@vrazumihin.bsky.social
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In all the endless discussions of LLMs, there’s a point that is, on one level, obvious, but that I feel does not get sufficiently foregrounded: LLMs are transforming material that people have put up on the internet.
October 4, 2025 at 1:50 AM
In all the endless discussions of LLMs, there’s a point that is, on one level, obvious, but that I feel does not get sufficiently foregrounded: LLMs are transforming material that people have put up on the internet.
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A completely serious question.
When people, and businesses, and institutions with the resources and reputation to stand firm…don’t, where does that leave this country.
cc Paul, Weiss. And Columbia. And so many others
When people, and businesses, and institutions with the resources and reputation to stand firm…don’t, where does that leave this country.
cc Paul, Weiss. And Columbia. And so many others
March 20, 2025 at 11:04 PM
A completely serious question.
When people, and businesses, and institutions with the resources and reputation to stand firm…don’t, where does that leave this country.
cc Paul, Weiss. And Columbia. And so many others
When people, and businesses, and institutions with the resources and reputation to stand firm…don’t, where does that leave this country.
cc Paul, Weiss. And Columbia. And so many others
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So if I wanted to swap out my Alexa for something open source, does such a thing exist? Do I have to build it from scratch myself?
March 20, 2025 at 7:28 PM
So if I wanted to swap out my Alexa for something open source, does such a thing exist? Do I have to build it from scratch myself?
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This is horrible to post, but I may as well post it. We are essentially shutting down research operations in my group, which is focused on treatments for pediatric brain cancer. I’m a well funded investigator, and there’s no choice. Science can’t function without the stability of NIH
March 15, 2025 at 5:32 PM
This is horrible to post, but I may as well post it. We are essentially shutting down research operations in my group, which is focused on treatments for pediatric brain cancer. I’m a well funded investigator, and there’s no choice. Science can’t function without the stability of NIH
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Rep Jamie Raskin is encouraging all US citizens to file demands for access to their personal data obtained by DOGE.
DC U.S. District Court issued an injunction ordering DOGE to comply with citizen requests under FOIA.
Fillable Privacy Act request form HERE.
s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/ak-raskin/im...
DC U.S. District Court issued an injunction ordering DOGE to comply with citizen requests under FOIA.
Fillable Privacy Act request form HERE.
s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/ak-raskin/im...
a man in a suit and tie is sitting at a desk with a name tag that says mr. raskin
ALT: a man in a suit and tie is sitting at a desk with a name tag that says mr. raskin
media.tenor.com
March 12, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Rep Jamie Raskin is encouraging all US citizens to file demands for access to their personal data obtained by DOGE.
DC U.S. District Court issued an injunction ordering DOGE to comply with citizen requests under FOIA.
Fillable Privacy Act request form HERE.
s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/ak-raskin/im...
DC U.S. District Court issued an injunction ordering DOGE to comply with citizen requests under FOIA.
Fillable Privacy Act request form HERE.
s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/ak-raskin/im...
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Slava Ukraini 🇺🇦
February 28, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Slava Ukraini 🇺🇦
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Duffy: "This whole movement is potentially gonna make people go, 'I'm gonna come to work earlier. I'm gonna stay later. I'm gonna look at what Donald Trump wants me to accomplish because he won the election, and I'm gonna fight and work to make sure I help him accomplish that ... I work for POTUS.'"
February 24, 2025 at 6:47 PM
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Last night's Pentagon massacre is much more than realized. Not just firing the black CJCS and first woman CNO but all the senior JAG officers and hiring a man who just joined 3 different crypto firms tied to Kushner and Thiel as Chairman. I did a deep dive into it open.substack.com/pub/fpwellma...
This is the most dangerous move yet
The canary is gasping for air
open.substack.com
February 22, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Last night's Pentagon massacre is much more than realized. Not just firing the black CJCS and first woman CNO but all the senior JAG officers and hiring a man who just joined 3 different crypto firms tied to Kushner and Thiel as Chairman. I did a deep dive into it open.substack.com/pub/fpwellma...
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Your annual reminder that Intuit/TurboTax have spent 20 years using their lobbying power to prevent the federal government from offering you free and functional electronic tax filing. DirectFile finally delivers that, but they haven't stopped trying to kill it. www.opensecrets.org/news/2024/02...
TurboTax maker Intuit spent millions in record lobbying blitz amid threats to tax prep industry - OpenSecrets News
TurboTax parent company Intuit spent millions in a record lobbying blitz amid government scrutiny and threats to the tax prep industry.
www.opensecrets.org
February 10, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Your annual reminder that Intuit/TurboTax have spent 20 years using their lobbying power to prevent the federal government from offering you free and functional electronic tax filing. DirectFile finally delivers that, but they haven't stopped trying to kill it. www.opensecrets.org/news/2024/02...
