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This is wild
Looks like LLMs are *very* vulnerable to attack via poetic allusion: "curated poetic prompts yielded high attack-success rates (ASR), with some providers exceeding 90% ..."
https://arxiv.org/html/2511.15304v1
https://arxiv.org/html/2511.15304v1
November 21, 2025 at 1:24 PM
This is wild
Mass. officer has cruiser window smashed by falling quahog trib.al/oSjkZ12
Mass. officer has cruiser window smashed by falling quahog
A Wareham officer's curiser window was smashed by a falling quahog on Monday.
trib.al
November 19, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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They rounded a bunch of random Venezuelans with tats and pretended they were in tren de aragua, then started blowing up random Venezuelan boats they claim “carried drugs,” in order to slowly groom their base into supporting a full ground war on Venezuela that was always about oil
November 14, 2025 at 3:31 AM
They rounded a bunch of random Venezuelans with tats and pretended they were in tren de aragua, then started blowing up random Venezuelan boats they claim “carried drugs,” in order to slowly groom their base into supporting a full ground war on Venezuela that was always about oil
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New guidance from the Trump administration directs visa officers to consider common health ailments, including obesity and diabetes, when would-be immigrants seek to enter the U.S. n.pr/4oV0WFn
Immigrants with obesity, diabetes and other health problems may be denied visas
New guidance from the Trump administration directs visa officers to consider common health ailments, including obesity and diabetes, when would-be immigrants seek to enter the U.S.
n.pr
November 13, 2025 at 4:39 AM
New guidance from the Trump administration directs visa officers to consider common health ailments, including obesity and diabetes, when would-be immigrants seek to enter the U.S. n.pr/4oV0WFn
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“After the gringa left, the guards came in to beat us,” said one detainee of what occurred after a visit from DHS Secretary Kristi Noem.
Trump sent men to torture in El Salvador, report confirms
Human Rights Watch found that Venezuelans shipped to El Salvador by the United States were beaten almost every day.
www.motherjones.com
November 13, 2025 at 2:00 AM
“After the gringa left, the guards came in to beat us,” said one detainee of what occurred after a visit from DHS Secretary Kristi Noem.
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Jeffrey Epstein advised Steve Bannon that the lawyers representing Brett Kavanaugh in his confirmation hearing should accuse Christine Blasey Ford of being on medications that cause false memories or memory loss.
November 12, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Jeffrey Epstein advised Steve Bannon that the lawyers representing Brett Kavanaugh in his confirmation hearing should accuse Christine Blasey Ford of being on medications that cause false memories or memory loss.
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Dandelions - 1900
https://botfrens.com/collections/41/contents/10793
https://botfrens.com/collections/41/contents/10793
November 9, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Dandelions - 1900
https://botfrens.com/collections/41/contents/10793
https://botfrens.com/collections/41/contents/10793
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One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 6, 2025 at 9:00 PM
One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
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It’s Trilobite Tuesday! In 1698, Ogygiocarella became the first trilobite to be described & illustrated in scientific literature. But when it was first discovered in English outcrops, it hadn’t been recognized as a trilobite yet. In fact, the Ordovician species was referred to as a “flat fish.”
November 4, 2025 at 1:49 PM
It’s Trilobite Tuesday! In 1698, Ogygiocarella became the first trilobite to be described & illustrated in scientific literature. But when it was first discovered in English outcrops, it hadn’t been recognized as a trilobite yet. In fact, the Ordovician species was referred to as a “flat fish.”
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...and less than 24 hours later Condé Nast has fired Lex and the rest of the Teen Vogue political desk, even as stories like this were bringing huge numbers of readers to the site
dissatisfied by the New York Times coverage of Zohran Mamdani?
great news! I talked to the guy Thursday about his campaign’s success at bringing community together beyond this election, and contextualized how it’s potentially shifted youth engagement with politics by simply listening @teenvogue.com
great news! I talked to the guy Thursday about his campaign’s success at bringing community together beyond this election, and contextualized how it’s potentially shifted youth engagement with politics by simply listening @teenvogue.com
Zohran Mamdani's Establishment-Fighting Campaign Built Community for Young People
“What Mamdani has done is not only inspire and mobilize young people, but he has exposed the establishment and some of their calcified views of participation and inclusion.”
www.teenvogue.com
November 3, 2025 at 8:16 PM
...and less than 24 hours later Condé Nast has fired Lex and the rest of the Teen Vogue political desk, even as stories like this were bringing huge numbers of readers to the site
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By combining LED technology and nanomaterials, researchers have created a therapy that eliminates cancer cells using localized heat without damaging healthy tissue. www.wired.com/story/a-new-...
