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Hilarious to me that the argument among historians and sociologists opposed to LLM use vs those supportive amounts to “Tractatus” Wittgenstein arguing against “Investigations” Wittgenstein.
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In Silicon valley over break and have to say this place makes no sense. Its like one big suburb with blah strip miles and low slung commercial "historic" "downtowns."
The great irony of tech companies complaining about Europe is they live in a place where you literally can't build anything.
The great irony of tech companies complaining about Europe is they live in a place where you literally can't build anything.
December 29, 2025 at 4:13 PM
In Silicon valley over break and have to say this place makes no sense. Its like one big suburb with blah strip miles and low slung commercial "historic" "downtowns."
The great irony of tech companies complaining about Europe is they live in a place where you literally can't build anything.
The great irony of tech companies complaining about Europe is they live in a place where you literally can't build anything.
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This, combined with "vice signaling" (taking pride in antisocial behavior) has given us the reign of the Stupid Asshole, something most people are against, but can only be remedied if we're not too polite to talk about it
An essential development over the past decade-plus is that the ignorant went from feeling chastened when their ignorance was revealed to banding together and deciding that, actually, they were right. They might disagree at times, but they agreed that ignorance itself was an indicator of trust.
December 29, 2025 at 6:46 PM
This, combined with "vice signaling" (taking pride in antisocial behavior) has given us the reign of the Stupid Asshole, something most people are against, but can only be remedied if we're not too polite to talk about it
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oh brother, another bad post from political influencer beltway brian. i am furious at beltway brian all of the time. i share screencaps of beltway brian's posts with people who have no idea who he is. i hate all of beltway brian's posts and i read all of them every single day, including weekends
December 27, 2025 at 5:47 PM
oh brother, another bad post from political influencer beltway brian. i am furious at beltway brian all of the time. i share screencaps of beltway brian's posts with people who have no idea who he is. i hate all of beltway brian's posts and i read all of them every single day, including weekends
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It's annoying to see the hand-wringing over a small number of wealthy people making empty threats to move because of tax increases, when there are actually people leaving desirable places en masse because they can't find affordable places to live
Forever renters: For many in Greater Boston, the American dream of homeownership ‘no longer exists’ - The Boston Globe
Home prices in Greater Boston have surged far faster than incomes, pushing ownership out of reach for many.
www.bostonglobe.com
December 27, 2025 at 1:09 AM
It's annoying to see the hand-wringing over a small number of wealthy people making empty threats to move because of tax increases, when there are actually people leaving desirable places en masse because they can't find affordable places to live
I had not seen this Jezebel article before, but it's pure gold, and articulates what is a really important point.
The issue goes back further -- there's no way Stephen Miller exists in a world where people aren't too cowardly to flat out say this, consistently.
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The issue goes back further -- there's no way Stephen Miller exists in a world where people aren't too cowardly to flat out say this, consistently.
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December 27, 2025 at 2:44 PM
I had not seen this Jezebel article before, but it's pure gold, and articulates what is a really important point.
The issue goes back further -- there's no way Stephen Miller exists in a world where people aren't too cowardly to flat out say this, consistently.
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The issue goes back further -- there's no way Stephen Miller exists in a world where people aren't too cowardly to flat out say this, consistently.
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What @katmabu.bsky.social is doing is LITERALLY all that politics is.
If you think this is a bad use of resources, you've confused process with outcomes.
Normal and/or sane (non ridiculously rich) people vote on outcomes only.
Good on @katmabu.bsky.social for making this part of campaigning.
If you think this is a bad use of resources, you've confused process with outcomes.
Normal and/or sane (non ridiculously rich) people vote on outcomes only.
Good on @katmabu.bsky.social for making this part of campaigning.
December 27, 2025 at 2:31 PM
What @katmabu.bsky.social is doing is LITERALLY all that politics is.
If you think this is a bad use of resources, you've confused process with outcomes.
