Thanksgiving with cousins in the Midwest...
November 28, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Thanksgiving with cousins in the Midwest...
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Some have claimed unfairly that Jim is not an especially bright cat, but we believe this is untrue, and that the reality is more complex. He is simply very *emotionally* intelligent.
November 26, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Some have claimed unfairly that Jim is not an especially bright cat, but we believe this is untrue, and that the reality is more complex. He is simply very *emotionally* intelligent.
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November 26, 2025 at 9:22 PM
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Happy Thanksgiving from Sandy, the shark who lives in my office.
November 27, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Happy Thanksgiving from Sandy, the shark who lives in my office.
What WERE the baby seals wearing? (not appropriate for really anything. But hilarious) youtube.com/shorts/d7FsK...
TW: not just cute animal facts #musicalcomedy #funny #cuteanimals #animals #animalfacts #cute #music
YouTube video by Caitlin Cook
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November 27, 2025 at 1:11 PM
What WERE the baby seals wearing? (not appropriate for really anything. But hilarious) youtube.com/shorts/d7FsK...
Richard Reeves Could Never . Scott Galloway would try and the little person would just *actually* kick him in the glasses and he'd complain about the $800 he spent on designer frames youtube.com/shorts/Kw2bx...
That laugh is everything 🥹🤝🏻⚒️ @HayabusaInc
YouTube video by Tank Tolman
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November 27, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Richard Reeves Could Never . Scott Galloway would try and the little person would just *actually* kick him in the glasses and he'd complain about the $800 he spent on designer frames youtube.com/shorts/Kw2bx...
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The House will have been in session for fewer than 30 days between July 1-December 31 and just had a 53-day recess. He makes $223K/year plus benefits including 75% of all health expenses for his entire family. Affordable Care Act subsidies expire Dec 31st for everyone else’s healthcare coverage.
Speaker 'barely holding it together' and 'crushed by his workload': NYT
Speaker 'barely holding it together' and 'crushed by his workload': NYT
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) made several revealing admissions about the stressful and chaotic nature of his job, according to a recent New York Times report.The Times' Annie Karni wrote in a Wednesday article that Johnson turned what was meant to be an easy interview with a friendly podcast h...
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November 27, 2025 at 3:34 AM
The House will have been in session for fewer than 30 days between July 1-December 31 and just had a 53-day recess. He makes $223K/year plus benefits including 75% of all health expenses for his entire family. Affordable Care Act subsidies expire Dec 31st for everyone else’s healthcare coverage.
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As a former professional baker, I’m making pumpkin pie the way god intended: from the Libby’s recipe off the can, with Pillsbury premade crust
November 27, 2025 at 2:43 AM
As a former professional baker, I’m making pumpkin pie the way god intended: from the Libby’s recipe off the can, with Pillsbury premade crust
The jackhat who *only* got *more* than a Biblical flood worth of paid leave (40 days and 40 nights) in the form of a shutdown is whining about having to work. Boo hoo.
Speaker 'barely holding it together' and 'crushed by his workload': NYT
Speaker 'barely holding it together' and 'crushed by his workload': NYT
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) made several revealing admissions about the stressful and chaotic nature of his job, according to a recent New York Times report.The Times' Annie Karni wrote in a Wednesday article that Johnson turned what was meant to be an easy interview with a friendly podcast h...
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November 27, 2025 at 3:23 AM
The jackhat who *only* got *more* than a Biblical flood worth of paid leave (40 days and 40 nights) in the form of a shutdown is whining about having to work. Boo hoo.
NO! Anti technology attitudes are not left or right. Ask GMO opponents. Pure horseshoe theory.
We actually are far less likely to demand technology that is held to the standard "does this improve human thriving?" if we let this get partisan. I learned my lesson from mRNA vaccines.
