Vai
@vaiamrda.bsky.social
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Vai
@vaiamrda.bsky.social
· Dec 1
NYC. PhD in English. Fiction writer. Bilingual/dual citizen. Making a living in business ops/strategy and digital transformation. Have never relied on social media to make $$ nor am I looking to build audiences or empires. Just here for information, entertainment, and a bit of conversation.
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God what an unbelievably uncreative boring weenie. Just the lamest most stereotypical SV billionaire manchild. I'm actually angry at how lame this is - and of course he's recently backed out of this for *some reason*
Exclusive | Sam Altman Has Explored Deal to Build Competitor to Elon Musk’s SpaceX
The OpenAI chief executive has looked to put together funds to either acquire or partner with a rocket company.
www.wsj.com
December 4, 2025 at 2:09 AM
God what an unbelievably uncreative boring weenie. Just the lamest most stereotypical SV billionaire manchild. I'm actually angry at how lame this is - and of course he's recently backed out of this for *some reason*
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he's gotta go
Jeffries: "The border is secure. That's a good thing. It happened on his watch. He wants to claim credit for it, of course he'll get credit for that. In terms of making sure that we actually deal with the issues that matter, including on immigration, there's a lot that's left to be desired."
December 3, 2025 at 7:12 PM
he's gotta go
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Increasingly tech is seeking to solve for the problem "humans exist," which is what you'd expect to see in a system where humans are seen as a cost and not a value.
“Humans get tired; some days are better than others. The AI does not get tired. It doesn’t get grumpy. It doesn’t have a bad day. The AI is consistent,” says Juan Espinoza, vice provost” demonstrating that humans can be profoundly ignorant and make vibe-based decisions.
Replace him with a chatbot
Replace him with a chatbot
Judging from the quotes in here, university admins are some of the least “ai literate” people in existence. No wonder they think students need to be taught how to use it.
December 3, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Increasingly tech is seeking to solve for the problem "humans exist," which is what you'd expect to see in a system where humans are seen as a cost and not a value.
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AI boosters also seem to think work is just about churning out documents and not, you know, thinking and working with other humans.
Unless it's their job, of course. Then AI could *never* replace it. The paradox of expertise.
Unless it's their job, of course. Then AI could *never* replace it. The paradox of expertise.
December 3, 2025 at 1:48 AM
AI boosters also seem to think work is just about churning out documents and not, you know, thinking and working with other humans.
Unless it's their job, of course. Then AI could *never* replace it. The paradox of expertise.
Unless it's their job, of course. Then AI could *never* replace it. The paradox of expertise.
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Every ai booster believes that college is about doing homework. They think there’s a homework goblin that pays the colleges for their homework. Their dream is that they can have a machine that you can pay $75,000 to and receive a college degree from in four years.
December 3, 2025 at 1:46 AM
Every ai booster believes that college is about doing homework. They think there’s a homework goblin that pays the colleges for their homework. Their dream is that they can have a machine that you can pay $75,000 to and receive a college degree from in four years.
It's very poorly worded ofc (it's TRUMP after all) but pretty sure he was saying that in HIS debate there was an incompetent man & in their debate (VP debate) there was an incompetent man. He meant Biden and Waltz. But yes: run it in ads, sure sounds like he said both VP candidates were incompetent.
This'll be in 2028 ads
Trump on Tim Walz: "I think the man is a grossly incompetent man. I thought that from the day I watched JD destroy him in the debate. I was saying, 'Who's more incompetent, that man or my man?' I had a man and he had a man. They were both incompetent."
December 2, 2025 at 8:49 PM
It's very poorly worded ofc (it's TRUMP after all) but pretty sure he was saying that in HIS debate there was an incompetent man & in their debate (VP debate) there was an incompetent man. He meant Biden and Waltz. But yes: run it in ads, sure sounds like he said both VP candidates were incompetent.
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Larry Summers banned from the American Economics Association conferences and journals. Can't referee or be an editor for AEA journals.
National Bureau of Economic Research, your turn.
National Bureau of Economic Research, your turn.
December 2, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Larry Summers banned from the American Economics Association conferences and journals. Can't referee or be an editor for AEA journals.
National Bureau of Economic Research, your turn.
National Bureau of Economic Research, your turn.
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The real question is not "Why is Bluesky so left-coded," the real question is "Why can't the right exist in a social media environment without algorithmic assistance, where people can ignore them"
December 2, 2025 at 3:08 PM
The real question is not "Why is Bluesky so left-coded," the real question is "Why can't the right exist in a social media environment without algorithmic assistance, where people can ignore them"
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I'm so tired of measles.
I'm also tired of people using needle shots on stories like this.
Show what measles looks like.
I'm also tired of people using needle shots on stories like this.
Show what measles looks like.
Gallatin Co. reports 2nd measles case, warns of exposure sites nbcmontana.com/news/local/g...
Gallatin Co. reports 2nd measles case, warns of exposure sites
The Gallatin City-County Health Department has confirmed a second case of measles in Gallatin County, with the latest case identified on Dec. 1, 2025.This foll
nbcmontana.com
December 2, 2025 at 4:09 AM
I'm so tired of measles.
I'm also tired of people using needle shots on stories like this.
Show what measles looks like.
I'm also tired of people using needle shots on stories like this.
Show what measles looks like.
When you're feeling down go to r/bald on reddit and it will pick you up, I swear by this.
December 1, 2025 at 4:18 AM
When you're feeling down go to r/bald on reddit and it will pick you up, I swear by this.
