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Happy Holidays from @designjunket.bsky.social and me.
December 23, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Happy Holidays from @designjunket.bsky.social and me.
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two sleeps until Christmas? so they say, but you can actually have as many sleep as you want over the next two days, there are no rules
December 23, 2025 at 3:19 AM
two sleeps until Christmas? so they say, but you can actually have as many sleep as you want over the next two days, there are no rules
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looking for a last minute gift at williams sonoma
December 22, 2025 at 9:13 PM
looking for a last minute gift at williams sonoma
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Carl Sagan's 'The Demon Haunted World' was published in 1995
December 20, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Carl Sagan's 'The Demon Haunted World' was published in 1995
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why not put count von count into various vampire scenes: thread
December 20, 2025 at 4:17 PM
why not put count von count into various vampire scenes: thread
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planning baking for holiday cookie tins, asking questions like: if i make lemon curd x days in advance, i need to make y extra cups of it to still end up with ½ cup for cookies on the 24th. thank goodness i took multivariable calculus
December 21, 2025 at 1:25 AM
planning baking for holiday cookie tins, asking questions like: if i make lemon curd x days in advance, i need to make y extra cups of it to still end up with ½ cup for cookies on the 24th. thank goodness i took multivariable calculus
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🚨 THE RESULTS ARE IN 🚨
After a week of voting on 32 of the worst people in the tech industry, we have a winner!
The Worst Person in Tech for 2025 is…
🚀 ELON MUSK 🎉
After a week of voting on 32 of the worst people in the tech industry, we have a winner!
The Worst Person in Tech for 2025 is…
🚀 ELON MUSK 🎉
December 20, 2025 at 1:05 AM
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*tearfully looking up at a portrait of the guy who illegally sold weapons to Iran and used to profits to fund right-wing death squads in Nicaragua*
The presidency once served as a reminder of our common humanity. Ronald Reagan described its purpose as building "a nation composed of good and decent people."
December 17, 2025 at 1:11 AM
*tearfully looking up at a portrait of the guy who illegally sold weapons to Iran and used to profits to fund right-wing death squads in Nicaragua*
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and the media can’t get enough of what they have to say
linkedin job history
Chief AI Officer Dec. 2024- Present
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Chief NFT Officer Feb. 2023 - Dec. 2024
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Chief Metaverse Officer Jun. 2022 - Feb. 2023
Chief AI Officer Dec. 2024- Present
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Chief NFT Officer Feb. 2023 - Dec. 2024
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Chief Metaverse Officer Jun. 2022 - Feb. 2023
December 12, 2025 at 2:15 AM
and the media can’t get enough of what they have to say
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There's a bunch of webcams on top of Hawaii's Kilauea volcano so you can watch it erupt. The latest eruption just straight up assassinated one of them. The lava fountain on the left is landing directly on top of one of the webcams.
December 8, 2025 at 7:02 PM
There's a bunch of webcams on top of Hawaii's Kilauea volcano so you can watch it erupt. The latest eruption just straight up assassinated one of them. The lava fountain on the left is landing directly on top of one of the webcams.
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“computer access significantly improved students’ computer skills but not their cognitive skills”
tech won’t save us
tech won’t save us
One Laptop Per Child, 10 years later: "we find no significant effects on academic performance but some evidence of negative effects on grade progression... computer access significantly improved students’ computer skills but not their cognitive skills" www.nber.org/papers/w34495
Laptops in the Long Run: Evidence from the One Laptop per Child Program in Rural Peru
Founded in 1920, the NBER is a private, non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to conducting economic research and to disseminating research findings among academics, public policy makers, an...
www.nber.org
December 7, 2025 at 7:23 PM
“computer access significantly improved students’ computer skills but not their cognitive skills”
tech won’t save us
tech won’t save us
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Honestly. For $3.8 billion. How much would it cost to relocate parliament to the Airport?
Or better yet, those MPs who despise Wellington to their core? How much would it cost to bribe them to resign, fuck off out of Wellington and never come back?
