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They found a new way to do Blackness without Black people
To use Black labor without compensating Black people
To use Black labor without compensating Black people
So I'm trying to wrap my mind around the fact that the #1 song on the digital country music chart ("Walk My Walk") was by an AI called Breaking Rust.
(Is this the wrong time to admit this entire feed has been generated by an especially irritating AI calling itself "Riki"?)
(Is this the wrong time to admit this entire feed has been generated by an especially irritating AI calling itself "Riki"?)
Synthetic soul: AI-generated gospel "Mississippi" singer Solomon Ray tops Christian chart
AI Christian artist Solomon Ray has no real testimony
www.axios.com
December 20, 2025 at 11:07 PM
They found a new way to do Blackness without Black people
To use Black labor without compensating Black people
To use Black labor without compensating Black people
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Since his appointment, RFK Jr. has pursued a brutal vision of American health that several experts liken to a sort of eugenics. Kennedy has made it clear that certain deaths are acceptable or even preferable to a world where every child is vaccinated.
Read more: www.theverge.com/health/66136...
Read more: www.theverge.com/health/66136...
December 20, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Since his appointment, RFK Jr. has pursued a brutal vision of American health that several experts liken to a sort of eugenics. Kennedy has made it clear that certain deaths are acceptable or even preferable to a world where every child is vaccinated.
Read more: www.theverge.com/health/66136...
Read more: www.theverge.com/health/66136...
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This is eugenics.
This is a disability rights issue.
This is what we’ve been warning about for years.
“Choose your baby” is another way of saying “eliminate the undesirables”.
It’s out in the open and it’s wrong.
This is a disability rights issue.
This is what we’ve been warning about for years.
“Choose your baby” is another way of saying “eliminate the undesirables”.
It’s out in the open and it’s wrong.
December 20, 2025 at 8:34 PM
This is eugenics.
This is a disability rights issue.
This is what we’ve been warning about for years.
“Choose your baby” is another way of saying “eliminate the undesirables”.
It’s out in the open and it’s wrong.
This is a disability rights issue.
This is what we’ve been warning about for years.
“Choose your baby” is another way of saying “eliminate the undesirables”.
It’s out in the open and it’s wrong.
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Jake Paul coming to the ring to honor Hulk Hogan and then getting his jaw punched into his eyeballs by Anthony Joshua has to be one of the best moments in sports this year. Doubly so because I didn’t spend a dime on it.
December 20, 2025 at 7:16 AM
Jake Paul coming to the ring to honor Hulk Hogan and then getting his jaw punched into his eyeballs by Anthony Joshua has to be one of the best moments in sports this year. Doubly so because I didn’t spend a dime on it.
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Economics may be complex and all that but the stuff you buy today costs a lot more than it used to even a few years ago because companies raised prices blaming “inflation,” posted record profits and never brought prices down. If “inflation” doesn’t ever recede for the consumer that’s a problem!
December 19, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Economics may be complex and all that but the stuff you buy today costs a lot more than it used to even a few years ago because companies raised prices blaming “inflation,” posted record profits and never brought prices down. If “inflation” doesn’t ever recede for the consumer that’s a problem!
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The Sick Times: 'Telehealth is vital for people with Long COVID. Don’t let it disappear'
Written by Aly Laube
thesicktimes.org/2025/12/19/t...
Written by Aly Laube
thesicktimes.org/2025/12/19/t...
Telehealth is vital for people with Long COVID. Don’t let it disappear. - The Sick Times
Changes to telehealth policies are more than an inconvenience. For many of us, critical infrastructure is in jeopardy, and we urgently need government policy to protect it.
thesicktimes.org
December 19, 2025 at 8:23 PM
The Sick Times: 'Telehealth is vital for people with Long COVID. Don’t let it disappear'
Written by Aly Laube
thesicktimes.org/2025/12/19/t...
Written by Aly Laube
thesicktimes.org/2025/12/19/t...
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Tech bros want you to think Skynet and Terminator are right around the corner, when Robocop gave us the single most prescient dramatization of generative A.I. controlled systems in all of cinema www.youtube.com/watch?v=TYsu...
RoboCop (1987) - ED-209 Scene | Movieclips
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December 19, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Tech bros want you to think Skynet and Terminator are right around the corner, when Robocop gave us the single most prescient dramatization of generative A.I. controlled systems in all of cinema www.youtube.com/watch?v=TYsu...
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New in @thesicktimes.org this week: Delfina Marchese reports on Long COVID in Colombia.
One of the few studies is testing “cognitive rehabilitation therapy,” which recently failed in a U.S. trial.
thesicktimes.org/2025/12/16/d...
One of the few studies is testing “cognitive rehabilitation therapy,” which recently failed in a U.S. trial.
thesicktimes.org/2025/12/16/d...
