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Bluesky should be a hostile environment for labour MPs
November 15, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Bluesky should be a hostile environment for labour MPs
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September 24, 2025 at 8:56 PM
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My militantly de-woked alma mater, which Charlie Kirk did not attend, might erect a statue to him, for the same reasons that Sinclair media will be airing a memorial for him tonight on local stations nationwide: Because fuck you, that's why.
Charlie Kirk’s Campus Memorial
Florida’s New College will seal its right-wing makeover with a statue of the slain influencer.
www.thenation.com
September 19, 2025 at 3:27 PM
My militantly de-woked alma mater, which Charlie Kirk did not attend, might erect a statue to him, for the same reasons that Sinclair media will be airing a memorial for him tonight on local stations nationwide: Because fuck you, that's why.
Glassman of Blue Labour here showing that "socially conservative/fiscally liberal" is just as much bullshit as the the other way around. When it comes down to it, the conservative aspect always takes priority. All the rest is garnish.
An unelected crank talking to a malicious idiot who works for a paper that hasn’t turned a profit in years, and is maintained entirely as a squillionaire’s weapon.
September 17, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Glassman of Blue Labour here showing that "socially conservative/fiscally liberal" is just as much bullshit as the the other way around. When it comes down to it, the conservative aspect always takes priority. All the rest is garnish.
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"Does that mean he deserved to die?" See, this isn't the discussion. The discussion is about how every commentator is now painting Kirk to be someone who just wanted to engage with all people everywhere and suuuuure we disagreed on things but his quest was worthy.
It wasn't.
It wasn't.
September 11, 2025 at 5:45 AM
"Does that mean he deserved to die?" See, this isn't the discussion. The discussion is about how every commentator is now painting Kirk to be someone who just wanted to engage with all people everywhere and suuuuure we disagreed on things but his quest was worthy.
It wasn't.
It wasn't.
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bernie's older than biden and trump — almost the same age as mcconnell — but has retained a sharp, youthful energy due to his incredible reserves of pure spite. there's a lesson there.
RFK JR: It's going to have a it's going to it's going to be the biggest infusion of federal dollars into rural health care in American history.
SANDERS: You know why? Because you're cutting $150 billion for rural hospitals. You're putting $50 billion back. That's not an infusion.
SANDERS: You know why? Because you're cutting $150 billion for rural hospitals. You're putting $50 billion back. That's not an infusion.
September 4, 2025 at 8:27 PM
bernie's older than biden and trump — almost the same age as mcconnell — but has retained a sharp, youthful energy due to his incredible reserves of pure spite. there's a lesson there.
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I put a Scotland flag in the window during France 1998 *because I was 18*, the age where you are supposed to do that kind of thing. Festooning everything with flags and talking loudly about Love of Country would’ve been viewed as crass, stupid and American, when I was a kid. And that was correct.
August 29, 2025 at 6:42 AM
I put a Scotland flag in the window during France 1998 *because I was 18*, the age where you are supposed to do that kind of thing. Festooning everything with flags and talking loudly about Love of Country would’ve been viewed as crass, stupid and American, when I was a kid. And that was correct.
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There's a bunch of stuff that these models are decent at, useful even. Generating emails that mostly just need to exist to create a paper trail? Spitting out a talk summary for a conference bio? Really competent at both of those. But, uh, Sam isn't gonna pay the bills with that kind of use.
August 21, 2025 at 7:08 AM
There's a bunch of stuff that these models are decent at, useful even. Generating emails that mostly just need to exist to create a paper trail? Spitting out a talk summary for a conference bio? Really competent at both of those. But, uh, Sam isn't gonna pay the bills with that kind of use.
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Seriously; join the protests outside the migrant housing - take your Labour leaflets and wear your Rest is Politics T shirt. Go do the groundwork with the men with swastika tattoos, and waving flags saying 'kill them all'.
Get their vote. Mine isn't important.
Get their vote. Mine isn't important.
August 19, 2025 at 6:48 AM
Seriously; join the protests outside the migrant housing - take your Labour leaflets and wear your Rest is Politics T shirt. Go do the groundwork with the men with swastika tattoos, and waving flags saying 'kill them all'.
