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New: When the Washington Post ran tests on its AI personalized podcasts, the paper found that between 68% and 84% (!!) of the pods had potential issues.
Still, the paper decided to release the product anyway, saying it would “iterate through the remaining issues”
www.semafor.com/article/12/1...
Still, the paper decided to release the product anyway, saying it would “iterate through the remaining issues”
www.semafor.com/article/12/1...
December 15, 2025 at 2:24 PM
New: When the Washington Post ran tests on its AI personalized podcasts, the paper found that between 68% and 84% (!!) of the pods had potential issues.
Still, the paper decided to release the product anyway, saying it would “iterate through the remaining issues”
www.semafor.com/article/12/1...
Still, the paper decided to release the product anyway, saying it would “iterate through the remaining issues”
www.semafor.com/article/12/1...
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This is what he says when doesn’t care about the people who died
December 14, 2025 at 6:49 PM
This is what he says when doesn’t care about the people who died
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"A couple of speakers said they were skeptical that the measles outbreaks in South Carolina and Texas were real..." The wages of conspiracism is death. It's a free pass to discount any truth you don't want to hear. Except it's not really free.
In Florida’s Panhandle, a Hearing on School Vaccine Mandates Gets Heated
www.nytimes.com
December 14, 2025 at 3:33 PM
"A couple of speakers said they were skeptical that the measles outbreaks in South Carolina and Texas were real..." The wages of conspiracism is death. It's a free pass to discount any truth you don't want to hear. Except it's not really free.
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Armed ICE agents trapped US citizens in a restaurant and demanded their papers. Federal agents walked into East African restaurants in Cedar-Riverside, MN. They closed and blocked the doors. Then they demanded to see everyone’s papers. Every person present was a US citizen.
Federal agents use chemical irritant on crowd in Somali neighborhood of Minneapolis amid Trump crackdown
Federal agents have used chemical irritant to disperse a crowd in a heavily Somali neighborhood in Minneapolis. This happened Tuesday during a identification checks amid the Trump administration's cra...
www.mprnews.org
December 14, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Armed ICE agents trapped US citizens in a restaurant and demanded their papers. Federal agents walked into East African restaurants in Cedar-Riverside, MN. They closed and blocked the doors. Then they demanded to see everyone’s papers. Every person present was a US citizen.
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it's actually kinda funny in a way to get to the finish line of curing cancer and having the government go eh you know what. never mind
A tiny trial in New York has shown that personalized mRNA vaccines can provoke massive, lasting immune responses against pancreatic cancer, even as sweeping federal cuts now threaten the fragile labs required to produce them.
theintellectualistofficial.substack.com/p/a-breakthr...
theintellectualistofficial.substack.com/p/a-breakthr...
December 13, 2025 at 2:50 AM
it's actually kinda funny in a way to get to the finish line of curing cancer and having the government go eh you know what. never mind
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I have this new kind of masochistic tendency which is whenever I see a Democratic congressperson angrily berating at Trump official with all the cameras on, I look up how many Trump nominees they voted for, and friends, it’s never been good news.
December 13, 2025 at 2:21 AM
I have this new kind of masochistic tendency which is whenever I see a Democratic congressperson angrily berating at Trump official with all the cameras on, I look up how many Trump nominees they voted for, and friends, it’s never been good news.
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Sorry, let me be more constructive, here's a comprehensive guide on why age verification not only _does not_ work, but cannot work — and harms everyone, of all ages, on the internet: www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...
Age Verification Is Coming For the Internet. We Built You a Resource Hub to Fight Back.
Age verification laws are proliferating fast across the United States and around the world, creating a dangerous and confusing tangle of rules about what we’re all allowed to see and do online. That's...
www.eff.org
December 13, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Sorry, let me be more constructive, here's a comprehensive guide on why age verification not only _does not_ work, but cannot work — and harms everyone, of all ages, on the internet: www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...
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You would stop approximately a hundred times more child sex abuse by passing a law saying kids aren't allowed to go to church, be around cops, or play sports than you would with a social media ban. Weird how you're not supporting that! Why do you hate children and want them to be sexually abused?
