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Fun fact: certain cigarette filters were designed with vents intended to prevent accurate measurements of the cigarette's toxic emissions by introducing more oxygen, which diluted the smoke -- unless the smoker's fingers blocked the vent, which they tended to do, so they got a full hit.
December 2, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Fun fact: certain cigarette filters were designed with vents intended to prevent accurate measurements of the cigarette's toxic emissions by introducing more oxygen, which diluted the smoke -- unless the smoker's fingers blocked the vent, which they tended to do, so they got a full hit.
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This will forever be better than anything Gemini can produce. Look at these voice actors.
If AI actually knew anything it would short circuit and die from impostor syndrome when confronted with this
But it doesn't...because it's just a garbage tool.
If AI actually knew anything it would short circuit and die from impostor syndrome when confronted with this
But it doesn't...because it's just a garbage tool.
December 2, 2025 at 1:17 PM
This will forever be better than anything Gemini can produce. Look at these voice actors.
If AI actually knew anything it would short circuit and die from impostor syndrome when confronted with this
But it doesn't...because it's just a garbage tool.
If AI actually knew anything it would short circuit and die from impostor syndrome when confronted with this
But it doesn't...because it's just a garbage tool.
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Eu concordo com Francisco Louçã. Mariana Mortágua foi atacada por tudo e de todas as maneiras. Nunca lhe perdoaram destruir banqueiros em comissões parlamentares.
Ela verdadeiramente abalou o sistema. Mas é mulher, homossexual, bonita, jovem e muito inteligente. Tudo junto é proibido em Portugal.
Ela verdadeiramente abalou o sistema. Mas é mulher, homossexual, bonita, jovem e muito inteligente. Tudo junto é proibido em Portugal.
December 1, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Eu concordo com Francisco Louçã. Mariana Mortágua foi atacada por tudo e de todas as maneiras. Nunca lhe perdoaram destruir banqueiros em comissões parlamentares.
Ela verdadeiramente abalou o sistema. Mas é mulher, homossexual, bonita, jovem e muito inteligente. Tudo junto é proibido em Portugal.
Ela verdadeiramente abalou o sistema. Mas é mulher, homossexual, bonita, jovem e muito inteligente. Tudo junto é proibido em Portugal.
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December 2, 2025 at 10:03 AM
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try to imagine the media firestorm if the military was conducting strikes and obama, clinton, or biden said "i dont know anything about it" and how the media just shrugs at trump saying the same thing.
talking to reporters last night, Trump claimed of Hegseth's double tap strike that "I don't know anything about it," then moments later claimed "I don't who you're talking about" when asked his plan to pardon the former Honduran president
December 1, 2025 at 3:50 PM
try to imagine the media firestorm if the military was conducting strikes and obama, clinton, or biden said "i dont know anything about it" and how the media just shrugs at trump saying the same thing.
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E pela 2a vez, quando andam todos entretidos com o fim de semana prolongado o governo aumenta os impostos dos combustíveis. Isto depois do Luís - na oposição claro - gritar que o governo de António Costa não ser sério e que poderia baixar os preços. Mas cada um tem o Luís que merece.
December 1, 2025 at 7:02 PM
E pela 2a vez, quando andam todos entretidos com o fim de semana prolongado o governo aumenta os impostos dos combustíveis. Isto depois do Luís - na oposição claro - gritar que o governo de António Costa não ser sério e que poderia baixar os preços. Mas cada um tem o Luís que merece.
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A hunter-gatherer society where the hunters and foragers are out 60-80 hours per week is not on a grindset; it is *starving and on the brink of collapse*.
Do you think that level of stress is sustainable for a 45-year career, even today?
Do you think that level of stress is sustainable for a 45-year career, even today?
December 1, 2025 at 2:37 PM
A hunter-gatherer society where the hunters and foragers are out 60-80 hours per week is not on a grindset; it is *starving and on the brink of collapse*.
Do you think that level of stress is sustainable for a 45-year career, even today?
Do you think that level of stress is sustainable for a 45-year career, even today?
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This, and also:
Humans are simply not set up to work 60-80+ hour weeks. Humans have typically not done this prior to industrialization.
Care providers might do more, but they did it as a communal effort, not isolated in their homes away from community and family.
This is bad for women *and* men.
Humans are simply not set up to work 60-80+ hour weeks. Humans have typically not done this prior to industrialization.
Care providers might do more, but they did it as a communal effort, not isolated in their homes away from community and family.
This is bad for women *and* men.
We have to talk about how this glorification of overwork is driving care downstream.
To compete, men are incentivized to dump care onto women in their families. And women in privileged positions are then incentivized to push care onto others more vulnerable than them.
www.cnbc.com/2025/10/25/b...
To compete, men are incentivized to dump care onto women in their families. And women in privileged positions are then incentivized to push care onto others more vulnerable than them.
www.cnbc.com/2025/10/25/b...
