Punktrees
@punktrees.bsky.social
Forever seeking knowledge and understanding.
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a very meowy christmas for all who celebrate!
December 24, 2025 at 4:08 PM
a very meowy christmas for all who celebrate!
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Trump thinks he owns the Western Hemisphere and that he's going to split the world up with his fellow despots. This is not hyperbole.
December 24, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Trump thinks he owns the Western Hemisphere and that he's going to split the world up with his fellow despots. This is not hyperbole.
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watching my favorite christmas movie and what is possibly the great american comedy about class and race
December 24, 2025 at 12:18 AM
watching my favorite christmas movie and what is possibly the great american comedy about class and race
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CBS didn't run the 60 Minutes segment on CECOT, but over here at @propublica.org we've been working on the story since March, including finding out who each and every man sent to that maximum security prison was.
You can see our reporting here: www.propublica.org/series/depor...
You can see our reporting here: www.propublica.org/series/depor...
Deported and Imprisoned Archives
A case-by-case investigation that examines the Trump administration’s claims that these immigrants are all “sick criminals” and “terrorists” and that shows what they suffered during months in one of t...
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December 22, 2025 at 4:08 PM
CBS didn't run the 60 Minutes segment on CECOT, but over here at @propublica.org we've been working on the story since March, including finding out who each and every man sent to that maximum security prison was.
You can see our reporting here: www.propublica.org/series/depor...
You can see our reporting here: www.propublica.org/series/depor...
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so here's a very serious misunderstanding of how AI works
when you summarize a book, you are taking in all of the information in context, assessing what is important to understanding the broad strokes of the work, which requires reading comprehension and critical thinking
AI can't do either
when you summarize a book, you are taking in all of the information in context, assessing what is important to understanding the broad strokes of the work, which requires reading comprehension and critical thinking
AI can't do either
What about this is controversial? Beginning an inquiry by using AI to survey material is a very normal and appropriate use.
December 21, 2025 at 7:26 PM
so here's a very serious misunderstanding of how AI works
when you summarize a book, you are taking in all of the information in context, assessing what is important to understanding the broad strokes of the work, which requires reading comprehension and critical thinking
AI can't do either
when you summarize a book, you are taking in all of the information in context, assessing what is important to understanding the broad strokes of the work, which requires reading comprehension and critical thinking
AI can't do either
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Young Republicans say that "Hitler was fucking cool." The truth is more complicated.
December 21, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Young Republicans say that "Hitler was fucking cool." The truth is more complicated.
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This year, many people resigned their posts at the slightest hint that the Trump regime was displeased with them instead of staying and making someone fire them.
Sharyn Alfonsi is showing us why you stay and refuse: you make clear your superiors are wrong and may them pay the costs of firing you.
Sharyn Alfonsi is showing us why you stay and refuse: you make clear your superiors are wrong and may them pay the costs of firing you.
Again, from Michael Grynbaum, here is Sharyn Alfonsi's full email.
It must be read:
It must be read:
December 22, 2025 at 11:06 AM
This year, many people resigned their posts at the slightest hint that the Trump regime was displeased with them instead of staying and making someone fire them.
Sharyn Alfonsi is showing us why you stay and refuse: you make clear your superiors are wrong and may them pay the costs of firing you.
Sharyn Alfonsi is showing us why you stay and refuse: you make clear your superiors are wrong and may them pay the costs of firing you.
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Per NY Times’s Michael Grynbaum on X, this is Sharyn Alfonsi’s email to her “60 Minutes” colleagues in full:
December 22, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Per NY Times’s Michael Grynbaum on X, this is Sharyn Alfonsi’s email to her “60 Minutes” colleagues in full:
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One way that the reaction to Rob Reiner's murder mirrors Charlie Kirk's is that the best way to eulogize each of them is to quote their words, and in both cases, doing so pisses off conservatives.
Rob Reiner: “Silence in the face of authoritarianism is complicity. Speaking out is a patriotic act. Democracy doesn’t defend itself. It requires participation, vigilance, and courage from ordinary people."
December 15, 2025 at 8:52 PM
One way that the reaction to Rob Reiner's murder mirrors Charlie Kirk's is that the best way to eulogize each of them is to quote their words, and in both cases, doing so pisses off conservatives.
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Big announcement from Gov. Newsom:
December 15, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Big announcement from Gov. Newsom:
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Merriam-Webster’s human editors have chosen ‘slop’ as the 2025 Word of the Year.
December 15, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Merriam-Webster’s human editors have chosen ‘slop’ as the 2025 Word of the Year.
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📢 Open enrollment ends today, Dec. 15th, for health coverage starting Jan. 1.
For coverage beginning Feb. 1, individuals have until Jan. 15th.
After the Jan. 15th deadline, people will have to wait until November, unless they qualify for a special enrollment period.
For coverage beginning Feb. 1, individuals have until Jan. 15th.
After the Jan. 15th deadline, people will have to wait until November, unless they qualify for a special enrollment period.
December 15, 2025 at 4:04 PM
📢 Open enrollment ends today, Dec. 15th, for health coverage starting Jan. 1.
For coverage beginning Feb. 1, individuals have until Jan. 15th.
After the Jan. 15th deadline, people will have to wait until November, unless they qualify for a special enrollment period.
For coverage beginning Feb. 1, individuals have until Jan. 15th.
After the Jan. 15th deadline, people will have to wait until November, unless they qualify for a special enrollment period.
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This is truly a journey
December 5, 2025 at 3:06 AM
This is truly a journey
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"Did Women Ruin the Workplace? Hosted by Ross Douthat"
what's the point of satire anymore
what's the point of satire anymore
What happened, @nytimes.com? Why not stand by your original headline? Because it’s absolutely an accurate representation of this trash conversation.
To publish this at all should be a fireable offense - but to publish it as women’s rights are being decimated is deeply immoral, bordering on evil
To publish this at all should be a fireable offense - but to publish it as women’s rights are being decimated is deeply immoral, bordering on evil
November 8, 2025 at 5:03 AM
"Did Women Ruin the Workplace? Hosted by Ross Douthat"
what's the point of satire anymore
what's the point of satire anymore
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I’ve had a lot of fun in my life telling Youths who were too young to remember it about the time Dick Cheney shot his friend in the face, which might be a fun treat for you too today if you know any teenagers
the part where the guy who got shot had to apologize to Cheney is the 2000s in a nutshell
the part where the guy who got shot had to apologize to Cheney is the 2000s in a nutshell
November 4, 2025 at 4:46 PM
I’ve had a lot of fun in my life telling Youths who were too young to remember it about the time Dick Cheney shot his friend in the face, which might be a fun treat for you too today if you know any teenagers
the part where the guy who got shot had to apologize to Cheney is the 2000s in a nutshell
the part where the guy who got shot had to apologize to Cheney is the 2000s in a nutshell
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I have watched this work locally. When things are going terribly and the local GOP abandons their people and the local dems show up with food pantries and stuff to help anyone who needs it. It bleeds through the noise. Sometimes it radicalizes them into our cause.
But we get NO support down here.
But we get NO support down here.
It doesn’t matter what I think. Also, none of this would ever happen. But if I had a zillion dollars:
1. Run a “we do hard things” campaign across southern and rust belt states. Invest heavily in local, state and regional social infrastructure. Sponser later hours at a library, build a skate park…
1. Run a “we do hard things” campaign across southern and rust belt states. Invest heavily in local, state and regional social infrastructure. Sponser later hours at a library, build a skate park…
If I were to sum up my advice to the Democratic party leadership about how to defeat Trumpism, it would be to set aside policy for now and focus instead on articulating a vision of what American society should look like and what role the US should play in a rapidly changing world today.
November 3, 2025 at 1:49 AM
I have watched this work locally. When things are going terribly and the local GOP abandons their people and the local dems show up with food pantries and stuff to help anyone who needs it. It bleeds through the noise. Sometimes it radicalizes them into our cause.
But we get NO support down here.
But we get NO support down here.
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Between JD‘s No Kings tweet and Trump posting a video of himself dumping a payload of s*^t on America protesters, you can see why “young” Republicans talk the way they do…
What I don’t understand is how anyone finds it acceptable.
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What I don’t understand is how anyone finds it acceptable.
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HOW DO you EXCUSE THIS?
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October 19, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Between JD‘s No Kings tweet and Trump posting a video of himself dumping a payload of s*^t on America protesters, you can see why “young” Republicans talk the way they do…
What I don’t understand is how anyone finds it acceptable.
youtube.com/shorts/WlNZB...
What I don’t understand is how anyone finds it acceptable.
youtube.com/shorts/WlNZB...