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John J @trianglman.johnnytproductions.com · 18h

So much of list list is terrible, but 'Sign in with OpenAI'?

Cna you imagine?! "Pretend I'm Sam Altman. Sign into my email."

Comfortably Numb @numb.comfortab.ly · Jan 15

vox populi

Altman: thanks a lot for these! some common requests:

AGI (a little patience please)
GPT-5
better voice mode
higher rate limits
better GPTs
better reasoning
control over degree of wokeness/behavior
video
personalization
better browsing
'sign in with openai
open source

Quoting:
what would you like openai to build/fix in 2024?

John J @trianglman.johnnytproductions.com · 1d

The correct response to anyone ever talking like this is "God never said anything about a single one of those topics, but he has said an awful lot about feeding the poor, caring for your neighbor, protecting the environment."

Not giving them a platform.

Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 1d

Ross Douthat treats this guy like they're having some deep conversation about the relationship of Christianity and the government, but the dude is a garden-variety dull, shallow, hateful, worthless bigot with nothing interesting to say, just endless riffs on "God hates everything/everyone I do."

Douthat: So that’s the first purpose of your political project, for America to stop making God angry.

Wilson: Yes. And most people think that when they are confronted with that project, they think that we want to get our tentacles into everything and start controlling everything. I actually think we need limited government. The government should be significantly smaller than it is, and we need to curtail a lot of the busybodyness that we have. That’s why I would call myself a theocratic libertarian. There is a true libertarian element in this, and yet, the transcendent grounding for what we’re talking about means that we acknowledge the authority of God.

We have racked up quite a body count of awful crimes, and I believe the only way out is for us to repent and turn to Christ. This would be things like no more Pride parades, no more drag queen story hours, no more abortion on demand, no more legalized same-sex unions — all of that, done. That’s the repentance part.

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Don Looney @thetelecomdon.bsky.social · 1d

I took action with People Not Politicians - Missouri. Will you join me? Use this link to sign up: www.mobilize.us/pnpmo/event/...

Sign up to receive more information about upcoming events to collect signatures with the People Not Politicians campaign.

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Trump, 79, has "cardiac age" of 65-year-old, doctor says

John J @trianglman.johnnytproductions.com · 1d

65 is when they stop counting.

Reuters @reuters.com · 1d

Trump, 79, has "cardiac age" of 65-year-old, doctor says reut.rs/4mZNZbu

Donald Trump was found to be in "exceptional health" in a medical evaluation, the U.S. president's doctor said in a memo released by the White House on Friday, with his "cardiac age" 14 years younger than in "chronological age."

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Rep. James Walkinshaw @repwalkinshaw.bsky.social · 1d

RIFs during a shutdown are 100% illegal.

@oversightdemocrats.house.gov Ranking Member Rep. Robert Garcia and I called on @USGAO to investigate Russ Vought’s illegal directive ordering agencies to fire federal workers in violation of the Antideficiency Act.

This scheme needs to be investigated.

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

Amazing what happens when you give the guy a plane

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 1d

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Jake_Vig @jakevig.bsky.social · 1d

Once again, we should've never backed off the weirdness train. And a good way to keep winning is to make all of these fascists feel weird by confronting them with weirdness that shows how weird they are. Portland gets this. Everyone else needs to catch up.

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John J @trianglman.johnnytproductions.com · 1d

Tron was great. It answered the question of what the people in my Sim Cities and Civilization towns were thinking when I did stupid things

MIT rejects Trump's compact, saying it 'would restrict freedom of expression'

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Assigned Media @assignedmedia.org · 1d

MIT becomes first of 9 top schools to reject Trump admin " “Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education” bribe promising increased funding & less trouble if it agrees to agrees to ban DEI and make trans students use wrong bathrooms, sports teams, and locker rooms. @rikiwilchins.bsky.social

MIT has rejected President Donald Trump's “Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education,” saying it "includes principles with which we disagree, including those that would restrict freedom of e...

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John J @trianglman.johnnytproductions.com · 1d

Once again I am made to wish Democrats were half as awesome as Republicans make them out to be

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Thune: "If the Democrats had won the majority, they probably would've tried to nuke the filibuster. And then you'd have four new senators from Puerto Rico and DC, you'd have a packed Supreme Court, you'd have abortion on demand ... "

John J @trianglman.johnnytproductions.com · 1d

They stand no chance against Ms. Piggy

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Laura Burkhardt @lauraannstl.bsky.social · 1d

The Trump administration put out a propaganda video in an attempt to show Chicago in chaos.

A couple of problems:
They used footage from Florida. There are no palm trees in Chicago.

The sign in the video is from the “Weed & Seed” program. You can clearly see the DC Police logo on the sign.

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Lizzie O'Leary @lizzieohreally.bsky.social · 1d

Hi. For a lil reporting project, if you are in the sandwich generation, what are the questions you need answered, resources you can’t find, info that would be helpful, rants you want to share? Drop them here or email [email protected] or @lizzieohreally.31 on signal.

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John J @trianglman.johnnytproductions.com · 1d

I've been getting told this by Republicans for decades now and haven't seen a penny. Not even as an organizer.

Is there like a Matthew Lesko or something I can get a hold of to get me the money I'm owed?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Sen. Roger Marshall: "October 18 is when the protest gets here. This will be a Soros paid-for protest for his professional protesters. The agitators show up. We'll have to get the National Guard out. Hopefully it will be peaceful. I doubt it."

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Tech Oversight Project @techoversight.bsky.social · 1d

As Sacha told Democracy News:

“Believe what they do, not what they say. They’re not going to run ads saying AI chatbots are good for kids. They’re going to run negative ads attacking opponents about something else — whatever lies they come up with.”

John J @trianglman.johnnytproductions.com · 1d

wait what?!

Why are we allowing a foreign military base to be built in Idaho?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Hegseth: "I'm also proud that today we're signing a letter of acceptance to build a Qatari Emeri air force facility at the Mountain Home Airbase in Idaho."

John J @trianglman.johnnytproductions.com · 1d

it's giving Caligula

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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 2d

Thiessen having a good chuckle about his fired liberal colleagues - some of whom he worked with for 15 years - is a good reminder that token conservatives at mainstream news outlets are/were there to destroy them, not to contribute to them.

Philip Bump @pbump.com · 2d

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John J @trianglman.johnnytproductions.com · 2d

when the Republican president has lost Oklahoma...

John J @trianglman.johnnytproductions.com · 2d

TRON 1 did have a big cult following, especially in special effects and tech circles, which have a lot stronger Hollywood influence these days.