Lllama
@dealyllama.bsky.social
Mostly just stuff. Sometimes things. Views expressed here are my own.
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I had missed this earlier this week but FAT Brands is likely headed for Chapter 11. This will mark the third whole business securitization BK since the GFC to end in default.
Further reading: octus.com/resources/ar...
Further further reading: newsletter.cobaltintelligence.com/p/fat-brands...
Further reading: octus.com/resources/ar...
Further further reading: newsletter.cobaltintelligence.com/p/fat-brands...
November 27, 2025 at 2:44 AM
I had missed this earlier this week but FAT Brands is likely headed for Chapter 11. This will mark the third whole business securitization BK since the GFC to end in default.
Further reading: octus.com/resources/ar...
Further further reading: newsletter.cobaltintelligence.com/p/fat-brands...
Further reading: octus.com/resources/ar...
Further further reading: newsletter.cobaltintelligence.com/p/fat-brands...
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My latest column for @newscientist.com is up for subscribers (including library card holders)! This was a fun and hard column to write because I had to explain quantum field theory in like 3 sentences 😹 I describe how unsolved problems drive creativity 🖖🏽
www.newscientist.com/article/mg26...
www.newscientist.com/article/mg26...
Why dark matter is still one of the biggest open problems in science
We can't see dark matter directly, so studying it pushes the boundaries of our creativity as scientists. How exciting, says Chanda Prescod-Weinstein
www.newscientist.com
November 27, 2025 at 2:41 AM
My latest column for @newscientist.com is up for subscribers (including library card holders)! This was a fun and hard column to write because I had to explain quantum field theory in like 3 sentences 😹 I describe how unsolved problems drive creativity 🖖🏽
www.newscientist.com/article/mg26...
www.newscientist.com/article/mg26...
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Christian AI concert
teaser for the turning point usa alt superbowl halftime just dropped 👀
November 27, 2025 at 2:56 AM
Christian AI concert
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EXCLUSIVE: US presidential envoy Steve Witkoff advised Russia on how to pitch Ukraine plans to Trump, in audio files reviewed by Bloomberg
Witkoff Advised Russia on How to Pitch Ukraine Plan to Trump
US presidential envoy Steve Witkoff, fresh from the triumph of the Gaza peace deal, held a phone call last month with a senior Kremlin official to suggest they work together on a similar plan for Ukraine — and that Vladimir Putin should raise it with Donald Trump.
bloom.bg
November 25, 2025 at 7:52 PM
EXCLUSIVE: US presidential envoy Steve Witkoff advised Russia on how to pitch Ukraine plans to Trump, in audio files reviewed by Bloomberg
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tech bro: i have made Artificial General Intelligence
programmer: you fucked up a perfectly good calculator is what you did. look at it. it's got anxiety
programmer: you fucked up a perfectly good calculator is what you did. look at it. it's got anxiety
I’ve been running around asking tech execs and academics if language was the same as intelligence for over a year now - and, well, it isn’t. @benjaminjriley.bsky.social explains how the bubble is built on ignoring cutting-edge research into the science of thought www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
November 25, 2025 at 5:12 PM
tech bro: i have made Artificial General Intelligence
programmer: you fucked up a perfectly good calculator is what you did. look at it. it's got anxiety
programmer: you fucked up a perfectly good calculator is what you did. look at it. it's got anxiety
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In Morrow County, healthy adults were coming down with unexplained medical conditions, including diseases that usually afflicted the elderly.
In a survey of 30 homes, at least 25 miscarriages and a half dozen people living with one kidney were reported.
🔗 www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
In a survey of 30 homes, at least 25 miscarriages and a half dozen people living with one kidney were reported.
🔗 www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
November 25, 2025 at 1:39 AM
In Morrow County, healthy adults were coming down with unexplained medical conditions, including diseases that usually afflicted the elderly.
In a survey of 30 homes, at least 25 miscarriages and a half dozen people living with one kidney were reported.
🔗 www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
In a survey of 30 homes, at least 25 miscarriages and a half dozen people living with one kidney were reported.
🔗 www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
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I did this in both of my classes this semester. It was super successful. The students had to ask an LLM about a subject they already knew well, like their favorite musician, movie, sports team, or something else they had previously researched.
November 24, 2025 at 12:46 AM
I did this in both of my classes this semester. It was super successful. The students had to ask an LLM about a subject they already knew well, like their favorite musician, movie, sports team, or something else they had previously researched.
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Opinion | How the Elite Behave When No One Is Watching: Inside the Epstein Emails
www.nytimes.com
November 23, 2025 at 4:47 PM
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Pentagon Blames Venezuela For Flow Of Drugs Into Kash Patel
Pentagon Blames Venezuela For Flow Of Drugs Into Kash Patel
WASHINGTON—Calling the national crisis “a complete justification” for additional airstrikes on boats purportedly trafficking narcotics, the Pentagon issued a statement Tuesday blaming Venezuela for th...
theonion.com
November 23, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Pentagon Blames Venezuela For Flow Of Drugs Into Kash Patel
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And in recent military news, it turns out that one junior airman wasn't fucking with you when he said he joined the Air Force to learn combat skills so he could take over a Haitian island and enslave the population.
Airman indicted in plot to take over Haitian island, enslave population
Two Texas men, one who joined the Air Force to learn combat skills, are accused of trying to take over a small island off of Haiti.
taskandpurpose.com
November 22, 2025 at 11:49 PM
And in recent military news, it turns out that one junior airman wasn't fucking with you when he said he joined the Air Force to learn combat skills so he could take over a Haitian island and enslave the population.