Or better yet, those MPs who despise Wellington to their core? How much would it cost to bribe them to resign, fuck off out of Wellington and never come back?
December 7, 2025 at 1:46 AM
Honestly. For $3.8 billion. How much would it cost to relocate parliament to the Airport?
Or better yet, those MPs who despise Wellington to their core? How much would it cost to bribe them to resign, fuck off out of Wellington and never come back?
Or better yet, those MPs who despise Wellington to their core? How much would it cost to bribe them to resign, fuck off out of Wellington and never come back?
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we have to go back. to warn them.
November 28, 2025 at 2:49 AM
we have to go back. to warn them.
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“Have Yourself A Merriam Little Christmas”
Merriam, a career-oriented lexicographer from the city, returns to her small town for the holidays and meets Webster, a ruggedly handsome librarian, who shows her the true DEFINITION of Christmas.
Merriam, a career-oriented lexicographer from the city, returns to her small town for the holidays and meets Webster, a ruggedly handsome librarian, who shows her the true DEFINITION of Christmas.
December 2, 2025 at 7:18 PM
“Have Yourself A Merriam Little Christmas”
Merriam, a career-oriented lexicographer from the city, returns to her small town for the holidays and meets Webster, a ruggedly handsome librarian, who shows her the true DEFINITION of Christmas.
Merriam, a career-oriented lexicographer from the city, returns to her small town for the holidays and meets Webster, a ruggedly handsome librarian, who shows her the true DEFINITION of Christmas.
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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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Crypto Leaders Call For Infusion Of 20 Million Dopes To Stabilize Market
Crypto Leaders Call For Infusion Of 20 Million Dopes To Stabilize Market
BOSTON—Stressing that the move would help keep digital currencies liquid through the coming year, crypto leaders called for an infusion of 20 million dopes Thursday to stabilize the market. “We’re cal...
theonion.com
December 1, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Crypto Leaders Call For Infusion Of 20 Million Dopes To Stabilize Market
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Surely this is grounds to shut Compass down for a full investigation.
Food poisoning warning after Christchurch students eat contaminated school lunches www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
Food poisoning warning after Christchurch students eat contaminated school lunches www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
Food poisoning warning after Christchurch students eat contaminated school lunches
Parents have been asked to watch for symptoms of food poisoning after some lunches were eaten.
www.rnz.co.nz
December 1, 2025 at 3:52 AM
Surely this is grounds to shut Compass down for a full investigation.
Food poisoning warning after Christchurch students eat contaminated school lunches www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
Food poisoning warning after Christchurch students eat contaminated school lunches www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
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Unfortunately this is *absolutely* the wrong lesson.
The real lesson is:
🔹️most work of exec class is substance-less illusions.
If AI is useful in a given use case its because you really only care about form, not substance [as an aside, this why such a great plagiarism machine].
The real lesson is:
🔹️most work of exec class is substance-less illusions.
If AI is useful in a given use case its because you really only care about form, not substance [as an aside, this why such a great plagiarism machine].
November 30, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Unfortunately this is *absolutely* the wrong lesson.
The real lesson is:
🔹️most work of exec class is substance-less illusions.
If AI is useful in a given use case its because you really only care about form, not substance [as an aside, this why such a great plagiarism machine].
The real lesson is:
🔹️most work of exec class is substance-less illusions.
If AI is useful in a given use case its because you really only care about form, not substance [as an aside, this why such a great plagiarism machine].
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(2) AI is mostly useless for workers, because they have to produce things with substantive content. People care that they get it right - AI just can't do this consistently.
A useful rule of thumb: genAI gets it 80% right about 70% of the time. If you like those tolerances, it's fab - if not 😬
A useful rule of thumb: genAI gets it 80% right about 70% of the time. If you like those tolerances, it's fab - if not 😬
November 30, 2025 at 12:06 AM
(2) AI is mostly useless for workers, because they have to produce things with substantive content. People care that they get it right - AI just can't do this consistently.
