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Journalist challenge: Use “Machine Learning” when you mean machine learning and “LLM” when you mean LLM. Ditch “AI” as a catch-all term, it’s not useful for readers and it helps companies trying to confuse the public by obscuring the roles played by different technologies. 🧪
November 22, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Journalist challenge: Use “Machine Learning” when you mean machine learning and “LLM” when you mean LLM. Ditch “AI” as a catch-all term, it’s not useful for readers and it helps companies trying to confuse the public by obscuring the roles played by different technologies. 🧪
Classics factions:
(1) Owning Loebs is stupid because they’re online; (2) Loebs are elitist because they imply that Classicists need to know Latin / Greek; (3) Loebs are an embarrassment because they imply that Classicists don’t know Latin / Greek very well; (4) Loebs look pretty on the shelf.
(1) Owning Loebs is stupid because they’re online; (2) Loebs are elitist because they imply that Classicists need to know Latin / Greek; (3) Loebs are an embarrassment because they imply that Classicists don’t know Latin / Greek very well; (4) Loebs look pretty on the shelf.
November 19, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Classics factions:
(1) Owning Loebs is stupid because they’re online; (2) Loebs are elitist because they imply that Classicists need to know Latin / Greek; (3) Loebs are an embarrassment because they imply that Classicists don’t know Latin / Greek very well; (4) Loebs look pretty on the shelf.
(1) Owning Loebs is stupid because they’re online; (2) Loebs are elitist because they imply that Classicists need to know Latin / Greek; (3) Loebs are an embarrassment because they imply that Classicists don’t know Latin / Greek very well; (4) Loebs look pretty on the shelf.
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Man I'm pretty drunk but I sure do love America
All its low-down dirtiness and cosmopolitism and revolutionary ideas about souls created equal by God with the inalienable human right to rule themselves
This messy beautiful place. No one can talk me out of my love for this stupid fuckin country
All its low-down dirtiness and cosmopolitism and revolutionary ideas about souls created equal by God with the inalienable human right to rule themselves
This messy beautiful place. No one can talk me out of my love for this stupid fuckin country
November 17, 2025 at 6:24 AM
Man I'm pretty drunk but I sure do love America
All its low-down dirtiness and cosmopolitism and revolutionary ideas about souls created equal by God with the inalienable human right to rule themselves
This messy beautiful place. No one can talk me out of my love for this stupid fuckin country
All its low-down dirtiness and cosmopolitism and revolutionary ideas about souls created equal by God with the inalienable human right to rule themselves
This messy beautiful place. No one can talk me out of my love for this stupid fuckin country
Audiobook of Philo of Alexandria’s “On the Creation” (De opificio mundi) youtu.be/7ezM71GEhJY?...
Philo of Alexandria: On the Creation / De opificio mundi
YouTube video by pseudepigraphon
youtu.be
November 16, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Audiobook of Philo of Alexandria’s “On the Creation” (De opificio mundi) youtu.be/7ezM71GEhJY?...
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👇 Not only is this true, it is literally the only non-revolutionary path to a political transition. There is no option for a regime change where your only allies are the people who always shared your values!
People getting mad here about anyone saying it's good that MTG and Trump are fighting. I teach democratization every semester. The first slide says 'elite fracture.' That's always where it starts. It's good when people with bad politics are fighting one another.
I do not regret to inform you that we are going to win
November 16, 2025 at 3:44 PM
👇 Not only is this true, it is literally the only non-revolutionary path to a political transition. There is no option for a regime change where your only allies are the people who always shared your values!
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i advise everyone to consider that it is possible to be wrong about things
i increasingly get the impression that a substantial amount of posters here sincerely do not ever expect to possibly be wrong
i increasingly get the impression that a substantial amount of posters here sincerely do not ever expect to possibly be wrong
November 10, 2025 at 5:28 PM
i advise everyone to consider that it is possible to be wrong about things
i increasingly get the impression that a substantial amount of posters here sincerely do not ever expect to possibly be wrong
i increasingly get the impression that a substantial amount of posters here sincerely do not ever expect to possibly be wrong
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Did the ancient Greeks develop concepts such as the rule of law, accountability, public goods, equal redistribution based on taxing the rich, because of the logic of republican government, or because they had experienced first hand the horrors and outrage of autocracy ?