We actually are far less likely to demand technology that is held to the standard "does this improve human thriving?" if we let this get partisan. I learned my lesson from mRNA vaccines.
i think tech and ai positive people are going to be in for a big shock when anti tech and anti ai sentiment becomes a major part of leftwing politics going forward especially as datacenters continue to destroy communities and raise electricity bills
Is this platform still massively against AI or has it moved more towards acceptance?
November 26, 2025 at 5:40 PM
NO! Anti technology attitudes are not left or right. Ask GMO opponents. Pure horseshoe theory.
We actually are far less likely to demand technology that is held to the standard "does this improve human thriving?" if we let this get partisan. I learned my lesson from mRNA vaccines.
We actually are far less likely to demand technology that is held to the standard "does this improve human thriving?" if we let this get partisan. I learned my lesson from mRNA vaccines.
This is the thing about social security. Its widely available, and has both subtle progressive and subtle regressive aspects. This actually provides a lot of resiliency.
This is something that really bothers me in so much talk about benefits including from some policy wonks.
Not everyone who is given something from the state is Oliver Twist, nor should they be.
The state should provide help to all sorts of people in different circs, not just gruel for the needy
Not everyone who is given something from the state is Oliver Twist, nor should they be.
The state should provide help to all sorts of people in different circs, not just gruel for the needy
Sorry, no, Motability was not about 'helping the most vulnerable' - it was about providing people who need modified vehicles modified vehicles!
November 26, 2025 at 5:37 PM
This is the thing about social security. Its widely available, and has both subtle progressive and subtle regressive aspects. This actually provides a lot of resiliency.
Cat IS friend. Do not touch friend when not want touch. Duh.
November 26, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Cat IS friend. Do not touch friend when not want touch. Duh.
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i can not be the only person wondering about the five percent gap between bigfoot and the yeti
i mean is this where u draw the line
i mean is this where u draw the line
New polling on aliens
% of U.S. adult citizens who believe the following definitely or probably exist:
Aliens 56%
Bigfoot 28%
The Yeti 23%
The Loch Ness Monster 22%
Chupacabra 16%
today.yougov.com/health/artic...
% of U.S. adult citizens who believe the following definitely or probably exist:
Aliens 56%
Bigfoot 28%
The Yeti 23%
The Loch Ness Monster 22%
Chupacabra 16%
today.yougov.com/health/artic...
November 25, 2025 at 11:37 PM
i can not be the only person wondering about the five percent gap between bigfoot and the yeti
i mean is this where u draw the line
i mean is this where u draw the line
The LLMs in medicine we need are probably the ones where in the visit the physician can talk to a lil chatbot and create a draft of formal notes that the physician can then review in tweet size chunks as they enter into the electronic med record
Some well-founded warnings about the use of LLMs in medicine:
LLMs for Medical Practice: Look Out
www.science.org
November 25, 2025 at 8:37 PM
The LLMs in medicine we need are probably the ones where in the visit the physician can talk to a lil chatbot and create a draft of formal notes that the physician can then review in tweet size chunks as they enter into the electronic med record
all routes to self-actualization run through the future of humanity, and with technology making it come at you faster than ever, at least a uterus seems like a legible way there
dear men: plz find a route to self-actualization that doesn’t run through someone else’s uterus
November 25, 2025 at 6:06 PM
all routes to self-actualization run through the future of humanity, and with technology making it come at you faster than ever, at least a uterus seems like a legible way there
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Importantly, these associations between high ImP, decreased hypothalamic activity, & maladaptive stress behaviors were reproduced in human subjects that were assessed for stress-related behavioral traits and underwent fMRI to measure hypothalamic reactivity to palatable food-related stimuli
a woman is making a funny face while holding a cup of coffee .
ALT: a woman is making a funny face while holding a cup of coffee .