Billionaire Jimmy John’s founder: Work-life balance for entrepreneurs ''is the biggest line of bulls--- that’s ever been created’
Jimmy John Liautaud says launching a successful business requires an immense amount of dedication and persistence, leaving no room for work-life balance.
www.cnbc.com
December 1, 2025 at 2:37 PM
This, and also:
Humans are simply not set up to work 60-80+ hour weeks. Humans have typically not done this prior to industrialization.
Care providers might do more, but they did it as a communal effort, not isolated in their homes away from community and family.
This is bad for women *and* men.
Humans are simply not set up to work 60-80+ hour weeks. Humans have typically not done this prior to industrialization.
Care providers might do more, but they did it as a communal effort, not isolated in their homes away from community and family.
This is bad for women *and* men.
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Art by British artist and master of ‘epic’ John Harris
October 17, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Art by British artist and master of ‘epic’ John Harris
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The thing where conservatives think they should be able to go to college to teach experts instead of to learn from them shows how coddled they have been by society. We need to stop disrespecting them by shielding them with accommodation; let’s respect their beliefs by releasing them to the effects.
November 29, 2025 at 11:25 PM
The thing where conservatives think they should be able to go to college to teach experts instead of to learn from them shows how coddled they have been by society. We need to stop disrespecting them by shielding them with accommodation; let’s respect their beliefs by releasing them to the effects.
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We need to start to understand that “respecting people’s beliefs” means giving the people holding anti-society beliefs what they want, which is separation from society. Respect their agency that they want what they say they want. Give them credit for the natural logical effect of their belief.
November 29, 2025 at 10:51 PM
We need to start to understand that “respecting people’s beliefs” means giving the people holding anti-society beliefs what they want, which is separation from society. Respect their agency that they want what they say they want. Give them credit for the natural logical effect of their belief.
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"Afraid of appearing partisan, the Obama administration looked the other way when it came to prosecuting war criminals and torturers. The lack of confrontation is coming back to haunt us."
True in 2018, even more true in 2025 after a second Dem admin took office, slow-rolled prosecution, lost
True in 2018, even more true in 2025 after a second Dem admin took office, slow-rolled prosecution, lost
November 29, 2025 at 11:29 PM
"Afraid of appearing partisan, the Obama administration looked the other way when it came to prosecuting war criminals and torturers. The lack of confrontation is coming back to haunt us."
True in 2018, even more true in 2025 after a second Dem admin took office, slow-rolled prosecution, lost
True in 2018, even more true in 2025 after a second Dem admin took office, slow-rolled prosecution, lost
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That's because... and stay with me here, because it's complex - AI is shite.
It gets things wrong so often it throws everything into doubt.
It doesn't follow instructions properly.
It's so eager to give a result it will lie.
It's subsidised and much, MUCH more expensive to run than most think.
It gets things wrong so often it throws everything into doubt.
It doesn't follow instructions properly.
It's so eager to give a result it will lie.
It's subsidised and much, MUCH more expensive to run than most think.
Three years into the generative-AI wave, demand for the technology seems surprisingly flimsy
Investors expect AI use to soar. That’s not happening
Recent surveys point to flatlining business adoption
econ.st
November 29, 2025 at 11:40 PM
That's because... and stay with me here, because it's complex - AI is shite.
It gets things wrong so often it throws everything into doubt.
It doesn't follow instructions properly.
It's so eager to give a result it will lie.
It's subsidised and much, MUCH more expensive to run than most think.
It gets things wrong so often it throws everything into doubt.
It doesn't follow instructions properly.
It's so eager to give a result it will lie.
It's subsidised and much, MUCH more expensive to run than most think.
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So like. Any member of the United States military that's currently following orders is complicit in this machine of white supremacy. We're not "coming up on Nazi stuff." We're well into it. The time to stand up is long past.
a lot of words, none of them denying that Hegseth gave an order to kill helpless people who were stranded at sea after he blew up their boats
November 29, 2025 at 4:17 AM
So like. Any member of the United States military that's currently following orders is complicit in this machine of white supremacy. We're not "coming up on Nazi stuff." We're well into it. The time to stand up is long past.
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There’s a similar thing happening at exec level across orgs, all around AI.
Many execs will read this link and think ‘our employees are just idiots who don’t like change, I’ll change them’. The employees aren’t the idiots who don’t know how to do their jobs.
www.businessinsider.com/executives-a...
Many execs will read this link and think ‘our employees are just idiots who don’t like change, I’ll change them’. The employees aren’t the idiots who don’t know how to do their jobs.
www.businessinsider.com/executives-a...
Execs are embracing AI more than their employees are, new research suggests
Research from HR software company Dayforce suggests that executives are leaning into AI far more than their employees.
www.businessinsider.com
November 28, 2025 at 8:42 PM
There’s a similar thing happening at exec level across orgs, all around AI.
Many execs will read this link and think ‘our employees are just idiots who don’t like change, I’ll change them’. The employees aren’t the idiots who don’t know how to do their jobs.
www.businessinsider.com/executives-a...
Many execs will read this link and think ‘our employees are just idiots who don’t like change, I’ll change them’. The employees aren’t the idiots who don’t know how to do their jobs.
www.businessinsider.com/executives-a...
