laggedHero
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New math just dropped!
But this actually makes sense! Hear me out:
It started at $100, and then went down to $13. But what is 13? A 1 and a 3. And what is 1 and 3? 4 of course! 3, 4, knock on the door, 5, 6, pick up sticks. A stick is 1, so sticks is 11.
(13 * 4 * 11) + (13 + 4 + 11) = 600!
QED!🤡
But this actually makes sense! Hear me out:
It started at $100, and then went down to $13. But what is 13? A 1 and a 3. And what is 1 and 3? 4 of course! 3, 4, knock on the door, 5, 6, pick up sticks. A stick is 1, so sticks is 11.
(13 * 4 * 11) + (13 + 4 + 11) = 600!
QED!🤡
FOX: If you cut something by 100%, the cost goes down to 0. If you cut it by 600%, the drug companies are actually paying you
LUTNICK: What he's saying is if a drug was $100 and you bring it down to $13, it's down 7 times
F: Not a 600% cut
L: But it's 700% higher price before. It's down 700% now
LUTNICK: What he's saying is if a drug was $100 and you bring it down to $13, it's down 7 times
F: Not a 600% cut
L: But it's 700% higher price before. It's down 700% now
December 18, 2025 at 9:08 PM
New math just dropped!
But this actually makes sense! Hear me out:
It started at $100, and then went down to $13. But what is 13? A 1 and a 3. And what is 1 and 3? 4 of course! 3, 4, knock on the door, 5, 6, pick up sticks. A stick is 1, so sticks is 11.
(13 * 4 * 11) + (13 + 4 + 11) = 600!
QED!🤡
But this actually makes sense! Hear me out:
It started at $100, and then went down to $13. But what is 13? A 1 and a 3. And what is 1 and 3? 4 of course! 3, 4, knock on the door, 5, 6, pick up sticks. A stick is 1, so sticks is 11.
(13 * 4 * 11) + (13 + 4 + 11) = 600!
QED!🤡
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It’s getting harder and harder to choose. Help determine who will reach the final round of Worst Person in Tech 2025 by casting your vote!
🚨 THE FINAL FOUR 🚨
We’re nearly at the end! 32 candidates have been narrowed down to a nefarious final four. But who will move on to the finals? You must decide!
🗳️ Cast your ballot: twsu.forms.app/wpit25-semif...
We’re nearly at the end! 32 candidates have been narrowed down to a nefarious final four. But who will move on to the finals? You must decide!
🗳️ Cast your ballot: twsu.forms.app/wpit25-semif...
December 18, 2025 at 2:56 PM
It’s getting harder and harder to choose. Help determine who will reach the final round of Worst Person in Tech 2025 by casting your vote!
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The TikTok algorithm is about to be handed to right-wing billionaires.
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — TikTok signs deal to sell US unit to American investors, including Oracle, Silver Lake.
December 18, 2025 at 10:48 PM
The TikTok algorithm is about to be handed to right-wing billionaires.
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They say they’re protecting kids. They’re not. They’re harming these kids by blocking their access to health care.
These comments make clear what this is about: Eliminating *all* trans people of all ages.
If they get away with it with trans people, they’re coming for you next.
These comments make clear what this is about: Eliminating *all* trans people of all ages.
If they get away with it with trans people, they’re coming for you next.
"Men are men. Men can never become women. Women are women. Women can never become men."
December 18, 2025 at 5:55 PM
They say they’re protecting kids. They’re not. They’re harming these kids by blocking their access to health care.
These comments make clear what this is about: Eliminating *all* trans people of all ages.
If they get away with it with trans people, they’re coming for you next.
These comments make clear what this is about: Eliminating *all* trans people of all ages.
If they get away with it with trans people, they’re coming for you next.
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🎶 If you keep firing everyone and raising prices on goods and services, eventually people won't be able to buy non-essential, fun things. 🎵
Every business assumes their cost-cutting, price-gouging moves won't affect them, and yet...
