Aaron Laffin
@laffinaw.bsky.social
Minneapolis, after the fires.
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We are thrilled to announce that our NEW Large Language Model will be released on 11.18.25.
October 1, 2025 at 2:38 PM
We are thrilled to announce that our NEW Large Language Model will be released on 11.18.25.
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I have lived and worked in and around Chicago for 27 years and I have been assaulted less often than Sen Paul has been in his own back yard.
September 28, 2025 at 8:26 PM
I have lived and worked in and around Chicago for 27 years and I have been assaulted less often than Sen Paul has been in his own back yard.
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I had food from Cava once when visiting Denver. I recall enjoying it.
September 22, 2025 at 2:39 PM
I had food from Cava once when visiting Denver. I recall enjoying it.
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A short explanation of p-hacking and why it absolutely makes sense to ask HHS to release the study methods of their autism report in advance.
September 6, 2025 at 12:15 PM
A short explanation of p-hacking and why it absolutely makes sense to ask HHS to release the study methods of their autism report in advance.
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Please don’t Rich Men North of Richmond this nice man but this is a hell of a protest song.
youtu.be/xOAeiRQsA4k?...
youtu.be/xOAeiRQsA4k?...
Mon Rovîa - Heavy Foot (official lyric video)
YouTube video by Mon Rovîa
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August 24, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Please don’t Rich Men North of Richmond this nice man but this is a hell of a protest song.
youtu.be/xOAeiRQsA4k?...
youtu.be/xOAeiRQsA4k?...
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(Guardian) - Household electricity bills have increased by 10% since Donald Trump re-entered the White House, a new report has found, with its authors highlighting the impact of the president’s datacenter boosterism .. as part of the cause.
@theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
@theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
August 19, 2025 at 6:28 PM
(Guardian) - Household electricity bills have increased by 10% since Donald Trump re-entered the White House, a new report has found, with its authors highlighting the impact of the president’s datacenter boosterism .. as part of the cause.
@theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
@theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
This morning I listened to the @volts.wtf podcast about how grid operators are curtailing less expensive generation sources ahead of coal. Here we have the administration forcing not just the use of more expensive and dirty sources, but perpetuating their existence!
Federal regulators approve a plan for MISO’s entire 11-state region to share the cost of keeping a Michigan coal plant running past its retirement date at the Trump administration’s demand. 🔌💡
www.utilitydive.com/news/ferc-do...
www.utilitydive.com/news/ferc-do...
August 19, 2025 at 4:28 PM
This morning I listened to the @volts.wtf podcast about how grid operators are curtailing less expensive generation sources ahead of coal. Here we have the administration forcing not just the use of more expensive and dirty sources, but perpetuating their existence!
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A photographer friend of mine had one of her sd memory cards die after a photo shoot. She’s tried Easeus and it can recover about 1300 of 1600 files, but she’s asking if there are other tools/tricks anyone knows from the forensics community that might be able to get the rest. I have a feeling […]
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August 16, 2025 at 1:21 AM
A photographer friend of mine had one of her sd memory cards die after a photo shoot. She’s tried Easeus and it can recover about 1300 of 1600 files, but she’s asking if there are other tools/tricks anyone knows from the forensics community that might be able to get the rest. I have a feeling […]
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My rant on Justice Alito’s homophobic misreading of Uncle Bobby’s Wedding in a horrible Supreme Court decision that will censor LGBTQ books in public schools.
From UC Irvine Law’s Term in Review event last week! Watch the whole thing here: youtu.be/Zj3T7ZAxjYM?...
From UC Irvine Law’s Term in Review event last week! Watch the whole thing here: youtu.be/Zj3T7ZAxjYM?...
July 17, 2025 at 3:06 PM
My rant on Justice Alito’s homophobic misreading of Uncle Bobby’s Wedding in a horrible Supreme Court decision that will censor LGBTQ books in public schools.
From UC Irvine Law’s Term in Review event last week! Watch the whole thing here: youtu.be/Zj3T7ZAxjYM?...
From UC Irvine Law’s Term in Review event last week! Watch the whole thing here: youtu.be/Zj3T7ZAxjYM?...
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Leavitt: “As for the takeover of Gaza, I don't believe the President ever said that.”
Trump in February: “The U.S. will takeover the Gaza Strip.”
Trump in February: “The U.S. will takeover the Gaza Strip.”
July 7, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Leavitt: “As for the takeover of Gaza, I don't believe the President ever said that.”
Trump in February: “The U.S. will takeover the Gaza Strip.”
Trump in February: “The U.S. will takeover the Gaza Strip.”
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STAGGERING: This new study of 133 countries is the first to estimate the impact of all USAID’s work. In 2 decades, it has saved *92M* lives. Current cuts, if not reversed, are forecast to cost up to *14M* lives thru 2030. www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
July 1, 2025 at 2:23 PM
STAGGERING: This new study of 133 countries is the first to estimate the impact of all USAID’s work. In 2 decades, it has saved *92M* lives. Current cuts, if not reversed, are forecast to cost up to *14M* lives thru 2030. www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
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This is incredibly beautiful storytelling.
