Molly from the Creek
@mollyology.bsky.social
Sociologist. Minnesotan. Tired a lot.
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www.nybooks.com/articles/202... i'm trying to read this essay but i keep getting stuck on that bill's name
December 7, 2025 at 8:25 PM
www.nybooks.com/articles/202... i'm trying to read this essay but i keep getting stuck on that bill's name
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My doctor is getting stronger. I’m up to six apples a day and he just keeps inching closer
February 18, 2025 at 1:30 PM
My doctor is getting stronger. I’m up to six apples a day and he just keeps inching closer
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Status report: It's Thanksgiving leftovers day 3. There are no rules anymore and nothing matters. Turkey tacos? Great. Green bean casserole lasagna with gravy sauce? Classic.
Mashed potato milkshakes? Makes sense to me. You don't owe anyone anything. Spread your wings and fly.
Mashed potato milkshakes? Makes sense to me. You don't owe anyone anything. Spread your wings and fly.
November 30, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Status report: It's Thanksgiving leftovers day 3. There are no rules anymore and nothing matters. Turkey tacos? Great. Green bean casserole lasagna with gravy sauce? Classic.
Mashed potato milkshakes? Makes sense to me. You don't owe anyone anything. Spread your wings and fly.
Mashed potato milkshakes? Makes sense to me. You don't owe anyone anything. Spread your wings and fly.
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just gonna leave this here 🧪
November 7, 2025 at 9:02 PM
just gonna leave this here 🧪
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great day for the legal theory of "not guilty if it's funny enough"
November 6, 2025 at 7:55 PM
great day for the legal theory of "not guilty if it's funny enough"
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My perhaps controversial assessment is that when you share the propaganda of your enemies to call it out or to mock it… you’re still spreading their propaganda and maybe doing exactly what they hope you’ll do.
November 1, 2025 at 11:52 AM
My perhaps controversial assessment is that when you share the propaganda of your enemies to call it out or to mock it… you’re still spreading their propaganda and maybe doing exactly what they hope you’ll do.
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You can’t fix autism because autistic people are not broken.
September 23, 2025 at 1:08 AM
You can’t fix autism because autistic people are not broken.
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This is simply untenable. There is no way forward with media and political classes captured by the right. Every time someone commits a crime you have to pray it's not an undesirable or it's purge time, then when it turns out to be themselves again they just shrug and wait for the next one.
September 12, 2025 at 7:55 PM
This is simply untenable. There is no way forward with media and political classes captured by the right. Every time someone commits a crime you have to pray it's not an undesirable or it's purge time, then when it turns out to be themselves again they just shrug and wait for the next one.
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The semiliterate people who use chatgpt like to point to calculators as a precedent of assistive technology but the thing is: calculators actually calculate.
A calculator really does let you outsource calculation. It does exactly what it is supposed to do, and marketed as doing, reproducibly.
A calculator really does let you outsource calculation. It does exactly what it is supposed to do, and marketed as doing, reproducibly.
June 24, 2025 at 8:17 AM
The semiliterate people who use chatgpt like to point to calculators as a precedent of assistive technology but the thing is: calculators actually calculate.
A calculator really does let you outsource calculation. It does exactly what it is supposed to do, and marketed as doing, reproducibly.
A calculator really does let you outsource calculation. It does exactly what it is supposed to do, and marketed as doing, reproducibly.
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Pretty wild to make your entire case about how immigrants are lawless freeloaders, but having to go to their workplaces and court hearings to arrest them.
May 31, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Pretty wild to make your entire case about how immigrants are lawless freeloaders, but having to go to their workplaces and court hearings to arrest them.
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When a chatbot gets something wrong, it’s not because it made an error. It’s because on that roll of the dice, it happened to string together a group of words that, when read by a human, represents something false. But it was working entirely as designed. It was supposed to make a sentence & it did.
June 19, 2025 at 11:28 AM
When a chatbot gets something wrong, it’s not because it made an error. It’s because on that roll of the dice, it happened to string together a group of words that, when read by a human, represents something false. But it was working entirely as designed. It was supposed to make a sentence & it did.
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I suspect that fact that the vast majority of LLM users don’t seem to have received this (really very simple!) message is because the AI companies have a vested interest in us not understanding it. “ChatGPT is smart, it just makes mistakes sometimes” is much more marketable than the truth.
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 11:36 AM
I suspect that fact that the vast majority of LLM users don’t seem to have received this (really very simple!) message is because the AI companies have a vested interest in us not understanding it. “ChatGPT is smart, it just makes mistakes sometimes” is much more marketable than the truth.
