Cephaloplod
@archytoothless.bsky.social
He/him. Mostly in need of sleep and cheese.
Indy punching by Jim’ll Paint It
Indy punching by Jim’ll Paint It
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Good morning. The full transcript of U.S. Border Patrol Cmdr. Gregory Bovino's deposition has been released.
Three volumes, 400+ pages.
Volume 1: cst.brightspotcdn.com/30/6c/1349ab...
Volume 2: cst.brightspotcdn.com/b7/fb/4afdf1...
Volume 3: cst.brightspotcdn.com/a3/e0/a520af...
Three volumes, 400+ pages.
Volume 1: cst.brightspotcdn.com/30/6c/1349ab...
Volume 2: cst.brightspotcdn.com/b7/fb/4afdf1...
Volume 3: cst.brightspotcdn.com/a3/e0/a520af...
November 25, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Good morning. The full transcript of U.S. Border Patrol Cmdr. Gregory Bovino's deposition has been released.
Three volumes, 400+ pages.
Volume 1: cst.brightspotcdn.com/30/6c/1349ab...
Volume 2: cst.brightspotcdn.com/b7/fb/4afdf1...
Volume 3: cst.brightspotcdn.com/a3/e0/a520af...
Three volumes, 400+ pages.
Volume 1: cst.brightspotcdn.com/30/6c/1349ab...
Volume 2: cst.brightspotcdn.com/b7/fb/4afdf1...
Volume 3: cst.brightspotcdn.com/a3/e0/a520af...
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When I think "where the vast majority of Americans actually are," I think about the millionaire lawyer for Jeffrey Epstein & Harvey Weinstein & Donald Trump who was recently in the news for threatening to sue a pierogi seller in Martha's Vineyard, where he has one of his homes.
"elevate charismatic figures such as Alan Dershowitz"
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November 25, 2025 at 3:57 AM
When I think "where the vast majority of Americans actually are," I think about the millionaire lawyer for Jeffrey Epstein & Harvey Weinstein & Donald Trump who was recently in the news for threatening to sue a pierogi seller in Martha's Vineyard, where he has one of his homes.
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Meanwhile, a neighbor who attended the presser (and asked not to be named for safety concerns) voiced the concern that immigration raids would be used to clear South Shore and similar communities of people of color and low-income residents.
November 24, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Meanwhile, a neighbor who attended the presser (and asked not to be named for safety concerns) voiced the concern that immigration raids would be used to clear South Shore and similar communities of people of color and low-income residents.
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Moments ago: tenants of the South Shore apartment building that federal immigration agents raided at the end of September held a presser to announce they're forming a tenants union.
They're demanding, among other things, sewage removal and heat and electricity restroration.
More updates TK.
They're demanding, among other things, sewage removal and heat and electricity restroration.
More updates TK.
November 25, 2025 at 3:24 AM
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Pitch meeting: “It’s Ashley Madison, but for racism!”
“.. This is X in 2025: Potentially fake accounts crying at other potentially fake accounts that they aren’t real, all while refusing to acknowledge that they themselves aren’t who they say they are — a Russian nesting doll of bullshit.”
@cwarzel.bsky.social
www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
@cwarzel.bsky.social
www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
November 25, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Pitch meeting: “It’s Ashley Madison, but for racism!”
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“.. This is X in 2025: Potentially fake accounts crying at other potentially fake accounts that they aren’t real, all while refusing to acknowledge that they themselves aren’t who they say they are — a Russian nesting doll of bullshit.”
@cwarzel.bsky.social
www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
@cwarzel.bsky.social
www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
November 25, 2025 at 1:21 AM
“.. This is X in 2025: Potentially fake accounts crying at other potentially fake accounts that they aren’t real, all while refusing to acknowledge that they themselves aren’t who they say they are — a Russian nesting doll of bullshit.”
@cwarzel.bsky.social
www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
@cwarzel.bsky.social
www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
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Stein's Law remains undefeated, AI infrastructure edition
November 24, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Stein's Law remains undefeated, AI infrastructure edition
Better headline: How many children will die due to this snake-oil salesman?
Over many interviews, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told Michael Scherer about how he plans to remake America’s public-health system. Can he lead the scientific establishment he’s spent much of his life crusading against?