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Microsoft's own research confirms something that was already pretty obvious: relying on a text generating machine to come up with answers erodes critical thinking, and is a method favoured by those who never liked doing critical thinking in the first place
advait.org/files/lee_20...
advait.org/files/lee_20...
advait.org
February 9, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Microsoft's own research confirms something that was already pretty obvious: relying on a text generating machine to come up with answers erodes critical thinking, and is a method favoured by those who never liked doing critical thinking in the first place
advait.org/files/lee_20...
advait.org/files/lee_20...
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Call your R reps. If you have a regional accent, make the most of it. Tell them you didn't vote for CANCER and ask them what the hell they're gonna do to stop Musk and Trump. reps.fyi
Now under Trump, the NIH says it is cutting ~$9 billion in federal research grants supporting medical research ranging from cancer to Alzheimer's diseases.
“I think it’s going to destroy research universities in the short term, and I don’t know after that." www.nytimes.com/2025/02/07/u...
“I think it’s going to destroy research universities in the short term, and I don’t know after that." www.nytimes.com/2025/02/07/u...
Deep Cuts to Medical Research Funds Could Hobble University Budgets
Grants from the National Institutes of Health come with additional money for overhead. Proposed funding cuts would leave colleges with large budget gaps.
www.nytimes.com
February 8, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Call your R reps. If you have a regional accent, make the most of it. Tell them you didn't vote for CANCER and ask them what the hell they're gonna do to stop Musk and Trump. reps.fyi
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The Papua New Guinea Courier is in rare form.
February 6, 2025 at 12:31 PM
The Papua New Guinea Courier is in rare form.
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🧵I think we need to talk about *waves hands wildly in all directions* differently.
I see 3 goals:
-Dismantling democracy+systems of accountability
-Advancing white supremacist policies here+abroad
-Immiserating non-billionaires for financial gain
Each action is toward those one/all of those goals.
I see 3 goals:
-Dismantling democracy+systems of accountability
-Advancing white supremacist policies here+abroad
-Immiserating non-billionaires for financial gain
Each action is toward those one/all of those goals.
So if I'm getting the chronology right, Trump/Musk & minions gutted the FBI in time for a Friday night news dump, hours ahead of launching their long-promised trade war. I hate to ascribe to them anything like careful thought but *wink* "they won't be talking about the FBI on Monday!" comes to mind.
February 3, 2025 at 3:40 PM
🧵I think we need to talk about *waves hands wildly in all directions* differently.
I see 3 goals:
-Dismantling democracy+systems of accountability
-Advancing white supremacist policies here+abroad
-Immiserating non-billionaires for financial gain
Each action is toward those one/all of those goals.
I see 3 goals:
-Dismantling democracy+systems of accountability
-Advancing white supremacist policies here+abroad
-Immiserating non-billionaires for financial gain
Each action is toward those one/all of those goals.
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In a functioning democracy, a President who pardoned a mob that assaulted the Capitol while trying to overturn the election, and who then fired the prosecutors who put them behind bars, would be removed from power.
February 1, 2025 at 7:33 PM
In a functioning democracy, a President who pardoned a mob that assaulted the Capitol while trying to overturn the election, and who then fired the prosecutors who put them behind bars, would be removed from power.
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Today, I wrote about the Founders, about their faith, and about the history of the Episcopal Church in the USA. I posted it on Vichy Facebook, and it was immediately removed as spam.
There is no free speech on any platform owned by an oligarch.
tompepinsky.com/2025/01/22/w...
There is no free speech on any platform owned by an oligarch.
tompepinsky.com/2025/01/22/w...
January 22, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Today, I wrote about the Founders, about their faith, and about the history of the Episcopal Church in the USA. I posted it on Vichy Facebook, and it was immediately removed as spam.
There is no free speech on any platform owned by an oligarch.
tompepinsky.com/2025/01/22/w...
There is no free speech on any platform owned by an oligarch.
tompepinsky.com/2025/01/22/w...
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If Trump brings back TikTok, Dems are fucked.
What a stupid thing to do.
What a stupid thing to do.
January 19, 2025 at 4:01 AM
If Trump brings back TikTok, Dems are fucked.
What a stupid thing to do.
What a stupid thing to do.
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My heart is broken. Mostly I've been angry lately, but today I'm just very very sad.
We are losing everything that makes America great and replacing it with hate and stupidity.
The America I know and love will never be the same.
I'm so very very sad. This is a tragic loss.
We are losing everything that makes America great and replacing it with hate and stupidity.
The America I know and love will never be the same.
I'm so very very sad. This is a tragic loss.
January 16, 2025 at 1:29 AM
My heart is broken. Mostly I've been angry lately, but today I'm just very very sad.
We are losing everything that makes America great and replacing it with hate and stupidity.
The America I know and love will never be the same.
