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Introduce yourself with four spaceships
November 26, 2025 at 4:39 AM
Introduce yourself with four spaceships
A typical LLM is 100% hallucination. The training process has eliminated some possible model instances that guess poorly, and what you see is a model where it guesses right most of the time. You only (sometimes) notice the places when it guesses wrong.
November 9, 2025 at 2:54 PM
A typical LLM is 100% hallucination. The training process has eliminated some possible model instances that guess poorly, and what you see is a model where it guesses right most of the time. You only (sometimes) notice the places when it guesses wrong.
It is almost inevitable that there will be a ceasefire of the current conflict while the current administration is in power. And that a "peace deal" is always on the table at any given moment. Neither is connected or necessarily means we are any closer to Middle East peace.
ANALYSIS: Trump moves closer to Middle East peace — but a Nobel Prize could still be a long shot.
'It's a big day': Trump moves closer to Middle East peace — and maybe a prize
ANALYSIS: Even if Trump succeeds where his predecessors failed, a Nobel Prize would still be a long shot.
nbcnews.to
October 4, 2025 at 3:06 AM
It is almost inevitable that there will be a ceasefire of the current conflict while the current administration is in power. And that a "peace deal" is always on the table at any given moment. Neither is connected or necessarily means we are any closer to Middle East peace.
To argue 14A's "jurisdiction" excludes births to non-citizens is to say its meaning was lost for a century & SCOTUS in Wong Kim fooled. If meaning so plain, why require a modern reinterpretation to reveal an intent hidden in plain sight? Textualists: what should have appeared? Why use 'all persons'?
September 29, 2025 at 10:21 PM
To argue 14A's "jurisdiction" excludes births to non-citizens is to say its meaning was lost for a century & SCOTUS in Wong Kim fooled. If meaning so plain, why require a modern reinterpretation to reveal an intent hidden in plain sight? Textualists: what should have appeared? Why use 'all persons'?
As we start seeing impacts from the defunding of PBS/CPB, starting to worry for the future of some of the incredible tools they have built to help education such as Crash Course. www.pbslearningmedia.org/collection/c...
Crash Course | PBS LearningMedia
From balancing chemical reactions to analyzing famous literature, never before has one collection offered such an awe-inspiring range of content. Since 2011, brothers John and Hank Green have pioneere...
www.pbslearningmedia.org
September 24, 2025 at 12:22 PM
As we start seeing impacts from the defunding of PBS/CPB, starting to worry for the future of some of the incredible tools they have built to help education such as Crash Course. www.pbslearningmedia.org/collection/c...
"arguing that the law does not apply to the holding cells because they are a “processing center,” not a detention facility." www.nytimes.com/2025/09/18/n...
So the people in these facilities are free to go, since they aren't being detained?
So the people in these facilities are free to go, since they aren't being detained?
11 N.Y. Officials Arrested Trying to Access ICE Detention Cells
www.nytimes.com
September 18, 2025 at 11:00 PM
"arguing that the law does not apply to the holding cells because they are a “processing center,” not a detention facility." www.nytimes.com/2025/09/18/n...
So the people in these facilities are free to go, since they aren't being detained?
So the people in these facilities are free to go, since they aren't being detained?
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pretty wild that it so quickly became normalized that immigrants don’t have even basic free speech rights
www.axios.com/2025/09/11/c...
www.axios.com/2025/09/11/c...
State Department warns immigrants not to mock Kirk's death
Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau posted the warning on Thursday.
www.axios.com
September 11, 2025 at 7:38 PM
pretty wild that it so quickly became normalized that immigrants don’t have even basic free speech rights
www.axios.com/2025/09/11/c...
www.axios.com/2025/09/11/c...
SCOTUS has basically told us this doesn't mean what you think it means. US has plenary sovereign power to exclude aliens -- inherent power superceding the 9th/10th limits on enumeration. And Congress needs "No law" because aliens have no rights to abridge, even if speech seems like a natural right.
“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.”
