HummusTruman
@hummustruman.bsky.social
Jazz/improvising musician (saxophonist) and primary school teacher. Australia. He/him
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Here’s the bottom line for what’s going on with Grok - if the owner of the website is putting his thumb on the scale hard enough for the chatbot to turn into Goebbels, you should be deeply concerned about what he’s doing to the algorithm that you can’t so easily see, and what it’s doing to you
July 8, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Here’s the bottom line for what’s going on with Grok - if the owner of the website is putting his thumb on the scale hard enough for the chatbot to turn into Goebbels, you should be deeply concerned about what he’s doing to the algorithm that you can’t so easily see, and what it’s doing to you
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As big as the Mamdani win is, Landers ascent is in some ways even more significant for the national Democratic Party.
Most Dem electeds know that they don't have what Zohran has. But most can at least imagine themselves as a Lander.
Most Dem electeds know that they don't have what Zohran has. But most can at least imagine themselves as a Lander.
NYC Comptroller Brad Lander: "I don't think the line for the [Democratic] party right now is between progressives and moderates; I think it's between fighters and folders."
June 28, 2025 at 12:26 PM
As big as the Mamdani win is, Landers ascent is in some ways even more significant for the national Democratic Party.
Most Dem electeds know that they don't have what Zohran has. But most can at least imagine themselves as a Lander.
Most Dem electeds know that they don't have what Zohran has. But most can at least imagine themselves as a Lander.
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Chatbots — LLMs — do not know facts and are not designed to be able to accurately answer factual questions. They are designed to find and mimic patterns of words, probabilistically. When they’re “right” it’s because correct things are often written down, so those patterns are frequent. That’s all.
June 19, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Chatbots — LLMs — do not know facts and are not designed to be able to accurately answer factual questions. They are designed to find and mimic patterns of words, probabilistically. When they’re “right” it’s because correct things are often written down, so those patterns are frequent. That’s all.
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People want to consume media that flatters them instead of challenging them, and there’s now a way to do that at scale, and that incentivizes the production of it. This synergizes well with something @opinionhaver.bsky.social said that has really stuck with me:
April 25, 2025 at 2:29 PM
People want to consume media that flatters them instead of challenging them, and there’s now a way to do that at scale, and that incentivizes the production of it. This synergizes well with something @opinionhaver.bsky.social said that has really stuck with me:
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From the Grattan Institute: Many Australian primary teachers struggle with math. It's a bigger issue than most realize & it's not unique to Australia. Strong content courses in teacher prep are a must. "We need to set higher standards and go after them.”
www.theage.com.au/politics/vic...
www.theage.com.au/politics/vic...
April 13, 2025 at 12:57 PM
From the Grattan Institute: Many Australian primary teachers struggle with math. It's a bigger issue than most realize & it's not unique to Australia. Strong content courses in teacher prep are a must. "We need to set higher standards and go after them.”
www.theage.com.au/politics/vic...
www.theage.com.au/politics/vic...
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Here are the US reciprocal tariffs against all the territories mentioned in Enya’s Orinoco Flow
April 2, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Here are the US reciprocal tariffs against all the territories mentioned in Enya’s Orinoco Flow
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JD Vance’s French Horn Solo Booed At Kennedy Center
JD Vance’s French Horn Solo Booed At Kennedy Center
WASHINGTON—Failing to receive the reaction he anticipated from audience members, JD Vance was booed at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts while playing a French horn solo, sources conf...
theonion.com
March 14, 2025 at 8:03 PM
JD Vance’s French Horn Solo Booed At Kennedy Center
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The advice I wish I could give all the angry young men is that women will like you if you're having fun without needing them.
But yeah people miss the point of the "find a hobby" advice. They're not telling you to pick up a hobby so you can hit on women. They're telling you that if you go out and do things that you find enjoyable, you will meet people with similar interests some of whom may be open to dating you.
March 11, 2025 at 1:05 AM
The advice I wish I could give all the angry young men is that women will like you if you're having fun without needing them.
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I've been thinking a lot about that bumper sticker which says "everything looks like a conspiracy theory when you don't understand how anything works" and folks it's pretty obvious to me that the people in power right now have absolutely no desire to understand how anything works.
March 6, 2025 at 4:09 PM
I've been thinking a lot about that bumper sticker which says "everything looks like a conspiracy theory when you don't understand how anything works" and folks it's pretty obvious to me that the people in power right now have absolutely no desire to understand how anything works.
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i feel like this is evidence for my view that people experience trump through a strong form of ironic detachment. they literally do not perceive him as real.
There’s gonna be so many variations on this theme over the next three years and eleven months. www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
February 17, 2025 at 1:21 PM
i feel like this is evidence for my view that people experience trump through a strong form of ironic detachment. they literally do not perceive him as real.
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This comment on r/fednews really stood out to me. Trump and Musk want people to think they're firing do-nothing "bureaucrats," but they're really getting rid of people dedicated to serving this country and keeping it operational. I hope these stories get told.
