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the answer to the trolley problem is not to pick who to sacrifice, it’s to dismantle the system that led to an unsafe trolley crossing.
if any part of your morality strategy involves picking a group to let die on a hill, throw the entire strategy out. it’s wrong.
if any part of your morality strategy involves picking a group to let die on a hill, throw the entire strategy out. it’s wrong.
October 8, 2025 at 6:03 PM
the answer to the trolley problem is not to pick who to sacrifice, it’s to dismantle the system that led to an unsafe trolley crossing.
if any part of your morality strategy involves picking a group to let die on a hill, throw the entire strategy out. it’s wrong.
if any part of your morality strategy involves picking a group to let die on a hill, throw the entire strategy out. it’s wrong.
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They call your Social Security & Medicare 'Entitlements' so you don't call them something silly like 'Earned Benefits.'
August 23, 2025 at 9:36 PM
They call your Social Security & Medicare 'Entitlements' so you don't call them something silly like 'Earned Benefits.'
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Trump's splotchy hand and swollen ankles raise new questions about Joe Biden's health.
August 23, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Trump's splotchy hand and swollen ankles raise new questions about Joe Biden's health.
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Remember, it's never Republicans' fault. If fascists take over, it's because Democrats used these no-no words too much and not because Republicans encouraged bigotry, corruption, and lawlessness because tax cuts über alles
And that's what we call "personal responsibility"
And that's what we call "personal responsibility"
It would be a huge step forward for Democrats and for general clarity in political writing if these terms went away. These came mostly from academic hothouses.
August 23, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Remember, it's never Republicans' fault. If fascists take over, it's because Democrats used these no-no words too much and not because Republicans encouraged bigotry, corruption, and lawlessness because tax cuts über alles
And that's what we call "personal responsibility"
And that's what we call "personal responsibility"
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DuckDuckGo has added a feature to filter out AI images from search results.
August 2, 2025 at 8:00 PM
DuckDuckGo has added a feature to filter out AI images from search results.
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If I could be any ice cream topping I would be caramel because I too have gotten progressively saltier since the 90s
May 27, 2025 at 6:25 PM
If I could be any ice cream topping I would be caramel because I too have gotten progressively saltier since the 90s
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Donald Trump has vowed to deport millions and jail his enemies. To carry out that agenda, his administration will exploit America’s digital surveillance machine. Here are some steps you can take to evade it.
@lhn.bsky.social has a guide for you:
www.wired.com/story/the-wi...
@lhn.bsky.social has a guide for you:
www.wired.com/story/the-wi...
March 13, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Donald Trump has vowed to deport millions and jail his enemies. To carry out that agenda, his administration will exploit America’s digital surveillance machine. Here are some steps you can take to evade it.
@lhn.bsky.social has a guide for you:
www.wired.com/story/the-wi...
@lhn.bsky.social has a guide for you:
www.wired.com/story/the-wi...
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Can’t believe Twitter keeps crashing despite Elon hiring the best 19-year-old interns that racism has to offer
March 10, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Can’t believe Twitter keeps crashing despite Elon hiring the best 19-year-old interns that racism has to offer
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if you find yourself reluctant to support the guy at Columbia because you find some of the politics he espoused distasteful or even abhorrent, you should know that this is exactly the reaction that they hoped for in choosing him as a target for unlawful detention based on political speech.
March 10, 2025 at 7:33 PM
if you find yourself reluctant to support the guy at Columbia because you find some of the politics he espoused distasteful or even abhorrent, you should know that this is exactly the reaction that they hoped for in choosing him as a target for unlawful detention based on political speech.
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What's good for the goose...
March 11, 2025 at 12:08 PM
What's good for the goose...
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Have been expecting to see these kinds of LLM poisoning attacks for a while. Would hope the big foundational models will have efforts to block, though I guess we'll find out.
A pro-Russia content aggregation network is churning out at least 3 MILLION pieces of propaganda per year, all on sites that are virtually unusable by humans.
