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Tim Hsu @timhsu.net · 25m

TIL, just wow

www.npr.org/2022/11/01/1...

Martin Luther King Jr. paid the bill for Julia Roberts' birth. Here's the backstory

As fans marked Julia Roberts' birthday last week, they also uncovered a connection between her family and that of the civil rights icon. It all started when her parents opened an acting school.

www.npr.org

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Sarah Posner @sarahposner.bsky.social · 2h

These are terrible numbers for Trump (via @pewresearch.org)

www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...

"Majorities say trump has used his office improperly; fewer say he has improved government, U.S. standing" (graphs via Pew Research)

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Danny K @dannykpolitics.bsky.social · 3d

WATCH: ‘Portland Frog’ pepper balled by ICE agents

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Tim Hsu @timhsu.net · 1d

wow, this explains everything

The Onion @theonion.com · 1d

Teammates Unnerved As Translator Begins Referring To Ohtani As ‘The Host’

LOS ANGELES—Describing the mood in the clubhouse as eerie and ominous, several members of the Los Angeles Dodgers told reporters Tuesday they have become increasingly unnerved since Shohei Ohtani’s in...

theonion.com

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Melanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 1d

I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.

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Tim Hsu @timhsu.net · 3d

So sorry to hear that, Kent. My condolences to you and yours, hope your family is doing ok.

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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 5d

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How to Turn Off AI Tools Like Gemini, Apple Intelligence, Copilot, and More - Consumer Reports

AI features are crowding into Google search, Gmail, iPhones, Windows laptops, and other products. If you're suffering from AI overload, these settings can help.

www.consumerreports.org

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NightMar on Hicks Street, Part 4: The Rabbit’s Revenge @histoftech.bsky.social · 4d

happy sunday, remember that you are completely expendable to your employer and that when you die they will forget you ever existed within weeks and easily replace you

Work really hard and one day this can be you (followed by graffiti of a headstone that says “RIP worked really hard” on it

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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 8d

We are thrilled to announce that our NEW Large Language Model will be released on 11.18.25.

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Tim Hsu @timhsu.net · 8d

beautiful

jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 8d

my latest is expanding on the observation that your view of the politics of opposition to the administration depend largely on your view of the election (gift link)

Opinion | Trump Has No Mandate to Destroy America

www.nytimes.com

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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 8d

What if the Trump-Hegseth address to the military had just been an email? @petridishes.bsky.social drafts one up:

If the Urgent Trump-Hegseth Address to the Military Had Been an Email

THIS IS NOT SPAM.

bit.ly

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rahaeli @rahaeli.bsky.social · 9d

Hey remember when the CDC dropped 6 of the 8 foodborne illnesses from the nationwide monitoring system in July and one of them was listeria? Mentioning for no particular reason www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...

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Tim Hsu @timhsu.net · 10d

Algebraist, correct. Though in many ways mainly a geometry person, which is maybe a different axis altogether. Really I just have an excessive fondness for whimsy

Come With Me And You'Ll Be In A World Of Pure Imagination. GIF

Alt: Gene Wilder as Willy Wonka singing "World Of Pure Imagination"

media.tenor.com

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Tim Hsu @timhsu.net · 10d

Not without costs, though: my related (I think) inability to catch a ball hit in the air meant I spent the duration of my Little League career in right field

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Tim Hsu @timhsu.net · 10d

For me, it's more like a innate tendency. E.g. I never really understood physics because when someone made an appeal to physical intuition, I'd just think ¯\_(ツ)_/¯, but I like quantum mechanics, because physical intuition actually seems like an obstacle

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Tim Hsu @timhsu.net · 10d

So sorry to hear about your mom, Kent - best wishes to your family

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Quinta Jurecic @qjurecic.bsky.social · 10d

I have been haunted by this statement all day www.kgw.com/article/news...

Local News
Trump seems to back off Portland military plan: 'Am I watching things on television that are different from what's happening?'

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χle Ormsby @motivickyle.bsky.social · 11d

Next time you teach the Artin braid group, book Jay Gilligan. 🧮

(Video from last night’s Portland Juggling Festival Extravaganza. Jay described his act as “juggling we might understand in a millennium”.)

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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 11d

My dearest wife,

It is week two of the Siege of Portland, and still these barbarians will not yield to our troops. We have severed the cords of their latte machines but they are making cowboy coffee in their camps, where loud ukulele songs of resistance even now drift in on the breeze.

Letter from the Portland War Front (humor about something deadly serious)

My dearest wife, It is week two of the Siege of Portland, and still these barbarians will not yield to our troops. We have severed the cords of their latte machines but they are making cowboy coffee ...

www.meditationsinanemergency.com

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Senator Ron Wyden @wyden.senate.gov · 11d

Every single one of these clips was taken today in downtown Portland. Portland doesn’t want or need a federal takeover. If Trump insists on sending federal “resources” he can start with funding health care, bridges, affordable housing, and wildfire protection to name a few.

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Howie Hua @howiehua.bsky.social · 12d

TODAY'S THE DAY! It's one of the coolest dates of our lifetime.

Whether you go by month/day/year or day/month/year, if we write the date as one number, we will get a square number! Both sides can agree that today's date is a square date.

9,272,025=3045²
27,092,025=5205²

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Prof Christelle Vincent @xl772.bsky.social · 12d

In FY25, the University of Vermont had 39 H1B beneficiaries approved.

In 2016, I was one of them.

What this country, my adopted country, my child’s country, is doing is monstrous and will have grave repercussions for all Americans well beyond this current presidential term. This is so sad to see.

The Xylom @thexylom.com · 14d

EXCLUSIVE: A new analysis by The Xylom's @alexip718.com shows for the first time just how much America’s top research institutions have grown to depend on H-1B skilled workers — and how this delicate balance might be disrupted by U.S. President Donald Trump’s crackdown on legal immigration.