Descent Path
@descentpath.bsky.social
Defensive cybersecurity : Local organizing : US Politics : Work That Reconnects : Deep Adaptation : Degrowth : Perennial Philosophy : Non-dual Awareness : Addiction Recovery
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Modern-Day Oracles or Bullshit Machines?
Jevin West (@jevinwest.bsky.social) and I have spent the last eight months developing the course on large language models (LLMs) that we think every college freshman needs to take.
thebullshitmachines.com
Jevin West (@jevinwest.bsky.social) and I have spent the last eight months developing the course on large language models (LLMs) that we think every college freshman needs to take.
thebullshitmachines.com
INTRODUCTION
thebullshitmachines.com
February 4, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Modern-Day Oracles or Bullshit Machines?
Jevin West (@jevinwest.bsky.social) and I have spent the last eight months developing the course on large language models (LLMs) that we think every college freshman needs to take.
thebullshitmachines.com
Jevin West (@jevinwest.bsky.social) and I have spent the last eight months developing the course on large language models (LLMs) that we think every college freshman needs to take.
thebullshitmachines.com
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Wait the pope is a litebrite Romanista? bsky.app/profile/orga...
More details here: Prevost’s paternal grandfather is from Haiti and his paternal grandmother’s name was Baque. His family switched racial identities when they moved north.
www.nola.com/news/first-a...
www.nola.com/news/first-a...
May 9, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Wait the pope is a litebrite Romanista? bsky.app/profile/orga...
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AZIZ DID IT, EVERYONE! HE CALLED IT FIRST AND VERIFIED IT!
Yall, they found pictures of Pope Leo's maternal grandparents! This man is Blackity Black!
May 9, 2025 at 12:05 AM
AZIZ DID IT, EVERYONE! HE CALLED IT FIRST AND VERIFIED IT!
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it’s a guy from Chicago named Robert Prevost I’ve never heard of in my life
May 8, 2025 at 5:21 PM
it’s a guy from Chicago named Robert Prevost I’ve never heard of in my life
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It's critical for everyone to remember what an Executive Order is. It is the President communicating orders to members of the executive branch. Policies to pursue, actions to take, etc. They are not laws. They are not close to being laws. They are formalized memos to employees. That's all.
March 25, 2025 at 11:53 PM
It's critical for everyone to remember what an Executive Order is. It is the President communicating orders to members of the executive branch. Policies to pursue, actions to take, etc. They are not laws. They are not close to being laws. They are formalized memos to employees. That's all.
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I would note that this message is full of (a) kitchen table issues and (b) both rhetorical and material moderation
and people love it because it is clear, mobilizing and oppositional
this is what the national Dems just don't get
and people love it because it is clear, mobilizing and oppositional
this is what the national Dems just don't get
March 5, 2025 at 3:09 PM
I would note that this message is full of (a) kitchen table issues and (b) both rhetorical and material moderation
and people love it because it is clear, mobilizing and oppositional
this is what the national Dems just don't get
and people love it because it is clear, mobilizing and oppositional
this is what the national Dems just don't get
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Great video by @legaleagle.bsky.social and @lizdye.bsky.social going through a bunch of Elon/DOGE claims and how they're all just completely made up bullshit.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=71hK...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=71hK...
DOGE Is The Real Fraud ft. Liz Dye
YouTube video by LegalEagle
www.youtube.com
March 5, 2025 at 5:50 AM
Great video by @legaleagle.bsky.social and @lizdye.bsky.social going through a bunch of Elon/DOGE claims and how they're all just completely made up bullshit.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=71hK...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=71hK...
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Easy to lose this in the noise of the day, but the prime minister of Canada just said the US president, leader of the global hegemon, wants to soften us up economically so he can annex us.
That is one of the most remarkable statements, and realities, in our history.
That is one of the most remarkable statements, and realities, in our history.
March 4, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Easy to lose this in the noise of the day, but the prime minister of Canada just said the US president, leader of the global hegemon, wants to soften us up economically so he can annex us.
That is one of the most remarkable statements, and realities, in our history.
That is one of the most remarkable statements, and realities, in our history.
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This may be of some relevance to contemporary policy debates.
