Chaz Shapiro
@astrochaz.bsky.social
Astrophysics. Family dude. Drummer. Cat person.
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I don't understand how anyone can watch how blatantly Grok is manipulated to answer the way ownership desires it to and then act like the other LLM chatbots couldn't possibly be similarly but less obviously compromised to produce responses in whatever way corporate interests and priorities dictate.
November 23, 2025 at 7:13 PM
I don't understand how anyone can watch how blatantly Grok is manipulated to answer the way ownership desires it to and then act like the other LLM chatbots couldn't possibly be similarly but less obviously compromised to produce responses in whatever way corporate interests and priorities dictate.
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NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
November 16, 2025 at 11:43 PM
NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
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Frank Sinatra on what it means to be an American in 1945
October 14, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Frank Sinatra on what it means to be an American in 1945
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NEW! How the New York Times uses weasel words to normalize authoritarianism presswatchers.org/2025/09/how-...
How the New York Times uses weasel words to normalize authoritarianism | Press Watch
It’s an abandonment of the Times’s obligation to responsibly use its bully pulpit in a time of crisis.
presswatchers.org
September 5, 2025 at 6:22 PM
NEW! How the New York Times uses weasel words to normalize authoritarianism presswatchers.org/2025/09/how-...
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When you strip away humanity
July 26, 2025 at 11:31 AM
When you strip away humanity
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Quoting myself is not the norm, but today I am again thinking this.
July 25, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Quoting myself is not the norm, but today I am again thinking this.
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"America does not let its needy citizens fend for themselves."
Watch this 1996 DNC speech from Superman actor Christopher Reeve about the need to support public medical research.
Watch this 1996 DNC speech from Superman actor Christopher Reeve about the need to support public medical research.
The Wise Words of Superman
I watched the greatest Superman, Christopher Reeve, deliver this speech about what "family values" really means at the 1
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July 22, 2025 at 10:30 PM
"America does not let its needy citizens fend for themselves."
Watch this 1996 DNC speech from Superman actor Christopher Reeve about the need to support public medical research.
Watch this 1996 DNC speech from Superman actor Christopher Reeve about the need to support public medical research.
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whatever else republican house speaker mike johnson (and the congressional republicans who serve under him) ever do in this life, this headline will last forever and ever, for their whole blessed lives.
(gift link, no paywall)
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/22/u...
(gift link, no paywall)
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/22/u...
July 23, 2025 at 1:31 AM
whatever else republican house speaker mike johnson (and the congressional republicans who serve under him) ever do in this life, this headline will last forever and ever, for their whole blessed lives.
(gift link, no paywall)
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/22/u...
(gift link, no paywall)
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/22/u...
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The details are not yet finalized, but the budget bill would devastate NASA science and the future of US exploration in space and astronomy. Among many other things. 🔭🧪
www.planetary.org/articles/nas...
www.planetary.org/articles/nas...
June 30, 2025 at 12:35 PM
The details are not yet finalized, but the budget bill would devastate NASA science and the future of US exploration in space and astronomy. Among many other things. 🔭🧪
www.planetary.org/articles/nas...
www.planetary.org/articles/nas...
@animalcrossing-eng.bsky.social Not sure if this is the right account to @ but… I just lost my house in the LA/Altadena fire, including my daughters’ Switch and ACNH save data. We’ve been so fortunate to receive help and donations from our community, and we’re recovering OK…
January 19, 2025 at 4:57 AM
@animalcrossing-eng.bsky.social Not sure if this is the right account to @ but… I just lost my house in the LA/Altadena fire, including my daughters’ Switch and ACNH save data. We’ve been so fortunate to receive help and donations from our community, and we’re recovering OK…
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I'm reminded of a quotation from Senegalese conservationist Baba Dioum, which was first shared with me when I worked a summer job at the Monterey Bay Aquarium: "In the end, we will save only what we love, we will love only what we understand, and we will understand only what we have been taught."
November 11, 2024 at 1:38 AM
I'm reminded of a quotation from Senegalese conservationist Baba Dioum, which was first shared with me when I worked a summer job at the Monterey Bay Aquarium: "In the end, we will save only what we love, we will love only what we understand, and we will understand only what we have been taught."
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We are literally doing that!!! Please answer your phone!
In Nevada, the GOP is succeeding in throwing out the votes of thousands of young people. If you're in Clark or Washoe county, answer your phone tonight. It may be election officials, calling to cure the defect in your mailed-in ballot.
November 6, 2024 at 1:01 AM
We are literally doing that!!! Please answer your phone!
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In Nevada, the GOP is succeeding in throwing out the votes of thousands of young people. If you're in Clark or Washoe county, answer your phone tonight. It may be election officials, calling to cure the defect in your mailed-in ballot.
November 6, 2024 at 12:23 AM
In Nevada, the GOP is succeeding in throwing out the votes of thousands of young people. If you're in Clark or Washoe county, answer your phone tonight. It may be election officials, calling to cure the defect in your mailed-in ballot.
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Hey y'all,
The USPS is shipping out free Covid tests again. We are in the midst of a Covid surge, so get yours today!
special.usps.com/testkits
The USPS is shipping out free Covid tests again. We are in the midst of a Covid surge, so get yours today!
special.usps.com/testkits
COVID Home Tests | USPS
COVID Home Tests | USPS
special.usps.com
September 26, 2024 at 10:41 AM
Hey y'all,
The USPS is shipping out free Covid tests again. We are in the midst of a Covid surge, so get yours today!
special.usps.com/testkits
The USPS is shipping out free Covid tests again. We are in the midst of a Covid surge, so get yours today!
special.usps.com/testkits
Repost with a banger picture of your cat(s)
July 14, 2024 at 2:59 AM
Repost with a banger picture of your cat(s)
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Johns Hopkins is doing a long-COVID survey and apparently is having trouble finding controls -- people who haven't had COVID. If this is you, consider giving them some clicks.
@violetblue.bsky.social thought you may want to boost.
covid-long.com
@violetblue.bsky.social thought you may want to boost.
covid-long.com
Johns Hopkins COVID Long Study
The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health is conducting research about the COVID-19 pandemic. Participate in this one-time, 10-15 minute survey.
covid-long.com
May 19, 2024 at 10:33 PM
Johns Hopkins is doing a long-COVID survey and apparently is having trouble finding controls -- people who haven't had COVID. If this is you, consider giving them some clicks.
@violetblue.bsky.social thought you may want to boost.
covid-long.com
@violetblue.bsky.social thought you may want to boost.
covid-long.com
@eddedmondson.bsky.social thought of you
obviously it was pea-hacking
No-one has ever been able to replicate Gregor Mendel's observations of pea plants. They're a little "too perfect", lacking even random statistical noise that would have been expected from small sample sizes.
The big question: was it scientific fraud?
(Art: Harald Ritsch)
The big question: was it scientific fraud?
(Art: Harald Ritsch)
March 2, 2024 at 3:11 AM
@eddedmondson.bsky.social thought of you
I just used www.olt.com to file my taxes. It was easy - please consider using it as an alternative to companies that lobby the government to keep taxes complicated.
February 26, 2024 at 1:55 AM
I just used www.olt.com to file my taxes. It was easy - please consider using it as an alternative to companies that lobby the government to keep taxes complicated.