Greg Strange
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Cicero's 6 Mistakes of Man:
Believe personal gain comes from crushing others
Worry about the unchangeable
Insist smth's impossible bcuz we can't do it
Refuse to set aside trivial preferences
Neglect the mind
Force others to believe as we do
Believe personal gain comes from crushing others
Worry about the unchangeable
Insist smth's impossible bcuz we can't do it
Refuse to set aside trivial preferences
Neglect the mind
Force others to believe as we do
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I don't know if it's really clear, outside of coverage of Mpls and pockets of organizing elsewhere, that hundreds of thousands of people are actively and at every level of society fighting our government as it abducts and imprisons and torments our neighbors.
February 12, 2026 at 1:09 AM
I don't know if it's really clear, outside of coverage of Mpls and pockets of organizing elsewhere, that hundreds of thousands of people are actively and at every level of society fighting our government as it abducts and imprisons and torments our neighbors.
Ok yes the 3 minute pizza does what it says on the tin. Cooks in 3. They fail however to tell you about the 5 minutes scrape job getting the pizza off of the "crisp crusting platform"
February 11, 2026 at 8:26 PM
Ok yes the 3 minute pizza does what it says on the tin. Cooks in 3. They fail however to tell you about the 5 minutes scrape job getting the pizza off of the "crisp crusting platform"
Is the Turing Test sufficient enough to prove sentience? Ask the sentience made by a commercial vendor whose value goes up the more people think AI is sentient!
Experiments conducted with the A.I. system Claude are producing fascinating results—and raising questions about the nature of selfhood. Gideon Lewis-Kraus reports from inside the company that designed it, Anthropic. newyorkermag.visitlink.me/rOfXjg
February 11, 2026 at 4:44 PM
Is the Turing Test sufficient enough to prove sentience? Ask the sentience made by a commercial vendor whose value goes up the more people think AI is sentient!
Over/under when this guy has a different headline about his sexual extracurriculars?
February 11, 2026 at 12:13 PM
Over/under when this guy has a different headline about his sexual extracurriculars?
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February 10, 2026
February 10, 2026
As of yesterday, members of Congress who sit on the House or Senate Judiciary Committees can see unredacted versions of the Epstein files the Department of Justice (DOJ) has already released.
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
February 11, 2026 at 6:25 AM
February 10, 2026
One of the reasons I love this film is the hero defeats the villains because he reads books.
Three Days of the Condor (1975) er #mandagsfilmen her. Denne har vært på tittelista i årevis.
February 10, 2026 at 4:03 PM
One of the reasons I love this film is the hero defeats the villains because he reads books.
I use "please use this link to rummage around in a Google doc folder and find the file(s) you think you need"
February 10, 2026 at 3:58 PM
I use "please use this link to rummage around in a Google doc folder and find the file(s) you think you need"
The only movie made expressly to scare prescriptivists.
Re-Watching Pontypool (2008)!
Spoken languages may have the power to turn people into raving lunatics...and this is why there are grammar police! They've been trying to protect us, & everyone always mocks them for being nerds and need to relax! When this happens, they will be the sole survivors!
Spoken languages may have the power to turn people into raving lunatics...and this is why there are grammar police! They've been trying to protect us, & everyone always mocks them for being nerds and need to relax! When this happens, they will be the sole survivors!
February 10, 2026 at 3:56 PM
The only movie made expressly to scare prescriptivists.
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i think they’re being overly optimistic regarding the canine literacy rate
February 9, 2026 at 2:10 PM
i think they’re being overly optimistic regarding the canine literacy rate
There was a time when the Irish were barely considered human.
*Green card application in process and work permit, married to US citizen
*Lived in US for 20 years, no criminal record
*In detention for five months with no charge, despite judge approving release
*He disputes ICE claim that he signed forms agreeing to deportation
*Lived in US for 20 years, no criminal record
*In detention for five months with no charge, despite judge approving release
*He disputes ICE claim that he signed forms agreeing to deportation
And here is my story: ‘Absolute hell’: Irishman with valid US work permit held by Ice since September
www.irishtimes.com/world/us/202...
www.irishtimes.com/world/us/202...
February 9, 2026 at 2:28 PM
There was a time when the Irish were barely considered human.
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1/ ProPublica collected handwritten letters in mid-January from children held at the Dilley Immigration Processing Center, the same facility where 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos was taken.
Hundreds of kids are still detained.
We’ll let the children’s words speak for themselves. 🧵
Hundreds of kids are still detained.
