Ted R
@schleyman4.bsky.social
Doc, bibliophile, amateur chef, owner of a mini golden doodle, buckeye
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Alabama had 717 murders in 2023, with a population around 3.5 million less than NYC.
A remarkable trend that will come as a shock to you if your only info about NYC is from this Fox News.
Homicides in NYC...
1990: 2,262
1993: 1,927
1998: 629
2001: 649
2013: 335
2019: 320
2021: 488
2024: 382
2025 (as of 12/28): 302
Homicides in NYC...
1990: 2,262
1993: 1,927
1998: 629
2001: 649
2013: 335
2019: 320
2021: 488
2024: 382
2025 (as of 12/28): 302
January 1, 2026 at 10:06 PM
Alabama had 717 murders in 2023, with a population around 3.5 million less than NYC.
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We haven't seen an Indiana squad turn back an Alabama offense this decisively since Antietam
January 1, 2026 at 10:23 PM
We haven't seen an Indiana squad turn back an Alabama offense this decisively since Antietam
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@funranium.bsky.social
Always be stealing Dune memes!
Always be stealing Dune memes!
December 24, 2025 at 3:42 PM
@funranium.bsky.social
Always be stealing Dune memes!
Always be stealing Dune memes!
I accidentally was forced to listen to this woman speak on late night talk radio. It was vile. Just devoid of fact and compassion.
Total gaslighting. Anti-trans activist; chooses to speak in person, provoking students who want to protect trans rights; they exercise their freedom of speech to tell her she isn't wanted; she gets to speak anyway; the BBC dutifully platforms her again; and now she threatens to sue everyone.
University threatened with legal action after protest at event
Prof Alice Sullivan says her talk at the University of Bristol became like a
www.bbc.co.uk
December 22, 2025 at 8:29 PM
I accidentally was forced to listen to this woman speak on late night talk radio. It was vile. Just devoid of fact and compassion.
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suspect a big reason why many academics and others who work in areas where getting facts RIGHT is key are disinterested in using LLMs for research:
they’ve tried it, they keep noticing major errors in output, and they conclude that having to verify all that doesn’t actually save them time.
they’ve tried it, they keep noticing major errors in output, and they conclude that having to verify all that doesn’t actually save them time.
December 21, 2025 at 4:16 PM
suspect a big reason why many academics and others who work in areas where getting facts RIGHT is key are disinterested in using LLMs for research:
they’ve tried it, they keep noticing major errors in output, and they conclude that having to verify all that doesn’t actually save them time.
they’ve tried it, they keep noticing major errors in output, and they conclude that having to verify all that doesn’t actually save them time.
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“AZT killed more people than AIDS” is false.
I was a medical resident in the late 1980s. AZT wasn’t perfect, but it saved lives and was the first step on the way to modern HIV therapy.
Evidence, history, and context here. paulsaxmd.substack.com/p/no-azt-did...
I was a medical resident in the late 1980s. AZT wasn’t perfect, but it saved lives and was the first step on the way to modern HIV therapy.
Evidence, history, and context here. paulsaxmd.substack.com/p/no-azt-did...
No, AZT Didn't Kill More People than AIDS
Some statements are wrong enough to make your head explode.
paulsaxmd.substack.com
December 20, 2025 at 12:59 PM
“AZT killed more people than AIDS” is false.
I was a medical resident in the late 1980s. AZT wasn’t perfect, but it saved lives and was the first step on the way to modern HIV therapy.
Evidence, history, and context here. paulsaxmd.substack.com/p/no-azt-did...
I was a medical resident in the late 1980s. AZT wasn’t perfect, but it saved lives and was the first step on the way to modern HIV therapy.
Evidence, history, and context here. paulsaxmd.substack.com/p/no-azt-did...
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Bannon’s like, “What can I say to make people forget that I knowingly coached a sexual predator to help him repair his image?”
Steve Bannon reportedly said: 'You raised a kid that slit your throat!' about the late Rob Reiner.
A reminder that not a single prominent Democrat or liberal pundit said anything even vaguely akin to this when Charlie Kirk was murdered.
Oh the hypocrisy.
A reminder that not a single prominent Democrat or liberal pundit said anything even vaguely akin to this when Charlie Kirk was murdered.
Oh the hypocrisy.
Turning Point crowd boos Rob Reiner: 'You raised a kid that slit your throat!'
A crowd at Turning Point USA's AmFest event booed slain Hollywood director Rob Reiner after MAGA influencer Steve Bannon said liberals believed he had a larger impact on culture than Charlie Kirk."Jus...
www.rawstory.com
December 19, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Bannon’s like, “What can I say to make people forget that I knowingly coached a sexual predator to help him repair his image?”
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The Epstein Files, everybody!
December 19, 2025 at 9:13 PM
The Epstein Files, everybody!
