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On a never ending quest to find the perfect balance of journalists, wonks, pet pics and internet weirdos. Louisville, then Brooklyn, and now Louisville again.
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MIT’s NANDA initiative found that 95% of generative AI deployments fail after interviewing 150 execs, surveying 350 workers, and analyzing 300 projects. The real “productivity gains” seem to come from layoffs and squeezing more work from fewer people not AI.
MIT report: 95% of generative AI pilots at companies are failing
There’s a stark difference in success rates between companies that purchase AI tools from vendors and those that build them internally.
fortune.com
August 20, 2025 at 4:52 AM
MIT’s NANDA initiative found that 95% of generative AI deployments fail after interviewing 150 execs, surveying 350 workers, and analyzing 300 projects. The real “productivity gains” seem to come from layoffs and squeezing more work from fewer people not AI.
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skeletor rigby
December 26, 2025 at 11:12 AM
skeletor rigby
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If you’re wondering why your friends in academia are a little on edge right now, it’s because an eighteen-year-old who hasn’t done the reading, doesn’t look at the assignment, and has does no critical thinking skills more complex than “because I think it’s in the Bible” can literally end your career
The University of Oklahoma has removed an instructor who was accused by a student of religious discrimination over a failing grade on a psychology paper in which she cited the Bible and argued that promoting a “belief in multiple genders” was “demonic.” https://cnn.it/4b6g3rd
Oklahoma instructor removed from teaching for failing a Bible-based gender essay | CNN
The University of Oklahoma has removed an instructor who was accused by a student of religious discrimination over a failing grade on a psychology paper in which she cited the Bible and argued that promoting a “belief in multiple genders” was “demonic.”
cnn.it
December 24, 2025 at 6:21 PM
If you’re wondering why your friends in academia are a little on edge right now, it’s because an eighteen-year-old who hasn’t done the reading, doesn’t look at the assignment, and has does no critical thinking skills more complex than “because I think it’s in the Bible” can literally end your career
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HE JUST HIGH-FIVED ME
December 25, 2025 at 1:01 AM
HE JUST HIGH-FIVED ME
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IT FINALLY HAPPENED I AM ON A PLANE WITH A BABY WHO SAYS “HI” TO EVERYONE AS HE GOES DOWN THE AISLE
December 24, 2025 at 8:31 PM
IT FINALLY HAPPENED I AM ON A PLANE WITH A BABY WHO SAYS “HI” TO EVERYONE AS HE GOES DOWN THE AISLE
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RECORD RECOMMENDED
December 24, 2025 at 8:50 PM
RECORD RECOMMENDED
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low stakes posting today reminds me that 1) Facebook is for talking to people you know IRL but don’t like and 2) microblogging sites are for talking to people you don’t know but do like.
we forget these things at our peril
we forget these things at our peril
December 24, 2025 at 9:11 PM
low stakes posting today reminds me that 1) Facebook is for talking to people you know IRL but don’t like and 2) microblogging sites are for talking to people you don’t know but do like.
we forget these things at our peril
we forget these things at our peril
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Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house
Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse;
The stockings were hung by the chimney with care,
And 1 million Epstein files appeared from thin air
Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse;
The stockings were hung by the chimney with care,
And 1 million Epstein files appeared from thin air
December 24, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house
Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse;
The stockings were hung by the chimney with care,
And 1 million Epstein files appeared from thin air
Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse;
The stockings were hung by the chimney with care,
And 1 million Epstein files appeared from thin air
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recalibrate your bullshit meter if this doesn't set it off at least 3 times
December 24, 2025 at 4:18 AM
recalibrate your bullshit meter if this doesn't set it off at least 3 times
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The full video (18 min) is really sweet. www.youtube.com/watch?v=R9XN...
December 23, 2025 at 10:10 PM
The full video (18 min) is really sweet. www.youtube.com/watch?v=R9XN...
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the inexplicable reality of Gorsuch has always been that he has a deep well of empathy for the victims of atrocities as long as those atrocities are at least 150 years old and no interest in stopping exactly the same behavior if it’s happening currently.
