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#50501 Sacramento showed up to exercise their First Amendment right yesterday, and I couldn’t be more proud
February 18, 2025 at 3:31 PM
#50501 Sacramento showed up to exercise their First Amendment right yesterday, and I couldn’t be more proud
Anyone with a degree can tell you how unbelievably incompetent AI is at explaining complex topics beyond surface level articulation.
That’s not to say it doesn’t sound competent — it just says things confidently despite being ignorant of its own shortcomings… sound familiar?
That’s not to say it doesn’t sound competent — it just says things confidently despite being ignorant of its own shortcomings… sound familiar?
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 6:16 PM
Anyone with a degree can tell you how unbelievably incompetent AI is at explaining complex topics beyond surface level articulation.
That’s not to say it doesn’t sound competent — it just says things confidently despite being ignorant of its own shortcomings… sound familiar?
That’s not to say it doesn’t sound competent — it just says things confidently despite being ignorant of its own shortcomings… sound familiar?
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If you wanted to cut waste, fraud, and abuse, you would empower the inspectors general.
If you wanted more waste, fraud, and abuse, you would fire them.
If you wanted more waste, fraud, and abuse, you would fire them.
February 17, 2025 at 2:17 PM
If you wanted to cut waste, fraud, and abuse, you would empower the inspectors general.
If you wanted more waste, fraud, and abuse, you would fire them.
If you wanted more waste, fraud, and abuse, you would fire them.
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Old friend just laid off by USDA, 1 mos short of his probationary period as senior researcher. Brilliant person who left a tenured faculty position several yrs ago to join USDA. Bright early-career researchers also being laid off. USDA is terminating a generation of highly-qualified scientists.
February 17, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Old friend just laid off by USDA, 1 mos short of his probationary period as senior researcher. Brilliant person who left a tenured faculty position several yrs ago to join USDA. Bright early-career researchers also being laid off. USDA is terminating a generation of highly-qualified scientists.
- A cabinet full of sycophants and yes-men.
- A promise to accept bribery in exchange for permission for corporations to break the law.
- A plan to form a federal news outlet (propaganda machine) that combats “fake news”.
- A promise to be a dictator on day one.
Fascism is here. I’m pissed.
- A promise to accept bribery in exchange for permission for corporations to break the law.
- A plan to form a federal news outlet (propaganda machine) that combats “fake news”.
- A promise to be a dictator on day one.
Fascism is here. I’m pissed.
December 14, 2024 at 8:04 PM
- A cabinet full of sycophants and yes-men.
- A promise to accept bribery in exchange for permission for corporations to break the law.
- A plan to form a federal news outlet (propaganda machine) that combats “fake news”.
- A promise to be a dictator on day one.
Fascism is here. I’m pissed.
- A promise to accept bribery in exchange for permission for corporations to break the law.
- A plan to form a federal news outlet (propaganda machine) that combats “fake news”.
- A promise to be a dictator on day one.
Fascism is here. I’m pissed.
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I feel that reducing anti-establishment genres like cyberpunk to a simple aesthetic definition is a huge capitalist strategy to make these discourses harmless. By turning it into a cosmetic experience you can commodify it: "buy neon cyberpunk and don't think about the evil corporations".
December 8, 2024 at 11:18 PM
I feel that reducing anti-establishment genres like cyberpunk to a simple aesthetic definition is a huge capitalist strategy to make these discourses harmless. By turning it into a cosmetic experience you can commodify it: "buy neon cyberpunk and don't think about the evil corporations".
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I don’t know, defunding the department of education is absolutely going to increase the illiteracy rate substantially.
December 7, 2024 at 2:06 AM
I don’t know, defunding the department of education is absolutely going to increase the illiteracy rate substantially.
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Paul Krugman in NYT. #Throwback (2018)
December 5, 2024 at 10:53 PM
Paul Krugman in NYT. #Throwback (2018)
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I keep trying to write something eloquent and just being tired.
History matters. Philosophy matters. Languages and literature matter. Indigenous studies matter. Arts and humanities and social sciences matter. All of them.
Signed,
a physicist
History matters. Philosophy matters. Languages and literature matter. Indigenous studies matter. Arts and humanities and social sciences matter. All of them.