A Zitronian Jihad
If you’re not willing to engage in a Butlerian Jihad against the Plagiarism Machine, you’ve never actually made anything that mattered
periodically I'll see a backlash that goes a little too far or seems kinda unfair. i never say anything because i think we need to be kinda unhinged and zealous in our response to this shit. I'd take an honest-to-God crusade against this stuff over letting it proliferate.
December 19, 2025 at 1:15 AM
A Zitronian Jihad
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MORE from Jack Smith:
"Our investigation also developed powerful evidence that showed President Trump willfully retained highly classified documents after he left office in January 2021 ... He then repeatedly tried to obstruct justice to conceal his continued retention of those documents."
"Our investigation also developed powerful evidence that showed President Trump willfully retained highly classified documents after he left office in January 2021 ... He then repeatedly tried to obstruct justice to conceal his continued retention of those documents."
BREAKING on MS NOW:
Jack Smith, in his opening statement to House Judiciary, says:
"Our investigation developed proof beyond a reasonable doubt that President Trump engaged in a criminal scheme to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election and to prevent the lawful transfer of power."
Jack Smith, in his opening statement to House Judiciary, says:
"Our investigation developed proof beyond a reasonable doubt that President Trump engaged in a criminal scheme to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election and to prevent the lawful transfer of power."
December 17, 2025 at 4:15 PM
MORE from Jack Smith:
"Our investigation also developed powerful evidence that showed President Trump willfully retained highly classified documents after he left office in January 2021 ... He then repeatedly tried to obstruct justice to conceal his continued retention of those documents."
"Our investigation also developed powerful evidence that showed President Trump willfully retained highly classified documents after he left office in January 2021 ... He then repeatedly tried to obstruct justice to conceal his continued retention of those documents."
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Important to know as RFK Jr. plans to waste time and money on a conspiracy theory that Lyme disease was created by the government. It's been in North America for thousands of years.
December 17, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Important to know as RFK Jr. plans to waste time and money on a conspiracy theory that Lyme disease was created by the government. It's been in North America for thousands of years.
The fuck does he need a scope like that for? Cosplayers.
Standing on a street corner in Little Village with a gun held to his chest, surrounded by residents blowing whistles, Gregory Bovino ignored a man who asked for a “rational conversation.”
“Alright guys. Merry Christmas if I don’t see you again,” Bovino said, walking. Video @ckubzansky.bsky.social
“Alright guys. Merry Christmas if I don’t see you again,” Bovino said, walking. Video @ckubzansky.bsky.social
December 16, 2025 at 6:46 PM
The fuck does he need a scope like that for? Cosplayers.
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The Cleveland Browns once tried to interview Condoleezza Rice for their head coach position. A cursed franchise
December 14, 2025 at 10:51 PM
The Cleveland Browns once tried to interview Condoleezza Rice for their head coach position. A cursed franchise
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🚨NEW EPISODE🚨The boys are joined by @patrickwyman.bsky.social to talk about the US Navy's very stupid attempt to create flying aircraft carriers.
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Episode 391 - The US Navy's Flying Aircraft Carriers ft. Dr. Patrick Wyman
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December 8, 2025 at 10:57 AM
🚨NEW EPISODE🚨The boys are joined by @patrickwyman.bsky.social to talk about the US Navy's very stupid attempt to create flying aircraft carriers.
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One of the most blatantly authoritarian threats in a Trump term full of them
December 11, 2025 at 4:51 PM
One of the most blatantly authoritarian threats in a Trump term full of them
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MAGAZINER: How many veterans have you deported?
NOEM: We haven't deported veterans
MAGAZINER: We are now joined on Zoom by a combat veteran you deported to Korea
NOEM: We haven't deported veterans
MAGAZINER: We are now joined on Zoom by a combat veteran you deported to Korea
December 11, 2025 at 4:22 PM
MAGAZINER: How many veterans have you deported?
NOEM: We haven't deported veterans
MAGAZINER: We are now joined on Zoom by a combat veteran you deported to Korea
NOEM: We haven't deported veterans
MAGAZINER: We are now joined on Zoom by a combat veteran you deported to Korea
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"We can't allow fact checkers into the country" is late-stage USSR shit, real end-of-empire stuff
Holy shit.
Reuters reporting that new admin instructions on visas are if you worked at a platform in trust & safety or content moderation or on fact checking or online safety at an platform you *and your loved ones* are ineligible for H-1B visa.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
Reuters reporting that new admin instructions on visas are if you worked at a platform in trust & safety or content moderation or on fact checking or online safety at an platform you *and your loved ones* are ineligible for H-1B visa.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
December 8, 2025 at 9:23 PM
"We can't allow fact checkers into the country" is late-stage USSR shit, real end-of-empire stuff
And of course, god made it so that mothers don’t struggle with nursing, or can’t do it for health or safety reasons, and you know like a million other reasons why having a formula option is a good idea….