Every business assumes their cost-cutting, price-gouging moves won't affect them, and yet...
It wasn't just that game console sales were collectively down in the U.S. in November
It's that all three console makers dropped.
Even Nintendo sold fewer Switch 1s and Switch 2s last month than it sold Switch 1s in November 2024, per @matpiscatella.bsky.social
www.gamefile.news/p/november-2...
It's that all three console makers dropped.
Even Nintendo sold fewer Switch 1s and Switch 2s last month than it sold Switch 1s in November 2024, per @matpiscatella.bsky.social
www.gamefile.news/p/november-2...
A nightmare November for video game console sales, as the big three all drop in the U.S.
PLUS: Netflix is bringing back FIFA video games, and I got a look at the updated Animal Crossing
www.gamefile.news
December 18, 2025 at 1:11 AM
🎶 If you keep firing everyone and raising prices on goods and services, eventually people won't be able to buy non-essential, fun things. 🎵
Every business assumes their cost-cutting, price-gouging moves won't affect them, and yet...
Every business assumes their cost-cutting, price-gouging moves won't affect them, and yet...
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China has secretly built a crude but working EUV prototype using ex-ASML engineers, years ahead of expectations.
It’s part of a “Manhattan Project”-scale push to kick the U.S. out of its chip supply chain and achieve full semiconductor independence by 2030. This would end Nvidia/TSMC/ASML dominance
It’s part of a “Manhattan Project”-scale push to kick the U.S. out of its chip supply chain and achieve full semiconductor independence by 2030. This would end Nvidia/TSMC/ASML dominance
Exclusive: How China built its ‘Manhattan Project’ to rival the West in AI chips
In a high-security Shenzhen laboratory, Chinese scientists have built a prototype of a machine capable of producing cutting-edge semiconductor chips that power artificial intelligence, smartphones and...
www.reuters.com
December 18, 2025 at 4:32 PM
China has secretly built a crude but working EUV prototype using ex-ASML engineers, years ahead of expectations.
It’s part of a “Manhattan Project”-scale push to kick the U.S. out of its chip supply chain and achieve full semiconductor independence by 2030. This would end Nvidia/TSMC/ASML dominance
It’s part of a “Manhattan Project”-scale push to kick the U.S. out of its chip supply chain and achieve full semiconductor independence by 2030. This would end Nvidia/TSMC/ASML dominance
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Between 2005 and 2025, China doubled its crude oil consumption, driving most of the world's increase in demand. But their shift to EVs is happening faster than anyone (except them) thought possible.
2024 was their peak car fuel year. Now they use less and less. ♥️🌍♻️
Which means they import less.
2024 was their peak car fuel year. Now they use less and less. ♥️🌍♻️
Which means they import less.
December 18, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Between 2005 and 2025, China doubled its crude oil consumption, driving most of the world's increase in demand. But their shift to EVs is happening faster than anyone (except them) thought possible.
2024 was their peak car fuel year. Now they use less and less. ♥️🌍♻️
Which means they import less.
2024 was their peak car fuel year. Now they use less and less. ♥️🌍♻️
Which means they import less.
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"In effect, Trump took to the airwaves, pointed his finger, and said: 'Quiet, piggy'."
This Is What Presidential Panic Looks Like
Donald Trump delivered a fear-drenched rant live from the White House.
www.theatlantic.com
December 18, 2025 at 12:03 PM
"In effect, Trump took to the airwaves, pointed his finger, and said: 'Quiet, piggy'."
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Everyone knows about Ahmed al-Ahmad, the Syrian Muslim migrant who took down one gunman. Another man, a Middle Eastern refugee, ran into a firefight and kicked the gun away from the other gunman. Police shot him, and bystanders kicked him in the head while he was down, thinking he was the terrorist.