December 12, 2025 at 11:49 PM
You would stop approximately a hundred times more child sex abuse by passing a law saying kids aren't allowed to go to church, be around cops, or play sports than you would with a social media ban. Weird how you're not supporting that! Why do you hate children and want them to be sexually abused?
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If you don't want your kids on social media, that's an individual parenting choice I will think you're foolish for making, but you can make it. You don't get to make that choice for someone else's parenting and someone else's kids.
December 12, 2025 at 11:24 PM
If you don't want your kids on social media, that's an individual parenting choice I will think you're foolish for making, but you can make it. You don't get to make that choice for someone else's parenting and someone else's kids.
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And it's not even about the children, but to establish censorship tools - once your identity is verified, it can be used against you (e.g. retaliation for something you said, or bc you belong to an oppressed minority)
(Scroll QP up for a link - rah is a T&S expert of 23+ years experience)
(Scroll QP up for a link - rah is a T&S expert of 23+ years experience)
Remember: You can't force a site or service to treat minors differently than adults without requiring EVERY USER to establish whether they're an adult. Which is, inherently, a deanonymization mandate, because to verify age, you must verify identity.
December 9, 2025 at 8:10 AM
And it's not even about the children, but to establish censorship tools - once your identity is verified, it can be used against you (e.g. retaliation for something you said, or bc you belong to an oppressed minority)
(Scroll QP up for a link - rah is a T&S expert of 23+ years experience)
(Scroll QP up for a link - rah is a T&S expert of 23+ years experience)
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*screams* www.instagram.com/reel/DRd2ldW...
December 12, 2025 at 7:33 PM
*screams* www.instagram.com/reel/DRd2ldW...
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Q: At the end of this year, those extended Obamacare subsidies expire. What's your message to those 24m Americans who will see their premiums go up?
TRUMP: Don't make it sound so bad. Obviously you're a sycophant for Democrats. You're obviously a provider of bad news for Republicans.
TRUMP: Don't make it sound so bad. Obviously you're a sycophant for Democrats. You're obviously a provider of bad news for Republicans.
December 12, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Q: At the end of this year, those extended Obamacare subsidies expire. What's your message to those 24m Americans who will see their premiums go up?
TRUMP: Don't make it sound so bad. Obviously you're a sycophant for Democrats. You're obviously a provider of bad news for Republicans.
TRUMP: Don't make it sound so bad. Obviously you're a sycophant for Democrats. You're obviously a provider of bad news for Republicans.
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Oh. Cool. Just as the President is using every power he can to suppress dissent and stifle speech, @whitehouse.senate.gov and the @judiciarydems.senate.gov are trying to hand Trump a new tool to suppress speech online.
What a joke.
What a joke.
Sen. WHITEHOUSE: We finally are moving to file a bipartisan Section 230 repeal bill. Waiting any longer serves no useful purpose.
December 12, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Oh. Cool. Just as the President is using every power he can to suppress dissent and stifle speech, @whitehouse.senate.gov and the @judiciarydems.senate.gov are trying to hand Trump a new tool to suppress speech online.
What a joke.
What a joke.
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WOW. @haleaziz.bsky.social with a new scoop: ICE now gets a running list of every person who is going to be taking a domestic flight inside the United States from the TSA and runs it through their database looking for targets. This explains the Babson College student's arrest.
Immigration Agents Are Using Air Passenger Data for Deportation Effort
www.nytimes.com
December 12, 2025 at 9:26 PM
WOW. @haleaziz.bsky.social with a new scoop: ICE now gets a running list of every person who is going to be taking a domestic flight inside the United States from the TSA and runs it through their database looking for targets. This explains the Babson College student's arrest.
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it's nice that US OEMs know how badly they're getting fucked by the trump administration, I guess
Good article describing the dilemma faced by US car manufacturers: living in a world set on adopting EVs and dealing with a government bent on making them “niche manufacturers of big gas guzzlers confined to the US”.
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/11/b...
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/11/b...
