solidsignal
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One "last minute" bag of groceries before Xmas -- stuff like butter, milk, aluminum foil, etc -- cost me $55 today. Prices aren't going down & every single person who's shopped for anything this month knows it.
December 23, 2025 at 10:50 PM
One "last minute" bag of groceries before Xmas -- stuff like butter, milk, aluminum foil, etc -- cost me $55 today. Prices aren't going down & every single person who's shopped for anything this month knows it.
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Juries, and by extension the concept of jury nullification, are the required openness that the laws of incompleteness require.
No formal system, of which the justice system is an example, is both complete and consistent. The jury is the outside perspective required by physics.
No formal system, of which the justice system is an example, is both complete and consistent. The jury is the outside perspective required by physics.
December 21, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Juries, and by extension the concept of jury nullification, are the required openness that the laws of incompleteness require.
No formal system, of which the justice system is an example, is both complete and consistent. The jury is the outside perspective required by physics.
No formal system, of which the justice system is an example, is both complete and consistent. The jury is the outside perspective required by physics.
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New paper out in @science.org! We unveil the online manipulation market with the Cambridge Online Trust & Safety Index (COTSI). We show in real time the cost of purchasing fake accounts across every social platform around the world - so they can be held accountable
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Mapping the online manipulation economy
A market perspective on digital manipulation may help improve online trust and safety
www.science.org
December 11, 2025 at 7:05 PM
New paper out in @science.org! We unveil the online manipulation market with the Cambridge Online Trust & Safety Index (COTSI). We show in real time the cost of purchasing fake accounts across every social platform around the world - so they can be held accountable
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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I’ve summed up and contextualized all of these critical AI pieces & more in one place — “From AGI to Workslop: What I Read About AI in 2025.” mail.cyberneticforests.com/what-i-read-...
December 7, 2025 at 12:13 PM
I’ve summed up and contextualized all of these critical AI pieces & more in one place — “From AGI to Workslop: What I Read About AI in 2025.” mail.cyberneticforests.com/what-i-read-...
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Lemme 'splain sonething to you about Donald J. Trump:
He learned from Roy Cohn: you are NEVER wrong; you NEVER make mistakes or give up; you NEVER accept defeat; you lie as needed and if you are then confronted with a tsunami of Reality, you. do. not. budge.
He's not finished with Tish.
He learned from Roy Cohn: you are NEVER wrong; you NEVER make mistakes or give up; you NEVER accept defeat; you lie as needed and if you are then confronted with a tsunami of Reality, you. do. not. budge.
He's not finished with Tish.
December 5, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Lemme 'splain sonething to you about Donald J. Trump:
He learned from Roy Cohn: you are NEVER wrong; you NEVER make mistakes or give up; you NEVER accept defeat; you lie as needed and if you are then confronted with a tsunami of Reality, you. do. not. budge.
He's not finished with Tish.
He learned from Roy Cohn: you are NEVER wrong; you NEVER make mistakes or give up; you NEVER accept defeat; you lie as needed and if you are then confronted with a tsunami of Reality, you. do. not. budge.
He's not finished with Tish.
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Hypocrisy is the Republican Superpower. That brazen ability, unavailable to those of conscience or integrity, to say or do something entirely contradicted by objective facts or their own previous pronouncements. To say or do anything for immediate, short term, political gain.
November 30, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Hypocrisy is the Republican Superpower. That brazen ability, unavailable to those of conscience or integrity, to say or do something entirely contradicted by objective facts or their own previous pronouncements. To say or do anything for immediate, short term, political gain.
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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalshi
Am I correct in that this is just legalized gambling on random shit?
And their pitch to the rich people is “if world events don’t work out for you, you can try to gamble on the opposite outcome on our platform”
Do I have that right?
Wtf is wrong rich people..?
Am I correct in that this is just legalized gambling on random shit?
And their pitch to the rich people is “if world events don’t work out for you, you can try to gamble on the opposite outcome on our platform”
Do I have that right?
Wtf is wrong rich people..?