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I think there’s a very real chance many AI companies are simply repeating the Ubisoft NFT saga — except instead of flushing away millions, they’ll flush away billions, their employees jobs and the environment.
Why? Because they thought they were above their customers.
Why? Because they thought they were above their customers.
November 28, 2025 at 8:37 PM
I think there’s a very real chance many AI companies are simply repeating the Ubisoft NFT saga — except instead of flushing away millions, they’ll flush away billions, their employees jobs and the environment.
Why? Because they thought they were above their customers.
Why? Because they thought they were above their customers.
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There’s a wonderful Ubisoft NFT exec interview where he basically said gamers, their customers, were uneducated and just didn’t understand NFTs.
Several years later, they’ve flushed millions down the toilet on failed NFT projects that gamers who said they wouldn’t buy indeed didn’t buy.
Several years later, they’ve flushed millions down the toilet on failed NFT projects that gamers who said they wouldn’t buy indeed didn’t buy.
November 28, 2025 at 8:35 PM
There’s a wonderful Ubisoft NFT exec interview where he basically said gamers, their customers, were uneducated and just didn’t understand NFTs.
Several years later, they’ve flushed millions down the toilet on failed NFT projects that gamers who said they wouldn’t buy indeed didn’t buy.
Several years later, they’ve flushed millions down the toilet on failed NFT projects that gamers who said they wouldn’t buy indeed didn’t buy.
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The original Let It Die was famous for its absolutely amazing soundtrack. Akira Yamaoka went and got in touch with a HUNDRED of his favourite indie bands and commissioned each to do a track named 'let it die'. The result was borderline mystical.
They're AI-generating the music here.
Fuck that.
They're AI-generating the music here.
Fuck that.
The Let it Die sequel - Let it Die: Inferno - which is coming out next week (4th December), seems to have been built using a considerable amount of generative AI. https://bit.ly/4ol7lIA
November 28, 2025 at 9:14 PM
The original Let It Die was famous for its absolutely amazing soundtrack. Akira Yamaoka went and got in touch with a HUNDRED of his favourite indie bands and commissioned each to do a track named 'let it die'. The result was borderline mystical.
They're AI-generating the music here.
Fuck that.
They're AI-generating the music here.
Fuck that.
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What a great headline
November 28, 2025 at 3:49 PM
What a great headline
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The DC shooting story is really getting to me because we literally trained this man as a child soldier for a death squad in a forever war and Stephen Miller et al want to blame it on other cultures? It's our culture, American culture, that killed that woman.
November 28, 2025 at 1:40 PM
The DC shooting story is really getting to me because we literally trained this man as a child soldier for a death squad in a forever war and Stephen Miller et al want to blame it on other cultures? It's our culture, American culture, that killed that woman.
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It almost goes without saying at this point that these are *exactly* the same canards that were once used to try to deny entrance to the US of Ashkenazi Jews like Miller’s great grandparents.
His argument is “the antisemites were basically right, they just got the specific targeting off a bit.”
His argument is “the antisemites were basically right, they just got the specific targeting off a bit.”
Stephen Miller is now arguing that assimilation is fundamentally impossible and that certain cultures are not compatible with Western civilization
November 28, 2025 at 1:06 PM
It almost goes without saying at this point that these are *exactly* the same canards that were once used to try to deny entrance to the US of Ashkenazi Jews like Miller’s great grandparents.
His argument is “the antisemites were basically right, they just got the specific targeting off a bit.”
His argument is “the antisemites were basically right, they just got the specific targeting off a bit.”
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The most annoying part of the past 20 years, has been how people flip from angrily calling me a doomer, to complete despair and saying that all is lost now, without ever passing through common sense solutions in between?🤷🏿♂️
The common sense solution:
Be less racist to Black people.
All that's needed
The common sense solution:
Be less racist to Black people.
All that's needed
November 28, 2025 at 5:44 AM
The most annoying part of the past 20 years, has been how people flip from angrily calling me a doomer, to complete despair and saying that all is lost now, without ever passing through common sense solutions in between?🤷🏿♂️
The common sense solution:
Be less racist to Black people.
All that's needed
The common sense solution:
Be less racist to Black people.
All that's needed
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Maybe American journalists should reflect on the courage of Iraqi journalist Muntadhar al-Zaidi.
November 28, 2025 at 3:17 AM
Maybe American journalists should reflect on the courage of Iraqi journalist Muntadhar al-Zaidi.
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Lembram-se do discurso da simplificação, corte no desperdício e acabar com redundâncias? Há uma ministra e um diretor executivo e nenhum trabalha. Criam-se 5 tachos. Mais caos que é lucrativo para os boys. A ministra desautorizada vai sorrir e dizer que fica.
O SNS está cada vez pior, mas os tachos na Saúde estão cada vez melhor...
November 28, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Lembram-se do discurso da simplificação, corte no desperdício e acabar com redundâncias? Há uma ministra e um diretor executivo e nenhum trabalha. Criam-se 5 tachos. Mais caos que é lucrativo para os boys. A ministra desautorizada vai sorrir e dizer que fica.