Casey Woodling
@caseywoodling.bsky.social
Dad, Husband, Philosopher, Fulbrighter, Regista, Returned Peace Corps Volunteer, Betsileo-American
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This.
"Writing is not just a means of communication; it helps us organise our thoughts. Turning to artificial intelligence text generators ultimately means allowing Silicon Valley billionaires to think in our place" writes Corentin Lamy in today’s Le Monde.
November 15, 2025 at 7:23 PM
This.
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Well, we finally have an answer about what MAGA believes. It has one and only one philosophical position, and that is that Trump’s lies about having nothing to do with Epstein must be accepted unquestioningly. It’s the whole movement distilled.
November 15, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Well, we finally have an answer about what MAGA believes. It has one and only one philosophical position, and that is that Trump’s lies about having nothing to do with Epstein must be accepted unquestioningly. It’s the whole movement distilled.
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In social movement studies, we talk about how marches and protests expand the threshold of acceptable risk so that people take more and bigger social risks IN PUBLIC, EN MASSE. This is extremely important for the bourgeois white folks holding signs and building social rapport.
Not a shitpost: #NoKings is feel-good performative activism for comfortable mostly upper and upper middle class white folks and that’s good, actually. Millions of people in the streets protesting a fascist regime is good. It is good for the normie baseline to be massive displays of public dissent.
October 19, 2025 at 1:44 AM
In social movement studies, we talk about how marches and protests expand the threshold of acceptable risk so that people take more and bigger social risks IN PUBLIC, EN MASSE. This is extremely important for the bourgeois white folks holding signs and building social rapport.
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Military leaders who have broken from president Rajoelina have been careful not to actively seize power, seemingly to avoid the appearance of a coup.
Rajoelina himself came to power in a coup & insists that he’s staying in power to save the deeply impoverished nation
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/13/w...
Rajoelina himself came to power in a coup & insists that he’s staying in power to save the deeply impoverished nation
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/13/w...
Madagascar’s President Goes Into Hiding
www.nytimes.com
October 14, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Military leaders who have broken from president Rajoelina have been careful not to actively seize power, seemingly to avoid the appearance of a coup.
Rajoelina himself came to power in a coup & insists that he’s staying in power to save the deeply impoverished nation
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/13/w...
Rajoelina himself came to power in a coup & insists that he’s staying in power to save the deeply impoverished nation
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/13/w...
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okay AI controversy aside, just talking as a nerd for a second: this is such a cool paper
"In a landmark study, OpenAI researchers reveal that large language models will always produce plausible but false outputs, even with perfect data, due to fundamental statistical and computational limits."
www.computerworld.com/article/4059...
www.computerworld.com/article/4059...
OpenAI admits AI hallucinations are mathematically inevitable, not just engineering flaws
In a landmark study, OpenAI researchers reveal that large language models will always produce plausible but false outputs, even with perfect data, due to fundamental statistical and computational limi...
www.computerworld.com
September 21, 2025 at 4:07 PM
okay AI controversy aside, just talking as a nerd for a second: this is such a cool paper
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I am 100% convinced that Trump does not remember who Kirk is and does not remember what happened to him.
![REPORTER: Mr. President, my condolences to you, Sir. My condolences on the loss of your friend Charlie Kirk. [unintelligible]
How are you holding up over the last day and a half, Sir?
TRUMP: I think very good. And by the way, right there, you see all the trucks? They've just started construction of the new ballroom for the White House, which is something they ve been trying to get, as you know, for about 150 years. And it's gonna be a beauty. Absolutely magnificent construction. We just started, so it'll get done very nicely.
And it will be one of the best anywhere in the world, actually.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cfy5rgqvohpdqxgu2geb5u2b/bafkreig42mujsiyxozvq3kiayszu47dbk6zds3icm5bwu34twt3d7vbo2q@jpeg)
September 12, 2025 at 3:28 PM
I am 100% convinced that Trump does not remember who Kirk is and does not remember what happened to him.
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“GPT-5 is the first time that it feels like talking to an expert in any topic — a Ph.D.-level expert,” OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said.
August 7, 2025 at 8:36 PM
“GPT-5 is the first time that it feels like talking to an expert in any topic — a Ph.D.-level expert,” OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said.
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Kennedy Curse Sure Taking Its Sweet Time With RFK Jr.
August 7, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Kennedy Curse Sure Taking Its Sweet Time With RFK Jr.
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LAFC has finalized the transfer of Korean star Son Heung-min for a league-record fee.
The club will pay Tottenham in the neighborhood of $26.5 million (£20 million) for the winger, sources said.
www.nytimes.com/athletic/653...
The club will pay Tottenham in the neighborhood of $26.5 million (£20 million) for the winger, sources said.
www.nytimes.com/athletic/653...
August 5, 2025 at 7:23 PM
LAFC has finalized the transfer of Korean star Son Heung-min for a league-record fee.