Normal and/or sane (non ridiculously rich) people vote on outcomes only.
Good on @katmabu.bsky.social for making this part of campaigning.
If you think this is a bad use of resources, you've confused process with outcomes.
Normal and/or sane (non ridiculously rich) people vote on outcomes only.
Good on @katmabu.bsky.social for making this part of campaigning.
Crowe in Nuremberg is excellent. Setting aside the rest of the cast, portraying Goring as a human being with both horrible and strong, charismatic qualities is an incredibly important message.
December 27, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Crowe in Nuremberg is excellent. Setting aside the rest of the cast, portraying Goring as a human being with both horrible and strong, charismatic qualities is an incredibly important message.
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Norway went from 16% to 98% EV adoption in 10 years.
The rest of the world is following suit.
If you think EVs are niche or a fad, you’re only kidding yourself.👇🏽
www.lyrebirddreaming.com/post/colour-...
The rest of the world is following suit.
If you think EVs are niche or a fad, you’re only kidding yourself.👇🏽
www.lyrebirddreaming.com/post/colour-...
December 25, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Norway went from 16% to 98% EV adoption in 10 years.
The rest of the world is following suit.
If you think EVs are niche or a fad, you’re only kidding yourself.👇🏽
www.lyrebirddreaming.com/post/colour-...
The rest of the world is following suit.
If you think EVs are niche or a fad, you’re only kidding yourself.👇🏽
www.lyrebirddreaming.com/post/colour-...
This sort of speed + hardware combination is wild: github.com/thu-ml/Turbo.... This is the sort of thing that is absolutely going to cause social/political crisis.
GitHub - thu-ml/TurboDiffusion: TurboDiffusion: 100–200× Acceleration for Video Diffusion Models
TurboDiffusion: 100–200× Acceleration for Video Diffusion Models - thu-ml/TurboDiffusion
github.com
December 26, 2025 at 9:47 PM
This sort of speed + hardware combination is wild: github.com/thu-ml/Turbo.... This is the sort of thing that is absolutely going to cause social/political crisis.
Greatest example of “False Consensus Effect” I can think of
I love how Trump thinks we can't see how he telegraphs what he's most guilty of and most afraid of: everything Epstein, election interference and fraud, and inhabiting a world of corruption. It's a forensic psychologist's jackpot!
December 26, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Greatest example of “False Consensus Effect” I can think of
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This is a great example not just of Nazism being normalized, but of being so removed from the consequences of Nazism that it becomes just a thought exercise. I mean, hey, 20 years ago this avowed antisemite couldn’t even have been part of polite society and look at him now!
Joe Rogan and Shane Gillis on Nick Fuentes running for president one day.
Rogan: “He could probably win in a few years. Listen, he couldn’t have existed before, right? Ten, twenty years ago, couldn’t have existed. Now, super popular. What’s twenty years from now look like?”
Rogan: “He could probably win in a few years. Listen, he couldn’t have existed before, right? Ten, twenty years ago, couldn’t have existed. Now, super popular. What’s twenty years from now look like?”
December 26, 2025 at 2:51 AM
This is a great example not just of Nazism being normalized, but of being so removed from the consequences of Nazism that it becomes just a thought exercise. I mean, hey, 20 years ago this avowed antisemite couldn’t even have been part of polite society and look at him now!
