Are quality video producers effectively ceding long-form content to AI slop mills? YouTube and the like pay more for shorts, so makers who used to post polished makes just seem to do shorts. And you get people doing unscripted rants while cheap AI videos pop up for trending news or science topics.
December 1, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Are quality video producers effectively ceding long-form content to AI slop mills? YouTube and the like pay more for shorts, so makers who used to post polished makes just seem to do shorts. And you get people doing unscripted rants while cheap AI videos pop up for trending news or science topics.
Oh, the joys of a password reset form that blanks out the new password you're entering while simultaneously hiding the password requirements, that also hides the password requirements if you go off the tab to generate a password to meet the requirements.
November 26, 2025 at 4:56 AM
Oh, the joys of a password reset form that blanks out the new password you're entering while simultaneously hiding the password requirements, that also hides the password requirements if you go off the tab to generate a password to meet the requirements.
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I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 9:26 AM
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
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maybe i am going insane
November 24, 2025 at 6:49 PM
maybe i am going insane
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good advice from YLE yourlocalepidemiologist.substack.com/i/179508318/...
November 21, 2025 at 6:21 PM
good advice from YLE yourlocalepidemiologist.substack.com/i/179508318/...
Never change, ChatGPT, never change.
November 20, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Never change, ChatGPT, never change.
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Astrophotographer Captures Stunning New Image of Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS - #Astronomy - ift.tt/FyhmbnS
Astrophotographer Captures Stunning New Image of Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS | Sci.News
A member of the ICQ Comet Observations group has released a new image of 3I/ATLAS, the third object and the second comet from outside the Solar System confirmed.
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November 18, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Astrophotographer Captures Stunning New Image of Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS - #Astronomy - ift.tt/FyhmbnS
Two days of pointless 3I/Atlas speculation to go.
Conspiracy theorists, please note the "comet" and "interstellar comet" labels before jumping to conclusions.
www.nasa.gov/news-release...
Conspiracy theorists, please note the "comet" and "interstellar comet" labels before jumping to conclusions.
www.nasa.gov/news-release...
NASA to Share Comet 3I/ATLAS Images From Spacecraft, Telescopes - NASA
NASA will host a live event at 3 p.m. EST, Wednesday, Nov. 19, to share imagery of the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS collected by a number of the agency’s
www.nasa.gov
November 17, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Two days of pointless 3I/Atlas speculation to go.
Conspiracy theorists, please note the "comet" and "interstellar comet" labels before jumping to conclusions.
www.nasa.gov/news-release...
Conspiracy theorists, please note the "comet" and "interstellar comet" labels before jumping to conclusions.
www.nasa.gov/news-release...
The dumbest thing about the "universe is a simulation" theory is that the simplest sufficient simulation is whatever you're perceiving, not the whole universe. Congrats, you've reduced your reality to the delusions of a brain in a box.
November 15, 2025 at 3:58 PM
The dumbest thing about the "universe is a simulation" theory is that the simplest sufficient simulation is whatever you're perceiving, not the whole universe. Congrats, you've reduced your reality to the delusions of a brain in a box.
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3I/ATLAS Update: would you believe it? It’s *still* a comet. 🔭
(www.virtualtelescope.eu/2025/11/11/i...)
(www.virtualtelescope.eu/2025/11/11/i...)
November 11, 2025 at 10:09 AM
3I/ATLAS Update: would you believe it? It’s *still* a comet. 🔭
(www.virtualtelescope.eu/2025/11/11/i...)
(www.virtualtelescope.eu/2025/11/11/i...)
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I cannot believe how much misinformation there is about comet 3I/ATLAS. It's just very cool on its own without having to be an alien spaceship conspiracy...
Prof. Jason Wright wrote a great breakdown of all the ways Avi Loeb is wrong about his awful alien conspiracy theories, and why 3I/ATLAS […]
Prof. Jason Wright wrote a great breakdown of all the ways Avi Loeb is wrong about his awful alien conspiracy theories, and why 3I/ATLAS […]
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mastodon.social
November 11, 2025 at 3:59 PM
I cannot believe how much misinformation there is about comet 3I/ATLAS. It's just very cool on its own without having to be an alien spaceship conspiracy...
Prof. Jason Wright wrote a great breakdown of all the ways Avi Loeb is wrong about his awful alien conspiracy theories, and why 3I/ATLAS […]
Prof. Jason Wright wrote a great breakdown of all the ways Avi Loeb is wrong about his awful alien conspiracy theories, and why 3I/ATLAS […]
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That fuzzy dot at the center of the image is the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS as captured from my backyard this morning. 🔭
November 11, 2025 at 5:15 PM
That fuzzy dot at the center of the image is the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS as captured from my backyard this morning. 🔭
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Loeb’s 3I/ATLAS “Anomalies” Explained
sites.psu.edu/astrowright/...
sites.psu.edu/astrowright/...
Loeb’s 3I/ATLAS “Anomalies” Explained
Avi Loeb continues to claim that 3I/ATLAS has many anomalous behaviors that lead to the conclusion that it “might” be an alien spacecraft. He carefully hedges the probability that it is a spacecraft ...
sites.psu.edu
November 10, 2025 at 4:29 AM
Loeb’s 3I/ATLAS “Anomalies” Explained
sites.psu.edu/astrowright/...
sites.psu.edu/astrowright/...
