Public Futility
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This is why we can’t have nice things.
Good night, Udo Kier. youtu.be/sJV29ZQIUhs
Madonna - Deeper And Deeper (Official Video) [HD]
YouTube video by Madonna
youtu.be
November 24, 2025 at 3:10 AM
Good night, Udo Kier. youtu.be/sJV29ZQIUhs
Even Nancy never grinned like a hyena when she Gazed at Ronnie.
November 22, 2025 at 1:46 AM
Even Nancy never grinned like a hyena when she Gazed at Ronnie.
Spotify bought the website that robbed the fun from chasing samples so now everyone can stop wondering and discovering. www.engadget.com/entertainmen...
Spotify's SongDNA feature will show you which songs are sampled on a track
Spotify has acquired WhoSampled, a community-run database that tracks samples, covers, remixes and more.
www.engadget.com
November 20, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Spotify bought the website that robbed the fun from chasing samples so now everyone can stop wondering and discovering. www.engadget.com/entertainmen...
If you want to have the friends over for game day, you no longer need cable or (checks notes) $200 worth of streaming services. Of course ESPN’s owner is mad about it. www.engadget.com/entertainmen...
Disney fails in initial bid to halt Sling TV's short-term streaming passes
The passes will stick around for now, but a breach-of-contract lawsuit is moving forward.
www.engadget.com
November 19, 2025 at 6:37 PM
If you want to have the friends over for game day, you no longer need cable or (checks notes) $200 worth of streaming services. Of course ESPN’s owner is mad about it. www.engadget.com/entertainmen...
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*finds a dead body*
Me: IS IT CAKE?
Me: IS IT CAKE?
November 19, 2025 at 3:02 AM
*finds a dead body*
Me: IS IT CAKE?
Me: IS IT CAKE?
We may have a lot more phone calls and videoconferences for a while—better start drafting grant applications!
AI presents a fundamental threat to our ability to use polls to assess public opinion. Bad actors who are able to infiltrate panels can flip close election polls for less than the cost of a Starbucks coffee. Models will also infer and confirm hypotheses in experiments. Current quality checks fail
November 18, 2025 at 11:23 PM
We may have a lot more phone calls and videoconferences for a while—better start drafting grant applications!
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But I thought social scientists could just study LLMs now.
new paper by Sean Westwood:
With current technology, it is impossible to tell whether survey respondents are real or bots. Among other things, makes it easy for bad actors to manipulate outcomes. No good news here for the future of online-based survey research
With current technology, it is impossible to tell whether survey respondents are real or bots. Among other things, makes it easy for bad actors to manipulate outcomes. No good news here for the future of online-based survey research
November 18, 2025 at 9:37 PM
But I thought social scientists could just study LLMs now.
When I see younger people with successful writing or journalism careers
November 18, 2025 at 5:06 PM
When I see younger people with successful writing or journalism careers
Welp, looks like Cloudflare is down…
November 18, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Welp, looks like Cloudflare is down…
Why hasn’t anyone called Arsène Lupin about the Louvre jewel theft?
November 18, 2025 at 4:16 AM
Why hasn’t anyone called Arsène Lupin about the Louvre jewel theft?
I’ve been craving the Thanksgiving Blend, which really does taste of candied pecans and sage, but I crave better treatment more. sbworkersunited.org/our-strike/
Our Strike - Starbucks Workers United
We began taking action to push back on unresponsive management, unjust retaliation, and an unfair scheduling system. We saw that store by store, it was possible to win direct changes by taking a unifi...
sbworkersunited.org
November 17, 2025 at 10:12 PM
I’ve been craving the Thanksgiving Blend, which really does taste of candied pecans and sage, but I crave better treatment more. sbworkersunited.org/our-strike/
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Usually you try to place one of the best parts of the book as an excerpt
November 17, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Usually you try to place one of the best parts of the book as an excerpt
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being gay is a gentle balance between consuming iced coffees and crippling depression naps.
November 17, 2025 at 5:11 PM
being gay is a gentle balance between consuming iced coffees and crippling depression naps.
Another day, another AI musician on Spotify, Amazon Music, Apple Music, Tidal, Deezer, and Qobuz.
I wouldn’t care if it didn’t suck so bad.
I wouldn’t care if it didn’t suck so bad.
November 17, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Another day, another AI musician on Spotify, Amazon Music, Apple Music, Tidal, Deezer, and Qobuz.
I wouldn’t care if it didn’t suck so bad.
I wouldn’t care if it didn’t suck so bad.
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Your last saved meme is your moral philosophy...
November 17, 2025 at 3:54 AM
Your last saved meme is your moral philosophy...
Your last saved meme is your moral philosophy…
November 17, 2025 at 3:52 AM
Your last saved meme is your moral philosophy…
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murder is like cilantro—you either love it or it tastes like soap.
November 17, 2025 at 12:22 AM
murder is like cilantro—you either love it or it tastes like soap.
You all know what you have to do. youtu.be/nu6C2KL_S9o
R. Kelly is not a p*dophile (technically speaking) | Gianmarco Soresi | Stand Up Comedy
YouTube video by Gianmarco Soresi
youtu.be
November 16, 2025 at 12:33 AM
You all know what you have to do. youtu.be/nu6C2KL_S9o
How have I not learned to cross stitch samplers yet? So many of you could use one that says HOLE SWEET HOLE.
November 15, 2025 at 9:54 PM
How have I not learned to cross stitch samplers yet? So many of you could use one that says HOLE SWEET HOLE.
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"Malort advent calendar" is already such an unhinged concept but every little window just having Malort in it really pushes it over the edge into something transcendently funny
November 15, 2025 at 12:54 AM
"Malort advent calendar" is already such an unhinged concept but every little window just having Malort in it really pushes it over the edge into something transcendently funny
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Ladies and gentlemen... the weekend. (also: you are important and are not alone 🧡)
November 15, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Ladies and gentlemen... the weekend. (also: you are important and are not alone 🧡)
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Social movements are more likely to have success when three factors are present: elite conflict, shifting public opinion, and elite blunders.
Mass collective action can create the conditions for these factors to emerge and deepen.
Mass collective action can create the conditions for these factors to emerge and deepen.
October 18, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Social movements are more likely to have success when three factors are present: elite conflict, shifting public opinion, and elite blunders.
Mass collective action can create the conditions for these factors to emerge and deepen.
Mass collective action can create the conditions for these factors to emerge and deepen.
Wait so, to Gen Z, do alcoholics have chopped liver?
November 15, 2025 at 3:22 AM
Wait so, to Gen Z, do alcoholics have chopped liver?
Free Patton youtu.be/FfI2iFvloso
Fargo - There's more to life than a little money, you know. And it's a beautiful day
YouTube video by LoveMovieQuotes
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November 14, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Free Patton youtu.be/FfI2iFvloso