Lori
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The most precious commodity you have is your attention. You don’t have to waste it on poor-faith debates or arguments with strangers if you don’t think they’ll be productive. You can prioritize the things that matter to you and make your life richer.
November 30, 2025 at 8:00 PM
The most precious commodity you have is your attention. You don’t have to waste it on poor-faith debates or arguments with strangers if you don’t think they’ll be productive. You can prioritize the things that matter to you and make your life richer.
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you don't say.
Relying on ChatGPT to teach you about a topic leaves you with shallower knowledge than Googling and reading about it, according to new research that compared what more than 10,000 people knew after using one method or the other.
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November 21, 2025 at 12:56 PM
you don't say.
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Pretty much all affordability discourse could benefit from just posting this chart.
If you're in the better off America, all the luxury goods you want in excess are for the most part much cheaper. If you're in the poorer America, most of the shit you need to live/grow is more expensive.
If you're in the better off America, all the luxury goods you want in excess are for the most part much cheaper. If you're in the poorer America, most of the shit you need to live/grow is more expensive.
November 10, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Pretty much all affordability discourse could benefit from just posting this chart.
If you're in the better off America, all the luxury goods you want in excess are for the most part much cheaper. If you're in the poorer America, most of the shit you need to live/grow is more expensive.
If you're in the better off America, all the luxury goods you want in excess are for the most part much cheaper. If you're in the poorer America, most of the shit you need to live/grow is more expensive.
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Showers largely in CB Highlands in brisk NW onshore winds today. Otherwise fine today & Monday. I have appended an animation for the next 2 weeks illustrating a number of passing storms. This EU model suggests over 100mm for southern & eastern areas. Note the blues & reds: snow or mixed precip.
November 2, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Showers largely in CB Highlands in brisk NW onshore winds today. Otherwise fine today & Monday. I have appended an animation for the next 2 weeks illustrating a number of passing storms. This EU model suggests over 100mm for southern & eastern areas. Note the blues & reds: snow or mixed precip.
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“The victims of this Administration are not the comedians . . . . They’re the people who are struggling to have any voice and are being forcibly removed from streets by hooded agents.” Jon Stewart talks about the suppression of political speech.
Will Paramount Cancel Jon Stewart?
The “Daily Show” host talks with David Remnick about his contract with Paramount Skydance, the government’s attack on political satire, and how our institutions got so weak.
www.newyorker.com
October 31, 2025 at 6:47 PM
“The victims of this Administration are not the comedians . . . . They’re the people who are struggling to have any voice and are being forcibly removed from streets by hooded agents.” Jon Stewart talks about the suppression of political speech.
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I don’t know how to comprehend 40 inches in that short a time, except with sorrow and anger.
Projected maximum rainfall in Jamaica from Hurricane Melissa? 40 inches+
That's the average amount of rain DC sees in an entire YEAR.
That's the average amount of rain DC sees in an entire YEAR.
October 27, 2025 at 6:55 PM
I don’t know how to comprehend 40 inches in that short a time, except with sorrow and anger.
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The amount is meaningless — less than one day of salary. But the principle is important: once the armed services are paid by the oligarchs, they become a private militia, and we no longer have a country.
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...
Trump Administration Live Updates: Pentagon Accepts $130 Million Donation to Help Pay Troops During Shutdown
www.nytimes.com
October 24, 2025 at 9:18 PM
The amount is meaningless — less than one day of salary. But the principle is important: once the armed services are paid by the oligarchs, they become a private militia, and we no longer have a country.
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...
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Del Toro's new Frankenstein adaption reimagines Mary Shelley's 1818 Gothic novel. Frankenstein was like a tech bro: "creating something without considering the consequences," he explains. n.pr/3L5exuu
Filmmaker Guillermo del Toro says 'I'd rather die' than use generative AI
Del Toro's new Frankenstein adaption reimagines Mary Shelley's 1818 Gothic novel. Frankenstein was like a tech bro: "creating something without considering the consequences," he explains.
n.pr
October 25, 2025 at 6:11 AM
Del Toro's new Frankenstein adaption reimagines Mary Shelley's 1818 Gothic novel. Frankenstein was like a tech bro: "creating something without considering the consequences," he explains. n.pr/3L5exuu
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I implore anyone who has an audience and speaks about genAI and LLMs to refer to them as products, not technologies, as much as possible.
Keep hammering that home.
Keep hammering that home.
I always try to write/talk critically about tech product design without focusing on particular products, or even product categories, but I continually find that LLM/GenAI products cover all the bases for what makes a bad product bad
October 24, 2025 at 2:21 PM
I implore anyone who has an audience and speaks about genAI and LLMs to refer to them as products, not technologies, as much as possible.
Keep hammering that home.
Keep hammering that home.
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Any American medium that fails to cover the largest protests in American history is failing in the basic mission of informing the public about the facts.
October 18, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Any American medium that fails to cover the largest protests in American history is failing in the basic mission of informing the public about the facts.
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On April 1, ICE apprehended 47 people — including 9 children — at a birthday party in Dripping Springs, Tex. The agency’s only disclosure about the raid describes the operation as targeting people believed to be connected to the Tren de Aragua gang. 🧵
October 18, 2025 at 12:30 PM
On April 1, ICE apprehended 47 people — including 9 children — at a birthday party in Dripping Springs, Tex. The agency’s only disclosure about the raid describes the operation as targeting people believed to be connected to the Tren de Aragua gang. 🧵
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We had Angela Davis speak at my university a couple of years back. One of the many insightful things she said - protest in the way that aligns with your passion. If that’s poetry do poetry or music etc. Because then you will be able to sustain it. If naked bike rides are your passion, 100% do that.