October 26, 2025 at 5:46 AM
Did the ancient Greeks develop concepts such as the rule of law, accountability, public goods, equal redistribution based on taxing the rich, because of the logic of republican government, or because they had experienced first hand the horrors and outrage of autocracy ?
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This story is extraordinary even by 2025 standards. Marco Rubio, the nation's top diplomat, made a deal with Bukele and agreed to renege on informant agreements in a years-long DOJ investigation into MS-13, totally undercutting credibility of such agreements.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Rubio promised to betray U.S. informants to get Trump’s El Salvador prison deal
To secure U.S. access to President Nayib Bukele’s notorious CECOT prison, Rubio agreed to turn over several MS-13 leaders central to a long-running Justice Department investigation.
www.washingtonpost.com
October 19, 2025 at 2:05 PM
This story is extraordinary even by 2025 standards. Marco Rubio, the nation's top diplomat, made a deal with Bukele and agreed to renege on informant agreements in a years-long DOJ investigation into MS-13, totally undercutting credibility of such agreements.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
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Exciting news! Our colleagues are looking to fund creative commissions inspired by papyrus fragments of two lost plays by Euripides, which were discovered by Egyptian archaeological team in 2024... are you an artist who likes to work with academic ideas? torch.ox.ac.uk/event/storie...
Stories from the sands: New fragments of ancient plays - a creative commission
torch.ox.ac.uk
October 16, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Exciting news! Our colleagues are looking to fund creative commissions inspired by papyrus fragments of two lost plays by Euripides, which were discovered by Egyptian archaeological team in 2024... are you an artist who likes to work with academic ideas? torch.ox.ac.uk/event/storie...
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This is correct, in part - as the grim, military historian in me feels the need to note - it is psychologically much harder to get soldiers to open fire on people they view as 'respectable.'
And I dread, with grim increasingly certainty, that we are headed to a point where that matters.
And I dread, with grim increasingly certainty, that we are headed to a point where that matters.
protests against this government should include white Boomer grandmothers who meet for pilates class, get a pitcher of mimosas & walk together to the public space
we need people in the street who think everyone can talk their way out of a speeding ticket, they're key to winning
we need people in the street who think everyone can talk their way out of a speeding ticket, they're key to winning
October 13, 2025 at 4:08 AM
This is correct, in part - as the grim, military historian in me feels the need to note - it is psychologically much harder to get soldiers to open fire on people they view as 'respectable.'
And I dread, with grim increasingly certainty, that we are headed to a point where that matters.
And I dread, with grim increasingly certainty, that we are headed to a point where that matters.
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JUST IN: A U.S. citizen from Alabama who has been detained twice by ICE while working at a construction site, has filed a class action suit claiming ICE's broad warrantless arrest powers violate the constitution. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
October 1, 2025 at 12:58 PM
JUST IN: A U.S. citizen from Alabama who has been detained twice by ICE while working at a construction site, has filed a class action suit claiming ICE's broad warrantless arrest powers violate the constitution. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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Justice Kavanaugh: “If the person is a U. S. citizen or otherwise lawfully
in the United States, that individual will be free to go after the brief encounter.”
in the United States, that individual will be free to go after the brief encounter.”
September 28, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Justice Kavanaugh: “If the person is a U. S. citizen or otherwise lawfully
in the United States, that individual will be free to go after the brief encounter.”
in the United States, that individual will be free to go after the brief encounter.”
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Ladies and gentlemen, the meritocracy
September 27, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Ladies and gentlemen, the meritocracy
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Only an administration intent on committing war crimes in the present and future would stoop to calling Wounded Knee a "battle" rather than what it truly was: a massacre of over 250 Lakotas, mainly women, children, and the elderly. 1/
September 26, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Only an administration intent on committing war crimes in the present and future would stoop to calling Wounded Knee a "battle" rather than what it truly was: a massacre of over 250 Lakotas, mainly women, children, and the elderly. 1/
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"experts say"
www.cnn.com/2025/08/11/b...
www.cnn.com/2025/08/11/b...
