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November 20, 2025 at 6:08 AM
Rather than “violating civil rights act,” say “pushes black and brown voters into districts where their concerns and interests can be safely ignored. They can vote all they want but their votes won’t matter for deciding who wins the district.”
So ridiculous. (And so familiar)
August 11, 2025 at 4:07 AM
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This is legit one of the most underrated GOAT candy bars.
August 10, 2025 at 9:47 PM
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Everyone wants to fight like an assassin, or a baddie. WIRED talked to Ballerina stunt performer Cara Marie Chooljian for tips on how average folks can win a brawl, even when they’re outmatched.
How to Fight Like a ‘Ballerina’
Everyone wants to fight like an assassin, or a baddie. WIRED talked to “Ballerina” stunt performer Cara Marie Chooljian for tips on how average folks can win a brawl, even when they’re outmatched.
wrd.cm
June 19, 2025 at 8:21 PM
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Absolutely bananas. And if it’s this bad for this guy—an Australian Columbia student whose sin was writing about the protests—imagine how much worse for others.
June 19, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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New research from MIT found that those who used ChatGPT can’t remember any of the content of their essays.

Key takeaway: the product doesn’t suffer, but the process does. And when it comes to essays, the process *is* how they learn.

arxiv.org/pdf/2506.088...
June 18, 2025 at 7:32 AM
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"The writing is getting better. The ideas are getting worse." Terrific @brianklaas.bsky.social essay on the trouble with AI, student essays and the decline of critical thinking.
open.substack.com/pub/briankla...
The Death of the Student Essay—and the Future of Cognition
One professor's reflections on the end of an era, as AI tools such as ChatGPT have murdered the student essay (RIP). Here's why that threatens the future of human cognition—and how to save ourselves.
open.substack.com
June 19, 2025 at 10:20 AM
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did a video on jim crow as part of my american history series on youtube youtu.be/FdCf0rQmY-s
Nerd Stuff: What was Jim Crow?
YouTube video by Takes™ by Jamelle Bouie
youtu.be
June 18, 2025 at 7:01 PM
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⚠️ At least 10 people have quit the biggest AI companies over grave concerns about the technology's power, including its potential to wipe away humanity.

Several top execs at several top AI companies have similar warnings.

What if they're right?
Behind the Curtain: What if predictions of humanity-destroying AI are right?
Everyone assumes AI optimists and doomers are simply exaggerating. But no one asks: "Well, what if they're right?"
www.axios.com
June 16, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Should be standard follow-up question used by political reporters: “Watchu mean?”
December 20, 2024 at 11:38 PM
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I’m still not watching or listening to the news. It’s been great to be honest.
So much room for activities!
December 2, 2024 at 1:32 PM
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VERY exciting week for the 5 of us who are fascinated by how the Statutes at Large become the United States Code: the House is likely to consider (under suspension of the rules) bills to transform titles 41 and 54 of the Code into "positive law" titles.
December 2, 2024 at 2:20 PM
November 14, 2024 at 3:25 AM