christina mcc
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RIP Kaleb Horton
kalebhorton.ghost.io/2025-so-far/
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September 27, 2025 at 1:01 PM
RIP Kaleb Horton
kalebhorton.ghost.io/2025-so-far/
kalebhorton.ghost.io/2025-so-far/
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Hi @npr.org! We worked late tonight putting together this handy pocket guide!
It doesn't address road design issues, but if we're going to educate road users, we should include drivers.
It's the size of a folded business card. Print it, fold it, put it in your wallet!
It doesn't address road design issues, but if we're going to educate road users, we should include drivers.
It's the size of a folded business card. Print it, fold it, put it in your wallet!
September 26, 2025 at 5:21 AM
Hi @npr.org! We worked late tonight putting together this handy pocket guide!
It doesn't address road design issues, but if we're going to educate road users, we should include drivers.
It's the size of a folded business card. Print it, fold it, put it in your wallet!
It doesn't address road design issues, but if we're going to educate road users, we should include drivers.
It's the size of a folded business card. Print it, fold it, put it in your wallet!
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great read. the task is impossible. try anyway
This one's maybe a little on the ling side, but trust me, it's worth it. I've cried reading it multiple times.
(1/3)
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September 17, 2025 at 5:06 PM
great read. the task is impossible. try anyway
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this is just incredibly bleak
we wanted the machines to automate the drudgery so we had more time to create and they have done the exact opposite
we wanted the machines to automate the drudgery so we had more time to create and they have done the exact opposite
Freelance illustration gigs drying up. Ad agencies using Midjourney instead of hiring human artists. Costume design turned over to AI wholesale. Good work vanishing.
These are the stories of working visual artists, who describe losing jobs, wages, and hope as their clients and bosses embrace AI.
These are the stories of working visual artists, who describe losing jobs, wages, and hope as their clients and bosses embrace AI.
Artists are losing work, wages, and hope as bosses and clients embrace AI
Visual artists, illustrators and graphic designers share their stories about how AI is being used to lower wages, degrade work and even replace it altogether, in this installment of AI Killed My Job.
www.bloodinthemachine.com
September 17, 2025 at 7:19 PM
this is just incredibly bleak
we wanted the machines to automate the drudgery so we had more time to create and they have done the exact opposite
we wanted the machines to automate the drudgery so we had more time to create and they have done the exact opposite
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great blog defector.com/how-the-fuck...
How Are You Supposed To Get The COVID Vaccine Now? An Explainer | Defector
As the muggy malaise of summer winds down, you might find yourself interested in taking advantage of one of several safe and proven vaccines to help protect you from the inevitable brumal surge of res...
defector.com
September 3, 2025 at 6:43 PM
great blog defector.com/how-the-fuck...
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I know the weak/strong thing is core to fascism but it's so exhausting to experience in real time. Like these guys run on platforms of being manly men and then once elected all they do is talk about how they're afraid to walk through Kroger and we need machine gun robots in every 7/11.
August 18, 2025 at 12:39 PM
I know the weak/strong thing is core to fascism but it's so exhausting to experience in real time. Like these guys run on platforms of being manly men and then once elected all they do is talk about how they're afraid to walk through Kroger and we need machine gun robots in every 7/11.
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Attention chumps: If you, despite all our dire warnings, decided to put your newsletter on Substack, the untrustworthy asses who run the company just did what we all knew they would, and made it impossible to take your subscribers with you if you want to leave. support.substack.com/hc/en-us/art...
Can my subscribers pay on the Substack iOS app?
Substack now includes external links in the iOS app that take readers to the web to complete their purchase. Subscriptions made this way are treated like standard web purchases—creators receive the...
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August 18, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Attention chumps: If you, despite all our dire warnings, decided to put your newsletter on Substack, the untrustworthy asses who run the company just did what we all knew they would, and made it impossible to take your subscribers with you if you want to leave. support.substack.com/hc/en-us/art...
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Child of Omelas? That’s thinking too small. What if like eight billion people suffered so a few dozen guys could live lives so insane they convinced themselves it’s more likely they’re inside a computer simulation
July 5, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Child of Omelas? That’s thinking too small. What if like eight billion people suffered so a few dozen guys could live lives so insane they convinced themselves it’s more likely they’re inside a computer simulation
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Once you understand this, not only are you better prepared to recognize it when it's being done *to* you, but you are also more equipped to deploy the same and attendant mechanisms toward prosocial ends
This, in part, is what i mean when i say "all the worst people have realised that magic is real."
"That which i tell you 3 times is true" isn't just about literal repetition, but about ingraining a grove into the mind— a fact of perception made into reality by the confirmation of mutilple frames.
"That which i tell you 3 times is true" isn't just about literal repetition, but about ingraining a grove into the mind— a fact of perception made into reality by the confirmation of mutilple frames.