Get their vote. Mine isn't important.
Get their vote. Mine isn't important.
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every “ancient tradition” was invented between 1848-1870 and every “modern perversion” is so ancient as to predate writing
August 15, 2025 at 5:34 PM
every “ancient tradition” was invented between 1848-1870 and every “modern perversion” is so ancient as to predate writing
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I've been thinking a lot about how I really hate the implication that AI skeptics are luddites because most of the AI skeptics I know are relatively tech savvy while the biggest AI champions I know can barely use email
Funny how when it comes to AI people are all "adapt or be left behind" but when it comes to remote work the same people insist that things must go back to how they were at all cost.
August 14, 2025 at 11:56 AM
I've been thinking a lot about how I really hate the implication that AI skeptics are luddites because most of the AI skeptics I know are relatively tech savvy while the biggest AI champions I know can barely use email
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If you're using AI to write essays, eulogies, a text to your wife, I do think less of you as a person. Ceding your mental and creative abilities to a machine is an embarrassing thing and people should be ashamed to admit doing it in public.
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August 2, 2025 at 6:19 PM
If you're using AI to write essays, eulogies, a text to your wife, I do think less of you as a person. Ceding your mental and creative abilities to a machine is an embarrassing thing and people should be ashamed to admit doing it in public.
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The case for recognition has changed dramatically: it’s no longer driven by people horrified by what they see on their phones every day (bad, ignorant, probably racist); instead it’s driven by people horrified by what they see in their phones every day (good, sensible, includes a couple of Tories)
July 25, 2025 at 8:36 AM
The case for recognition has changed dramatically: it’s no longer driven by people horrified by what they see on their phones every day (bad, ignorant, probably racist); instead it’s driven by people horrified by what they see in their phones every day (good, sensible, includes a couple of Tories)
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trump should’ve been in handcuffs in jan 2021 and there is no way to quantify just how much human suffering will result from the disastrous decision to slow walk his prosecution or even avoid it altogether
July 3, 2025 at 7:14 PM
trump should’ve been in handcuffs in jan 2021 and there is no way to quantify just how much human suffering will result from the disastrous decision to slow walk his prosecution or even avoid it altogether
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Not gonna keep posting the whole thing but this feels like one of the core sicknesses of mainstream media that got us here: The refusal of journalists to assess claims on the merits.
Yes, RFK Jr. "questions the system" like many on the left but he is also fucking wrong! That distinction matters!
Yes, RFK Jr. "questions the system" like many on the left but he is also fucking wrong! That distinction matters!
May 28, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Not gonna keep posting the whole thing but this feels like one of the core sicknesses of mainstream media that got us here: The refusal of journalists to assess claims on the merits.
Yes, RFK Jr. "questions the system" like many on the left but he is also fucking wrong! That distinction matters!
Yes, RFK Jr. "questions the system" like many on the left but he is also fucking wrong! That distinction matters!
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if the left had a media apparatus comparable to the right, you wouldn’t need to go hunting for a left Joe Rogan; it would create him
May 21, 2025 at 2:35 AM
if the left had a media apparatus comparable to the right, you wouldn’t need to go hunting for a left Joe Rogan; it would create him
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covid threw into high relief how many working class people are absolutely necessary to keeping society functional, and rather than that sparking a renewed commitment to an economy that rewards such workers, we've seen an elite backlash against even modest increases in their market power
May 19, 2025 at 4:02 PM
covid threw into high relief how many working class people are absolutely necessary to keeping society functional, and rather than that sparking a renewed commitment to an economy that rewards such workers, we've seen an elite backlash against even modest increases in their market power
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There is a type of bald that is genetically evil, Stephen Miller, Billy Corgan, and a type of bald that is honorable, Jason Statham, me. Many such cases.
May 9, 2025 at 9:05 PM
There is a type of bald that is genetically evil, Stephen Miller, Billy Corgan, and a type of bald that is honorable, Jason Statham, me. Many such cases.
