RM
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Cloud Architect, Right to repair enthusiast, Locke, Kant, Democracy
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Here's my enormous round-up of everything we learned about LLMs in 2025 - the third in my annual series of reviews of the past twelve months
simonwillison.net/2025/Dec/31/...
This year it's divided into 26 sections! This is the table of contents:
simonwillison.net/2025/Dec/31/...
This year it's divided into 26 sections! This is the table of contents:
December 31, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Here's my enormous round-up of everything we learned about LLMs in 2025 - the third in my annual series of reviews of the past twelve months
simonwillison.net/2025/Dec/31/...
This year it's divided into 26 sections! This is the table of contents:
simonwillison.net/2025/Dec/31/...
This year it's divided into 26 sections! This is the table of contents:
@lindseystirling.bsky.social concert.
Thought maybe the Nox might show up... Though with all the sweet music dueling, maybe it should be the Devil from Tribute (to the greatest song in the world). 😜
Thought maybe the Nox might show up... Though with all the sweet music dueling, maybe it should be the Devil from Tribute (to the greatest song in the world). 😜
December 5, 2025 at 3:36 AM
@lindseystirling.bsky.social concert.
Thought maybe the Nox might show up... Though with all the sweet music dueling, maybe it should be the Devil from Tribute (to the greatest song in the world). 😜
Thought maybe the Nox might show up... Though with all the sweet music dueling, maybe it should be the Devil from Tribute (to the greatest song in the world). 😜
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There is no world in which it is normal for the president to publicly call upon his attorney general to hurry up and prosecute his political foes. It’s like the Watergate tapes but posted on social media. Let’s get a grip on what’s happening here.
September 21, 2025 at 12:56 AM
There is no world in which it is normal for the president to publicly call upon his attorney general to hurry up and prosecute his political foes. It’s like the Watergate tapes but posted on social media. Let’s get a grip on what’s happening here.
It's at times like these, I go to Burke, Burke, Peter Burke. Bribery seems like small fries compared to Caffery.
a man in a suit and tie stands behind a glass door
ALT: a man in a suit and tie stands behind a glass door
media.tenor.com
September 21, 2025 at 2:12 AM
It's at times like these, I go to Burke, Burke, Peter Burke. Bribery seems like small fries compared to Caffery.
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Been thinking a lot lately about the morals of Jesus of Nazareth.
As a tan man from the Middle East, if Jesus were an undocumented American immigrant, I wonder if angry mobs would get ICE to deport him — especially for speaking out against greed and advocating for the poor.
As a tan man from the Middle East, if Jesus were an undocumented American immigrant, I wonder if angry mobs would get ICE to deport him — especially for speaking out against greed and advocating for the poor.
April 19, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Been thinking a lot lately about the morals of Jesus of Nazareth.
As a tan man from the Middle East, if Jesus were an undocumented American immigrant, I wonder if angry mobs would get ICE to deport him — especially for speaking out against greed and advocating for the poor.
As a tan man from the Middle East, if Jesus were an undocumented American immigrant, I wonder if angry mobs would get ICE to deport him — especially for speaking out against greed and advocating for the poor.
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This is the same as saying the rule of law doesn't apply:
"DOJ attorney says the only information he is authorized to disclose — even to the judge — is that the government did not violate the order. He cannot say more, he says, based on “national security concerns.”
"DOJ attorney says the only information he is authorized to disclose — even to the judge — is that the government did not violate the order. He cannot say more, he says, based on “national security concerns.”
March 17, 2025 at 9:15 PM
This is the same as saying the rule of law doesn't apply:
"DOJ attorney says the only information he is authorized to disclose — even to the judge — is that the government did not violate the order. He cannot say more, he says, based on “national security concerns.”
"DOJ attorney says the only information he is authorized to disclose — even to the judge — is that the government did not violate the order. He cannot say more, he says, based on “national security concerns.”
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HINT: The administration is not complying with the court order.
Murphy: "I continue to get reports from Connecticut that agencies there, like Head Start programs and community health centers, are actually not receiving the funding they are due. So I think there's a big question as to whether the administration actually is implementing the court order."
February 9, 2025 at 6:40 PM
HINT: The administration is not complying with the court order.
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We collectively haven’t been taking the plans laid out by Project 2025 seriously enough. They want to destroy NOAA so people won’t know that climate change is happening. It sounds stupid and alarmist if you haven’t been paying attention.
Project 2025 plan calls for demolition of NOAA and National Weather Service
The call to dismantle the United States' vital weather department has raised the hackles of experts who say NOAA provides not only important free data but also life-saving information.
www.latimes.com
February 8, 2025 at 10:17 AM
We collectively haven’t been taking the plans laid out by Project 2025 seriously enough. They want to destroy NOAA so people won’t know that climate change is happening. It sounds stupid and alarmist if you haven’t been paying attention.
