Dr. Orchid
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I played Rumors for my literal babies in 2022, and they loved it
November 9, 2025 at 3:19 AM
I played Rumors for my literal babies in 2022, and they loved it
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pre-writing a devastating obituary for your enemy is god-tier hating of a kind you don’t often see anymore. renaissance haterism. beautiful stuff.
A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
James Watson, dead at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers
James Watson, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA who died Thursday at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers.
www.statnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 12:55 AM
pre-writing a devastating obituary for your enemy is god-tier hating of a kind you don’t often see anymore. renaissance haterism. beautiful stuff.
An empty threat—a store employee will never be within 10 feet of a shopper. There is simply nobody working in the physical store, where everything is locked in a plastic case and is only theoretically available for purchase
"Store employees are now required to smile if they are within 10 feet of a shopper.
They also must make eye contact with and wave to or greet the customer.
If they’re within four feet, the employee should ask how the customer’s day is going or if they need help."
🙄 Won't stop the boycott, y'all.
They also must make eye contact with and wave to or greet the customer.
If they’re within four feet, the employee should ask how the customer’s day is going or if they need help."
🙄 Won't stop the boycott, y'all.
Target is now requiring its employees to smile more
As the holiday season fast approaches, Target is urging its employees to add a little more “jolly” to their work routine.
www.wilx.com
November 8, 2025 at 3:43 PM
An empty threat—a store employee will never be within 10 feet of a shopper. There is simply nobody working in the physical store, where everything is locked in a plastic case and is only theoretically available for purchase
Tits out against tyranny!
That's right
November 5, 2025 at 1:38 AM
Tits out against tyranny!
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I feel I could do some really high-quality lurking if I had this
A Kimono decorated with skeletons, from Japan, 1840-1860 CE,
now housed at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London
now housed at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London
October 31, 2025 at 2:22 AM
I feel I could do some really high-quality lurking if I had this
Now there’s someone who knows what a dolphin looks like, probably
October 26, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Now there’s someone who knows what a dolphin looks like, probably
2016 demonstrated this for me very clearly: voters chose the Worst Man rather than the most qualified woman to show how much they resent women. Everything has been Gender ever since.
i think i would honestly find this whole discourse more tolerable if people simply said what they were actually saying, which is that they think the Democratic Party is too associated with femininity (and secondarily, with black people) and that they want to correct this
October 25, 2025 at 2:43 PM
2016 demonstrated this for me very clearly: voters chose the Worst Man rather than the most qualified woman to show how much they resent women. Everything has been Gender ever since.
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When humans were evolving on the veldt, we never encountered any crappy evolutionary psychology arguments. That's why we never evolved defenses against them.
November 12, 2024 at 3:22 AM
When humans were evolving on the veldt, we never encountered any crappy evolutionary psychology arguments. That's why we never evolved defenses against them.
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The Fanjuls own a plantation called Central Romana. It was banned from sending products to the US from 2022 until the order was mysteriously lifted this year because CBP found five indicators of forced labor.
Micron Technology Inc.
Microsoft Corp.
NextEra Energy Inc.
Palantir Technologies Inc.
Ripple
Reynolds American Inc.
T-Mobile US Inc.
Tether
Union Pacific Railroad
J. Pepe and Emilia Fanjul
Adelson Family Foundation
Stefan E. Brodie
Betty Wold Johnson Foundation
Charles and Marissa Cascarilla
2/3
Microsoft Corp.
NextEra Energy Inc.
Palantir Technologies Inc.
Ripple
Reynolds American Inc.
T-Mobile US Inc.
Tether
Union Pacific Railroad
J. Pepe and Emilia Fanjul
Adelson Family Foundation
Stefan E. Brodie
Betty Wold Johnson Foundation
Charles and Marissa Cascarilla
2/3
October 21, 2025 at 11:23 PM
The Fanjuls own a plantation called Central Romana. It was banned from sending products to the US from 2022 until the order was mysteriously lifted this year because CBP found five indicators of forced labor.
When you’re cleaning house, it’s broomscrolling
When you’re listening to the oldies, it’s Sh-Boomscrolling.
When you're interested in touring the Yucatán Peninsula, you might be Tulumscrolling.
October 21, 2025 at 10:05 PM
When you’re cleaning house, it’s broomscrolling
I guess a lot more Americans have Nazi tattoos in 2025 than I ever would have expected
October 21, 2025 at 1:45 PM
I guess a lot more Americans have Nazi tattoos in 2025 than I ever would have expected
Does @eff.org have a guide to the MVP set of apps/processes for schools to comply with FERPA and execute their administrative functions? Why do I have half a dozen apps and even more Google sheets for preschoolers? What is my district spending to license all this stuff?
October 20, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Does @eff.org have a guide to the MVP set of apps/processes for schools to comply with FERPA and execute their administrative functions? Why do I have half a dozen apps and even more Google sheets for preschoolers? What is my district spending to license all this stuff?
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The protest was like church, basically.
Got up early on my day off to gather with a cross-section of my neighbors. Stood at the periphery, but joined in the chants and the singing. Passed the peace. Reaffirmed what we all believe. Got a tiny taste of something sacred.
Got up early on my day off to gather with a cross-section of my neighbors. Stood at the periphery, but joined in the chants and the singing. Passed the peace. Reaffirmed what we all believe. Got a tiny taste of something sacred.
October 18, 2025 at 7:08 PM
The protest was like church, basically.
Got up early on my day off to gather with a cross-section of my neighbors. Stood at the periphery, but joined in the chants and the singing. Passed the peace. Reaffirmed what we all believe. Got a tiny taste of something sacred.
Got up early on my day off to gather with a cross-section of my neighbors. Stood at the periphery, but joined in the chants and the singing. Passed the peace. Reaffirmed what we all believe. Got a tiny taste of something sacred.
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Trump Spends Entire U.K. Trip Trying To Figure Out Where He Knows Prince Andrew From https://theonion.com/trump-spends-entire-u-k-trip-trying-to-figure-out-where-he-knows-prince-andrew-from/
October 17, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Trump Spends Entire U.K. Trip Trying To Figure Out Where He Knows Prince Andrew From https://theonion.com/trump-spends-entire-u-k-trip-trying-to-figure-out-where-he-knows-prince-andrew-from/
I recently lost my full mind and implemented agile scrum for meal planning, and I regret to inform you: this was one of my better ideas
October 10, 2025 at 11:26 PM
I recently lost my full mind and implemented agile scrum for meal planning, and I regret to inform you: this was one of my better ideas
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I just googled the author and, uh, this was not the professional profile I expected to see, based on that phrase en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyler_C...
October 2, 2025 at 10:25 PM
I just googled the author and, uh, this was not the professional profile I expected to see, based on that phrase en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyler_C...
This seems quite intuitive from unpacking the embeddings of transformer models, the numbers are not related to each other in intuitive ways. I would love if someone smarter than me can explain how this can be overcome
it fundamentally fucks our sense of things that the robot is good at language and bad at math and fact
One of the disclaimers on Copilot is like "don't ask it to do math".
Imagine inventing a conglomeration of 0s and 1s that cannot do 0s and 1s
Imagine inventing a conglomeration of 0s and 1s that cannot do 0s and 1s
October 2, 2025 at 12:59 AM
This seems quite intuitive from unpacking the embeddings of transformer models, the numbers are not related to each other in intuitive ways. I would love if someone smarter than me can explain how this can be overcome
Out of curiosity, I just went to Facebook and counted the number of real human people I know whose posts I saw, versus total number of posts and ad-like posts: 3/30.
October 1, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Out of curiosity, I just went to Facebook and counted the number of real human people I know whose posts I saw, versus total number of posts and ad-like posts: 3/30.
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every time you open the nj transit app you get an announcement that says “hey sorry! we stopped having trains in new jersey but check back later ❤️”
September 28, 2025 at 8:36 PM
every time you open the nj transit app you get an announcement that says “hey sorry! we stopped having trains in new jersey but check back later ❤️”