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· Jun 12
i'm watching (almost) all of doctor who from the very beginning and I'll be collecting all of my thoughts in this megathread
i'm not going to post about every serial/episode, just whenever i feel like it
i'm not going to post about every serial/episode, just whenever i feel like it
this is a good paper
November 12, 2025 at 3:32 PM
this is a good paper
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Who's up for a short thread demonstrating just how wrong this claim is by Mistral's CEO, using research by @rtommccoy.bsky.social (an co-authors) regarding crossword puzzles? Just me? Well whatever, let's dive into a mini-exploration of the Embers of Autoregression and why they singe...
flat out lies. these tech ceos take regulators and the masses for fools
![“If you want to know how a model will behave, the only way of doing it is to run it,” Mensch also suggested. “You do need to have some empirical testing, what’s happening. Knowing the input data that has been used for training is not going to tell you whether your model is going to behave well in [a healthcare use-case], for instance. You don’t really care about what’s in the training data. You do care about the empirical behaviour of the model. So you don’t need knowledge of the training data. And if you had knowledge of the training data, it wouldn’t even teach you whether the model is going to behave well or not. So this is why I’m saying it’s neither necessary nor sufficient.”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:26hkfmtr7jrchexamh7hk6rz/bafkreibp7oaeovg7xt43dlk3qtmkft6irldgf44tz75sbaiqvoqdq4kpjy@jpeg)
November 12, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Who's up for a short thread demonstrating just how wrong this claim is by Mistral's CEO, using research by @rtommccoy.bsky.social (an co-authors) regarding crossword puzzles? Just me? Well whatever, let's dive into a mini-exploration of the Embers of Autoregression and why they singe...
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I went to meet the 'Rockstar 31', the developers who were suddenly fired from their work on GTA 6 for what the studio has described as gross misconduct.
That's not what the workers call it though. They have another couple of words they prefer to use: union busting.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9nO...
That's not what the workers call it though. They have another couple of words they prefer to use: union busting.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9nO...
The Rockstar Workers Fired Before They Could Finish GTA 6
YouTube video by People Make Games
www.youtube.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:43 PM
I went to meet the 'Rockstar 31', the developers who were suddenly fired from their work on GTA 6 for what the studio has described as gross misconduct.
That's not what the workers call it though. They have another couple of words they prefer to use: union busting.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9nO...
That's not what the workers call it though. They have another couple of words they prefer to use: union busting.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9nO...
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I feel so badly for people who were taught how to read wrong. Man, reading is cool. I love knowing what words mean and how to put them, roughly, in order. Horrific to withhold that from a kid and future adult
November 12, 2025 at 2:25 AM
I feel so badly for people who were taught how to read wrong. Man, reading is cool. I love knowing what words mean and how to put them, roughly, in order. Horrific to withhold that from a kid and future adult
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ok one last post -- oldheads are always going to "why is the web dying.... how can we get the kids invested in the free and open web"
bro the kids can't read. that's why the web is dying. first things first
bro the kids can't read. that's why the web is dying. first things first
November 11, 2025 at 6:49 PM
ok one last post -- oldheads are always going to "why is the web dying.... how can we get the kids invested in the free and open web"
bro the kids can't read. that's why the web is dying. first things first
bro the kids can't read. that's why the web is dying. first things first
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ever since I learned about three-cueing I've developed infinitely more patience for replies on social media. mfers literally do not know how to read. people are walking around conjuring random meanings into words they don't know, and they don't know a lot of words. it's crazy
November 11, 2025 at 6:15 PM
ever since I learned about three-cueing I've developed infinitely more patience for replies on social media. mfers literally do not know how to read. people are walking around conjuring random meanings into words they don't know, and they don't know a lot of words. it's crazy
this is so fucking funny oh my god
November 12, 2025 at 2:40 AM
this is so fucking funny oh my god
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a new genre of photo in the last year is federal agents working for ICE pointing guns directly at photographers
November 11, 2025 at 12:41 AM
a new genre of photo in the last year is federal agents working for ICE pointing guns directly at photographers
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This a big deal: "China’s carbon dioxide emissions have been flat or falling for 18 months"
China's economy has grown by ~5% in the last year, so this comprehensively debunks the idea (again) that emissions are tied to growth. So yes, faster progress needed, but this is how you turn the corner.
China's economy has grown by ~5% in the last year, so this comprehensively debunks the idea (again) that emissions are tied to growth. So yes, faster progress needed, but this is how you turn the corner.
