Evan Hughes
@perlscript.bsky.social
Lazy. Impatient. Proud.
Woke. Liberal/Libertarian. Feminist. (He/him)
"Nothing you say is incorrect." - KF =)
Woke. Liberal/Libertarian. Feminist. (He/him)
"Nothing you say is incorrect." - KF =)
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Grading and googling hallucinated citations, as one does nowadays, and now that LLMs have been around for a while, I've discovered new horrors: hallucinated journals are now appearing in Google Scholar with dozens of citations bc so many people are citing these fake things
December 15, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Grading and googling hallucinated citations, as one does nowadays, and now that LLMs have been around for a while, I've discovered new horrors: hallucinated journals are now appearing in Google Scholar with dozens of citations bc so many people are citing these fake things
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Words DO MATTER.
This is deeply moving.
This is deeply moving.
December 16, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Words DO MATTER.
This is deeply moving.
This is deeply moving.
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Josh Goldstein
@joshisimmigration.bsky.social
@joshisimmigration.bsky.social
December 16, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Josh Goldstein
@joshisimmigration.bsky.social
@joshisimmigration.bsky.social
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BREAKING: A week's worth of heavy rain in the Pacific Northwest has led to a levee failure in King County, WA. Three south Seattle suburbs are under evacuation orders, with more than 45,000 residents under a flash flood warning.
#Washington #flood #weather
#Washington #flood #weather
December 15, 2025 at 9:55 PM
BREAKING: A week's worth of heavy rain in the Pacific Northwest has led to a levee failure in King County, WA. Three south Seattle suburbs are under evacuation orders, with more than 45,000 residents under a flash flood warning.
#Washington #flood #weather
#Washington #flood #weather
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TENNESSEAN: “Elon Musk's Boring Co. makes formal Music City Loop approval request… NASHVILLE At-large Council member Delishia Porterfield indicated that she would file a resolution to oppose the project…” www.tennessean.com/story/money/...
December 12, 2025 at 10:20 PM
TENNESSEAN: “Elon Musk's Boring Co. makes formal Music City Loop approval request… NASHVILLE At-large Council member Delishia Porterfield indicated that she would file a resolution to oppose the project…” www.tennessean.com/story/money/...
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The Trump administration’s showdown with Judge James Boasberg escalated, as the Justice Department asked a federal appeals court to block the judge from holding a hearing next week to determine whether the administration deliberately defied his orders. www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
DOJ skewers judge as it seeks to quash contempt proceedings
The bitter showdown follows President Donald Trump’s call to impeach Judge James Boasberg.
www.politico.com
December 12, 2025 at 10:22 PM
The Trump administration’s showdown with Judge James Boasberg escalated, as the Justice Department asked a federal appeals court to block the judge from holding a hearing next week to determine whether the administration deliberately defied his orders. www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
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Two Florida lawmakers have unveiled a novel escalation in the attack on trans people: legislation that would make it illegal for state, county, and local employers to discipline or fire employees who harass or bully their transgender coworkers under the guise of “belief.”
New Florida Bill Would Protect Anti-Trans Discrimination in the Workplace
The bill’s “Don’t Say Gay or Trans” provisions would also have sweeping consequences for hospitals and health agencies.
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December 12, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Two Florida lawmakers have unveiled a novel escalation in the attack on trans people: legislation that would make it illegal for state, county, and local employers to discipline or fire employees who harass or bully their transgender coworkers under the guise of “belief.”
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oh my god let it go YOU FUCKING LOSER
Breaking news: The Justice Department filed a lawsuit against Fulton County, Georgia, over records related to the 2020 election, escalating the Trump administration’s efforts to boost the president’s false claims that his loss to Joe Biden was rigged.
DOJ sues Georgia county as Trump pushes debunked 2020 election fraud claims
President Donald Trump has increasingly pressured his administration to find widespread voter fraud in the 2020 election, despite those claims having been debunked and dismissed in dozens of cases by ...
www.washingtonpost.com
December 12, 2025 at 8:34 PM
oh my god let it go YOU FUCKING LOSER
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I am tempted to say that those who attack #Muslims while wielding #Jesus aren't real #Christians. But that would be disingenuous: Christians have a long history of hostility toward Muslims. #Islamophobia #Christianity #Islam religionnews.com/2025/12/12/i...
Islamophobia is being normalized at the highest levels. Christians need to learn to fight it.