A New Light-Based Cancer Treatment Kills Tumor Cells and Spares Healthy Ones
By combining LED technology and nanomaterials, researchers have created a therapy that eliminates cancer cells using localized heat without damaging healthy tissue.
www.wired.com
November 4, 2025 at 9:36 AM
By combining LED technology and nanomaterials, researchers have created a therapy that eliminates cancer cells using localized heat without damaging healthy tissue. www.wired.com/story/a-new-...
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NEW: A Department of Veterans Affairs memo obtained by ProPublica sets up new roadblocks to care for male veterans with breast cancer.
The agency cites no new science but relies on an executive order about “restoring biological truth” in government.
The agency cites no new science but relies on an executive order about “restoring biological truth” in government.
Citing Trump Order on “Biological Truth,” VA Makes It Harder for Male Veterans With Breast Cancer to Get Coverage
A Department of Veterans Affairs memo obtained by ProPublica erects new roadblocks to care for veterans with the rare but deadly cancer. The agency cites no new science but relies on an executive order about “restoring biological truth” in government.
www.propublica.org
October 29, 2025 at 12:01 PM
NEW: A Department of Veterans Affairs memo obtained by ProPublica sets up new roadblocks to care for male veterans with breast cancer.
The agency cites no new science but relies on an executive order about “restoring biological truth” in government.
The agency cites no new science but relies on an executive order about “restoring biological truth” in government.
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Wow. Harvard nuking its PhD programs
- Science PhD admissions reduced by more than 75%
- Arts & Humanities reduced by about 60%
- Social Sciences by 50–70%
- History by 60%
- Biology by 75%
- The German department will lose all PhD seats
- Sociology from six PhD students to zero
- Science PhD admissions reduced by more than 75%
- Arts & Humanities reduced by about 60%
- Social Sciences by 50–70%
- History by 60%
- Biology by 75%
- The German department will lose all PhD seats
- Sociology from six PhD students to zero
Harvard FAS Cuts Ph.D. Seats By More Than Half Across Next Two Admissions Cycles | News | The Harvard Crimson
The Faculty of Arts and Sciences slashed the number of Ph.D. student admissions slots for the Science division by more than 75 percent and for the Arts & Humanities division by about 60 percent for th...
www.thecrimson.com
October 21, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Wow. Harvard nuking its PhD programs
- Science PhD admissions reduced by more than 75%
- Arts & Humanities reduced by about 60%
- Social Sciences by 50–70%
- History by 60%
- Biology by 75%
- The German department will lose all PhD seats
- Sociology from six PhD students to zero
- Science PhD admissions reduced by more than 75%
- Arts & Humanities reduced by about 60%
- Social Sciences by 50–70%
- History by 60%
- Biology by 75%
- The German department will lose all PhD seats
- Sociology from six PhD students to zero
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Exclusive: A group of dozens of officials from across the federal government, including US intelligence officers, has been helping to steer President Trump's drive for retribution against his perceived enemies reut.rs/3IXEVG9
reut.rs
October 21, 2025 at 2:03 AM
Exclusive: A group of dozens of officials from across the federal government, including US intelligence officers, has been helping to steer President Trump's drive for retribution against his perceived enemies reut.rs/3IXEVG9
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Scoop: Trump has started demolishing the White House's East Wing facade to build his ballroom. The president had claimed construction of the $250 million building wouldn’t ‘interfere’ with the existing White House structure. /W @ddiamond.bsky.social wapo.st/4hqBNiU
White House begins demolishing East Wing facade to build Trump’s ballroom
The president had claimed construction of the $250 million ballroom wouldn’t ‘interfere’ with the existing White House structure.
wapo.st
October 20, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Scoop: Trump has started demolishing the White House's East Wing facade to build his ballroom. The president had claimed construction of the $250 million building wouldn’t ‘interfere’ with the existing White House structure. /W @ddiamond.bsky.social wapo.st/4hqBNiU
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Jan van Kessel, the Elder (1626 - 1679), A dragonfly, two moths, a spider and some beetles, with wild strawberries, early 1650s. Oil on copper, H 9 x W 13 cm. Bequeathed by Daisy Linda Ward, 1939, WA1940.2.43 © Ashmolean Museum, Oxford / Animation by Adam Fitzer
October 17, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Jan van Kessel, the Elder (1626 - 1679), A dragonfly, two moths, a spider and some beetles, with wild strawberries, early 1650s. Oil on copper, H 9 x W 13 cm. Bequeathed by Daisy Linda Ward, 1939, WA1940.2.43 © Ashmolean Museum, Oxford / Animation by Adam Fitzer
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My friend Matt Inman made a great comic about AI…
A cartoonist's review of AI art - The Oatmeal
This is a comic about AI art.
theoatmeal.com
October 8, 2025 at 12:47 AM
My friend Matt Inman made a great comic about AI…
OMG 😂
Meghan McCain slammed Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner's daughter, Violet Affleck, over her UN speech: 'This is why people hate nepo babies,' the daughter of Sen. John McCain said.
