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Merriam-Webster’s human editors have chosen ‘slop’ as the 2025 Word of the Year.
December 15, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Merriam-Webster’s human editors have chosen ‘slop’ as the 2025 Word of the Year.
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Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry
Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry
Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.
buff.ly
May 26, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry
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the hat on shein vs the hat they deliver
December 14, 2025 at 1:53 AM
the hat on shein vs the hat they deliver
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MIT’s NANDA initiative found that 95% of generative AI deployments fail after interviewing 150 execs, surveying 350 workers, and analyzing 300 projects. The real “productivity gains” seem to come from layoffs and squeezing more work from fewer people not AI.
MIT report: 95% of generative AI pilots at companies are failing
There’s a stark difference in success rates between companies that purchase AI tools from vendors and those that build them internally.
fortune.com
August 20, 2025 at 4:52 AM
MIT’s NANDA initiative found that 95% of generative AI deployments fail after interviewing 150 execs, surveying 350 workers, and analyzing 300 projects. The real “productivity gains” seem to come from layoffs and squeezing more work from fewer people not AI.
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Pardon me, but *holy shit* chicago.suntimes.com/the-watchdog...
December 13, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Pardon me, but *holy shit* chicago.suntimes.com/the-watchdog...
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435 isn’t a magic constitutional number. Congress can and should enlarge the size of the House. But it won’t.
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/10/o...
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/10/o...
The Supreme Court just escalated the redistricting war. Congress must end it. - The Boston Globe
The best solution would be to increase the size of the House of Representatives from its current 435 members.
www.bostonglobe.com
December 10, 2025 at 2:04 PM
435 isn’t a magic constitutional number. Congress can and should enlarge the size of the House. But it won’t.
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/10/o...
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/10/o...
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This entire article is positive about Trump Gold Cards. It contains positive quotes about it from Trump, Lutnick and a CEO. It contains no quotes from the many critics of the program. This is sandwiched between 6 posts about Erika Kirk. CBS is lost.
December 12, 2025 at 12:08 PM
This entire article is positive about Trump Gold Cards. It contains positive quotes about it from Trump, Lutnick and a CEO. It contains no quotes from the many critics of the program. This is sandwiched between 6 posts about Erika Kirk. CBS is lost.
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Dear Mark Cuban - Americans deserve universal healthcare just like every other industrialized country. It’s not rocket science.
There’s a reason no other country uses the same system of deductibles, copays, etc as our crazy US system. Ask yourself why!
#MedicareForAll #SinglePayer
There’s a reason no other country uses the same system of deductibles, copays, etc as our crazy US system. Ask yourself why!
#MedicareForAll #SinglePayer
December 12, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Dear Mark Cuban - Americans deserve universal healthcare just like every other industrialized country. It’s not rocket science.
There’s a reason no other country uses the same system of deductibles, copays, etc as our crazy US system. Ask yourself why!
#MedicareForAll #SinglePayer
There’s a reason no other country uses the same system of deductibles, copays, etc as our crazy US system. Ask yourself why!
#MedicareForAll #SinglePayer
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I don't want to hear another fucking peep out of Mark Cuban until he gives me money. I don't get paid enough to endure his posts.
Mark Cuban shut the fuck up until you give me money challenge.
Mark Cuban shut the fuck up until you give me money challenge.
December 11, 2025 at 11:44 PM
I don't want to hear another fucking peep out of Mark Cuban until he gives me money. I don't get paid enough to endure his posts.
Mark Cuban shut the fuck up until you give me money challenge.
Mark Cuban shut the fuck up until you give me money challenge.
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The upkeep of carbon-steel knives is a huge pain. But according to Tyler Austin Harper, the knives “cultivate habits of mind—patience, focus, and repetition—that the pace and shape of modern life make so hard to develop”:
The Most Impractical Tool in My Kitchen
Carbon-steel knives are high-maintenance. And that’s the point.
bit.ly
December 10, 2025 at 2:30 PM
The upkeep of carbon-steel knives is a huge pain. But according to Tyler Austin Harper, the knives “cultivate habits of mind—patience, focus, and repetition—that the pace and shape of modern life make so hard to develop”:
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The CEO of Palantir.