September 11, 2025 at 8:44 PM
SCOTUS has basically told us this doesn't mean what you think it means. US has plenary sovereign power to exclude aliens -- inherent power superceding the 9th/10th limits on enumeration. And Congress needs "No law" because aliens have no rights to abridge, even if speech seems like a natural right.
Age verification?
I watched Oliver North testify live.
I watched Oliver North testify live.
Age verification?
I passed age verification in Leisure Suit Larry.
I passed age verification in Leisure Suit Larry.
Age verification?
I drank Zima
I drank Zima
September 10, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Age verification?
I watched Oliver North testify live.
I watched Oliver North testify live.
Kavanaugh is apparently unfamiliar with some of the jurisprudence on the question of "remedies [that]
should be available in federal court" and the likelihood of success there.
should be available in federal court" and the likelihood of success there.
September 8, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Kavanaugh is apparently unfamiliar with some of the jurisprudence on the question of "remedies [that]
should be available in federal court" and the likelihood of success there.
should be available in federal court" and the likelihood of success there.
An excellent analysis of some of the core legal issues here.
NEW: @bcfinucane.bsky.social explains the Trump admin’s extraordinary lethal attack on purported Tren de Aragua drug smuggling vessel in international waters off the Venezuela coast–and its vow that it is the start of a campaign–raise significant legal issues.
www.justsecurity.org/119982/legal...
www.justsecurity.org/119982/legal...
Legal Issues Raised by a Lethal U.S. Military Attack in the Caribbean
The Trump administration’s extraordinary lethal attack on this purported smuggling vessel raises significant potential legal issues.
www.justsecurity.org
September 4, 2025 at 2:50 AM
An excellent analysis of some of the core legal issues here.
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'Trump and his granddaughter Kai Trump load the motorcade on the south lawn of the White House in Washington DC on August 30, 2025, as they head to Trump National golf course in Sterling, Virginia'
(Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP)
(Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP)
August 30, 2025 at 1:23 PM
'Trump and his granddaughter Kai Trump load the motorcade on the south lawn of the White House in Washington DC on August 30, 2025, as they head to Trump National golf course in Sterling, Virginia'
(Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP)
(Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP)
Looks like a beautiful day for golf at trump national. Just saying.
August 30, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Looks like a beautiful day for golf at trump national. Just saying.
Militant atheists getting their exercise in this thread!
Karoline Leavitt: "I saw the comments of Ms. Psaki and frankly I think they're incredibly insensitive and disrespectful to the tens of millions of Americans of faith across this country who believe in the power of prayer, who believe that prayer works."
August 28, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Militant atheists getting their exercise in this thread!
Currently waiting for Thomas' 'history and tradition test' to run into the ad coelum principle via the 5th and/or 10th amendments. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuius_e...
Cuius est solum, eius est usque ad coelum et ad inferos - Wikipedia
en.m.wikipedia.org
August 25, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Currently waiting for Thomas' 'history and tradition test' to run into the ad coelum principle via the 5th and/or 10th amendments. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuius_e...
A playbook already piloted and working. The most glaring and egregious example might be Ohio as documented by the Brennan Center www.brennancenter.org/our-work/res... and Common Cause www.commoncause.org/ohio/resourc....
August 22, 2025 at 5:03 PM
A playbook already piloted and working. The most glaring and egregious example might be Ohio as documented by the Brennan Center www.brennancenter.org/our-work/res... and Common Cause www.commoncause.org/ohio/resourc....
Having a hard time figuring out how this rises to criminal assault in the legal sense.... intentional act that creates reasonable apprehension of imminent harm. Those posts don't seem very imminent nor credible.
For at least the second time, a Bluesky user caught a federal criminal case - this time for threats against ICE and Tom Homan. There are screenshots if you want to see which user.
h/t @courtwatch.bsky.social storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
h/t @courtwatch.bsky.social storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
storage.courtlistener.com
August 16, 2025 at 4:18 AM
Having a hard time figuring out how this rises to criminal assault in the legal sense.... intentional act that creates reasonable apprehension of imminent harm. Those posts don't seem very imminent nor credible.