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So, far from being a mystery requiring alien engineering, 3I/ATLAS fits within the known behavior of volatile-rich interstellar bodies. Its color change, brightening, and slight acceleration are exactly what physics predicts for a comet made of unfamiliar ices being heated by a new star, ours. 7/7
November 6, 2025 at 4:45 AM
So, far from being a mystery requiring alien engineering, 3I/ATLAS fits within the known behavior of volatile-rich interstellar bodies. Its color change, brightening, and slight acceleration are exactly what physics predicts for a comet made of unfamiliar ices being heated by a new star, ours. 7/7
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Tianwen-1 Mars orbiter successfully observed the interstellar object 3I/ATLAS in early October at a distance of ~29 million km, CNSA has just announced. www.cnsa.gov.cn/n6758823/n67...
November 6, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Tianwen-1 Mars orbiter successfully observed the interstellar object 3I/ATLAS in early October at a distance of ~29 million km, CNSA has just announced. www.cnsa.gov.cn/n6758823/n67...
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If the sandwich don’t split, you must acquit
Defense says that the officer's testimony was "very questionable" because he said the sandwich both exploded in spray of mustard and onions and also landed in its wrapper on the ground.
November 5, 2025 at 8:29 PM
If the sandwich don’t split, you must acquit
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3I/ATLAS has both Ni and Fe vapor, like 2I/Borisov and dozens of solar system comets. These are probably from carbonyls formed when metal reacts with ice, and seems pretty universal. Its 3I/ATLAS’s hyperbolic orbit that tells us it formed in another star system.
3I/ATLAS, a rare interstellar comet spotted in 2025, shows vaporised nickel far from the Sun metal usually won’t evaporate there. It hints at the comet formed in a distant, cold star system, possibly older than our Sun.
Image: NASA/ESA/AP
Image: NASA/ESA/AP
November 3, 2025 at 11:07 AM
3I/ATLAS has both Ni and Fe vapor, like 2I/Borisov and dozens of solar system comets. These are probably from carbonyls formed when metal reacts with ice, and seems pretty universal. Its 3I/ATLAS’s hyperbolic orbit that tells us it formed in another star system.
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3I/ATLAS is now visible from🌎w small🔭
Interstellar☄️3I/ATLAS is now rising early enough in morning twilight to be seen even with small🔭 under imperfect conditions. Here's an image from this morning through thin☁️using a 152-mm Ritchey–Chrétien reflector
📸 Qicheng Zhang
cometary.org/@qicheng/sta...
Interstellar☄️3I/ATLAS is now rising early enough in morning twilight to be seen even with small🔭 under imperfect conditions. Here's an image from this morning through thin☁️using a 152-mm Ritchey–Chrétien reflector
📸 Qicheng Zhang
cometary.org/@qicheng/sta...
November 2, 2025 at 5:59 PM
3I/ATLAS is now visible from🌎w small🔭
Interstellar☄️3I/ATLAS is now rising early enough in morning twilight to be seen even with small🔭 under imperfect conditions. Here's an image from this morning through thin☁️using a 152-mm Ritchey–Chrétien reflector
📸 Qicheng Zhang
cometary.org/@qicheng/sta...
Interstellar☄️3I/ATLAS is now rising early enough in morning twilight to be seen even with small🔭 under imperfect conditions. Here's an image from this morning through thin☁️using a 152-mm Ritchey–Chrétien reflector
📸 Qicheng Zhang
cometary.org/@qicheng/sta...
There's also a very good chance it will very expensively never get built.
I am certainly no seasoned strategist but I am a little skeptical of the political wisdom behind building a giant golden ballroom and sharing a dozen photos of a renovated marble bathroom at the very moment that millions of people are losing access to healthcare and food.
October 31, 2025 at 6:39 PM
There's also a very good chance it will very expensively never get built.
One of the odder talking points for voting "no" on Prop. 50 is that it's costing counties and California more than $300 million to hold the election. That's an argument against having the election in the first place, not against the proposition. Rejecting Prop. 50 isn't going to save that money.
October 11, 2025 at 5:46 PM
One of the odder talking points for voting "no" on Prop. 50 is that it's costing counties and California more than $300 million to hold the election. That's an argument against having the election in the first place, not against the proposition. Rejecting Prop. 50 isn't going to save that money.
A common spam tactic is to ask why you didn't respond to a previous email. Another is to pretend to be a widow giving away her late husband's Yamaha piano (you just have to pay for delivery).
Now I'm getting a widow asking why I didn't respond to her earlier offer of a free piano...
Now I'm getting a widow asking why I didn't respond to her earlier offer of a free piano...
October 10, 2025 at 11:23 PM
A common spam tactic is to ask why you didn't respond to a previous email. Another is to pretend to be a widow giving away her late husband's Yamaha piano (you just have to pay for delivery).
Now I'm getting a widow asking why I didn't respond to her earlier offer of a free piano...
Now I'm getting a widow asking why I didn't respond to her earlier offer of a free piano...
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