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yeah I have so many people replying to me like "they don't plan to answer to the voters"
I mean of course they don't but their "plan" is, by all appearances, of underpants gnomes level of sophistication.
1) Do crime in public.
2) ???
3) Never lose power.
I mean of course they don't but their "plan" is, by all appearances, of underpants gnomes level of sophistication.
1) Do crime in public.
2) ???
3) Never lose power.
i know one view is that "they don't intend to lose power" but i honestly think this gives them way too much credit.
December 22, 2025 at 3:56 AM
yeah I have so many people replying to me like "they don't plan to answer to the voters"
I mean of course they don't but their "plan" is, by all appearances, of underpants gnomes level of sophistication.
1) Do crime in public.
2) ???
3) Never lose power.
I mean of course they don't but their "plan" is, by all appearances, of underpants gnomes level of sophistication.
1) Do crime in public.
2) ???
3) Never lose power.
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“Our story was screened 5 times cleared by CBS attorneys & Standards & Practices,” Ms. Alfonsi wrote in the note. “It is factually correct. In my view, pulling it now, after every rigorous internal check has been met, is not an editorial decision, it is a political one.”
December 22, 2025 at 4:53 AM
“Our story was screened 5 times cleared by CBS attorneys & Standards & Practices,” Ms. Alfonsi wrote in the note. “It is factually correct. In my view, pulling it now, after every rigorous internal check has been met, is not an editorial decision, it is a political one.”
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She’s gonna get fired and zero of her colleagues are gonna stick up for her
December 22, 2025 at 3:00 AM
She’s gonna get fired and zero of her colleagues are gonna stick up for her
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8 guys with the last name Smith had similar lives, but 3 did not. An LLM is going to assume anyone with the last name Smith had a life similar to those 8, even if theyre one of the 3.
December 22, 2025 at 1:40 AM
8 guys with the last name Smith had similar lives, but 3 did not. An LLM is going to assume anyone with the last name Smith had a life similar to those 8, even if theyre one of the 3.
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This aged well
December 22, 2025 at 2:57 AM
This aged well
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This. The vast majority of people evangelizing AI have very little understanding about what they’re talking about.
When we say "no, everything hasn't been digitized," I need you to understand that we really mean is that virtually nothing has been digitized. This is because the realm of primary sources that historians use is incomprehensibly large.
Seems like it's worth posting this one again.
December 22, 2025 at 2:55 AM
This. The vast majority of people evangelizing AI have very little understanding about what they’re talking about.
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This is a theme. And the theme is very limited employment of critical thinking.
Critical thinking is the central aspect of humanities education, which has been systematically been defunded, divested, and devalued for decades.
So it’s no surprise many have serious lack of critical thinking skills.
Critical thinking is the central aspect of humanities education, which has been systematically been defunded, divested, and devalued for decades.
So it’s no surprise many have serious lack of critical thinking skills.
December 22, 2025 at 2:57 AM
This is a theme. And the theme is very limited employment of critical thinking.
Critical thinking is the central aspect of humanities education, which has been systematically been defunded, divested, and devalued for decades.
So it’s no surprise many have serious lack of critical thinking skills.
Critical thinking is the central aspect of humanities education, which has been systematically been defunded, divested, and devalued for decades.
So it’s no surprise many have serious lack of critical thinking skills.
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When we say "no, everything hasn't been digitized," I need you to understand that we really mean is that virtually nothing has been digitized. This is because the realm of primary sources that historians use is incomprehensibly large.
Seems like it's worth posting this one again.
Why Do Historians Still Have To Go To Archives?
Why do historians go to archives? Hasn’t everything already been digitized?
contingentmagazine.org
December 22, 2025 at 1:40 AM
When we say "no, everything hasn't been digitized," I need you to understand that we really mean is that virtually nothing has been digitized. This is because the realm of primary sources that historians use is incomprehensibly large.
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World's richest people, according to Forbes
1. Elon Musk, $342 billion
2. Mark Zuckerberg, $216 billion
3. Jeff Bezos, $215 billion
4. Larry Ellison, $192 billion
...
56. Miriam Adelson, $32 billion
...
453. George Soros, $7 billion
1. Elon Musk, $342 billion
2. Mark Zuckerberg, $216 billion
3. Jeff Bezos, $215 billion
4. Larry Ellison, $192 billion
...
56. Miriam Adelson, $32 billion
...
453. George Soros, $7 billion
JD Vance: "Wouldn't you rather lead a movement of freethinkers who sometimes disagree than a bunch of drones who take their orders from George Soros?"
December 21, 2025 at 9:42 PM
World's richest people, according to Forbes
1. Elon Musk, $342 billion
2. Mark Zuckerberg, $216 billion
3. Jeff Bezos, $215 billion
4. Larry Ellison, $192 billion
...
56. Miriam Adelson, $32 billion
...
453. George Soros, $7 billion
1. Elon Musk, $342 billion
2. Mark Zuckerberg, $216 billion
3. Jeff Bezos, $215 billion
4. Larry Ellison, $192 billion
...
56. Miriam Adelson, $32 billion
...
453. George Soros, $7 billion
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Using stolen material. Stolen from writers and artists.
This series does not teach AI writing or content replacement. It focuses on workflow efficiency, analytics, and tools that support—never replace—human creativity.
December 22, 2025 at 2:24 AM
Using stolen material. Stolen from writers and artists.
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Billionaires installing regime censors everywhere is probably bad
December 22, 2025 at 2:21 AM
Billionaires installing regime censors everywhere is probably bad
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now would be a chance for all those journalists who were angry we implied that Olivia Nuzzi isn't an ethical outlier in their rancid profession to call out the conduct of their fellow news outlet but none of them will be able to do it because we're right about them
Looks like sending it through Byers didn't have the intended result
December 22, 2025 at 2:17 AM
now would be a chance for all those journalists who were angry we implied that Olivia Nuzzi isn't an ethical outlier in their rancid profession to call out the conduct of their fellow news outlet but none of them will be able to do it because we're right about them
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Looks like sending it through Byers didn't have the intended result
December 22, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Looks like sending it through Byers didn't have the intended result
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Bari Weiss going from purported brave defender of free speech and open debate to chief censor of reporting about a federal concentration camp is so grimly hilarious
December 21, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Bari Weiss going from purported brave defender of free speech and open debate to chief censor of reporting about a federal concentration camp is so grimly hilarious
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Think about how Marjorie Taylor Greene was actually dumb enough to believe that the Epstein files mattered to Trump, and her disillusionment. There were people dumb enough to believe that the right-wing “free speech movement” was actually about free speech.
Bari Weiss going from purported brave defender of free speech and open debate to chief censor of reporting about a federal concentration camp is so grimly hilarious
An Editor’s Note from 60 Minutes
December 22, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Think about how Marjorie Taylor Greene was actually dumb enough to believe that the Epstein files mattered to Trump, and her disillusionment. There were people dumb enough to believe that the right-wing “free speech movement” was actually about free speech.
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I’m actually starting to think that the WH didn’t even call, Bari and co. just decided to kill the story as soon as they found out about it
December 22, 2025 at 2:02 AM
I’m actually starting to think that the WH didn’t even call, Bari and co. just decided to kill the story as soon as they found out about it
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Mother of a child dying of bone cancer responds to Bernie Sanders blocking pediatric cancer bill
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December 21, 2025 at 8:34 AM
Mother of a child dying of bone cancer responds to Bernie Sanders blocking pediatric cancer bill
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There was also a fight last fall called the 2024 election that the far left was “Uncommitted” on. During this fight they ignored every Black Civil Rights organization on the white supremacist agenda or Project 2025 and instead told America that both parties were the same. Where were the fighters?
