EndMalcompetence
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Remember folks, this ISN'T a simple case of "we don't like how the money gets spent."
This is "Congress passed laws to spend in a specific way, Trump is breaking those laws, and complicit Republicans won't impeach him for breaking the laws."
This is "Congress passed laws to spend in a specific way, Trump is breaking those laws, and complicit Republicans won't impeach him for breaking the laws."
November 12, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Even if they do, there's a global prisoner's-dilemma/ tragedy of the commons, since it's not a pollution that respects many jurisdictional boundaries.
November 12, 2025 at 9:32 AM
Even if they do, there's a global prisoner's-dilemma/ tragedy of the commons, since it's not a pollution that respects many jurisdictional boundaries.
"Whaddayuh say we mosey on back to a United States of Smash?"
November 12, 2025 at 9:29 AM
"Whaddayuh say we mosey on back to a United States of Smash?"
"We're pleased to say that there have been absolutely zero complaints of organized crime on our systems."
" How does someone lodge a complaint like that?"
"Those forms are at the bottom of a locked filing cabinet stuck in a disused lavatory with a sign on the door saying 'Beware of the Leopard.'"
" How does someone lodge a complaint like that?"
"Those forms are at the bottom of a locked filing cabinet stuck in a disused lavatory with a sign on the door saying 'Beware of the Leopard.'"
November 12, 2025 at 9:23 AM
"We're pleased to say that there have been absolutely zero complaints of organized crime on our systems."
" How does someone lodge a complaint like that?"
"Those forms are at the bottom of a locked filing cabinet stuck in a disused lavatory with a sign on the door saying 'Beware of the Leopard.'"
" How does someone lodge a complaint like that?"
"Those forms are at the bottom of a locked filing cabinet stuck in a disused lavatory with a sign on the door saying 'Beware of the Leopard.'"
I don't think anyone's ever compiled a list of federal monuments ranked by how Americans want them destroyed, but at this rate we might have it someday.
November 12, 2025 at 9:19 AM
I don't think anyone's ever compiled a list of federal monuments ranked by how Americans want them destroyed, but at this rate we might have it someday.
Does it count as a trick if the person is explaining the trick?
November 12, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Does it count as a trick if the person is explaining the trick?
Fun fact: It was preceded by the Articles of Confederation. (Not to be confused with the civil-war southern Confederacy.)
That was arguably version 1.0, and it didn't work very well, especially when it came to sharing military costs.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Article...
That was arguably version 1.0, and it didn't work very well, especially when it came to sharing military costs.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Article...
Articles of Confederation - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
November 12, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Fun fact: It was preceded by the Articles of Confederation. (Not to be confused with the civil-war southern Confederacy.)
That was arguably version 1.0, and it didn't work very well, especially when it came to sharing military costs.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Article...
That was arguably version 1.0, and it didn't work very well, especially when it came to sharing military costs.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Article...
*Literary Agent-ing intensifies*
November 12, 2025 at 8:34 AM
*Literary Agent-ing intensifies*
Compare:
1. Sculpting a block of marble so that it looks like living flesh and rippling silk.
2. "Hey guys here's some software that makes your 3D prints look smoother."
1. Sculpting a block of marble so that it looks like living flesh and rippling silk.
2. "Hey guys here's some software that makes your 3D prints look smoother."
November 12, 2025 at 8:31 AM
Compare:
1. Sculpting a block of marble so that it looks like living flesh and rippling silk.
2. "Hey guys here's some software that makes your 3D prints look smoother."
1. Sculpting a block of marble so that it looks like living flesh and rippling silk.
2. "Hey guys here's some software that makes your 3D prints look smoother."
This isn't a fair comparison.
1. Artists pushing a medium to its extremes, to evoke a level of detail beyond what would normally be considered possible with the hardware.
2. No more restrictions, uncountable pixels, someone trying to "improve" simpler picture data.
1. Artists pushing a medium to its extremes, to evoke a level of detail beyond what would normally be considered possible with the hardware.
2. No more restrictions, uncountable pixels, someone trying to "improve" simpler picture data.
November 12, 2025 at 8:29 AM
This isn't a fair comparison.
1. Artists pushing a medium to its extremes, to evoke a level of detail beyond what would normally be considered possible with the hardware.
2. No more restrictions, uncountable pixels, someone trying to "improve" simpler picture data.
1. Artists pushing a medium to its extremes, to evoke a level of detail beyond what would normally be considered possible with the hardware.
2. No more restrictions, uncountable pixels, someone trying to "improve" simpler picture data.
Step four is spreading poison content that sabotages all models into responding to certain questions with your desired answer...
www.anthropic.com/research/sma...
www.anthropic.com/research/sma...
A small number of samples can poison LLMs of any size
Anthropic research on data-poisoning attacks in large language models
www.anthropic.com
November 12, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Step four is spreading poison content that sabotages all models into responding to certain questions with your desired answer...
www.anthropic.com/research/sma...
www.anthropic.com/research/sma...