He still seems weirdly correct about big natives cases (Brackeen, San Carlos Apache, Ysleta del Sur Pueblo, Herrera v. Wyoming, Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians)
December 24, 2025 at 12:30 AM
the inexplicable reality of Gorsuch has always been that he has a deep well of empathy for the victims of atrocities as long as those atrocities are at least 150 years old and no interest in stopping exactly the same behavior if it’s happening currently.
Absolute morons
"While this latest round of Epstein files aren’t yet on the DOJ’s website, they had apparently guessed the link by following the URL formatting of previous releases. WIRED identified the email associated with the video by following that same formatting to view the preceding file."
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I LOVE THIS KIND OF STUFF.
It’s crazy to me that some of the redacted Epstein files are just one keystroke away…
The right is dying for a new “laptop from hell” to pull significant attention from the botched roll out.
It’s clear MAGA is out and America First is in.
www.wired.com/story/the-ep...
It’s crazy to me that some of the redacted Epstein files are just one keystroke away…
The right is dying for a new “laptop from hell” to pull significant attention from the botched roll out.
It’s clear MAGA is out and America First is in.
www.wired.com/story/the-ep...
December 23, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Absolute morons
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a solid 25% of generative ai responses are "how would tom waits answer this question"
Google Gemini Pro: please generate a map of the western united states showing cities of over 250K population
December 22, 2025 at 6:04 PM
a solid 25% of generative ai responses are "how would tom waits answer this question"
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Worth noting, I guess, that inside of a year we've gone from administration officials taking selfies of themselves at CECOT and bragging about how it's hell on earth to now getting their horrible little media worms to kill stories about it
December 22, 2025 at 2:55 AM
Worth noting, I guess, that inside of a year we've gone from administration officials taking selfies of themselves at CECOT and bragging about how it's hell on earth to now getting their horrible little media worms to kill stories about it
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please let “bugs bunnying” become the slang for manipulating an LLM into ignoring its guardrails, i have never seen a more succinct and evocative term for it
Highly amused by the stories of companies using agentic AI chatbots to run their internal company stores, only for their employees to immediately Bugs Bunny the chatbot into giving them free stuff www.aiweirdness.com/when-a-chatb...
When a chatbot runs your store
You may have heard of "agentic AI", which is basically the idea that you can hook up a large language model to controls that do real things. The controls might run internet searches, run commands to o...
www.aiweirdness.com
December 21, 2025 at 4:20 PM
please let “bugs bunnying” become the slang for manipulating an LLM into ignoring its guardrails, i have never seen a more succinct and evocative term for it
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Now seems like a swell time to point out that Frontline just released this excellent 11-minute mini-documentary about what happened inside CECOT.
Surviving CECOT (full documentary) | Deported to a Maximum-Security Prison | FRONTLINE + ProPublica
YouTube video by FRONTLINE PBS | Official
m.youtube.com
December 21, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Now seems like a swell time to point out that Frontline just released this excellent 11-minute mini-documentary about what happened inside CECOT.
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When a CISA security official asked for documentation of Noem appointee's need-to-know basis, the standard for controlled access programs, the official was suspended.
Noem's flunkie insisted again, officials asked him to take a polygraph. He failed it.
Then the those officials were also suspended.
Noem's flunkie insisted again, officials asked him to take a polygraph. He failed it.
Then the those officials were also suspended.
December 22, 2025 at 7:25 AM
When a CISA security official asked for documentation of Noem appointee's need-to-know basis, the standard for controlled access programs, the official was suspended.
Noem's flunkie insisted again, officials asked him to take a polygraph. He failed it.
Then the those officials were also suspended.
Noem's flunkie insisted again, officials asked him to take a polygraph. He failed it.
Then the those officials were also suspended.
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the thing about research is that you find out stuff you didn't know before, and didn't think before. by going out to really find out what's happening.
this is the opposite of that. you invent some fictional characters and get them to tell you whatever you wanted them to say.
this is the opposite of that. you invent some fictional characters and get them to tell you whatever you wanted them to say.