I frequently remind people that when given the chance, Republicans held DOZENS of hearings about Benghazi, knowing full well that it was nothing that would result in nothing, but it forced the media to discuss a right-wing buzzword for months on end. Dems think that stuff is petty, but it’s strategy
June 10, 2024 at 5:43 PM
Once you understand this, not only are you better prepared to recognize it when it's being done *to* you, but you are also more equipped to deploy the same and attendant mechanisms toward prosocial ends
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We all like to joke about July being "Gay Wrath Month" but it's actually Disability Pride Month, so have the Disability Pride Flag from VGAPride and my AST Premmia LX MS-DOS machine
July 2, 2025 at 12:14 AM
We all like to joke about July being "Gay Wrath Month" but it's actually Disability Pride Month, so have the Disability Pride Flag from VGAPride and my AST Premmia LX MS-DOS machine
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OP's point that there is a direct through line between unresolved historical injustice & current day global injustice that can be read & contextually understood & actually *must be* read & understood (without bias, ego or sensitivity) in order to press on is something that shouldn't be glossed over.
The world we know was built on mass killings, weaponised disease, sexual violence, cultural erasure, and slavery.
And genocide *always* went hand-in-hand with ecocide.
You won't understand what's happening globally today if you don't understand these basic facts.
share.google/QBvjiWN6GEKR...
And genocide *always* went hand-in-hand with ecocide.
You won't understand what's happening globally today if you don't understand these basic facts.
share.google/QBvjiWN6GEKR...
Inquiry finds British committed genocide on Indigenous Australians
It is the country's first formal "truth-telling" inquiry that ran for four years from 2021.
share.google
July 2, 2025 at 5:36 PM
OP's point that there is a direct through line between unresolved historical injustice & current day global injustice that can be read & contextually understood & actually *must be* read & understood (without bias, ego or sensitivity) in order to press on is something that shouldn't be glossed over.
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people come up with all kinds of fanciful math to justify billionaires' wealth but imo present political moment demonstrates conclusively that we need to tax billionaires at whatever rate will keep them focused on their own fucking business rather than our Medicaid and pediatric cancer research
July 2, 2025 at 3:34 PM
people come up with all kinds of fanciful math to justify billionaires' wealth but imo present political moment demonstrates conclusively that we need to tax billionaires at whatever rate will keep them focused on their own fucking business rather than our Medicaid and pediatric cancer research
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Speaking as someone uneasy with the way a lot of advocates for Palestinian liberation reference “intifada” —
Zohran Mamdan’s answer here is superb. Thoughtful, informed, genuine, engaged, and miles away from antisemitism.
Zohran Mamdan’s answer here is superb. Thoughtful, informed, genuine, engaged, and miles away from antisemitism.
I feel like I'm losing my mind. Here is the transcript of what Zohran Mamdani actually said about the phrase "globalize the intifada." This is his "refusal to disavow it." This is what has people terrified. Just fucking read it.
Source: podscripts.co/podcasts/the...
Source: podscripts.co/podcasts/the...
June 29, 2025 at 4:02 AM
Speaking as someone uneasy with the way a lot of advocates for Palestinian liberation reference “intifada” —
Zohran Mamdan’s answer here is superb. Thoughtful, informed, genuine, engaged, and miles away from antisemitism.
Zohran Mamdan’s answer here is superb. Thoughtful, informed, genuine, engaged, and miles away from antisemitism.
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Reminder: This is a cloture vote — a vote to advance the bill, not the final vote.
Please call your reps.
Please call your reps.
![YOU: Hi, my name is [NAME]. I’m a constituent from [ZIP CODE].
YOU: I’m calling to urge [SENATOR] to vote NO on Trump’s budget bill. The legislation is reckless and deeply harmful to working families and vulnerable communities.
YOU: I’m alarmed by the bill’s tax cuts that would overwhelmingly benefit the wealthy, while every day Americans continue to struggle with rising costs. Extending/expanding the Trump tax cuts would add trillions to the government debt - as evidenced by the CBO’s estimates on the House version of the bill/the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget’s preliminary estimates on the Senate’s version of the bill.
YOU: I’m also against the proposed work requirements for Medicaid and SNAP. These programs are essential life liens for many, and forcing them to work to quality for basic healthcare and food is punitive and dangerous.
YOU: The hidden restrictions embedded in the bill - e.g. the caveats placed on programs like the Broadband, Equity, Access, and Deployment Program, as long as states agree to not regulate AI for ten years - shows not only an attack on state autonomy, but an adherence to Big Tech.
YOU: State legislators have introduced bills to protect people from biased artificial intelligence models, and this cap on regulation will directly impact some of the strong legislation already in place.
YOU: I am calling on Senator to vote against this bill, and I would [like a written answer/email/phone call back.]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:vdabazxnghujbebpi2ektqgi/bafkreihdntukux4yr7wkly7u5o7ee5xglhms6t5gjfhdefealhktq2zuxe@jpeg)
June 29, 2025 at 3:11 AM
Reminder: This is a cloture vote — a vote to advance the bill, not the final vote.
Please call your reps.
Please call your reps.
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As a follow-up to _Calling Bullshit_, Jevin West and I developed the course about LLMs that we think every college freshman should take.
