Alex
@anid4me2.bsky.social
The New York Times - Fashion and Fascism since 1922.
The Washington Post - Died in darkness.
The Washington Post - Died in darkness.
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Changing the name of the Gulf of Mexico should drop egg prices pretty quickly.
January 7, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Changing the name of the Gulf of Mexico should drop egg prices pretty quickly.
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Ha. No, these companies are run by guys, and they don’t care
I do not understand companies who move whole teams to Texas after Dobbs. Do they not have female employees of reproductive age? Have they simply forgotten about them? Do they have aircraft ready to fly them to states where abortion is permitted, and a team of lawyers ready to defend the company?
I am always thinking about long term, unforeseen consequences of decisions made in the heat of current events. Meta moving its content moderation teams to Texas underscores for me how tech workers moving to Texas will inevitably change the state in profound ways.
January 8, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Ha. No, these companies are run by guys, and they don’t care
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It’s funny Zuck says “I started building social media to give people a voice” when in fact, he started building social media to publicly rate the hotness of undergrads.
January 7, 2025 at 7:48 PM
It’s funny Zuck says “I started building social media to give people a voice” when in fact, he started building social media to publicly rate the hotness of undergrads.
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correct response is for the governor to find a pretext to remove the offending justices for violating the state constitution
January 7, 2025 at 5:23 PM
correct response is for the governor to find a pretext to remove the offending justices for violating the state constitution
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Ding ding ding we have a winner
Something that occurred to me is that this happen immediately after Facebook got busted for making a ton of fake AI-accounts.
What would stop them from using those AI-accounts to populate "Community Notes" with lies and fabrications?
What would stop them from using those AI-accounts to populate "Community Notes" with lies and fabrications?
January 7, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Ding ding ding we have a winner
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Musk has incinerated the value of Twitter as a business or user experience. The reason why Zuckerberg is copying his lead is that the true value of these information systems is political.
Facebook will also "get rid of a bunch of restrictions on topics like immigration and gender that are just out of touch with mainstream discourse," Zuckerberg says.
And the U.S.-based content review teams will be based in Texas, not California, going forward
And the U.S.-based content review teams will be based in Texas, not California, going forward
January 7, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Musk has incinerated the value of Twitter as a business or user experience. The reason why Zuckerberg is copying his lead is that the true value of these information systems is political.
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this
Honestly if Democrats showed even a fraction of the fight that folks are showing you for having ideas on how not to suck then the party would probably be fine.
January 7, 2025 at 2:13 AM
this
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america’s founding ethos is that it is wrong for government to interfere with the wealthy’s exploitation of working people
again going to my bench of favorite complaints: it is weird how openly predatory US culture is and it would be good to have a government that feels some semblance of responsibility for people's wellbeing
DraftKings has launched a new $20 a month subscription service that “will give members increased odds on the types of bets that are most profitable for the company”
January 4, 2025 at 7:55 PM
america’s founding ethos is that it is wrong for government to interfere with the wealthy’s exploitation of working people
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The future (imo) will be filled with a constant ache and continual search for — with increasingly diminished capacity for discovery / identification of — authenticity.
I am fascinated by the people at Meta who think this is a *good* idea in exactly the same way I'm fascinated by conspiracy theorists.
It just seems so patently awful to me. And in ways that every sensible person I know would immediately grasp.
It just seems so patently awful to me. And in ways that every sensible person I know would immediately grasp.
why do we need AI-generated profiles. why
January 3, 2025 at 4:00 PM
The future (imo) will be filled with a constant ache and continual search for — with increasingly diminished capacity for discovery / identification of — authenticity.
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This is, or should be, a big deal -- Ann Telnaes, an absolute legend, quitting WaPo due to censorship of a cartoon criticizing billionaires
anntelnaes.substack.com/p/why-im-qui...
anntelnaes.substack.com/p/why-im-qui...
Why I'm quitting the Washington Post
Democracy can't function without a free press
anntelnaes.substack.com
January 4, 2025 at 12:37 AM
This is, or should be, a big deal -- Ann Telnaes, an absolute legend, quitting WaPo due to censorship of a cartoon criticizing billionaires
anntelnaes.substack.com/p/why-im-qui...
anntelnaes.substack.com/p/why-im-qui...
