A hilarious subplot to selling CEOs on the benefits of AI: being blackmailed by said future AI overloads
www.axios.com/2025/05/28/a...
www.axios.com/2025/05/28/a...
May 29, 2025 at 12:02 AM
A hilarious subplot to selling CEOs on the benefits of AI: being blackmailed by said future AI overloads
www.axios.com/2025/05/28/a...
www.axios.com/2025/05/28/a...
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Raw milk is cool if you want to do something dangerous with absolutely no benefit. All risk, no reward. Like trying to eat a campfire.
December 12, 2024 at 2:30 AM
Raw milk is cool if you want to do something dangerous with absolutely no benefit. All risk, no reward. Like trying to eat a campfire.
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This piece about how the Koch brothers effectively bought a Supreme Court decision is chilling: www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
How billionaire Charles Koch’s network won a 40-year war to curb regulation
A seismic Supreme Court ruling on Chevron deference ushered in a new era of diminished federal power. The next Trump administration hopes to capitalize on it.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 10, 2024 at 1:10 PM
This piece about how the Koch brothers effectively bought a Supreme Court decision is chilling: www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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Every state could do this.
It's a good day to be a New Jerseyan.
PRINCETON, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy signed a law Monday to prohibit public and school libraries from banning books in the state and to enshrine protections against civil and criminal charges for librarians who comply with the law.
PRINCETON, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy signed a law Monday to prohibit public and school libraries from banning books in the state and to enshrine protections against civil and criminal charges for librarians who comply with the law.
December 10, 2024 at 12:57 AM
Every state could do this.
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"One of my teachers at Columbia was Joseph Brodsky...and he said 'look,' he said, 'you Americans, you are so naïve. You think evil is going to come into your houses wearing big black boots. It doesn’t come like that. Look at the language. It begins in the language.'"
Inbox: [Sen. Tom] Cotton Introduces Legislation to Eliminate Federal Use of the Term “West Bank”
December 5, 2024 at 10:27 PM
"One of my teachers at Columbia was Joseph Brodsky...and he said 'look,' he said, 'you Americans, you are so naïve. You think evil is going to come into your houses wearing big black boots. It doesn’t come like that. Look at the language. It begins in the language.'"
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I don’t always have good news to share first thing in the morning BUT…
IT’S BOOKS WE LOVE DAY!!!!!
apps.npr.org/best-books/#...
IT’S BOOKS WE LOVE DAY!!!!!
apps.npr.org/best-books/#...
Books We Love
Here are 350+ great reads from 2024 hand-picked just for you by NPR staff and trusted critics.
apps.npr.org
November 25, 2024 at 12:25 PM
I don’t always have good news to share first thing in the morning BUT…
IT’S BOOKS WE LOVE DAY!!!!!
apps.npr.org/best-books/#...
IT’S BOOKS WE LOVE DAY!!!!!
apps.npr.org/best-books/#...
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Made one of these for all your #book publicity needs (if you're not on here, I'll add ya--just LMK): go.bsky.app/NjfNGBY
November 20, 2024 at 3:32 PM
Made one of these for all your #book publicity needs (if you're not on here, I'll add ya--just LMK): go.bsky.app/NjfNGBY
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With a fully remote team of just 20 employees, Bluesky has surpassed 20 million users in its first year since opening to the public and is stealing thunder from rivals hundreds of times its size.
At a time when conventional wisdom among bosses is that workers must be in-person to be productive.
At a time when conventional wisdom among bosses is that workers must be in-person to be productive.
November 20, 2024 at 4:16 PM
With a fully remote team of just 20 employees, Bluesky has surpassed 20 million users in its first year since opening to the public and is stealing thunder from rivals hundreds of times its size.
At a time when conventional wisdom among bosses is that workers must be in-person to be productive.
At a time when conventional wisdom among bosses is that workers must be in-person to be productive.
