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helps to think about the details like any regular crime you'd see on one of the 800 cop shows that run on TV constantly: these guys committed one set of murders, thought it over, and then decided to kill the witnesses as part of the coverup. mention of drugs is just jingling keys at this point
December 5, 2025 at 3:14 AM
helps to think about the details like any regular crime you'd see on one of the 800 cop shows that run on TV constantly: these guys committed one set of murders, thought it over, and then decided to kill the witnesses as part of the coverup. mention of drugs is just jingling keys at this point
It’s weird seeing people with the correct facts
11/n
I dislike "bullet hitting a bullet" analogy for mid-course ballistic missile defense:
target in pure ballistic trajectory is (technically speaking) easy b/c you can know *exactly* where it will be if you have equipment
realistic BMD target > difficult b v b:
detect
discriminate
decoys
(D3)
I dislike "bullet hitting a bullet" analogy for mid-course ballistic missile defense:
target in pure ballistic trajectory is (technically speaking) easy b/c you can know *exactly* where it will be if you have equipment
realistic BMD target > difficult b v b:
detect
discriminate
decoys
(D3)
November 30, 2025 at 7:58 PM
It’s weird seeing people with the correct facts
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"Somebody oughta kill those guys!" is probably the dominant American ethos. There are some bad guys. If we killed them, things would be better. But we can't, because They won't let us. We oughta just go and kill 'em. That would fix the problem.
Government by and for an old man yelling at his TV.
Government by and for an old man yelling at his TV.
“Kill them all” or “fucking kill them all” is oftentimes a depressingly accurate way to summarize the actions and ambitions of Trump’s second presidency thus far.
“violent fantasy became an obsession, according to former Trump administration officials…“Fucking kill them all,” Trump would say. “An eye for an eye.” Other times he’d snap at his staff: “You just got to kill these people…Other countries do it all the time.” www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
November 29, 2025 at 6:08 AM
"Somebody oughta kill those guys!" is probably the dominant American ethos. There are some bad guys. If we killed them, things would be better. But we can't, because They won't let us. We oughta just go and kill 'em. That would fix the problem.
Government by and for an old man yelling at his TV.
Government by and for an old man yelling at his TV.
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the thing that is still woefully underdiscussed in regards to ai use in academia is that llm's are notorious for fabricating sources which is textbook academic misconduct that a decade ago would lead to either failing the entire class or getting expelled.
At this point, our intro comp/first-year English course has been so heavily revised, it no longer includes a novel, or "extended reading" of any kind, no "specialized" or "historical" reading, mostly in-class assignments, no research essay...and we are still seeing a 40-50% rate of AI misconduct.
November 29, 2025 at 4:40 AM
the thing that is still woefully underdiscussed in regards to ai use in academia is that llm's are notorious for fabricating sources which is textbook academic misconduct that a decade ago would lead to either failing the entire class or getting expelled.
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Trickle-down works in the housing market but not in broader economics because at the individual level there are far, far fewer financial incentives to hoard vacant housing than there are hoarding other types of wealth.
Interesting new working paper that studies chains of movers after the construction of a new apartment building in Honolulu.
Paper finds that the project resulted in the opening up other, lower cost, housing on the island, benefiting the housing market overall.
Paper finds that the project resulted in the opening up other, lower cost, housing on the island, benefiting the housing market overall.
uhero.hawaii.edu
November 28, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Trickle-down works in the housing market but not in broader economics because at the individual level there are far, far fewer financial incentives to hoard vacant housing than there are hoarding other types of wealth.
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I just rewatched SHATTERED GLASS (and reread the article, which being by Buzz Bissinger is great) and it's really a portrayal of a very specific moment - that brief period when people didn't realize that the internet let everyone factcheck, but before rampant shamelessness.
Honestly the combination of the alleged source betrayals and secret recordings and the way this has rolled out has just fundamentally fucked us all in a way that’s bigger than the Stephen Glass scandal by a significant margin, and I think everyone is grappling with that in real time
November 27, 2025 at 2:07 AM
I just rewatched SHATTERED GLASS (and reread the article, which being by Buzz Bissinger is great) and it's really a portrayal of a very specific moment - that brief period when people didn't realize that the internet let everyone factcheck, but before rampant shamelessness.
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Every journalist post: hey guys I know you think that we should have said something about the child trafficker who hung out with our boss and emailed with our coworkers, but you guys are making some real journalistphobic assumptions and forcing us to do emotional labor, please examine your attitude.
November 13, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Every journalist post: hey guys I know you think that we should have said something about the child trafficker who hung out with our boss and emailed with our coworkers, but you guys are making some real journalistphobic assumptions and forcing us to do emotional labor, please examine your attitude.
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Have any news outlets that ran scathing front page headlines, op-eds and editorials about Biden pardoning Hunter admitted that they were wrong after we've seen Trump maliciously prosecute Comey, James, McIver etc?
November 26, 2025 at 4:41 AM
Have any news outlets that ran scathing front page headlines, op-eds and editorials about Biden pardoning Hunter admitted that they were wrong after we've seen Trump maliciously prosecute Comey, James, McIver etc?
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I can tell you what's polluting and parching the eastern farmland of Oregon.
(It's the farms)
(It's the farms)
How Oregon’s Data Center Boom Is Supercharging a Water Crisis
Amazon has come to the state’s eastern farmland, worsening a water pollution problem that’s been linked to cancer and miscarriages.
Rolling Stone reports in collaboration with @thefern.org: www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
Amazon has come to the state’s eastern farmland, worsening a water pollution problem that’s been linked to cancer and miscarriages.
Rolling Stone reports in collaboration with @thefern.org: www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
November 25, 2025 at 2:16 AM
I can tell you what's polluting and parching the eastern farmland of Oregon.
(It's the farms)
(It's the farms)
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I watched all six hours of the RTA board meeting where the service boards talked about how closely they coordinate with each other and now I get to wait 55 minutes for a bus after I get off the last inbound train of the night. Mission accomplished, things are great!
NITA needs to clean house.
NITA needs to clean house.
November 21, 2025 at 4:16 AM
I watched all six hours of the RTA board meeting where the service boards talked about how closely they coordinate with each other and now I get to wait 55 minutes for a bus after I get off the last inbound train of the night. Mission accomplished, things are great!
NITA needs to clean house.
NITA needs to clean house.
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Bellingcat’s contact email has always been a magnet for people with fairly unusual views; paranoid delusions, sprawling conspiracies, the works. But recently, the pattern has shifted, we’re seeing more and more emails clearly written with ChatGPT.
November 19, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Bellingcat’s contact email has always been a magnet for people with fairly unusual views; paranoid delusions, sprawling conspiracies, the works. But recently, the pattern has shifted, we’re seeing more and more emails clearly written with ChatGPT.
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the nuzzi story is fun and all but at the center of it is the elevation of a man who has dedicated his life to making children catch preventable diseases to a position where he can enact harm at enormous scale
CDC has overhauled its website to assert that “the claim ‘vaccines do not cause autism’ is not an evidence-based claim”
November 20, 2025 at 3:19 AM
the nuzzi story is fun and all but at the center of it is the elevation of a man who has dedicated his life to making children catch preventable diseases to a position where he can enact harm at enormous scale
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(I will say the bamboo business kind of suggests something they have in common as far as “oh my god put that metaphor down.”)
November 18, 2025 at 1:25 AM
(I will say the bamboo business kind of suggests something they have in common as far as “oh my god put that metaphor down.”)
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Enough brainpower at this meeting to light up a poorly functioning LED
Uh. I don't think that Nuzzi piece is "ironic" guys
November 15, 2025 at 9:34 AM
Enough brainpower at this meeting to light up a poorly functioning LED
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“With great power comes great responsibility” is the core moral of what is fundamentally a famous picture book for children. It is quite naturally far too complex a text for our media betters to comprehend.
“But we are just smol reporters” doesn’t fly at the nation’s largest and most powerful publication.
November 13, 2025 at 6:35 PM
“With great power comes great responsibility” is the core moral of what is fundamentally a famous picture book for children. It is quite naturally far too complex a text for our media betters to comprehend.
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Why the fuck is this framed as “teenager chose to prostitute herself and ruined the career of innocent congressman”
A teenager in Florida with a homeless parent wanted money for braces and ended up having sex for money with powerful men, setting off a chain of events that would have a dramatic impact on her life and help upend the political career of Representative Matt Gaetz. nyti.ms/49PSkL9
November 14, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Why the fuck is this framed as “teenager chose to prostitute herself and ruined the career of innocent congressman”
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Also isn't this in US scientists collaborating with overseas scientists a US influence operation?
I've been on the road so I'm behind the times—but if you wanted to destroy US science, I can think of no more expedient action.
Blatant unconstitutionality aside, fuck this backwards forwards and sideways.
www.science.org/content/article/u-s-congress-considers-sweeping-ban-chinese-collaborations
Blatant unconstitutionality aside, fuck this backwards forwards and sideways.
www.science.org/content/article/u-s-congress-considers-sweeping-ban-chinese-collaborations
November 14, 2025 at 4:19 AM
Also isn't this in US scientists collaborating with overseas scientists a US influence operation?
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Yet more evidence that any given specific NIMBY objection to a project is, more often than not, a shell game for generalized opposition to change—it's merely the most compelling sounding argument—and addressing such individual concerns will usually not meaningfully reduce opposition.
November 11, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Yet more evidence that any given specific NIMBY objection to a project is, more often than not, a shell game for generalized opposition to change—it's merely the most compelling sounding argument—and addressing such individual concerns will usually not meaningfully reduce opposition.
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CPL is an absolute palace to the people and these proposed cuts are abominable. Artificial austerity. Chicago folks, read this, check the links to bug the mayor and your alders—this can be fought and won.
The People Want to Read: on the massive budget cuts proposed for Chicago Public Library. What's at stake and what you can do, whether or not you live in Chicago.
buttondown.com/wellsourced/...
buttondown.com/wellsourced/...
The People Want To Read: On Massive Budget Cuts Proposed in Chicago
If passed, Chicago Public Library will lose half their budget for acquiring new books and materials.
buttondown.com
November 8, 2025 at 10:17 PM
CPL is an absolute palace to the people and these proposed cuts are abominable. Artificial austerity. Chicago folks, read this, check the links to bug the mayor and your alders—this can be fought and won.
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Between keeping the Loop towers vacant for overnight track work and adding late night frequency to the busiest part of the Red Line (Roosevelt-Fullerton or Belmont) running late night Orange up to Kimball should be a no-brainer
November 7, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Between keeping the Loop towers vacant for overnight track work and adding late night frequency to the busiest part of the Red Line (Roosevelt-Fullerton or Belmont) running late night Orange up to Kimball should be a no-brainer
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this is the craziest thing I've read in a long time???? Meta projected that 10% of its revenue last year, $16 billion, came from scams. Meta intentionally charges the scammers MORE and knows that people who click on scams are more likely to see more of them www.reuters.com/investigatio...
November 7, 2025 at 5:13 AM
this is the craziest thing I've read in a long time???? Meta projected that 10% of its revenue last year, $16 billion, came from scams. Meta intentionally charges the scammers MORE and knows that people who click on scams are more likely to see more of them www.reuters.com/investigatio...
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ah, america
November 5, 2025 at 1:09 AM
ah, america
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My frents, we have #RevenuesAndReform
October 31, 2025 at 9:20 AM
My frents, we have #RevenuesAndReform