Kalshi - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
December 4, 2025 at 1:11 AM
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalshi
Am I correct in that this is just legalized gambling on random shit?
And their pitch to the rich people is “if world events don’t work out for you, you can try to gamble on the opposite outcome on our platform”
Do I have that right?
Wtf is wrong rich people..?
Am I correct in that this is just legalized gambling on random shit?
And their pitch to the rich people is “if world events don’t work out for you, you can try to gamble on the opposite outcome on our platform”
Do I have that right?
Wtf is wrong rich people..?
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We’re in a hell of a lot of trouble.
December 3, 2025 at 3:54 PM
We’re in a hell of a lot of trouble.
I'd like to know how much all these DOJ revenge operations against Trump's perceived enemies are costing US taxpayers. It's like Trump now has a blank check for legal staff to pursue his lifelong hobby of harassing people with lawsuits. www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
DOJ deciding whether to seek new Comey, James indictments
The department could forgo an appeal of Lindsey Halligan’s disqualification and instead seek to bring new charges against James Comey and Letitia James.
www.politico.com
December 3, 2025 at 2:53 PM
I'd like to know how much all these DOJ revenge operations against Trump's perceived enemies are costing US taxpayers. It's like Trump now has a blank check for legal staff to pursue his lifelong hobby of harassing people with lawsuits. www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
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No bailouts. The US should extort these companies when the crash happens so they get minimal compensation in return for nationalizing the entire panopticon industry and then destroying it once harvested for socially useful parts. It won’t happen but it should
November 25, 2025 at 4:22 PM
No bailouts. The US should extort these companies when the crash happens so they get minimal compensation in return for nationalizing the entire panopticon industry and then destroying it once harvested for socially useful parts. It won’t happen but it should
What will we learn from the Trump years? I'm looking at you Democrats, journalists, lawyers, academics, & businessmen. The blurry storm of everyday idiocy, greed & cruelty warps our ability to think clearly about anything, even the best of us. And it's not the best of us who need to learn the most.
November 25, 2025 at 6:52 PM
What will we learn from the Trump years? I'm looking at you Democrats, journalists, lawyers, academics, & businessmen. The blurry storm of everyday idiocy, greed & cruelty warps our ability to think clearly about anything, even the best of us. And it's not the best of us who need to learn the most.
psychomotor deterioration
November 24, 2025 at 11:39 PM
psychomotor deterioration
Stabilizing the Earth system remains scientifically possible. History demands a turning point. But that would require some paradigm shifts in our thinking about economics, growth, international politics, etc. Won't happen in time. No way.
November 22, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Stabilizing the Earth system remains scientifically possible. History demands a turning point. But that would require some paradigm shifts in our thinking about economics, growth, international politics, etc. Won't happen in time. No way.
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Toto didn't have 'guts', he had a different perspective. Nobody else even noticed the curtain.
November 21, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Toto didn't have 'guts', he had a different perspective. Nobody else even noticed the curtain.
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I said we should be insulting. It’s the only thing he takes seriously jfc how do you not get this? he will not pay attention to anything that doesn’t overtly damage his ego. calling him poor, stupid, fat, and stinky truly bothers him. use the weapons you have not the ones you wish existed
November 21, 2025 at 2:45 PM
I said we should be insulting. It’s the only thing he takes seriously jfc how do you not get this? he will not pay attention to anything that doesn’t overtly damage his ego. calling him poor, stupid, fat, and stinky truly bothers him. use the weapons you have not the ones you wish existed
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and that guy who threw the shoe at bush was a true icon, a true legend of the game
two men standing at podiums with the words " avoiding responsibility like " above them
ALT: two men standing at podiums with the words " avoiding responsibility like " above them
media.tenor.com
November 21, 2025 at 1:39 PM
and that guy who threw the shoe at bush was a true icon, a true legend of the game
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President Zelenskyy came to the White House, looking for help from his longstanding ally.
He was ambushed, humiliated and berated for not being grateful enough.