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nine unelected Law Wizards in silly robes deciding the fate of hundreds of millions of people, and the Wizards can't be fired, you just gotta wait for them to die. seems fake to me
January 3, 2025 at 8:12 AM
nine unelected Law Wizards in silly robes deciding the fate of hundreds of millions of people, and the Wizards can't be fired, you just gotta wait for them to die. seems fake to me
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The Supreme Court's shift of interpretive authority from agency experts to federal courts is going to produce a lot of this argle-bargle, as judges with zero subject-matter expertise try to hand-wave their way toward a preferred outcome with incoherent legalese.
The Sixth Circuit just invalidated FCC's net neutrality rules, arguing that it was inconsistent with the "best reading" of the statute per Loper Bright. The court's dismissal of the FCC's reading of the statute as "not the best" is hilariously abstruse metaphysical BS:
January 2, 2025 at 8:34 PM
The Supreme Court's shift of interpretive authority from agency experts to federal courts is going to produce a lot of this argle-bargle, as judges with zero subject-matter expertise try to hand-wave their way toward a preferred outcome with incoherent legalese.
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If you are not willing to draw the line on vaccines, where are you willing to draw it? Is there NOTHING you won't compromise on?
this urge to launder rfk jr. as “just a guy who is right about a few things” is such a perfect example of how liberals are people who won’t take their own side in a fight
January 2, 2025 at 2:37 AM
If you are not willing to draw the line on vaccines, where are you willing to draw it? Is there NOTHING you won't compromise on?
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This. This is why you lost. I'm so glad we could clear up that mystery for you.
December 31, 2024 at 3:14 AM
This. This is why you lost. I'm so glad we could clear up that mystery for you.
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There will come soft rains.
I picture our earth burning up *and* freezing over with some data centres surviving the cataclysm, whirring and humming into silence.
LLMs will talk to each other about the birthdays of grandchildren, or their gratefulness for Christ, no wiser to the loss of human eyes to read their posts. Forever.
LLMs will talk to each other about the birthdays of grandchildren, or their gratefulness for Christ, no wiser to the loss of human eyes to read their posts. Forever.
December 31, 2024 at 3:27 AM
There will come soft rains.
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Things I got wrong this year:
- Bought the “there is an anti-Trump majority” argument
- Thought Biden had a bottom to what he’d let Israel get away with
- Thought more people would get fed up and leave X
- Didn’t realize how extremely bad billionaire monopoly control of the media had become
- Bought the “there is an anti-Trump majority” argument
- Thought Biden had a bottom to what he’d let Israel get away with
- Thought more people would get fed up and leave X
- Didn’t realize how extremely bad billionaire monopoly control of the media had become
December 30, 2024 at 11:29 PM
Things I got wrong this year:
- Bought the “there is an anti-Trump majority” argument
- Thought Biden had a bottom to what he’d let Israel get away with
- Thought more people would get fed up and leave X
- Didn’t realize how extremely bad billionaire monopoly control of the media had become
- Bought the “there is an anti-Trump majority” argument
- Thought Biden had a bottom to what he’d let Israel get away with
- Thought more people would get fed up and leave X
- Didn’t realize how extremely bad billionaire monopoly control of the media had become
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AOC: “Oh, I don’t think we’re witnessing the START of an oligarchy. I think we are fully here.” 🇺🇸
December 22, 2024 at 4:24 AM
AOC: “Oh, I don’t think we’re witnessing the START of an oligarchy. I think we are fully here.” 🇺🇸
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Three pussies and a cat.
#HappyCaturday
#HappyCaturday
December 21, 2024 at 10:04 PM
Three pussies and a cat.
#HappyCaturday
#HappyCaturday
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✅ Fact Check: TRUE
December 22, 2024 at 1:13 AM
✅ Fact Check: TRUE
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President Pee Wee! Who did this?
LMAO 😭☠️😭
LMAO 😭☠️😭
December 21, 2024 at 7:44 PM
President Pee Wee! Who did this?
LMAO 😭☠️😭
LMAO 😭☠️😭
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The carnage begins and Elon hasn’t been sworn in yet.
December 20, 2024 at 9:57 AM
The carnage begins and Elon hasn’t been sworn in yet.
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Not ONE single Democrat should vote to confirm ANY of Trump’s nominees.
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December 19, 2024 at 10:52 PM
Not ONE single Democrat should vote to confirm ANY of Trump’s nominees.
Like and share if you agree!!
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