The supreme court had the perfect opportunity to put this threat to democracy to bed in Common Cause, and took the cowardly way out.
Gerrymandering is really so toxic to American democracy
But the dissolution of Medicaid, erosion of due process, exploding inflation and unchecked executive power are bigger concerns
The Democrats have no choice but to match-or even exceed-Republican overreaching
apple.news/A69X4BEBaSfq...
But the dissolution of Medicaid, erosion of due process, exploding inflation and unchecked executive power are bigger concerns
The Democrats have no choice but to match-or even exceed-Republican overreaching
apple.news/A69X4BEBaSfq...
How the war over US congressional redistricting could play out, state by state — Reuters
A Republican plan to redraw congressional lines in Texas at U.S. President Donald Trump's urging threatens to launch an all-out national redistricting war, with both Republican and Democratic states c...
apple.news
August 10, 2025 at 10:29 PM
The supreme court had the perfect opportunity to put this threat to democracy to bed in Common Cause, and took the cowardly way out.
Sure seems like shooting the messenger.
BREAKING: President Trump fires the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics hours after weak jobs report.
Trump fires labor statistics boss hours after weak jobs report
The president implied that the BLS commissioner, long-time federal employee Erika McEntarfer, manipulated the data "for political purposes."
nbcnews.to
August 1, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Sure seems like shooting the messenger.
Space exploration has immense value all its own, far exceeding and outside having positive side technology.
July 29, 2025 marks 67 years to the day since the founding of NASA. NASA Spinoff—a section of the US space agency’s technology transfer program—compiles just about every commercial technology that has originated in US space research, from freeze-dried food to wireless vacuum cleaners.
July 29, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Space exploration has immense value all its own, far exceeding and outside having positive side technology.
Moreover the constitution gives the president the power to grant pardons but does not even say he has to sign them. In comparison, it explicitly says he has to sign laws. It does not say what counts as a signature. Why would it need to -- so long as it is clear and permanent evidence of assent.
We have bigger problems, who cares? Does this actually mean anything? If it was some random with an auto pen is it invalid? Trump is try to reverse everything Biden did and then add extra awful on top of it. Why is this story important right now. I'm really asking
July 14, 2025 at 3:38 AM
Moreover the constitution gives the president the power to grant pardons but does not even say he has to sign them. In comparison, it explicitly says he has to sign laws. It does not say what counts as a signature. Why would it need to -- so long as it is clear and permanent evidence of assent.
I'm not sure how this works without racial profiling, since even a terry stop to inquire about status requires articulable reasonable suspicion of a crime. Pretty sure being in a park in the middle of the day does not qualify. Anyone stopped would have immediate grounds to challenge.
July 8, 2025 at 12:16 AM
I'm not sure how this works without racial profiling, since even a terry stop to inquire about status requires articulable reasonable suspicion of a crime. Pretty sure being in a park in the middle of the day does not qualify. Anyone stopped would have immediate grounds to challenge.
Why fascism is so hard to stop. Despite the implication of attributed-to-Herzog quote that it's 1/3 vs 1/3 -- a rough balance -- it's more like 2/3 of your people are essentially on the side of fascism.
There are only three political positions in America today
1) I like the fascism
2) I'll acquiesce to the fascism (reasons for this one vary: cowardice, access, denial, misguidedly thinking that acquiescence is savvy, etc)
3) I oppose the fascism
The rest is details
1) I like the fascism
2) I'll acquiesce to the fascism (reasons for this one vary: cowardice, access, denial, misguidedly thinking that acquiescence is savvy, etc)
3) I oppose the fascism
The rest is details
June 28, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Why fascism is so hard to stop. Despite the implication of attributed-to-Herzog quote that it's 1/3 vs 1/3 -- a rough balance -- it's more like 2/3 of your people are essentially on the side of fascism.
What could possibly have been the cited authority for military action against Iran?
June 22, 2025 at 12:14 AM
What could possibly have been the cited authority for military action against Iran?