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December 25, 2025 at 1:50 PM
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I’ll just note that the US didn’t do this to China, which outright bans US social media websites
US bars former EU commissioner Breton and others over tech rules ft.trib.al/TgoG45B
US bars former EU commissioner Breton and others over tech rules
France hits out at visa sanctions as Washington targets what it calls the ‘global censorship-industrial complex’
ft.trib.al
December 24, 2025 at 11:12 AM
I’ll just note that the US didn’t do this to China, which outright bans US social media websites
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here's a hot for Bluesky take: a lot of tech-criticism is so bad and focused on a kind of stupid imagined STEM-humanities culture war that some companies have been able to build whole brands around being "evil tech bros 😈" making supervillain promises despite their shit being vaporware
December 23, 2025 at 8:17 AM
here's a hot for Bluesky take: a lot of tech-criticism is so bad and focused on a kind of stupid imagined STEM-humanities culture war that some companies have been able to build whole brands around being "evil tech bros 😈" making supervillain promises despite their shit being vaporware
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via Breaking911, here are the radio transmissions from Providence police responding to the Brown University shooting
Officers standing outside not entering during the critical moments, allowed the shooter to escape
The public wants police to take on risk but there is no incentive for them to do so
Officers standing outside not entering during the critical moments, allowed the shooter to escape
The public wants police to take on risk but there is no incentive for them to do so
December 19, 2025 at 5:54 PM
via Breaking911, here are the radio transmissions from Providence police responding to the Brown University shooting
Officers standing outside not entering during the critical moments, allowed the shooter to escape
The public wants police to take on risk but there is no incentive for them to do so
Officers standing outside not entering during the critical moments, allowed the shooter to escape
The public wants police to take on risk but there is no incentive for them to do so
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AI is often sold as 'do something you already know how to do more efficiently' but is often bought as 'do something you don't know how to do with no idea if you are doing it efficiently at all'
December 21, 2025 at 9:33 PM
AI is often sold as 'do something you already know how to do more efficiently' but is often bought as 'do something you don't know how to do with no idea if you are doing it efficiently at all'
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December 22, 2025 at 11:39 AM
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Once when we wanted to show the ineffectual dithering of The Good Place Committee, we had one of them say, "There are rules, procedures. This is The Good Place -- we can't just *do stuff.*" We almost didn't include it, because we thought it was a little on the nose.
WELKER: Massie and Khanna say they are looking at options including impeachment and contempt for DOJ officials. Would you support those steps?
KAINE: I think that's premature
KAINE: I think that's premature
December 21, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Once when we wanted to show the ineffectual dithering of The Good Place Committee, we had one of them say, "There are rules, procedures. This is The Good Place -- we can't just *do stuff.*" We almost didn't include it, because we thought it was a little on the nose.
Hilarious to me that the argument among historians and sociologists opposed to LLM use vs those supportive amounts to “Tractatus” Wittgenstein arguing against “Investigations” Wittgenstein.
December 21, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Hilarious to me that the argument among historians and sociologists opposed to LLM use vs those supportive amounts to “Tractatus” Wittgenstein arguing against “Investigations” Wittgenstein.
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You would think they’d be better at this with the consequences being so high.
December 20, 2025 at 11:35 PM
You would think they’d be better at this with the consequences being so high.
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Mr. Beast, all my friends and I were saying how good at boxing you’d be
December 21, 2025 at 6:04 AM
Mr. Beast, all my friends and I were saying how good at boxing you’d be
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Trump is like when Mr. Burns from the simpsons has every disease but in his case it's every greek myth that's meant to teach you a lesson
December 20, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Trump is like when Mr. Burns from the simpsons has every disease but in his case it's every greek myth that's meant to teach you a lesson
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They came to me and they said "Sir it's time for your weekly cognitive test, something we make all healthy presidents do" and I said thank you. That's very nice
December 20, 2025 at 9:27 PM
They came to me and they said "Sir it's time for your weekly cognitive test, something we make all healthy presidents do" and I said thank you. That's very nice
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STRICKLAND: Participate in the UFC White House event?
"Just to go hang out with the fucking Epstein list? I'm good, dude."
"Just to go hang out with the fucking Epstein list? I'm good, dude."
December 19, 2025 at 5:57 PM
STRICKLAND: Participate in the UFC White House event?
"Just to go hang out with the fucking Epstein list? I'm good, dude."
"Just to go hang out with the fucking Epstein list? I'm good, dude."