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In the era of AI it’s more crucial than ever that social media sites add a serif to the lower case L
November 26, 2025 at 8:29 PM
In the era of AI it’s more crucial than ever that social media sites add a serif to the lower case L
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"Gen Z isn’t ok ... the no-hire no-fire labor market, coupled with the asset headwinds of unaffordable housing and low wage growth, means the youngest entrants to the labor market could face “long-term scarring,"' per FORTUNE.
November 26, 2025 at 4:48 PM
"Gen Z isn’t ok ... the no-hire no-fire labor market, coupled with the asset headwinds of unaffordable housing and low wage growth, means the youngest entrants to the labor market could face “long-term scarring,"' per FORTUNE.
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I once asked a bookseller at a large indie store how many people would have to buy a book for it to get the attention of the store buyer and cause an additional order and they said: Three.
I see some book piracy discourse, and, to make a positive argument in favor of buying books, your marginal ability to influence what books get published and support the careers of writers you like is massive compared to most other forms of media.
November 25, 2025 at 11:07 PM
I once asked a bookseller at a large indie store how many people would have to buy a book for it to get the attention of the store buyer and cause an additional order and they said: Three.
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OpenAI says they aren't liable for the suicide of a user their chat bot urged to kill himself because suicide is a violation of the TOS
Additionally, OpenAI argues its not liable because Raine, by using ChatGPT for self-harm, broke its terms of service
November 26, 2025 at 4:43 AM
OpenAI says they aren't liable for the suicide of a user their chat bot urged to kill himself because suicide is a violation of the TOS
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Trial by jury is a cornerstone of our democracy and an essential safeguard against authoritarianism.
It is truly frightening that such a fundamental freedom is now under attack.
Once rights are lost, they are not easy to win back. We must resist this with all we’ve got.
It is truly frightening that such a fundamental freedom is now under attack.
Once rights are lost, they are not easy to win back. We must resist this with all we’ve got.
MoJ to remove right to trial by jury for thousands of cases in controversial overhaul
MoJ to remove right to trial by jury for thousands of cases in controversial overhaul
Exclusive: Courts minister says change needed to stop criminals opting for juries to delay cases, sometimes by years, and clear huge backlog
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Criminals will be stopped from “gaming the system” by choosing trial by jury in order to increase the chances of proceedings collapsing, the courts minister has said, promising to enact radical changes to limit jury trials by the next election.
Drug dealers and career criminals were “laughing in the dock” knowing cases can take years to come to trial, Sarah Sackman told the Guardian, saying inaction would be a road to “chaos and ruin”. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Trial by jury is a cornerstone of our democracy and an essential safeguard against authoritarianism.
It is truly frightening that such a fundamental freedom is now under attack.
Once rights are lost, they are not easy to win back. We must resist this with all we’ve got.
It is truly frightening that such a fundamental freedom is now under attack.
Once rights are lost, they are not easy to win back. We must resist this with all we’ve got.
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this happened because ads stopped working, then their work to compromise search results by biasing towards AdWords stopped working, then they realized being able to blame an LLM for both inaccurate placement and inaccurate information was better for ad unit sales than Having Search Work
Google at its peak was basically the best information retrieval system in human history and they and every competitor decided going from there to “you didn’t want answers you wanted half-assed auto-complete 80%-wrong hallucinations” in a few years was the right idea
November 25, 2025 at 6:46 PM
this happened because ads stopped working, then their work to compromise search results by biasing towards AdWords stopped working, then they realized being able to blame an LLM for both inaccurate placement and inaccurate information was better for ad unit sales than Having Search Work
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A package hasn't "shipped" if you've only "created the label"
November 25, 2025 at 3:02 PM
A package hasn't "shipped" if you've only "created the label"
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The moves come after a $60 million lobbying blitz from the chemical industry.
This is why you always follow the money.
www.foodandwaterwatch.org/2025/09/17/a...
This is why you always follow the money.
www.foodandwaterwatch.org/2025/09/17/a...
The EPA has approved two new pesticides with "forever chemicals" that will be used on food.
The agency has also announced plans for four additional approvals.
The approved pesticides will be used on vegetables such as romaine lettuce, broccoli and potatoes.
The agency has also announced plans for four additional approvals.
The approved pesticides will be used on vegetables such as romaine lettuce, broccoli and potatoes.
November 25, 2025 at 4:28 PM
The moves come after a $60 million lobbying blitz from the chemical industry.
This is why you always follow the money.
www.foodandwaterwatch.org/2025/09/17/a...
This is why you always follow the money.
www.foodandwaterwatch.org/2025/09/17/a...
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You guys interested in more stuff I pulled from Ron Moore’s ‘90s AOL chats with DS9 fans?
This was in reaction to a Season 5 ep retconning Dr. Bashir’s history. OH NO! The sacred CANON was violated!
Ron has the correct perspective (and more patience than I would have.)
This was in reaction to a Season 5 ep retconning Dr. Bashir’s history. OH NO! The sacred CANON was violated!
Ron has the correct perspective (and more patience than I would have.)
November 25, 2025 at 1:21 AM
You guys interested in more stuff I pulled from Ron Moore’s ‘90s AOL chats with DS9 fans?
This was in reaction to a Season 5 ep retconning Dr. Bashir’s history. OH NO! The sacred CANON was violated!
Ron has the correct perspective (and more patience than I would have.)
This was in reaction to a Season 5 ep retconning Dr. Bashir’s history. OH NO! The sacred CANON was violated!
Ron has the correct perspective (and more patience than I would have.)
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if elon just hired an Inverse Jester (guy hired to listen to his jokes and pretend they're funny) we could solve every problem except how to keep the inverse jester from killing himself
November 24, 2025 at 4:42 PM
if elon just hired an Inverse Jester (guy hired to listen to his jokes and pretend they're funny) we could solve every problem except how to keep the inverse jester from killing himself
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wish these articles got straight to the point. "why aren't you giving us all your money" just say it man. you know you want to
![An article with the headline "[US people] are holding onto devices longer than ever and it's costing the economy".](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:jye22xkea3jqsabskhfec347/bafkreigunh6t53vvgp2sewo2fsy4xttrwgy3zrdwplje7j2qjop5jdeyxy@jpeg)
November 24, 2025 at 9:05 PM
wish these articles got straight to the point. "why aren't you giving us all your money" just say it man. you know you want to
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Whenever I say this, people get Really Mad, but it's true. Same of any other art, too. You have to read the book, watch the film, see the painting, listen to the song, whatever.
I'm sorry, but watching a video about it on YouTube is not enough. You have not experience the art.
I'm sorry, but watching a video about it on YouTube is not enough. You have not experience the art.
"you have not played the game unless you've played the game" is one of my more annoying but unshakable opinions
the whole "don't play the game, just watch a video on youtube that will explain its story to you" is so disheartening because the issue of accessibility is genuinely really important but it's always just people who want to be spoon-fed nicely quantifiable information
November 23, 2025 at 3:58 AM
Whenever I say this, people get Really Mad, but it's true. Same of any other art, too. You have to read the book, watch the film, see the painting, listen to the song, whatever.
I'm sorry, but watching a video about it on YouTube is not enough. You have not experience the art.
I'm sorry, but watching a video about it on YouTube is not enough. You have not experience the art.
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eyeing every game that is saying the same "We're listening to the community" shit and politely asking you to stop doing that actually
One of the producers on Guilty Gear Strive said it was basically impossible to source player feedback on balance changes online because nobody had original opinions and would just parrot what the most popular content creators said and so they had to rely on data and I think about that every day.
November 24, 2025 at 5:53 AM
eyeing every game that is saying the same "We're listening to the community" shit and politely asking you to stop doing that actually
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Engagement KPIs have been responsible for infinite scroll UI traps, RecSys radicalization spirals, public shame brigades, and basically every modern ailment novel to the past decade. At some point, you have to recognize that the problem isn't any one technology, it's the metric.
The company essentially turned a dial that made ChatGPT more appealing and made people use it more, but sent some of them into delusional spirals.
OpenAI has since made the chatbot safer, but that comes with a tradeoff: less usage.
OpenAI has since made the chatbot safer, but that comes with a tradeoff: less usage.
November 23, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Engagement KPIs have been responsible for infinite scroll UI traps, RecSys radicalization spirals, public shame brigades, and basically every modern ailment novel to the past decade. At some point, you have to recognize that the problem isn't any one technology, it's the metric.
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but the fact that this is absent, that no one is investing in this *genuinely hard and nuanced communication*, let alone basic fact checking… that’s an exposed failure, and one that is only going to make things worse. but I think seeing that broken stair clearly is important.
November 23, 2025 at 7:05 AM
but the fact that this is absent, that no one is investing in this *genuinely hard and nuanced communication*, let alone basic fact checking… that’s an exposed failure, and one that is only going to make things worse. but I think seeing that broken stair clearly is important.
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The “google is using your email to train AI” debacle is imo most instructively seen as tracer dye for multiple failures: many people are instinctively skeptical of tech companies now; and many outlets that should have had experts able to cogently weigh in and go “wait a minute” simply don’t anymore.
November 23, 2025 at 6:54 AM
The “google is using your email to train AI” debacle is imo most instructively seen as tracer dye for multiple failures: many people are instinctively skeptical of tech companies now; and many outlets that should have had experts able to cogently weigh in and go “wait a minute” simply don’t anymore.
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not unique to wikipedia but i love that every list of "wrestling controversies" is like
- double murder suicide
- they booked the world title bad
- industrial accident murder
- they booked the world title bad
- organized crime murder
- organized crime murder
- double murder suicide
- they booked the world title bad
- industrial accident murder
- they booked the world title bad
- organized crime murder
- organized crime murder
August 13, 2025 at 1:48 PM
not unique to wikipedia but i love that every list of "wrestling controversies" is like
- double murder suicide
- they booked the world title bad
- industrial accident murder
- they booked the world title bad
- organized crime murder
- organized crime murder
- double murder suicide
- they booked the world title bad
- industrial accident murder
- they booked the world title bad
- organized crime murder
- organized crime murder
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Modern Facism is the quest to make the Internet real life in every way to punish the people who were mean to you on the Internet because you were and still are a wet dullard
September 23, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Modern Facism is the quest to make the Internet real life in every way to punish the people who were mean to you on the Internet because you were and still are a wet dullard
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We live in a strange timeline. Nevertheless I can’t wait to see the hair pulling MAGA reddit does over this whole meeting.
Q: Stefanik has called Mamdani a 'jihadist.' Do you think you're standing next to a jihadist right now?
TRUMP: No, I don't. I met with a man who's a very rational person
TRUMP: No, I don't. I met with a man who's a very rational person
November 22, 2025 at 12:50 AM
We live in a strange timeline. Nevertheless I can’t wait to see the hair pulling MAGA reddit does over this whole meeting.
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Trump is being nicer to Mamdani than Democratic leadership was lol
November 21, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Trump is being nicer to Mamdani than Democratic leadership was lol
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Socialism is what they called public power.
Socialism is what they called social security.
Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.
Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.
—Harry Truman, 1952
Socialism is what they called social security.
Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.
Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.
—Harry Truman, 1952
November 21, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Socialism is what they called public power.
Socialism is what they called social security.
Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.
Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.
—Harry Truman, 1952
Socialism is what they called social security.
Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.
Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.
—Harry Truman, 1952
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An AI deepfake was submitted as evidence in a California court.
This appears to be one of the first instances - but likely won't be the last.
Think about the repercussions: people could be wrongly convicted.
We MUST regulate this technology before it destroys lives.
This appears to be one of the first instances - but likely won't be the last.
Think about the repercussions: people could be wrongly convicted.
We MUST regulate this technology before it destroys lives.
November 21, 2025 at 4:40 PM
An AI deepfake was submitted as evidence in a California court.
This appears to be one of the first instances - but likely won't be the last.
Think about the repercussions: people could be wrongly convicted.
We MUST regulate this technology before it destroys lives.
This appears to be one of the first instances - but likely won't be the last.
Think about the repercussions: people could be wrongly convicted.
We MUST regulate this technology before it destroys lives.
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"Gen X may be the first to need a universal basic income after late-career job loss... due to AI," per the Hill
November 21, 2025 at 4:01 PM
"Gen X may be the first to need a universal basic income after late-career job loss... due to AI," per the Hill
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X user: "Hey Grok, Does Elon Musk eat turds?"
(10 gallons of water turn to steam, 400 pounds of CO2 is released, 8 people in a data center in Asia pass out from exhaustion)
Grok: "Hell yeah he does! He's the best at it because he loves turds in his mouth!"
(10 gallons of water turn to steam, 400 pounds of CO2 is released, 8 people in a data center in Asia pass out from exhaustion)
Grok: "Hell yeah he does! He's the best at it because he loves turds in his mouth!"
November 21, 2025 at 1:17 AM
X user: "Hey Grok, Does Elon Musk eat turds?"
(10 gallons of water turn to steam, 400 pounds of CO2 is released, 8 people in a data center in Asia pass out from exhaustion)
Grok: "Hell yeah he does! He's the best at it because he loves turds in his mouth!"
(10 gallons of water turn to steam, 400 pounds of CO2 is released, 8 people in a data center in Asia pass out from exhaustion)
Grok: "Hell yeah he does! He's the best at it because he loves turds in his mouth!"