Mike D
@mikedavenport.bsky.social
Healthcare Data Scientist, lover of sports
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Imagine interviewing a victim of torture and independently confirming the details of his torture and then being told you can’t broadcast it because the people who ordered the torture wouldn’t give their side of the story.
December 23, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Imagine interviewing a victim of torture and independently confirming the details of his torture and then being told you can’t broadcast it because the people who ordered the torture wouldn’t give their side of the story.
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Yes. The fascist politicians and billionaires who are currently ruining the country are massively mediocre thinkers and monumentally uncreative chumps. They have the advantage of a total lack of morals and a willingness to commit any crime imaginable. But they're losers and they will lose.
they are not brilliant.
the billionaires and institutions in this country are just more craven than we could have ever imagined, even in our most cynical imaginings.
(don't tell me you could imagine. I won't give you a medal.)
the billionaires and institutions in this country are just more craven than we could have ever imagined, even in our most cynical imaginings.
(don't tell me you could imagine. I won't give you a medal.)
December 22, 2025 at 4:09 AM
Yes. The fascist politicians and billionaires who are currently ruining the country are massively mediocre thinkers and monumentally uncreative chumps. They have the advantage of a total lack of morals and a willingness to commit any crime imaginable. But they're losers and they will lose.
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the vice president is a klansman
JD Vance: "In the United States of America you don't have to apologize for being white anymore"
December 21, 2025 at 8:22 PM
the vice president is a klansman
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I think it's a bad thing to lump all types of machine learning under "AI".
December 21, 2025 at 4:39 PM
I think it's a bad thing to lump all types of machine learning under "AI".
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I took my friend with only a high school degree to a fancy party and saw his face freeze up at the terminology being used by the elite. “Hebephile?” “Ephebophile?” I quickly asked him if he wanted to go somewhere else and he anxiously nodded yes and so we went to a Trump rally.
By David Brooks
By David Brooks
December 18, 2025 at 7:46 PM
I took my friend with only a high school degree to a fancy party and saw his face freeze up at the terminology being used by the elite. “Hebephile?” “Ephebophile?” I quickly asked him if he wanted to go somewhere else and he anxiously nodded yes and so we went to a Trump rally.
By David Brooks
By David Brooks
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No, is the answer
My only question about the speech tonight - will the networks pull out when he starts lying?
December 18, 2025 at 2:18 AM
No, is the answer
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I assume when asked about the speech tomorrow Mike Johnson will say he didn’t know there was a speech, in fact isn’t aware that Trump is President, actually doesn’t even know who this Donald Trump is and what even is this “Presidency” thing?
And there won’t be a follow-up question abt that answer.
And there won’t be a follow-up question abt that answer.
December 18, 2025 at 2:20 AM
I assume when asked about the speech tomorrow Mike Johnson will say he didn’t know there was a speech, in fact isn’t aware that Trump is President, actually doesn’t even know who this Donald Trump is and what even is this “Presidency” thing?
And there won’t be a follow-up question abt that answer.
And there won’t be a follow-up question abt that answer.
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if you have a bunch of blueberries and one of them is moldy, exposing the others to it doesn’t make the moldy one healthy. it just makes them ALL moldy.
December 15, 2025 at 5:52 PM
if you have a bunch of blueberries and one of them is moldy, exposing the others to it doesn’t make the moldy one healthy. it just makes them ALL moldy.
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If you want to know what social programs the government should make available for free to all citizens, all you have to do is look at what rich parents do for their kids.
December 8, 2025 at 10:00 PM
If you want to know what social programs the government should make available for free to all citizens, all you have to do is look at what rich parents do for their kids.
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if you see this post, your actions are:
- if you have a spare buck, give it to Wikipedia, then repost this
- if you don't have a spare buck, just repost
your action is mandatory for the world's best source of information to survive
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I’ve never donated to Wikipedia before but I set up a small monthly donation as a fuck you to the world’s richest psychopath.
Elon Musk takes aim at Wikipedia
Musk has denounced Wikipedia as "Wokepedia" on X and urged people not to donate to the platform.
www.newsweek.com
December 26, 2024 at 12:03 PM
if you see this post, your actions are:
- if you have a spare buck, give it to Wikipedia, then repost this
- if you don't have a spare buck, just repost
your action is mandatory for the world's best source of information to survive
- if you have a spare buck, give it to Wikipedia, then repost this
- if you don't have a spare buck, just repost
your action is mandatory for the world's best source of information to survive
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A fun exercise is to see if workers at tech companies get humanized as much as their work does
October 27, 2025 at 3:38 PM
A fun exercise is to see if workers at tech companies get humanized as much as their work does
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Chatbots — LLMs — do not know facts and are not designed to be able to accurately answer factual questions. They are designed to find and mimic patterns of words, probabilistically. When they’re “right” it’s because correct things are often written down, so those patterns are frequent. That’s all.
June 19, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Chatbots — LLMs — do not know facts and are not designed to be able to accurately answer factual questions. They are designed to find and mimic patterns of words, probabilistically. When they’re “right” it’s because correct things are often written down, so those patterns are frequent. That’s all.
