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Disgruntled
@cdrhbiscuitiii.bsky.social
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PhD in superbugs, and MD. Policy failings aren't due to a lack of evidence, but a flagrant disregard for anything thay doesn't further ideological aims. Clean Space Halo wearer, infection dodger. #GoWhales
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Disgruntled @cdrhbiscuitiii.bsky.social · Apr 23
Posting old pinned thread from the bad place from April 2021. Feels appropriate as a record of everything we warned would play out.
The thread was edited only for continuity, as an error meant some of the posts were not properly ordered:
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Justin Hendrix @justinhendrix.bsky.social · 1h
"Sceptics are privately - and some now publicly - asking whether the rapid rise in the value of AI tech companies may be, at least in part, the result of what they call 'financial engineering'. In other words - there are fears these companies are overvalued."
A tangled web of deals stokes AI bubble fears in Silicon Valley
Some are worried that the rapid rise in the value of AI tech companies may be a bubble waiting to burst.
www.bbc.com
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Justin Hendrix @justinhendrix.bsky.social · 1h
"Global policymakers and finance ministers will gather in Washington for the International Monetary Fund/World Bank fall meetings after a chorus of warnings that a stock bubble focused on artificial intelligence companies might burst before long."
Stock Bubble Dread Grips Central Bankers in Washington
Global policymakers and finance ministers will gather in Washington for the International Monetary Fund/World Bank fall meetings after a chorus of warnings that a stock bubble focused on artificial in...
finance.yahoo.com
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T. Ryan Gregory 🇨🇦 @tryangregory.bsky.social · 1h
🤷

youtu.be/gYqrY2xckXc?...
Majority of Canadians believe PM Carney’s comradery with Trump is just optics, Angus Reid poll finds
YouTube video by CTV News
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Karl (sad trombone noise enthusiast) @brainnotonyet.bsky.social · 1h
“Free speech curfew” is one of the most authoritarian and dystopian terms I think I have ever heard.
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Sam Halpert @samhalpert.bsky.social · 4h
Dems floated a narrow bill to fund the military, which can’t move because the House isn’t in session. Meanwhile, DoD is now going to spend funds not appropriated by Congress to ensure military paychecks continue.

POTUS now both commands and provisions the military. Unconstitutional and SO dangerous
The Office of Management and Budget sent a notification to Congress about their intent to use research and development funds to pay members of the military, two sources with direct knowledge tell NBC News. A spokesperson for the OMB confirmed to NBC News that it plans to use the research and development funds and that there are two years' worth of funds available within the Department of Defense.
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Peter Murphy @peterwmurphy1.bsky.social · 1h
Dear PM @albomp.bsky.social
You're supposed to be the PM of an independent sovereign nation. Australians don't want a PM who will obsequiously fawn over Donald Trump. You speak as if Australia is a vassal state of the corrupt US Empire. Shame on you. #auspol #USPolitics #EndAUKUS
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Rex Patrick @mrrexpatrick.bsky.social · 1h
Oh no, here we go again. Are we heading for another (rushed) agreement to solidify our role as the world’s quarry?

We should export processed minerals, not raw! #ValueAddHere. 1/2 #auspol
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Dr David Joffe MB BS(Hons), PhD, FRACP @davidjoffe64.bsky.social · 4h
🧠 Daily Feed of Brain Damage 🧠

👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻

www.nature.com/articles/s44...
COVID-19 infection associated with increased risk of new-onset vascular dementia in adults ≥50 years - npj Dementia
npj Dementia - COVID-19 infection associated with increased risk of new-onset vascular dementia in adults ≥50 years
www.nature.com
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frankohh.bsky.social @frankohh.bsky.social · 1h
I will tell the children in my life that their caretakers failed to protect them if they ever want to know. I will tell them what we always knew but people failed to acknowledge reality. I feel so sad for them.
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Denis - The COVID Info Guy @thecovidinfoguy.bsky.social · 2h
"Abnormal Brain Scans In Children With COVID-19 Revealed In Data From 96 Studies"

"The research underscores how much more we have to learn about what the virus can do to the brain."

Published: February 28, 2024

Source: archive.md/yWzIs
PUBLISHED February 28, 2024 Abnormal Brain Scans In Children With COVID-19 Revealed In Data From 96 Studies The research underscores how much more we have to learn about what the virus can do to the brain. Laura Simmons headshot Laura Simmons Health & Medicine Editor
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James Andrew Smith @drsmith.bsky.social · 1h
The comments are gold.

www.makeuseof.com/killing-the-...
Article on "killing the headphone jack" and how the author claims it "made phones better".
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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 1h
Time to hang up the gloves, @nytpitchbot.bsky.social
Michael Hirschorn in the New York Times: Voting for Mamdani Taught Me Why Trump Won
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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 2h
AI has lost the dunce vote. It’s over
Nate Silver @NateSilver538 • 5h •.° I'm just one person, and my programming needs are somewhat unusual (building various kinds of statistical forecasting models). But I'm just not seeing the consistent productivity gains from LLMs that I would have expected if you'd asked me 6 months ago.
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NightMar on Hicks Street, Part 4: The Rabbit’s Revenge @histoftech.bsky.social · 17h
JB wants you to believe he’ll stop trmp when he won’t even stop the Illinois state police from attacking residents
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Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 11h
They're talking about killing leftist activists. They're talking about murdering people organizing in defense of immigrant communities, doing mutual aid work, and protesting their violence. They are talking about murdering people like me and my friends. We must do more than acknowledge it's fascism.
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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 3d
My gosh. After the US bombed multiple boats in the middle of the ocean, murdering people on grounds that they were allegedly "carrying drugs," the US Attorney General says "Just like we did with cartels, we're going to take the same approach, President Trump, with Antifa."
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Just Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 10h
“President Trump then took a call from King Charles, who admitted the Queen should have chosen him to ascend the Throne.”
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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 13h
The administration “is currently pressuring OpenAI and other AI companies to make their models more conservative-friendly.”
OpenAI is trying to clamp down on ‘bias’ in ChatGPT
GPT-5 is better at resisting liberal ‘pressure,’ the company says.
www.theverge.com
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OSINTRadar @osintr.bsky.social · 12h
🇪🇪🇷🇺 Estonia has closed the border crossing with Russia in Saatse.

The reason is the increased activity of Russian troops in the area.
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Techpriest @techpriest.bsky.social · 12h
You just know that somewhere out there some kid just blew up Bashar Al Assad in Helldivers 2 whilst yelling "FOR DEMOCRACY"
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Mira of Kyiv 🇺🇦 @reshetz.bsky.social · 12h
Some kid is doing the standard “ur mom” voice chat trash talk and they got no idea they’re talking to bashar al assad
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Jonathan Howard @joho.bsky.social · 12h
Except most of these occurred under Biden.
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Sandieglo @sandieglo.bsky.social · 1d
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Dorothy Canzano Beach @dorothy4climate.bsky.social · 12h
“The past fortnight for Sam has involved the release of AI video generator Sora 2 – a staggering upgrade on the Sora of barely 10 months ago – and its instant descent into a sludge of stolen copyrighted goods”
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 1d
It’s Sam Altman: the man who stole the rights from copyright. If he’s the future, can we go backwards? | Marina Hyde
It’s Sam Altman: the man who stole the rights from copyright. If he’s the future, can we go backwards? | Marina Hyde
His AI video generator Sora 2 has been reviled for pinching the work of others. One giant leap for Sam: for everyone else, not so much, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde
www.theguardian.com
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moonchildjs.bsky.social @moonchildjs.bsky.social · 1d
Spotify is now running ICE recruitment advertisements.
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The Saturday Paper @thesaturdaypaper.com.au · 17h
Warnings about how to avoid a paper trail that might later be accessed by an FOI request are part of the induction kit for new political staffers. Even the acronym has its own crude nickname in the ministerial wing: “FOI. Fuck Off Idiot.” satpa.pe/zPB9QFA
Inside Albanese’s FOI reforms: ‘He hates transparency’
Labor’s reforms to freedom of information laws are opposed by every public submission made to the Senate, with the government’s record on secrecy worse than Scott Morrison’s.
satpa.pe
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The Pleasure Vice Principle (he/him/his) @hannibaltabu.bsky.social · 18h
I saw the dot coms crash from a front row seat. AI is running out of money way faster.

The evangelism is insecurity from people who made the wrong bet. I’ve seen it before. futurism.com/future-socie...
AI Data Centers Are an Even Bigger Disaster Than Previously Thought
An investment manager realized he made a crucial mistake — and that his grim prediction about AI investments may not have been cynical enough.
futurism.com
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@Libraryadvocate.bsky.social @librayadvocate.bsky.social · 15d
We can't deny that selling a vast proportion our fossil fuels overseas is contributing to climate change. And we're not even taxing these companies enough, if at all, to at least build a fund to mitigate the damage it is causing. And then mooting that tax payers fund a flood levy
As more flooding looms for Australia, insurers pitch a bold plan
The peak body for insurers wants the next federal government to stump up $30 billion to protect homes against an onslaught of climate-fuelled flooding predicted to batter Australian communities in the...
www.abc.net.au
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Brooke Harrington @ebharrington.bsky.social · 14h
What Thiel is saying about tax havens = what Altman is saying about copyright:

"I can't be rich unless you let me steal from you."

This is how Broligarchs differ from oligarchs of yore: the latter tried to hide their thievery; the Broligarchs trumpet their entitlement to steal as a natural right.
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