LCPW
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I reskeet things I like. And, well, things I don’t much like but am glad I learned about. And things that I am infuriated by, and want everyone else to be mad about too. But I try to minimize the latter.
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Despite industry leaders promising that agentic AI is the future, taking care of virtually all human tasks within the next few years
#CarnegieMellonUniversity researchers just released a paper showing that even the best–performing AI agents fail to complete real-world office tasks 70% of the time
#CarnegieMellonUniversity researchers just released a paper showing that even the best–performing AI agents fail to complete real-world office tasks 70% of the time
November 16, 2025 at 4:55 AM
Despite industry leaders promising that agentic AI is the future, taking care of virtually all human tasks within the next few years
#CarnegieMellonUniversity researchers just released a paper showing that even the best–performing AI agents fail to complete real-world office tasks 70% of the time
#CarnegieMellonUniversity researchers just released a paper showing that even the best–performing AI agents fail to complete real-world office tasks 70% of the time
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Forcing AI on to employees is the norm for companies nowadays. Employees can't speak out against it directly, because doing so would negatively impact their performance review or perceived cultural fit, when layoffs in tech are also common.
November 15, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Forcing AI on to employees is the norm for companies nowadays. Employees can't speak out against it directly, because doing so would negatively impact their performance review or perceived cultural fit, when layoffs in tech are also common.
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In Xanadu did Kubla Khan
A stately Taco Bell decree:
Where Blast, the Baja river, ran
So everyone across the land
Could live both más and free
A stately Taco Bell decree:
Where Blast, the Baja river, ran
So everyone across the land
Could live both más and free
January 22, 2025 at 4:01 AM
In Xanadu did Kubla Khan
A stately Taco Bell decree:
Where Blast, the Baja river, ran
So everyone across the land
Could live both más and free
A stately Taco Bell decree:
Where Blast, the Baja river, ran
So everyone across the land
Could live both más and free
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this is a bop
I made a song entirely from 50 country artists singing "cold beer"
YouTube video by There I Ruined It
youtu.be
November 15, 2025 at 6:25 AM
this is a bop
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![[Scene is a kitchen - a middle aged woman called JANET is boiling peas at the stove. A younger more colourfully dressed woman named LIZ approached her.]
JANET:
Ugh...
LIZ:
What's up?
JANET:
I am so bored of cooking peas!
LIZ:
Have you tried...
AI peas?
JANET:
AI peas?
LIZ:
They're peas with AI!
[Liz holds up to us a packet of peas labelled: Pea-i AI - Peas with AI].
LIZ:
Al-powered peas harness the potential of your peas
JANET:
What
LIZ [Now a voiceover as we cut to a whizzy technology diagram of peas all connected by meaningless dotted lines]
Why not take your peas to the next level with Al Peas' new Al tools to power your peas?
[Show a techno diagram of a pea with a label reading 'AI' pointing to a random zone in it]
LIZ:
Each pea has Al in a way we haven't quite worked out yet but it's fine
[Show Janet and Liz now in a Matrix-style world of peas]
LIZ:
With Al peas you can supercharge productivity and make AI work for your peas!
JANET:
What
LIZ:
Shut up
LIZ:
Our game-changing Pea-Al gives you the freedom to unlock the potential of the power of the future of your peas workflow
From opening the bag of peas
to boiling the peas
to eating the peas
To spending millions on adding Al to the peas and then having to work out what that even means.
JANET:
Is it really necessary to-
LIZ [Grabbing Janet by the collar]:
THE PEAS HAVE GOT AI, JANET
[Cut to an advert ending screen, with the bag of peas and the slogan:
AI PEAS: Just 'Peas' for god's sake buy the AI peas.
[Ends]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4m3we4apbjayclzcnhwe3pfp/bafkreiayqa37f7kik7l7s7fbtfp2sir5ckb662ry2lylinyjrfa2rkvvka@jpeg)
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lately i've been thinking about how LLMs must feel really amazing to use if you're a dumbass, but incredibly frustrating if you're just basically competent in life.