So what's the goal? We explore the idea that it might be to flood LLMs with pro-Russia content:
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So what's the goal? We explore the idea that it might be to flood LLMs with pro-Russia content:
static1.squarespace.com/static/6612c... 1/
February 27, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Have been expecting to see these kinds of LLM poisoning attacks for a while. Would hope the big foundational models will have efforts to block, though I guess we'll find out.
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1/ The nascent Tesla boycott movement got me thinking back to the 80s anti-apartheid movement. How it took off and literally changed the world.
If the South African apartheid regime could be brought down, perhaps one South African oligarch could be? www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
If the South African apartheid regime could be brought down, perhaps one South African oligarch could be? www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Elon Musk, apartheid, and America's new boycott movement
If you think mass protests can’t combat evil, remember what we did in the 1980s.
www.motherjones.com
February 27, 2025 at 8:21 PM
1/ The nascent Tesla boycott movement got me thinking back to the 80s anti-apartheid movement. How it took off and literally changed the world.
If the South African apartheid regime could be brought down, perhaps one South African oligarch could be? www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
If the South African apartheid regime could be brought down, perhaps one South African oligarch could be? www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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I know so many atheists who are so much more Christlike than any MAGA member.
Because atheism does't require rejecting the actual teachings of Jesus. MAGA does.
Because atheism does't require rejecting the actual teachings of Jesus. MAGA does.
February 6, 2025 at 3:15 AM
I know so many atheists who are so much more Christlike than any MAGA member.
Because atheism does't require rejecting the actual teachings of Jesus. MAGA does.
Because atheism does't require rejecting the actual teachings of Jesus. MAGA does.
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“Historians have a word for Germans who joined the Nazi party, not because they hated Jews, but out of a hope for restored patriotism, or a sense of economic anxiety, or a hope to preserve their religious values[…] That word is ‘Nazi.’” [kottke.org]
Who Were the Nazis?
From January 2017, A.R. Moxon on Nazis:
Historians have a word for Germans who joined the Nazi party, not because they hated Jews, but out of a hope for restored patriotism, or a sense of economic anxiety, or a hope to
kottke.org
January 28, 2025 at 7:42 PM
“Historians have a word for Germans who joined the Nazi party, not because they hated Jews, but out of a hope for restored patriotism, or a sense of economic anxiety, or a hope to preserve their religious values[…] That word is ‘Nazi.’” [kottke.org]
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A right wing car maker who bought a media outlet in order to amplify antisemitic conspiracy theories is advocating for a far right German party that promises to expel a disfavored minority? You don’t say.
December 20, 2024 at 2:42 PM
A right wing car maker who bought a media outlet in order to amplify antisemitic conspiracy theories is advocating for a far right German party that promises to expel a disfavored minority? You don’t say.
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Six colourful fuck offs from around the world:
6. Go comb a monkey (Brazil)
5. Go ski into a spruce (Finland)
4. Go fry some asparagus (Colombia)
3. Go get fucked by a blind bear (Albania)
2. Go take it in your ass from a runaway donkey (Italy)
1. Go back home, your mother made you waffles (France)
6. Go comb a monkey (Brazil)
5. Go ski into a spruce (Finland)
4. Go fry some asparagus (Colombia)
3. Go get fucked by a blind bear (Albania)
2. Go take it in your ass from a runaway donkey (Italy)
1. Go back home, your mother made you waffles (France)
October 2, 2024 at 2:04 PM
Six colourful fuck offs from around the world:
6. Go comb a monkey (Brazil)
5. Go ski into a spruce (Finland)
4. Go fry some asparagus (Colombia)
3. Go get fucked by a blind bear (Albania)
2. Go take it in your ass from a runaway donkey (Italy)
1. Go back home, your mother made you waffles (France)
6. Go comb a monkey (Brazil)
5. Go ski into a spruce (Finland)
4. Go fry some asparagus (Colombia)
3. Go get fucked by a blind bear (Albania)
2. Go take it in your ass from a runaway donkey (Italy)
1. Go back home, your mother made you waffles (France)