(RNS) — Learning about Islam can make one a better and more knowledgeable Christian.
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December 12, 2025 at 7:05 PM
I am tempted to say that those who attack #Muslims while wielding #Jesus aren't real #Christians. But that would be disingenuous: Christians have a long history of hostility toward Muslims. #Islamophobia #Christianity #Islam religionnews.com/2025/12/12/i...
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Another great @gregsargent.bsky.social thread on efforts to #FreeKilmar. The admin's plan to persecute Kilmar, and in process, to arrogate power, and to vitiate judicial guardrails has backfired. My only addition would be to say "For now, the lower courts *AND KILMAR* are admirably...."
It's hard to know exactly what will happen now, given how unprecedented this is. But Trump and Miller envisioned this as a test of their ability to spread fear of lawless state terror. For now, the lower courts are admirably defending the rule of law. 5/5
newrepublic.com/article/2043...
newrepublic.com/article/2043...
December 12, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Another great @gregsargent.bsky.social thread on efforts to #FreeKilmar. The admin's plan to persecute Kilmar, and in process, to arrogate power, and to vitiate judicial guardrails has backfired. My only addition would be to say "For now, the lower courts *AND KILMAR* are admirably...."
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#Milton spa owner admits giving his clients botulism with unlicensed Botox shots
www.universalhub.com/2025/milton-...
#crime
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#crime
December 12, 2025 at 7:34 PM
#Milton spa owner admits giving his clients botulism with unlicensed Botox shots
www.universalhub.com/2025/milton-...
#crime
www.universalhub.com/2025/milton-...
#crime
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Mark Carney has been literally slipping talking points put together by tech billionaires and the Build Canada group they founded into his speeches.
Grim revelation — and of course, the tech industry is thrilled about it.
Grim revelation — and of course, the tech industry is thrilled about it.
Mark Carney Took Speech Ideas From Billionaire-Founded ‘Build Canada’
The pro-AI and fossil fuel group tells DeSmog that it’s great to see its ideas “get taken up by government.”
www.desmog.com
December 12, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Mark Carney has been literally slipping talking points put together by tech billionaires and the Build Canada group they founded into his speeches.
Grim revelation — and of course, the tech industry is thrilled about it.
Grim revelation — and of course, the tech industry is thrilled about it.
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The 1942 Cocoanut Grove nightclub fire in #Boston killed nearly 500 people.
Having saving measures in place to prevent future tragedies like that from occurring is the least we can do.
Having saving measures in place to prevent future tragedies like that from occurring is the least we can do.
Worcester things I don't understand:
How any business is allowed to operate without sufficient fire suppression systems and why people get pissy about it when they get told they have to update.
I know it costs money but like... this is basic necessity infrastructure.
How any business is allowed to operate without sufficient fire suppression systems and why people get pissy about it when they get told they have to update.
I know it costs money but like... this is basic necessity infrastructure.
December 12, 2025 at 2:52 PM
The 1942 Cocoanut Grove nightclub fire in #Boston killed nearly 500 people.
Having saving measures in place to prevent future tragedies like that from occurring is the least we can do.
Having saving measures in place to prevent future tragedies like that from occurring is the least we can do.
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Whenever I've done interviews about my reporting on the James Carver case, I've pointed out that you can spend as much money as you want prosecuting and jailing people for arson. But if you actually want to prevent deaths, then basic fire safety is what's most important.
While it wasn't the focus of my reporting, one of the reasons the Elliott Chambers Rooming House fire was so deadly (15 killed and more injured) was that the building lacked several key fire-safety features, one of those being an automated sprinkler system.
My latest for @theappeal.org:
James Carver spent 36 years in prison after he was convicted of setting one of the deadliest fires in #Massachusetts history. But after reviewing new scientific evidence, a judge set him free.
“They took my life away for nothing,” Carver said.
James Carver spent 36 years in prison after he was convicted of setting one of the deadliest fires in #Massachusetts history. But after reviewing new scientific evidence, a judge set him free.
“They took my life away for nothing,” Carver said.
December 12, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Whenever I've done interviews about my reporting on the James Carver case, I've pointed out that you can spend as much money as you want prosecuting and jailing people for arson. But if you actually want to prevent deaths, then basic fire safety is what's most important.
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Until they change the scheduling and open up the banking system, it’s all hot air
December 12, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Until they change the scheduling and open up the banking system, it’s all hot air
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It’s an executive order. It has no force of law, it is simply a suggestion.