The club will pay Tottenham in the neighborhood of $26.5 million (£20 million) for the winger, sources said.
www.nytimes.com/athletic/653...
The club will pay Tottenham in the neighborhood of $26.5 million (£20 million) for the winger, sources said.
www.nytimes.com/athletic/653...
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Finally, a united nation.
August 4, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Finally, a united nation.
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Larry Summers: "This is way beyond anything Nixon ever did ... this is the stuff of democracies giving way to authoritarianism. Firing statisticians goes with threatening the heads of newspapers, launching assaults on universities, launching assaults on law firms. This is really scary stuff."
August 3, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Larry Summers: "This is way beyond anything Nixon ever did ... this is the stuff of democracies giving way to authoritarianism. Firing statisticians goes with threatening the heads of newspapers, launching assaults on universities, launching assaults on law firms. This is really scary stuff."
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The Department of Justice is pretending it needed to talk to notorious liar Ghislaine Maxwell to know the truth about Jeffrey Epstein, when it is concealing thousands of documents about him that don’t lie. It’s a sick farce.
July 25, 2025 at 7:28 PM
The Department of Justice is pretending it needed to talk to notorious liar Ghislaine Maxwell to know the truth about Jeffrey Epstein, when it is concealing thousands of documents about him that don’t lie. It’s a sick farce.
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I want to know if the President of the United States is a pedophile. And I know the American people do too.
I'm shocked that Republicans would rather shut down Congress than stand up to a dead pedophile.
So why not release the files?
I'm shocked that Republicans would rather shut down Congress than stand up to a dead pedophile.
So why not release the files?
July 25, 2025 at 2:33 AM
I want to know if the President of the United States is a pedophile. And I know the American people do too.
I'm shocked that Republicans would rather shut down Congress than stand up to a dead pedophile.
So why not release the files?
I'm shocked that Republicans would rather shut down Congress than stand up to a dead pedophile.
So why not release the files?
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A pilot programme in Nigeria helped students make two years’ worth of progress in six weeks
Can AI be trusted in schools?
A pilot programme in Nigeria helped students make two years’ worth of progress in six weeks
econ.st
July 24, 2025 at 2:00 AM
A pilot programme in Nigeria helped students make two years’ worth of progress in six weeks
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EPSTEIN FILES NOW!
July 21, 2025 at 11:58 PM
EPSTEIN FILES NOW!
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It’s insane to me that the Epstein list is the thing that’s making the base finally turn on him (as opposed to, say, any of the other thousands of things he’s done that have denigrated the nation), but here we are, and I will take it.
July 11, 2025 at 10:12 AM
It’s insane to me that the Epstein list is the thing that’s making the base finally turn on him (as opposed to, say, any of the other thousands of things he’s done that have denigrated the nation), but here we are, and I will take it.
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When experts warned for months that the NWS “is being destroyed” by Trump’s personnel cuts, Howard Lutnick assured Congress that forecasting won’t be affected. Now TX officials are blaming a faulty forecast by NWS for the deadly impact of a storm. open.substack.com/pub/meidasto...
Texas Officials Blame Agency Gutted by Trump for Results of Deadly Storm
Experts warned for months about cuts to NWS and NOAA
open.substack.com
July 5, 2025 at 11:20 AM
When experts warned for months that the NWS “is being destroyed” by Trump’s personnel cuts, Howard Lutnick assured Congress that forecasting won’t be affected. Now TX officials are blaming a faulty forecast by NWS for the deadly impact of a storm. open.substack.com/pub/meidasto...
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So a bunch of GOP congresspeople just agreed to a bill that many know is bad to please a guy that doesn’t know what in it
July 4, 2025 at 1:50 AM
So a bunch of GOP congresspeople just agreed to a bill that many know is bad to please a guy that doesn’t know what in it
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These didn't age well.
June 23, 2025 at 12:14 PM
These didn't age well.
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I’m surprised he decided go to war on a second country. You’d think destroying America would be enough.
June 22, 2025 at 12:56 AM
I’m surprised he decided go to war on a second country. You’d think destroying America would be enough.
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Art of the Deal
June 13, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Art of the Deal
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Lots of talk today about the demise of BlueSky. For whatever it's worth, it's been a boon to indie publishers like us. Twitter and Facebook have pretty much silenced us, so the engagement here has, and continues to be, wonderful.
June 8, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Lots of talk today about the demise of BlueSky. For whatever it's worth, it's been a boon to indie publishers like us. Twitter and Facebook have pretty much silenced us, so the engagement here has, and continues to be, wonderful.
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I don’t think we’re getting those $5,000 DOGE checks.
June 6, 2025 at 4:04 PM
I don’t think we’re getting those $5,000 DOGE checks.
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You’re telling me this guy was on drugs? I’m not buying it.
May 31, 2025 at 12:14 AM
You’re telling me this guy was on drugs? I’m not buying it.