Is AI making job recruitment less meritocratic? We're getting some v interesting research studies on this question now, and the news is... not good. @jburnmurdoch.ft.com & I dive in, in the latest edition of our newsletter The AI Shift www.ft.com/content/e5b7...
November 14, 2025 at 12:55 PM
lately i've been thinking about how LLMs must feel really amazing to use if you're a dumbass, but incredibly frustrating if you're just basically competent in life.
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i looked at this earlier and the article is very careful not to say what actually happened but if you know history and you know this administration it is impossible not to assume programatic eugenics and anyone involved in programatic eugenics should not be allowed to see the sun ever again
“Many of the women say that they were pressured to have unwanted or unnecessary gynecological procedures while in the custody of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement”
"They tried to shut me up by deporting me."
www.npr.org/2020/12/22/9...
www.npr.org/2020/12/22/9...
November 15, 2025 at 9:50 AM
i looked at this earlier and the article is very careful not to say what actually happened but if you know history and you know this administration it is impossible not to assume programatic eugenics and anyone involved in programatic eugenics should not be allowed to see the sun ever again
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“Many of the women say that they were pressured to have unwanted or unnecessary gynecological procedures while in the custody of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement”
"They tried to shut me up by deporting me."
www.npr.org/2020/12/22/9...
www.npr.org/2020/12/22/9...
Dozens Of Women Allege Unwanted Surgeries And Medical Abuse In ICE Custody
More women are coming forward to say they were pressured to have reproductive surgeries they did not want or understand, offering a glimpse into alleged medical abuses at an ICE detention center.
www.npr.org
November 15, 2025 at 3:11 AM
“Many of the women say that they were pressured to have unwanted or unnecessary gynecological procedures while in the custody of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement”
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Medical Republic: 'Fibromyalgia finally gets a genetic fingerprint'
'Additionally, certain risk loci overlapped with long covid (BPTF) and ME/CFS (OLFM4, RABGAP1L/GPR52), two poorly characterised disorders, albeit with different lead variants.'
www.medicalrepublic.com.au/fibromyalgia...
'Additionally, certain risk loci overlapped with long covid (BPTF) and ME/CFS (OLFM4, RABGAP1L/GPR52), two poorly characterised disorders, albeit with different lead variants.'
www.medicalrepublic.com.au/fibromyalgia...
Fibromyalgia finally gets a genetic fingerprint - Medical Republic
A massive global study links the chronic pain condition to 26 genes associated with brain signalling, marking a turning point in understanding its biological roots.
www.medicalrepublic.com.au
November 13, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Medical Republic: 'Fibromyalgia finally gets a genetic fingerprint'
'Additionally, certain risk loci overlapped with long covid (BPTF) and ME/CFS (OLFM4, RABGAP1L/GPR52), two poorly characterised disorders, albeit with different lead variants.'
www.medicalrepublic.com.au/fibromyalgia...
'Additionally, certain risk loci overlapped with long covid (BPTF) and ME/CFS (OLFM4, RABGAP1L/GPR52), two poorly characterised disorders, albeit with different lead variants.'
www.medicalrepublic.com.au/fibromyalgia...
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Starting up #FridayNightZillow
In Cuba, Missouri, we can get a 14BR, 14BA lodge on the river for just $850K. It has a heckuva back story: Originally built as a brothel for local fur trappers, it later was frequented by famous St. Louis mobsters. +Bald eagles!
www.zillow.com/homedetails/...
In Cuba, Missouri, we can get a 14BR, 14BA lodge on the river for just $850K. It has a heckuva back story: Originally built as a brothel for local fur trappers, it later was frequented by famous St. Louis mobsters. +Bald eagles!
www.zillow.com/homedetails/...
