AMG Himself
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· Jun 19
PSA: When there’s a difference between what you feel and what you’re supposed to feel, and you make an effort to correct that, that is called emotion work. When your job is getting paid to do emotion work – the smiling face at MickyD's, flight attendant, even sex work – that’s emotional labor.
So I've never seen Prime Vision because lol, Thursday Night Football happens at like 3 am here usually.
Anyway, watching what's essentially All 22 is awesome. But the "AI-powered" gimmick sucks. And it's dumb.
Anyway, watching what's essentially All 22 is awesome. But the "AI-powered" gimmick sucks. And it's dumb.
November 28, 2025 at 10:49 PM
So I've never seen Prime Vision because lol, Thursday Night Football happens at like 3 am here usually.
Anyway, watching what's essentially All 22 is awesome. But the "AI-powered" gimmick sucks. And it's dumb.
Anyway, watching what's essentially All 22 is awesome. But the "AI-powered" gimmick sucks. And it's dumb.
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Elon Musk and the Trump administration gleefully shutting down USAID “has already caused the deaths of six hundred thousand people, two-thirds of them children.”
People throw around terms like genocide quite freely online but it’s hard to find other words to describe this level of man-made death.
People throw around terms like genocide quite freely online but it’s hard to find other words to describe this level of man-made death.
USAID shutdown has led to hundreds of thousands of deaths | Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
The Trump administration’s decision to shut down the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) has resulted in hundreds of thousands of deaths from infectious diseases and malnutrition, accord...
hsph.harvard.edu
November 28, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Elon Musk and the Trump administration gleefully shutting down USAID “has already caused the deaths of six hundred thousand people, two-thirds of them children.”
People throw around terms like genocide quite freely online but it’s hard to find other words to describe this level of man-made death.
People throw around terms like genocide quite freely online but it’s hard to find other words to describe this level of man-made death.
And after having already removed TPS for Afghanis, now they're doing what they've wanted to do for a long time: www.reuters.com/world/us/afg...
November 27, 2025 at 12:48 PM
And after having already removed TPS for Afghanis, now they're doing what they've wanted to do for a long time: www.reuters.com/world/us/afg...
PSA: People keep saying "small sample size" when they really mean "small sample." It's genuinely nice that everyone has internalized that the Law of Large Numbers matters for sports analysis. But as a statistics-knower and pedant, all I can think is: lose the "size." 1:3
November 27, 2025 at 12:34 PM
PSA: People keep saying "small sample size" when they really mean "small sample." It's genuinely nice that everyone has internalized that the Law of Large Numbers matters for sports analysis. But as a statistics-knower and pedant, all I can think is: lose the "size." 1:3
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DOORDASH: imagine a $12 sandwich
ME: oh dang that sounds so good
DOORDASH: now imagine that it could be yours for just $37
ME: oh dang that sounds so good
DOORDASH: now imagine that it could be yours for just $37
November 26, 2025 at 5:03 PM
DOORDASH: imagine a $12 sandwich
ME: oh dang that sounds so good
DOORDASH: now imagine that it could be yours for just $37
ME: oh dang that sounds so good
DOORDASH: now imagine that it could be yours for just $37
What happened in Georgia was fucking ridiculous. Willis was removed over an "appearance of impropriety" that in no way affected the case. Meanwhile, Trump and his goon squad will once again avoid accountability for literally trying to steal an election.
This timeline makes me so fucking depressed.
This timeline makes me so fucking depressed.
November 27, 2025 at 2:32 AM
What happened in Georgia was fucking ridiculous. Willis was removed over an "appearance of impropriety" that in no way affected the case. Meanwhile, Trump and his goon squad will once again avoid accountability for literally trying to steal an election.
This timeline makes me so fucking depressed.
This timeline makes me so fucking depressed.
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Det här är trams. Unga kvinnor är mer vänster än någon annan grupp i samhället – tydligt i en SOM-mätning så sent som förra veckan. Och det finns ingen väljargrupp där SD har så lågt stöd som bland unga kvinnor. Det vet de om, och de försöker ändra på det. SvD ställer tydligen tjänstvilligt upp.
November 26, 2025 at 8:05 AM
Det här är trams. Unga kvinnor är mer vänster än någon annan grupp i samhället – tydligt i en SOM-mätning så sent som förra veckan. Och det finns ingen väljargrupp där SD har så lågt stöd som bland unga kvinnor. Det vet de om, och de försöker ändra på det. SvD ställer tydligen tjänstvilligt upp.
Excellent thread about science funding and the NIH.
This new policy from NIH is concerning.
It looks like a way to weaponize administrative burden, one of Russell Vought's favorite moves to break gov't.
Background: Program staff / NIH institute directors can move grants around outside peer review order. 1/
It looks like a way to weaponize administrative burden, one of Russell Vought's favorite moves to break gov't.
Background: Program staff / NIH institute directors can move grants around outside peer review order. 1/
This is concerning.
NIH is changing their policy so that staff have to prepare justification for every application that is funded BUT NO DOCUMENTATION FOR APPLICATIONS THAT ARE SKIPPED (BASED ON PERCENTILES).
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NIH is changing their policy so that staff have to prepare justification for every application that is funded BUT NO DOCUMENTATION FOR APPLICATIONS THAT ARE SKIPPED (BASED ON PERCENTILES).
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November 26, 2025 at 3:20 AM
Excellent thread about science funding and the NIH.
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”När våra demokratiska rättigheter nedmonteras på det här viset krävs det att vi vanliga människor står upp och säger emot. Vi behöver bli många som gör motstånd – då kommer makthavarna inte kunna utvisa oss alla eller kasta oss alla i fängelse.”
Läs @lisarostlund.bsky.social
Läs @lisarostlund.bsky.social
Polisen uppmanar: Utvisa forskaren David – ”Utgör hot”
Forskaren David Alcer frihetsberövades av polisen – eftersom han även är klimataktivist. Nu har polisen skickat en uppmaning till Migrationsverket: ”Rekommendat
www.aftonbladet.se
November 25, 2025 at 8:13 AM
”När våra demokratiska rättigheter nedmonteras på det här viset krävs det att vi vanliga människor står upp och säger emot. Vi behöver bli många som gör motstånd – då kommer makthavarna inte kunna utvisa oss alla eller kasta oss alla i fängelse.”
Läs @lisarostlund.bsky.social
Läs @lisarostlund.bsky.social
"Det strypta stödet till konsumentorganisationerna väcker märkligt nog ingen större debatt. En möjlig förklaring är att regeringen genomför många försämringar, på många områden, i en sådan rasande hastighet att vi knappt hinner uppfatta vad som faktiskt händer." Flood the Zone har kommit hit. 🤬
Somar Al Naher: Företagen använder Black friday för att lura dig – och regeringen hjälper till
Företag höjer priserna i god tid före rean för att få ”rabatten” att framstå som större än den egentligen är.
www.etc.se
November 25, 2025 at 9:12 AM
"Det strypta stödet till konsumentorganisationerna väcker märkligt nog ingen större debatt. En möjlig förklaring är att regeringen genomför många försämringar, på många områden, i en sådan rasande hastighet att vi knappt hinner uppfatta vad som faktiskt händer." Flood the Zone har kommit hit. 🤬
This is the dumbest policy from the dumbest brain trust in the history of the
USA, oh, also it's going to destroy lives for literally no reason.
People need to be in the streets.
USA, oh, also it's going to destroy lives for literally no reason.
People need to be in the streets.
You know that violent instability (what we’re about to do in Venezuela) will lead to millions fleeing north, right? It’s a top reason people flee South America.
November 24, 2025 at 5:34 PM
This is the dumbest policy from the dumbest brain trust in the history of the
USA, oh, also it's going to destroy lives for literally no reason.
People need to be in the streets.
USA, oh, also it's going to destroy lives for literally no reason.
People need to be in the streets.
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Really looks like the United States is about to launch a regime change war against Venezuela with:
-No casus belli
-No authorization from Congress
-No allies or international support
-No plan for a post-Maduro Venezuela
-No preparation for any sort of stabilization or containment of the fallout
-No casus belli
-No authorization from Congress
-No allies or international support
-No plan for a post-Maduro Venezuela
-No preparation for any sort of stabilization or containment of the fallout
November 24, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Really looks like the United States is about to launch a regime change war against Venezuela with:
-No casus belli
-No authorization from Congress
-No allies or international support
-No plan for a post-Maduro Venezuela
-No preparation for any sort of stabilization or containment of the fallout
-No casus belli
-No authorization from Congress
-No allies or international support
-No plan for a post-Maduro Venezuela
-No preparation for any sort of stabilization or containment of the fallout
Yes, but also we know that ChatGPT's bias is obsequiousness. It will tell you you're right unless you make it tell you you're wrong. Which is obsequiousness in action.
I don't understand how anyone can watch how blatantly Grok is manipulated to answer the way ownership desires it to and then act like the other LLM chatbots couldn't possibly be similarly but less obviously compromised to produce responses in whatever way corporate interests and priorities dictate.
November 24, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Yes, but also we know that ChatGPT's bias is obsequiousness. It will tell you you're right unless you make it tell you you're wrong. Which is obsequiousness in action.
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you don’t hate turkey because it’s bad, you hate it because you’re overcooking it and drying it out
November 24, 2025 at 1:12 AM
you don’t hate turkey because it’s bad, you hate it because you’re overcooking it and drying it out
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For over 300 years now, it is a bedrock principle in Anglo-American constitutionalism that obedience is owed according only to law. Refusal to follow an illegal command is not only a moral choice but an absolute duty.
November 23, 2025 at 4:00 PM
For over 300 years now, it is a bedrock principle in Anglo-American constitutionalism that obedience is owed according only to law. Refusal to follow an illegal command is not only a moral choice but an absolute duty.
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Obegränsad tweetlängd i kombination med chatGPT har varit förödande för den mänskliga arten
November 23, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Obegränsad tweetlängd i kombination med chatGPT har varit förödande för den mänskliga arten
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En grej som nyss slog mig är vilka yrkesgrupper jag (inte) stött på i sociala medier. Massor av läkare, sjuksyrror, etc, men aldrig en enda tandläkare? Finns ens tandläkare på riktigt?
November 23, 2025 at 11:56 AM
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Pope Leo taking on the immigration stuff and turning the Catholic Church into a bulwark defending immigrants is one of my favorite stories of 2025. It's a welcome change of pace, and I still think a person in vestments being assaulted by police resonates broadly.
November 23, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Pope Leo taking on the immigration stuff and turning the Catholic Church into a bulwark defending immigrants is one of my favorite stories of 2025. It's a welcome change of pace, and I still think a person in vestments being assaulted by police resonates broadly.
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I’ve spent almost seven years covering Meta and have had a good deal of exposure to internal work product on teen well-being. But a Friday filing in the school district social media litigation breaks some ground on Meta’s causal findings regarding social media harm.
www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
www.reuters.com
November 23, 2025 at 12:48 AM
I’ve spent almost seven years covering Meta and have had a good deal of exposure to internal work product on teen well-being. But a Friday filing in the school district social media litigation breaks some ground on Meta’s causal findings regarding social media harm.
www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
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the takeaway from the Zohran Trump meeting is that Trump is a gullible fool who will temporarily bend to the last charismatic person he talked to.
Zohran played him perfectly but that doesn’t mean Trump is good now. He’ll go back to fascism tomorrow morning after he talks to Stephen Miller
Zohran played him perfectly but that doesn’t mean Trump is good now. He’ll go back to fascism tomorrow morning after he talks to Stephen Miller
November 21, 2025 at 11:22 PM
the takeaway from the Zohran Trump meeting is that Trump is a gullible fool who will temporarily bend to the last charismatic person he talked to.
Zohran played him perfectly but that doesn’t mean Trump is good now. He’ll go back to fascism tomorrow morning after he talks to Stephen Miller
Zohran played him perfectly but that doesn’t mean Trump is good now. He’ll go back to fascism tomorrow morning after he talks to Stephen Miller
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“You are next in line to be department chair, but we do not grant you the title of Full Professor.”
November 21, 2025 at 1:52 PM
“You are next in line to be department chair, but we do not grant you the title of Full Professor.”
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See? Just like Brett said. A temporary inconvenience and then all's well!
America 2025.
November 21, 2025 at 1:51 PM
See? Just like Brett said. A temporary inconvenience and then all's well!
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It rhymes.
November 21, 2025 at 9:56 AM
It rhymes.