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this field biologist does a great job highlighting the insidiousness of AI editing
these one-click AI edit buttons are incredibly appealing to many photographers, amateurs and professionals alike, and are framed as innocuous
this is worth sharing and educating people about
these one-click AI edit buttons are incredibly appealing to many photographers, amateurs and professionals alike, and are framed as innocuous
this is worth sharing and educating people about
December 15, 2025 at 2:21 AM
this field biologist does a great job highlighting the insidiousness of AI editing
these one-click AI edit buttons are incredibly appealing to many photographers, amateurs and professionals alike, and are framed as innocuous
this is worth sharing and educating people about
these one-click AI edit buttons are incredibly appealing to many photographers, amateurs and professionals alike, and are framed as innocuous
this is worth sharing and educating people about
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this is similar to what I've come to think of as the "reverse turing test"
when people find synthetic text is "good enough" to complete a task (homework, business report, email) it doesn't mean the machine is smart. it means they were asked to produce something that didn't matter
it's diagnostic
when people find synthetic text is "good enough" to complete a task (homework, business report, email) it doesn't mean the machine is smart. it means they were asked to produce something that didn't matter
it's diagnostic
So similarly, when we see people who prefer ChatGPT or a similar synthetic text extruding machine as a source of medical information, that means those are people who are under-served in the current system.
December 9, 2025 at 3:57 PM
this is similar to what I've come to think of as the "reverse turing test"
when people find synthetic text is "good enough" to complete a task (homework, business report, email) it doesn't mean the machine is smart. it means they were asked to produce something that didn't matter
it's diagnostic
when people find synthetic text is "good enough" to complete a task (homework, business report, email) it doesn't mean the machine is smart. it means they were asked to produce something that didn't matter
it's diagnostic
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One day there's a new star in the sky. Then over the course of a couple months it gets brighter. Then it's bright enough to see during the day. Then one day you're looking up, and one second it's pretty bright and the next the world has ended and everything is on fire.
December 5, 2025 at 2:26 AM
One day there's a new star in the sky. Then over the course of a couple months it gets brighter. Then it's bright enough to see during the day. Then one day you're looking up, and one second it's pretty bright and the next the world has ended and everything is on fire.
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#3157 A helpful tutorial
November 17, 2025 at 11:40 PM
#3157 A helpful tutorial
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No one does horror like the folks at the Onion back in the day doing Clickhole
October 23, 2025 at 12:04 PM
No one does horror like the folks at the Onion back in the day doing Clickhole
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Similarly, since the time this film was made of the Francesco Maglia workshop in Milan — another top-tier manufacturer — the proprietor Francesco has retired. The 171 year old business is now run by his brother Giorgio and nephew, another Francesco. One wonders if there will be another successor.
October 23, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Similarly, since the time this film was made of the Francesco Maglia workshop in Milan — another top-tier manufacturer — the proprietor Francesco has retired. The 171 year old business is now run by his brother Giorgio and nephew, another Francesco. One wonders if there will be another successor.
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Why does everyone keep calling it “The Epstein Ballroom?” Please stop repeating “The Epstein Ballroom” because it is not called “The Epstein Ballroom!” Don’t tell the news that it’s called “The Epstein Ballroom” and please don’t repost this!!!!!
October 22, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Why does everyone keep calling it “The Epstein Ballroom?” Please stop repeating “The Epstein Ballroom” because it is not called “The Epstein Ballroom!” Don’t tell the news that it’s called “The Epstein Ballroom” and please don’t repost this!!!!!
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So while we're screaming "don't touch Medicaid", the Republican base is saying "if you're gonna touch Medicaid, make sure you tell me how you're gonna take care of me when it's gone." It's a completely different conversation. One that is much more politically tractable.
October 12, 2025 at 6:20 PM
So while we're screaming "don't touch Medicaid", the Republican base is saying "if you're gonna touch Medicaid, make sure you tell me how you're gonna take care of me when it's gone." It's a completely different conversation. One that is much more politically tractable.
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As someone who kind of wrote a book on it, let me share the number one sign someone is lying to you about politics:
When they claim that, through some unspecified alchemy, paradise and prosperity can be achieved through suffering exclusively by other people.
When they claim that, through some unspecified alchemy, paradise and prosperity can be achieved through suffering exclusively by other people.
October 3, 2025 at 11:38 AM
As someone who kind of wrote a book on it, let me share the number one sign someone is lying to you about politics:
When they claim that, through some unspecified alchemy, paradise and prosperity can be achieved through suffering exclusively by other people.
When they claim that, through some unspecified alchemy, paradise and prosperity can be achieved through suffering exclusively by other people.
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Hi Internet! I'm Drew and THIS IS MY FACE.
If this GIF has ever brought you joy in the past, I humbly ask you to consider making a donation to the National MS Society. It would mean a lot to me and to those I know affected by the disease!
Donate at blinkingguy.com
If this GIF has ever brought you joy in the past, I humbly ask you to consider making a donation to the National MS Society. It would mean a lot to me and to those I know affected by the disease!
Donate at blinkingguy.com
September 26, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Hi Internet! I'm Drew and THIS IS MY FACE.
If this GIF has ever brought you joy in the past, I humbly ask you to consider making a donation to the National MS Society. It would mean a lot to me and to those I know affected by the disease!