November 15, 2025 at 2:13 AM
Starting up #FridayNightZillow
In Cuba, Missouri, we can get a 14BR, 14BA lodge on the river for just $850K. It has a heckuva back story: Originally built as a brothel for local fur trappers, it later was frequented by famous St. Louis mobsters. +Bald eagles!
www.zillow.com/homedetails/...
In Cuba, Missouri, we can get a 14BR, 14BA lodge on the river for just $850K. It has a heckuva back story: Originally built as a brothel for local fur trappers, it later was frequented by famous St. Louis mobsters. +Bald eagles!
www.zillow.com/homedetails/...
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CPL is an absolute palace to the people and these proposed cuts are abominable. Artificial austerity. Chicago folks, read this, check the links to bug the mayor and your alders—this can be fought and won.
The People Want to Read: on the massive budget cuts proposed for Chicago Public Library. What's at stake and what you can do, whether or not you live in Chicago.
buttondown.com/wellsourced/...
buttondown.com/wellsourced/...
The People Want To Read: On Massive Budget Cuts Proposed in Chicago
If passed, Chicago Public Library will lose half their budget for acquiring new books and materials.
buttondown.com
November 8, 2025 at 10:17 PM
CPL is an absolute palace to the people and these proposed cuts are abominable. Artificial austerity. Chicago folks, read this, check the links to bug the mayor and your alders—this can be fought and won.
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WE WON. I am *begging* you to take note of who did this. *Not* UCLA admin—they’re still scuttling around behind closed doors, attempting to appease—but FACULTY AND STAFF, led by AAUP.
BREAKING: In AAUP et al v. Trump (wall-to-wall union lawsuit challenging the administration’s unlawful use of TItle VI to reshape the University of California system), the faculty and staff of the UC system WON!!!
We were granted our preliminary injunction! @aaup.org
We were granted our preliminary injunction! @aaup.org
November 15, 2025 at 12:01 AM
WE WON. I am *begging* you to take note of who did this. *Not* UCLA admin—they’re still scuttling around behind closed doors, attempting to appease—but FACULTY AND STAFF, led by AAUP.
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THEN YOU PURCHASE THEM AND DO NOT USE THE PROPERTY OF OTHERS
Open AI loses copyright case in Germany.
Judge Elke Schwager summarized the case saying that if you want to build something and need components, "then you purchase them and do not use the property of others."
Judge Elke Schwager summarized the case saying that if you want to build something and need components, "then you purchase them and do not use the property of others."
Blow for OpenAI in Germany as court rules song lyrics used illegally
A German court ruled on Tuesday that OpenAI violated copyright on nine popular songs in a lawsuit that marked another attempt to prevent the free use of artists' content online. The Munich Regional Co...
www.yahoo.com
November 14, 2025 at 9:23 PM
THEN YOU PURCHASE THEM AND DO NOT USE THE PROPERTY OF OTHERS
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(Some of the entries are *verbatim* transcripts and don't even bother attributing. Here's one)
November 13, 2025 at 1:20 PM
(Some of the entries are *verbatim* transcripts and don't even bother attributing. Here's one)
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A new state-by-state evaluation of the projected energy and water use of "AI" data centers in the US. Looks… real bad. Like, "undoing tech sector climate gains" bad.
Strongly recommends immediately ensuring any & all new "AI" data centers to run on existing & expanded renewables grids. Which… yeah.
Strongly recommends immediately ensuring any & all new "AI" data centers to run on existing & expanded renewables grids. Which… yeah.
Environmental impact and net-zero pathways for sustainable artificial intelligence servers in the USA - Nature Sustainability
The rapid expansion of AI server installations in the United States poses sustainability challenges in terms of water usage and carbon emissions. A study now quantifies these potential impacts and out...
www.nature.com
November 14, 2025 at 2:06 AM
A new state-by-state evaluation of the projected energy and water use of "AI" data centers in the US. Looks… real bad. Like, "undoing tech sector climate gains" bad.
