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This exchange says it all.
September 15, 2025 at 6:28 AM
This exchange says it all.
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“We need state leaders to stand up and fight for our public health workers and to protect them from what is nothing short of domestic terrorism,” said Ga. Sen. @jasonesteves.bsky.social at a protest Saturday, after a gunman fired over 500 rounds at the CDC Headquarters and killed a police officer.
Atlantans Sound Alarm Over Federal Cuts, Misinformation, Deadly CDC Shooting
A week after a deadly shooting at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) rattled the nation, Atlanta residents flooded the streets again Saturday morning to protest against the Trump…
www.thexylom.com
August 18, 2025 at 11:06 AM
“We need state leaders to stand up and fight for our public health workers and to protect them from what is nothing short of domestic terrorism,” said Ga. Sen. @jasonesteves.bsky.social at a protest Saturday, after a gunman fired over 500 rounds at the CDC Headquarters and killed a police officer.
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I really dislike how science has started calling almost any fancy computational technique AI. 🧪
The framing of this entire article makes it sound like a benevolent AI independently made these drugs.
That is *pure fantasy*.
Instead: a team of scientists made a machine learning model for a study.
The framing of this entire article makes it sound like a benevolent AI independently made these drugs.
That is *pure fantasy*.
Instead: a team of scientists made a machine learning model for a study.
August 15, 2025 at 6:14 AM
I really dislike how science has started calling almost any fancy computational technique AI. 🧪
The framing of this entire article makes it sound like a benevolent AI independently made these drugs.
That is *pure fantasy*.
Instead: a team of scientists made a machine learning model for a study.
The framing of this entire article makes it sound like a benevolent AI independently made these drugs.
That is *pure fantasy*.
Instead: a team of scientists made a machine learning model for a study.
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Today’s good trouble from @dailybeanspod.com
“Texas Republicans have now set up a TIP LINE to rat out the Texas Democrats. So PLEASE, for the sake of the public, DO NOT FLOOD THIS NUMBER with tips on Bigfoot sightings, UFO sightings, or asking why Trump is on "the list" 1-866-786-5972”
“Texas Republicans have now set up a TIP LINE to rat out the Texas Democrats. So PLEASE, for the sake of the public, DO NOT FLOOD THIS NUMBER with tips on Bigfoot sightings, UFO sightings, or asking why Trump is on "the list" 1-866-786-5972”
Texas House speaker creates 'tip line' to narc on missing Democrats
Texas House Speaker Dustin Burrows (R) revealed that he had established a "tip line" to report Democrats who broke quorum and prevented Republicans from wiping out five U.S. House seats held by the mi...
www.rawstory.com
August 14, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Today’s good trouble from @dailybeanspod.com
“Texas Republicans have now set up a TIP LINE to rat out the Texas Democrats. So PLEASE, for the sake of the public, DO NOT FLOOD THIS NUMBER with tips on Bigfoot sightings, UFO sightings, or asking why Trump is on "the list" 1-866-786-5972”
“Texas Republicans have now set up a TIP LINE to rat out the Texas Democrats. So PLEASE, for the sake of the public, DO NOT FLOOD THIS NUMBER with tips on Bigfoot sightings, UFO sightings, or asking why Trump is on "the list" 1-866-786-5972”
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NEW: In a likely first, security researchers have shown how generative AI agents can be hijacked to cause physical consequences.
They tricked Google's Gemini AI into turning off smart home lights, opening windows, and turning on a boiler.
They hid instructions to the AI in a *calendar invitation*
They tricked Google's Gemini AI into turning off smart home lights, opening windows, and turning on a boiler.
They hid instructions to the AI in a *calendar invitation*
Hackers Hijacked Google’s Gemini AI With a Poisoned Calendar Invite to Take Over a Smart Home
For likely the first time ever, security researchers have shown how AI can be hacked to create real world havoc, allowing them to turn off lights, open smart shutters, and more.
www.wired.com
August 6, 2025 at 1:55 PM
NEW: In a likely first, security researchers have shown how generative AI agents can be hijacked to cause physical consequences.
They tricked Google's Gemini AI into turning off smart home lights, opening windows, and turning on a boiler.
They hid instructions to the AI in a *calendar invitation*
They tricked Google's Gemini AI into turning off smart home lights, opening windows, and turning on a boiler.
They hid instructions to the AI in a *calendar invitation*
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Donald Trump’s FBI - “We cannot release the Epstein files because, uhhhh, reasons.”
ALSO Donald Trump’s FBI - “Here’s a bunch of racist shit about the civil rights leader we love to misquote, look, there are thousands of files, please look at these files instead”
ALSO Donald Trump’s FBI - “Here’s a bunch of racist shit about the civil rights leader we love to misquote, look, there are thousands of files, please look at these files instead”
July 21, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Donald Trump’s FBI - “We cannot release the Epstein files because, uhhhh, reasons.”
ALSO Donald Trump’s FBI - “Here’s a bunch of racist shit about the civil rights leader we love to misquote, look, there are thousands of files, please look at these files instead”
ALSO Donald Trump’s FBI - “Here’s a bunch of racist shit about the civil rights leader we love to misquote, look, there are thousands of files, please look at these files instead”
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Bye forever, WeTransfer.
July 14, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Bye forever, WeTransfer.
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youtu.be/OqzqPzZeTRc?...
This is part of the point of using unmarked agents/officers. The public doesnt know next time who the agency involved is because of awful uniform and identification practices. The public will start taking their anger out at local law enforcement thinking its ICE
This is part of the point of using unmarked agents/officers. The public doesnt know next time who the agency involved is because of awful uniform and identification practices. The public will start taking their anger out at local law enforcement thinking its ICE
Fontana PD says officers misidentified as ICE agents during arrest
YouTube video by NBCLA
youtu.be
June 20, 2025 at 11:27 AM
youtu.be/OqzqPzZeTRc?...
This is part of the point of using unmarked agents/officers. The public doesnt know next time who the agency involved is because of awful uniform and identification practices. The public will start taking their anger out at local law enforcement thinking its ICE
This is part of the point of using unmarked agents/officers. The public doesnt know next time who the agency involved is because of awful uniform and identification practices. The public will start taking their anger out at local law enforcement thinking its ICE
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New research from MIT found that those who used ChatGPT can’t remember any of the content of their essays.
Key takeaway: the product doesn’t suffer, but the process does. And when it comes to essays, the process *is* how they learn.
arxiv.org/pdf/2506.088...
Key takeaway: the product doesn’t suffer, but the process does. And when it comes to essays, the process *is* how they learn.
arxiv.org/pdf/2506.088...
June 18, 2025 at 7:32 AM
New research from MIT found that those who used ChatGPT can’t remember any of the content of their essays.
Key takeaway: the product doesn’t suffer, but the process does. And when it comes to essays, the process *is* how they learn.
arxiv.org/pdf/2506.088...
Key takeaway: the product doesn’t suffer, but the process does. And when it comes to essays, the process *is* how they learn.
arxiv.org/pdf/2506.088...
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Commanders: If you are worth your stars, it is your job to protect and defend our Constitution.
May 4, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Commanders: If you are worth your stars, it is your job to protect and defend our Constitution.
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Congrats everyone — we are at the point where The Onion and real life are indistinguishable from one another. 😳🇺🇸 theonion.com/ice-agents-w...
May 2, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Congrats everyone — we are at the point where The Onion and real life are indistinguishable from one another. 😳🇺🇸 theonion.com/ice-agents-w...
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Lingodeer, Memrise, and Drops are all excellent one-to-one(ish) replacements for Duolingo.
If you want something a little more “meaty,” I’d recommend Rosetta Stone or, my personal favorite, Pimsleur.
If you want something a little more “meaty,” I’d recommend Rosetta Stone or, my personal favorite, Pimsleur.
Duolingo will replace contract workers with AI
Duolingo will replace contract workers with AI
Duolingo is making some AI-focused changes.
buff.ly
April 29, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Lingodeer, Memrise, and Drops are all excellent one-to-one(ish) replacements for Duolingo.
If you want something a little more “meaty,” I’d recommend Rosetta Stone or, my personal favorite, Pimsleur.
If you want something a little more “meaty,” I’d recommend Rosetta Stone or, my personal favorite, Pimsleur.
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This is fascism.
Relative of a family friend got swept up by ICE. The reason? He had a disagreement with his manager. Manager called ICE. ICE picked him up in front of the entire undocumented staff, as a fucking warning.
May 1, 2025 at 8:56 PM
This is fascism.
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Say it after me: Chat GPT is not a search engine. It does not scan the web for information, it just generates statistically likely sentences. You cannot use it a search engine, or as a substitute for searching.
Now. Please never use an LLM for information searches ever again.
Now. Please never use an LLM for information searches ever again.
April 30, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Say it after me: Chat GPT is not a search engine. It does not scan the web for information, it just generates statistically likely sentences. You cannot use it a search engine, or as a substitute for searching.