June 21, 2025 at 5:23 PM
This is incredibly beautiful storytelling.
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It’s pretty wild that even on a really hot day yesterday, batteries were the largest source of power on the CA grid for a couple of hours. This has become pretty common this Spring. 🔌💡
June 18, 2025 at 1:50 AM
It’s pretty wild that even on a really hot day yesterday, batteries were the largest source of power on the CA grid for a couple of hours. This has become pretty common this Spring. 🔌💡
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Donald Trump does NOT want you to share this footage of his pathetically tiny birthday parade crowd.
June 14, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Donald Trump does NOT want you to share this footage of his pathetically tiny birthday parade crowd.
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Speaker Hortman was a bold and brave leader who made hard decisions and fought for the people of Minnesota every single day.
She and her husband Mark did not deserve to die. My heart goes out to their children.
She and her husband Mark did not deserve to die. My heart goes out to their children.
June 14, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Speaker Hortman was a bold and brave leader who made hard decisions and fought for the people of Minnesota every single day.
She and her husband Mark did not deserve to die. My heart goes out to their children.
She and her husband Mark did not deserve to die. My heart goes out to their children.
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A reverse-Robin Hood situation… Congressional Republicans are trying to steal from the poor to give to the rich.
May 20, 2025 at 4:12 PM
A reverse-Robin Hood situation… Congressional Republicans are trying to steal from the poor to give to the rich.
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MERKLEY: Are you gonna launch an investigation of the reported violation of the due process of several hundred people?
P: It is not for me to call the balls & strikes
M: You haven't read the Constitution? It says 'all persons'...it concerns me you're not familiar w/the core concept of due process
P: It is not for me to call the balls & strikes
M: You haven't read the Constitution? It says 'all persons'...it concerns me you're not familiar w/the core concept of due process
May 8, 2025 at 2:36 PM
MERKLEY: Are you gonna launch an investigation of the reported violation of the due process of several hundred people?
P: It is not for me to call the balls & strikes
M: You haven't read the Constitution? It says 'all persons'...it concerns me you're not familiar w/the core concept of due process
P: It is not for me to call the balls & strikes
M: You haven't read the Constitution? It says 'all persons'...it concerns me you're not familiar w/the core concept of due process
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Possibly the greatest Tesla takedown video ever - maybe the best thing ever
TANK vs TESLA
"We've crushed fascism before and we'll crush it again"
- WW2 veteran Ken, 98, in the tank
"We've crushed fascism before and we'll crush it again"
- WW2 veteran Ken, 98, in the tank
May 7, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Possibly the greatest Tesla takedown video ever - maybe the best thing ever
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RFK Jr and Statistics:
May 5, 2025 at 4:06 PM
RFK Jr and Statistics:
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Because no one spends as much on science as the US does, destroying NIH, NSF, NOAA, NASA, EPA, USDA, USGS, etc. is leading to a brain drain, but it's not to other countries but rather from science. This senseless destruction of US science will hurt the US and the world for a very long time.
To see why destroying the US science enterprise is so detrimental to the world, we have to realize that the US spends more on research and development than any other country in the world (by far), and if we remove China and Japan, the US spends almost as much as ALL other countries combined.
May 4, 2025 at 7:40 AM
Because no one spends as much on science as the US does, destroying NIH, NSF, NOAA, NASA, EPA, USDA, USGS, etc. is leading to a brain drain, but it's not to other countries but rather from science. This senseless destruction of US science will hurt the US and the world for a very long time.
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This looks amazing. The White Christian Nationalist I'm writing about who was chair of the OR GOP in 1978-9 ran a bunch of MLMs in his day through which he ripped off people who trusted him, and he also got ripped off by a bunch of rich MLM'ers he trusted as well. Financially it was a wash for him.
May 2, 2025 at 9:01 PM
This looks amazing. The White Christian Nationalist I'm writing about who was chair of the OR GOP in 1978-9 ran a bunch of MLMs in his day through which he ripped off people who trusted him, and he also got ripped off by a bunch of rich MLM'ers he trusted as well. Financially it was a wash for him.
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Mike Waltz has left the chat.
May 1, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Mike Waltz has left the chat.
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NIH has cancelled its participation in Safe to Sleep, a 30-year campaign to prevent babies from dying in their sleep
www.statnews.com/2025/04/30/n...
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NIH cancels participation in Safe to Sleep campaign that decreased infant deaths
NIH has cancelled its participation in Safe to Sleep, a 30-year campaign to prevent babies from dying in their sleep
www.statnews.com
May 1, 2025 at 1:26 PM
NIH has cancelled its participation in Safe to Sleep, a 30-year campaign to prevent babies from dying in their sleep
www.statnews.com/2025/04/30/n...
www.statnews.com/2025/04/30/n...