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1. LLM-generated code tries to run code from online software packages. Which is normal but
2. The packages don’t exist. Which would normally cause an error but
3. Nefarious people have made malware under the package names that LLMs make up most often. So
4. Now the LLM code points to malware.
2. The packages don’t exist. Which would normally cause an error but
3. Nefarious people have made malware under the package names that LLMs make up most often. So
4. Now the LLM code points to malware.
LLMs hallucinating nonexistent software packages with plausible names leads to a new malware vulnerability: "slopsquatting."
LLMs can't stop making up software dependencies and sabotaging everything
: Hallucinated package names fuel 'slopsquatting'
www.theregister.com
April 12, 2025 at 11:43 PM
1. LLM-generated code tries to run code from online software packages. Which is normal but
2. The packages don’t exist. Which would normally cause an error but
3. Nefarious people have made malware under the package names that LLMs make up most often. So
4. Now the LLM code points to malware.
2. The packages don’t exist. Which would normally cause an error but
3. Nefarious people have made malware under the package names that LLMs make up most often. So
4. Now the LLM code points to malware.
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This is why you don't privatize important government functions. The fault in the libertarian utopia is that in the absence of government, you still get governed.
The European Commission is figuring out how it could help Ukraine secure satellite communication capacity in the wake of Elon Musk reportedly threatening to pull Kyiv's access to his Starlink network
www.politico.eu/article/eu-t...
www.politico.eu/article/eu-t...
EU to help Ukraine replace Musk’s Starlink
The European Commission is figuring out how it could help Ukraine secure satellite communication capacity in the wake of Elon Musk reportedly threatening to pull Kyiv’s access to his Starlink…
www.politico.eu
March 2, 2025 at 2:24 PM
This is why you don't privatize important government functions. The fault in the libertarian utopia is that in the absence of government, you still get governed.
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"As she has expressed her disappointment over potentially losing her dream job, some members of her mostly conservative family have unfriended her on social media. Others are giving her the silent treatment. Nearly all favor such cuts even if she’s a victim of them."
Thrust into unemployment, axed federal workers face relatives who celebrate their firing
Some axed workers are finding family and friends who instead are steadfast in their support of what they see as a bloated government’s waste.
www.bostonherald.com
March 7, 2025 at 4:06 PM
"As she has expressed her disappointment over potentially losing her dream job, some members of her mostly conservative family have unfriended her on social media. Others are giving her the silent treatment. Nearly all favor such cuts even if she’s a victim of them."
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That’s how you write a headline, people.
February 19, 2025 at 5:29 AM
That’s how you write a headline, people.
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Yeah, no.
Those AI models depend on the work of actual experts and what they crap out is always inferior to the work of actual experts.
AI work looks expert-ish to outsiders in a field but if you really know a subject it’s almost always bullshit dressed up a bit.
Those AI models depend on the work of actual experts and what they crap out is always inferior to the work of actual experts.
AI work looks expert-ish to outsiders in a field but if you really know a subject it’s almost always bullshit dressed up a bit.
If you have zero education, but learn how to ask AI models the right questions , in many jobs you will be able to outperform someone with an advanced degree, but who is unwilling to use Large Language Models.
Just takes a smartphone, curiosity to experiment and a mindset to learn.
Just takes a smartphone, curiosity to experiment and a mindset to learn.
February 17, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Yeah, no.
Those AI models depend on the work of actual experts and what they crap out is always inferior to the work of actual experts.
AI work looks expert-ish to outsiders in a field but if you really know a subject it’s almost always bullshit dressed up a bit.
Those AI models depend on the work of actual experts and what they crap out is always inferior to the work of actual experts.
AI work looks expert-ish to outsiders in a field but if you really know a subject it’s almost always bullshit dressed up a bit.
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The labor movement and antitrust movements were both fundamentally correct: the size and amoral character of modern corporations make them a threat to democracy.
somebody asked me the other week why business leaders are falling over themselves to pledge fealty when it’s so obviously self-defeating and short-sighted, and I think the answer is “people are stupid”
Jfc do not trade the fucking First Amendment for a goddamn merger www.nytimes.com/2025/01/30/b...
January 31, 2025 at 3:43 AM
The labor movement and antitrust movements were both fundamentally correct: the size and amoral character of modern corporations make them a threat to democracy.