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· Dec 6
y'all i'm running out of yikes
I've started keeping my fruit snacks and electrolyte gummies in the fridge
so good
so good
November 11, 2025 at 12:41 AM
I've started keeping my fruit snacks and electrolyte gummies in the fridge
so good
so good
stacking together three fruit strips to eat all at once
I hereby name it: fruit strap
I hereby name it: fruit strap
November 11, 2025 at 12:36 AM
stacking together three fruit strips to eat all at once
I hereby name it: fruit strap
I hereby name it: fruit strap
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50 year mortgage is so crazy. to put it in perspective, 2016 was 50 years ago
November 9, 2025 at 6:42 AM
50 year mortgage is so crazy. to put it in perspective, 2016 was 50 years ago
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Politico is reporting that the breach at the Congressional Budget Office is "ongoing."
“Do NOT click on any links in emails from CBO. Do NOT share sensitive information with CBO colleagues over email, Microsoft Teams, or Zoom at this time,” the email to CBO staff reads.
“Do NOT click on any links in emails from CBO. Do NOT share sensitive information with CBO colleagues over email, Microsoft Teams, or Zoom at this time,” the email to CBO staff reads.
Cybersecurity breach at Congressional Budget Office remains a live threat
Library of Congress employees were informed to take caution when emailing the office of the congressional scorekeeper.
www.politico.com
November 10, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Politico is reporting that the breach at the Congressional Budget Office is "ongoing."
“Do NOT click on any links in emails from CBO. Do NOT share sensitive information with CBO colleagues over email, Microsoft Teams, or Zoom at this time,” the email to CBO staff reads.
“Do NOT click on any links in emails from CBO. Do NOT share sensitive information with CBO colleagues over email, Microsoft Teams, or Zoom at this time,” the email to CBO staff reads.
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also, there are plenty of text to speech tools that just record and don't analyze and they've existed for nearly my entire life. we've got to stop allowing people to conflate direct, non-generative tools with genAI when they have a financial incentive to do so
November 10, 2025 at 4:16 PM
also, there are plenty of text to speech tools that just record and don't analyze and they've existed for nearly my entire life. we've got to stop allowing people to conflate direct, non-generative tools with genAI when they have a financial incentive to do so
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gender is a performance and it’s The Muppet Show
gender is a performance and I don't get out of bed for less than $10,000 a day
Gender is a performance but I don't have the script
November 10, 2025 at 1:01 AM
gender is a performance and it’s The Muppet Show
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I wish that going to a website's helpdesk/knowledge base/blog didn't make it impossible for me to get back to the main website.
Perhaps I'm the only one, but I feel like clicking on the logo should bring me back to the homepage.
Perhaps I'm the only one, but I feel like clicking on the logo should bring me back to the homepage.
November 6, 2025 at 6:38 PM
I wish that going to a website's helpdesk/knowledge base/blog didn't make it impossible for me to get back to the main website.
Perhaps I'm the only one, but I feel like clicking on the logo should bring me back to the homepage.
Perhaps I'm the only one, but I feel like clicking on the logo should bring me back to the homepage.
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I am once again saying that we saw what wall to wall, panic coverage of a crisis looked like after the Biden debate and there’s no reason Trump isn’t getting that kind of coverage except for class solidarity.
So the oldest person ever to become president keeps falling asleep in his office during public events and there’s no big public discussion on how this is a coverup or how republicans are lying to us about how this government is running?
November 9, 2025 at 5:23 PM
I am once again saying that we saw what wall to wall, panic coverage of a crisis looked like after the Biden debate and there’s no reason Trump isn’t getting that kind of coverage except for class solidarity.
wait y'all didn't have classmates in high school who wore period-accurate costume every day? huh
Loving today's news that the mysterious "fedora man" outside the Louvre heist was actually a 15-year-old museum visitor who dresses like a 1940s French detective all the time, just because. apnews.com/article/louv...
Fedora man unmasked: Meet the teen behind the Louvre mystery photo
Fifteen-year-old Pedro Elias Garzon Delvaux has become an internet sensation after an Associated Press photo captured him outside the Louvre on the day of a crown jewels heist.
apnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 7:04 PM
wait y'all didn't have classmates in high school who wore period-accurate costume every day? huh
gender is a performance and I don't get out of bed for less than $10,000 a day
Gender is a performance but I don't have the script
Gender is a performance and I’m not off book yet.
November 9, 2025 at 6:56 PM
gender is a performance and I don't get out of bed for less than $10,000 a day
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In addition to actively impeding me from doing the thing I’m doing, summary is an action that requires intelligence and intent. I don’t read everything the same way or for the same reasons, so an automated summary cannot address my concerns even if I don’t need to read every word of a document.
November 9, 2025 at 6:25 PM
In addition to actively impeding me from doing the thing I’m doing, summary is an action that requires intelligence and intent. I don’t read everything the same way or for the same reasons, so an automated summary cannot address my concerns even if I don’t need to read every word of a document.
one of my long-held beliefs is that Facebook starting going downhill when they first removed the "is" in front of the status text entry field, which had encouraged users to write in the third person
November 9, 2025 at 1:36 AM
one of my long-held beliefs is that Facebook starting going downhill when they first removed the "is" in front of the status text entry field, which had encouraged users to write in the third person
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engineers: there’s a 50% chance this might fail
VC: ok then do it twice
VC: ok then do it twice
November 9, 2025 at 12:31 AM
engineers: there’s a 50% chance this might fail
VC: ok then do it twice
VC: ok then do it twice
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Stochastic Book Fair
November 7, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Stochastic Book Fair
my face blindness isn't particularly bad, but I used to confuse Tom Hardy with Jeremy Renner and I'd just like to apologize for that
November 8, 2025 at 6:07 AM
my face blindness isn't particularly bad, but I used to confuse Tom Hardy with Jeremy Renner and I'd just like to apologize for that
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We're all literally going through the cyberpunk dystopian shit. Might as well sport the cyberpunk fashion now.
