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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 2h

AI has lost the dunce vote. It’s over

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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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Justin LaLiberty @jlalibs.com · 4h

What an absolute treasure Diane Keaton was. Her wit never tired, nor did her style.

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 3h

It’s pronounced cyclist.

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Daily Trix @dailytrix.bsky.social · 2h

Bluesky post from NY Times reporter Eric Lipton on Inauguration Day: "Trump team much better organized this time from the starting gun."

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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 2h

Mad king watch: when *RFK Jr.* is telling you to stop with the vaccine crazy talk www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

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Daily Trix @dailytrix.bsky.social · 2h

I've always thought Bernie was a fraud, but still, days later, I can't get over the gall and hypocrisy of this.

Guy Trivago @convolutedname.bsky.social · 2d

I saw this 15 mins ago and I am still laughing

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 5h

Qatari soldiers in Idaho will have better access to health care than Americans.

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Kevin Elliott @kjephd.bsky.social · 4h

Unconstitutionally taking money that the law says must be spent on one purpose & using it for something else—when it's to establish personalist control over the FUCKING MILITARY—is about as dangerous a constitutional crisis/failure as you can imagine

Via: www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...

The Office of Management and Budget sent a notification to Congress about their intent to use research and development funds to pay members of the military, two sources with direct knowledge tell NBC News.

A spokesperson for the OMB confirmed to NBC News that it plans to use the research and development funds and that there are two years' worth of funds available within the Department of Defense.

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Leah Litman @leahlitman.bsky.social · 14h

More judges speak to the press (the NYT) about what a disaster the Supreme Court (specifically the shadow docket) has been - “incredibly demoralizing & troubling”; a “judicial crisis”; a “slap in the face to district courts.” www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/u...

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Adam Keiper @adamkeiper.com · 19h

A #BlueskyLullaby for tonight: Here's Jim Croce's 1972 song "Operator," recorded with his musical partner, the brilliant guitarist Maury Muehleisen. This is a 1971 demo version—not as polished as, and slightly different harmonies from, but very close to the later studio version. See you around.

Jim Croce - Operator | Demo Tapes

YouTube video by Jim Croce

www.youtube.com

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Daily Trix @dailytrix.bsky.social · 19h

Big win for Miller Lite, too.

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Angie Rasmussen @angierasmussen.bsky.social · 22h

I don’t know who needs to hear this but the CDC is being eviscerated right now. America is not going to have any kind of outbreak response capacity after tonight. Americans’ health data is no longer secure. Say goodbye to federal public health in any capacity. It’s a disaster. We won’t recover.

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Sickos Committee @sickoscommittee.org · 20h

TO THE 15TH

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Angus Johnston @angus.bsky.social · 1d

"Don't you ... forget about tree."

Angus Johnston @angus.bsky.social · 1d

Why will AI never take my job? Because it tagged this GIF "a man in a trench coat is walking on a field next to a tree ."

a man in a trench coat is walking on a field next to a tree .

Alt: Judd Nelson raising a fist in triumph as he crosses the football field in the closing shot of The Breakfast Club.

media.tenor.com

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Daily Trix @dailytrix.bsky.social · 21h

Get off Kid Rock's very wealthy parents' lawn!

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Daily Trix @dailytrix.bsky.social · 21h

Very cool new system, indeed.

UPS is 'disposing of' U.S.-bound packages over customs paperwork problems

Shifting Trump tariffs have created a nightmare for UPS, as thousands of packages from overseas pile up at its hubs while they await customs clearance.

www.nbcnews.com

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Daily Trix @dailytrix.bsky.social · 22h

Trump's doctor says he's a sexual dynamo incapable of giving women less than two orgasms.

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Will Saletan @saletan.bsky.social · 22h

Here's a neat trick they teach in authoritarianism school: If you purge the people who measure the effects of your policies (BLS, MMWR), you can just claim everything's great, and nobody can prove how much damage you're doing.

Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 23h

BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:

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Daily Trix @dailytrix.bsky.social · 22h

Kate Winslet's character in Contagion (2011) was a disease detective.

Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 23h

BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice: