Jac Mac
@jacmacandsneeze.bsky.social
IT>EN translator. Educated bimbo, certified sweetie pie. I like pickled onions.
she/her
she/her
on my way to do mischief
February 10, 2026 at 5:24 PM
on my way to do mischief
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In Philadelphia, ICE will share office space with a DMV. A proposed ICE office in Portland, Maine is within walking distance of 8 places of worship. Today WIRED is publishing the locations of dozens of planned ICE offices across the US, part of a major expansion. from @leahfeiger.bsky.social
ICE Is Expanding Across the US at Breakneck Speed. Here’s Where It’s Going Next
ICE plans to lease offices throughout the US as part of a secret, months-long expansion campaign. WIRED is publishing dozens of these locations.
www.wired.com
February 10, 2026 at 4:44 PM
In Philadelphia, ICE will share office space with a DMV. A proposed ICE office in Portland, Maine is within walking distance of 8 places of worship. Today WIRED is publishing the locations of dozens of planned ICE offices across the US, part of a major expansion. from @leahfeiger.bsky.social
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This is because a statistical model of word frequency is not a useful tool for modeling the complex interactions of the human body
⚠️ Despite all the hype, chatbots still make terrible doctors. Out today is the largest user study of language models for medical self-diagnosis. We found that chatbots provide inaccurate and inconsistent answers, and that people are better off using online searches or their own judgment.
February 10, 2026 at 2:27 PM
This is because a statistical model of word frequency is not a useful tool for modeling the complex interactions of the human body
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R1: No we're not hiring on the tenure track because our peers aren't hiring on the tenure track
R1: Our peers aren't hiring on the tenure track because we aren't hiring on the tenure track
R1: wtf our grad students aren't getting hired on the tenure track
R1: No one could know how this happened
R1: Our peers aren't hiring on the tenure track because we aren't hiring on the tenure track
R1: wtf our grad students aren't getting hired on the tenure track
R1: No one could know how this happened
"Warren stated that job outcomes were a 'key factor' in the decision-making process—within the previous decade, only a 'tiny percentage' of PhD students who graduated from the LCS program went on to receive tenure track at an R1 institution." An absurd metric & sign of the conservatism of higher ed.
February 10, 2026 at 2:32 PM
R1: No we're not hiring on the tenure track because our peers aren't hiring on the tenure track
R1: Our peers aren't hiring on the tenure track because we aren't hiring on the tenure track
R1: wtf our grad students aren't getting hired on the tenure track
R1: No one could know how this happened
R1: Our peers aren't hiring on the tenure track because we aren't hiring on the tenure track
R1: wtf our grad students aren't getting hired on the tenure track
R1: No one could know how this happened
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H1252.2
Quest
to other world
to take letters
to dead relatives.
Quest
to other world
to take letters
to dead relatives.
February 10, 2026 at 2:44 PM
H1252.2
Quest
to other world
to take letters
to dead relatives.
Quest
to other world
to take letters
to dead relatives.
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Deciding "Burger King foot lettuce" is a fine thing to say tells me that y'all haven't been soothed by your Zoomer boyfriends and it SHOWS.
February 10, 2026 at 5:00 AM
Deciding "Burger King foot lettuce" is a fine thing to say tells me that y'all haven't been soothed by your Zoomer boyfriends and it SHOWS.
me and who
February 10, 2026 at 4:51 AM
me and who
age verification?
I can drive stick
I can drive stick
Age verification? Here's my "I was lead tester on Grim Fandango and all I got was this lousy t-shirt" t-shirt.
February 10, 2026 at 4:50 AM
age verification?
I can drive stick
I can drive stick
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Greg Brown, Cake founding guitarist who wrote breakout hit 'The Distance,' dead at 56
Greg Brown, Cake founding guitarist who wrote breakout hit 'The Distance,' dead at 56
Greg Brown, a founding member of Sacramento alt-rock outfit Cake, has died. Friends honored the guitarist, who wrote the band's enduring hit 'The Distance.'
www.latimes.com
February 10, 2026 at 12:42 AM
Greg Brown, Cake founding guitarist who wrote breakout hit 'The Distance,' dead at 56
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if im being wheeled into the operating room and there's some fuckass AI scalpel gameboy in there you can go ahead and kill me normal style instead
When AI was added to a tool for sinus surgery: “Cerebrospinal fluid leaked from one patient’s nose. In another… a surgeon mistakenly punctured the base of a patient’s skull. In two other cases, patients suffered strokes after a major artery was accidentally injured”
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
As AI enters the operating room, reports arise of botched surgeries and misidentified body parts
Medical device makers have been rushing to add AI to their products. While proponents say the new technology will revolutionize medicine, regulators are receiving a rising number of claims of patient ...
www.reuters.com
February 10, 2026 at 4:08 AM
if im being wheeled into the operating room and there's some fuckass AI scalpel gameboy in there you can go ahead and kill me normal style instead
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The strategy for elections cannot be landslides to prevent them from being stolen. That makes no sense at all.
