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Recent studies have found that those who use large language models like ChatGPT tend to converge around common words and ideas. @chaykak.bsky.social reports on A.I.’s homogenizing effect on writing.
A.I. Is Homogenizing Our Thoughts
Recent studies suggest that tools such as ChatGPT make our brains less active and our writing less original.
www.newyorker.com
June 27, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Recent studies have found that those who use large language models like ChatGPT tend to converge around common words and ideas. @chaykak.bsky.social reports on A.I.’s homogenizing effect on writing.
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March 13, 2025 at 3:04 PM
See your Senator?
Your prescription is good, and @indivisible.org says call today:
Mark Kelly (AZ)
Michael Bennet (CO)
Brian Schatz (HI)
Gary Peters (MI)
Tina Smith (MN)
Catherine Cortez Masto (NV)
Jacky Rosen (NV)
Jeanne Shaheen (NH)
Kirsten Gillibrand (NY)
Jack Reed (RI)
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Your prescription is good, and @indivisible.org says call today:
Mark Kelly (AZ)
Michael Bennet (CO)
Brian Schatz (HI)
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Tina Smith (MN)
Catherine Cortez Masto (NV)
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Jeanne Shaheen (NH)
Kirsten Gillibrand (NY)
Jack Reed (RI)
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It’s been a long day, but in short, bullies ain’t shit! I don’t care what title you hold! This isn’t some long gone reality tv show or failed casino; it is war!
How dare a draft dodging dumb dupe humiliate an ally & berate a brave man who has actually been on a battlefield for his people?!
How dare a draft dodging dumb dupe humiliate an ally & berate a brave man who has actually been on a battlefield for his people?!
March 1, 2025 at 5:28 AM
It’s been a long day, but in short, bullies ain’t shit! I don’t care what title you hold! This isn’t some long gone reality tv show or failed casino; it is war!
How dare a draft dodging dumb dupe humiliate an ally & berate a brave man who has actually been on a battlefield for his people?!
How dare a draft dodging dumb dupe humiliate an ally & berate a brave man who has actually been on a battlefield for his people?!
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The only war that Putin is winning is inside Trump’s head. Putin only wins the war on the ground by setting American policy, through Trump.
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
Putin’s Three Years of Humiliation
The Russian president can’t win his war against Ukraine unless he persuades its allies to betray it.
www.theatlantic.com
February 24, 2025 at 5:09 PM
The only war that Putin is winning is inside Trump’s head. Putin only wins the war on the ground by setting American policy, through Trump.
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
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Usefully sober fact sheet on Ukraine. Please share with those who need it.
understandingwar.org/backgrounder...
understandingwar.org/backgrounder...
Institute for the Study of War
Russian forces currently occupy around 20 percent of Ukraine, leaving the remaining 80 percent of the country under Ukraine's sovereign control. At the current rate of advance, it would take Russian f...
understandingwar.org
February 22, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Usefully sober fact sheet on Ukraine. Please share with those who need it.
understandingwar.org/backgrounder...
understandingwar.org/backgrounder...
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The world's richest man is taking food and medicine from the world's poorest children
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/05/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/05/o...
Opinion | The World’s Richest Men Take On the World’s Poorest Children
I’ve seen U.S.A.I.D. operate around the world, and it’s not woke — it’s lifesaving.
www.nytimes.com
February 6, 2025 at 9:50 AM
The world's richest man is taking food and medicine from the world's poorest children
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/05/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/05/o...
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Preparing mass layoffs of civil servants in order to replace them with loyalists is another move from the authoritarian playbook
www.politico.com/news/2025/01...
www.politico.com/news/2025/01...
‘I am terrified’: Workers describe the dark mood inside federal agencies
“I would love to leave, but I don't know where I'd go," said one staffer.
www.politico.com
January 26, 2025 at 4:28 AM
Preparing mass layoffs of civil servants in order to replace them with loyalists is another move from the authoritarian playbook
www.politico.com/news/2025/01...
www.politico.com/news/2025/01...
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In 2022, after Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, I was doing a briefing for a representative of Congress and her staff, who were trying to understand the relationship between Russia and Ukraine. Spontaneously I used an analogy:
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Trump calls for Canada to become 51st state in address before world leaders
YouTube video by CTV News
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January 24, 2025 at 5:39 PM
In 2022, after Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, I was doing a briefing for a representative of Congress and her staff, who were trying to understand the relationship between Russia and Ukraine. Spontaneously I used an analogy:
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