March 3, 2025 at 6:01 PM
This may be of some relevance to contemporary policy debates.
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This is Marco Rubio explaining how the USA promised to defend Ukraine forever if they got rid of their nuclear arsenal left after the Soviet Union fell.
This is why lil marco was sinking into the couch. He was hoping we wouldn’t find it…so don’t RT right now this very second.
This is why lil marco was sinking into the couch. He was hoping we wouldn’t find it…so don’t RT right now this very second.
March 2, 2025 at 4:55 PM
This is Marco Rubio explaining how the USA promised to defend Ukraine forever if they got rid of their nuclear arsenal left after the Soviet Union fell.
This is why lil marco was sinking into the couch. He was hoping we wouldn’t find it…so don’t RT right now this very second.
This is why lil marco was sinking into the couch. He was hoping we wouldn’t find it…so don’t RT right now this very second.
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“For us to be of any use in a Trump world, we must pay attention to our inner states, so we don’t perpetuate the autocrat’s goals of fear, isolation, exhaustion, and constant disorientation.”
February 28, 2025 at 10:42 PM
“For us to be of any use in a Trump world, we must pay attention to our inner states, so we don’t perpetuate the autocrat’s goals of fear, isolation, exhaustion, and constant disorientation.”
What’s weird about running the Shock Doctrine here is that they will decimate all the US baseline capacity (science, economic stability, soft power) that allowed them to capitalize on the pillage when they did it everywhere else. Don’t they see it?
February 28, 2025 at 1:44 AM
What’s weird about running the Shock Doctrine here is that they will decimate all the US baseline capacity (science, economic stability, soft power) that allowed them to capitalize on the pillage when they did it everywhere else. Don’t they see it?
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So - I've actually led Ebola outbreak response at USAID.
This is bunk from Elon. They have laid off most of the experts, they're bankrupting most of the partner orgs, have withdrawn from WHO, and muzzled CDC.
What's left is a fig-leaf effort to cover their asses politically.
This is bunk from Elon. They have laid off most of the experts, they're bankrupting most of the partner orgs, have withdrawn from WHO, and muzzled CDC.
What's left is a fig-leaf effort to cover their asses politically.
Elon Musk: "We will make mistakes. We won't be perfect ... so for example, with USAID, one of the things we accidentally canceled very briefly was ebola prevention."
February 26, 2025 at 10:41 PM
So - I've actually led Ebola outbreak response at USAID.
This is bunk from Elon. They have laid off most of the experts, they're bankrupting most of the partner orgs, have withdrawn from WHO, and muzzled CDC.
What's left is a fig-leaf effort to cover their asses politically.
This is bunk from Elon. They have laid off most of the experts, they're bankrupting most of the partner orgs, have withdrawn from WHO, and muzzled CDC.
What's left is a fig-leaf effort to cover their asses politically.
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Death by idiocy & ignorance is coming.
Uganda has an Ebola outbreak. 12 Americans were exposed to it.
Uganda tried informing the US but its staff had gone.
There was no-one to answer the phone. No-one to set up border screening. No-one to liaise with WHO.
Madness.
Uganda has an Ebola outbreak. 12 Americans were exposed to it.
Uganda tried informing the US but its staff had gone.
There was no-one to answer the phone. No-one to set up border screening. No-one to liaise with WHO.
Madness.
Elon Musk: "We will make mistakes. We won't be perfect ... so for example, with USAID, one of the things we accidentally canceled very briefly was ebola prevention."
February 26, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Death by idiocy & ignorance is coming.
Uganda has an Ebola outbreak. 12 Americans were exposed to it.
Uganda tried informing the US but its staff had gone.
There was no-one to answer the phone. No-one to set up border screening. No-one to liaise with WHO.
Madness.
Uganda has an Ebola outbreak. 12 Americans were exposed to it.
Uganda tried informing the US but its staff had gone.
There was no-one to answer the phone. No-one to set up border screening. No-one to liaise with WHO.
Madness.
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Complete batshit lunacy on the president's Truth Social account. Yes, he really posted this.
February 26, 2025 at 5:11 AM
Complete batshit lunacy on the president's Truth Social account. Yes, he really posted this.