RFK Jr: "All of the ingenuity of corporate America has not produced an infant formula that is superior in nutrition and all the qualities that we want to the infant formula that God made, which is the infant formula in a mother's breast."
December 8, 2025 at 9:39 PM
And of course, god made it so that mothers don’t struggle with nursing, or can’t do it for health or safety reasons, and you know like a million other reasons why having a formula option is a good idea….
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Well Roberts just referred to Humphrey's Executor as a "dried husk" if there are any optimists out there holding out hope
December 8, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Well Roberts just referred to Humphrey's Executor as a "dried husk" if there are any optimists out there holding out hope
Redoing early aughts male culture again…
I think an important thing to understand about brofluencer ideology is that they do not just deny that being toxic and shitty makes you a less appealing partner, they insist that women are only genuinely attracted to toxic and shitty men and being kind will instead make women lose respect for you.
I'm starting to wonder how much "the male loneliness epidemic" is just straight and bisexual women identifying low-effort, mean, and incompetent men and choosing not to date, marry, and tolerate them anymore
December 7, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Redoing early aughts male culture again…
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Two independent studies found that AI chatbots were better at persuading voters than political ads. The most persuasive bots also lied the most. This is something that humans working in psyops have known for decades. AI is psyops at scale. www.technologyreview.com/2025/12/04/1...
December 5, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Two independent studies found that AI chatbots were better at persuading voters than political ads. The most persuasive bots also lied the most. This is something that humans working in psyops have known for decades. AI is psyops at scale. www.technologyreview.com/2025/12/04/1...
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The ACIP decision to discontinue the recommendation for a universal hepatitis B birth dose vaccine will cause harm.
As the federal government continues to fail children's health, families can rely on our nation's physicians to continue to put children's health first.
As the federal government continues to fail children's health, families can rely on our nation's physicians to continue to put children's health first.
December 5, 2025 at 4:31 PM
The ACIP decision to discontinue the recommendation for a universal hepatitis B birth dose vaccine will cause harm.
As the federal government continues to fail children's health, families can rely on our nation's physicians to continue to put children's health first.
As the federal government continues to fail children's health, families can rely on our nation's physicians to continue to put children's health first.
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This is why, every time I hear weak-knee Dems or Dem pundits/consultants talking about how they can appeal to Trump voters, I get irrationally angry. The goal isn’t to embrace racists and fascists. The goal is to provide the alternative that lets voters kick racists and fascists into the wilderness.
It has long been clear that unalloyed racism lies at the core of Trumpism, and he is becoming increasingly explicit about this.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/w...
Trump Administration Says Europe Faces ‘Civilizational Erasure’
www.nytimes.com
December 5, 2025 at 6:30 PM
This is why, every time I hear weak-knee Dems or Dem pundits/consultants talking about how they can appeal to Trump voters, I get irrationally angry. The goal isn’t to embrace racists and fascists. The goal is to provide the alternative that lets voters kick racists and fascists into the wilderness.
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Bad framing: ACIP voted to scrap the universal hepatitis B vaccine recommendation for newborns.
Accurate framing: Anti-vax conspiracy theorists appointed to ACIP by Robert Kennedy Jr., who made a fortune as an anti-vax profiteer, voted to expose babies to a preventable, incurable, deadly illness.
Accurate framing: Anti-vax conspiracy theorists appointed to ACIP by Robert Kennedy Jr., who made a fortune as an anti-vax profiteer, voted to expose babies to a preventable, incurable, deadly illness.
December 5, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Bad framing: ACIP voted to scrap the universal hepatitis B vaccine recommendation for newborns.
Accurate framing: Anti-vax conspiracy theorists appointed to ACIP by Robert Kennedy Jr., who made a fortune as an anti-vax profiteer, voted to expose babies to a preventable, incurable, deadly illness.
Accurate framing: Anti-vax conspiracy theorists appointed to ACIP by Robert Kennedy Jr., who made a fortune as an anti-vax profiteer, voted to expose babies to a preventable, incurable, deadly illness.
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there are of course many examples of political constituencies that have in fact killed scores of children (en route to some other evil goal), but I can't offhand think of any historical examples of a political constituency organized for that specific purpose
Breaking: After contentious debates and three failed attempts at a vote, a federal vaccine committee decided on Friday to end the decades-long recommendation that all newborns be immunized at birth against hepatitis B.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/h...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/h...
An End to Hepatitis B Shots for All Newborns
www.nytimes.com
December 5, 2025 at 3:59 PM
there are of course many examples of political constituencies that have in fact killed scores of children (en route to some other evil goal), but I can't offhand think of any historical examples of a political constituency organized for that specific purpose