China’s CO2 emissions have been flat or falling for past 18 months, analysis finds
World’s biggest polluter on track to hit peak emissions target early but miss goal for cutting carbon intensity
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 9:20 AM
This a big deal: "China’s carbon dioxide emissions have been flat or falling for 18 months"
China's economy has grown by ~5% in the last year, so this comprehensively debunks the idea (again) that emissions are tied to growth. So yes, faster progress needed, but this is how you turn the corner.
China's economy has grown by ~5% in the last year, so this comprehensively debunks the idea (again) that emissions are tied to growth. So yes, faster progress needed, but this is how you turn the corner.
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Esther Ghey is kind of allergic to talking about the transphobic murder of her daughter as a transphobic murder, huh
Phones did not murder Brianna Ghey in cold blood.
November 10, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Esther Ghey is kind of allergic to talking about the transphobic murder of her daughter as a transphobic murder, huh
super cool that two BBC bosses resigned because panorama made trump look bad but not this kind of shit which has been going on for years. changing a quote like this is so obviously intentional and malicious it's ridiculous
In this piece, admitting the BBC has broken its impartiality rules re. trans people, the BBC further breaks its impartiality rules by changing a quote saying "trans identity" to "trans ideology".
Martine Croxall broke rules over 'pregnant people' facial expression, BBC says
The BBC newsreader was reading out a news bulletin about research on groups most at risk in UK heatwaves.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 9, 2025 at 9:55 PM
super cool that two BBC bosses resigned because panorama made trump look bad but not this kind of shit which has been going on for years. changing a quote like this is so obviously intentional and malicious it's ridiculous
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Worth pointing out the biggest supporters of trans people (which is who bigots mean by “gender ideology”) are bisexual & lesbian women. All the public “concerns” about trans people (phase, indoctrination, regret, etc) are recycled forms of homophobia. This is why LGB solidarity with the T is strong.
November 2, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Worth pointing out the biggest supporters of trans people (which is who bigots mean by “gender ideology”) are bisexual & lesbian women. All the public “concerns” about trans people (phase, indoctrination, regret, etc) are recycled forms of homophobia. This is why LGB solidarity with the T is strong.
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“It's impossible to know exactly why Lia Smith died, but we do know the overall societal atmosphere in which it happened, and it's a hostile one in which trans people are increasingly discriminated against, excluded, and treated without respect or dignity.” — @katelynburns.com
Politicizing Transgender Athletes Is Dangerous. Lia Smith Deserved Better.
"Let her passing be an inflection point for how you think about trans rights and trans people more generally."
www.teenvogue.com
November 9, 2025 at 1:48 AM
“It's impossible to know exactly why Lia Smith died, but we do know the overall societal atmosphere in which it happened, and it's a hostile one in which trans people are increasingly discriminated against, excluded, and treated without respect or dignity.” — @katelynburns.com
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I really shouldn't share bad ai, but the fact that they're pretending to have animated it all by hand is extraordinary. Anyone who has done digital animation will be flabbergasted at the audacity.
Mirroring the video here if you don't want to even humor going onto Twitter, but when it gets into the "process" section, there's so many red flags of them lying about the work they put into the commercial that reveal how much of this video is them trying and lying after the fact.
November 8, 2025 at 11:42 PM
I really shouldn't share bad ai, but the fact that they're pretending to have animated it all by hand is extraordinary. Anyone who has done digital animation will be flabbergasted at the audacity.
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"And then she looked at me! With her transgender eyes! It was terrifying :("
Absolutely pathetic, desperate shit from obvious bigots.
Absolutely pathetic, desperate shit from obvious bigots.
![Several nurses alleged Rose gave them "evil looks" or "hard stares", which Rose denied, telling the tribunal she did not know who the nurses were.
"I'm not in the business of levelling evil looks at anyone or hard staring," Rose said, adding people could think whatever they wanted about her but that did not influence her view of colleagues "as professionals".
One of the lead nurses, Bethany Hutchison, said Rose had smirked at her as they passed in a corridor, which she took to be an attempt at intimidation.
Mr Fetto asked Rose if she had "displayed amusement" towards nurse Bethany Hutchison.
Rose said she was talking to another colleague at the time about something they found funny, "but it wasn't [Ms Hutchison's] presence which I found amusing".](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cau5eglmhacxw6jpnxtbvpgz/bafkreig7pvrv2m7cfxkxllicenzp5jsdsi3lamqhigkhf7a4eepsfsirj4@jpeg)
November 7, 2025 at 12:18 PM
"And then she looked at me! With her transgender eyes! It was terrifying :("
Absolutely pathetic, desperate shit from obvious bigots.
