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They said “science fair-style” and we took it seriously.
See you at the Chicago Waldorf School for the 40th Ward Dems candidate fair! ☺️
See you at the Chicago Waldorf School for the 40th Ward Dems candidate fair! ☺️
November 20, 2025 at 10:50 PM
They said “science fair-style” and we took it seriously.
See you at the Chicago Waldorf School for the 40th Ward Dems candidate fair! ☺️
See you at the Chicago Waldorf School for the 40th Ward Dems candidate fair! ☺️
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Holy shit. They did this in the back half of November?
Capitalism must be stopped.
Capitalism must be stopped.
Walgreens ends holiday pay for hourly employees
The move will affect Christmas, Thanksgiving, and four other major holidays, costing full-time workers hundreds of dollars per year
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November 20, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Holy shit. They did this in the back half of November?
Capitalism must be stopped.
Capitalism must be stopped.
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"...there are certainly certain parallels in the U.S. in the 2020s to Germany in the 1920s," Thiel said. "Liberalism is exhausted, one suspects that democracy, whatever that means, is exhausted, [...] ask some questions very far outside the Overton window."
Fucking neo-Nazi in sheepskin.
Fucking neo-Nazi in sheepskin.
Peter Thiel’s Pre-Nazi Germany Comparison to US Resurfaces - Newsweek
Thiel said liberalism and democracy are "exhausted," and said, "We have to ask some questions very far outside the Overton window."
www.newsweek.com
November 17, 2025 at 9:25 PM
"...there are certainly certain parallels in the U.S. in the 2020s to Germany in the 1920s," Thiel said. "Liberalism is exhausted, one suspects that democracy, whatever that means, is exhausted, [...] ask some questions very far outside the Overton window."
Fucking neo-Nazi in sheepskin.
Fucking neo-Nazi in sheepskin.
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I’m gonna disagree with this one.
What we’re calling “AI” doesn’t replace cognition. It replaces pattern matching, but on its own has no idea which patterns are important or why.
We are nowhere close to an actual thinking machine.
What we’re calling “AI” doesn’t replace cognition. It replaces pattern matching, but on its own has no idea which patterns are important or why.
We are nowhere close to an actual thinking machine.
The plow, the steam engine, electricity — all replaced muscle. AI replaces cognition. If you spend your day “reading lots of stuff and turning it into straight English,” well… so does the machine. The goal now is to learn from history and cushion the blow better than last time.
November 17, 2025 at 1:24 AM
I’m gonna disagree with this one.
What we’re calling “AI” doesn’t replace cognition. It replaces pattern matching, but on its own has no idea which patterns are important or why.
We are nowhere close to an actual thinking machine.
What we’re calling “AI” doesn’t replace cognition. It replaces pattern matching, but on its own has no idea which patterns are important or why.
We are nowhere close to an actual thinking machine.
Direct addresses need commas.
Stop with the "Hello Jennifer" or "Check out this article Dave."
Stop with the "Hello Jennifer" or "Check out this article Dave."
What's your most niche and unimportant crusade?
Mine is that I use the symbol "var" (as scientific standards bodies indicate) for reactive power instead of "VAR" (most common) or something weird like "Var" or worse, "VAr".
I'll admit it does feel a bit odd to put "Mvar" next to "MW" and "MVA". 🔌💡
Mine is that I use the symbol "var" (as scientific standards bodies indicate) for reactive power instead of "VAR" (most common) or something weird like "Var" or worse, "VAr".
I'll admit it does feel a bit odd to put "Mvar" next to "MW" and "MVA". 🔌💡
November 15, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Direct addresses need commas.
Stop with the "Hello Jennifer" or "Check out this article Dave."
Stop with the "Hello Jennifer" or "Check out this article Dave."
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Oh wow @reuters.com got the photo here:
November 14, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Oh wow @reuters.com got the photo here:
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Yeah man, it’s a bad, bad look to (allegedly) be texting freaking Jeffrey Epstein in any way shape or form, especially in 2019, especially as the rep for the Virgin Islands — where he reportedly committed sex crimes for nearly 2 decades.
