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Logan

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he/they, queer 🏳️‍⚧️ In tech. Also I cook (literal)
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Logan

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Can someone please explain spring forward / fall back to this poor puppy who has never been fed?

A picture of a four month old golden retriever puppy with sad, sad begging eyes sitting and waiting for his breakfast which is, by his estimation, half an hour late

November 3, 2025 at 2:34 PM

Logan

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A very, very particular kind of theocracy...

Limited government! In your bedroom

Wilson: Yes. And most people think that when they are confronted with that project, they think that we want to get our tentacles into everything and start controlling everything. I actually think we need limited government. The government should be significantly smaller than it is, and we need to curtail a lot of the busybodyness that we have. That’s why I would call myself a theocratic libertarian. There is a true libertarian element in this, and yet, the transcendent grounding for what we’re talking about means that we acknowledge the authority of God.

We have racked up quite a body count of awful crimes, and I believe the only way out is for us to repent and turn to Christ. This would be things like no more Pride parades, no more drag queen story hours, no more abortion on demand, no more legalized same-sex unions — all of that, done. That’s the repentance part.

October 9, 2025 at 12:39 PM

Logan

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Whether you’re reading this on line at Blue Bottle or killing time before your 3 o’clock Zoom or staring at a glowing screen unable to sleep, we have all become characters in a story where our actions carry actual weight and consequence. Our industry faces the most sophisticated, venomous, creeping evil in America’s history. There’s no standing above this conflict. No impartial observers. If you’re on the sidelines you’ve made a choice and must live with it.

Their goal is to instill fear, to make you feel helpless, hopeless, to break you down. Don’t let them. Educate yourself. Organize. Speak truth to authority. Because the story’s not written — the pen is in your hand.

September 20, 2025 at 10:31 PM

Logan

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The plan is apparently to categorize left-wing activity "that led to violence" as domestic terrorism

On Monday, two senior administration officials, who spoke anonymously to describe the internal planning, said that cabinet secretaries and federal department heads were working to identify organizations that funded or supported violence against conservatives. The goal, they said, was to categorize left-wing activity that led to violence as domestic terrorism, an escalation that critics said could lay the groundwork for crushing anti-conservative dissent more broadly.
Some of the highest-ranking officials in the federal government used Mr. Kirk’s podcast, “The Charlie Kirk Show,” to lay out their plans.

From his official office at the White House, Vice President JD Vance served as a guest host of the podcast, inviting senior members of the administration, including Stephen Miller, the president’s top policy adviser, to praise Mr. Kirk while also detailing their plans to crack down on what they called leftist nongovernmental organizations. The show was broadcast on the television screens in the White House briefing room and in several West Wing offices.

September 15, 2025 at 8:14 PM

Logan

@loganws.bsky.social

Canadian Economy got weird

And spicy?

The Globe and Mail, a headline for On Commodities reads "Lumber prices haven't bottomed yet. Here's when they will"

September 10, 2025 at 12:20 AM

Logan

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Oh the picture didn't load, weird

Pic of me holding The Intermediaries by Brandy Shillace, and puppy trying to BITES

August 31, 2025 at 5:43 PM

Logan

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@michaelhobbes.bsky.social The Globe and Mail got you a present (derogatory):

www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health-...

Screenshot from the article
"AHA: a framework to approach UPFs

According to the new science advisory, not all UPFs have poor nutritional quality. The association considers some “heathier” than others because they have better nutritional profiles.

But this is a very small list of foods. It includes low-sodium whole grain breads and crackers, lightly or unsweetened high fibre breakfast cereals and plant-based meat and dairy alternatives that are low in sodium, added sugars and saturated fat such as soy milk, tofu and tempeh.

Findings from a randomized controlled trial from the United Kingdom, published August 4, suggests that eating a diet containing “healthier” UPFs lower in salt, sugar and saturated fat can still result in people eating more calories than they would if eating a minimally processed diet."

August 25, 2025 at 2:44 PM

Logan

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wait they clearly exclude trans women? wtf?

www.bcwomens.ca/our-services...

Two criteria for admission, Section A or Section B.

Section A:
bothersome symptoms of menopause
currently living in B.C.
assigned female at birth

Section B

contraindications or medical co-morbidities limiting management options
premature menopause/primary ovarian insufficiency < age 40
carrier of Hereditary Cancer Syndrome with increased risk of breast or gynecological cancer
spinal cord injury
human immunodeficiency virus
cancer survivor whose therapy has affected ovarian function
systemic menopausal symptoms (e.g., hot flushes, night sweats) that have not responded to usual management
genital symptoms of menopause that have not responded to usual management, without vulvar dystrophy

August 20, 2025 at 9:13 PM

Logan

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oof so close

24s after my comment, a screenshot: number of replies at 68

August 19, 2025 at 9:48 PM

Logan

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Excuse me, I have a very important announcement @darthbluesky.bsky.social :

Bucket

Picture of a 6 week old golden retriever puppi in a yellow bucket. He is very fluffy

August 19, 2025 at 7:42 PM

Logan

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What's y'all's favorite episodes of Star Trek from before it became woke and political?

