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Particularly Miffed @miffedinparticular.bsky.social · 11h

You don’t maybe need to inextricably tie climate change to prison reform or trans rights (though they have their relevant ramifications), but you do need political systems capable of implementing the necessary policies over the long term.

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Particularly Miffed @miffedinparticular.bsky.social · 11h

Is it possible to halt climate change without global rule of law that isn’t being flouted by fascistic leaders?

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Particularly Miffed @miffedinparticular.bsky.social · 11h

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Kelsey Atherton @atherton.bsky.social · 3d

this is literally stuff King Charles did, like not only did the American colonists have a revolution to not have this happen, but they did so in the wake of the English revolution, which was about not having stuff like this happen

George Pearkes @peark.es · 3d

Well that's not how appropriations work at all

*WHITE HOUSE TO TRANSFER TARIFF REVENUE TO FUND WIC: LEAVITT

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Pennsylvania Democratic Party @padems.org · 3d

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Particularly Miffed @miffedinparticular.bsky.social · 5d

I miss working in larger groups.

Like, there’s something intellectually entertaining about operating in a group of 10-20 people and keeping track of what everyone’s doing while working towards a common goal.

Particularly Miffed @miffedinparticular.bsky.social · 5d

BuT thEY’re OPERATORS

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Particularly Miffed @miffedinparticular.bsky.social · 6d

So, yeah, if you have an all powerful demon/programmer you can write the mind machine table. The LLM machine table is very different from the mind machine table. Moreover, LLMs operate very differently non-semantically, which is not arbitrary to how we treat them.

⚡️🌙 @dystopiabreaker.xyz · 8d

do you think that the coordinates, chemical composition, and so on of your own brain cannot be represented in bits

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Quantian @quantian.bsky.social · 6d

We should do cap and trade for takes on here. I would happily sell off my right to participate in Swift discourse for a few more shots on goal about burrito taxis. Really force people to lock in, clear out the amateurs on any given subject.

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Democrats In Array Thanks Joe Biden @demsinarray.bsky.social · 7d

Using the military to attack American cities and American citizens must always and forever hang around every last Republican neck, for generations to come.

Every time they’re in power they attack and kill Americans. From January 6, to these myriad monstrosities.

No More Republicans.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7d

Leavitt: "President Trump will end the radical left's reign of terror in Portland once and for all. The president has directed Secretary Hegseth to provide all necessary troops to protect war-ravaged Portland."

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The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 10d

Excited to introduce Vibes from Meta. Eat your slop, piggies!

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Senator Angela Alsobrooks @alsobrooks.senate.gov · 9d

Republicans have the keys to the kingdom.

The White House. The Senate. The House.

Tonight, they have used their power to shut down the government.

The American people, including our patriotic federal workers, will pay the price for Republicans' callousness and incompetence.

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Philippe Lagassé @plagasse.bsky.social · 10d

How, exactly, do the Canadian Armed Forces deploy on operations with an ally who doesn't respect ROEs?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10d

Hegseth: "We unleash overwhelming and punishing violence on the enemy. We also don't fight with stupid rules of engagement. We untie the hands of our warfighters to intimidate, demoralize, hunt, and kill the enemies of our country. No more politically correct and overbearing rules of engagement."

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Particularly Miffed @miffedinparticular.bsky.social · 10d

Simultaneously, and I recognize the is/ought inherent in this, voters also need to realize that their voting options will never include their ideal candidate. They aren’t shopping; they’re participating in politics. Government OF and BY the people.

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Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 11d

If they can do it under far worse conditions than we have here, so can you.

apnews.com/article/mold...
Moldova’s pro-EU party wins clear parliamentary majority, defeating pro-Russian groups

Moldova’s pro-EU party wins clear parliamentary majority, defeating pro-Russian groups

Moldova’s pro-Western governing party has won a clear parliamentary majority, defeating pro-Russian groups in an election that was widely viewed as a stark choice between East and West.

https://apnews.com/article/moldova-election-parliament-eu-russia-3c4b0ff91143e129ea3ddb73d11ae93b?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=share <br>Moldova’s

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Particularly Miffed @miffedinparticular.bsky.social · 12d

Also worth reading the Federalist Papers

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Particularly Miffed @miffedinparticular.bsky.social · 14d

Further questions: What portion of morally unambiguous wars were won by the righteous? And is there an epistemic bias against unambiguous wars lost by the righteous?

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 18d

"Tyranny requires constant effort. It breaks, it leaks. Authority is brittle. Oppression is the mask of fear. Remember that."

Looking forward to seeing Jimmy back on the air.

Jimmy Kimmel Returns: ABC Ends Suspension Starting Tuesday

Jimmy Kimmel will return to late night on Tuesday

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Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 19d

"I have spent the last few weeks addressing and preparing for a military invasion by the President of the United States. No, I’m not a soldier or a foreign adversary. I’m the Governor of Illinois"