Absolutely pathetic, desperate shit from obvious bigots.
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I think it speaks volumes in these cases about who is being intimidated and bullied given that pictures of trans women are often blurry candids snapped by journos outside the court whereas the cis women are in posed group photographs.
the absolute gall of these bigots to complain about someone allegedly giving them evil looks AFTER THEY HAVE DECIDED SHE IS A DANGER TO THEM AND THEY'VE TRIED TO GET HER FIRED AND/OR BANNED FROM USING THE BATHROMS.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Darlington trans medic used female changing room for years
Rose Henderson felt within her rights to use the Darlington hospital facility, a tribunal is told.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 7, 2025 at 12:11 PM
I think it speaks volumes in these cases about who is being intimidated and bullied given that pictures of trans women are often blurry candids snapped by journos outside the court whereas the cis women are in posed group photographs.
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This reminded me of this classic post except that everything has gotten far far dumber and more made up
November 7, 2025 at 4:15 PM
This reminded me of this classic post except that everything has gotten far far dumber and more made up
ok wow, so it seems like they send/(sent?) whole prompts to google, leaking them to site managers who can see what searches caused their site to come up in the results
For months, extremely personal and sensitive ChatGPT conversations have been leaking into an unexpected destination.
Oddest ChatGPT leaks yet: Cringey chat logs found in Google analytics tool
ChatGPT leaks seem to confirm OpenAI scrapes Google, expert says.
arstechnica.com
November 7, 2025 at 8:21 PM
ok wow, so it seems like they send/(sent?) whole prompts to google, leaking them to site managers who can see what searches caused their site to come up in the results
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Wondering why no one likes your posts anymore, even among your friends? It's because @jay.bsky.team and team have decided to hide a huge amount of content from all of our feeds by default.
Here's how to turn it off.
First go to the hamburger menu in the upper left corner
Here's how to turn it off.
First go to the hamburger menu in the upper left corner
November 6, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Wondering why no one likes your posts anymore, even among your friends? It's because @jay.bsky.team and team have decided to hide a huge amount of content from all of our feeds by default.
Here's how to turn it off.
First go to the hamburger menu in the upper left corner
Here's how to turn it off.
First go to the hamburger menu in the upper left corner
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There are no words for how evil this is
November 7, 2025 at 1:36 AM
There are no words for how evil this is
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One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 6, 2025 at 9:00 PM
One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
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Musk: So I'm looking at these chat logs.
Employee: Right.
Musk: And this one here.
Employee: Yeah.
Musk: Grok: 'I wanna dress up like your princess.'
Employee: That's hot.
Musk: Totally. But, 'And saw Elon Musk's head open til it swings on a hinge like Terence and Philip.'
Employee: It hallucinates.
Employee: Right.
Musk: And this one here.
Employee: Yeah.
Musk: Grok: 'I wanna dress up like your princess.'
Employee: That's hot.
Musk: Totally. But, 'And saw Elon Musk's head open til it swings on a hinge like Terence and Philip.'
Employee: It hallucinates.
Musk forced his own staff to turn over their personal data to train a NSFW chatbot that now offers perennially lonely users a racy girlfriend experience.
Musk Ordered Staff to Hand Over Biometric Data to Train His Sexual AI Bot
The world’s richest man got staff to give over their personal information to build his racy girlfriend-experience AI chatbot, which strips and flirts on demand.
trib.al
November 6, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Musk: So I'm looking at these chat logs.
Employee: Right.
Musk: And this one here.
Employee: Yeah.
Musk: Grok: 'I wanna dress up like your princess.'
Employee: That's hot.
Musk: Totally. But, 'And saw Elon Musk's head open til it swings on a hinge like Terence and Philip.'
Employee: It hallucinates.
Employee: Right.
Musk: And this one here.
Employee: Yeah.
Musk: Grok: 'I wanna dress up like your princess.'
Employee: That's hot.
Musk: Totally. But, 'And saw Elon Musk's head open til it swings on a hinge like Terence and Philip.'
Employee: It hallucinates.
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twelve hungry men
🚨🚨🚨 The jury has reached a verdict. Sean Dunn, aka the DC Sandwich Guy, has been found NOT GUILTY of assault.
November 6, 2025 at 7:31 PM
twelve hungry men
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🚨🚨🚨 The jury has reached a verdict. Sean Dunn, aka the DC Sandwich Guy, has been found NOT GUILTY of assault.
November 6, 2025 at 7:25 PM
🚨🚨🚨 The jury has reached a verdict. Sean Dunn, aka the DC Sandwich Guy, has been found NOT GUILTY of assault.