Mike (1 of many)
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Mike (1 of many)
@chicagomike.bsky.social
· Oct 10
@404media.co , @jasonkoebler.bsky.social do great work tracking public surveillance systems used to track Americans. If you have not seen their reporting, I highly recommend it. I've noticed more and more automated license plate readers every week. So, I wanted to 🔎.
Unreal.
Live programming trance with Strudel - with the performer's live commentary topping it nicely.
Think trackers were not geeky enough ? There you go !
That densely expressive language encodes trance wonderfully.
Think trackers were not geeky enough ? There you go !
That densely expressive language encodes trance wonderfully.
Coding Trance Music from Scratch (Again )
YouTube video by Switch Angel
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December 9, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Unreal.
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Running it back again, likely testing Venezuelan air defense and radar response.
December 9, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Running it back again, likely testing Venezuelan air defense and radar response.
December 9, 2025 at 5:18 PM
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If someone in the White House press corps doesn't ask Trump today why he's so scared of strong women, they should all go home.
December 9, 2025 at 12:35 PM
If someone in the White House press corps doesn't ask Trump today why he's so scared of strong women, they should all go home.
An MQ-4C haa moved further south, off the coasts of Aruba and Curaçao. Looks like it may be heading home.
December 9, 2025 at 12:35 PM
An MQ-4C haa moved further south, off the coasts of Aruba and Curaçao. Looks like it may be heading home.
Hey buddy, I got a secret. They don't hate us. Everyone hates you. You are the joke we wish we could afford to laugh at.
December 9, 2025 at 5:26 AM
Hey buddy, I got a secret. They don't hate us. Everyone hates you. You are the joke we wish we could afford to laugh at.
This MQ-4C is pretty far south over the Caribbean tonight. I've seen one between the east coast and the Yucatan peninsula the past few weeks. This is the first time I've noticed it this far south.
December 9, 2025 at 5:07 AM
This MQ-4C is pretty far south over the Caribbean tonight. I've seen one between the east coast and the Yucatan peninsula the past few weeks. This is the first time I've noticed it this far south.
Forgot to pay the Trump tax, oops
US DOJ DETAINS TWO MEN FOR ATTEMPTING TO SMUGGLE $160 MILLION WORTH OF NVIDIA AI CHIPS TO CHINA; THIRD SUSPECT HAS PLEADED GUILTY
December 9, 2025 at 2:21 AM
Forgot to pay the Trump tax, oops
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EUROPEAN OFFICIALS EYE ‘NUCLEAR OPTION’ OF DUMPING U.S. TREASURIES IF TRUMP CUTS UKRAINE DEAL WITHOUT ALLIES — WSJ
December 9, 2025 at 2:20 AM
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part of it i rarely see commented on is how much of this is just shaming mothers for trying to raise their kids as best they can. the endless optimization, the vaccines, the formula, the dietary restrictions, the (not so much) subtext is "if you don't follow this thick ass book you're a bad mom"
December 8, 2025 at 10:46 PM
part of it i rarely see commented on is how much of this is just shaming mothers for trying to raise their kids as best they can. the endless optimization, the vaccines, the formula, the dietary restrictions, the (not so much) subtext is "if you don't follow this thick ass book you're a bad mom"
"...an FPV drone and an aircraft carrier are not comparable. You can not—and I cannot believe I’m saying this—transport multiple airwings to contest sea lanes with a $100 drone."
December 8, 2025 at 10:23 PM
"...an FPV drone and an aircraft carrier are not comparable. You can not—and I cannot believe I’m saying this—transport multiple airwings to contest sea lanes with a $100 drone."
1 doll, 1 cookie, 1 movie for Christmas.
NEW: Dr. Oz is quite literally telling his federal employees to eat less.
“You don't have to try every cookie on the holiday table,” wrote Mehmet Oz in an email to all Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services employees.
“You don't have to try every cookie on the holiday table,” wrote Mehmet Oz in an email to all Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services employees.
Dr. Oz Tells His Federal Employees to Eat Less
“You don't have to try every cookie on the holiday table,” wrote Mehmet Oz in an email to all Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services staffers.
www.wired.com
December 8, 2025 at 9:40 PM
1 doll, 1 cookie, 1 movie for Christmas.
I wonder how he squares this with the fact God appears to hate him?
RFK Jr: "All of the ingenuity of corporate America has not produced an infant formula that is superior in nutrition and all the qualities that we want to the infant formula that God made, which is the infant formula in a mother's breast."
December 8, 2025 at 9:12 PM
I wonder how he squares this with the fact God appears to hate him?
Brokeass thugs working for DHS stealing cars and cash from people while collecting $50k signing bonuses.
Not only is ICE snatching hard working people who are trying to earn a living, they’re taking their money too?
A witness recorded ICE agents taking a cash box from a taco stand in La Puente during an operation where four people were arrested.
A witness recorded ICE agents taking a cash box from a taco stand in La Puente during an operation where four people were arrested.
December 8, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Brokeass thugs working for DHS stealing cars and cash from people while collecting $50k signing bonuses.
They're relying on the power of the US military to backstop this adventures while defunding and re-prioritizing the entire US military.
Also, if your disruptor Silicon Valley firm doesn't pan out, some VCs lose a bunch of money and you have to change jobs.