Ford’s Car of the Future, Hatched in a Skunk Works Near Los Angeles
www.nytimes.com
December 12, 2025 at 3:35 AM
it's nice that US OEMs know how badly they're getting fucked by the trump administration, I guess
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in years to come it won’t be that north korean news lady held up as a big example of lying propaganda, it’ll be this bish
Leavitt lies: "Every economic metric does in fact show that the economy is improving"
December 11, 2025 at 6:36 PM
in years to come it won’t be that north korean news lady held up as a big example of lying propaganda, it’ll be this bish
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One under-appreciated part of this: note the bit below about “and their dependents.”
Under the Trump admin’s new policy, dependent children of visa applicants are not allowed to have their social media set to private during the entire visa process. They MUST make their social media public.
Under the Trump admin’s new policy, dependent children of visa applicants are not allowed to have their social media set to private during the entire visa process. They MUST make their social media public.
December 12, 2025 at 1:04 AM
One under-appreciated part of this: note the bit below about “and their dependents.”
Under the Trump admin’s new policy, dependent children of visa applicants are not allowed to have their social media set to private during the entire visa process. They MUST make their social media public.
Under the Trump admin’s new policy, dependent children of visa applicants are not allowed to have their social media set to private during the entire visa process. They MUST make their social media public.
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I would never give ANY government all this information, let alone the Trump regime.
USA visa requirements
If you think you can just delete social media before visiting the USA read this 👇🏼 from Arnaud Bertrand
If you think you can just delete social media before visiting the USA read this 👇🏼 from Arnaud Bertrand
December 12, 2025 at 5:22 AM
I would never give ANY government all this information, let alone the Trump regime.
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This is the type of thread that only gets written if you're unaware that the VA healthcare system already exists. Or that it provides healthcare for millions of Americans. Or that it consistently generates higher patient satisfaction numbers and better clinical outcomes than the private sector.
For all Universal HC/Single Payer/M4A advocates.
What do the biggest, expensive hospital chains do. Do they opt out and only serve the rich ?
Who in the USA gov runs the program?
R U ok with having to see a primary care doc before you can see a specialist ?
What do the biggest, expensive hospital chains do. Do they opt out and only serve the rich ?
Who in the USA gov runs the program?
R U ok with having to see a primary care doc before you can see a specialist ?
December 12, 2025 at 5:16 AM
This is the type of thread that only gets written if you're unaware that the VA healthcare system already exists. Or that it provides healthcare for millions of Americans. Or that it consistently generates higher patient satisfaction numbers and better clinical outcomes than the private sector.
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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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“Under the Republican plan, the big idea is essentially to hand people about $80 a month and wish them good luck.”
US Senate unable to prevent health premium surge as senators reject competing health bills | Arizona Mirror
Senate fails to advance Republican or Democratic health care bills, leaving no solution to rising insurance premiums
azmirror.com
December 11, 2025 at 6:38 PM
“Under the Republican plan, the big idea is essentially to hand people about $80 a month and wish them good luck.”
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Measles outbreaks are growing along the Utah-Arizona border and in South Carolina, where hundreds are in quarantine.
Hundreds are quarantined in South Carolina as measles spreads in 2 US outbreaks
Measles outbreaks in South Carolina and on the Arizona-Utah border are growing. In South Carolina, more than 250 people, including students from nine area elementary, middle and high schools are in quarantine.
bit.ly
December 11, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Measles outbreaks are growing along the Utah-Arizona border and in South Carolina, where hundreds are in quarantine.
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Hard to imagine this level of dysfunction lasting another three years and two months.
December 11, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Hard to imagine this level of dysfunction lasting another three years and two months.
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25 years ago today, SCOTUS elected George W Bush president of the United States by blocking completion of a voting canvass in Florida. A subsequent canvass by the Associated Press showed that Bush's rival, Al Gore, had won the race in Florida—and thus the contest for the presidency—by 700 votes.
December 12, 2025 at 5:36 AM
25 years ago today, SCOTUS elected George W Bush president of the United States by blocking completion of a voting canvass in Florida. A subsequent canvass by the Associated Press showed that Bush's rival, Al Gore, had won the race in Florida—and thus the contest for the presidency—by 700 votes.