I'm so very very sad. This is a tragic loss.
We are losing everything that makes America great and replacing it with hate and stupidity.
The America I know and love will never be the same.
I'm so very very sad. This is a tragic loss.
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A v clear-sighted analysis of where we are now. And Trump hasn’t even started yet. 👇
Trump and his henchman Musk treat America’s oldest allies as enemies. Britain can’t face that threat alone | Jonathan Freedland
The president-elect’s hostility towards other democracies is already clear. There will be no special relationship with him: we should look to Europe, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland
www.theguardian.com
January 11, 2025 at 6:15 AM
A v clear-sighted analysis of where we are now. And Trump hasn’t even started yet. 👇
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To everyone in a similar scenario: the tactic my doctor's office has taught me is to ask, in writing, for:
1) the name, board specialty, and license number of the doctor making the determination the treatment was not medically necessary;
1) the name, board specialty, and license number of the doctor making the determination the treatment was not medically necessary;
March 26, 2024 at 2:16 AM
To everyone in a similar scenario: the tactic my doctor's office has taught me is to ask, in writing, for:
1) the name, board specialty, and license number of the doctor making the determination the treatment was not medically necessary;
1) the name, board specialty, and license number of the doctor making the determination the treatment was not medically necessary;
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for my next newsletter and episode i bought the bestselling laptop on Amazon to try and explain how shitty most people's exposure to tech is. Currently at 30 minutes of menus and updates. I have agreed to three privacy policies and created two new accounts. We live in hell
November 29, 2024 at 5:39 PM
for my next newsletter and episode i bought the bestselling laptop on Amazon to try and explain how shitty most people's exposure to tech is. Currently at 30 minutes of menus and updates. I have agreed to three privacy policies and created two new accounts. We live in hell
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Just when I thought I've seen it all, a PostgreSQL extension shows up that allows you to embed a SQLite database inside a table. github.com/frectonz/pgl...
November 19, 2024 at 2:19 PM
Just when I thought I've seen it all, a PostgreSQL extension shows up that allows you to embed a SQLite database inside a table. github.com/frectonz/pgl...
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Some ideas
-Read Snyder's On Tyranny
-Bystander intervention training righttobe.org (+ follow @gregpak.bsky.social
-Stuff in this thread bsky.app/profile/emil...
-Think & talk about it with people you trust NOW so you have muscle memory when it comes
-ALWAYS follow the lead of the targeted community
-Read Snyder's On Tyranny
-Bystander intervention training righttobe.org (+ follow @gregpak.bsky.social
-Stuff in this thread bsky.app/profile/emil...
-Think & talk about it with people you trust NOW so you have muscle memory when it comes
-ALWAYS follow the lead of the targeted community
🧵A thread of threads with good & relevant advice (mine or someone else's) for meeting Our New Political Reality™.
It's ok if all this advice is kind of overwhelming! We're all overwhelmed! None of us is going to be able to do All The Things!
Pick what you know you can do & keep going from there ❤️
It's ok if all this advice is kind of overwhelming! We're all overwhelmed! None of us is going to be able to do All The Things!
Pick what you know you can do & keep going from there ❤️
November 18, 2024 at 6:26 PM
Some ideas
-Read Snyder's On Tyranny
-Bystander intervention training righttobe.org (+ follow @gregpak.bsky.social
-Stuff in this thread bsky.app/profile/emil...
-Think & talk about it with people you trust NOW so you have muscle memory when it comes
-ALWAYS follow the lead of the targeted community
-Read Snyder's On Tyranny
-Bystander intervention training righttobe.org (+ follow @gregpak.bsky.social
-Stuff in this thread bsky.app/profile/emil...
-Think & talk about it with people you trust NOW so you have muscle memory when it comes
-ALWAYS follow the lead of the targeted community
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Let's be really clear about how that happened:
MAGA Justices on the Supreme Court intervened twice to help Trump reclaim power. First, by disabling the 14th Amendment, which would have barred him from holding office. Then, by inventing immunity to keep him out of prison.
What will they do next?
MAGA Justices on the Supreme Court intervened twice to help Trump reclaim power. First, by disabling the 14th Amendment, which would have barred him from holding office. Then, by inventing immunity to keep him out of prison.
What will they do next?
There's a reason democracies don't let people who tried coups back into power.
November 14, 2024 at 2:03 PM
Let's be really clear about how that happened:
MAGA Justices on the Supreme Court intervened twice to help Trump reclaim power. First, by disabling the 14th Amendment, which would have barred him from holding office. Then, by inventing immunity to keep him out of prison.
What will they do next?
MAGA Justices on the Supreme Court intervened twice to help Trump reclaim power. First, by disabling the 14th Amendment, which would have barred him from holding office. Then, by inventing immunity to keep him out of prison.
What will they do next?