Now. Please never use an LLM for information searches ever again.
Now. Please never use an LLM for information searches ever again.
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they’re going to kill Grok
May 1, 2025 at 8:40 PM
they’re going to kill Grok
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Today, May 1, is International Workers' Day! It commemorates the sentencing to death of eight anarchist workers in Chicago who were framed for throwing a bomb at police who attacked a strike demonstration in May 1886 shop.workingclasshistory.com/products/the...
May 1, 2025 at 6:25 AM
Today, May 1, is International Workers' Day! It commemorates the sentencing to death of eight anarchist workers in Chicago who were framed for throwing a bomb at police who attacked a strike demonstration in May 1886 shop.workingclasshistory.com/products/the...
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🚨DOOMSCROLLING CHECKPOINT🚨
Drop your shoulders.
Unclench your teeth.
Take 3 deep breaths.
Go drink some water.
*excuse me while I take my own advice*
Drop your shoulders.
Unclench your teeth.
Take 3 deep breaths.
Go drink some water.
*excuse me while I take my own advice*
May 1, 2025 at 8:44 PM
🚨DOOMSCROLLING CHECKPOINT🚨
Drop your shoulders.
Unclench your teeth.
Take 3 deep breaths.
Go drink some water.
*excuse me while I take my own advice*
Drop your shoulders.
Unclench your teeth.
Take 3 deep breaths.
Go drink some water.
*excuse me while I take my own advice*
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NEW from me: Elon Musk's artificial intelligence company is operating 35 gas turbines without any pollution permits, belching asthma-worsening emissions into an area that leads Tennessee in ER visits for asthma.
www.eenews.net/articles/elo...
www.eenews.net/articles/elo...
Elon Musk’s xAI in Memphis: 35 gas turbines, no air pollution permits
The company’s turbines — enough to power 280,000 homes — run without emission controls in an area that leads Tennessee in asthma hospitalizations.
www.eenews.net
May 1, 2025 at 5:50 PM
NEW from me: Elon Musk's artificial intelligence company is operating 35 gas turbines without any pollution permits, belching asthma-worsening emissions into an area that leads Tennessee in ER visits for asthma.
www.eenews.net/articles/elo...
www.eenews.net/articles/elo...
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The conservative movement has turned against reality on every scientific issue of our time, from gun violence to climate change to epidemiology.
If campuses are ideologically homogenous, it's not because academia has ostracized conservatives. It's because conservatives have ostracized academia.
If campuses are ideologically homogenous, it's not because academia has ostracized conservatives. It's because conservatives have ostracized academia.
April 21, 2025 at 11:56 AM
The conservative movement has turned against reality on every scientific issue of our time, from gun violence to climate change to epidemiology.
If campuses are ideologically homogenous, it's not because academia has ostracized conservatives. It's because conservatives have ostracized academia.
If campuses are ideologically homogenous, it's not because academia has ostracized conservatives. It's because conservatives have ostracized academia.
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When I left the Washington Post in 2023, my colleagues and I were worried AI would hoover up our work and enable "zombies" to churn out stories based on our reporting and writing styles.
Today WaPo announced a partnership with OpenAI. And here it is: Zombie Gillian Brockell. I DID NOT WRITE THIS.
Today WaPo announced a partnership with OpenAI. And here it is: Zombie Gillian Brockell. I DID NOT WRITE THIS.
April 22, 2025 at 6:23 PM
When I left the Washington Post in 2023, my colleagues and I were worried AI would hoover up our work and enable "zombies" to churn out stories based on our reporting and writing styles.
Today WaPo announced a partnership with OpenAI. And here it is: Zombie Gillian Brockell. I DID NOT WRITE THIS.
Today WaPo announced a partnership with OpenAI. And here it is: Zombie Gillian Brockell. I DID NOT WRITE THIS.
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Washington Post under Trump: "151,000 jobs is solid"
Washington Post under Biden: "194,000 jobs is another weak month"
Washington Post under Biden: "194,000 jobs is another weak month"
March 8, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Washington Post under Trump: "151,000 jobs is solid"
Washington Post under Biden: "194,000 jobs is another weak month"
Washington Post under Biden: "194,000 jobs is another weak month"
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Did Donald Trump just admit talking to Putin about invading Ukraine before it happened?
JFC.
JFC.
March 7, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Did Donald Trump just admit talking to Putin about invading Ukraine before it happened?
JFC.
JFC.