A cornered animal might just... do sensible things that people want?
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
Trump seeks to cut restrictions on marijuana through planned order
The president is expected to attempt to classify marijuana similar to some common prescription painkillers and other drugs.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 12, 2025 at 10:11 AM
It’s an executive order. It has no force of law, it is simply a suggestion.
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NEW: A major shift in underway in recent months kicked into gear this week, with ICE trial attorneys around the country asking immigration "judges" to toss out *nearly all* asylum applications on the grounds of "safe third country" agreements with Uganda, Honduras, Ecuador, and Guatemala.
December 12, 2025 at 4:33 PM
NEW: A major shift in underway in recent months kicked into gear this week, with ICE trial attorneys around the country asking immigration "judges" to toss out *nearly all* asylum applications on the grounds of "safe third country" agreements with Uganda, Honduras, Ecuador, and Guatemala.
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Trump threatened Indiana Republicans that if they didn't do what he wanted, he'd block all federal funds to their state but they ignored his threats and told him to pound sand.
Take notes, college presidents.
Take notes, college presidents.
December 12, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Trump threatened Indiana Republicans that if they didn't do what he wanted, he'd block all federal funds to their state but they ignored his threats and told him to pound sand.
Take notes, college presidents.
Take notes, college presidents.
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WHAT THE FUCK DID THAT STROKE DO TO THIS MAN?
Fetterman Writes Letter Asking Israel’s President to Pardon Netanyahu talkingpointsmemo.com/news/fetterm...
Fetterman Writes Letter Asking Israel’s President to Pardon Netanyahu
Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) prepared a letter in recent days asking Israel’s...
talkingpointsmemo.com
December 12, 2025 at 4:27 PM
WHAT THE FUCK DID THAT STROKE DO TO THIS MAN?
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In Washington, the spotlight is suddenly focusing on US Representative Seth Magaziner’s proposal to ban members of Congress and their families from trading stocks.
US Representative Seth Magaziner’s congressional stock trading ban gains momentum - The Boston Globe
“Things are very much heating up on this. I don’t have an answer on the path to the floor for a vote just yet, but it’s accelerating,” Magaziner said.
www.bostonglobe.com
December 12, 2025 at 3:17 PM
In Washington, the spotlight is suddenly focusing on US Representative Seth Magaziner’s proposal to ban members of Congress and their families from trading stocks.
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Doom studio id Software unionizes to secure AI protections, benefits: "We see the direction the industry is headed"
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December 12, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Doom studio id Software unionizes to secure AI protections, benefits: "We see the direction the industry is headed"
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The term that Temu Nosferatu is groping for is “race traitors.”
Trumpists are the absolute scum of the earth.
Trumpists are the absolute scum of the earth.
“…And yet there are Republican lawmakers who eagerly facilitate the disinheritance of their own children.”
That right there is some dark, disturbing shit.
That right there is some dark, disturbing shit.
December 12, 2025 at 3:58 PM
The term that Temu Nosferatu is groping for is “race traitors.”
Trumpists are the absolute scum of the earth.
Trumpists are the absolute scum of the earth.
Yeah!
What this fucking guy said.
Finally, some jerkoff gets us.
What this fucking guy said.
Finally, some jerkoff gets us.
This is a nonsense accusation. Bostonians are insufferably douchey to EVERYBODY. Any man or woman, whatever color or creed, can walk down the street confident that someone will tell them to go fuck themselves.
The Department of Housing and Urban Development said Thursday that it was opening an investigation into housing policies in Boston, scrutinizing whether the city discriminated against white people.
December 12, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Yeah!
What this fucking guy said.
Finally, some jerkoff gets us.
What this fucking guy said.
Finally, some jerkoff gets us.
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Absolutely staggering to consider the deadweight loss that AI has caused educators in terms of burdening them by making cheating easier, and how little our society's elites care
Across the country, a small but growing number of educators are experimenting with oral exams to circumvent the temptations presented by powerful artificial intelligence platforms such as ChatGPT.
To AI-proof exams, professors turn to the oldest technique of all
A small but growing number of educators are experimenting with oral exams to circumvent the temptations presented by powerful AI platforms.
wapo.st
December 12, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Absolutely staggering to consider the deadweight loss that AI has caused educators in terms of burdening them by making cheating easier, and how little our society's elites care