Despite Long COVID’s ongoing impact, research in Colombia is limited - The Sick Times
One of the few Long COVID research studies in Colombia is testing cognitive rehabilitation therapy. This approach recently failed in a U.S. clinical trial.
thesicktimes.org
December 18, 2025 at 7:22 PM
New in @thesicktimes.org this week: Delfina Marchese reports on Long COVID in Colombia.
One of the few studies is testing “cognitive rehabilitation therapy,” which recently failed in a U.S. trial.
thesicktimes.org/2025/12/16/d...
One of the few studies is testing “cognitive rehabilitation therapy,” which recently failed in a U.S. trial.
thesicktimes.org/2025/12/16/d...
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25% reduction in all cause mortality over 4 years for those vaccinated against covid, huge study.
Wow, this almost suggests covid is implicated in an unbelievable number of deaths. And that vaccinated people should wear respirators if they want to remain abled.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/mrn...
Wow, this almost suggests covid is implicated in an unbelievable number of deaths. And that vaccinated people should wear respirators if they want to remain abled.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/mrn...
mRNA COVID vaccines tied to drop in death rate for 4 years
www.cidrap.umn.edu
December 18, 2025 at 2:50 PM
25% reduction in all cause mortality over 4 years for those vaccinated against covid, huge study.
Wow, this almost suggests covid is implicated in an unbelievable number of deaths. And that vaccinated people should wear respirators if they want to remain abled.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/mrn...
Wow, this almost suggests covid is implicated in an unbelievable number of deaths. And that vaccinated people should wear respirators if they want to remain abled.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/mrn...
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Anderson defended himself to WP “I didn’t put the injection sites on her. People seem to be shocked I didn’t use Photoshop to retouch out blemishes and her injection marks. I find it shocking that someone would expect me to retouch out those things,” he said.
www.thedailybeast.com/vanity-fair-...
www.thedailybeast.com/vanity-fair-...
Vanity Fair Photographer Reveals Why He Didn't Edit Leavitt's Lips
A close-up of the White House press secretary’s face exposed what appeared to be injection marks.
www.thedailybeast.com
December 18, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Anderson defended himself to WP “I didn’t put the injection sites on her. People seem to be shocked I didn’t use Photoshop to retouch out blemishes and her injection marks. I find it shocking that someone would expect me to retouch out those things,” he said.
www.thedailybeast.com/vanity-fair-...
www.thedailybeast.com/vanity-fair-...
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so much novel longcovid science echoes in the more dreaded parts of what i came to learn about possible trajectories following my 2016 lupus diagnosis. there’s no going back from some of this damage. it’s just not worth it, especially when a mask can be all you need to significantly reduce the risk.
December 18, 2025 at 7:40 PM
so much novel longcovid science echoes in the more dreaded parts of what i came to learn about possible trajectories following my 2016 lupus diagnosis. there’s no going back from some of this damage. it’s just not worth it, especially when a mask can be all you need to significantly reduce the risk.
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sure, if you didn't plan ahead and you only stored them on your hardware and not in the cloud. mine are all backed up both on flickr and google photos in addition to multiple hardware, i buy new external hard drives to move them to. like you can't take this shit for granted
If you used a digital camera in the early 2000s, there's a good chance whole chapters of your life have been erased. A generation of photos has vanished on broken hard drives and defunct websites.
Why your early 2000s photos are probably lost forever
If you used a digital camera in the early 2000s, there's a good chance whole chapters of your life have been erased.
www.bbc.com
December 18, 2025 at 4:04 PM
sure, if you didn't plan ahead and you only stored them on your hardware and not in the cloud. mine are all backed up both on flickr and google photos in addition to multiple hardware, i buy new external hard drives to move them to. like you can't take this shit for granted
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Tom K. designed this beautiful poster for our upcoming January series FELLINI IN BLACK AND WHITE. Featuring a brand new print of 8 1/2, his CinemaScope masterpiece and two underseen gems. Tickets are on sale now at www.trylon.org/film-series/...
December 18, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Tom K. designed this beautiful poster for our upcoming January series FELLINI IN BLACK AND WHITE. Featuring a brand new print of 8 1/2, his CinemaScope masterpiece and two underseen gems. Tickets are on sale now at www.trylon.org/film-series/...
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You want it to find and summarize a bunch of stuff for you but it cannot do that reliably, especially the more obscure and specific the information is? So what you want is an employee
December 18, 2025 at 5:04 PM
You want it to find and summarize a bunch of stuff for you but it cannot do that reliably, especially the more obscure and specific the information is? So what you want is an employee
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Really annoying that people who defend it for small ease of use things are basically just talking about wanting a search engine replacement but it is objectively worse at being a search engine?
December 18, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Really annoying that people who defend it for small ease of use things are basically just talking about wanting a search engine replacement but it is objectively worse at being a search engine?