Someone in my mentions is upset because these people haven’t suffered the worst at ICE’s hands and therefore they shouldn’t be praised for being out on the streets?
Yeah, no. To push back on these people we need everyone — especially those with relative privilege — to get up and get involved.
Yeah, no. To push back on these people we need everyone — especially those with relative privilege — to get up and get involved.
Portland, you magnificent weirdos
October 13, 2025 at 12:36 AM
We had Angela Davis speak at my university a couple of years back. One of the many insightful things she said - protest in the way that aligns with your passion. If that’s poetry do poetry or music etc. Because then you will be able to sustain it. If naked bike rides are your passion, 100% do that.
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I would not have known about this had it not been for local indigenous folk there posting here.
NEW: There’s a disaster unfolding in Alaska right now. And no major network is covering it.
The remnants of Typhoon Halong battered western Alaska overnight. Homes, with people in them, have literally been swept into the Bering Strait.
At least 20 are missing. No comment from any federal agency.
The remnants of Typhoon Halong battered western Alaska overnight. Homes, with people in them, have literally been swept into the Bering Strait.
At least 20 are missing. No comment from any federal agency.
October 13, 2025 at 3:53 PM
I would not have known about this had it not been for local indigenous folk there posting here.
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Just a reminder that Banned Books Week isn’t about selling more copies of 1984. It’s about keeping authors and teachers and librarians safe and making sure all of us have the freedom to read widely. www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...
Children’s Authors on the Real-World Cost of Book Banning
Authors discuss how having their work targeted by censors has directly affected their livelihood and their well-being.
www.publishersweekly.com
October 11, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Just a reminder that Banned Books Week isn’t about selling more copies of 1984. It’s about keeping authors and teachers and librarians safe and making sure all of us have the freedom to read widely. www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...
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One of the lessons I discuss in "On Tyranny":
Listen for dangerous words.
Listen for dangerous words.
October 5, 2025 at 2:48 PM
One of the lessons I discuss in "On Tyranny":
Listen for dangerous words.
Listen for dangerous words.
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What a line from the Pope! I am so pleased he is carrying on Pope Francis’ advocacy for immigrants.
October 1, 2025 at 3:04 AM
What a line from the Pope! I am so pleased he is carrying on Pope Francis’ advocacy for immigrants.
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“There is no comparable requirement for boys to confirm their gender,” said another parent. “Once again, the onus is placed on girls to be monitored and regulated, reinforcing the idea that female athletes are the ones who need to be verified.”
Fewer girls are playing sports after govt erected barriers for girls to play sports.
edmontonjournal.com/news/local-n...
edmontonjournal.com/news/local-n...
Early dropoff in girls' school sports linked to new gender confirmation forms
Province's new requirements are already having impacts on girls' sports in junior high
edmontonjournal.com
September 18, 2025 at 10:36 PM
“There is no comparable requirement for boys to confirm their gender,” said another parent. “Once again, the onus is placed on girls to be monitored and regulated, reinforcing the idea that female athletes are the ones who need to be verified.”
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As you cancel streaming services, here is a casual reminder that only 16% of Americans read for pleasure anymore, and your local library has hundreds or thousands of books you haven't read.
They would love to see you stop by and renew your library card.
They would love to see you stop by and renew your library card.
September 18, 2025 at 7:55 PM
As you cancel streaming services, here is a casual reminder that only 16% of Americans read for pleasure anymore, and your local library has hundreds or thousands of books you haven't read.
They would love to see you stop by and renew your library card.
They would love to see you stop by and renew your library card.
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What we're seeing in the "don't sign up for protests" discourse is what Paulo Freire described as the convert's failure to trust the knowledge of the oppressed. As the convert tries to stand in solidarity with the oppressed, they refuse to let go of a world where they were the authority by default.
September 18, 2025 at 6:12 PM
What we're seeing in the "don't sign up for protests" discourse is what Paulo Freire described as the convert's failure to trust the knowledge of the oppressed. As the convert tries to stand in solidarity with the oppressed, they refuse to let go of a world where they were the authority by default.
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To be clear, one doesn’t need to mock Kirk to land on the doxers’ list. trib.al/qKGTMG0
All you need to do is acknowledge Kirk’s *actual* politics, and his legacy as a far-right Christian nationalist with a history of making racist, misogynist, and homophobic remarks.
All you need to do is acknowledge Kirk’s *actual* politics, and his legacy as a far-right Christian nationalist with a history of making racist, misogynist, and homophobic remarks.
September 17, 2025 at 11:31 PM
To be clear, one doesn’t need to mock Kirk to land on the doxers’ list. trib.al/qKGTMG0
All you need to do is acknowledge Kirk’s *actual* politics, and his legacy as a far-right Christian nationalist with a history of making racist, misogynist, and homophobic remarks.
All you need to do is acknowledge Kirk’s *actual* politics, and his legacy as a far-right Christian nationalist with a history of making racist, misogynist, and homophobic remarks.
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General pattern in regime change: the comedy gets better and then it gets banned.
September 18, 2025 at 12:05 AM
General pattern in regime change: the comedy gets better and then it gets banned.