Signed,
a physicist
December 4, 2024 at 9:23 AM
I keep trying to write something eloquent and just being tired.
History matters. Philosophy matters. Languages and literature matter. Indigenous studies matter. Arts and humanities and social sciences matter. All of them.
Signed,
a physicist
History matters. Philosophy matters. Languages and literature matter. Indigenous studies matter. Arts and humanities and social sciences matter. All of them.
Signed,
a physicist
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The deep goal of bluesky is to decentralize the social internet so that every individual controls their experience of it rather than having it be controlled by 5 random billionaires. Everyone thinks they signed up for a demuskified twitter...we actually signed an exciting and bizarre experiment.
December 3, 2024 at 4:05 PM
The deep goal of bluesky is to decentralize the social internet so that every individual controls their experience of it rather than having it be controlled by 5 random billionaires. Everyone thinks they signed up for a demuskified twitter...we actually signed an exciting and bizarre experiment.
We don’t need any more cults, thanks!
One of these days someone will create a religion based on the teachings of Jesus Christ.
December 3, 2024 at 3:21 PM
We don’t need any more cults, thanks!
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I know this makes me sound like an old fuddy duddy, but making my favorite animation list makes me realize just how much I miss hand drawn animation. The little imperfections, the warmth, the lines squiggling here and there. You could feel the humanity in every frame. Everything looks so clean now.
December 2, 2024 at 7:42 PM
I know this makes me sound like an old fuddy duddy, but making my favorite animation list makes me realize just how much I miss hand drawn animation. The little imperfections, the warmth, the lines squiggling here and there. You could feel the humanity in every frame. Everything looks so clean now.
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Scientists, academics, researchers: We’re excited to share that @altmetric.com is now tracking mentions of your research on Bluesky! 🧪
There are already many articles for which there is more attention on Bluesky than on other comparable micro-blogging sites, meaning the academic community and the general public have clearly adopted Bluesky as one of its core places to disseminate and discuss new research.
A Place of Joy.
A Place of Joy.
December 3, 2024 at 2:10 PM
Scientists, academics, researchers: We’re excited to share that @altmetric.com is now tracking mentions of your research on Bluesky! 🧪
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Something a lot of reports on the appeal in the Shell #climate case missed is that the court re-affirmed that Shell is in fact legally required to reduce its emissions *and* that the 2021 ruling already prompted legislative changes in the EU. More in this week's pod: drilled.media/news/shell-a...
Podcast: The Massive Climate Case that Shell Both Won and Lost, and What It Means for the Future of Global Climate Litigation
Although the Dutch court walked back the specific amount by which Shell needs to reduce its global emissions, it reaffirmed the judgement that the company is legally required to reduce greenhouse gas ...
drilled.media
December 3, 2024 at 12:18 PM
Something a lot of reports on the appeal in the Shell #climate case missed is that the court re-affirmed that Shell is in fact legally required to reduce its emissions *and* that the 2021 ruling already prompted legislative changes in the EU. More in this week's pod: drilled.media/news/shell-a...
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Did you know? Black Friday is named in honor of Rebecca Black, who invented Friday in 2011.
November 29, 2024 at 2:31 PM
Did you know? Black Friday is named in honor of Rebecca Black, who invented Friday in 2011.
An aspect of Bluesky that I wasn’t expecting is how it compels me to contribute to the platform rather than mindlessly consume.
I’ve become so used to getting force-fed garbage that I forgot what was so exciting about social media to begin with.
So anyways here’s a photo of my cat, Dio:
I’ve become so used to getting force-fed garbage that I forgot what was so exciting about social media to begin with.
So anyways here’s a photo of my cat, Dio:
November 30, 2024 at 8:36 PM
An aspect of Bluesky that I wasn’t expecting is how it compels me to contribute to the platform rather than mindlessly consume.
I’ve become so used to getting force-fed garbage that I forgot what was so exciting about social media to begin with.
So anyways here’s a photo of my cat, Dio:
I’ve become so used to getting force-fed garbage that I forgot what was so exciting about social media to begin with.
So anyways here’s a photo of my cat, Dio: