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"...I naturally gravitated towards London, that great cesspool into which all the loungers and idlers of the Empire are irresistibly drained."
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LLMs are, out of the box, "pretty good" at low-skill coding problems (more, if you know what you're doing). But they are not good at other kinds of problems. This is an issue when our economy is run by STEMlords who believe low-skill coders have special insight from which all answers can be derived
January 10, 2026 at 3:38 AM
LLMs are, out of the box, "pretty good" at low-skill coding problems (more, if you know what you're doing). But they are not good at other kinds of problems. This is an issue when our economy is run by STEMlords who believe low-skill coders have special insight from which all answers can be derived
You know how when you were little authority figures told you if you made certain facial expressions too much your face would get stuck like that?
I always thought that was bullshit, but Melania’s face really just seems to be stuck in that vacant pout.
I always thought that was bullshit, but Melania’s face really just seems to be stuck in that vacant pout.
January 9, 2026 at 9:20 PM
You know how when you were little authority figures told you if you made certain facial expressions too much your face would get stuck like that?
I always thought that was bullshit, but Melania’s face really just seems to be stuck in that vacant pout.
I always thought that was bullshit, but Melania’s face really just seems to be stuck in that vacant pout.
I think this is, in particular, a really big wake up for WHITE women, of which I am one. Renee Good and her wife were using their privilege for all the right reasons, and it did not protect them. These people fucking hate us because we do not hate who they want us to hate. Rest in Power, Renee.
i don’t think the intention of noting the victim’s citizenship is to imply that one life is more valuable, but rather to shake anyone out of complacency and apathy if they assumed their passport would shield them from the violence and brutality of their own government
January 9, 2026 at 8:26 PM
I think this is, in particular, a really big wake up for WHITE women, of which I am one. Renee Good and her wife were using their privilege for all the right reasons, and it did not protect them. These people fucking hate us because we do not hate who they want us to hate. Rest in Power, Renee.
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i don’t think the intention of noting the victim’s citizenship is to imply that one life is more valuable, but rather to shake anyone out of complacency and apathy if they assumed their passport would shield them from the violence and brutality of their own government
January 9, 2026 at 7:01 PM
i don’t think the intention of noting the victim’s citizenship is to imply that one life is more valuable, but rather to shake anyone out of complacency and apathy if they assumed their passport would shield them from the violence and brutality of their own government
Genuinely curious if there is a more useless human on the planet than Hakeem Jeffries at this point?
January 9, 2026 at 12:39 PM
Genuinely curious if there is a more useless human on the planet than Hakeem Jeffries at this point?
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Kaitlan Collins: "Karoline Leavitt said the ICE agent followed his training. Is that what you saw in the video?"
Zohran Mamdani: "That ICE agent murdered Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis."
Zohran Mamdani: "That ICE agent murdered Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis."
January 9, 2026 at 3:06 AM
Kaitlan Collins: "Karoline Leavitt said the ICE agent followed his training. Is that what you saw in the video?"
Zohran Mamdani: "That ICE agent murdered Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis."
Zohran Mamdani: "That ICE agent murdered Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis."
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Annals of Sanewashing: NYT Labels Trump's Confession of Psychological Unfitness as Leadership
h/t @parkermolloy.com
www.emptywheel.net/2026/01/09/a...
h/t @parkermolloy.com
www.emptywheel.net/2026/01/09/a...
Annals of Sanewashing: NYT Labels Trump's Confession of Psychological Unfitness as Leadership - emptywheel
The NYT committed literal sanewashing in the latest of its series of stories bragging that four journalists got to watch Trump ramble for two hours: It described Trump's pathological need to possess t...
www.emptywheel.net
January 9, 2026 at 8:24 AM
Annals of Sanewashing: NYT Labels Trump's Confession of Psychological Unfitness as Leadership
h/t @parkermolloy.com
www.emptywheel.net/2026/01/09/a...
h/t @parkermolloy.com
www.emptywheel.net/2026/01/09/a...
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This administration has spent a lot of time trying to normalize violence, brutality and jokes about the deaths of ideological opponents. It would be reasonable to think they hoped that would create a numbing effect that could be put to use on days like today. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
The official voice of the US government is cruel, gross, and weird. What is that doing to us?
Joking memes about imprisonment, deportation, and death by alligator are designed to radicalize and desensitize.
www.motherjones.com
January 8, 2026 at 8:34 AM
This administration has spent a lot of time trying to normalize violence, brutality and jokes about the deaths of ideological opponents. It would be reasonable to think they hoped that would create a numbing effect that could be put to use on days like today. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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As always, this is a solution looking for a problem that literally doesn’t exist.
January 7, 2026 at 10:26 PM
As always, this is a solution looking for a problem that literally doesn’t exist.
I do not understand the appeal of AI agents who buy things for you. Like, legit. A) anyone on a budget needs to prioritise or it overdraws the account B) like, I can remember to buy a shampoo refill and it won’t kill me if I forget one day and have to buy it the next.
January 7, 2026 at 10:26 PM
I do not understand the appeal of AI agents who buy things for you. Like, legit. A) anyone on a budget needs to prioritise or it overdraws the account B) like, I can remember to buy a shampoo refill and it won’t kill me if I forget one day and have to buy it the next.
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Just a reminder that George Conway is not fundraising right now to run against a MAGA republican.
He is fundraising to run against progressive Democrats.
He is fundraising to run against progressive Democrats.
January 7, 2026 at 5:28 AM
Just a reminder that George Conway is not fundraising right now to run against a MAGA republican.
He is fundraising to run against progressive Democrats.
He is fundraising to run against progressive Democrats.
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To say this is extraordinarily stupid given the circumstances and direction of travel is an understatement
www.politico.eu/article/pala...
www.politico.eu/article/pala...
Palantir lands biggest ever UK defense deal
The £240 million contract with the Ministry of Defence has renewed a debate about Britain’s dependence on American technology.
www.politico.eu
January 6, 2026 at 11:35 AM
To say this is extraordinarily stupid given the circumstances and direction of travel is an understatement
www.politico.eu/article/pala...
www.politico.eu/article/pala...
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They need to start freaking out more. The Venezuela raid has apparently left Trump thinking he’s all-powerful and now he wants to do it again and again. Beyond the insanity of running foreign policy on short-term whims, it’s also literally the kind of thing that could set off global war.
Warner: "Nothing would lead to the absolute destruction of NATO more than US aggressive action against a longtime ally like Denmark"
Schumer: "I asked for assurances that they were not planning operations in other countries like Colombia and Cuba, and I was very very disappointed in their answer"
Schumer: "I asked for assurances that they were not planning operations in other countries like Colombia and Cuba, and I was very very disappointed in their answer"
January 6, 2026 at 10:01 PM
They need to start freaking out more. The Venezuela raid has apparently left Trump thinking he’s all-powerful and now he wants to do it again and again. Beyond the insanity of running foreign policy on short-term whims, it’s also literally the kind of thing that could set off global war.
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trump did january 6th. republicans did january 6th. violent traitors did january 6th. they stormed the capitol, destroyed the building and threatened to kill members of congress. ashli babbitt was a violent insurrectionist. the capitol police protected people. these are truths we need to repeat.
January 6, 2026 at 7:30 PM
trump did january 6th. republicans did january 6th. violent traitors did january 6th. they stormed the capitol, destroyed the building and threatened to kill members of congress. ashli babbitt was a violent insurrectionist. the capitol police protected people. these are truths we need to repeat.
Dude, just looking at the law of average, but if Trump was all over so much of that 1% they were trying to hold back and redact him from, imagine what is in the REST of it?
The Trump administration has released less than 1% of the files in its possession.
Only 1% Of The Epstein Files Have Been Released—The Rest May Not Come Out For Weeks
The Trump administration has released less than 1% of the files in its possession.
www.forbes.com
January 6, 2026 at 7:19 PM
Dude, just looking at the law of average, but if Trump was all over so much of that 1% they were trying to hold back and redact him from, imagine what is in the REST of it?
The answer to this question is TAXES.
I had an old post on Twitter about this. The US spends about 18% of its GDP on the social safety net and 3.5% on military. Germany spends about 24-25% of its GDP on the social safety net and 2% on the military.
Our military spending is not why they can have nice things or why we don't.
Our military spending is not why they can have nice things or why we don't.
just grievances all the way down
January 6, 2026 at 6:43 PM
The answer to this question is TAXES.
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you guys ever see Looper
UPDATE: William DeFoor, 26, arrested after trying to break into Vice President JD Vance's Ohio home. He was using a hammer to break the windows - WXIX
January 5, 2026 at 3:45 PM
you guys ever see Looper
He’s definitely been punched.
January 6, 2026 at 10:59 AM
He’s definitely been punched.
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the 6% is the WaPo editorial board
One of the most lopsided results you'll ever see in a poll, from our weekend Washington Post poll www.washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
January 5, 2026 at 3:47 PM
the 6% is the WaPo editorial board
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the best part of traveling is a bunch of adults watching youtube videos on their phones on the external speakers because every person in this country is as smart and self-aware as an ipad kid now
January 5, 2026 at 1:02 AM
the best part of traveling is a bunch of adults watching youtube videos on their phones on the external speakers because every person in this country is as smart and self-aware as an ipad kid now
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Blows my mind that some of the same journalists who see Trump as a want-to-be dictator at home are earnestly discussing the "challenges" for this same man to "bring democracy" to a country it just illegal invaded. Please grow up.
January 3, 2026 at 6:16 PM
Blows my mind that some of the same journalists who see Trump as a want-to-be dictator at home are earnestly discussing the "challenges" for this same man to "bring democracy" to a country it just illegal invaded. Please grow up.
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‘There is a distinction between AI safety, which is hypothetical, and AI harm, which is happening now. For one thing, much of the data on which AI models have been trained is stolen – including, as it happens, from me.’
John Lanchester on the misdeeds of AI pioneers:
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
John Lanchester on the misdeeds of AI pioneers:
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
John Lanchester · King of Cannibal Island: Will the AI bubble burst?
Nvidia shares are the purest bet you can make on the impact of AI. The leading firms are lending money to one another in...
www.lrb.co.uk
January 3, 2026 at 12:44 PM
‘There is a distinction between AI safety, which is hypothetical, and AI harm, which is happening now. For one thing, much of the data on which AI models have been trained is stolen – including, as it happens, from me.’
John Lanchester on the misdeeds of AI pioneers:
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
John Lanchester on the misdeeds of AI pioneers:
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Okay, I don’t often watch videos of Trump speaking because the puckered shape his mouth makes has always given me the creeps, but Jesus Christ, I watched some of his post-Venezuela illegal coup conference and he sounds like a stretched out cassette tape. Seriously, stroke. And poor denture fit.
January 3, 2026 at 10:54 PM
Okay, I don’t often watch videos of Trump speaking because the puckered shape his mouth makes has always given me the creeps, but Jesus Christ, I watched some of his post-Venezuela illegal coup conference and he sounds like a stretched out cassette tape. Seriously, stroke. And poor denture fit.
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I feel like I haven’t even been properly lied to about the purposes of this war
January 3, 2026 at 9:13 AM
I feel like I haven’t even been properly lied to about the purposes of this war