The articles framing is sorta funny because this clearly isn’t a centrist vs progressive thing as much as it’s a fight vs don’t fight thing
December 22, 2025 at 12:30 AM
There was also a fight last fall called the 2024 election that the far left was “Uncommitted” on. During this fight they ignored every Black Civil Rights organization on the white supremacist agenda or Project 2025 and instead told America that both parties were the same. Where were the fighters?
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CBS is now a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Trump Administration. It's State TV, folks.
Boycott it completely.
Boycott it completely.
“60 Minutes” abruptly dropped a segment about Trump deportees sent to a megaprison in El Salvador Sunday — two hours before it was set to air
’60 Minutes’ Pulls Segment on Trump Deportees Sent to El Salvador Megaprison 2 Hours Before Airtime
"60 Minutes" abruptly dropped a segment about Trump deportees sent to a megaprison in El Salvador Sunday — two hours before it was set to air.
ca.news.yahoo.com
December 21, 2025 at 11:59 PM
CBS is now a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Trump Administration. It's State TV, folks.
Boycott it completely.
Boycott it completely.
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Happy Chanukah from the historically Jewish neighborhood of Harlem!
December 22, 2025 at 1:41 AM
Happy Chanukah from the historically Jewish neighborhood of Harlem!
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We need an intense propaganda campaign just like....telling people what government spending does & how it benefits them, to undo the decades of the right brainwashing people that it's all fucking waste
December 21, 2025 at 11:37 PM
We need an intense propaganda campaign just like....telling people what government spending does & how it benefits them, to undo the decades of the right brainwashing people that it's all fucking waste
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Trump admin saying they redacted so much to “protect the victims”
They mean THEY are the victims not the girls/women
They’re perpetually victims
1. Russia hoax
2. Marlago raid
3. Prosecution/felonies
4. Jan 6
5. DEI/Affirmative action
Each is about their perceived victim hood
They mean THEY are the victims not the girls/women
They’re perpetually victims
1. Russia hoax
2. Marlago raid
3. Prosecution/felonies
4. Jan 6
5. DEI/Affirmative action
Each is about their perceived victim hood
December 22, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Trump admin saying they redacted so much to “protect the victims”
They mean THEY are the victims not the girls/women
They’re perpetually victims
1. Russia hoax
2. Marlago raid
3. Prosecution/felonies
4. Jan 6
5. DEI/Affirmative action
Each is about their perceived victim hood
They mean THEY are the victims not the girls/women
They’re perpetually victims
1. Russia hoax
2. Marlago raid
3. Prosecution/felonies
4. Jan 6
5. DEI/Affirmative action
Each is about their perceived victim hood
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The rate of return here is crazy: for a few hundred thousand dollars, this lab produces literally billions of oysters and supports a seafood industry worth hundreds of millions. And the Trump administration is just like "fuck all that, it's wasteful spending, you're fired"
December 21, 2025 at 11:15 PM
The rate of return here is crazy: for a few hundred thousand dollars, this lab produces literally billions of oysters and supports a seafood industry worth hundreds of millions. And the Trump administration is just like "fuck all that, it's wasteful spending, you're fired"
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Trying to imagine what it’d be like for an experienced 60 Minutes producer or reporter, who’d spent many weeks preparing a detailed investigation of a notorious El Salvador prison, to be getting input from Bari Weiss or one of acolytes, just hours before airtime.
December 22, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Trying to imagine what it’d be like for an experienced 60 Minutes producer or reporter, who’d spent many weeks preparing a detailed investigation of a notorious El Salvador prison, to be getting input from Bari Weiss or one of acolytes, just hours before airtime.
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it's fascinating to think about what precisely is meant by "take the country back" from someone who is the vice-president whose party controls the courts and both houses of Congress
JD Vance: "If you miss Charlie Kirk…do you promise to take the country back from the people who took his life?"
December 22, 2025 at 12:26 AM
it's fascinating to think about what precisely is meant by "take the country back" from someone who is the vice-president whose party controls the courts and both houses of Congress