marc book
@marcbook.bsky.social
Gardener, archeologist, book reader, Assistant to the Regional Manager at Antifa™, watching hockey on Hawaii.
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Waymos Wobble But They Don't Drive Well During Power Outage
Waymos Wobble But They Don't Drive Well During Power Outage
Waymos Wobble But They Don't Drive Well During Power Outage
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December 22, 2025 at 6:19 AM
Waymos Wobble But They Don't Drive Well During Power Outage
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Weiss is bad at this. It’s too big a stage. She’s the Kash Patel of journalism
December 22, 2025 at 3:41 AM
Weiss is bad at this. It’s too big a stage. She’s the Kash Patel of journalism
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Bari Weiss probably could have gotten away with glazing the regime in facially benign ways (e.g. the Erika Kirk obsession) but cancelling stories is the one thing you can't get away with because it threatens the most important thing to journalists: attention
I keep seeing people dooming but this is absolutely not twelve dimensional chess, she’s in way over her head and super fucked up
December 22, 2025 at 4:02 AM
Bari Weiss probably could have gotten away with glazing the regime in facially benign ways (e.g. the Erika Kirk obsession) but cancelling stories is the one thing you can't get away with because it threatens the most important thing to journalists: attention
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Everyone in the federal government and the media only has one job and it's frantically running around and trying to hide evidence of the president's many crimes. They are so tired and all they want is for him to at least pause the crimes for a minute but he keeps on doing new ones
December 22, 2025 at 3:06 AM
Everyone in the federal government and the media only has one job and it's frantically running around and trying to hide evidence of the president's many crimes. They are so tired and all they want is for him to at least pause the crimes for a minute but he keeps on doing new ones
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wow who could have predicted bari weiss wouldn't be some cunning propagandist but a blundering dumbshit absolutely incapable of anything beyond embarrassing herself on television
December 14, 2025 at 3:39 AM
wow who could have predicted bari weiss wouldn't be some cunning propagandist but a blundering dumbshit absolutely incapable of anything beyond embarrassing herself on television
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“These men risked their lives to speak with us. We have a moral and professional obligation to the sources who entrusted us with their
stories. Abandoning them now is a betrayal of the most basic tenet of journalism: giving voice to the voiceless.”
stories. Abandoning them now is a betrayal of the most basic tenet of journalism: giving voice to the voiceless.”
Per NY Times’s Michael Grynbaum on X, this is Sharyn Alfonsi’s email to her “60 Minutes” colleagues in full:
December 22, 2025 at 3:42 AM
“These men risked their lives to speak with us. We have a moral and professional obligation to the sources who entrusted us with their
stories. Abandoning them now is a betrayal of the most basic tenet of journalism: giving voice to the voiceless.”
stories. Abandoning them now is a betrayal of the most basic tenet of journalism: giving voice to the voiceless.”
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"I apologize for being white"
"Sir, this is a Wendy's...and on behalf of our founder, Dave Thomas, we accept your apology. Can I interest you in a pretzel roll baconator today?"
"Sir, this is a Wendy's...and on behalf of our founder, Dave Thomas, we accept your apology. Can I interest you in a pretzel roll baconator today?"
December 21, 2025 at 11:19 PM
"I apologize for being white"
"Sir, this is a Wendy's...and on behalf of our founder, Dave Thomas, we accept your apology. Can I interest you in a pretzel roll baconator today?"
"Sir, this is a Wendy's...and on behalf of our founder, Dave Thomas, we accept your apology. Can I interest you in a pretzel roll baconator today?"
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getting into right-wing politics right now is like investing in zepplins while watching the Hindenberg plummet to the earth engulfed in flames
December 21, 2025 at 10:50 PM
getting into right-wing politics right now is like investing in zepplins while watching the Hindenberg plummet to the earth engulfed in flames
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Looking through the Epstein files on the DOJ website, it is extremely clear that when DOJ admitted that it redacted information related to political figures and government officials that they meant MAGA Republicans. Names of Democrats and even anti-Trump Republicans are left in.
Criminal conduct.
Criminal conduct.
December 21, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Looking through the Epstein files on the DOJ website, it is extremely clear that when DOJ admitted that it redacted information related to political figures and government officials that they meant MAGA Republicans. Names of Democrats and even anti-Trump Republicans are left in.
Criminal conduct.
Criminal conduct.
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Pro AI folks use luddite like white people use woke.
That’s not what I means, champ.
That’s not what I means, champ.
