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It is remarkable to me that LLMs capable of churning out effectively infinite amount of text have existed for several years now and the damning fact is not one of them has produced a text so far that a meaningful number of people wanted to read.
Where is the first LLM Pulitzer or Hugo or Newbery?
Where is the first LLM Pulitzer or Hugo or Newbery?
I have grown to believe that excessive wealth does something to your brain that is analogous to a serious head injury
December 15, 2025 at 11:24 PM
It is remarkable to me that LLMs capable of churning out effectively infinite amount of text have existed for several years now and the damning fact is not one of them has produced a text so far that a meaningful number of people wanted to read.
Where is the first LLM Pulitzer or Hugo or Newbery?
Where is the first LLM Pulitzer or Hugo or Newbery?
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The anti-Semitic mass shooting in Australia will cause a national conversation and policy change. We know this because the 1996 Port Arthur massacre led to significant restrictions on guns.
The shooting at Brown will do nothing. We know this because it occurred on the anniversary of Sandy Hook.
The shooting at Brown will do nothing. We know this because it occurred on the anniversary of Sandy Hook.
‘I heard 40, 50 shots’: Witnesses fled Bondi Beach as gunmen targeted Jewish event
‘I heard 40, 50 shots’: Witnesses fled Bondi Beach as gunmen targeted Jewish event
Gunshots ripped through a Hanukkah celebration in Sydney, killing at least 12 people
www.irishtimes.com
December 14, 2025 at 1:48 PM
The anti-Semitic mass shooting in Australia will cause a national conversation and policy change. We know this because the 1996 Port Arthur massacre led to significant restrictions on guns.
The shooting at Brown will do nothing. We know this because it occurred on the anniversary of Sandy Hook.
The shooting at Brown will do nothing. We know this because it occurred on the anniversary of Sandy Hook.
as president i will require all government agencies to use garamond for their publications and communications
Marco Rubio ordered diplomats to return to using Times New Roman font in official communications, calling his predecessor's decision to adopt Calibri a “wasteful” diversity move
Rubio Stages Font Coup: Times New Roman Ousts Calibri
The secretary of state called it a "wasteful" diversity move, according to an internal department cable seen by Reuters.
www.huffpost.com
December 10, 2025 at 1:27 AM
as president i will require all government agencies to use garamond for their publications and communications
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Again, it is unbelievable that this man is permitted to walk free after causing the deaths of potentially millions of people. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/u...
Musk Is Back in Politics. Does He Want to Stay a While?
www.nytimes.com
November 19, 2025 at 3:06 AM
Again, it is unbelievable that this man is permitted to walk free after causing the deaths of potentially millions of people. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/u...
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Call me old fashioned, but I remember when armed agents of the state barking, "where are your papers!?" was a thing that Americans associated with other, less free, less enlightened countries.
November 18, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Call me old fashioned, but I remember when armed agents of the state barking, "where are your papers!?" was a thing that Americans associated with other, less free, less enlightened countries.
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We need a complete and total shutdown of the New York Times until we figure out what the hell is going on
I am sentencing the author to 10 years in horny jail
November 14, 2025 at 6:03 PM
We need a complete and total shutdown of the New York Times until we figure out what the hell is going on
i'm gonna be honest, i keep hearing things about the "digital humanities" and i don't know what it means. and no, i'm not interested in finding out. get all of this tech and ai stuff out of here!
November 13, 2025 at 11:39 PM
i'm gonna be honest, i keep hearing things about the "digital humanities" and i don't know what it means. and no, i'm not interested in finding out. get all of this tech and ai stuff out of here!
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President Hitler, Child Sex Trafficker
A direct email exchange from 2011 between Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell, just released by House Oversight Committee Democrats.
November 12, 2025 at 3:49 PM
President Hitler, Child Sex Trafficker
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Give Bill Kristol an Eva and point him at the Senate Democratic Caucus.
November 10, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Give Bill Kristol an Eva and point him at the Senate Democratic Caucus.
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Heritage is just cartoonishly evil. Just the worst scum on the face of the planet.
1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️
November 10, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Heritage is just cartoonishly evil. Just the worst scum on the face of the planet.
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Anything we can actually do, we can afford.
November 9, 2025 at 4:13 AM
Anything we can actually do, we can afford.
143 days until i get to watch baseball again. might start crying.
November 3, 2025 at 2:12 AM
143 days until i get to watch baseball again. might start crying.
it is insane that i have to pay the law school admissions council 45 dollars per application just to send law schools my lsat score and letters of recommendation
November 1, 2025 at 10:52 PM
it is insane that i have to pay the law school admissions council 45 dollars per application just to send law schools my lsat score and letters of recommendation
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Rooting not just for a Game 7 of the World Series, but another 18 inning game that goes so long on Saturday night that the clocks fall back at 2am before it’s ended and everyone gets tremendously confused about what time it is.
October 30, 2025 at 4:27 AM
Rooting not just for a Game 7 of the World Series, but another 18 inning game that goes so long on Saturday night that the clocks fall back at 2am before it’s ended and everyone gets tremendously confused about what time it is.
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I always get drawn back to Al Gore telling voters that he’d only raise taxes on the top 1% and then after the election a poll showed that something like 20% of voters thought they were in the top 1% and another 20% thought they would be in the next five years. Just a total tragic disconnect.
Maaaaan, this. So much this. Every time there's any kind of actual in-depth survey we find that the American people are *abysmally* ignorant about even the most basic political facts, but the pundit class just immediately forgets & proceeds with political analysis based on subtle policy differences.
Feels like so many of our convos are revolving about how voters respond to what politicians are doing, or what parties’ positions on issues are, without much actual empirical sense of what they actually know about those topics.
October 29, 2025 at 11:13 PM
I always get drawn back to Al Gore telling voters that he’d only raise taxes on the top 1% and then after the election a poll showed that something like 20% of voters thought they were in the top 1% and another 20% thought they would be in the next five years. Just a total tragic disconnect.
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the last six weeks or so of m's baseball has been some of the most fun baseball i've seen in my life
October 21, 2025 at 3:03 AM
the last six weeks or so of m's baseball has been some of the most fun baseball i've seen in my life
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Welp, it was a good season. Thank you, Mariners. / Eh bien, c'était une bonne saison. Merci, les marins.
October 21, 2025 at 3:03 AM
Welp, it was a good season. Thank you, Mariners. / Eh bien, c'était une bonne saison. Merci, les marins.
heartbroken about the mariners
October 21, 2025 at 3:07 AM
heartbroken about the mariners
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I think it’s sick how the President is both physically and symbolically destroying every single icon of America. This is great. I like how things are going. I love living through national decline.
October 21, 2025 at 2:51 AM
I think it’s sick how the President is both physically and symbolically destroying every single icon of America. This is great. I like how things are going. I love living through national decline.
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Lots of people kind of losing the plot online today, everyone yelling at one another. Have you considered embracing the calming fandom of the Seattle Mariners? Game 7 awaits.
October 20, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Lots of people kind of losing the plot online today, everyone yelling at one another. Have you considered embracing the calming fandom of the Seattle Mariners? Game 7 awaits.
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oh no it's time to post the Helen Andrews (nee Rittelmeyer) video again
www.youtube.com/watch?v=EAIT...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=EAIT...
October 16, 2025 at 9:25 PM
oh no it's time to post the Helen Andrews (nee Rittelmeyer) video again
www.youtube.com/watch?v=EAIT...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=EAIT...
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The Supreme Court’s majority right wing indicated in oral arguments that they think racism is over on the same day that the vice president defended the “I love Hitler” guy, and that the NYT reported that the current administration plans to accept only white, English-speaking refugees.
October 15, 2025 at 9:56 PM
The Supreme Court’s majority right wing indicated in oral arguments that they think racism is over on the same day that the vice president defended the “I love Hitler” guy, and that the NYT reported that the current administration plans to accept only white, English-speaking refugees.
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Every time a Democrat gets caught on tape saying like “Some Trump voters are racist” we have a national scandal and JD Vance demands an entirely new kind of apology and meanwhile every Republican group chat is like “Good morning fellow SS members. Who’s ready to respect Hitler today?”
October 15, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Every time a Democrat gets caught on tape saying like “Some Trump voters are racist” we have a national scandal and JD Vance demands an entirely new kind of apology and meanwhile every Republican group chat is like “Good morning fellow SS members. Who’s ready to respect Hitler today?”
the american century of humiliation continues
NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory to lay off about 550 workers reut.rs/4302N2L
NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory to lay off about 550 workers
NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory said on Monday it will cut nearly 550 jobs as part of a restructuring, not related to the current U.S. government shutdown.
reut.rs
October 13, 2025 at 10:16 PM
the american century of humiliation continues