December 18, 2025 at 6:34 AM
Everyone knows about Ahmed al-Ahmad, the Syrian Muslim migrant who took down one gunman. Another man, a Middle Eastern refugee, ran into a firefight and kicked the gun away from the other gunman. Police shot him, and bystanders kicked him in the head while he was down, thinking he was the terrorist.
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Chavez in 2009, while being labelled as paranoid, outlines exactly what is happening today.
December 17, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Chavez in 2009, while being labelled as paranoid, outlines exactly what is happening today.
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The Trump Admin wants to turn the clock back to 2008 and let Wall Street run wild.
We all know how that ended – with taxpayers bailing out Wall Street while millions lost their homes and got fired from their jobs.
Donald Trump could be setting the stage for the next crash.
We all know how that ended – with taxpayers bailing out Wall Street while millions lost their homes and got fired from their jobs.
Donald Trump could be setting the stage for the next crash.
Bessent: "These 2008, 2009, 2010 financial rules were too tight. They hamstrung the American financial system. It was time for a change ... we have to take the financial system out of this straitjacket ... the regulated system is too constrained."
December 17, 2025 at 7:58 PM
The Trump Admin wants to turn the clock back to 2008 and let Wall Street run wild.
We all know how that ended – with taxpayers bailing out Wall Street while millions lost their homes and got fired from their jobs.
Donald Trump could be setting the stage for the next crash.
We all know how that ended – with taxpayers bailing out Wall Street while millions lost their homes and got fired from their jobs.
Donald Trump could be setting the stage for the next crash.
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It’s quarter finals time. Get in your votes!
🚨 THE FINAL EIGHT 🚨
We’ve made it to the quarter finals — only two days away from crowning a winner for Worst Person in Tech 2025.
Don’t miss your chance to vote!
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We’ve made it to the quarter finals — only two days away from crowning a winner for Worst Person in Tech 2025.
Don’t miss your chance to vote!
🗳️ Cast your ballot: twsu.forms.app/wpit2025-qf
December 17, 2025 at 2:31 PM
It’s quarter finals time. Get in your votes!
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Facebook made an algorithm that gave Boomers whatever they wanted, and they destroyed democracy, and then all those FB product managers went over to OpenAI and made ChatGPT, and now they've made a chatbot that tells Boomers whatever they want to hear, and... well, this should go great.
If we are banning cell phones for kids we need to be talking about banning chatbots for boomers
www.persuasion.community/p/my-chatgpt...
www.persuasion.community/p/my-chatgpt...
December 17, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Facebook made an algorithm that gave Boomers whatever they wanted, and they destroyed democracy, and then all those FB product managers went over to OpenAI and made ChatGPT, and now they've made a chatbot that tells Boomers whatever they want to hear, and... well, this should go great.
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This is a wild hack. a16z gave a million dollars to startup called Doublespeed. They use a phone farm to flood social media with AI generated influencers and ads. A hacker remotely broke into the phone farm, unmasking the AI influencers/fake accounts, gave us the data www.404media.co/hack-reveals...
Hack Reveals the a16z-Backed Phone Farm Flooding TikTok With AI Influencers
A hacker gained control of a 1,100 mobile phone farm powering covert, AI-generated ads on TikTok.
www.404media.co
December 17, 2025 at 2:35 PM
This is a wild hack. a16z gave a million dollars to startup called Doublespeed. They use a phone farm to flood social media with AI generated influencers and ads. A hacker remotely broke into the phone farm, unmasking the AI influencers/fake accounts, gave us the data www.404media.co/hack-reveals...
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Reminder that, as the current federal administration has shown, vast-majority-white spaces are artificial, and defended/enforced.
Stats like this don't Just Happen.
Stats like this don't Just Happen.
December 17, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Reminder that, as the current federal administration has shown, vast-majority-white spaces are artificial, and defended/enforced.
Stats like this don't Just Happen.
Stats like this don't Just Happen.
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Well, this is an utter disaster for science.