December 21, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Pro AI folks use luddite like white people use woke.
That’s not what I means, champ.
That’s not what I means, champ.
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honestly I feel like I have to apologize for being white more than ever these days
TIRED: You can say Merry Christmas again.
WIRED: You don't have to apologize for being white anymore.
WIRED: You don't have to apologize for being white anymore.
December 21, 2025 at 10:31 PM
honestly I feel like I have to apologize for being white more than ever these days
December 21, 2025 at 10:15 PM
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Being even baseline literate in the 2020s is like never working out but slowly becoming the strongest person on earth as everyone around you eats shredded newspaper and chugs poison
December 21, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Being even baseline literate in the 2020s is like never working out but slowly becoming the strongest person on earth as everyone around you eats shredded newspaper and chugs poison
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Handwaving away your party’s embrace of antisemitic conspiracy theories by saying “at least we’re not controlled by George Soros” is the most ridiculously quiet-part-loud thing I’ve ever seen.
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 7:56 PM
Handwaving away your party’s embrace of antisemitic conspiracy theories by saying “at least we’re not controlled by George Soros” is the most ridiculously quiet-part-loud thing I’ve ever seen.
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my kid doesn’t really understand the central premise of Rudolph because he’s like, why are they so mean about him looking different. the woke indoctrination is working. my children will defeat Christmas once and for all
December 21, 2025 at 6:32 PM
my kid doesn’t really understand the central premise of Rudolph because he’s like, why are they so mean about him looking different. the woke indoctrination is working. my children will defeat Christmas once and for all
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This, for the record, is what goes into a footnote. It’s the key part of the research process where I examine the practical, methodological, ethical implications of my sources before I join the stream of interpretation. It cannot be outsourced to an LLM.
Rare footage of a footnote being born in the wild.
December 21, 2025 at 5:53 AM
This, for the record, is what goes into a footnote. It’s the key part of the research process where I examine the practical, methodological, ethical implications of my sources before I join the stream of interpretation. It cannot be outsourced to an LLM.
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If this is already the normal procedure everywhere, i.e. a google scholar import, universities’ library catalogues will be useless tomorrow.
When viewing the fake article in Google scholar on my university network, there is a link to access the article via my uni's library. That link sends me to a library page that makes fake article appear real... Turns out library page is made programmatically from info on Google scholar 🤦
December 21, 2025 at 7:39 AM
If this is already the normal procedure everywhere, i.e. a google scholar import, universities’ library catalogues will be useless tomorrow.
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An absolutely magnificent Freudian slip! 🤌🏼
December 21, 2025 at 12:10 PM
An absolutely magnificent Freudian slip! 🤌🏼
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I’m not the biggest fan of boxing as a concept, but I do think we’re at the point where the only thing that’s going to prove to some people that they aren’t the main character with pro level skills at anything they want is to be punched in the face repeatedly.
December 20, 2025 at 8:01 PM
I’m not the biggest fan of boxing as a concept, but I do think we’re at the point where the only thing that’s going to prove to some people that they aren’t the main character with pro level skills at anything they want is to be punched in the face repeatedly.
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It’s the “season of love and giving”…but this year, doesn’t it seem more like a “season of fear and taking”? Like many of you, I’ve been saddened by the human impact of draconian government budget cuts and how angry many housed Americans are at unhoused Americans.
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December 21, 2025 at 2:51 AM
It’s the “season of love and giving”…but this year, doesn’t it seem more like a “season of fear and taking”? Like many of you, I’ve been saddened by the human impact of draconian government budget cuts and how angry many housed Americans are at unhoused Americans.
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I am not sorry. This is simply true. Academics should be able to write fluently and express themselves clearly and academics should do their own work. It’s literally our job. It’s what we trained until 22nd grade to do. This is a simple observation that should require no explanation or defense.
I’m sorry, but it is disgraceful to be an academic who uses this technology to conduct research. It should be prohibited in all of our scholarly institutions, including universities and journals.
December 20, 2025 at 1:45 PM
I am not sorry. This is simply true. Academics should be able to write fluently and express themselves clearly and academics should do their own work. It’s literally our job. It’s what we trained until 22nd grade to do. This is a simple observation that should require no explanation or defense.
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A Lord of the Rings cover band called Flock of Smeagols
A Lord of the Rings cover band called Chappell Rohan
A Lord of the Rings cover band called Sex Bomb-adil.
December 20, 2025 at 4:13 PM
A Lord of the Rings cover band called Flock of Smeagols