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Are you fucking kidding me it’s like we are living in a cartoon
November 21, 2025 at 8:33 AM
Are you fucking kidding me it’s like we are living in a cartoon
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Slipping AI bullshit into the browser and changing settings when it updates is complete horseshit. That’s not choice and it’s a bad look for such a good browser.
If I wanted AI I’d use a different browser.
If I wanted AI I’d use a different browser.
November 22, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Slipping AI bullshit into the browser and changing settings when it updates is complete horseshit. That’s not choice and it’s a bad look for such a good browser.
If I wanted AI I’d use a different browser.
If I wanted AI I’d use a different browser.
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The teenager told officers he was a U.S. citizen, but an officer broke the car’s driver’s side window and detained him. In a video, the boy can be heard telling an officer that he is a citizen, to which the officer replies, “Get out of the car” and “I don’t care.”
www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...
www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...
High school senior, a U.S. citizen, detained by ICE in Oregon
The 17-year-old was held more than five hours Friday in an ICE facility, his brother said.
www.oregonlive.com
November 22, 2025 at 4:15 PM
The teenager told officers he was a U.S. citizen, but an officer broke the car’s driver’s side window and detained him. In a video, the boy can be heard telling an officer that he is a citizen, to which the officer replies, “Get out of the car” and “I don’t care.”
www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...
www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...
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WEIRD DUCK NEWS:
It finally happened.
After months of posting, tracking from Canada to Montana, to Northern California to a 2 miles up the street, getting up at 4:30am to get to the wetlands, and waiting, today at 8:29am, we got an in focus bufflehead in flight.
Let's. Fucking. Go. 🪶
It finally happened.
After months of posting, tracking from Canada to Montana, to Northern California to a 2 miles up the street, getting up at 4:30am to get to the wetlands, and waiting, today at 8:29am, we got an in focus bufflehead in flight.
Let's. Fucking. Go. 🪶
November 21, 2025 at 6:10 PM
WEIRD DUCK NEWS:
It finally happened.
After months of posting, tracking from Canada to Montana, to Northern California to a 2 miles up the street, getting up at 4:30am to get to the wetlands, and waiting, today at 8:29am, we got an in focus bufflehead in flight.
Let's. Fucking. Go. 🪶
It finally happened.
After months of posting, tracking from Canada to Montana, to Northern California to a 2 miles up the street, getting up at 4:30am to get to the wetlands, and waiting, today at 8:29am, we got an in focus bufflehead in flight.
Let's. Fucking. Go. 🪶
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Which reminds me of one of my favorite New Yorker corrections
November 21, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Which reminds me of one of my favorite New Yorker corrections
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New from 404 Media: ICE says critical evidence in abuse case was lost in a "system crash." That crash happened just a day after the government was sued
www.404media.co/ice-says-cri...
www.404media.co/ice-says-cri...
ICE Says Critical Evidence In Abuse Case Was Lost In 'System Crash' a Day After It Was Sued
The government also said "we don't have resources" to retain all footage and that plaintiffs could supply "endless hard drives that we could save things to."
www.404media.co
November 20, 2025 at 7:44 PM
New from 404 Media: ICE says critical evidence in abuse case was lost in a "system crash." That crash happened just a day after the government was sued
www.404media.co/ice-says-cri...
www.404media.co/ice-says-cri...
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I made an ambient music/visuals site for myself. Maybe you'd think it's cool too.
Jazz or drum and bass are your options, sorry, that's what we got
Jazz or drum and bass are your options, sorry, that's what we got
Ambient Zen
Glassmorphic ambient controls for rain-drenched 3D canvases and synth loops
dr.eamer.dev
November 20, 2025 at 6:59 AM
I made an ambient music/visuals site for myself. Maybe you'd think it's cool too.
Jazz or drum and bass are your options, sorry, that's what we got
Jazz or drum and bass are your options, sorry, that's what we got
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not a thing i knew existed, would like to go back to not knowing
A staffer to a New Jersey congressman allegedly paid an scarification artist $500 to wound her as she staged a scene with zip ties and “Trump Whore” written on her stomach, federal prosecutors say
Ex-Van Drew staffer staged fake attack, writing 'Trump Whore' across her stomach and alleging men held her down and cut her body - New Jersey Globe
A 26-year-old Ocean City woman who claimed she was brutally assaulted because she worked for Rep. Jeff Van Drew (R-Ocean City) instead orchestrated the
newjerseyglobe.com
November 20, 2025 at 3:17 AM
not a thing i knew existed, would like to go back to not knowing
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"A judge has dismissed a Trump administration legal challenge to New York policies that block immigration officials from arresting people at state courthouses, saying the federal government can’t force states to cooperate with those enforcement efforts"
das right
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das right
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Judge tosses DOJ lawsuit challenging a New York law barring immigration agents from state courts
A judge has dismissed a Trump administration lawsuit challenging New York's policies that block immigration officials from making arrests at state courthouses. U.S.
apnews.com
November 19, 2025 at 4:45 PM
"A judge has dismissed a Trump administration legal challenge to New York policies that block immigration officials from arresting people at state courthouses, saying the federal government can’t force states to cooperate with those enforcement efforts"
das right
apnews.com/article/trum...
das right
apnews.com/article/trum...
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Can you ever really tell when Yakuza has been modded or not?
November 19, 2025 at 2:52 AM
Can you ever really tell when Yakuza has been modded or not?
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Can Can Portland is almost ready to open in the newly renovated Paris Theater
November 19, 2025 at 2:58 AM
Can Can Portland is almost ready to open in the newly renovated Paris Theater