I think? I might have used phonics? Or whatever came before this, at least. ‘87. But I went to a private religious school fwiw, I don’t know how representative they are

*devoted*
man.

uhhh this actually reminds me a lot of how LLMs function at a basic level too - predicting tokens based on proximity & context, etc 😬 ...so we're teaching kids to read like AI & saying AI level is good enough

This is not crazy, this is just stupid.

Their name doesn’t even need to be Bond IMO, just give someone the designation

This means Rick Scott does not believe there should be any of what the ACA calls "essential health benefits" — things an insurance company *has* to cover

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More than just 8 but less than all of the Senate Dems

Whole point of this maneuver being we don’t know who exactly it was that supported it. Yes, “institutionalists,” tell me more about how the filibuster promotes good governance

I kind of think both Takes are right here. All us sickos remember, but a lot of people who aren't quite so engaged are probably just left with the vague impression that the Democrats are feckless

it's so dumb to talk about bipartisanship as an end unto itself because political parties are not supposed to want to work with each other if they can help it. you're not supposed to wanna work with your opponents. you want to accomplish as much of your agenda as possible

the implicit wrecker accusations are driving me nuts tbqh

If saying /even this/ is enough to make you a wrecker or something, I don’t know what to tell you man. not sure why we need to co-sign or at least quietly tolerate the actions of the most yellow-bellied conservatives in the party or else be treated like a fifth column

fun, fun is needed

In "Trust me, I'm Lying," Ryan Holiday talked about how online-only media outlets (then 2010s blogging) dishonestly edited headlines and content post-hoc, often reactively in response to outrage or being caught getting things wrong. its really incredible that this is MSM now