This gutting of peer review is very likely driven by Project 2025/OMB/Vought, very likely is about funding junk science, and very likely is coming for #NIH and biomedical research next.
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This gutting of peer review is very likely driven by Project 2025/OMB/Vought, very likely is about funding junk science, and very likely is coming for #NIH and biomedical research next.
🧪
December 16, 2025 at 4:10 AM
Well, this is an utter disaster for science.
This gutting of peer review is very likely driven by Project 2025/OMB/Vought, very likely is about funding junk science, and very likely is coming for #NIH and biomedical research next.
🧪
This gutting of peer review is very likely driven by Project 2025/OMB/Vought, very likely is about funding junk science, and very likely is coming for #NIH and biomedical research next.
🧪
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Xu Bo epitomizes the sexism issue in China's video game industry. He is well known for his misogynistic remarks and many controversies.
Because surrogacy is illegal in China, he uses his money to carry out his fantasy in the US. Many billionaires see this as a way to grow and consolidate power.
Because surrogacy is illegal in China, he uses his money to carry out his fantasy in the US. Many billionaires see this as a way to grow and consolidate power.
Extreme creepy! Think'n Elon Musk also. 🎁 Article
The Chinese Billionaires Having Dozens of U.S.-Born Babies Via Surrogate
"…executive Xu Bo …other elites build mega-families, testing citizenship laws and drawing on nannies, IVF and legal firms set up to help them
www.wsj.com/us-news/chinese-b...
The Chinese Billionaires Having Dozens of U.S.-Born Babies Via Surrogate
"…executive Xu Bo …other elites build mega-families, testing citizenship laws and drawing on nannies, IVF and legal firms set up to help them
www.wsj.com/us-news/chinese-b...
The Chinese Billionaires Having Dozens of U.S.-Born Babies Via Surrogate
Videogame executive Xu Bo, said to have more than 100 children, and other elites are building mega-families—testing citizenship laws and drawing on nannies, IVF and legal firms set up to help them.
www.wsj.com
December 15, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Xu Bo epitomizes the sexism issue in China's video game industry. He is well known for his misogynistic remarks and many controversies.
Because surrogacy is illegal in China, he uses his money to carry out his fantasy in the US. Many billionaires see this as a way to grow and consolidate power.
Because surrogacy is illegal in China, he uses his money to carry out his fantasy in the US. Many billionaires see this as a way to grow and consolidate power.
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Will Elon Musk and Peter Thiel find themselves facing off again this year, so will another asshole move into the top spot? You will decide.
Will Elon Musk and Peter Thiel find themselves facing off again this year, so will another asshole move into the top spot? You will decide.
🚨 THE BATTLE BEGINS 🚨
Your favorite year-end contest is back. It’s time to choose who will be this year’s Worst Person In Tech for 2025!
Each day of this week new matchups will drop until we choose the winner on Friday.
🗳️ Cast your ballot: twsu.forms.app/worst-person...
Your favorite year-end contest is back. It’s time to choose who will be this year’s Worst Person In Tech for 2025!
Each day of this week new matchups will drop until we choose the winner on Friday.
🗳️ Cast your ballot: twsu.forms.app/worst-person...
December 15, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Don’t miss the opportunity to cast your ballot for Worst Person in Tech!
Will Elon Musk and Peter Thiel find themselves facing off again this year, so will another asshole move into the top spot? You will decide.
Will Elon Musk and Peter Thiel find themselves facing off again this year, so will another asshole move into the top spot? You will decide.
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Some people took down entire websites, changed mission statements and mandates or dropped entire projects at the start of this year
But kept the job
Kept the title
and kept posting online telling other people what they can do to save the world
But couldn’t even hold the line themselves.
But kept the job
Kept the title
and kept posting online telling other people what they can do to save the world
But couldn’t even hold the line themselves.