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Crockett: "If feels as if y'all have just decided that y'all are gonna castrate your constitutional duty & hand it over to someone who was unelected. It doesn't matter how many cheerleaders he had on the field campaigning for him. That doesn't mean he gets to go in and sit atop any of our agencies"
February 5, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Crockett: "If feels as if y'all have just decided that y'all are gonna castrate your constitutional duty & hand it over to someone who was unelected. It doesn't matter how many cheerleaders he had on the field campaigning for him. That doesn't mean he gets to go in and sit atop any of our agencies"
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EMERGENCY PIECE: Previous reports that Musk's DOGE programmers only have "read only" access is inaccurate. I can confirm what @wired.com first reported at 1 AM today that they have Read & WRITE access with a source in BFS referring to this as "apocalyptic"
www.crisesnotes.com/day-five-of-...
www.crisesnotes.com/day-five-of-...
Day Five of the Trump-Musk Treasury Payments Crisis of 2025: Not “Read Only” access anymore
If you are a current or former career Bureau of the Fiscal Service Employee, especially if you’re a legacy IT programmer with years of experience and especially if you are a COBOL programmer currently...
www.crisesnotes.com
February 4, 2025 at 12:42 PM
EMERGENCY PIECE: Previous reports that Musk's DOGE programmers only have "read only" access is inaccurate. I can confirm what @wired.com first reported at 1 AM today that they have Read & WRITE access with a source in BFS referring to this as "apocalyptic"
www.crisesnotes.com/day-five-of-...
www.crisesnotes.com/day-five-of-...
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NEW: Agents at the FBI have received this communication from Acting Director Driscoll.
February 4, 2025 at 2:58 PM
NEW: Agents at the FBI have received this communication from Acting Director Driscoll.
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Jasmine Crockett: "The problem is that Americans thought it was okay to take a full fledged criminal and make him the President of the US and then they want to act aghast when he does criminal things. Let me tell you, we have a thug in charge of the US and if we don't wake up we may not have a US"
February 2, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Jasmine Crockett: "The problem is that Americans thought it was okay to take a full fledged criminal and make him the President of the US and then they want to act aghast when he does criminal things. Let me tell you, we have a thug in charge of the US and if we don't wake up we may not have a US"
While the vast majority of Americans have a birth certificate, tens of millions of married women could not present their birth certificate as proof of citizenship under the SAVE Act, as it does not display their current legal name.
www.americanprogress.org/article/the-...
www.americanprogress.org/article/the-...
The SAVE Act Would Disenfranchise Millions of Citizens
The SAVE Act would require all Americans to prove their citizenship with documentation unavailable to millions and upend the way every American citizen registers to vote.
www.americanprogress.org
February 2, 2025 at 3:34 PM
While the vast majority of Americans have a birth certificate, tens of millions of married women could not present their birth certificate as proof of citizenship under the SAVE Act, as it does not display their current legal name.
www.americanprogress.org/article/the-...
www.americanprogress.org/article/the-...
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Sounds like TikTokers took notes during their RedNote exile…!
TikTokers have been adopting code phrases to get around the algorithm’s attempts to suppress their conversations on topics that matter more than, say, fashion — with a breakout example, now widely reported, being “cute winter boots.”
TikTokers have been adopting code phrases to get around the algorithm’s attempts to suppress their conversations on topics that matter more than, say, fashion — with a breakout example, now widely reported, being “cute winter boots.”
January 26, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Sounds like TikTokers took notes during their RedNote exile…!
TikTokers have been adopting code phrases to get around the algorithm’s attempts to suppress their conversations on topics that matter more than, say, fashion — with a breakout example, now widely reported, being “cute winter boots.”
TikTokers have been adopting code phrases to get around the algorithm’s attempts to suppress their conversations on topics that matter more than, say, fashion — with a breakout example, now widely reported, being “cute winter boots.”
I realized awhile ago that trying to out run society is a fools errand. Even if you handle all of the survival complexity you're left with:
Why!?
And, if that answer involves progeny, you should also realize what kind of life/world you're leaving them.
Survival involves all of us.
Why!?
And, if that answer involves progeny, you should also realize what kind of life/world you're leaving them.
Survival involves all of us.
The super-rich ‘preppers’ planning to save themselves from the apocalypse
Tech billionaires are buying up luxurious bunkers to survive a societal collapse they helped create, but like everything they do, it has unintended consequences
www.theguardian.com
January 9, 2025 at 10:04 PM
I realized awhile ago that trying to out run society is a fools errand. Even if you handle all of the survival complexity you're left with:
Why!?