"The room is full of natural columns, accreted over time into a natural wonder of—”
"Are there any enemies in the room?"
" You peer at the intricate curtain of flowstone, it's haunting intricacies reminding you of nothing so much as—”
"Don't care. Any objects?"
"...Rocks fall. Everyone dies."
"Are there any enemies in the room?"
" You peer at the intricate curtain of flowstone, it's haunting intricacies reminding you of nothing so much as—”
"Don't care. Any objects?"
"...Rocks fall. Everyone dies."
November 12, 2025 at 8:08 AM
"The room is full of natural columns, accreted over time into a natural wonder of—”
"Are there any enemies in the room?"
" You peer at the intricate curtain of flowstone, it's haunting intricacies reminding you of nothing so much as—”
"Don't care. Any objects?"
"...Rocks fall. Everyone dies."
"Are there any enemies in the room?"
" You peer at the intricate curtain of flowstone, it's haunting intricacies reminding you of nothing so much as—”
"Don't care. Any objects?"
"...Rocks fall. Everyone dies."
I'm sorry adventurer, you'll need to put your dormer life behind you, since you are no longer gable-bodied.
November 12, 2025 at 8:03 AM
I'm sorry adventurer, you'll need to put your dormer life behind you, since you are no longer gable-bodied.
Throwing another term onto the list, the rather more colloquial-sounding "flowstone".
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flowstone
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flowstone
Flowstone - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
November 12, 2025 at 7:59 AM
Throwing another term onto the list, the rather more colloquial-sounding "flowstone".
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flowstone
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flowstone
It escalates from brandishing to assault when they aim the gun at the victim.
November 12, 2025 at 7:51 AM
It escalates from brandishing to assault when they aim the gun at the victim.
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I assume the author is exaggerating a bit to make it sound like a cool career accomplishment.
> appointed publicity officer for the Central Electricity Generating Board
www.writerswrite.com/journal/terr...
> appointed publicity officer for the Central Electricity Generating Board
www.writerswrite.com/journal/terr...
Terry Pratchett Interview
Read our in-depth interview with fantasy author Terry Pratchett. Pratchett discusses his Discworld series, book tours, Neil Gaiman, the Carpentry School of Writing and more!
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November 11, 2025 at 6:47 PM
I assume the author is exaggerating a bit to make it sound like a cool career accomplishment.
> appointed publicity officer for the Central Electricity Generating Board
www.writerswrite.com/journal/terr...
> appointed publicity officer for the Central Electricity Generating Board
www.writerswrite.com/journal/terr...
That pardon was for the criminal stuff, like being part of a conspiracy to burglarize, destroying records, etc. It kept him from being prosecuted and thrown in jail.
It wasn't what stopped Congress from choosing to impeach/convict him on their own.
It wasn't what stopped Congress from choosing to impeach/convict him on their own.
November 11, 2025 at 5:29 PM
That pardon was for the criminal stuff, like being part of a conspiracy to burglarize, destroying records, etc. It kept him from being prosecuted and thrown in jail.
It wasn't what stopped Congress from choosing to impeach/convict him on their own.
It wasn't what stopped Congress from choosing to impeach/convict him on their own.
To be more specific: The text is typically understood as "Presidents can't pardon impeachments conducted by Congress against officials", which also makes sense in that impeachments are more civil than criminal.
November 11, 2025 at 11:41 AM
To be more specific: The text is typically understood as "Presidents can't pardon impeachments conducted by Congress against officials", which also makes sense in that impeachments are more civil than criminal.
Yeah, arguing "pardons don't apply if the crimes have anything to do with something a President could be impeached for" is... Being very optimistic.
November 11, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Yeah, arguing "pardons don't apply if the crimes have anything to do with something a President could be impeached for" is... Being very optimistic.
It's what we get when a President fires everyone with a backbone to put his own personal thugs into the Department of Justice—no prosecutions of a crime if the President wanted the crime.
Perhaps more importantly, all Republican legislators are complicit, since they won't impeach.
Perhaps more importantly, all Republican legislators are complicit, since they won't impeach.
November 11, 2025 at 10:19 AM
It's what we get when a President fires everyone with a backbone to put his own personal thugs into the Department of Justice—no prosecutions of a crime if the President wanted the crime.
Perhaps more importantly, all Republican legislators are complicit, since they won't impeach.
Perhaps more importantly, all Republican legislators are complicit, since they won't impeach.
We've known for years he funneled money to the organizers of the event, and he's also pardoned all of the rioters duly convicted of violent crimes in his name, so I'm not sure what else you're waiting for here.
November 11, 2025 at 10:11 AM
We've known for years he funneled money to the organizers of the event, and he's also pardoned all of the rioters duly convicted of violent crimes in his name, so I'm not sure what else you're waiting for here.