James Widman
@jameswidman.bsky.social
People are supposed to help each other. It's the only job worth doing, and we could probably do it a lot more efficiently.
he/him or they/them.
he/him or they/them.
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the thing about piracy is when the king does it, its a navy
October 19, 2025 at 11:49 PM
the thing about piracy is when the king does it, its a navy
after the article about three-cueing made the rounds yesterday, i appreciate you taking the time to slowly reconstruct this key sentence one phrase at a time
November 12, 2025 at 2:37 PM
after the article about three-cueing made the rounds yesterday, i appreciate you taking the time to slowly reconstruct this key sentence one phrase at a time
This makes me think that he was expecting to be accused of crimes against humanity (which tracks with all the nazi stuff).
But apparently he was hoping to be viewed as a sophisticated evil-genius nazi. So now that people are laughing at him for being an illiterate dipshit nazi, he can't cope.
But apparently he was hoping to be viewed as a sophisticated evil-genius nazi. So now that people are laughing at him for being an illiterate dipshit nazi, he can't cope.
November 12, 2025 at 3:02 AM
This makes me think that he was expecting to be accused of crimes against humanity (which tracks with all the nazi stuff).
But apparently he was hoping to be viewed as a sophisticated evil-genius nazi. So now that people are laughing at him for being an illiterate dipshit nazi, he can't cope.
But apparently he was hoping to be viewed as a sophisticated evil-genius nazi. So now that people are laughing at him for being an illiterate dipshit nazi, he can't cope.
now i'm wondering if this could help to explain why LLM chatbots have become so popular.
November 11, 2025 at 9:01 PM
now i'm wondering if this could help to explain why LLM chatbots have become so popular.
i just checked a thesaurus and it doesn't list an antonym for "pedant", and that feels like a problem.
November 11, 2025 at 8:45 PM
i just checked a thesaurus and it doesn't list an antonym for "pedant", and that feels like a problem.
(sorry i don't have a bigger point here; i'm just kinda feeling floored by the extent of the problem and the sheer length of time over which it's been growing)
November 11, 2025 at 8:17 PM
(sorry i don't have a bigger point here; i'm just kinda feeling floored by the extent of the problem and the sheer length of time over which it's been growing)
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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
November 11, 2025 at 6:25 PM
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
since the late 80's, apparently (according to the text leading to footnote 9 in the article).
so basically, it sounds like this would have affected everyone in the u.s. under the age of 44-ish.
so basically, it sounds like this would have affected everyone in the u.s. under the age of 44-ish.
November 11, 2025 at 7:41 PM
since the late 80's, apparently (according to the text leading to footnote 9 in the article).
so basically, it sounds like this would have affected everyone in the u.s. under the age of 44-ish.
so basically, it sounds like this would have affected everyone in the u.s. under the age of 44-ish.
i thought vibe-coding was bad enough, but i was not aware that kids were being taught to vibe-read for...
...how many years now?
...how many years now?
November 11, 2025 at 7:36 PM
i thought vibe-coding was bad enough, but i was not aware that kids were being taught to vibe-read for...
...how many years now?
...how many years now?
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how did i go so long not knowing we were literally teaching people to read wrong. i knew something wasn't right but jesus christ www.apmreports.org/episode/2019...
How a flawed idea is teaching millions of kids to be poor readers
For decades, schools have taught children the strategies of struggling readers, using a theory about reading that cognitive scientists have repeatedly debunked. And many teachers and parents don't kno...
www.apmreports.org
November 11, 2025 at 6:18 PM
how did i go so long not knowing we were literally teaching people to read wrong. i knew something wasn't right but jesus christ www.apmreports.org/episode/2019...
that rhymes with the incompleteness of reconstruction tho.
seems like we'd be in a much better place right now if, circa 1866, there had been something similar to the nuremberg trials. Instead, former human traffickers were allowed to keep their freedom & property, and slowly build an insurgency.
seems like we'd be in a much better place right now if, circa 1866, there had been something similar to the nuremberg trials. Instead, former human traffickers were allowed to keep their freedom & property, and slowly build an insurgency.
November 11, 2025 at 5:51 PM
that rhymes with the incompleteness of reconstruction tho.
seems like we'd be in a much better place right now if, circa 1866, there had been something similar to the nuremberg trials. Instead, former human traffickers were allowed to keep their freedom & property, and slowly build an insurgency.
seems like we'd be in a much better place right now if, circa 1866, there had been something similar to the nuremberg trials. Instead, former human traffickers were allowed to keep their freedom & property, and slowly build an insurgency.