December 15, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Some people took down entire websites, changed mission statements and mandates or dropped entire projects at the start of this year
But kept the job
Kept the title
and kept posting online telling other people what they can do to save the world
But couldn’t even hold the line themselves.
But kept the job
Kept the title
and kept posting online telling other people what they can do to save the world
But couldn’t even hold the line themselves.
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Not the important point here but also: this is not an AI-necessary task. You can do a plaintext search for “gender,” if that’s your goal.
Using AI or saying you’re using AI seems like an effort to make the process seem more rigorous or analytical than it is.
Using AI or saying you’re using AI seems like an effort to make the process seem more rigorous or analytical than it is.
Using AI to monitor schools for thoughtcrime bsky.app/profile/chad...
“At Texas A&M, internal emails show staff are using AI software to search syllabi and course descriptions for words that could raise concerns under new system policies restricting how faculty teach about race and gender.”
www.texastribune.org/2025/12/15/t...
www.texastribune.org/2025/12/15/t...
December 15, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Not the important point here but also: this is not an AI-necessary task. You can do a plaintext search for “gender,” if that’s your goal.
Using AI or saying you’re using AI seems like an effort to make the process seem more rigorous or analytical than it is.
Using AI or saying you’re using AI seems like an effort to make the process seem more rigorous or analytical than it is.
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We launched Simplified Chinese localisation for Loco Motive 3 weeks ago. Here's how it went:
🇨🇳 40% of all Steam units sold in the last 3 weeks are from China
🇨🇳 China leapt from just 0.7% to 6% of lifetime Steam sales.
🇨🇳 Our best selling region in the last 3 months, overtaking US English.
🇨🇳 40% of all Steam units sold in the last 3 weeks are from China
🇨🇳 China leapt from just 0.7% to 6% of lifetime Steam sales.
🇨🇳 Our best selling region in the last 3 months, overtaking US English.
December 14, 2025 at 5:03 PM
We launched Simplified Chinese localisation for Loco Motive 3 weeks ago. Here's how it went:
🇨🇳 40% of all Steam units sold in the last 3 weeks are from China
🇨🇳 China leapt from just 0.7% to 6% of lifetime Steam sales.
🇨🇳 Our best selling region in the last 3 months, overtaking US English.
🇨🇳 40% of all Steam units sold in the last 3 weeks are from China
🇨🇳 China leapt from just 0.7% to 6% of lifetime Steam sales.
🇨🇳 Our best selling region in the last 3 months, overtaking US English.
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🤣LOL! No.
What kind of nonsense world view believes that the real people that left Twitter, only exist as human control rods to stop weirdos from catching too many of their own strays?
Everyone is exactly where they are supposed to be. Let people on Twitter continue to enjoy each other and Elon.
What kind of nonsense world view believes that the real people that left Twitter, only exist as human control rods to stop weirdos from catching too many of their own strays?
Everyone is exactly where they are supposed to be. Let people on Twitter continue to enjoy each other and Elon.
December 14, 2025 at 11:48 PM
🤣LOL! No.
What kind of nonsense world view believes that the real people that left Twitter, only exist as human control rods to stop weirdos from catching too many of their own strays?
Everyone is exactly where they are supposed to be. Let people on Twitter continue to enjoy each other and Elon.
What kind of nonsense world view believes that the real people that left Twitter, only exist as human control rods to stop weirdos from catching too many of their own strays?
Everyone is exactly where they are supposed to be. Let people on Twitter continue to enjoy each other and Elon.
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wishing this hero a swift recovery
Ahmed al Ahmed, 43, has been identified as the man who disarmed one of the Sydney attackers.
Ahmed was shot by the second shooter, who was firing from a bridge. He suffered 2 gunshot wounds and is undergoing surgery.
Ahmed was shot by the second shooter, who was firing from a bridge. He suffered 2 gunshot wounds and is undergoing surgery.
December 14, 2025 at 3:58 PM
wishing this hero a swift recovery