And, if that answer involves progeny, you should also realize what kind of life/world you're leaving them.
Survival involves all of us.
Why!?
And, if that answer involves progeny, you should also realize what kind of life/world you're leaving them.
Survival involves all of us.
😡🤬 stories from the annuls of doublespeak: "health" insurance denials- or how to ration necessary care for profit... err, at a loss?
www.propublica.org/article/ment...
www.propublica.org/article/ment...
Her Mental Health Treatment Was Helping. That’s Why Insurance Cut Off Her Coverage.
Providers, patients and even some federal judges say progress-based insurance denials harm patients at key moments of mental health treatment.
www.propublica.org
January 4, 2025 at 3:00 PM
😡🤬 stories from the annuls of doublespeak: "health" insurance denials- or how to ration necessary care for profit... err, at a loss?
www.propublica.org/article/ment...
www.propublica.org/article/ment...
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Wondering where these "climate risk" scores come from? Zillow is relying on models from First Street. When my colleagues @bloomberg.com compared FS predictions to another popular option this year, the outcomes were "startlingly different."
Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...
Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...
December 30, 2024 at 5:28 PM
Wondering where these "climate risk" scores come from? Zillow is relying on models from First Street. When my colleagues @bloomberg.com compared FS predictions to another popular option this year, the outcomes were "startlingly different."
Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...
Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...
So $1,000,000 - $800,000... ?
Probably 'depends on experience'... Err, ahem, sorry, 'connections'? 🙄
Probably 'depends on experience'... Err, ahem, sorry, 'connections'? 🙄
I hope that first number is missing at least three 0s.
December 30, 2024 at 8:47 PM
So $1,000,000 - $800,000... ?
Probably 'depends on experience'... Err, ahem, sorry, 'connections'? 🙄
Probably 'depends on experience'... Err, ahem, sorry, 'connections'? 🙄
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People sometimes make fun of science that sounds stupid and random.
Meanwhile, a study of lizard saliva turned into a peptide medication, which was turned into a diabetes medication, which was turned into a GLP1 weight loss drug, that just became the first therapy every approved for … sleep apnea
Meanwhile, a study of lizard saliva turned into a peptide medication, which was turned into a diabetes medication, which was turned into a GLP1 weight loss drug, that just became the first therapy every approved for … sleep apnea
Breaking News: The FDA approved use of the weight loss drug Zepbound for a common form of sleep apnea. It is the first drug authorized to treat the disorder.
F.D.A. Approves Weight-Loss Drug to Treat Sleep Apnea
Zepbound is the first prescription drug approved specifically to treat the common condition.
www.nytimes.com
December 21, 2024 at 12:41 AM
People sometimes make fun of science that sounds stupid and random.
Meanwhile, a study of lizard saliva turned into a peptide medication, which was turned into a diabetes medication, which was turned into a GLP1 weight loss drug, that just became the first therapy every approved for … sleep apnea
Meanwhile, a study of lizard saliva turned into a peptide medication, which was turned into a diabetes medication, which was turned into a GLP1 weight loss drug, that just became the first therapy every approved for … sleep apnea
Fascinating.
I do wonder if this is more regarding the perils of prosperity without self discipline then the perils of population overgrowth.
Or to put it in terms that Agent Smith would recognize, "Do humans define their existence through suffering?"
I do wonder if this is more regarding the perils of prosperity without self discipline then the perils of population overgrowth.
Or to put it in terms that Agent Smith would recognize, "Do humans define their existence through suffering?"
The bizarre story of a rodent utopia that predicted doom for humanity
In the 1970s, John Calhoun built a sprawling mouse metropolis. The dystopian results influenced human society for decades
www.newscientist.com/article/mg26...
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
In the 1970s, John Calhoun built a sprawling mouse metropolis. The dystopian results influenced human society for decades
www.newscientist.com/article/mg26...
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
The bizarre story of a rodent utopia that predicted doom for humanity
In the 1970s, John Calhoun built a sprawling mouse metropolis. The dystopian results influenced human society for decades
www.newscientist.com
December 20, 2024 at 10:33 PM
Fascinating.
I do wonder if this is more regarding the perils of prosperity without self discipline then the perils of population overgrowth.
Or to put it in terms that Agent Smith would recognize, "Do humans define their existence through suffering?"
I do wonder if this is more regarding the perils of prosperity without self discipline then the perils of population overgrowth.
Or to put it in terms that Agent Smith would recognize, "Do humans define their existence through suffering?"