February 14, 2025 at 1:52 PM
This comment on r/fednews really stood out to me. Trump and Musk want people to think they're firing do-nothing "bureaucrats," but they're really getting rid of people dedicated to serving this country and keeping it operational. I hope these stories get told.
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Can't imagine the youth will be too bummed about their high energy video app being banned when they can just log onto blue sky and read sentences written by elder millennials
January 19, 2025 at 5:56 AM
Can't imagine the youth will be too bummed about their high energy video app being banned when they can just log onto blue sky and read sentences written by elder millennials
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These people are your enemies
January 12, 2025 at 9:00 PM
These people are your enemies
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Flashback to 2020:
CA official: "If we ignore the science and put our head in the sand... we're not going to succeed together protecting Californians."
Trump: "It'll start getting cooler. You just watch."
"I wish science agreed with you."
Trump: "I don’t think science knows, actually."
CA official: "If we ignore the science and put our head in the sand... we're not going to succeed together protecting Californians."
Trump: "It'll start getting cooler. You just watch."
"I wish science agreed with you."
Trump: "I don’t think science knows, actually."
January 10, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Flashback to 2020:
CA official: "If we ignore the science and put our head in the sand... we're not going to succeed together protecting Californians."
Trump: "It'll start getting cooler. You just watch."
"I wish science agreed with you."
Trump: "I don’t think science knows, actually."
CA official: "If we ignore the science and put our head in the sand... we're not going to succeed together protecting Californians."
Trump: "It'll start getting cooler. You just watch."
"I wish science agreed with you."
Trump: "I don’t think science knows, actually."
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1. As Zuckerberg abandons fact checking in the name of “free speech”, let’s take a moment to examine this concept. 🧵
January 8, 2025 at 6:53 AM
1. As Zuckerberg abandons fact checking in the name of “free speech”, let’s take a moment to examine this concept. 🧵
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Never in my career have I seen such a giant gulf between What Companies Think Is the Most Important Thing in the World and What Normal People Have Absolutely Any Interest in Whatsoever
New: Days after Meta had to kill its AI-generated profiles due to backlash, some Instagram users are now being shown AI-generated images of themselves that are being automatically created by Instagram and put in their feeds
www.404media.co/instagram-be...
www.404media.co/instagram-be...
Instagram Begins Randomly Showing Users AI-Generated Images of Themselves
Meta AI put a Redditor into "an endless maze of mirrors" as part of a new AI feature it is testing.
www.404media.co
January 6, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Never in my career have I seen such a giant gulf between What Companies Think Is the Most Important Thing in the World and What Normal People Have Absolutely Any Interest in Whatsoever
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Hmm can we workshop the name please? They’re going to be bullied by the skibidi kids
January 1, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Hmm can we workshop the name please? They’re going to be bullied by the skibidi kids
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sequel to the hemingway story is less compelling
December 23, 2024 at 2:49 PM
sequel to the hemingway story is less compelling
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Seven years ago I wrote a holiday-themed version of “Killing In The Name Of” that RATM could release as a Christmas single. They haven’t recorded it yet but I haven’t given up hope that someday they will
December 23, 2024 at 6:29 AM
Seven years ago I wrote a holiday-themed version of “Killing In The Name Of” that RATM could release as a Christmas single. They haven’t recorded it yet but I haven’t given up hope that someday they will
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me posting about how things could turn around at any time, it's gonna be my year etc
December 11, 2024 at 8:01 PM
me posting about how things could turn around at any time, it's gonna be my year etc
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And ironically the articles chastising people to stay on Twitter won’t even circulate on there or Meta because they both suppress links to journalism! 😂
December 2, 2024 at 5:09 AM
And ironically the articles chastising people to stay on Twitter won’t even circulate on there or Meta because they both suppress links to journalism! 😂
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i think the less i saw making art as an isolated event of “expressing myself“ and more of a conversation with people whos work i admire and play “yes and!” with, the more i improved and had a better time making stuff
November 30, 2024 at 2:23 PM
i think the less i saw making art as an isolated event of “expressing myself“ and more of a conversation with people whos work i admire and play “yes and!” with, the more i improved and had a better time making stuff
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My 7-year-old was given a prompt at school to write what she would do if she were a Thanksgiving turkey. Her answer is, legit, amazing. #proudmom
November 23, 2024 at 3:28 AM
My 7-year-old was given a prompt at school to write what she would do if she were a Thanksgiving turkey. Her answer is, legit, amazing. #proudmom
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Others have noted it but I will too: The big reason Bluesky is so hot right now is that the people who add value to social media - the frequent posters in specific fields - are here now, talking to each other and creating the "spectator value" that draws users and attention.
Twitter’s heir apparent isn’t X or Threads — it’s Bluesky
The blue bird is dead. Long live the blue sky.
www.theverge.com
November 23, 2024 at 6:30 PM
Others have noted it but I will too: The big reason Bluesky is so hot right now is that the people who add value to social media - the frequent posters in specific fields - are here now, talking to each other and creating the "spectator value" that draws users and attention.