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reggie seidman @ennui.org · May 15

i know i keep posting this but

“The real question is not whether machines think but whether men do. The mystery which surrounds a thinking machine already surrounds a thinking man.”

― B.F. Skinner, Contingencies of Reinforcement; A Theoretical Analysis

Joseph Fink @planetoffinks.bsky.social · May 14

It turns out this whole time that the Turing Test was the wrong way to think of it. Thinking a chatbot is alive is not a test of how good the chatbot is, but of your own ability to think of other human beings as real and complete people

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Sam Halpert @samhalpert.bsky.social · 5h

It’s impt enough to be explicitly required by law: The Secretary of Health and Human Services “shall publish weekly reports of health conditions in the United States…and other pertinent health information for the use of persons and institutions concerned with health services.” (42 U.S.C. §242o(b)

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 3h

in 2011, the president of antifa hired me to give fashion consultancy to the organization. i recommended everyone wear navy suits with tan shoes, dress sneakers, and golf polos with slim chinos. if you arrested everyone today wearing these things, you'd destroy antifa

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reggie seidman @ennui.org · 2h

This baseball is not free. It comes at a terrible cost.

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Jenét Morrow @jenetallday.bsky.social · 5h

Once again, if your library has Hoopla, check to see if their plan includes TV shows and movies. If so, you'll have access to Acorn TV, MHz Choice, AMC and BritBox shows and more.

Jenét Morrow @jenetallday.bsky.social · Feb 6

On a budget? A reminder to check to see if you have access to Kanopy and Hoopla through your library. Hoopla has ebooks, music, movies and TV shows. A lot of AMC and Acorn TV shows on that platform. And Kanopy has a kids section with unlimited "borrows". #library

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reggie seidman @ennui.org · 3h

GET A MAC

reggie seidman @ennui.org · 3h

"stop talking about me, DAD"

reggie seidman @ennui.org · 3h

OmniGraffle

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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 6h

What on earth??

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Adams Administration Quietly Renames the Tombs for Disgraced Criminal Bernard Kerik

The Lower Manhattan jail facility briefly bore Kerik's name once before, until he was convicted of corruption.

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Maryn McKenna @marynmck.bsky.social · 5h

Extremely bad news if true (and unlikely this reporter would run with it if not). The MMWR has been the earliest warning bell for outbreaks since it announced the first US cases, in 1981, of what was later identified as AIDS.

This will be a grievous shock to what remains of US public health.

Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 5h

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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reggie seidman @ennui.org · 5h

Magic 8 Ball, how old is my heart?

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Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · 6h

AI-based, naturally

Using artificial intelligence to calculate the heart’s biological age through ECG data predicts increased risk of mortality and cardiovascular events

Your access to the latest cardiovascular news, science, tools and resources.

www.escardio.org

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Memento (Spooky) Morty 🌙 @mementomorty.bsky.social · 6h

Never in my life have I ever read a medical report that lists "cardiac age" in it. That isn't a thing.

Reuters @reuters.com · 6h

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

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

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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reggie seidman @ennui.org · 5h

Grampa Simpson GIF

Alt: Grampa Simpson: and it'll happen to you. (points at young people)

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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 12h

Update: Bari Weiss’s first pitch at CBS — a roundtable with Antony Blinken, Mike Pompeo, and Hillary Clinton that ended up being a virtual interview with Clinton & Condoleezza Rice — has about 150 viewers on YouTube.

Added with the 24/7 CBS stream, it’s just over 1200 viewers.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 11h

Amazing what happens when you give the guy a plane

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Ryan Mac 🙃 @rmac.bsky.social · 8h

with one of the most incredible kickers i've ever seen

NYT excerpt that reads:

On Thursday, Mr. Benioff said he had never been progressive even if many San Franciscans thought he was. He said he was a longtime Republican before switching to become an independent voter.

At the end of the interview, he turned to a public relations executive. He could be heard asking why her mouth was wide open and if he had said anything he shouldn’t have.

“What about the political questions?” he asked. “Too spicy?”

Then he hung up.

Heather Knight is a reporter in San Francisco, leading The Times’s coverage of the Bay Area and Northern California.

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reggie seidman @ennui.org · 6h

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DB Maggi @dbmaggi.bsky.social · 13h

Ms Rachel schools Obama on why he really should stop using dehumanizing language.

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reggie seidman @ennui.org · 6h

Teamwork!

reggie seidman @ennui.org · 6h

Gonna need corroboration from your wife.

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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 10h

His slip of the tongue reveals who’s really in charge. trib.al/mIvP0yE

“Illinois governor says we’re provoking actions that are unlawful,” Miller said on CNN. “If I put federal law enforcement and National Guard into a nice sleepy Southern town, is anyone gonna riot?”

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Mike Stabile @mikestabile.bsky.social · 11h

JFC. Ron DeHaas, founder of the Christian antiporn app Covenant Eyes, has stepped down from NCOSE after his 38-year old son was charged with sexual abuse of a child.

Covenant Eyes is the app used by House Speaker Mike Johnson and his son to monitor each other's internet behavior.

Covenant Eyes Cofounder Helps Post Bond for Adult Stepson, Who Is Charged With Felony Child Sex Abuse

In August, Thomas Wideman, an adult stepson of Covenant Eyes cofounder Ron DeHaas, was arrested during a CSAM sting operation.

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Jose Pagliery @josepagliery.bsky.social · 1d

Oh come on. On an official document?

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reggie seidman @ennui.org · 8h

I've played almost 3000 hours of Civ VI, this is my first time playing Matthias Corvinus, and i have never experienced such outright hostility from the AI in the early game, this is my fourth attempt and it looks like I'm going to have to try again.

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reggie seidman @ennui.org · 8h

No it doesn't