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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 4h

AI has lost the dunce vote. It’s over

Nate Silver
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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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Micah @rincewind.run · 7h

the official policy of this administration is "be born neurotypical and healthy, never have anything bad happen to you, you're completely on your own"

Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 9h

⚠️ USAToday reporter confirms the office in charge of special education funding has been “decimated”:

Zach Schermele
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NEW: The Education Dept. layoffs continued overnight, w/ the main office in charge of special ed funding being
"decimated," as one person described.
"They cut just about everyone that works with IDEA funding," said another.
"I'm not sure how these programs exist moving forward."
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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 11h

Somehow this person also has the voice of an anthropomorphic frog which makes it so much better, like this is what the frog should sound like

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d

“I’m worried about my community… I’m out here in a frog costume to show how ridiculous the notion that we’re violent terrorists is, and showcase how that narrative is wrong…”

Serious Q: is it too late to give this dude the Nobel Peace Prize? 🐸 🏆

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Emoji Caresser @lizrummy.bsky.social · 10h

fuck you think

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Emoji Caresser @lizrummy.bsky.social · 12h

oooo I hope it's candy

ABC News - What researchers found leaking out of cracks in the Antarctic seabed

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Emoji Caresser @lizrummy.bsky.social · 12h

gotta admit thinking after all this the funniest outcome Sunday would be for the Jays to get absolutely obliterated, that would be very funny, I would be laughing, in fact

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𝚃𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚜 𝙶𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚌𝚘𝚎 🚇 @taras-grescoe.com · 1d

“We assume that car use is an incompressible liquid that must be routed somewhere. But it’s more more like a gas that fills whatever space it is given.”

—Ian Lockwood, Harvard Loeb Fellow, transport planner.

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Emoji Caresser @lizrummy.bsky.social · 12h

Hey yanks don't hog the spotlight for racist tubs of goo who want to destroy their own health care system, we got ours too

The Star - ‘Discriminatory and devastating’: New Ontario rule for medical residency that would exclude most immigrant physicians sparks outrage

The province’s health ministry now requires international medical graduates to have attended an Ontario high school for at least two years. This excludes the majority of immigrant physicians from the first round of matching for residency spots.

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Emoji Caresser @lizrummy.bsky.social · 22h

lol that was bizarre

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Emoji Caresser @lizrummy.bsky.social · 22h

Congrats Seattle, goddamn bedtime

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Emoji Caresser @lizrummy.bsky.social · 23h

Now _that's_ when you throw to home

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Erin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · 1d

Oh my god???

“producers asked if he’d like to do a “thumbs-up, thumbs-down” segment. Prompts included “Thumbs-up or thumbs-down: Hamas” and “Thumbs-up or thumbs-down: a Palestinian state,””

“I just couldn’t believe what was happening, That a genocide could be distilled into a late-night game.”

The Late Show Pitched Zohran Mamdani a ‘Game’ About Palestine

He and his team passed on playing “Thumbs-up or thumbs-down: a Palestinian state.”

www.vulture.com

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Emoji Caresser @lizrummy.bsky.social · 1d

Is there literally no one in your life who can talk you out of doing this

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Emoji Caresser @lizrummy.bsky.social · 1d

Ah, King of the Normals has arrived

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cait (and adonis) @cait.bsky.social · 1d

when nobody ordered you anything from the ramen place

orange cat staring balefully at the camera

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Emoji Caresser @lizrummy.bsky.social · 1d

"Looks like someone had fun at least"

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hannah gais @hannahgais.bsky.social · 1d

Those are three people in inflatable frog suits.

@MrAndyNgo
Now that the local and national press have started to cover the Portland ICE area round-the-clock in reaction to the President, Antifa have devised a plan where they are encouraging one another to come in animal costumes.

The costumes serve the function of masking the violent extremism to make the direct action appear like a family-friendly gathering on camera, and to whitewash the past ultraviolence.

In 2019, Antifa devised a similar plot by giving out free "milkshakes" at a protest. But they couldn't contain their bloodthirst and nearly killed me when they saw me. In 2020, they mobilized a fake "Wall of Moms" where female Antifa supporters and members wore yellow shirts to act as human body shields while violent rioters behind them hurled projectile weapons.

photo of three people in inflatable frog costumes

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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 1d

Huh: TikTok took down my 8-second video featuring this image of Debbie Brockman — the news producer just detained by Trump’s CBP agents — saying it violates the “joy of TikTok”

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barbarism critic @scarletred.bsky.social · 1d

I’m increasingly worried that when I do finally try to flee this place I won’t be allowed to

Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 2d

you'd think a prominent news outlet like the New York Times might mention that "antifa" isn't an actual organization in a long story about antifa, but nope!

and the subhead helps props up a false claim this professor was up to something seedy as something up for debate

NYT headline: "Rutgers Expert on Antifa Tries to Flee to Spain After Death Threats"

subheadline: "Mark Bray was teaching courses on antifascism. Turning Point USA accused him of belonging to antifa, which he denies. His flight to Spain was canceled abruptly on Wednesday night."

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Emoji Caresser @lizrummy.bsky.social · 2d

goddamn I feel for the guy

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