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November 25, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Importantly, these associations between high ImP, decreased hypothalamic activity, & maladaptive stress behaviors were reproduced in human subjects that were assessed for stress-related behavioral traits and underwent fMRI to measure hypothalamic reactivity to palatable food-related stimuli
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tech bro: i have made Artificial General Intelligence
programmer: you fucked up a perfectly good calculator is what you did. look at it. it's got anxiety
programmer: you fucked up a perfectly good calculator is what you did. look at it. it's got anxiety
I’ve been running around asking tech execs and academics if language was the same as intelligence for over a year now - and, well, it isn’t. @benjaminjriley.bsky.social explains how the bubble is built on ignoring cutting-edge research into the science of thought www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
November 25, 2025 at 5:12 PM
tech bro: i have made Artificial General Intelligence
programmer: you fucked up a perfectly good calculator is what you did. look at it. it's got anxiety
programmer: you fucked up a perfectly good calculator is what you did. look at it. it's got anxiety
People keep complaining about google and AI making stuff up but doesn't everyone's google do this for them??? It just finds the answer to the question you ask in the literature and links to it with a highlighted section so you know where the answer comes from.
November 25, 2025 at 5:51 PM
People keep complaining about google and AI making stuff up but doesn't everyone's google do this for them??? It just finds the answer to the question you ask in the literature and links to it with a highlighted section so you know where the answer comes from.
How do we know that research investment in the US is a trillion dollars? How do we know how much the private sector spends?
“By empowering researchers across all disciplines and institutions to accelerate science and engineering, AI could increase the productivity and impact of research, boost innovation, fuel economic growth, and improve people’s lives.”
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Accelerating science with AI
By successfully integrating artificial intelligence (AI) into research workflows, researchers could substantially increase scientific productivity. This week’s announcement from the White House of the...
www.science.org
November 25, 2025 at 5:45 PM
How do we know that research investment in the US is a trillion dollars? How do we know how much the private sector spends?
This data trend is interesting, but does not capture the flash increases in consumption from Covid.
Is there a correlation with obesity finally turning the corner? Another GLP knockon effect or is it too soon to see that in the data?
Is there a correlation with obesity finally turning the corner? Another GLP knockon effect or is it too soon to see that in the data?
New Gallup poll shows that just 54% of Americans say they drink alcohol—"the lowest Gallup has recorded since first measuring alcohol use in 1939," per a press release. The trend coincides with growing understanding that even moderate drinking is unhealthy.
November 25, 2025 at 5:35 PM
This data trend is interesting, but does not capture the flash increases in consumption from Covid.
Is there a correlation with obesity finally turning the corner? Another GLP knockon effect or is it too soon to see that in the data?
Is there a correlation with obesity finally turning the corner? Another GLP knockon effect or is it too soon to see that in the data?
How does google work?
November 25, 2025 at 5:32 PM
How does google work?
On vibes, I could wish for "Viriditas" instead of "Genesis". The faster AI goes the more concern I have for other people's imagination of the future. www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
Launching the Genesis Mission
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1. Purpose.
www.whitehouse.gov
November 25, 2025 at 5:25 PM
On vibes, I could wish for "Viriditas" instead of "Genesis". The faster AI goes the more concern I have for other people's imagination of the future. www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
HOT take but nobody actually knows the scientific method.
It would be useful to know what the average Silicon Valley Worker believes the process of scientific research looks like and what the average Silicon Valley Executive believes the process of scientific research looks like....
November 25, 2025 at 4:40 PM
HOT take but nobody actually knows the scientific method.
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I cannot overemphasize that Marjorie Taylor Greene, Carlson, and Fuentes see a 2028 path to victory that involves building an isolationist populist coalition that traffics heavily in antisemitism and exploits existing negative sentiment against Israel.
We have to be SHARP on the left right now.
We have to be SHARP on the left right now.
November 18, 2025 at 5:57 PM
I cannot overemphasize that Marjorie Taylor Greene, Carlson, and Fuentes see a 2028 path to victory that involves building an isolationist populist coalition that traffics heavily in antisemitism and exploits existing negative sentiment against Israel.
We have to be SHARP on the left right now.
We have to be SHARP on the left right now.