AndWorldDesign
#spawn #darkages #comics #imagecomics
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"Leftists are rigging elections!"
Girl... if we were, you'd have free healthcare, affordable rent, and a solar powered flying car by now.
Girl... if we were, you'd have free healthcare, affordable rent, and a solar powered flying car by now.
November 12, 2025 at 9:49 PM
"Leftists are rigging elections!"
Girl... if we were, you'd have free healthcare, affordable rent, and a solar powered flying car by now.
Girl... if we were, you'd have free healthcare, affordable rent, and a solar powered flying car by now.
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you could fact check this — there aren’t 30 million illegal immigrants and there is no evidence that the presence of an immigrant in say houston has any impact on housing in madison, wisconsin — or you could note straightforwardly that this is just nazi rhetoric
JD Vance: "A lot of young people are saying housing is way too expensive. Why is that? Because we flooded the country with 30 million illegal immigrants who were taking houses that ought by right go to American citizens."
November 13, 2025 at 10:12 PM
you could fact check this — there aren’t 30 million illegal immigrants and there is no evidence that the presence of an immigrant in say houston has any impact on housing in madison, wisconsin — or you could note straightforwardly that this is just nazi rhetoric
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A former chief medical officer of health for Alberta says the provincial government should be embarrassed by the role Alberta has played in Canada’s measles outbreaks
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Alberta's role in Canada's loss of measles elimination status embarrassing, former chief medical officer says | CBC News
The latest federal data shows Alberta accounts for 38 per cent of Canada’s cases.
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November 11, 2025 at 1:03 AM
A former chief medical officer of health for Alberta says the provincial government should be embarrassed by the role Alberta has played in Canada’s measles outbreaks
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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The Dems who are caving are doing so not because their base wants them to, not because the voters want them to, and not because SNAP recipients want them to. They are caving because their DONORS want them to. And that’s really all that ever matters to the establishment.
November 9, 2025 at 10:11 PM
The Dems who are caving are doing so not because their base wants them to, not because the voters want them to, and not because SNAP recipients want them to. They are caving because their DONORS want them to. And that’s really all that ever matters to the establishment.
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The most valuable thing in the world is human labor and the richest people in the world have been trying to convince everyone else in the world that it isn't.
November 10, 2025 at 4:05 PM
The most valuable thing in the world is human labor and the richest people in the world have been trying to convince everyone else in the world that it isn't.
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Relating to Spider-Man at 19: I too am underemployed, unsure how to pursue girls, and trying to find my place in the adult world.
Relating to Galactus at 42: I am from an unrecognizable previous millennium, hungry all the time, everything hurts and I live with a tiny person who won’t do what I ask.
Relating to Galactus at 42: I am from an unrecognizable previous millennium, hungry all the time, everything hurts and I live with a tiny person who won’t do what I ask.
November 9, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Relating to Spider-Man at 19: I too am underemployed, unsure how to pursue girls, and trying to find my place in the adult world.
Relating to Galactus at 42: I am from an unrecognizable previous millennium, hungry all the time, everything hurts and I live with a tiny person who won’t do what I ask.
Relating to Galactus at 42: I am from an unrecognizable previous millennium, hungry all the time, everything hurts and I live with a tiny person who won’t do what I ask.
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Gaby here—aged 54—talking about how people like her have been radicalised by people like her 🙃
November 7, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Gaby here—aged 54—talking about how people like her have been radicalised by people like her 🙃
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incredible new trump photo
November 8, 2025 at 4:38 PM
incredible new trump photo
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9.5 out of 10? I’ll take it.
THE SAVAGE SWORD OF CONAN #11 - New Comic Review | Comical Opinions
The Savage Sword of Conan #11 delivers two tales of high adventure when Conan's mercenary mission spans the multiverse, and Cormac's shipwreck leads to a devilish duel.
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November 8, 2025 at 12:32 PM
9.5 out of 10? I’ll take it.
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There wasn’t an unexpected artist change, the A/B covers were offered the wrong way around. Please support the book if you ordered it! The last line made my heart sink. This is the book I’ve dreamed of doing for over 40 years, and it’s the best work of my life. Look past the cover! 🙏
November 5, 2025 at 10:17 AM
There wasn’t an unexpected artist change, the A/B covers were offered the wrong way around. Please support the book if you ordered it! The last line made my heart sink. This is the book I’ve dreamed of doing for over 40 years, and it’s the best work of my life. Look past the cover! 🙏
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the reason republicans lost yesterday is because theyre a bunch of weird freaks pushing policy that everyone hates
November 5, 2025 at 1:56 PM
the reason republicans lost yesterday is because theyre a bunch of weird freaks pushing policy that everyone hates
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I'm delighted to share this interview - and review - by Michael Fitzgerald Troy and myself. If you want to avoid a flip-through of the whole issue you can jump directly into the interview at the 19.08 point. It was an absolute pleasure, and I hope you enjoy it!