November 14, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Yeah man, it’s a bad, bad look to (allegedly) be texting freaking Jeffrey Epstein in any way shape or form, especially in 2019, especially as the rep for the Virgin Islands — where he reportedly committed sex crimes for nearly 2 decades.
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Whoa! Immigrants come here with nothing and the next thing you know they’re buying houses that established citizens cannot afford? Those enterprising newcomers sound like just the sort of folks we need. Never mind that JD’s premise is as BS as his 30M number.
JD Vance: "A lot of young people are saying housing is way too expensive. Why is that? Because we flooded the country with 30 million illegal immigrants who were taking houses that ought by right go to American citizens."
November 13, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Whoa! Immigrants come here with nothing and the next thing you know they’re buying houses that established citizens cannot afford? Those enterprising newcomers sound like just the sort of folks we need. Never mind that JD’s premise is as BS as his 30M number.
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She doesn't even say those dead people were necessarily receiving benefits. It's the same shit Elon Musk tried to pull with Social Security. 3 million people die in the U.S. every year.
She says, "we found almost 200,000 dead people," but doesn't finish the sentence with "...receiving benefits."
She says, "we found almost 200,000 dead people," but doesn't finish the sentence with "...receiving benefits."
Brooke Rollins: "SNAP is a broken program. SNAP is full of corruption. We found 186,000 dead people."
November 13, 2025 at 4:28 PM
She doesn't even say those dead people were necessarily receiving benefits. It's the same shit Elon Musk tried to pull with Social Security. 3 million people die in the U.S. every year.
She says, "we found almost 200,000 dead people," but doesn't finish the sentence with "...receiving benefits."
She says, "we found almost 200,000 dead people," but doesn't finish the sentence with "...receiving benefits."
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Jeffrey Epstein to Lawrence Summers (both of whom are very bad people):
“i have met some very bad people , none as bad as trump. not one decent cell in his body. so yes- dangerous”
“i have met some very bad people , none as bad as trump. not one decent cell in his body. so yes- dangerous”
November 13, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Jeffrey Epstein to Lawrence Summers (both of whom are very bad people):
“i have met some very bad people , none as bad as trump. not one decent cell in his body. so yes- dangerous”
“i have met some very bad people , none as bad as trump. not one decent cell in his body. so yes- dangerous”
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1. I didn't realize that "patriotism" was a prerequisite for the job of air traffic controller.
2. If "patriotism" means continuing to support a gov't that continually sh*ts on you, maybe it's not a good thing.
2. If "patriotism" means continuing to support a gov't that continually sh*ts on you, maybe it's not a good thing.
Sean Duffy threatens "action" against air traffic controllers who didn't come to work during the shutdown: "I'm concerned about their patriotism."
November 11, 2025 at 9:34 PM
1. I didn't realize that "patriotism" was a prerequisite for the job of air traffic controller.
2. If "patriotism" means continuing to support a gov't that continually sh*ts on you, maybe it's not a good thing.
2. If "patriotism" means continuing to support a gov't that continually sh*ts on you, maybe it's not a good thing.
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Those who believe "people will put up with many things if you are excellent at math" usually overestimate both what people will put up with, and their skill at math.
I've spent 20 years helping new engineers start careers, tip from a top recruiter: there's never any shortage of people who can write code that works (or do the art needed, etc), her challenge is finding people who can do that AND anyone wants to work with, friendly, communicate, take feedback
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November 11, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Those who believe "people will put up with many things if you are excellent at math" usually overestimate both what people will put up with, and their skill at math.
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how did i go so long not knowing we were literally teaching people to read wrong. i knew something wasn't right but jesus christ www.apmreports.org/episode/2019...
How a flawed idea is teaching millions of kids to be poor readers
For decades, schools have taught children the strategies of struggling readers, using a theory about reading that cognitive scientists have repeatedly debunked. And many teachers and parents don't kno...
www.apmreports.org
November 11, 2025 at 6:18 PM
how did i go so long not knowing we were literally teaching people to read wrong. i knew something wasn't right but jesus christ www.apmreports.org/episode/2019...