A useful rule of thumb: genAI gets it 80% right about 70% of the time. If you like those tolerances, it's fab - if not 😬
A useful rule of thumb: genAI gets it 80% right about 70% of the time. If you like those tolerances, it's fab - if not 😬
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This has three implications.
(1) Most exec will grossly overestimate the broad utility and efficacy of AI because of confirmation bias.
Its good for them, so must be good for everyone. They will only listen to evidence that validates THEIR experiences
(1) Most exec will grossly overestimate the broad utility and efficacy of AI because of confirmation bias.
Its good for them, so must be good for everyone. They will only listen to evidence that validates THEIR experiences
November 30, 2025 at 12:06 AM
This has three implications.
(1) Most exec will grossly overestimate the broad utility and efficacy of AI because of confirmation bias.
Its good for them, so must be good for everyone. They will only listen to evidence that validates THEIR experiences
(1) Most exec will grossly overestimate the broad utility and efficacy of AI because of confirmation bias.
Its good for them, so must be good for everyone. They will only listen to evidence that validates THEIR experiences
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AI usage: 87% of executives use AI for work; 57% managers; 27% of employees.
This is both easy to believe and easy to misinterpret. AI is *genuinely* useful if what matters is FORM. Terrible at SUBSTANCE.
If useful for your job = your job just form.
A 🧵
www.businessinsider.com/executives-a...
This is both easy to believe and easy to misinterpret. AI is *genuinely* useful if what matters is FORM. Terrible at SUBSTANCE.
If useful for your job = your job just form.
A 🧵
www.businessinsider.com/executives-a...
Execs are embracing AI more than their employees are, new research suggests
Research from HR software company Dayforce suggests that executives are leaning into AI far more than their employees.
www.businessinsider.com
November 30, 2025 at 12:06 AM
AI usage: 87% of executives use AI for work; 57% managers; 27% of employees.
This is both easy to believe and easy to misinterpret. AI is *genuinely* useful if what matters is FORM. Terrible at SUBSTANCE.
If useful for your job = your job just form.
A 🧵
www.businessinsider.com/executives-a...
This is both easy to believe and easy to misinterpret. AI is *genuinely* useful if what matters is FORM. Terrible at SUBSTANCE.
If useful for your job = your job just form.
A 🧵
www.businessinsider.com/executives-a...
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So:
🔹️Execs ❤️ AI.
🔹️Workers (who care about getting it right) dont.
🔹️But because of confirmation bias, execs tend to take lesson that it's great for everyone.
🔹️So execs want everyone to use it, and are convinced it will increase efficiency
🔹️Execs ❤️ AI.
🔹️Workers (who care about getting it right) dont.
🔹️But because of confirmation bias, execs tend to take lesson that it's great for everyone.
🔹️So execs want everyone to use it, and are convinced it will increase efficiency
November 30, 2025 at 12:06 AM
So:
🔹️Execs ❤️ AI.
🔹️Workers (who care about getting it right) dont.
🔹️But because of confirmation bias, execs tend to take lesson that it's great for everyone.
🔹️So execs want everyone to use it, and are convinced it will increase efficiency
🔹️Execs ❤️ AI.
🔹️Workers (who care about getting it right) dont.
🔹️But because of confirmation bias, execs tend to take lesson that it's great for everyone.
🔹️So execs want everyone to use it, and are convinced it will increase efficiency
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If only there was a political party that would deliver free GP, nursing, and dental services under the public sector...
#nzpol
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#nzpol
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November 30, 2025 at 5:39 AM
If only there was a political party that would deliver free GP, nursing, and dental services under the public sector...
#nzpol
assets.nationbuilder.com/beachheroes/...
#nzpol
assets.nationbuilder.com/beachheroes/...
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Does anyone want a survivorship bias shortbread
November 29, 2025 at 4:50 AM
Does anyone want a survivorship bias shortbread