Heather
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The "We need a Joe Rogan of the left thing" is bizarre because there is already a Joe Rogan of the left, he goes by HBomberGuy and the fact that his channel doesn't check their boxes is why the people demanding a Joe Rogan of the left in fact do not actually want a Joe Rogan of the left
May 21, 2025 at 12:36 PM
The "We need a Joe Rogan of the left thing" is bizarre because there is already a Joe Rogan of the left, he goes by HBomberGuy and the fact that his channel doesn't check their boxes is why the people demanding a Joe Rogan of the left in fact do not actually want a Joe Rogan of the left
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Nah we ain’t running from this one chief
May 13, 2025 at 2:13 AM
Nah we ain’t running from this one chief
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also you all need to see this, because this is something I don't think *anybody* could predict for where this ad goes
May 6, 2025 at 1:17 PM
also you all need to see this, because this is something I don't think *anybody* could predict for where this ad goes
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This is exactly right on what the government is getting badly wrong on the politics and policy of immigration:
May 5, 2025 at 10:41 AM
This is exactly right on what the government is getting badly wrong on the politics and policy of immigration:
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I made a silent puppet film about Godzilla vs. Paul Bunyan.
(thank you to @iamchubbybunny.bsky.social for Japanese translations and @okaywolf.ink for clanky piano!!)
(thank you to @iamchubbybunny.bsky.social for Japanese translations and @okaywolf.ink for clanky piano!!)
May 2, 2025 at 2:20 AM
I made a silent puppet film about Godzilla vs. Paul Bunyan.
(thank you to @iamchubbybunny.bsky.social for Japanese translations and @okaywolf.ink for clanky piano!!)
(thank you to @iamchubbybunny.bsky.social for Japanese translations and @okaywolf.ink for clanky piano!!)
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Wow the Persona team is cookin again
May 3, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Wow the Persona team is cookin again
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A key difference here is that while either can be incorrect, the structure of Wikipedia *creates context* and the structure of LLMs *destroys context*
Wikipedia has linked sources and an edit history showing where information came from and who added it when
An LLM just generates text
Wikipedia has linked sources and an edit history showing where information came from and who added it when
An LLM just generates text
Some of the anti-AI stuff feels a bit like when people would say "don't use Wikipedia as a source." It's just like anything else, a piece of information that you weigh against multiple sources and your own understanding of its likely failure modes
April 26, 2025 at 6:39 PM
A key difference here is that while either can be incorrect, the structure of Wikipedia *creates context* and the structure of LLMs *destroys context*
Wikipedia has linked sources and an edit history showing where information came from and who added it when
An LLM just generates text
Wikipedia has linked sources and an edit history showing where information came from and who added it when
An LLM just generates text
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The media doesn't want you to see that it's not a jail, it's slavery.
one of the tasks of the American left is to explain to retail and service workers that this is the future that America has planned for them
April 23, 2025 at 3:14 PM
The media doesn't want you to see that it's not a jail, it's slavery.
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"The worker who fears immigration because of the immigrant’s competition for jobs ought to be reassured by the reflection that for every new pair of hands to work there is at least one new mouth to feed and body to clothe."
New Republic 1938
New Republic 1938
April 19, 2025 at 3:50 PM
"The worker who fears immigration because of the immigrant’s competition for jobs ought to be reassured by the reflection that for every new pair of hands to work there is at least one new mouth to feed and body to clothe."
New Republic 1938
New Republic 1938
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HOW the super rich will impoverish you and your kids
April 17, 2025 at 3:51 PM
HOW the super rich will impoverish you and your kids
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Israeli forces killed Palestinian rescue workers in Gaza’s Rafah, firing on one ambulance after another. The Red Crescent wants an international probe.
So who were the medics Israel ambushed on March 23?
🔗: aje.io/fwi3yj
So who were the medics Israel ambushed on March 23?
🔗: aje.io/fwi3yj
April 9, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Israeli forces killed Palestinian rescue workers in Gaza’s Rafah, firing on one ambulance after another. The Red Crescent wants an international probe.
So who were the medics Israel ambushed on March 23?
🔗: aje.io/fwi3yj
So who were the medics Israel ambushed on March 23?