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Too many people make excuses for the Democratic Party leadership. It’s 2024 and they operate like it’s still 1984. They don’t jump on news stories, they don’t offer up provocative legislation, they sit there either too quiet or with boring statements and you all cheer them on. It’s dumb.
November 20, 2024 at 10:51 AM
Too many people make excuses for the Democratic Party leadership. It’s 2024 and they operate like it’s still 1984. They don’t jump on news stories, they don’t offer up provocative legislation, they sit there either too quiet or with boring statements and you all cheer them on. It’s dumb.
Noah Smith striking a chord with this election post-mortem:
www.noahpinion.blog/p/america-do...
www.noahpinion.blog/p/america-do...
November 19, 2024 at 1:27 PM
Noah Smith striking a chord with this election post-mortem:
www.noahpinion.blog/p/america-do...
www.noahpinion.blog/p/america-do...
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This is quite literally the playbook Dominican authorities used against people of Haitian descent in the years before they changed their constitution.
November 18, 2024 at 10:39 PM
This is quite literally the playbook Dominican authorities used against people of Haitian descent in the years before they changed their constitution.
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u can always take back a block made in error
u can not get back your time they will waste
u can not get back your time they will waste
July 7, 2023 at 3:38 PM
u can always take back a block made in error
u can not get back your time they will waste
u can not get back your time they will waste
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Hi! I’m a narrative editor at The Guardian. I’m on leave now but starting December I’ll take pitches (by email plz) for long form (esp w/ narrative arc) and personal essays. I’ll write a pitch guide soon so add me and stay tuned ✌🏼
November 18, 2024 at 9:41 PM
Hi! I’m a narrative editor at The Guardian. I’m on leave now but starting December I’ll take pitches (by email plz) for long form (esp w/ narrative arc) and personal essays. I’ll write a pitch guide soon so add me and stay tuned ✌🏼
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Just a sampling of this year's journalism job cuts:
• AP to cut 8%
• Axios cuts 10%
• LA Times cuts 20%
• Tampa Bay Times cuts 20%
• Mass layoffs at Sports Illustrated
• Vice Media lays off "several hundred"
• The Messenger closes, laying off ~300
• CNN cuts 100 jobs, may eliminate hundreds more
• AP to cut 8%
• Axios cuts 10%
• LA Times cuts 20%
• Tampa Bay Times cuts 20%
• Mass layoffs at Sports Illustrated
• Vice Media lays off "several hundred"
• The Messenger closes, laying off ~300
• CNN cuts 100 jobs, may eliminate hundreds more
November 18, 2024 at 4:54 PM
Just a sampling of this year's journalism job cuts:
• AP to cut 8%
• Axios cuts 10%
• LA Times cuts 20%
• Tampa Bay Times cuts 20%
• Mass layoffs at Sports Illustrated
• Vice Media lays off "several hundred"
• The Messenger closes, laying off ~300
• CNN cuts 100 jobs, may eliminate hundreds more
• AP to cut 8%
• Axios cuts 10%
• LA Times cuts 20%
• Tampa Bay Times cuts 20%
• Mass layoffs at Sports Illustrated
• Vice Media lays off "several hundred"
• The Messenger closes, laying off ~300
• CNN cuts 100 jobs, may eliminate hundreds more
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O sure vaccines are bad but death by carrots is okay.
November 18, 2024 at 12:59 PM
O sure vaccines are bad but death by carrots is okay.
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Publisher: Do you want to put an LLM clause in the copyright statement?
Me: Definitely. How specific can we get?
Publisher: As specific as you like.
Me: Definitely. How specific can we get?
Publisher: As specific as you like.
November 17, 2024 at 3:07 AM
Publisher: Do you want to put an LLM clause in the copyright statement?
Me: Definitely. How specific can we get?
Publisher: As specific as you like.
Me: Definitely. How specific can we get?
Publisher: As specific as you like.
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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is not a “skeptic” of vaccines. He has said there are no safe or effective vaccines. He is a foe of vaccines.
November 15, 2024 at 2:19 PM
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is not a “skeptic” of vaccines. He has said there are no safe or effective vaccines. He is a foe of vaccines.
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Measles vaccination coverage globally has still not recovered to pre-Covid levels, a fact that contributed to a 20% increase in measles cases in 2023 over the previous year.
Measles cases rose 20% worldwide in 2023, per new report
Measles cases rose 20% worldwide in 2023 compared to the previous year, and vaccination rates still haven't recovered to pre-pandemic levels.
buff.ly
November 15, 2024 at 5:30 PM
Measles vaccination coverage globally has still not recovered to pre-Covid levels, a fact that contributed to a 20% increase in measles cases in 2023 over the previous year.
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The measles vaccine has saved 94 million lives over the past 50 years, and it plus vaccines against 13 other pathogens have cut infant mortality by 40 percent and saved 154 million lives.
154 MILLION LIVES 🧪
Anti-vaxxer RFKJ is a menace to global health www.scientificamerican.com/article/see-...
154 MILLION LIVES 🧪
Anti-vaxxer RFKJ is a menace to global health www.scientificamerican.com/article/see-...
See How Many Lives Vaccines Have Saved around the World
Vaccines are the first step toward health equity in many parts of the world
www.scientificamerican.com
November 15, 2024 at 6:19 PM
The measles vaccine has saved 94 million lives over the past 50 years, and it plus vaccines against 13 other pathogens have cut infant mortality by 40 percent and saved 154 million lives.
154 MILLION LIVES 🧪
Anti-vaxxer RFKJ is a menace to global health www.scientificamerican.com/article/see-...
154 MILLION LIVES 🧪
Anti-vaxxer RFKJ is a menace to global health www.scientificamerican.com/article/see-...
the lipstick-stained cigarette on the ground provides an apt metaphor for America right now: something beautiful doing something dirty and destructive
November 14, 2024 at 12:55 PM
the lipstick-stained cigarette on the ground provides an apt metaphor for America right now: something beautiful doing something dirty and destructive
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Hello new followers! Thanks for following.
I write about the criminal justice system, esp. the ways in which it falls short of delivering justice.
I'm also a narrative nonfiction junkie, so I post about the best storytelling I see out there. Here's a starter pack I recommend: go.bsky.app/5LkaeFe
I write about the criminal justice system, esp. the ways in which it falls short of delivering justice.
I'm also a narrative nonfiction junkie, so I post about the best storytelling I see out there. Here's a starter pack I recommend: go.bsky.app/5LkaeFe
November 13, 2024 at 7:15 PM
Hello new followers! Thanks for following.
I write about the criminal justice system, esp. the ways in which it falls short of delivering justice.
I'm also a narrative nonfiction junkie, so I post about the best storytelling I see out there. Here's a starter pack I recommend: go.bsky.app/5LkaeFe
I write about the criminal justice system, esp. the ways in which it falls short of delivering justice.
I'm also a narrative nonfiction junkie, so I post about the best storytelling I see out there. Here's a starter pack I recommend: go.bsky.app/5LkaeFe
trying to give an ineffable whisper of commiseration but hard not to respond with screaming f bombs these days
November 13, 2024 at 4:07 AM
trying to give an ineffable whisper of commiseration but hard not to respond with screaming f bombs these days
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as horrible as it is theres something darkly comic about the Department of Efficiency having 2 chairmen
November 13, 2024 at 3:00 AM
as horrible as it is theres something darkly comic about the Department of Efficiency having 2 chairmen
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I want to say this again: Fall and Winter 2016 was a terrible time for authors with new books. Books just vanished into the Trump news cycle maw. Please consider buying some Fall and Winter 2024 books so we (including me) can keep writing. Here's a list of authors with books to consider:
November 13, 2024 at 12:33 AM
I want to say this again: Fall and Winter 2016 was a terrible time for authors with new books. Books just vanished into the Trump news cycle maw. Please consider buying some Fall and Winter 2024 books so we (including me) can keep writing. Here's a list of authors with books to consider: