Ian
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Wishing I could solely wander with my camera
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It almost looks like he killed the Stanford tree and skinned it and is wearing it as a pelt
December 21, 2025 at 3:30 AM
It almost looks like he killed the Stanford tree and skinned it and is wearing it as a pelt
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If you are a football fan and not losing your shit right now, no you arent
December 21, 2025 at 4:27 AM
If you are a football fan and not losing your shit right now, no you arent
I talked with a guy complaining about the Tappen Zee becoming the Cuomo bridge when they built the new one.
I compared it to how no one calls DCA anything but national.
I have never seen someone get quieter as fast as that man did.
I compared it to how no one calls DCA anything but national.
I have never seen someone get quieter as fast as that man did.
DC residents have been refusing to call that airport anything but National for almost thirty years, we certainly can refuse to call that arts center anything but the Kennedy Center for three
December 21, 2025 at 4:19 AM
I talked with a guy complaining about the Tappen Zee becoming the Cuomo bridge when they built the new one.
I compared it to how no one calls DCA anything but national.
I have never seen someone get quieter as fast as that man did.
I compared it to how no one calls DCA anything but national.
I have never seen someone get quieter as fast as that man did.
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DC residents have been refusing to call that airport anything but National for almost thirty years, we certainly can refuse to call that arts center anything but the Kennedy Center for three
December 20, 2025 at 11:17 PM
DC residents have been refusing to call that airport anything but National for almost thirty years, we certainly can refuse to call that arts center anything but the Kennedy Center for three
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What's so hilariously stupid about Jain's statement is, if someone takes controversial stands and still manages to win (this isn't moneyball, WAR doesn't matter), that makes them a good politician. They're maximizing the utility of their office, not their electoral success.
when we said “defer electoral strategy to the actual politicians running for actual offices” we meant “after calculating wins above replacement somehow”
December 20, 2025 at 11:00 PM
What's so hilariously stupid about Jain's statement is, if someone takes controversial stands and still manages to win (this isn't moneyball, WAR doesn't matter), that makes them a good politician. They're maximizing the utility of their office, not their electoral success.
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2/ It wld be more viable in practical terms if once a prize court rules in the favor of the privateer the privateer could sell the cocaine into the Miami or Gulf Coast market. So Lee's bill shld package the Letters with a pardon for the drug trafficking similar to the deal the Honduran prez got.
December 21, 2025 at 12:00 AM
2/ It wld be more viable in practical terms if once a prize court rules in the favor of the privateer the privateer could sell the cocaine into the Miami or Gulf Coast market. So Lee's bill shld package the Letters with a pardon for the drug trafficking similar to the deal the Honduran prez got.
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Gets to key point. Letters of marque are most often issued by powers without a robust navy. It's the ultimate privatization. You take your seized vessel to a prize court at a port of the issuing power. Are you going to sell the cocaine? The boats themselves hardly look like valuable assets.
Flagrant violations of international law aside, what a hilarious admission of weakness from a senator who oversees a bloated military better funded than the next three superpowers combined.
December 20, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Gets to key point. Letters of marque are most often issued by powers without a robust navy. It's the ultimate privatization. You take your seized vessel to a prize court at a port of the issuing power. Are you going to sell the cocaine? The boats themselves hardly look like valuable assets.
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This is why I'm really starting to hate the data bros.
Matty Y: "Dems should focus less on climate change/renewable energy, it's a losing issue."
Sean Casten (an actual Congressman): "I won a purple district multiple times by focusing on those issues"
Lakshya: "YEAH BUT YOU DIDN'T OVERPERFORM"
Matty Y: "Dems should focus less on climate change/renewable energy, it's a losing issue."
Sean Casten (an actual Congressman): "I won a purple district multiple times by focusing on those issues"
Lakshya: "YEAH BUT YOU DIDN'T OVERPERFORM"
December 20, 2025 at 9:14 PM
This is why I'm really starting to hate the data bros.
Matty Y: "Dems should focus less on climate change/renewable energy, it's a losing issue."
Sean Casten (an actual Congressman): "I won a purple district multiple times by focusing on those issues"
Lakshya: "YEAH BUT YOU DIDN'T OVERPERFORM"
Matty Y: "Dems should focus less on climate change/renewable energy, it's a losing issue."
Sean Casten (an actual Congressman): "I won a purple district multiple times by focusing on those issues"
Lakshya: "YEAH BUT YOU DIDN'T OVERPERFORM"
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It’s true if you don’t know how to use Gemini to turn your bar graphs into filthy but derivative anime porn, I won’t even read your paper.
I would struggle to trust an academic who doesn‘t know how to
use AI tools.
Which is not the same as not being critical.
use AI tools.
Which is not the same as not being critical.
December 20, 2025 at 10:02 PM
It’s true if you don’t know how to use Gemini to turn your bar graphs into filthy but derivative anime porn, I won’t even read your paper.
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I honestly still can’t believe they did this
it’s just photos on a desk! it’s not even in the same league as his fucking birthday note! removing it after the fact is the biggest possible “we are covering shit up” signal they could possibly send, couldn’t look guiltier if they tried
it’s just photos on a desk! it’s not even in the same league as his fucking birthday note! removing it after the fact is the biggest possible “we are covering shit up” signal they could possibly send, couldn’t look guiltier if they tried
This photo, file 468, from the Epstein files that includes Donald Trump has apparently now been removed from the DOJ release.
AG Bondi, is this true? What else is being covered up? We need transparency for the American public.
AG Bondi, is this true? What else is being covered up? We need transparency for the American public.
December 20, 2025 at 8:49 PM
I honestly still can’t believe they did this
it’s just photos on a desk! it’s not even in the same league as his fucking birthday note! removing it after the fact is the biggest possible “we are covering shit up” signal they could possibly send, couldn’t look guiltier if they tried
it’s just photos on a desk! it’s not even in the same league as his fucking birthday note! removing it after the fact is the biggest possible “we are covering shit up” signal they could possibly send, couldn’t look guiltier if they tried
Bunch of really dumb people would end up finding out what happens to privateers when they don't end up on the successful side of a naval encounter
😳 On 12/18/25, Senator Mike Lee posted:
“Would you like to seize cartel assets as a privateer?
My bill would allow the president to issue you a letter of marque.
Time to take these pirates down. 🏴☠️” 1/ x.com/senmikelee/s...
“Would you like to seize cartel assets as a privateer?
My bill would allow the president to issue you a letter of marque.
Time to take these pirates down. 🏴☠️” 1/ x.com/senmikelee/s...
December 20, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Bunch of really dumb people would end up finding out what happens to privateers when they don't end up on the successful side of a naval encounter
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This Yglesias piece in the NYT is horrifically bad. Almost every "fact" it cites is provably false. At best it is cocktail party banter from a pundit who knows nothing of energy. At worst, it was cut/paste from oil industry talking points. So, a rebuttal: www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/o...
Opinion | Obama Supported It. The Left in Canada and Norway Does. Why Don’t Democrats?
www.nytimes.com
December 20, 2025 at 2:57 PM
This Yglesias piece in the NYT is horrifically bad. Almost every "fact" it cites is provably false. At best it is cocktail party banter from a pundit who knows nothing of energy. At worst, it was cut/paste from oil industry talking points. So, a rebuttal: www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/o...
Sigh. @kevinmkruse.bsky.social , please note that nothing you reposted is meaningful. Those could be classified documents - it's just a sloppy, shit job of redaction.
Former NSA employee (16 years) with a pro tip for you. Released controlled document on the left, Epstein on the right. See the difference?
In real redactions, some words, headers, and bits will almost always still be visible, but especially classification headers. These documents are UNCLASSIFIED
In real redactions, some words, headers, and bits will almost always still be visible, but especially classification headers. These documents are UNCLASSIFIED
December 20, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Sigh. @kevinmkruse.bsky.social , please note that nothing you reposted is meaningful. Those could be classified documents - it's just a sloppy, shit job of redaction.
This is experience masquerading as knowledge. Those could be classified pages of testimony, we don't know.
All that is different here is that DoJ did redactions without much specificity. Sloppiness and uncaring work is the more likely explanation.
All that is different here is that DoJ did redactions without much specificity. Sloppiness and uncaring work is the more likely explanation.
Former NSA employee (16 years) with a pro tip for you. Released controlled document on the left, Epstein on the right. See the difference?
In real redactions, some words, headers, and bits will almost always still be visible, but especially classification headers. These documents are UNCLASSIFIED
In real redactions, some words, headers, and bits will almost always still be visible, but especially classification headers. These documents are UNCLASSIFIED
December 20, 2025 at 5:26 PM
This is experience masquerading as knowledge. Those could be classified pages of testimony, we don't know.
All that is different here is that DoJ did redactions without much specificity. Sloppiness and uncaring work is the more likely explanation.
All that is different here is that DoJ did redactions without much specificity. Sloppiness and uncaring work is the more likely explanation.
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The one who came on the Mayflower was the first one to die, almost immediately after they landed.
The one who founded Hartford was, along with his wife, chief provocateurs (and jury members) of the CT witch trials, leading to the execution of 11 women and a copycat panic in Salem 30 years later
The one who founded Hartford was, along with his wife, chief provocateurs (and jury members) of the CT witch trials, leading to the execution of 11 women and a copycat panic in Salem 30 years later
If immigrating from England makes you a "heritage American" then I guess I'm one too.
December 20, 2025 at 4:39 PM
The one who came on the Mayflower was the first one to die, almost immediately after they landed.
The one who founded Hartford was, along with his wife, chief provocateurs (and jury members) of the CT witch trials, leading to the execution of 11 women and a copycat panic in Salem 30 years later
The one who founded Hartford was, along with his wife, chief provocateurs (and jury members) of the CT witch trials, leading to the execution of 11 women and a copycat panic in Salem 30 years later
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I am genuinely fascinated how the Trump administration's handling of Epstein punctured his image among bro voters and UFC type dudes. Folks like Theo Von and Rogan began to turn on him almost immediately after that. (Von also criticized Trump on Gaza and Rogan on immigration).
STRICKLAND: Participate in the UFC White House event?
"Just to go hang out with the fucking Epstein list? I'm good, dude."
"Just to go hang out with the fucking Epstein list? I'm good, dude."
December 20, 2025 at 1:21 AM
I am genuinely fascinated how the Trump administration's handling of Epstein punctured his image among bro voters and UFC type dudes. Folks like Theo Von and Rogan began to turn on him almost immediately after that. (Von also criticized Trump on Gaza and Rogan on immigration).
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“Back in June, medical researchers discovered a similar racial bias in large language model (LLM) psychiatric diagnostic tools. In that case, results showed AI tools often proposed “inferior treatment” plans for Black patients whenever their race was explicitly known.”
Racial bias in AI-mediated psychiatric diagnosis and treatment: a qualitative comparison of four large language models - npj Digital Medicine
npj Digital Medicine - Racial bias in AI-mediated psychiatric diagnosis and treatment: a qualitative comparison of four large language models
www.nature.com
December 20, 2025 at 3:47 PM
“Back in June, medical researchers discovered a similar racial bias in large language model (LLM) psychiatric diagnostic tools. In that case, results showed AI tools often proposed “inferior treatment” plans for Black patients whenever their race was explicitly known.”
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When “AI-enhanced pathology diagnostic systems” were presented with radiology results, they tended to identify demographic information from the images then use those demographics as the basis of diagnosis. Leading to errors in 1/3 of diagnoses for Black patients.
Doctors Catch Cancer-Diagnosing AI Extracting Patients’ Race Data and Being Racist With It
"Reading demographics from a pathology slide is thought of as a 'mission impossible' for a human pathologist, so the bias in pathology AI was a surprise to us."
www.yahoo.com
December 20, 2025 at 3:46 PM
When “AI-enhanced pathology diagnostic systems” were presented with radiology results, they tended to identify demographic information from the images then use those demographics as the basis of diagnosis. Leading to errors in 1/3 of diagnoses for Black patients.
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When people comment on how much younger 30-year-olds look these days than they did in old photos, yeah man here's why
this is a good reminder of how things that are shitty but have been accepted as normal and inevitable can actually turn out to be abnormal and evitable with some science, time, education and political will
December 20, 2025 at 4:50 PM
When people comment on how much younger 30-year-olds look these days than they did in old photos, yeah man here's why
You guys, I think I found where the Grand Duchess Anastasia ended up!
I've never lived so close to a What Are We Even Doing Here real estate listing, and I am here, gifting you this experience, make sure to open the pictures
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December 20, 2025 at 5:03 PM
You guys, I think I found where the Grand Duchess Anastasia ended up!
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This isn’t actually true. It’s clearly not the same photo. There’s also no such implication; the imagery in the dump is heavily redacted to the point where the faces on nude paintings get black boxes.
The Epstein material is confusing enough without this breathy true crime investigator nonsense.
The Epstein material is confusing enough without this breathy true crime investigator nonsense.
The White House has been caught.
The administration inserted a photo of Bill Clinton, Michael Jackson, and Diana Ross into the Epstein files and falsely implied it showed them with victims.
In reality, it’s a publicly available fundraiser photo featuring Jackson and Ross’s own children.
The administration inserted a photo of Bill Clinton, Michael Jackson, and Diana Ross into the Epstein files and falsely implied it showed them with victims.
In reality, it’s a publicly available fundraiser photo featuring Jackson and Ross’s own children.
December 20, 2025 at 2:11 PM
This isn’t actually true. It’s clearly not the same photo. There’s also no such implication; the imagery in the dump is heavily redacted to the point where the faces on nude paintings get black boxes.
The Epstein material is confusing enough without this breathy true crime investigator nonsense.
The Epstein material is confusing enough without this breathy true crime investigator nonsense.
Imagine tweeting (and re-tweeting) this uncritically like Elon is making some profound statement. Yglesias could maybe wrestle with how far back Elon personally set US solar growth?
www.utilitydive.com/news/doe-can...
www.utilitydive.com/news/doe-can...
December 20, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Imagine tweeting (and re-tweeting) this uncritically like Elon is making some profound statement. Yglesias could maybe wrestle with how far back Elon personally set US solar growth?
www.utilitydive.com/news/doe-can...
www.utilitydive.com/news/doe-can...
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Jews will more readily become members of interfaith families - like mine - and of course that comes with a fair bit of syncretism (that's socially stigmatized to discuss in exactly this way and for this reason).
But Christian friends, with all respect, Jews DO NOT buy your sales pitch that often.
But Christian friends, with all respect, Jews DO NOT buy your sales pitch that often.
December 19, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Jews will more readily become members of interfaith families - like mine - and of course that comes with a fair bit of syncretism (that's socially stigmatized to discuss in exactly this way and for this reason).
But Christian friends, with all respect, Jews DO NOT buy your sales pitch that often.
But Christian friends, with all respect, Jews DO NOT buy your sales pitch that often.
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FWIW, I am not trans. I am clueless about a lot of stuff. But I always appreciated when people read these stories despite that and folks who were willing to message me on how to improve my coverage.
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
Democratic senators balk on vote against Marjorie Taylor Greene’s anti-trans bill
The bill would need seven Democratic senators to join Republicans
www.independent.co.uk
December 20, 2025 at 7:38 AM
FWIW, I am not trans. I am clueless about a lot of stuff. But I always appreciated when people read these stories despite that and folks who were willing to message me on how to improve my coverage.
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...