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Read more in our new cover story: theatln.tc/q9hXxlbM
November 24, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Better headline: How many children will die due to this snake-oil salesman?
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They're from the tests in Yucca Flat 300 miles away. Bright enough that they were visible all the way out here.
And they happened often enough that there are a lot of these photos. The LA Public Library and USC photo collection have a bunch of them.
And they happened often enough that there are a lot of these photos. The LA Public Library and USC photo collection have a bunch of them.
November 24, 2025 at 11:08 PM
They're from the tests in Yucca Flat 300 miles away. Bright enough that they were visible all the way out here.
And they happened often enough that there are a lot of these photos. The LA Public Library and USC photo collection have a bunch of them.
And they happened often enough that there are a lot of these photos. The LA Public Library and USC photo collection have a bunch of them.
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Two photos taken from Downtown L.A.
They're from the L.A. Herald Examiner in 1951 and 1952. One from the Herald's roof, the other, I don't know, west of Downtown, maybe?
Not particularly remarkable. Kind of boring, really. Unless you know what they are.
They're nukes.
They're from the L.A. Herald Examiner in 1951 and 1952. One from the Herald's roof, the other, I don't know, west of Downtown, maybe?
Not particularly remarkable. Kind of boring, really. Unless you know what they are.
They're nukes.
November 24, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Two photos taken from Downtown L.A.
They're from the L.A. Herald Examiner in 1951 and 1952. One from the Herald's roof, the other, I don't know, west of Downtown, maybe?
Not particularly remarkable. Kind of boring, really. Unless you know what they are.
They're nukes.
They're from the L.A. Herald Examiner in 1951 and 1952. One from the Herald's roof, the other, I don't know, west of Downtown, maybe?
Not particularly remarkable. Kind of boring, really. Unless you know what they are.
They're nukes.
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Even Rod Dreher, who attended JD Vance’s baptism, is skeptical of the “Department of War’s” statement regarding Senator Mark Kelly. 1/ x.com/roddreher/st...
November 24, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Even Rod Dreher, who attended JD Vance’s baptism, is skeptical of the “Department of War’s” statement regarding Senator Mark Kelly. 1/ x.com/roddreher/st...
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They belong together
November 24, 2025 at 11:11 PM
They belong together
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We wanted to understand how regular Americans feel about the Trump administration. So we talked to three Russia-funded content farmers at a tea house in Islamabad.
November 24, 2025 at 8:54 PM
We wanted to understand how regular Americans feel about the Trump administration. So we talked to three Russia-funded content farmers at a tea house in Islamabad.
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Under a zero tolerance policy, the first Trump administration separated immigrant children from their families at the U.S.-Mexico border.
New data suggests separations are happening all over the country, often after little more than a traffic stop.
New data suggests separations are happening all over the country, often after little more than a traffic stop.
ICE Sent 600 Immigrant Kids to Detention in Federal Shelters This Year. It’s a New Record.
Under a zero tolerance policy, the first Trump administration separated immigrant children from their families at the U.S.-Mexico border. New data suggests separations are happening all over the count...
www.propublica.org
November 24, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Under a zero tolerance policy, the first Trump administration separated immigrant children from their families at the U.S.-Mexico border.
New data suggests separations are happening all over the country, often after little more than a traffic stop.
New data suggests separations are happening all over the country, often after little more than a traffic stop.
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Got this in the post yesterday (thanks @headofzeus.bsky.social!) - honestly, I've been waiting years for this! It's widely considered to be THE Polish SF masterpiece. 1000+(!) pages, and finally in English. Can't wait!
November 14, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Got this in the post yesterday (thanks @headofzeus.bsky.social!) - honestly, I've been waiting years for this! It's widely considered to be THE Polish SF masterpiece. 1000+(!) pages, and finally in English. Can't wait!
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It's going to get worse. Search will be "AI"-assisted, and results it return will be AI-generated articles. If you want a picture of the future, imagine stochastic parrots regurgitating the same crap forever.
June 10, 2023 at 4:37 PM
It's going to get worse. Search will be "AI"-assisted, and results it return will be AI-generated articles. If you want a picture of the future, imagine stochastic parrots regurgitating the same crap forever.
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I know I've posted this before, but:
The core backstory of Shteyngart's Super Sad True Love Story is that a misguided war in Venezuela in the final failure that completely shatters the US, to the point that it gets sold for parts to the Chinese and Norwegians.
The core backstory of Shteyngart's Super Sad True Love Story is that a misguided war in Venezuela in the final failure that completely shatters the US, to the point that it gets sold for parts to the Chinese and Norwegians.
Rep. Salazar on Venezuela: "We're about to go in ... we need to go in ... Venezuela for the American oil companies will be a field day"
November 24, 2025 at 9:16 PM
I know I've posted this before, but:
The core backstory of Shteyngart's Super Sad True Love Story is that a misguided war in Venezuela in the final failure that completely shatters the US, to the point that it gets sold for parts to the Chinese and Norwegians.
The core backstory of Shteyngart's Super Sad True Love Story is that a misguided war in Venezuela in the final failure that completely shatters the US, to the point that it gets sold for parts to the Chinese and Norwegians.
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Captain Kelly says, "Bring it. My boots have more time in service than you."
Sen. Mark Kelly has released a statement.
"If this is meant to intimidate me and other members of Congress from doing our jobs and holding this administration accountable, it won't work. I've given too much to this country to be silenced by bullies..."
"If this is meant to intimidate me and other members of Congress from doing our jobs and holding this administration accountable, it won't work. I've given too much to this country to be silenced by bullies..."
November 24, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Captain Kelly says, "Bring it. My boots have more time in service than you."
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Every Democrat in Congress should put out a video saying troops have an obligation to refuse unlawful orders. Make them prosecute all of you. This isn't a close call.
I'd add Republicans too if I thought any of them had the courage to actually cross Trump on this.
I'd add Republicans too if I thought any of them had the courage to actually cross Trump on this.
Hegseth is now threatening to recall Sen. Mark Kelly to active duty in order to court martial him.
November 24, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Every Democrat in Congress should put out a video saying troops have an obligation to refuse unlawful orders. Make them prosecute all of you. This isn't a close call.
I'd add Republicans too if I thought any of them had the courage to actually cross Trump on this.
I'd add Republicans too if I thought any of them had the courage to actually cross Trump on this.
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They can’t make computers as intelligent as humans, but they can make humans as unthinking as computers.
November 24, 2025 at 5:18 PM
They can’t make computers as intelligent as humans, but they can make humans as unthinking as computers.
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I think it’s pretty clear at this point that one of the main impacts of LLMs is to disrupt thinking: to make it so that far too many people never properly learn how to do it, and then to control the output so there are thoughts that people never learn how to think.
November 24, 2025 at 5:18 PM
I think it’s pretty clear at this point that one of the main impacts of LLMs is to disrupt thinking: to make it so that far too many people never properly learn how to do it, and then to control the output so there are thoughts that people never learn how to think.
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Navy pilot, astronaut, Senator, wife almost killed and serious disabled from assassination attempt while she was a Congressperson, none of that matters to these corrupt chickenhawk fuckers
November 24, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Navy pilot, astronaut, Senator, wife almost killed and serious disabled from assassination attempt while she was a Congressperson, none of that matters to these corrupt chickenhawk fuckers
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I'll admit I enjoyed the textbook irony of DOGE people being interrogated and fired in exactly the same way they interrogated and fired me and my colleagues
November 24, 2025 at 6:52 AM
I'll admit I enjoyed the textbook irony of DOGE people being interrogated and fired in exactly the same way they interrogated and fired me and my colleagues
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Federal corrections officers fleeing to go work for ICE has real consequences for the lockups they leave behind, including less programming and fewer health care services for inmates.
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November 23, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Federal corrections officers fleeing to go work for ICE has real consequences for the lockups they leave behind, including less programming and fewer health care services for inmates.
➡️ Read our full story: https://propub.li/3LZlde3
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Once again, Elon has created a system where he can personally fund hate and Russian propaganda whilst maintaining some deniability regarding this because he's paying based on engagement.
Twitter pays people based on engagement (views, retweets, comments, etc). It appears that many MAGA accounts are based abroad and they use AI technology to generate low-effort rage bait.
My guess is that this will get worse as AI tech improves. For instance, fake videos of minorities doing crime.
My guess is that this will get worse as AI tech improves. For instance, fake videos of minorities doing crime.
November 23, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Once again, Elon has created a system where he can personally fund hate and Russian propaganda whilst maintaining some deniability regarding this because he's paying based on engagement.