September 26, 2025 at 1:59 AM
"experts say"
www.cnn.com/2025/08/11/b...
www.cnn.com/2025/08/11/b...
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Throughout Roman history there was one place where average Romans - even slaves - could freely speak truth to power & be applauded by masses of people for it: the theater. There mockery & abuse of political leaders was an expected part of the entertainment - even when they had paid for the show!/2
September 20, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Throughout Roman history there was one place where average Romans - even slaves - could freely speak truth to power & be applauded by masses of people for it: the theater. There mockery & abuse of political leaders was an expected part of the entertainment - even when they had paid for the show!/2
Wait — there’s no “powerful Mesopotamian nation of Dakon,” is there? Better picture and correct interpretation (Dacians) here: www.philipharland.com/Blog/2022/09...
September 18, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Wait — there’s no “powerful Mesopotamian nation of Dakon,” is there? Better picture and correct interpretation (Dacians) here: www.philipharland.com/Blog/2022/09...
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@joshtpm.bsky.social: Jimmy Kimmel’s suspension by ABC News was a brazen and unabashed attack on free speech in the United States in a way that was unimaginable until a few months ago. So where do we go from here?
talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/a-few...
talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/a-few...
A Few Thoughts on KimmelGeddon
Let me start by noting the obvious: What we saw yesterday with...
talkingpointsmemo.com
September 18, 2025 at 7:29 PM
@joshtpm.bsky.social: Jimmy Kimmel’s suspension by ABC News was a brazen and unabashed attack on free speech in the United States in a way that was unimaginable until a few months ago. So where do we go from here?
talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/a-few...
talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/a-few...
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I think the risk now is greater than that of 60s state repression. There are parallels in US history—60s/ early 70s, 1930s, 1870s, but to state the obvious 2025 is 2025.
It shouldn't escape notice that Trump explicitly threatened to use *the state* to target anyone he and MAGA scapegoat for Charlie Kirk's murder. We really could see Stephen Miller and Kash Patel use the FBI for 60s-style domestic persecution.
Some thoughts on that:
newrepublic.com/article/2004...
Some thoughts on that:
newrepublic.com/article/2004...
September 14, 2025 at 8:28 PM
I think the risk now is greater than that of 60s state repression. There are parallels in US history—60s/ early 70s, 1930s, 1870s, but to state the obvious 2025 is 2025.
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It's seeming likelier and likelier that AI really could eliminate a lot of jobs very soon. Just not in the way boosters have suggested. www.theatlantic.com/economy/arch...
September 7, 2025 at 7:03 PM
It's seeming likelier and likelier that AI really could eliminate a lot of jobs very soon. Just not in the way boosters have suggested. www.theatlantic.com/economy/arch...
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If it wasn’t so disgraceful it’d be laughable
September 6, 2025 at 5:44 PM
If it wasn’t so disgraceful it’d be laughable
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once again tapping the sign
September 3, 2025 at 1:28 AM
once again tapping the sign
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"legally untested"
Breaking News: The White House is moving to cancel $4.9 billion that lawmakers approved for foreign aid programs, using a legally untested maneuver to slash spending without congressional approval.
Defying Congress, Trump Moves to Cut $4.9 Billion in Foreign Aid
The White House notified Congress that it plans to use a legally untested maneuver to circumvent lawmakers and claw back more money for foreign aid programs.
nyti.ms
August 29, 2025 at 4:44 PM
"legally untested"
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No one would have any confusion about what is happening if they saw it in another country.
Autocratic leader, building on racist propaganda, falsehoods about crime data, and an alleged assault on a member of his extralegal office devoted to gutting the budget, moves to have federal armed personnel take direct control of the streets of the capital city.
August 13, 2025 at 12:26 AM
No one would have any confusion about what is happening if they saw it in another country.