Yesterday I talked about the course in a seminar at UNSW. And thanks to my colleagues there, 24 hours later the video is already online.
Yesterday I talked about the course in a seminar at UNSW. And thanks to my colleagues there, 24 hours later the video is already online.
Yesterday, @carlbergstrom.com presented his course "Modern-day Oracles or BS Machines? How to thrive in a ChatGPT world". Neat way to make students aware of the capacities and limitations of LLMs👇🎰
Recording: www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZC0...
Course: thebullshitmachines.com
@unswbabs.bsky.social
Recording: www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZC0...
Course: thebullshitmachines.com
@unswbabs.bsky.social
Modern Day Oracles or Bullshit Machines? Seminar with Prof. Carl Bergstrom, University of Washington
YouTube video by UNSW eLearning
www.youtube.com
June 26, 2025 at 5:10 AM
As a follow-up to _Calling Bullshit_, Jevin West and I developed the course about LLMs that we think every college freshman should take.
Yesterday I talked about the course in a seminar at UNSW. And thanks to my colleagues there, 24 hours later the video is already online.
Yesterday I talked about the course in a seminar at UNSW. And thanks to my colleagues there, 24 hours later the video is already online.
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“Our profit from the post office is the post office.” Really wish every story we get about cost “overruns” and “losses” from USPS included this framing.
I wrote about our Kidnapping & Enslavement forces, the traditional notions that government is made for profit and human beings are meant for efficiency, and the ways these notions inevitably lead to enslavement.
The profit we gain from society IS society.
www.the-reframe.com/our-purpose-...
The profit we gain from society IS society.
www.the-reframe.com/our-purpose-...
Our Purpose Isn't Efficiency
Society is not a corporation and we are not its employees. Moving the sick American spirit toward health by abandoning fool notions and damned lies.
www.the-reframe.com
May 11, 2025 at 7:41 PM
“Our profit from the post office is the post office.” Really wish every story we get about cost “overruns” and “losses” from USPS included this framing.
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Medicaid covers...
-40% of births nationwide
-50% of kids with special needs
-72 million people in total
Remember this as Republicans move to gut the program to finance tax cuts that will overwhelmingly go to the richest 1% of Americans.
"Party of family values."
-40% of births nationwide
-50% of kids with special needs
-72 million people in total
Remember this as Republicans move to gut the program to finance tax cuts that will overwhelmingly go to the richest 1% of Americans.
"Party of family values."
May 11, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Medicaid covers...
-40% of births nationwide
-50% of kids with special needs
-72 million people in total
Remember this as Republicans move to gut the program to finance tax cuts that will overwhelmingly go to the richest 1% of Americans.
"Party of family values."
-40% of births nationwide
-50% of kids with special needs
-72 million people in total
Remember this as Republicans move to gut the program to finance tax cuts that will overwhelmingly go to the richest 1% of Americans.
"Party of family values."
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I say this for everyone who thinks that we just have to go along with what the public things: we don’t. The public can change their minds. They have in the past.
We can just do the right thing and then not end up looking like a horrific bigot in a handful of years.
We can just do the right thing and then not end up looking like a horrific bigot in a handful of years.
May 8, 2025 at 11:36 PM
I say this for everyone who thinks that we just have to go along with what the public things: we don’t. The public can change their minds. They have in the past.
We can just do the right thing and then not end up looking like a horrific bigot in a handful of years.
We can just do the right thing and then not end up looking like a horrific bigot in a handful of years.
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Please, please take the time to read this thread on Curtis Yarvin. This is the guy Musk, Theil, Vance, (& now Trump) have been worshipping/following. This (& Technocracy) are what guides the steps of DOGE & our current gov’t. Don’t believe for a minute these wild moves have no plan. It is control!
Hi, hello. In order to grasp the significance of Trump crowning himself a King, you have to understand that he is literally carrying out a plan crafted by Curtis Yarvin, a right wing extremist, to overthrow democracy and replace it with dictatorial rule by a monarch-CEO.
April 3, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Please, please take the time to read this thread on Curtis Yarvin. This is the guy Musk, Theil, Vance, (& now Trump) have been worshipping/following. This (& Technocracy) are what guides the steps of DOGE & our current gov’t. Don’t believe for a minute these wild moves have no plan. It is control!
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Ohh "America First" was a hit list
April 3, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Ohh "America First" was a hit list
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This is a very clear and concise explanation for forwarding to confused friends and family members.
I wrote a bunch of words trying to explain how economically incomprehensible the tariff stuff is. It explains how a 5th grader understands basic econ better than Trump and his economic advisors.
www.techdirt.com/2025/04/03/t...
www.techdirt.com/2025/04/03/t...
Trump Declares A Trade War On Uninhabited Islands, US Military, And Economic Logic
There’s a fundamental problem with Donald Trump’s new trade policy: it fails a test that actual 5th graders can pass. I know this because I tried explaining his “Liberation Day…
www.techdirt.com
April 3, 2025 at 7:33 PM
This is a very clear and concise explanation for forwarding to confused friends and family members.