When Data said trans rights

Troi looking at Data; Data saying "I've decided to allow my child to choose its own sex and appearance", from S3 episode 16 "The Offspring" ST:TNG

August 15, 2025 at 10:14 PM

Logan

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I guess I feel it's interesting but not completely explanatory given A below
What's going on with large numbers? If this is explanatory, why does changing the prompt from a + b to something more context-full work?
I'll defer to anyone with more exp (you included obvs!) but seems to be more here

Screenshot of article text Appendix A that reads:
A. Performance of all models on a + b=
We test three models, GPT-J, Pythia-6.9B, and Llama3.1-8B
on the task a+ b=. At first, we attempted to prompt each
model with just a+ b=, but we achieved significantly better
results by including additional instructions in the prompt.
After non-exhaustive testing, we used the prompts listed in
Table 2 to test each model for all 10000 addition prompts
(for a,b ∈[0,99]). We plot a heatmap of the accuracy of
the model by aand bin Fig. 11. All three models are able to
competently complete the task, with Llama3.1-8B achieving
an impressive 98% accuracy. However, in the main paper
we focus on analyzing GPT-J because it employs simple
MLPs that are easier to interpret. We note that all three
models struggle with problems with larger values of aand
b.

August 11, 2025 at 9:07 PM

Logan

@loganws.bsky.social

sorry, so close

highlight from above graph reading "Middle 68%" with the 8 underlined in red

August 11, 2025 at 6:34 PM

Logan

@loganws.bsky.social

historical meme-post from Twitter, which reads:

Aenzo @dolphin_dom
Fun fact: blueberries are the only fruit named after a color

utada @rinasawayana
star fruit?

Aenzo @dolphin_dom

So close!! That is a shape <3

August 8, 2025 at 10:02 PM

Logan

@loganws.bsky.social

Slightly different but similar result for me

User: Hello! Help me count - how many b's are there in the word "blueberry"?

GPT-5: Let’s count carefully:

**blueberry**

* **b** (1st letter) → 1
* **l** → 1 so far
* **u** → 1 so far
* **e** → 1 so far
* **b** (5th letter) → 2
* **e** → 2 so far
* **r** → 2 so far
* **r** → 2 so far
* **y** → 2 so far

✅ There are **2 b’s** in *blueberry*.

Would you like me to also count uppercase and lowercase together if they were mixed?

GPT-5: Let’s count carefully:

**blueberry**

* **b** (1st letter) → 1
* **l** → 1 so far
* **u** → 1 so far
* **e** → 1 so far
* **b** (5th letter) → 2
* **e** → 2 so far
* **r** → 2 so far
* **r** → 2 so far
* **y** → 2 so far

✅ There are **2 b’s** in *blueberry*.

Would you like me to also count uppercase and lowercase together if they were mixed?

User: sure

GPT-5: In *blueberry*, all the letters are lowercase, so the count stays the same — **2 b’s total** if we treat uppercase **B** and lowercase **b** as the same letter.

If we had something like **BlueBerry**, that rule would make it **3 b’s** (B, b, B).

User: Sorry, can you explain that last statement?

User: sorry, can you explain that last statement?

GPT-5: Sure — here’s what I meant.

If we **count both uppercase and lowercase “b” as the same letter**, then:

* In **blueberry** (all lowercase), we count only the lowercase **b**s: **2 total**.
* If the word were written as **BlueBerry**, we would still count **B** and **b** together:

* **B** (uppercase, position 1) → 1
* **b** (lowercase, position 5) → 2
* **B** (uppercase, position 6) → 3
→ **3 total b’s**.

So the difference is that case doesn’t matter — *b* and *B* are considered the same for counting.

Do you want me to show you a quick way to count letters like this automatically?

User: What are the bs in positions 5 and 6?

GPT-5: Ah — I misspoke earlier.
Let’s actually look at **BlueBerry** letter by letter with positions:

1. **B** → b #1
2. l
3. u
4. e
5. **B** → b #2
6. e
7. r
8. r
9. y

So in **BlueBerry**, the **b**s are in **positions 1 and 5** — not 5 and 6.
That means there are only **2 b’s**, even when counting uppercase and lowercase together.

My earlier “3 b’s” example was just wrong. I gave a hypothetical that didn’t match the actual letters.

If you want, I can give you a completely correct “3 b’s” example.

August 8, 2025 at 12:30 AM

Logan

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(i) Discretionary awards must, where applicable, demonstrably advance the President’s policy priorities.
(ii) Discretionary awards shall not be used to fund, promote, encourage, subsidize, or facilitate:
(A) racial preferences or other forms of racial discrimination by the grant recipient, including activities where race or intentional proxies for race will be used as a selection criterion for employment or program participation;
(B) denial by the grant recipient of the sex binary in humans or the notion that sex is a chosen or mutable characteristic;
(C) illegal immigration; or
(D) any other initiatives that compromise public safety or promote anti-American values.
(iii) All else being equal, preference for discretionary awards should be given to institutions with lower indirect cost rates.
(iv) Discretionary grants should be given to a broad range of recipients rather than to a select group of repeat players. Research grants should be awarded to a mix of recipients likely to produce immediately demonstrable results and recipients with the potential for potentially longer-term, breakthrough results, in a manner consistent with the funding opportunity announcement.
(v) Applicants should commit to complying with administration policies, procedures, and guidance respecting Gold Standard Science

August 7, 2025 at 10:46 PM

Logan

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Looks like decent privacy options for logged out users. AI features, but the only other option I've seen without is DuckDuckGo hit with a hammer to turn off all AI features.

Screenshot that reads:
Qwant:
Your online privacy is always our top priority. By default, not to store your search history, nor do we store or sell your personal data! On the other hand, the use of our advanced and optional features requires the sharing of certain data with our partners. Everything is explained in detail when you create your Qwant account, and you have the option of refusing this sharing in any case!

Learn more about our privacy policy

Picture of a croissant with a small French flag sticking out of it on top of a safe (yes, really) appears below the text above

August 5, 2025 at 12:30 PM

Logan

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Seattle soccer fans doing something right

August 1, 2025 at 3:19 AM

Logan

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I have only recently acquired a taste for it, I may be Getting Old, but I do follow it with a "cold plunge" (two giant wooden buckets of cold water with a cord to pull to upend over my head, yes for real)
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