🔗: aje.io/fwi3yj
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i love this thread and strongly agree with its proscription
I support the US garment industry. I don't believe in making life harder for immigrants or erecting blanket tariffs. So how can we reshore some of our US garment manufacturing without xenophobia or protectionism? Here's my view. 🧵
April 8, 2025 at 12:36 AM
i love this thread and strongly agree with its proscription
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I taught a US citizenship class to South Sudanese refugees in Nebraska, 2006-2007. Fleeing civil war, they worked arduous jobs at a meat packing plant. Many had no literacy in any language.
But they studied hard for a citizenship exam which many native-born Americans would not be able to pass.
But they studied hard for a citizenship exam which many native-born Americans would not be able to pass.
April 6, 2025 at 5:54 AM
I taught a US citizenship class to South Sudanese refugees in Nebraska, 2006-2007. Fleeing civil war, they worked arduous jobs at a meat packing plant. Many had no literacy in any language.
But they studied hard for a citizenship exam which many native-born Americans would not be able to pass.
But they studied hard for a citizenship exam which many native-born Americans would not be able to pass.
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fucking sucked at the time as well tbh! the wine moms were right! orange man indeed bad! sorry their analysis wasn't intellectually sophisticated or edgy enough but they were correct!
If in 2025 you’re still doing sneering ‘heh, look at these cringe wine mom protestors’ type shtick I can’t think of any reason anyone should listen to you
April 5, 2025 at 8:54 PM
fucking sucked at the time as well tbh! the wine moms were right! orange man indeed bad! sorry their analysis wasn't intellectually sophisticated or edgy enough but they were correct!
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I feel like this isn't discussed enough.
When the stock market does well, wealthy people do well. Poor people cannot afford to buy stocks.
April 4, 2025 at 1:42 PM
I feel like this isn't discussed enough.
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i have been joking that their plan is for your kids to grow up to work in a textile mill but they are serious
MacCALLUM: Will American workers make shirts and garments for the same--? Obviously the labor costs are so much cheaper overseas in those places
CHAVEZ-DeREMER: We're gonna onshore, repatriate some of these companies to invest in America directly so that we can build that workforce
CHAVEZ-DeREMER: We're gonna onshore, repatriate some of these companies to invest in America directly so that we can build that workforce
April 4, 2025 at 10:12 PM
i have been joking that their plan is for your kids to grow up to work in a textile mill but they are serious
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my HORRIFYING cartoon for this week’s @theguardian.com books
April 5, 2025 at 11:03 AM
my HORRIFYING cartoon for this week’s @theguardian.com books
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People don't miss manufacturing jobs. They miss the effects of having 30+ percent union density. And we can build worker power again, with good policies, for the jobs most working class people actually have today rather than hoping mumbo jumbo will make it 1955 again.
When (some) people talk about bringing back manufacturing, they mean "bring back steel & auto jobs that someone can take right out of high school, and live a middle class life"
The worst part of this is that even if manufacturing jobs came back because of this (they won’t)
and even if Americans retooled for those jobs (they won’t) those jobs sucked! It’s like demanding to return to being a farming society. People fled that life the instant they could, in the millions!
and even if Americans retooled for those jobs (they won’t) those jobs sucked! It’s like demanding to return to being a farming society. People fled that life the instant they could, in the millions!
April 3, 2025 at 2:54 PM
People don't miss manufacturing jobs. They miss the effects of having 30+ percent union density. And we can build worker power again, with good policies, for the jobs most working class people actually have today rather than hoping mumbo jumbo will make it 1955 again.
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I hate to be the one to say it, but this has been missing from nearly all the commentary–
Gang members deserve due process rights as much as anyone else.
Disappearing them is as much a crime against humanity as disappearing unaffiliated men.
Gang members deserve due process rights as much as anyone else.
Disappearing them is as much a crime against humanity as disappearing unaffiliated men.
April 1, 2025 at 11:29 AM
I hate to be the one to say it, but this has been missing from nearly all the commentary–
Gang members deserve due process rights as much as anyone else.
Disappearing them is as much a crime against humanity as disappearing unaffiliated men.
Gang members deserve due process rights as much as anyone else.
Disappearing them is as much a crime against humanity as disappearing unaffiliated men.