We’ll let the children’s words speak for themselves. 🧵
February 9, 2026 at 12:25 PM
1/ ProPublica collected handwritten letters in mid-January from children held at the Dilley Immigration Processing Center, the same facility where 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos was taken.
Hundreds of kids are still detained.
We’ll let the children’s words speak for themselves. 🧵
Hundreds of kids are still detained.
We’ll let the children’s words speak for themselves. 🧵
Now I am become death, the destroyer of worlds.
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February 9, 2026 at 1:12 PM
Now I am become death, the destroyer of worlds.
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IMO there are two types of developers: CLI and IDE
It's interesting to me how much CLI is dominating the AI conversation. Are people switching to the CLI specifically for AI development? Or have I just been missing out on CLI development this whole time? 😂
It's interesting to me how much CLI is dominating the AI conversation. Are people switching to the CLI specifically for AI development? Or have I just been missing out on CLI development this whole time? 😂
February 7, 2026 at 2:36 PM
IMO there are two types of developers: CLI and IDE
It's interesting to me how much CLI is dominating the AI conversation. Are people switching to the CLI specifically for AI development? Or have I just been missing out on CLI development this whole time? 😂
It's interesting to me how much CLI is dominating the AI conversation. Are people switching to the CLI specifically for AI development? Or have I just been missing out on CLI development this whole time? 😂
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Unitree G1 humanoid robot trying to clear snow in a parking lot.
February 7, 2026 at 5:08 AM
Unitree G1 humanoid robot trying to clear snow in a parking lot.
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February 7, 2026 at 4:32 PM
In my whole life of doing stupid things and dangerous things, breaking literally every bone in my body at least once, I never once thought, "Hey, I wonder if I could land backwards, downhill, on skis, at speed." Never once.
February 7, 2026 at 5:01 PM
In my whole life of doing stupid things and dangerous things, breaking literally every bone in my body at least once, I never once thought, "Hey, I wonder if I could land backwards, downhill, on skis, at speed." Never once.
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the Epstein files are really devastating because they remind me of how many girls and women miss out on professional opportunities, mentorship and careers because of how many powerful, rich and influential men only view girls and women — and interactions with them — through the lens of sex
February 5, 2026 at 5:05 PM
the Epstein files are really devastating because they remind me of how many girls and women miss out on professional opportunities, mentorship and careers because of how many powerful, rich and influential men only view girls and women — and interactions with them — through the lens of sex
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When you're so coked up and stupid you put the scope on backwards:
February 5, 2026 at 6:32 PM
When you're so coked up and stupid you put the scope on backwards:
Gorgeous ending
And that ending, so relevant right now.
Compulsory watching.
Compulsory watching.
I’m having a hard time thinking of an interview between two human beings I enjoyed more than tonight’s interview of the great Ian McKellen by the great Stephen Colbert. Every moment of it was a pleasure that I highly recommend… but then came the most REMARKABLE ending that you really HAVE to watch.
February 5, 2026 at 1:45 PM
Gorgeous ending
The last majority of academic research could be reframed as "knowledge rent seeking"
February 5, 2026 at 1:01 PM
The last majority of academic research could be reframed as "knowledge rent seeking"
The absolute burn coming from KCIII signals the heat death of the universe.
open.substack.com/pub/borowitz...
LONDON (The Borowitz Report)—King Charles III of the United Kingdom announced on Tuesday that he was cancelling his upcoming trip to the United States and would send his disgraced brother, Andrew Mountbatten Windsor, in his place.
LONDON (The Borowitz Report)—King Charles III of the United Kingdom announced on Tuesday that he was cancelling his upcoming trip to the United States and would send his disgraced brother, Andrew Mountbatten Windsor, in his place.
King Charles Cancels US Visit and Will Send Andrew Instead
The King said that Andrew was a “better fit” for a visit to Donald J. Trump.
open.substack.com
February 5, 2026 at 12:45 PM
The absolute burn coming from KCIII signals the heat death of the universe.
How many men weren't pedophiles until they met Epstein and saw how easy it was to get away with it?
February 5, 2026 at 12:41 PM
How many men weren't pedophiles until they met Epstein and saw how easy it was to get away with it?
I think given the public trust inherent in broadcast licenses and streaming service providers using the govt supported Internet, I would like to see a legal requirement that any broadcaster, studio, large media company be required to fund, either singly or collectively, a free, independent news svc.
February 5, 2026 at 12:34 PM
I think given the public trust inherent in broadcast licenses and streaming service providers using the govt supported Internet, I would like to see a legal requirement that any broadcaster, studio, large media company be required to fund, either singly or collectively, a free, independent news svc.