February 10, 2026 at 2:57 AM
The strategy for elections cannot be landslides to prevent them from being stolen. That makes no sense at all.
Awful awful awful
Police are investigating the death of a woman who was hit by a car while riding a bike on Redondo Avenue in Bluff Park late Saturday afternoon.
Read more from @apignataro.bsky.social on the Watchdog. lbwatchdog.com/bicyclist-ki...
Read more from @apignataro.bsky.social on the Watchdog. lbwatchdog.com/bicyclist-ki...
February 9, 2026 at 9:21 PM
Awful awful awful
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Really funny how the ruling class keeps justifying infringing on our liberties with "we gotta protect the children" while bombing palestinian children, protecting a global billionaire network of child trafficking, and building measles infested children prisons
February 9, 2026 at 3:37 PM
Really funny how the ruling class keeps justifying infringing on our liberties with "we gotta protect the children" while bombing palestinian children, protecting a global billionaire network of child trafficking, and building measles infested children prisons
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Me when I go to Costco:
February 9, 2026 at 7:52 PM
Me when I go to Costco:
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if you have a ring camera you are a child, terrified of the silhouette of a jacket hanging on a chair. you are lower than a worm to me. you have sold your soul to a devil that has offered you nothing in return
February 9, 2026 at 2:43 PM
if you have a ring camera you are a child, terrified of the silhouette of a jacket hanging on a chair. you are lower than a worm to me. you have sold your soul to a devil that has offered you nothing in return
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Ian's Secure Shoelace Knot is a more secure method for tying your shoes, and the site responsible for it has been alive for literally decades. aftermath.site/ians-shoelace-...
February 9, 2026 at 3:00 PM
Ian's Secure Shoelace Knot is a more secure method for tying your shoes, and the site responsible for it has been alive for literally decades. aftermath.site/ians-shoelace-...
honestly yes, the taurus jelly bean wagon is the car I think of when I think 90s
What Is The Most 1990s Car? The Autopian is asking! www.theautopian.com/what-is-the-...
What Is The Most 1990s Car? - The Autopian
As quickly as I conjured up today’s Autopian Ask, I already had my answer (which is only my answer, and needn’t be yours): the third-generation Ford Taurus as seen above, in all its ovoid jellybeaned ...
www.theautopian.com
February 9, 2026 at 5:04 PM
honestly yes, the taurus jelly bean wagon is the car I think of when I think 90s
lmao you can talk to undergrads in my department and get a better reading. or, you know, any of us who grew up speaking spanish
Analysis: Weeks before he set foot on the stage, Bad Bunny’s halftime performance had already become a media event.
But if you were looking for political commentary, the closest that you got was when he said “God bless America” in English.
But if you were looking for political commentary, the closest that you got was when he said “God bless America” in English.
Analysis | Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl halftime show was expected to provoke. Did it?
The Bad Bunny Super Bowl show nodded to injustices in Puerto Rico but mostly evoked wholesome family values that meshed with the more sentimental commercials.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 9, 2026 at 5:02 PM
lmao you can talk to undergrads in my department and get a better reading. or, you know, any of us who grew up speaking spanish
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lmao alt reading of this is
"Can you BELIEVE people are wearing scientifically proven means to protect themselves from a potential debilitating disease?"
"Can you BELIEVE people are wearing scientifically proven means to protect themselves from a potential debilitating disease?"
For most people, the pandemic days of masking are behind us. In certain corners of the Winter Olympics, though, things still look a lot like they did in Covid times. Some athletes are taking extreme measures to stay healthy. n.pr/4akK70l
Olympic Covid restrictions are gone, but some athletes still self-quarantining
For most people, the pandemic days of masking are behind us. In certain corners of the Winter Olympics, though, things still look a lot like they did in Covid times. Some athletes are taking extreme measures to stay healthy.
n.pr
February 9, 2026 at 4:50 PM
lmao alt reading of this is
"Can you BELIEVE people are wearing scientifically proven means to protect themselves from a potential debilitating disease?"
"Can you BELIEVE people are wearing scientifically proven means to protect themselves from a potential debilitating disease?"
we love to be vulnerable don't we folks
February 9, 2026 at 4:36 PM
we love to be vulnerable don't we folks
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Bring back earnestness and sincerity.
February 9, 2026 at 4:08 PM
Bring back earnestness and sincerity.
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what do you mean the leader of your country will sometimes "resign" just because there's "a scandal"
February 9, 2026 at 12:59 PM
what do you mean the leader of your country will sometimes "resign" just because there's "a scandal"