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· Aug 16
you've heard of the bell curve, now get ready for the HELL curve
texas, having de facto abolished medical malpractice, is thinking about restoring it specifically for gender practitioners
Republicans push court to make it easier for 'detransitioners' to sue doctors
A case before the Texas Supreme Court could make Texas doctors more likely to face legal action when helping adults transition.
www.expressnews.com
February 13, 2026 at 12:41 AM
texas, having de facto abolished medical malpractice, is thinking about restoring it specifically for gender practitioners
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a model reveals its empirical distribution when it is prompted. this is not a security problem, as much as Google tries to make it one. it does not own what it claims to.
www.nbcnews.com/tech/securit...
www.nbcnews.com/tech/securit...
Google says attackers used 100,000+ prompts to try to clone AI chatbot Gemini
Google says private companies and researchers are trying to copy Gemini’s capabilities by repeatedly prompting it at scale.
www.nbcnews.com
February 12, 2026 at 7:58 PM
a model reveals its empirical distribution when it is prompted. this is not a security problem, as much as Google tries to make it one. it does not own what it claims to.
www.nbcnews.com/tech/securit...
www.nbcnews.com/tech/securit...
if you were concerned that anthropic might be a little too EA-ish, i have great news!
Anthropic is sending $20 million to Public First Action, a new group which is launching a pro-Sen. Blackburn ad on KOSA today
Defending Our Values PAC is also launching a today backing Sen. Ricketts on keeping advanced AI chips out of hands of adversaries
Defending Our Values PAC is also launching a today backing Sen. Ricketts on keeping advanced AI chips out of hands of adversaries
February 12, 2026 at 7:52 PM
if you were concerned that anthropic might be a little too EA-ish, i have great news!
how do those dashing rogues at ZdotAI keep such a close pace with anthropic's models. tis a mystery...
February 11, 2026 at 9:33 PM
how do those dashing rogues at ZdotAI keep such a close pace with anthropic's models. tis a mystery...
"simulated thinking" is an interesting concept. you can see it in LLM COTs that answer thrash because "thinking" means interjecting "wait," intermittently. but you can also see it here, where soothing oneself requires simming various open questions in philosophy of mind like they're franchise mode
It’s true that human cognition is poorly understood and the question ‘what makes us human?’ has changed a lot over time as various technologies have emerged.
But the fact that thinking and speech can now be simulated doesn’t call into question thinking and speech themselves.
But the fact that thinking and speech can now be simulated doesn’t call into question thinking and speech themselves.
February 11, 2026 at 4:14 PM
"simulated thinking" is an interesting concept. you can see it in LLM COTs that answer thrash because "thinking" means interjecting "wait," intermittently. but you can also see it here, where soothing oneself requires simming various open questions in philosophy of mind like they're franchise mode
Prime TDS was great bc it had great writers but Jon was always very spotty when he had to riff during WGA actions, and he's definitely past his prime now
“We noticed some anger from doctors last week. That’s why we invited RFK Jr. to talk about vaccines”
February 11, 2026 at 1:38 AM
Prime TDS was great bc it had great writers but Jon was always very spotty when he had to riff during WGA actions, and he's definitely past his prime now
now that i think about it i actually have no idea how beetlegirl scapular elytra *should* look at the attachment points 🤔
February 10, 2026 at 10:14 PM
now that i think about it i actually have no idea how beetlegirl scapular elytra *should* look at the attachment points 🤔
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all i want to do online is play video games, talk to my friends, and look at girls boobs and every fucking day some freak i've never met decides to make it harder and harder to do that
February 10, 2026 at 2:04 AM
all i want to do online is play video games, talk to my friends, and look at girls boobs and every fucking day some freak i've never met decides to make it harder and harder to do that
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How logging into twitter feels now.
February 7, 2026 at 6:30 PM
How logging into twitter feels now.