December 22, 2025 at 10:39 AM
the thing about research is that you find out stuff you didn't know before, and didn't think before. by going out to really find out what's happening.
this is the opposite of that. you invent some fictional characters and get them to tell you whatever you wanted them to say.
this is the opposite of that. you invent some fictional characters and get them to tell you whatever you wanted them to say.
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THE SOLSTICE OCCURRED @ 20251221 10:03 AM
UR ASTRONOMICAL WINTER HAS JUST BEGUN THO UR METEOROLOGICAL WINTER BEGAN 12/1
BUT
UR DAYS WILL NOW BEGIN 2 GET LONGER
CONGRATS U MADE IT
UR ASTRONOMICAL WINTER HAS JUST BEGUN THO UR METEOROLOGICAL WINTER BEGAN 12/1
BUT
UR DAYS WILL NOW BEGIN 2 GET LONGER
CONGRATS U MADE IT
December 21, 2025 at 3:07 PM
THE SOLSTICE OCCURRED @ 20251221 10:03 AM
UR ASTRONOMICAL WINTER HAS JUST BEGUN THO UR METEOROLOGICAL WINTER BEGAN 12/1
BUT
UR DAYS WILL NOW BEGIN 2 GET LONGER
CONGRATS U MADE IT
UR ASTRONOMICAL WINTER HAS JUST BEGUN THO UR METEOROLOGICAL WINTER BEGAN 12/1
BUT
UR DAYS WILL NOW BEGIN 2 GET LONGER
CONGRATS U MADE IT
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No, we actually do have a choice and many of us actually choose not to use it. It’s incredibly easy not to.
I’m sorry that this is so confusing to you but some people do have principles and don’t just give them up because the tech bros are yelling loudly.
I’m sorry that this is so confusing to you but some people do have principles and don’t just give them up because the tech bros are yelling loudly.
December 21, 2025 at 2:28 PM
No, we actually do have a choice and many of us actually choose not to use it. It’s incredibly easy not to.
I’m sorry that this is so confusing to you but some people do have principles and don’t just give them up because the tech bros are yelling loudly.
I’m sorry that this is so confusing to you but some people do have principles and don’t just give them up because the tech bros are yelling loudly.
Ah yes, that proud strain of Brooklynites who refer to Manhattan as “the city” as if Brooklyn wasn’t a giant part of NYC.
Anyway here’s some blood and soil nonsense from a guy who reps transit workers but seems too afraid to actually ride the train. Note the reference to the conductor’s car. There’s a lot to unpack here, none of it good. This guy’s brain is fried. Democrats should wake up to that fact.
yikes it’s getting into the weird “heritage American” right wing discourse now
December 21, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Ah yes, that proud strain of Brooklynites who refer to Manhattan as “the city” as if Brooklyn wasn’t a giant part of NYC.
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Not now, enormous 68-million-
year-old egg nicknamed 'The Thing'.
year-old egg nicknamed 'The Thing'.
December 20, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Not now, enormous 68-million-
year-old egg nicknamed 'The Thing'.
year-old egg nicknamed 'The Thing'.
“The ornamentation will continue until morale improves.”
My wife is now going through this picture by picture muttering obscenities with the occasional gasp and I’m pretty sure she just denied God
I've never lived so close to a What Are We Even Doing Here real estate listing, and I am here, gifting you this experience, make sure to open the pictures
www.redfin.com/MI/Ann-Arbor...
www.redfin.com/MI/Ann-Arbor...
December 21, 2025 at 2:06 PM
“The ornamentation will continue until morale improves.”
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Not a bad way to spend the afternoon
December 21, 2025 at 1:31 AM
Not a bad way to spend the afternoon
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Bad day to be a Waymo (and even worse to be inside or stuck behind one). A widespread blackout left robotaxis stalled across the city, causing traffic chaos Saturday night.
Read more: sfstandard.com/2025/12/20/w...
Read more: sfstandard.com/2025/12/20/w...
December 21, 2025 at 5:47 AM
Bad day to be a Waymo (and even worse to be inside or stuck behind one). A widespread blackout left robotaxis stalled across the city, causing traffic chaos Saturday night.
Read more: sfstandard.com/2025/12/20/w...
Read more: sfstandard.com/2025/12/20/w...