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Last week, DOGE posted an online “wall of receipts,” celebrating how much it had saved by canceling federal contracts. Now it has deleted all of the 5 biggest “savings” on that original list, after NYT and other outlets pointed out errors. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/25/u...
DOGE Quietly Deletes the 5 Biggest Spending Cuts It Celebrated Last Week (Gift Article)
The cuts, highlighted on an earlier version of the “wall of receipts” posted by Elon Musk’s team, contained mistakes that vastly inflated the amount of money saved.
www.nytimes.com
February 25, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Last week, DOGE posted an online “wall of receipts,” celebrating how much it had saved by canceling federal contracts. Now it has deleted all of the 5 biggest “savings” on that original list, after NYT and other outlets pointed out errors. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/25/u...
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sorry, pronouns in bio triggered us so hard we had to become a fascist dictatorship over it
February 19, 2025 at 11:14 PM
sorry, pronouns in bio triggered us so hard we had to become a fascist dictatorship over it
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Summarizing Elon Musk's government takeover thus far in under 60 seconds:
February 17, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Summarizing Elon Musk's government takeover thus far in under 60 seconds:
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"I was going to make a noose, but instead I made a basket."
sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/the-crafts...
sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/the-crafts...
February 17, 2025 at 2:15 AM
"I was going to make a noose, but instead I made a basket."
sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/the-crafts...
sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/the-crafts...
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Let’s see what motivates this guy to join DOG…oh
February 16, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Let’s see what motivates this guy to join DOG…oh
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Trump’s cuts to the Bonneville Power Administration are threatening the Pacific Northwest with blackouts — the very thing the administration vowed the solve.
Great @maeveallsup.bsky.social scoop.
www.latitudemedia.com/news/trump-a...
Great @maeveallsup.bsky.social scoop.
www.latitudemedia.com/news/trump-a...
February 14, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Trump’s cuts to the Bonneville Power Administration are threatening the Pacific Northwest with blackouts — the very thing the administration vowed the solve.
Great @maeveallsup.bsky.social scoop.
www.latitudemedia.com/news/trump-a...
Great @maeveallsup.bsky.social scoop.
www.latitudemedia.com/news/trump-a...
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Musk's minions are *firing people responsible for securing our nation's nuclear arsenal and their panicked bosses are frantically reaching out to them to say actually no please come back oops*
abcnews.go.com/Politics/liv...
abcnews.go.com/Politics/liv...
Mass layoffs now paused at US nuclear weapons agency
abcnews.go.com
February 14, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Musk's minions are *firing people responsible for securing our nation's nuclear arsenal and their panicked bosses are frantically reaching out to them to say actually no please come back oops*
abcnews.go.com/Politics/liv...
abcnews.go.com/Politics/liv...
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We need to understand the reality of what is happening right now and learn how to communicate that clearly so more and more people can begin to recognise that what is unfolding right now is literally seen by those behind it as a war, a network insurgency, against humanity and the earth.
We are not the resistance. We are the future. And we’re about to arrive ageoftransformation.org/trumpocracy-...
Trumpocracy 2.0, the Collapse of the American Dream and the Battle for the Next System
Elon Musk is launching an authoritarian coup within the 2nd Trump presidency. Seen through planetary phase shift theory, this is a backslide into collapse. The battle lines are drawn. All humanity hol...
ageoftransformation.org
February 12, 2025 at 6:55 PM
We need to understand the reality of what is happening right now and learn how to communicate that clearly so more and more people can begin to recognise that what is unfolding right now is literally seen by those behind it as a war, a network insurgency, against humanity and the earth.
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the media has, as far as i can tell, voluntarily opted to not cover the social media history of trump/musk staffers. it is not like “the president is surrounded by nazis, at least one of whom was selling services to csam cyberextortionists” is something that would generate zero clicks.
February 12, 2025 at 9:24 AM
the media has, as far as i can tell, voluntarily opted to not cover the social media history of trump/musk staffers. it is not like “the president is surrounded by nazis, at least one of whom was selling services to csam cyberextortionists” is something that would generate zero clicks.