Strongly recommends immediately ensuring any & all new "AI" data centers to run on existing & expanded renewables grids. Which… yeah.
Strongly recommends immediately ensuring any & all new "AI" data centers to run on existing & expanded renewables grids. Which… yeah.
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Notable trend: Curmudgeonly, bereaved middle-aged lesbian best-selling authors are the detective-like protagonists of two (2) major but very different streaming shows
November 14, 2025 at 2:57 AM
Notable trend: Curmudgeonly, bereaved middle-aged lesbian best-selling authors are the detective-like protagonists of two (2) major but very different streaming shows
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Graphic's from here, by the way: www.archdaily.com/977131/how-t...
How to Reduce Light Pollution With Street Light Design?
We present 15 inspiring examples of street light designs that contribute to reducing light pollution.
www.archdaily.com
November 13, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Graphic's from here, by the way: www.archdaily.com/977131/how-t...
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Reposting this, because it's the best alt text I have ever written.
November 13, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Reposting this, because it's the best alt text I have ever written.
Asymptomatic transmission of H5N1 - apparently including a human-to-human case - seems troubling. Violet Blue’s reporting and links are worth following (when you have the bandwidth and stamina to think about this aspect of current affairs).
New: Asymptomatic human H5N1 cases confirmed, rare, but real, and documented with molecular + serologic testing. This is the kind of early signal you always track. Also, we're filling ongoing CDC Covid data blackout gaps, new/nextgen prevention tools + vaccines, more: www.patreon.com/posts/covid-...
Covid: November 13, 2025 | Threat Model
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November 13, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Asymptomatic transmission of H5N1 - apparently including a human-to-human case - seems troubling. Violet Blue’s reporting and links are worth following (when you have the bandwidth and stamina to think about this aspect of current affairs).
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In light of the @nytimes.com article this week, “Did Liberal Feminism Ruin the Workplace” here are other articles in the same (infuriating) vein.
November 13, 2025 at 4:45 AM
In light of the @nytimes.com article this week, “Did Liberal Feminism Ruin the Workplace” here are other articles in the same (infuriating) vein.
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See, look, U.S.A., it's this easy
(and should have been done immediately upon the knowledge that these cheats and grifters were STEALING our work)
(and should have been done immediately upon the knowledge that these cheats and grifters were STEALING our work)
November 11, 2025 at 12:17 AM
See, look, U.S.A., it's this easy
(and should have been done immediately upon the knowledge that these cheats and grifters were STEALING our work)
(and should have been done immediately upon the knowledge that these cheats and grifters were STEALING our work)
I am about to take a COVID test. Sought this out to remind myself what to do if the test comes back positive. If you want to learn more about mast cells, COVID, and giving yourself the best chance of staying well, read up and down the🧵for citations and clear explanations.
The doses are the same. When you test positive for COVID, start taking:
-20 mg cetirizine or loratidine
-20 mg famotidine
-Every 12 hours
-Until you are completely recovered
-20 mg cetirizine or loratidine
-20 mg famotidine
-Every 12 hours
-Until you are completely recovered
November 13, 2025 at 10:11 PM
I am about to take a COVID test. Sought this out to remind myself what to do if the test comes back positive. If you want to learn more about mast cells, COVID, and giving yourself the best chance of staying well, read up and down the🧵for citations and clear explanations.
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Re: Epstein’s emails
November 13, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Re: Epstein’s emails
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I see the “technically it’s ephebophelia” crowd is out today, so just a reminder that A) this is NOT a case where technically correct is the best kind of correct and B) the minute you say this, the gods dump you in the “irredeemable creeper” basket and wash their hands thoroughly after touching you.
November 13, 2025 at 6:57 PM
I see the “technically it’s ephebophelia” crowd is out today, so just a reminder that A) this is NOT a case where technically correct is the best kind of correct and B) the minute you say this, the gods dump you in the “irredeemable creeper” basket and wash their hands thoroughly after touching you.