Donate at blinkingguy.com
If this GIF has ever brought you joy in the past, I humbly ask you to consider making a donation to the National MS Society. It would mean a lot to me and to those I know affected by the disease!
Donate at blinkingguy.com
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So, actually, this is really fun; your average oil well takes up ~7,000m². Given that fully a third of all oil wells produce less than 1 BOE per day (1.7MWh) you'd only need 1/18th the land to produce that power via solar.
September 24, 2025 at 3:50 AM
So, actually, this is really fun; your average oil well takes up ~7,000m². Given that fully a third of all oil wells produce less than 1 BOE per day (1.7MWh) you'd only need 1/18th the land to produce that power via solar.
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We're now at explicit white supremacy. The venn diagram of reactionary "debate me" tech bros and white supremacists is pretty much a circle, given enough time for them to finally say it publicly.
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Years ago on Twitter I had raised this as a very real possibility that DHH was continuing to devolve and would likely eventually turn into a right-wing reactionary.
At the time it was dismissed as hyperbole, that the community was wrong for disinviting him from RailsConf.
It was the right call.
At the time it was dismissed as hyperbole, that the community was wrong for disinviting him from RailsConf.
It was the right call.
How are we all feeling about Mr Rails being a full on MAGA Nazi? Now he wants to see the rise of the far right in Europe. Are we ok with him and Tobi controlling most of the Ruby ecosystem? Are we ok with companies sponsoring or attending Rails World?
September 17, 2025 at 12:53 AM
We're now at explicit white supremacy. The venn diagram of reactionary "debate me" tech bros and white supremacists is pretty much a circle, given enough time for them to finally say it publicly.
bsky.app/profile/bawe...
bsky.app/profile/bawe...
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when the kids bust out their sharpies, parents bust out the hand sanitizer and wipes.
being a friendly neighbor.
@citibikenyc.bsky.social #bikenyc
being a friendly neighbor.
@citibikenyc.bsky.social #bikenyc
August 29, 2025 at 1:33 AM
when the kids bust out their sharpies, parents bust out the hand sanitizer and wipes.
being a friendly neighbor.
@citibikenyc.bsky.social #bikenyc
being a friendly neighbor.
@citibikenyc.bsky.social #bikenyc
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The idea that Western Civilization will collapse if we let like 1% of people swap genders or whatever is so bizarre to me that I have a hard time even conceptualizing what these people think "Western Civilization" is and what exactly will happen to it in their nightmare gender scenario.
August 25, 2025 at 11:38 PM
The idea that Western Civilization will collapse if we let like 1% of people swap genders or whatever is so bizarre to me that I have a hard time even conceptualizing what these people think "Western Civilization" is and what exactly will happen to it in their nightmare gender scenario.
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You know what never gets old? People in inflatable t-rex suits visiting t-rex skeletons in museums
August 21, 2025 at 5:19 AM
You know what never gets old? People in inflatable t-rex suits visiting t-rex skeletons in museums
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BREAKING: President Trump signed an executive order directing states to criminalize and institutionalize people experiencing homelessness, addiction, and mental health disabilities.
July 24, 2025 at 9:20 PM
BREAKING: President Trump signed an executive order directing states to criminalize and institutionalize people experiencing homelessness, addiction, and mental health disabilities.
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Ralph Fiennes is in this movie! Ain't no way he knew what was about to happen. He's only in the good parts. He's probably livid about the other half of the film they put him in. If I was him, I would be trying to sue somebody.
July 11, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Ralph Fiennes is in this movie! Ain't no way he knew what was about to happen. He's only in the good parts. He's probably livid about the other half of the film they put him in. If I was him, I would be trying to sue somebody.
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The public meltdown happening between the world’s richest man 🙄 and the President of the United States 🙄🙄 once again begs the age-old question: are men simply too emotional to be in positions of power?
June 5, 2025 at 11:04 PM
The public meltdown happening between the world’s richest man 🙄 and the President of the United States 🙄🙄 once again begs the age-old question: are men simply too emotional to be in positions of power?
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Impossible to communicate to people that once you decide that a group more vulnerable than you can be sacrificed in the name of your own safety or interests that you have already entered into an tacit agreement that you can also be sacrificed in the interests of a group less vulnerable than you.
May 8, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Impossible to communicate to people that once you decide that a group more vulnerable than you can be sacrificed in the name of your own safety or interests that you have already entered into an tacit agreement that you can also be sacrificed in the interests of a group less vulnerable than you.
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When pundits argue that Trump will back down when he understands the destruction he is creating, they may be very wrong: Because it may be destruction and chaos that he seeks.
In his mind, this is what may be needed to "make America great again."
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In his mind, this is what may be needed to "make America great again."
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April 9, 2025 at 8:54 AM
When pundits argue that Trump will back down when he understands the destruction he is creating, they may be very wrong: Because it may be destruction and chaos that he seeks.
In his mind, this is what may be needed to "make America great again."
(4/5)
In his mind, this is what may be needed to "make America great again."
(4/5)
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Okay, this is my newest very very favorite meme.
March 21, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Okay, this is my newest very very favorite meme.
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Meanwhile in Denmark 🤣
January 28, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Meanwhile in Denmark 🤣