December 5, 2025 at 12:22 PM
The CEO of Palantir.
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One of the four elements of malignant narcissism is sadism.
December 2, 2025 at 2:26 PM
One of the four elements of malignant narcissism is sadism.
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Guy voted for a rapist and just can’t figure out why his daughters are mad at him. Clearly it must be something wrong with them.
December 2, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Guy voted for a rapist and just can’t figure out why his daughters are mad at him. Clearly it must be something wrong with them.
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The thing that is annoying about Bradley and the American officer corps at large is that if they actually read what Clausewitz wrote about the intersection of politics and war, they’d realized they have actual political cover to push back against the administration…
If they read theory, maybe these morons at the pentagon and DOD would have thought about that beforehand
December 2, 2025 at 3:19 PM
The thing that is annoying about Bradley and the American officer corps at large is that if they actually read what Clausewitz wrote about the intersection of politics and war, they’d realized they have actual political cover to push back against the administration…
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"My most vivid memories of my school life is Farage repeatedly coming up to me, knowing that I was Jewish, saying 'Hitler was right' and 'gas em' and that was frequently followed by imitating the sound of escaping gas."
Peter Ettedgui, ex classmate of Reform UK Leader Nigel Farage.
Peter Ettedgui, ex classmate of Reform UK Leader Nigel Farage.
November 25, 2025 at 11:09 PM
"My most vivid memories of my school life is Farage repeatedly coming up to me, knowing that I was Jewish, saying 'Hitler was right' and 'gas em' and that was frequently followed by imitating the sound of escaping gas."
Peter Ettedgui, ex classmate of Reform UK Leader Nigel Farage.
Peter Ettedgui, ex classmate of Reform UK Leader Nigel Farage.
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If you use GMail, AI (Gemini) was turned on yesterday by default and now scans all of your content for machine learning. To turn off, go to Settings>General and scroll down. Uncheck the box for "Smart features."
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
November 20, 2025 at 5:32 PM
If you use GMail, AI (Gemini) was turned on yesterday by default and now scans all of your content for machine learning. To turn off, go to Settings>General and scroll down. Uncheck the box for "Smart features."
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
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Before the midterms of 1866, President Andrew Johnson called his congressional opponents traitors and said they should be hanged.
Voters were so profoundly moved by his words... that they gave his opponents a supermajority in Congress, and the nation got the Fourteenth Amendment.
Voters were so profoundly moved by his words... that they gave his opponents a supermajority in Congress, and the nation got the Fourteenth Amendment.
November 20, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Before the midterms of 1866, President Andrew Johnson called his congressional opponents traitors and said they should be hanged.
Voters were so profoundly moved by his words... that they gave his opponents a supermajority in Congress, and the nation got the Fourteenth Amendment.
Voters were so profoundly moved by his words... that they gave his opponents a supermajority in Congress, and the nation got the Fourteenth Amendment.
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BREAKING: UK’s response to Covid was “too little too late”. Acting faster could have saved 23,000 lives in England according to the public inquiry.
Boris Johnson presided over a “toxic, sexist, chaotic culture” in No10, where rule-breaking seriously undermined public confidence.
Boris Johnson presided over a “toxic, sexist, chaotic culture” in No10, where rule-breaking seriously undermined public confidence.
November 20, 2025 at 4:07 PM
BREAKING: UK’s response to Covid was “too little too late”. Acting faster could have saved 23,000 lives in England according to the public inquiry.
Boris Johnson presided over a “toxic, sexist, chaotic culture” in No10, where rule-breaking seriously undermined public confidence.
Boris Johnson presided over a “toxic, sexist, chaotic culture” in No10, where rule-breaking seriously undermined public confidence.
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Really old walls in Mesa Verde.
#wallsonwednesday #photography #architecture #mesaverde #eastcoastkin
#wallsonwednesday #photography #architecture #mesaverde #eastcoastkin
November 20, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Really old walls in Mesa Verde.
#wallsonwednesday #photography #architecture #mesaverde #eastcoastkin
#wallsonwednesday #photography #architecture #mesaverde #eastcoastkin