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We can do even more.
December 17, 2025 at 8:05 AM
We can do even more.
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The belief that an LLM can help you write science reveals such magical thinking about language (and LLMs). If your writing is unclear, an LLM won't find its meaning hidden in the words. Only you can explain what you mean; the LLM does not read your mind. It completes with what *others* have written.
December 17, 2025 at 8:27 AM
The belief that an LLM can help you write science reveals such magical thinking about language (and LLMs). If your writing is unclear, an LLM won't find its meaning hidden in the words. Only you can explain what you mean; the LLM does not read your mind. It completes with what *others* have written.
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the idea of “bouncing ideas off” AI or using it to “explore concepts in the pre-production process” makes me feel like a space alien. what are you talking about. that sounds miserable. like, i don’t even get mad. i just get confused. you’re asking the computer for art advice
December 16, 2025 at 11:14 PM
the idea of “bouncing ideas off” AI or using it to “explore concepts in the pre-production process” makes me feel like a space alien. what are you talking about. that sounds miserable. like, i don’t even get mad. i just get confused. you’re asking the computer for art advice
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It's hard for Minnesotans to afford their lives when businesses are trying to deceive them. An ad for "11% OFF EVERYTHING" clearly implies you can buy goods at an 11% discount, not that you can participate in a limited rebate program or get in-store credit on future purchases.
December 17, 2025 at 8:09 PM
It's hard for Minnesotans to afford their lives when businesses are trying to deceive them. An ad for "11% OFF EVERYTHING" clearly implies you can buy goods at an 11% discount, not that you can participate in a limited rebate program or get in-store credit on future purchases.
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"hallucinations" aren't some failure of their code, or programming.
"Hallucinations" are the correct output, for the input, and training....everytime.
"Hallucinations" are the correct output, for the input, and training....everytime.
December 16, 2025 at 8:52 PM
"hallucinations" aren't some failure of their code, or programming.
"Hallucinations" are the correct output, for the input, and training....everytime.
"Hallucinations" are the correct output, for the input, and training....everytime.
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It can't second guess itself, it doesn't understand the concepts of right or wrong.
It's an LLM, pure rote regurgitation, it doesn't understand the nature of the sentences it structures.
it can't fathom the "real, material world" that these sentences are supposed to symbolize.
It's an LLM, pure rote regurgitation, it doesn't understand the nature of the sentences it structures.
it can't fathom the "real, material world" that these sentences are supposed to symbolize.
December 16, 2025 at 8:52 PM
It can't second guess itself, it doesn't understand the concepts of right or wrong.
It's an LLM, pure rote regurgitation, it doesn't understand the nature of the sentences it structures.
it can't fathom the "real, material world" that these sentences are supposed to symbolize.
It's an LLM, pure rote regurgitation, it doesn't understand the nature of the sentences it structures.
it can't fathom the "real, material world" that these sentences are supposed to symbolize.
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None of this is true!
A "hallucination" isn't a thing, because an LLM isn't sentient, and the concept of "true/false" or "correct/incorrect" don't exist to it
It doesn't have the ability of a priori reasoning, it isn't capable of "conceptual" or "meaningful" learning.
A "hallucination" isn't a thing, because an LLM isn't sentient, and the concept of "true/false" or "correct/incorrect" don't exist to it
It doesn't have the ability of a priori reasoning, it isn't capable of "conceptual" or "meaningful" learning.
December 16, 2025 at 8:52 PM
None of this is true!
A "hallucination" isn't a thing, because an LLM isn't sentient, and the concept of "true/false" or "correct/incorrect" don't exist to it
It doesn't have the ability of a priori reasoning, it isn't capable of "conceptual" or "meaningful" learning.
A "hallucination" isn't a thing, because an LLM isn't sentient, and the concept of "true/false" or "correct/incorrect" don't exist to it
It doesn't have the ability of a priori reasoning, it isn't capable of "conceptual" or "meaningful" learning.
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I hope everyone understands that there is no such thing as an "AI hallucination"
AI Execs invented the term, so they can pretend that wrong answers or bad outputs are some type of flaw, that goes against the AI's programming, and that it's "supposed" to give you the "correct" answer.
AI Execs invented the term, so they can pretend that wrong answers or bad outputs are some type of flaw, that goes against the AI's programming, and that it's "supposed" to give you the "correct" answer.
December 16, 2025 at 8:52 PM
I hope everyone understands that there is no such thing as an "AI hallucination"
AI Execs invented the term, so they can pretend that wrong answers or bad outputs are some type of flaw, that goes against the AI's programming, and that it's "supposed" to give you the "correct" answer.
AI Execs invented the term, so they can pretend that wrong answers or bad outputs are some type of flaw, that goes against the AI's programming, and that it's "supposed" to give you the "correct" answer.