LIAM SHARP-Exclusive Interview & Savage Sword of CONAN 11 Preview
YouTube video by Michael Fitzgerald Troy
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November 5, 2025 at 2:46 PM
I'm delighted to share this interview - and review - by Michael Fitzgerald Troy and myself. If you want to avoid a flip-through of the whole issue you can jump directly into the interview at the 19.08 point. It was an absolute pleasure, and I hope you enjoy it!
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A perfect video to post today
November 4, 2025 at 7:09 PM
A perfect video to post today
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Democratic party leadership has been on autopilot for ten years, they weren't losing to fascism, fascism isn't popular enough for them to lose to fascism, they were allowing it to fill the void where their leadership should have been. Tonight we're seeing that we have other options. They should too.
November 5, 2025 at 5:14 AM
Democratic party leadership has been on autopilot for ten years, they weren't losing to fascism, fascism isn't popular enough for them to lose to fascism, they were allowing it to fill the void where their leadership should have been. Tonight we're seeing that we have other options. They should too.
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The more I see people using "casted" instead of "cast" the more I realize that I am a grumpy old fart who only wants to see the language evolve in my preferred directions, nevertheless I will happily judge you for it if I catch you doing it, look, my dude, the accepted past tense is shorter okay
November 4, 2025 at 10:38 PM
The more I see people using "casted" instead of "cast" the more I realize that I am a grumpy old fart who only wants to see the language evolve in my preferred directions, nevertheless I will happily judge you for it if I catch you doing it, look, my dude, the accepted past tense is shorter okay
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“Dick Cheney Has Died. The War Criminal in His Own Words”
10 quotes worth remembering, and that’ll be glossed over in MSM obits, from a former vice president who pushed for a murderous invasion of Iraq, lied about the WMD threat, and defended torture.
10 quotes worth remembering, and that’ll be glossed over in MSM obits, from a former vice president who pushed for a murderous invasion of Iraq, lied about the WMD threat, and defended torture.
Dick Cheney Has Died. The War Criminal in His Own Words
10 quotes from a former vice president who pushed for a murderous invasion of Iraq, lied about the WMD threat, and defended torture.
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November 4, 2025 at 3:08 PM
“Dick Cheney Has Died. The War Criminal in His Own Words”
10 quotes worth remembering, and that’ll be glossed over in MSM obits, from a former vice president who pushed for a murderous invasion of Iraq, lied about the WMD threat, and defended torture.
10 quotes worth remembering, and that’ll be glossed over in MSM obits, from a former vice president who pushed for a murderous invasion of Iraq, lied about the WMD threat, and defended torture.
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You don’t get to name your kid X Æ A-12 and then say “or whatever his name is” about anyone else.
Elon Musk endorses Cuomo for mayor of New York and makes sure to add some racism in there: “…Mumdumi or whatever his name is.”
November 3, 2025 at 9:23 PM
You don’t get to name your kid X Æ A-12 and then say “or whatever his name is” about anyone else.
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it's time for journos to start asking Johnson meta questions
"Speaker, on 5 occasions last week you said 'I haven't seen it' when asked about news events w/big implications for public policy. Do you ever read the news, and do you agree it's problematic for the Speaker to be so woefully uninformed?"
"Speaker, on 5 occasions last week you said 'I haven't seen it' when asked about news events w/big implications for public policy. Do you ever read the news, and do you agree it's problematic for the Speaker to be so woefully uninformed?"
November 3, 2025 at 3:36 PM
it's time for journos to start asking Johnson meta questions
"Speaker, on 5 occasions last week you said 'I haven't seen it' when asked about news events w/big implications for public policy. Do you ever read the news, and do you agree it's problematic for the Speaker to be so woefully uninformed?"
"Speaker, on 5 occasions last week you said 'I haven't seen it' when asked about news events w/big implications for public policy. Do you ever read the news, and do you agree it's problematic for the Speaker to be so woefully uninformed?"
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In the shops this week!!! You can probably tell I'm pretty damn happy about it. At age 57 it's literally almost 50 years coming... :-)
November 3, 2025 at 10:08 AM
In the shops this week!!! You can probably tell I'm pretty damn happy about it. At age 57 it's literally almost 50 years coming... :-)