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College students who can’t handle their strictest instructors need to grow up, which is part of what they’re there for. TPUSA and OU are ironically doing the triggered snowflake participation trophy shtick and harming everyone’s ability to grow up in the process
December 1, 2025 at 2:28 AM
College students who can’t handle their strictest instructors need to grow up, which is part of what they’re there for. TPUSA and OU are ironically doing the triggered snowflake participation trophy shtick and harming everyone’s ability to grow up in the process
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One of my first journalism professors would give you a zero if you had even one error of fact. It happened to me. Sucked so much. He was one of the best professors I ever had, I took three more classes from him, and we’re still in touch
December 1, 2025 at 2:26 AM
One of my first journalism professors would give you a zero if you had even one error of fact. It happened to me. Sucked so much. He was one of the best professors I ever had, I took three more classes from him, and we’re still in touch
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This is murder. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
November 28, 2025 at 6:16 PM
This is murder. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
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This is the correct take. Stewing in white supremacist propaganda is bad for your thinking. And if think you are so savvy that it won’t impact you, you are the exact kind of mark they are slowly converting (I’m looking at you, centrist pundits).
It’s really funny how a generation will roll its eyes at parents who watch Fox News but doesn’t see why being immersed in Twitter is having the same effect. Lots of serious people show up on Fox News too but that shouldn’t be your primary source on the news.
November 27, 2025 at 10:05 AM
This is the correct take. Stewing in white supremacist propaganda is bad for your thinking. And if think you are so savvy that it won’t impact you, you are the exact kind of mark they are slowly converting (I’m looking at you, centrist pundits).
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I need everybody to read this and understand what’s going on. These are spouses of US citizens in the country legally. They have entry clearance and green cards, they’ve passed background checks and have no criminal records. ICE is taking them anyway.
Gift link:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
Gift link:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
Green Card Interviews End in Handcuffs for Spouses of U.S. Citizens
www.nytimes.com
November 26, 2025 at 8:40 PM
I need everybody to read this and understand what’s going on. These are spouses of US citizens in the country legally. They have entry clearance and green cards, they’ve passed background checks and have no criminal records. ICE is taking them anyway.
Gift link:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
Gift link:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
Oh this is even more delightful than the cargo ship stuck crosswise in the Suez Canal; saving for metaphor purposes.
So this happened in Oslo yesterday. Four articulated buses got stuck in a roundabout.
November 26, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Oh this is even more delightful than the cargo ship stuck crosswise in the Suez Canal; saving for metaphor purposes.
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Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
November 26, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
Some guys will declare what you said has "nothing to do with the conversation" as a way to shut you down when what you said has EVERYTHING to do with the conversation. Keep an eye out for this move.
November 26, 2025 at 7:50 AM
Some guys will declare what you said has "nothing to do with the conversation" as a way to shut you down when what you said has EVERYTHING to do with the conversation. Keep an eye out for this move.
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Imagine going through life like this
November 26, 2025 at 5:30 AM
Imagine going through life like this
100% like wtf, each pie is good if (a) well-executed (we all know many a chocolate chip cookie for example while good in principle is GARBAGE in execution ok) and (b) you personally like it. So basically good pie is great pie if you like that kind of pie. Eat up + live and let live.
Who gives a shit!!!!!!!!!!!!! Who cares!!! Eat whatever pie!!!
Apple pie is bad. This is not really debatable. So is key lime pie, while we’re on the topic. Pecan pie is the 🐐 tho.
November 26, 2025 at 5:31 AM
100% like wtf, each pie is good if (a) well-executed (we all know many a chocolate chip cookie for example while good in principle is GARBAGE in execution ok) and (b) you personally like it. So basically good pie is great pie if you like that kind of pie. Eat up + live and let live.
No joke I am either too tired or too drunk or both to make sense of the layers of irony or whatever else this is going on here
Making sure developers don’t make a dime is more important than building homes for people
November 26, 2025 at 5:25 AM
No joke I am either too tired or too drunk or both to make sense of the layers of irony or whatever else this is going on here
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ICE deported a woman who owned a home in the US for 30 years. A judge banned ICE from deporting her to Sierra Leone where she had been tortured, so it deported her to Ghana, which kidnapped her and sent her back Sierra Leone anyway. ICE is part of this illegal conspiracy.
November 25, 2025 at 4:40 PM
ICE deported a woman who owned a home in the US for 30 years. A judge banned ICE from deporting her to Sierra Leone where she had been tortured, so it deported her to Ghana, which kidnapped her and sent her back Sierra Leone anyway. ICE is part of this illegal conspiracy.
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New York City helped my mother become the artist she is today. The next generation deserves a City Hall that lifts up tomorrow's artists as well.
November 26, 2025 at 1:49 AM
New York City helped my mother become the artist she is today. The next generation deserves a City Hall that lifts up tomorrow's artists as well.
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Cannot overstate how, from my perch as a national-security reporter, this would have been an earth-shattering scandal in a prior era.
Billionaire Binance founder Changpeng Zhao, pardoned by Donald Trump, has been accused of facilitating millions of dollars’ worth of payments to Hamas in the wake of its attack on Israel on October 7 2023. Zhao also financed the Trump family's entrance into the cryptocurrency market.
Binance founder Changpeng Zhao accused of facilitating payments to Hamas
Crypto tycoon pardoned by Donald Trump faces US court complaint from families of victims of October 7 attack
www.ft.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:33 AM
Cannot overstate how, from my perch as a national-security reporter, this would have been an earth-shattering scandal in a prior era.