Creature of the Wheel
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A blast of silence explodes in my head
Pinned
The Scientific Method-Richard Feynman
YouTube video by Sképseis
www.youtube.com
Every human should have awareness of the scientific method. No education is needed to understand it. People apply it without knowing in everyday life. This 1 minute video could be the single most important clip on the internet.
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Btw, this is also why Francesca Albanese is facing sanctions from Rubio - she exposed these same tech companies and their complicity with Israel's genocide.
She deserved more solidarity. It never stops with Israel.
She deserved more solidarity. It never stops with Israel.
December 24, 2025 at 4:24 AM
Btw, this is also why Francesca Albanese is facing sanctions from Rubio - she exposed these same tech companies and their complicity with Israel's genocide.
She deserved more solidarity. It never stops with Israel.
She deserved more solidarity. It never stops with Israel.
@arstechnica.com are you looking into hey.paris/posts/appleid/?
20 Years of Digital Life, Gone in an Instant, thanks to Apple
Summary: A major brick-and-mortar store sold an Apple Gift Card that Apple seemingly took offence to, and locked out my entire Apple ID, effectively bricking my devices and my iCloud Account, Apple De...
hey.paris
December 15, 2025 at 4:01 PM
@arstechnica.com are you looking into hey.paris/posts/appleid/?
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Sadly, it's already being weaponized as always by the fascist who depends on this endless violence to protect his corruption.
For which everyone suffers.
For which everyone suffers.
December 14, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Sadly, it's already being weaponized as always by the fascist who depends on this endless violence to protect his corruption.
For which everyone suffers.
For which everyone suffers.
Shout out to the mom in Gremlins, taking out three of the bastards by herself.
December 14, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Shout out to the mom in Gremlins, taking out three of the bastards by herself.
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December 13, 2025 at 4:59 AM
At what point do people start viewing the label antisemite as a badge of honor? We shouldn’t let Israel use that term to deflect from child killing.
December 13, 2025 at 9:00 PM
At what point do people start viewing the label antisemite as a badge of honor? We shouldn’t let Israel use that term to deflect from child killing.
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It’s kind of crazy you can run a pretty good LLM on a Mac Studio or even Mac Mini and get all the same features without paying these companies a dime or giving them your data.
November 30, 2025 at 2:35 PM
It’s kind of crazy you can run a pretty good LLM on a Mac Studio or even Mac Mini and get all the same features without paying these companies a dime or giving them your data.
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ommmg so sick
August 31, 2025 at 4:46 PM
ommmg so sick
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I'm pleased to introduce a full set of Congressional *and* legislative report cards, courtesy of the Princeton Gerrymandering Project. An enormous amount of work, the culmination of several years of development. Check it out!
samwang.substack.com/p/redistrict...
samwang.substack.com/p/redistrict...
Redistricting plans in 50 states, graded (correctly)
...but first, we have to kill the proportionality myth.
samwang.substack.com
August 25, 2025 at 10:17 PM
I'm pleased to introduce a full set of Congressional *and* legislative report cards, courtesy of the Princeton Gerrymandering Project. An enormous amount of work, the culmination of several years of development. Check it out!
samwang.substack.com/p/redistrict...
samwang.substack.com/p/redistrict...
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🚨Rep. Collier, a Black legislator from Tarrant County, is being held captive in the TX Capitol chamber after refusing state police custody.
CALL NOW to demand TX Republicans stop holding her hostage:
Sergeant at Arms: (512) 463-0910
Chairman Geren: (512) 463-0784
www.cbsnews.com/texas/video/...
CALL NOW to demand TX Republicans stop holding her hostage:
Sergeant at Arms: (512) 463-0910
Chairman Geren: (512) 463-0784
www.cbsnews.com/texas/video/...
Texas Democratic Rep. remains locked inside House chamber after not signing slip for a DPS escort
Rep. Nicole Collier, of Fort Worth, returned to the Capitol Monday, but remains in the House chamber because she wouldn’t sign a permission slip to be under escort by Texas DPS. The escort for all Hou...
www.cbsnews.com
August 19, 2025 at 12:27 AM
🚨Rep. Collier, a Black legislator from Tarrant County, is being held captive in the TX Capitol chamber after refusing state police custody.
CALL NOW to demand TX Republicans stop holding her hostage:
Sergeant at Arms: (512) 463-0910
Chairman Geren: (512) 463-0784
www.cbsnews.com/texas/video/...
CALL NOW to demand TX Republicans stop holding her hostage:
Sergeant at Arms: (512) 463-0910
Chairman Geren: (512) 463-0784
www.cbsnews.com/texas/video/...
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Here is the dial-in info, which was not clear in the photo above:
The Public Access telephone number is 1-833-990-9400, and the meeting ID is 787605272.
The Public Access telephone number is 1-833-990-9400, and the meeting ID is 787605272.
August 15, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Here is the dial-in info, which was not clear in the photo above:
The Public Access telephone number is 1-833-990-9400, and the meeting ID is 787605272.
The Public Access telephone number is 1-833-990-9400, and the meeting ID is 787605272.
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Carl Sagan explains the 4th dimension
August 4, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Carl Sagan explains the 4th dimension
This the report that got Francesca Albanese sanctioned.