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Only the Democrats could watch a series of elections resoundingly go their way and then, less than a week later, loudly announce that they want to fold on the shutdown. Absolutely worthless party of cowards and hogs. Stupid, weak, useless.
November 9, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Only the Democrats could watch a series of elections resoundingly go their way and then, less than a week later, loudly announce that they want to fold on the shutdown. Absolutely worthless party of cowards and hogs. Stupid, weak, useless.
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Millions of Democratic voters on Tuesday: Fight these guys. Fight them.
Senate Democrats: We heard you loud and clear and we will give in
Senate Democrats: We heard you loud and clear and we will give in
November 9, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Millions of Democratic voters on Tuesday: Fight these guys. Fight them.
Senate Democrats: We heard you loud and clear and we will give in
Senate Democrats: We heard you loud and clear and we will give in
"They are Man’s," said the Spirit, looking down upon them. "This boy is Ignorance. This girl is Want. Beware them both, and all of their degree, but most of all beware this boy, for on his brow I see that written which is Doom, unless the writing be erased."
Sagan envisioned a future in which the public is uninformed and superstitious. “The dumbing down of America,” he writes, “is most evident in the slow decay of substantive content, the 30-second soundbites … but especially a kind of widespread celebration of ignorance.”
November 8, 2025 at 11:16 PM
"They are Man’s," said the Spirit, looking down upon them. "This boy is Ignorance. This girl is Want. Beware them both, and all of their degree, but most of all beware this boy, for on his brow I see that written which is Doom, unless the writing be erased."
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Yeah so several major Ukrainian cities are in a complete blackout right now. 0 generation from thermal plants and 0 idea when the power will be back. Just please don’t forget us
November 8, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Yeah so several major Ukrainian cities are in a complete blackout right now. 0 generation from thermal plants and 0 idea when the power will be back. Just please don’t forget us
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NYC is home to “384,000 millionaires” while 20% of residents are on #SNAP.
“.. the extent to which some .. have it all while others have absolutely nothing .. without a civil uprising .. is a minor miracle unto itself.”
@downtownjoshbrown.bsky.social
www.downtownjoshbrown.com/p/there-s-so...
“.. the extent to which some .. have it all while others have absolutely nothing .. without a civil uprising .. is a minor miracle unto itself.”
@downtownjoshbrown.bsky.social
www.downtownjoshbrown.com/p/there-s-so...
November 8, 2025 at 9:48 PM
NYC is home to “384,000 millionaires” while 20% of residents are on #SNAP.
“.. the extent to which some .. have it all while others have absolutely nothing .. without a civil uprising .. is a minor miracle unto itself.”
@downtownjoshbrown.bsky.social
www.downtownjoshbrown.com/p/there-s-so...
“.. the extent to which some .. have it all while others have absolutely nothing .. without a civil uprising .. is a minor miracle unto itself.”
@downtownjoshbrown.bsky.social
www.downtownjoshbrown.com/p/there-s-so...
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centrists will tell you to your face that we all need to abandon identity issues, and focus on kitchen table issues instead and yet when a leftist candidate runs a generational campaign based on kitchen table issues, it's the centrists weaponizing identity politics to smear the leftist.
October 28, 2025 at 12:08 AM
centrists will tell you to your face that we all need to abandon identity issues, and focus on kitchen table issues instead and yet when a leftist candidate runs a generational campaign based on kitchen table issues, it's the centrists weaponizing identity politics to smear the leftist.
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October 28, 2025 at 1:16 AM
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Love to show how smart I am by bragging about my score on the Montreal Cognitive Assessment.
October 27, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Love to show how smart I am by bragging about my score on the Montreal Cognitive Assessment.
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a trans girl in vermont was kicked off her swimming team and committed suicide and at the very same time, the discourse in d.c. today is about whether the democratic party should’ve abandoned her sooner in order to win votes
a day in an american life
a day in an american life
October 27, 2025 at 11:27 PM
a trans girl in vermont was kicked off her swimming team and committed suicide and at the very same time, the discourse in d.c. today is about whether the democratic party should’ve abandoned her sooner in order to win votes
a day in an american life
a day in an american life