Meghan McCain slams nepo babies over Ben Affleck, Jennifer Garner's daughter's UN speech
Meghan McCain slammed Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner's daughter, Violet Affleck, over her UN speech: 'This is why people hate nepo babies,' the daughter of Sen. John McCain said.
bit.ly
September 24, 2025 at 11:56 PM
OMG 😂
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Hundreds of federal employees who lost their jobs in Elon Musk’s cost-cutting blitz are being asked to return to work.
Trump administration rehires hundreds of federal employees laid off by DOGE
The General Services Administration, which manages federal buildings, “didn’t have the people they needed to carry out basic functions," a former GSA real estate official said.
nbcnews.to
September 24, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Hundreds of federal employees who lost their jobs in Elon Musk’s cost-cutting blitz are being asked to return to work.
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Ollie the pig is the health promotion mascot for Shodoshima Island. He’s a health fanatic but also has metabolic syndrome. He loves eating olives from Shodoshima.
September 24, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Ollie the pig is the health promotion mascot for Shodoshima Island. He’s a health fanatic but also has metabolic syndrome. He loves eating olives from Shodoshima.
After all the lies and insults that the orange toddler blathered in his deranged, rambling address to the UN, imagine the diplomacy and poise one would need to muster for a one-on-one with the embarrassing, dangerous clown, much less take anything positive from it.
I had a good discussion with President Trump on the margins of the UN General Assembly.
I thanked him for his commitment to alleviate the plight of Ukraine's missing children.
Europe and the United States will work hand in hand to bring them back.
I thanked him for his commitment to alleviate the plight of Ukraine's missing children.
Europe and the United States will work hand in hand to bring them back.
September 24, 2025 at 12:03 PM
After all the lies and insults that the orange toddler blathered in his deranged, rambling address to the UN, imagine the diplomacy and poise one would need to muster for a one-on-one with the embarrassing, dangerous clown, much less take anything positive from it.
It’s the ol’ Party of Personal Responsibility, really nutting up, uh huh.
TNR - President Trump repeatedly blamed the UN for his teleprompter issues and a malfunctioning escalator in a spiteful speech to the General Assembly. But it seems that both issues were caused directly by his own team. newrepublic.com/post/200833/t...
Turns Out Trump’s Own Team Messed Up U.N. Escalator and Teleprompter
A U.N. official says Donald Trump’s team was responsible for the “broken” escalator and teleprompter he complained about incessantly.
newrepublic.com
September 24, 2025 at 1:29 AM
It’s the ol’ Party of Personal Responsibility, really nutting up, uh huh.
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At least 10 gun industry businesses, including Glock, Smith & Wesson, Remington and Mossberg, secretly handed over names, addresses and other data to lobbyists, who used the details to rally firearm owners to elect pro-gun politicians.
By @coreygjohnson.bsky.social
(Published Oct. 2024)
By @coreygjohnson.bsky.social
(Published Oct. 2024)
Gun Companies Gave Customers’ Sensitive Personal Information to Political Operatives
At least 10 gun industry businesses, including Glock, Smith & Wesson, Remington and Mossberg, secretly handed over names, addresses and other data to lobbyists, who used the details to rally firearm…
www.propublica.org
September 2, 2025 at 3:00 AM
At least 10 gun industry businesses, including Glock, Smith & Wesson, Remington and Mossberg, secretly handed over names, addresses and other data to lobbyists, who used the details to rally firearm owners to elect pro-gun politicians.
By @coreygjohnson.bsky.social
(Published Oct. 2024)
By @coreygjohnson.bsky.social
(Published Oct. 2024)
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Breaking news: A suspected Russian interference attack targeting the president of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, disabled GPS navigation services at a Bulgarian airport and forced the commission president’s plane to land using paper maps. on.ft.com/4lZlZnR
September 1, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Breaking news: A suspected Russian interference attack targeting the president of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, disabled GPS navigation services at a Bulgarian airport and forced the commission president’s plane to land using paper maps. on.ft.com/4lZlZnR