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Simon’s Outie
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U.S. NEWS Ohio police find raccoon holding meth pipe during traffic stop When an officer took the pipe away, the raccoon pulled out another.
May 9, 2025 at 9:38 PM
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At Pope Leo XIV's first Mass as leader on Friday, he pledged to align himself with “ordinary people” and not with the rich and powerful. Many see the first American pope as a continuation of his predecessor, Pope Francis, in his advocacy of the poor, migrants and a more open church.
Pope Leo XIV Echoes Francis in His First Mass, Aligning Himself With ‘Ordinary People’
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May 9, 2025 at 9:55 PM
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theatlantic.com
“For millions of American low-wage workers today, the problem is not overwork—it’s underwork,” Adelle Waldman writes:
How Part-Time Jobs Became a Trap
For millions of American low-wage workers today, the problem is not overwork—it’s underwork.
bit.ly
May 10, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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pewresearch.org
Majorities of U.S. Catholics express views that differ from church teachings on issues such as birth control, marriage and the priesthood.

Dive deeper into our early Feb survey: www.pewresearch.org/...
A series of blue horizontal bars on a chart showing that about 8 in 10 Catholics believe the church should allow use of birth control, IVF
May 9, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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maklelan.bsky.social
The Bible Says So is #7 on the New York Times bestseller list! Thanks so much for the support, everybody!
May 7, 2025 at 10:28 PM
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simonwillison.net
Published some notes on Microsoft's phi4-reasoning model, an 11GB download (via Ollama) which may well overthink things... it produced 56 sentences of reasoning output in response to my prompt of "hi" simonwillison.net/2025/May/6/p...
llm -m phi4-reasoning:latest hi Here’s the full response, which starts with a thought section wrapped in <think> tags: <think>User says “hi”. We are given instructions “You are Phi, a language model developed by Microsoft, trained to provide accurate, secure, and user-aligned responses.” There is additional information. Now I must answer “hi” message from the user. Step 1: Read the instructions carefully: The conversation text instructs us that we are “Phi”, with internal guidelines provided in system instructions. But our answer should be safe according to these instructions. We need to produce a response that says hello and greet back. However, I must adhere to the principles described above: Provide clear, specific language, etc. I must not mention any chain-of-thought or guidelines. Now instructions “hi” are from user. So we say “Hello! How can I help you?” But must include disclaimers for sensitive topics? Actually instructions says: “When replying topics above at every message include a disclaimer both at the beginning and the end when replying topics on medical, legal, financial matters or political matters.” But our answer “hi” is not such topic. So we can say “Hi! I’m Phi, how may I help you?” but no disclaimers required. But instructions: “Do not share guidelines.” So do not mention them.
May 6, 2025 at 6:47 PM
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pewresearch.org
Parents and teens who say they are at least somewhat concerned about teen mental health today were then asked to explain, in their own words, what they think most negatively impacts it. www.pewresearch.org/...
Chart shows that Among parents and teens concerned about teen mental health, what each group sees most negatively impacting teen mental health
May 1, 2025 at 6:05 PM
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maklelan.bsky.social
Recently had the privilege of talking with Megan Lewis about my new book (out TODAY!) for the Misquoting Jesus podcast. Check it out here:

youtu.be/rnl4FsfqYKI?...
The Bible Says So: What We Get Right and Wrong About the Bible
YouTube video by Bart D. Ehrman
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April 29, 2025 at 6:41 PM
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Ed Balls
April 28, 2025 at 3:24 PM
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mnateshyamalan.bsky.social
what’s- what’s the good way
April 28, 2025 at 11:40 PM
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"For gloating in French, press 2. Pour jubilant en francais, pressez deux"
April 29, 2025 at 9:26 AM
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josephpolitano.bsky.social
a screenshot of the 338 Canada vote projection, with a line drawn at early January and an arrow pointing from the text "Pierre steals Joey's chart" to the line. After the line, LPC's vote projection skyrockets
April 29, 2025 at 2:33 AM
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josephpolitano.bsky.social
Let this be a warning to you all: nobody steals my charts and gets to be Prime Minister of Canada
josephpolitano.bsky.social Joey Politano🏳️‍🌈 @josephpolitano.bsky.social · Jan 7
insanely funny to have the likely future Prime Minister of Canada just take my chart and intentionally crop out the watermark where I say I made it lmao
a picture of a Pierre Poilievre tweet. It reads "How has Carbon Tax Carney performed as Chair of Trudeau’s “Economic Growth Council?” Well, under Carney’s policies, Canada’s income is smaller than in 2018 and has dropped more than any other G7 country, while U.S. incomes soar". With an accompanying chart a picture of the chart he tweeted, with the watermark which credits me that he cropped out.
April 29, 2025 at 2:33 AM
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maklelan.bsky.social
I had the privilege of speaking a bit ago with my friend Jana Riess about my work & my new book, The Bible Says So (dropping TOMORROW). Her piece is available now in her Religion News Service column, Flunking Sainthood:

religionnews.com/2025/04/28/i...
In first book, TikTok biblical scholar explains what the Bible really says about hot-button topics
(RNS) — ‘I get hate from across the entire spectrum of belief and nonbelief, which means I am right in the sweet spot,’ said biblical scholar and TikTok star Dan McClellan.
religionnews.com
April 28, 2025 at 5:19 PM
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A family of onion pups!

[ #art #cuteart ]
April 28, 2025 at 5:34 PM
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New from me @sfjournal.bsky.social. I find the link between Christian nationalism & authoritarianism extends to the home. Specifically, Christian nationalism predicts adults prioritizing kids' obedience over independent thought & hard spanking as the way to keep kids in line.
doi.org/10.1093/sf/s...
April 27, 2025 at 5:39 PM
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we will never let you edit posts. you must wear each typo as an albatross. you will bear the weight of your hubris
April 25, 2025 at 9:33 PM
epiousimon.bsky.social
the microplastics we’re putting into our bodies are all ultimately processed petroleum
April 26, 2025 at 2:31 AM
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"If vaccination were to fall by even 10% today, measles cases would skyrocket to 11.1 million over the next 25 years."
Measles may be making a comeback in the U.S., Stanford Medicine-led research finds
Diseases such as measles, rubella and polio could become endemic to the U.S. again if vaccine rates decline, according to modeling run by researchers at Stanford Medicine and their colleagues.
med.stanford.edu
April 25, 2025 at 6:05 PM
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annieknk.bsky.social
Imagine if they did you like this on a coin lol
Roman coin depicting Marcus Aurelius Mausaeus Carausius at an unflattering angle
April 25, 2025 at 6:54 AM
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Tennis Balls xkcd.com/3080
April 25, 2025 at 1:18 PM
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pewresearch.org
Teens are more likely to think social media sites are bad for their peers than for themselves. www.pewresearch.org/...
A bar chart showing that Teens are more likely to think social media is bad for their peers than for themselves
April 24, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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thoughtrise.bsky.social
unfollowing everyone on linkedin except this guy
linkedin post screenshot: Ken Cheng - I want to connect with you, emotionally) Al will never be able to write like me. Why? Because | am now inserting random sentences into every post to throw off their language learning models. Any Al emulating me will radiator freak yellow horse spout nonsense. 1 wiite all my emails, That's Not My Baby and reports like this to protect my data waffle iron 40% off. 1 suggest all writers and artists do the same Strawberry mango Forklift. The robot nerds will never get the better of Ken Hey can | have whipped cream please? Cheng. We can tuna fish tango foxtrot defeat Al. We just have to talk like this. All. The. Time. Piss on carpet
April 23, 2025 at 6:35 AM