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Opus 4.6 still has worse vision than even Kimi K2.5
February 6, 2026 at 7:41 PM
Opus 4.6 still has worse vision than even Kimi K2.5
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I am here for ideological reasons and ideological reasons don’t shift easily
February 6, 2026 at 11:20 PM
I am here for ideological reasons and ideological reasons don’t shift easily
as an IP attorney i magnanimously accept the position of Official What Is Art arbiter. if you're using an unlicensed sample the song better be about what a bad boy you are or it's *on sight*
The only legitimate AI art is using AI generated art to make critical commentary on AI art itself, or taking non-art AI output and making it art. AI generated imagery is a product of theft. AI generated pros is a product of theft. There is no legitimate use of AI art beyond recognizing that truth.
February 6, 2026 at 10:59 PM
as an IP attorney i magnanimously accept the position of Official What Is Art arbiter. if you're using an unlicensed sample the song better be about what a bad boy you are or it's *on sight*
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Yeah I've had a pretty big switch on this also. I used to play poker semi professionally and while I'm not for total Hawaii-style prohibition, I really can't believe how corrosive all-the-time access to gambling is. At minimum I think all bets need to be placed in person at a regulated casino.
February 5, 2026 at 12:25 AM
Yeah I've had a pretty big switch on this also. I used to play poker semi professionally and while I'm not for total Hawaii-style prohibition, I really can't believe how corrosive all-the-time access to gambling is. At minimum I think all bets need to be placed in person at a regulated casino.
another xwitter rescue/repost
February 4, 2026 at 4:24 AM
another xwitter rescue/repost
look i didn't know this would be a whole-ass subreddit
there's several contestable assumptions here, one of them being that sexy chatbots (which are largely trained on rp forums, fanfic archives, and other text-based smut) are going to take *men* out of the dating pool
February 4, 2026 at 2:04 AM
look i didn't know this would be a whole-ass subreddit
i'll say it: based TSMC
AI execs complain that TSMC is slacking, preventing their AI boom.
Asianometry explains how complicated semiconductor supply chains are, and the peculiarities of supply chains in general.
Nobody is to blame. The chips are coming.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2lLF...
Asianometry explains how complicated semiconductor supply chains are, and the peculiarities of supply chains in general.
Nobody is to blame. The chips are coming.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2lLF...
Silicon Valley Thinks TSMC is Braking the AI Boom
YouTube video by Asianometry
www.youtube.com
February 4, 2026 at 1:48 AM
i'll say it: based TSMC
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Rulings like this always simultaneously elicit a fist pump & make me wish Reyes and a few of the other judges who get what’s happening would be a little more restrained about framing opinions to elicit a fist pump from folks like me, because I doubt it helps on appeal.
Haiti’s TPS continues for now!!!!! And zowie: https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.283214/gov.uscourts.dcd.283214.124.0_1.pdf
February 3, 2026 at 8:20 PM
Rulings like this always simultaneously elicit a fist pump & make me wish Reyes and a few of the other judges who get what’s happening would be a little more restrained about framing opinions to elicit a fist pump from folks like me, because I doubt it helps on appeal.
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I think they find it obvious because an LLM is simply predicting next tokens, and that's not what people are doing. I think these are true. But this denies the possibility of emergence. A person is just a collection of cells, none of which is sentient. But a miracle occurs and sentience emerges.
February 3, 2026 at 5:04 PM
I think they find it obvious because an LLM is simply predicting next tokens, and that's not what people are doing. I think these are true. But this denies the possibility of emergence. A person is just a collection of cells, none of which is sentient. But a miracle occurs and sentience emerges.
it's great. it's correct. it will be overturned by a two-page interlocutory order that engages with none of it.
Even if you don't have time to read all 83 pages of Judge Reyes's opinion barring the Trump administration from rescinding Temporary Protected Status for 350,000+ Haitians, please at least check out the four-page introduction.
It's a tour de force:
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
It's a tour de force:
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
!["On December 2, 1783, then-Commander-in-Chief George Washington penned: “America is open to receive not only the Opulent & respected Stranger, but the oppressed & persecuted of all Nations & Religions.”1
More than two centuries later, Congress reaffirmed President Washington’s vision by establishing the Temporary Protected Status (TPS) program. See 8 U.S.C. § 1254a (TPS statute). It provides humanitarian relief to foreign nationals in the United States who come from disaster-stricken countries. It also brings in substantial revenue, with TPS holders generating $5.2 billion in taxes annually. See Part VI.
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem has a different take. [screenshot of tweet].](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:nwnlnixtjh3qhkwpz2uy5uwv/bafkreicrroq5taft777rmau2ffjlsphbcatlxnwwigf2yekoke533yycim@jpeg)
![has terminated every TPS country designation to have reached her desk—twelve countries up,
twelve countries down. See Section IV.A.2. Her conclusion that Haiti (a majority nonwhite
country) faces merely “concerning” conditions cannot be squared with the “perfect storm of
suffering” and “staggering” “humanitarian toll” described in page-after-page of the Certified
Administrative Record (CAR). See Section IV.A.3.a. She ignored Congress’s requirement that
she “review the conditions” in Haiti only “after” consulting “with appropriate agencies.” 8
U.S.C. § 1254a(b)(3)(A); see Section IV.A.1. Indeed, she did not consult other agencies at all.
See id. Her “national interest” analysis focuses on Haitians outside the United States or here
illegally, ignoring that Haitian TPS holders already live here, and legally so. See Section
IV.A.3.b. And though she states that the analysis must include “economic considerations,” she
ignores altogether the billions Haitian TPS holders contribute to the economy. See id.
The Government’s primary response is that the TPS statute gives the Secretary
unbounded discretion to make whatever determination she wants, any way she wants. And, yes,
the statute does grant her some discretion. But not unbounded discretion. To the contrary,
Congress passed the TPS statute to standardize the then ad hoc temporary protection system—to
replace executive whim with statutory predictability. See Section I.A.
As to irreparable harm, the Government contends that, at most, the harms to Haitian TPS
holders are speculative. But the Department of State (State) warns [screenshot]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:nwnlnixtjh3qhkwpz2uy5uwv/bafkreid3cmawech25ummuj2tjvgxsrvufma2kmrijlfpglalwddd3qkikq@jpeg)
February 3, 2026 at 6:25 AM
it's great. it's correct. it will be overturned by a two-page interlocutory order that engages with none of it.
i messed with audio genAI much less than text or images, so i can't say for sure if the narcissism section is excessively nutpicked, but it definitely points to a real trend in these circles. even *prompting* one of these well often requires a baseline of in-field vocabulary and knowledge
February 3, 2026 at 4:13 AM
i messed with audio genAI much less than text or images, so i can't say for sure if the narcissism section is excessively nutpicked, but it definitely points to a real trend in these circles. even *prompting* one of these well often requires a baseline of in-field vocabulary and knowledge
Things I don't want to read in a judicial opinion 🤦♂️
February 2, 2026 at 11:57 PM
Things I don't want to read in a judicial opinion 🤦♂️
gross amplification of tiktoker hearsay. if Making It Racial is the play, i hope they have a strategy for when the actual video recording of that "picking cotton" clip occupies every spanish-language commercial break throughout 2026
February 2, 2026 at 8:08 PM
gross amplification of tiktoker hearsay. if Making It Racial is the play, i hope they have a strategy for when the actual video recording of that "picking cotton" clip occupies every spanish-language commercial break throughout 2026
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🙁
February 2, 2026 at 7:00 PM
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i never tire of lamenting that i purchased a tiny breadbox PC in 2019 in anticipation of (1) going to more in-person gaming events (2) not really needing excessive V/RAM to run my regulars. then the pandemic happens, then image synthesis happens, and i'm stuck exploring prebound latent spaces 😭
February 2, 2026 at 6:55 PM
i never tire of lamenting that i purchased a tiny breadbox PC in 2019 in anticipation of (1) going to more in-person gaming events (2) not really needing excessive V/RAM to run my regulars. then the pandemic happens, then image synthesis happens, and i'm stuck exploring prebound latent spaces 😭