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We are thrilled to announce that our NEW Large Language Model will be released on 11.18.25.
October 1, 2025 at 2:38 PM
We are thrilled to announce that our NEW Large Language Model will be released on 11.18.25.
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This whole section really.
September 28, 2025 at 10:59 PM
This whole section really.
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what a humiliating way for don jr. to find out his dad sends birthday cards.
September 8, 2025 at 9:21 PM
what a humiliating way for don jr. to find out his dad sends birthday cards.
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the thing everyone is going to have to accept is that the post-trump period, whenever it comes, will not and cannot be a project of national unity, it must be a project of partisan project of renewal, in the same way that reconstruction and the new deal were partisan projects of renewal.
August 12, 2025 at 11:18 PM
the thing everyone is going to have to accept is that the post-trump period, whenever it comes, will not and cannot be a project of national unity, it must be a project of partisan project of renewal, in the same way that reconstruction and the new deal were partisan projects of renewal.
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if you cannot win an election over 3 years away against the most loathsome people in the US while they are doing things like *kidnapping the fucking ice cream man off the street in broad daylight* without a ritual sacrifice of at-risk people, you are not the future of humanity. dream bigger, better.
I am so fucking sick of this vile argument that fighting anti-trans hate is making perfect the enemy of good.
Forcing trans people out of society isn’t “good”!! It’s fucking evil!
“Once that is done” means “let a bunch of people that I deem less important die in the meantime”. No! Fuck you!
Forcing trans people out of society isn’t “good”!! It’s fucking evil!
“Once that is done” means “let a bunch of people that I deem less important die in the meantime”. No! Fuck you!
August 8, 2025 at 2:25 AM
if you cannot win an election over 3 years away against the most loathsome people in the US while they are doing things like *kidnapping the fucking ice cream man off the street in broad daylight* without a ritual sacrifice of at-risk people, you are not the future of humanity. dream bigger, better.
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I disagree. I will tell you what's wrong with his jeans. 🧵
August 5, 2025 at 7:46 PM
I disagree. I will tell you what's wrong with his jeans. 🧵
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"stick to menswear"
August 4, 2025 at 4:08 PM
"stick to menswear"
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If you are an enemy of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting you are a villain. There’s nothing good about you.
August 3, 2025 at 4:35 AM
If you are an enemy of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting you are a villain. There’s nothing good about you.
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Phish's monster 40+ minute "Tweezer" → "Ghost" from Sunday night is now playing in its entirety in 4K HD at YouTube. Watch → www.youtube.com/watch?v=-3pS...
July 16, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Phish's monster 40+ minute "Tweezer" → "Ghost" from Sunday night is now playing in its entirety in 4K HD at YouTube. Watch → www.youtube.com/watch?v=-3pS...
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For reference the New York Times was among the outlets that declined to publish hacked materials from the 2024 Trump campaign www.cnn.com/2024/08/13/m...
July 3, 2025 at 10:35 PM
For reference the New York Times was among the outlets that declined to publish hacked materials from the 2024 Trump campaign www.cnn.com/2024/08/13/m...
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At this time of day on July 2, I’m drawn to think of the several thousand US troops spread out in an ever thinning line along Culp’s Hill, on the US right. All afternoon, units have been pulled from this position to bolster the left flank - Little Round Top, the Wheatfield, and Cemetery Ridge
July 3, 2025 at 12:53 AM
At this time of day on July 2, I’m drawn to think of the several thousand US troops spread out in an ever thinning line along Culp’s Hill, on the US right. All afternoon, units have been pulled from this position to bolster the left flank - Little Round Top, the Wheatfield, and Cemetery Ridge
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A friend is building an app to help immigrants detained by ICE.
They're a web app dev & need help with the mobile app.
Anyone have experience building/deploying mobile apps and interested in volunteering time to help a new app with a good cause?
Feel free to share with others or boost for reach.
They're a web app dev & need help with the mobile app.
Anyone have experience building/deploying mobile apps and interested in volunteering time to help a new app with a good cause?
Feel free to share with others or boost for reach.
June 23, 2025 at 9:08 PM
A friend is building an app to help immigrants detained by ICE.
They're a web app dev & need help with the mobile app.
Anyone have experience building/deploying mobile apps and interested in volunteering time to help a new app with a good cause?
Feel free to share with others or boost for reach.
They're a web app dev & need help with the mobile app.
Anyone have experience building/deploying mobile apps and interested in volunteering time to help a new app with a good cause?
Feel free to share with others or boost for reach.
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Honestly, I get that we need these stories, but, like, the actual story is: Everyone with half a brain knew this — and many, many people said it — but Stephen Miller doesn’t care. And Donald Trump let him start implementing this stupid, hateful plan.
June 17, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Honestly, I get that we need these stories, but, like, the actual story is: Everyone with half a brain knew this — and many, many people said it — but Stephen Miller doesn’t care. And Donald Trump let him start implementing this stupid, hateful plan.