Prince Bone Saw bin 9/11 came to the White House, for the first time since he ordered the murder of Jamal Khashoggi.
He was revered.
He was ambushed, humiliated and berated for not being grateful enough.
Prince Bone Saw bin 9/11 came to the White House, for the first time since he ordered the murder of Jamal Khashoggi.
He was revered.
November 19, 2025 at 12:26 PM
President Zelenskyy came to the White House, looking for help from his longstanding ally.
He was ambushed, humiliated and berated for not being grateful enough.
Prince Bone Saw bin 9/11 came to the White House, for the first time since he ordered the murder of Jamal Khashoggi.
He was revered.
He was ambushed, humiliated and berated for not being grateful enough.
Prince Bone Saw bin 9/11 came to the White House, for the first time since he ordered the murder of Jamal Khashoggi.
He was revered.
Roger Stone is a jerk, but he's dead right about Mitch McConnell's hemp amendment. www.marijuanamoment.net/gop-operativ...
GOP Operative Roger Stone Blasts 'Cheap Cop-Out' Hemp Ban That Trump Signed Into Law - Marijuana Moment
Roger Stone, a longtime advisor to President Donald Trump, is joining the chorus of voices criticizing the passage of a spending bill with a ban on hemp products containing THC, calling the move a “ch...
www.marijuanamoment.net
November 19, 2025 at 2:33 AM
Roger Stone is a jerk, but he's dead right about Mitch McConnell's hemp amendment. www.marijuanamoment.net/gop-operativ...
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Building Ikea furniture this weekend reminded me of two challenging life facts:
* If it's not aligned, more force won't help.
* If it's aligned, more force won't help.
Take that, #996.
* If it's not aligned, more force won't help.
* If it's aligned, more force won't help.
Take that, #996.
November 3, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Building Ikea furniture this weekend reminded me of two challenging life facts:
* If it's not aligned, more force won't help.
* If it's aligned, more force won't help.
Take that, #996.
* If it's not aligned, more force won't help.
* If it's aligned, more force won't help.
Take that, #996.
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The latest Cloudflare and Amazon outages have got me thinking about utilities. We can't build modern software without dependencies. The days of running entirely on the client are over, which I see as a good thing. The cost is that we rely on infrastructure.
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November 18, 2025 at 8:03 PM
The latest Cloudflare and Amazon outages have got me thinking about utilities. We can't build modern software without dependencies. The days of running entirely on the client are over, which I see as a good thing. The cost is that we rely on infrastructure.
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I never imagined that one day we'd be talking about the hallucination rate of a new technology.
November 18, 2025 at 1:46 AM
I never imagined that one day we'd be talking about the hallucination rate of a new technology.
The more I think about the end of the US penny coin, the more I think it's just another short-sighted Trumpism. So what if a penny costs more than $.01 to make? The government does many things for reasons other than bottom line cost effectiveness, & specious ideas about "waste" have destroyed
November 16, 2025 at 4:26 PM
The more I think about the end of the US penny coin, the more I think it's just another short-sighted Trumpism. So what if a penny costs more than $.01 to make? The government does many things for reasons other than bottom line cost effectiveness, & specious ideas about "waste" have destroyed
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I understand the drivers behind 'shrinkflation' reducing quantity and quality probably more than most. All the same I can't escape how it fills me with despair whenever I encounter it. Its a reminder that all good things will become worse and less.
Memento mori as existential capitalistic entropy.
Memento mori as existential capitalistic entropy.
November 16, 2025 at 4:09 PM
I understand the drivers behind 'shrinkflation' reducing quantity and quality probably more than most. All the same I can't escape how it fills me with despair whenever I encounter it. Its a reminder that all good things will become worse and less.
Memento mori as existential capitalistic entropy.
Memento mori as existential capitalistic entropy.
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Eventually they're going to decide that the only way to make money from AI is to have us all pay to have it removed from everything.
November 14, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Eventually they're going to decide that the only way to make money from AI is to have us all pay to have it removed from everything.