November 7, 2025 at 2:08 AM
We're all literally going through the cyberpunk dystopian shit. Might as well sport the cyberpunk fashion now.
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No National Guard on our streets! Tonight, Judge Immergut issued a permanent injunction that blocks the Trump administration from deploying any National Guard members to our city. 🧵
President Donald Trump was formally blocked from sending the National Guard to Portland by U.S. District Court Judge Karin Immergut, who delivered her final order in the case Friday.
Federal judge prohibits Trump from deploying National Guard to Portland
The ruling by U.S. District Court Judge Karin Immergut followed a three-day trial where local and federal law enforcement testified to their differing perceptions and responses to ongoing protests outside the federal immigration building in Portland.
www.opb.org
November 8, 2025 at 1:46 AM
No National Guard on our streets! Tonight, Judge Immergut issued a permanent injunction that blocks the Trump administration from deploying any National Guard members to our city. 🧵
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consumer spending sentiment is at the lowest since both 2008 and 2020. did something bad happen in both those periods
November 7, 2025 at 11:31 PM
consumer spending sentiment is at the lowest since both 2008 and 2020. did something bad happen in both those periods
why'd they call it prostitution and not SaaS (Sex as a Service)?
November 7, 2025 at 5:49 PM
why'd they call it prostitution and not SaaS (Sex as a Service)?
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Bad AI supplanting human expertise is an issue that transcends any one field, but man—not many people on earth whose knowledge and dedication deserves respect like LIBRARIANS.
The long-running ideological war on libraries, education, and government workers is not separate from AI boosterism. It is the same ideological war on human knowledge and expertise. In some cases AI is being used to directly supercharge this effort:
www.404media.co/ai-is-superc...
www.404media.co/ai-is-superc...
AI Is Supercharging the War on Libraries, Education, and Human Knowledge
"Fascism and AI, whether or not they have the same goals, they sure are working to accelerate one another."
www.404media.co
November 6, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Bad AI supplanting human expertise is an issue that transcends any one field, but man—not many people on earth whose knowledge and dedication deserves respect like LIBRARIANS.
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This may interest some of you:
The first space opera by a Black Author, John P. Moore's THE MARTIAN TRILOGY, is now available, thanks to the work of Dr. Lisa P. Yaszek and others. Originally published in THE ILLUSTRATED FEATURE SECTION in 1930.
www.amazon.com/Martian-Tril...
The first space opera by a Black Author, John P. Moore's THE MARTIAN TRILOGY, is now available, thanks to the work of Dr. Lisa P. Yaszek and others. Originally published in THE ILLUSTRATED FEATURE SECTION in 1930.
www.amazon.com/Martian-Tril...
November 5, 2025 at 5:09 PM
This may interest some of you:
The first space opera by a Black Author, John P. Moore's THE MARTIAN TRILOGY, is now available, thanks to the work of Dr. Lisa P. Yaszek and others. Originally published in THE ILLUSTRATED FEATURE SECTION in 1930.
www.amazon.com/Martian-Tril...
The first space opera by a Black Author, John P. Moore's THE MARTIAN TRILOGY, is now available, thanks to the work of Dr. Lisa P. Yaszek and others. Originally published in THE ILLUSTRATED FEATURE SECTION in 1930.
www.amazon.com/Martian-Tril...
so good to read good news
November 5, 2025 at 5:12 PM
so good to read good news
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Good question: No, Jewish atheists are not apostates.
A basic reason is that atheism is considered a state of mind, whereas worshiping another god is an action. In Hebrew, the word "avodah" means both "worship" and "work" - it's a thing you do, not just an opinion you have.
A basic reason is that atheism is considered a state of mind, whereas worshiping another god is an action. In Hebrew, the word "avodah" means both "worship" and "work" - it's a thing you do, not just an opinion you have.
What about Jewish atheists?
October 31, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Good question: No, Jewish atheists are not apostates.
A basic reason is that atheism is considered a state of mind, whereas worshiping another god is an action. In Hebrew, the word "avodah" means both "worship" and "work" - it's a thing you do, not just an opinion you have.
A basic reason is that atheism is considered a state of mind, whereas worshiping another god is an action. In Hebrew, the word "avodah" means both "worship" and "work" - it's a thing you do, not just an opinion you have.
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Now, some of the above technical details may be up for debate.
The part that's definitely not up for debate is: Messianic Judaism is not Judaism. It's Christianity. *Every* Jewish denomination agrees on this. And they can't even agree on whether God exists!
The part that's definitely not up for debate is: Messianic Judaism is not Judaism. It's Christianity. *Every* Jewish denomination agrees on this. And they can't even agree on whether God exists!
October 31, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Now, some of the above technical details may be up for debate.
The part that's definitely not up for debate is: Messianic Judaism is not Judaism. It's Christianity. *Every* Jewish denomination agrees on this. And they can't even agree on whether God exists!
The part that's definitely not up for debate is: Messianic Judaism is not Judaism. It's Christianity. *Every* Jewish denomination agrees on this. And they can't even agree on whether God exists!