A/HRC/59/23: From economy of occupation to economy of genocide - Report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967 (Advance edited ve...
This report investigates the corporate machinery sustaining Israel’s settler-colonial project of displacement and replacement of the Palestinians in the occupied territory. While political leaders and...
www.ohchr.org
July 14, 2025 at 4:14 PM
This the report that got Francesca Albanese sanctioned.
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Secretary of State Marco Rubio has imposed sanctions on Francesca Albanese, the U.N. special rapporteur on the occupied Palestinian territory.
Albanese says the move is an effort to “distract” from the genocide in Gaza.
Albanese says the move is an effort to “distract” from the genocide in Gaza.
July 10, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Secretary of State Marco Rubio has imposed sanctions on Francesca Albanese, the U.N. special rapporteur on the occupied Palestinian territory.
Albanese says the move is an effort to “distract” from the genocide in Gaza.
Albanese says the move is an effort to “distract” from the genocide in Gaza.
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OK time for a really serious discussion.
"Hard rock" vs. "Heavy metal". How do you distinguish and what are three bands you'd put in each?
"Hard rock" vs. "Heavy metal". How do you distinguish and what are three bands you'd put in each?
a group of people are sitting in a blue car and smiling .
Alt: a group of people are sitting in a car head banging
media.tenor.com
June 10, 2025 at 12:13 AM
OK time for a really serious discussion.
"Hard rock" vs. "Heavy metal". How do you distinguish and what are three bands you'd put in each?
"Hard rock" vs. "Heavy metal". How do you distinguish and what are three bands you'd put in each?
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For the people who say they want to hear from Obama...
The Obama administration deported 3 million people-- a historic number.
What exactly do you want to hear from him about ICE right now? Or does it not matter because of his smooth voice?
www.npr.org/2024/12/05/n...
The Obama administration deported 3 million people-- a historic number.
What exactly do you want to hear from him about ICE right now? Or does it not matter because of his smooth voice?
www.npr.org/2024/12/05/n...
Lessons learned from when the Obama administration deported millions of people
Could deporting immigrants open up their jobs for Americans? President Obama's administration deported more than 3 million people, and an economist studied those effects.
www.npr.org
June 9, 2025 at 2:53 AM
For the people who say they want to hear from Obama...
The Obama administration deported 3 million people-- a historic number.
What exactly do you want to hear from him about ICE right now? Or does it not matter because of his smooth voice?
www.npr.org/2024/12/05/n...
The Obama administration deported 3 million people-- a historic number.
What exactly do you want to hear from him about ICE right now? Or does it not matter because of his smooth voice?
www.npr.org/2024/12/05/n...
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Modern-Day Oracles or Bullshit Machines?
Jevin West (@jevinwest.bsky.social) and I have spent the last eight months developing the course on large language models (LLMs) that we think every college freshman needs to take.
thebullshitmachines.com
Jevin West (@jevinwest.bsky.social) and I have spent the last eight months developing the course on large language models (LLMs) that we think every college freshman needs to take.
thebullshitmachines.com
INTRODUCTION
thebullshitmachines.com
February 4, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Modern-Day Oracles or Bullshit Machines?
Jevin West (@jevinwest.bsky.social) and I have spent the last eight months developing the course on large language models (LLMs) that we think every college freshman needs to take.
thebullshitmachines.com
Jevin West (@jevinwest.bsky.social) and I have spent the last eight months developing the course on large language models (LLMs) that we think every college freshman needs to take.
thebullshitmachines.com
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Once again, if your LLM system combines access to private data, exposure to malicious instructions and the ability to exfiltrate information (through tool use or through rendering links and images) you have a nasty security hole
This time, GitLab: simonwillison.net/2025/May/23/...
This time, GitLab: simonwillison.net/2025/May/23/...
Remote Prompt Injection in GitLab Duo Leads to Source Code Theft
Yet another example of the classic [Markdown image exfiltration attack](https://simonwillison.net/tags/exfiltration-attacks/), this time affecting GitLab Duo - GitLab's chatbot. Omer Mayraz reports on...
simonwillison.net
May 23, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Once again, if your LLM system combines access to private data, exposure to malicious instructions and the ability to exfiltrate information (through tool use or through rendering links and images) you have a nasty security hole
This time, GitLab: simonwillison.net/2025/May/23/...
This time, GitLab: simonwillison.net/2025/May/23/...
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Up to 3.4 million Californians could lose their health care coverage under Republicans’ proposed plans.
Our next governor must be a health care governor—I’m running to stand up to Trump and protect your care.
Our next governor must be a health care governor—I’m running to stand up to Trump and protect your care.
May 20, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Up to 3.4 million Californians could lose their health care coverage under Republicans’ proposed plans.
Our next governor must be a health care governor—I’m running to stand up to Trump and protect your care.
Our next governor must be a health care governor—I’m running to stand up to Trump and protect your care.
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CHP targets ‘video game-styled’ driving with stealthy cruisers
CHP targets ‘video game-styled’ driving with stealthy cruisers
The agency aims to add 100 of the “low-profile, specially marked patrol vehicles” to roadways by June.
www.mercurynews.com
May 13, 2025 at 6:02 PM
CHP targets ‘video game-styled’ driving with stealthy cruisers