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I still can't get past the idea that people in America are now supposed to accept that this is a valid form of law enforcement and just assume it's fine when random dudes in groups with face-coverings, no ID, no warrant, & no uniform grab people off the street and force them into unmarked vehicles
Not an original point but worth saying again - there is not a single element in this picture that identifies any of these folks as law enforcement agents. No badges, no uniforms, no vests. Out of context it just looks like a bunch of random guys are kidnapping a mayoral candidate.
Breaking News: Brad Lander, the New York City comptroller who is running for mayor, was detained by ICE agents at an immigration court as he tried to escort a migrant out of the courthouse to prevent his arrest. nyti.ms/4jWkANE
June 17, 2025 at 6:59 PM
I still can't get past the idea that people in America are now supposed to accept that this is a valid form of law enforcement and just assume it's fine when random dudes in groups with face-coverings, no ID, no warrant, & no uniform grab people off the street and force them into unmarked vehicles
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Especially if you're on the fence about it, protest today. Fascism is isolating and lonely. Its very goal is to make you feel like you're the only person unwilling to accept a cult of personality. On days like today you fully realize there are more of us than there are them. You will feel better.
June 14, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Especially if you're on the fence about it, protest today. Fascism is isolating and lonely. Its very goal is to make you feel like you're the only person unwilling to accept a cult of personality. On days like today you fully realize there are more of us than there are them. You will feel better.
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One day you’re young and fun then next thing you know you’re downloading an app that identifies what birds are nearby just by listening to them and man this app is awesome
June 10, 2025 at 6:33 PM
One day you’re young and fun then next thing you know you’re downloading an app that identifies what birds are nearby just by listening to them and man this app is awesome
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shel silverstein on the LLM, 1981
June 10, 2025 at 7:34 PM
shel silverstein on the LLM, 1981
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They didn’t give us an education module on human evolution, but I had looked it up in the HubSystem knowledge bases I’d had access to, in an effort to figure out what the hell was going on with humans. It hadn’t helped.
June 6, 2025 at 8:00 AM
They didn’t give us an education module on human evolution, but I had looked it up in the HubSystem knowledge bases I’d had access to, in an effort to figure out what the hell was going on with humans. It hadn’t helped.
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Going to the theme parks is supporting anti-trans legislation.
Buying the books is supporting anti-trans legislation.
Buying and playing the games is supporting anti-trans legislation.
Talking up the franchise in any guise is encouraging others to fund anti-trans legislation.
Buying the books is supporting anti-trans legislation.
Buying and playing the games is supporting anti-trans legislation.
Talking up the franchise in any guise is encouraging others to fund anti-trans legislation.
J.K. Rowling is using her wealth attained from the "Harry Potter" series to create an organization dedicated to removing transgender people's rights "in the workplace, in public life, and in protected female spaces.”
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May 29, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Going to the theme parks is supporting anti-trans legislation.
Buying the books is supporting anti-trans legislation.
Buying and playing the games is supporting anti-trans legislation.
Talking up the franchise in any guise is encouraging others to fund anti-trans legislation.
Buying the books is supporting anti-trans legislation.
Buying and playing the games is supporting anti-trans legislation.
Talking up the franchise in any guise is encouraging others to fund anti-trans legislation.
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I never believed it was butter
May 25, 2025 at 6:21 PM
I never believed it was butter
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Andrew tate won't see your posts celebrating his new charges. But your friends who are sex traffickers will
May 28, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Andrew tate won't see your posts celebrating his new charges. But your friends who are sex traffickers will
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Americans put sugar in all kinds of dishes that don’t require it. And one of the main reasons for this national aberration is … Prohibition. 🧵
May 25, 2025 at 7:18 AM
Americans put sugar in all kinds of dishes that don’t require it. And one of the main reasons for this national aberration is … Prohibition. 🧵
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The amount of throat-clearing FIRE has to do before defending Harvard is amazing given that they don’t do this when they are defending the far right
May 25, 2025 at 12:20 PM
The amount of throat-clearing FIRE has to do before defending Harvard is amazing given that they don’t do this when they are defending the far right
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"What movie traumatized you as a child" All of them. It was 1985, there were no non-traumatic movies to watch as a child
May 23, 2025 at 12:43 PM
"What movie traumatized you as a child" All of them. It was 1985, there were no non-traumatic movies to watch as a child
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whenever my boss says "think of the big picture, elle" I'm immediately an astronaut floating silently in space tethered to my ship looking down on earth, and nothing he wants seems important or even relevant so this tactic has really backfired on him more than once is what I'm saying
August 30, 2024 at 7:03 PM
whenever my boss says "think of the big picture, elle" I'm immediately an astronaut floating silently in space tethered to my ship looking down on earth, and nothing he wants seems important or even relevant so this tactic has really backfired on him more than once is what I'm saying