Whereas if your doctrine doesn't pan out, 85,000 men are dead, 100,000+ are maimed and 1,500,000 are being held captive by literal Nazis.
The stakes are a bit higher.
Whereas if your doctrine doesn't pan out, 85,000 men are dead, 100,000+ are maimed and 1,500,000 are being held captive by literal Nazis.
The stakes are a bit higher.
Which is something that these disrupter Silicon Valley people never seem to consider.
You can fuck up reforming a military force horribly. You can add new technology, doctrine, and equipment and if you systematically do it wrong you’ll get the dogshit kicked out of you.
You can fuck up reforming a military force horribly. You can add new technology, doctrine, and equipment and if you systematically do it wrong you’ll get the dogshit kicked out of you.
December 8, 2025 at 9:01 PM
They're relying on the power of the US military to backstop this adventures while defunding and re-prioritizing the entire US military.
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Giving Ukraine the resources it needs to defend itself doesn’t prolong the war, it can help end it.
Thank you Radek Sikorski for convening a call of foreign ministers of the Council of the Baltic Sea States, where we were clear:
Securing multi-year funding for Ukraine in December is essential.
Thank you Radek Sikorski for convening a call of foreign ministers of the Council of the Baltic Sea States, where we were clear:
Securing multi-year funding for Ukraine in December is essential.
December 8, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Giving Ukraine the resources it needs to defend itself doesn’t prolong the war, it can help end it.
Thank you Radek Sikorski for convening a call of foreign ministers of the Council of the Baltic Sea States, where we were clear:
Securing multi-year funding for Ukraine in December is essential.
Thank you Radek Sikorski for convening a call of foreign ministers of the Council of the Baltic Sea States, where we were clear:
Securing multi-year funding for Ukraine in December is essential.
imo "researchers are largely in line with Sutton, Karpathy, Ilya — current LLM architecture isn’t enough" is the juice. I'm really excited to see where this goes.
3. researchers aren’t focused on what twitter/X/bsky is focused on
4. researchers are largely in line with Sutton, Karpathy, Ilya — current LLM architecture isn’t enough
tpot gave Dwarkesh a lot of shit for those interviews, but those interviews are right at the pulse of what’s actually happening
4. researchers are largely in line with Sutton, Karpathy, Ilya — current LLM architecture isn’t enough
tpot gave Dwarkesh a lot of shit for those interviews, but those interviews are right at the pulse of what’s actually happening
December 8, 2025 at 3:37 PM
imo "researchers are largely in line with Sutton, Karpathy, Ilya — current LLM architecture isn’t enough" is the juice. I'm really excited to see where this goes.
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#BREAKING Tsunami of up to three metres (10 feet) expected to hit Japan's Pacific coast, meteorological agency says, after 7.6-magnitude quake hits
December 8, 2025 at 2:55 PM
#BREAKING Tsunami of up to three metres (10 feet) expected to hit Japan's Pacific coast, meteorological agency says, after 7.6-magnitude quake hits
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IBM agrees to acquire data streaming software maker Confluent for ~$11B in cash, above its ~$8B market value as of its December 5 close, paying $31 per share (Lauren Thomas/Wall Street Journal)
Main Link | Techmeme Permalink
Main Link | Techmeme Permalink
December 8, 2025 at 1:11 PM
IBM agrees to acquire data streaming software maker Confluent for ~$11B in cash, above its ~$8B market value as of its December 5 close, paying $31 per share (Lauren Thomas/Wall Street Journal)
Main Link | Techmeme Permalink
Main Link | Techmeme Permalink
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Heavy clashes have been reported between Cambodia and Thailand over the past several hours, including exchanges of artillery fire and Thai airstrikes. The Thai Army Chief vowed to "render Cambodia incapable of military action for a long time" in response to the escalating clashes.
December 8, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Heavy clashes have been reported between Cambodia and Thailand over the past several hours, including exchanges of artillery fire and Thai airstrikes. The Thai Army Chief vowed to "render Cambodia incapable of military action for a long time" in response to the escalating clashes.
Amazing lineup.
Nominees for Best Male Actor in a TV Drama at this year's #GoldenGlobes :
Sterling K. Brown - Paradise
Diego Luna - Andor
Gary Oldman - Slow Horses
Mark Ruffalo - Task
Adam Scott - Severance
Noah Wyle - The Pitt
Sterling K. Brown - Paradise
Diego Luna - Andor
Gary Oldman - Slow Horses
Mark Ruffalo - Task
Adam Scott - Severance
Noah Wyle - The Pitt
December 8, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Amazing lineup.
uhh what?
US LAYOFFS SET TO EXCEED THE 2008 FINANCIAL CRISIS
December 8, 2025 at 1:44 AM
uhh what?
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Thailand has started to use fighter jets in the conflict with Cambodia after the clashes escalated yesterday.
Royal Thai Army spokesperson Maj Gen Winthai Suvaree has come out to confirm that fighter jets were started to be used to respond to the aggression by Cambodian side.-Thai Enquirer
Royal Thai Army spokesperson Maj Gen Winthai Suvaree has come out to confirm that fighter jets were started to be used to respond to the aggression by Cambodian side.-Thai Enquirer
December 8, 2025 at 12:51 AM
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