Tim For Reflection
@bluehitchhiker.bsky.social
That look on your face, don’t let it go to waste
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(norman rockwell guy) i don't think we should replace human tutors with the lying robot that tells children to kill themselves
We want to make sure tutoring isn't the preserve of a lucky few, but accessible to every child who needs it.
AI can help us do that.
Safe, personalised, one-to-one learning support to help every child achieve and thrive.
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/01...
AI can help us do that.
Safe, personalised, one-to-one learning support to help every child achieve and thrive.
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/01...
Poorest pupils to be given AI tutors
Bridget Phillipson says tuition would no longer be the preserve of ‘the lucky few’
www.telegraph.co.uk
January 29, 2026 at 2:21 PM
(norman rockwell guy) i don't think we should replace human tutors with the lying robot that tells children to kill themselves
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Of the biggest scandals in US history just this week, I think I’d rank them:
1) Federal paramilitaries invade US city based on racist lies, murder US citizens
2) Slush fund for the president from stolen foreign resources held in Qatar
3) Whatever FBI and DNI are doing re: 2020 election in Georgia
1) Federal paramilitaries invade US city based on racist lies, murder US citizens
2) Slush fund for the president from stolen foreign resources held in Qatar
3) Whatever FBI and DNI are doing re: 2020 election in Georgia
January 29, 2026 at 2:52 AM
Of the biggest scandals in US history just this week, I think I’d rank them:
1) Federal paramilitaries invade US city based on racist lies, murder US citizens
2) Slush fund for the president from stolen foreign resources held in Qatar
3) Whatever FBI and DNI are doing re: 2020 election in Georgia
1) Federal paramilitaries invade US city based on racist lies, murder US citizens
2) Slush fund for the president from stolen foreign resources held in Qatar
3) Whatever FBI and DNI are doing re: 2020 election in Georgia
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Time to crack open my NYT Games app and continue the emotionally abusive relationship I am trapped in with the WordleBot.
January 21, 2026 at 2:05 PM
Time to crack open my NYT Games app and continue the emotionally abusive relationship I am trapped in with the WordleBot.
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This is such a widespread sickness among pundits. Pointing out that Republicans are lying about welfare fraud — and have been for decades — doesn't qualify as a publishable take.
So you get this bizarre fixation on optics and this amorphous demand for Dems to "admit" something they admit already.
So you get this bizarre fixation on optics and this amorphous demand for Dems to "admit" something they admit already.
January 19, 2026 at 4:58 PM
This is such a widespread sickness among pundits. Pointing out that Republicans are lying about welfare fraud — and have been for decades — doesn't qualify as a publishable take.
So you get this bizarre fixation on optics and this amorphous demand for Dems to "admit" something they admit already.
So you get this bizarre fixation on optics and this amorphous demand for Dems to "admit" something they admit already.
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On my way to the Supreme Court where I'll be proud to support 15-year-old Becky Pepper-Jackson, West Virginia's only transgender athlete, as she opposes the state's effort to ban her from playing as herself.
Win or lose, Becky and her family are heroes for standing up for what's right
Win or lose, Becky and her family are heroes for standing up for what's right
January 13, 2026 at 12:10 PM
On my way to the Supreme Court where I'll be proud to support 15-year-old Becky Pepper-Jackson, West Virginia's only transgender athlete, as she opposes the state's effort to ban her from playing as herself.
Win or lose, Becky and her family are heroes for standing up for what's right
Win or lose, Becky and her family are heroes for standing up for what's right
Corn vs. Convicts? Is that anything? #cfb #cfbplayoffs
January 11, 2026 at 11:34 PM
Corn vs. Convicts? Is that anything? #cfb #cfbplayoffs
I’m old enough to remember the 2004 election and the Karl Rovian approach of turning strengths into liabilities. It seems like Trump on immigration is an ideal avenue for this kind of attack.
there are pundits who will say that immigration is trump's strongest issue and that picking fights around immigration helps him on the margins. but i think this misunderstands the way public opinion works, as evidenced by trump's declining fortunes on his handling of immigration.
December 15, 2025 at 5:40 PM
I’m old enough to remember the 2004 election and the Karl Rovian approach of turning strengths into liabilities. It seems like Trump on immigration is an ideal avenue for this kind of attack.
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Don’t read this if you haven’t watched the new Knives Out movie but I wrote about how the series only works because Blanc doesn’t treat the mysteries like a game but is always protecting the most vulnerable individual in the case
open.substack.com/pub/somethin...
open.substack.com/pub/somethin...
Benoit Blanc’s road to Damascus
There’s several tensions at work in the new Knives Out movie, Wake Up Dead Man — religious belief vs nonbelief / atheism, innocence vs guilt, love vs hate, what a community looks like, what is the tru...
open.substack.com
December 2, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Don’t read this if you haven’t watched the new Knives Out movie but I wrote about how the series only works because Blanc doesn’t treat the mysteries like a game but is always protecting the most vulnerable individual in the case
open.substack.com/pub/somethin...
open.substack.com/pub/somethin...
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Oof. He was truly a master, from Rosenkrantz & Guildenstern to Arcadia to Leopoldstadt—just a lifetime of tremendous, thought-provoking, hilarious work. RIP. www.bbc.com/news/article...
Playwright Sir Tom Stoppard dies at 88
www.bbc.com
November 29, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Oof. He was truly a master, from Rosenkrantz & Guildenstern to Arcadia to Leopoldstadt—just a lifetime of tremendous, thought-provoking, hilarious work. RIP. www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Remember someone raising the number of jobs brought into rural communities by prisons as if universities don’t produce better jobs and outcomes for everyone involved.
November 18, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Remember someone raising the number of jobs brought into rural communities by prisons as if universities don’t produce better jobs and outcomes for everyone involved.
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to have an affair with one longshot presidential candidate twice your age that you’re profiling may be regarded as a misfortune; to have two looks like carelessness
November 18, 2025 at 1:44 AM
to have an affair with one longshot presidential candidate twice your age that you’re profiling may be regarded as a misfortune; to have two looks like carelessness
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New game: First Large Language Model/Deep Learning/Generative "AI"/"Machine Learning" firm w/ only renewable energy sources, an open source & radical consent model for the collection & use of training data, & an output correction process that's not just "don't talk about prejudicial bias, ever" wins
November 13, 2023 at 4:58 AM
New game: First Large Language Model/Deep Learning/Generative "AI"/"Machine Learning" firm w/ only renewable energy sources, an open source & radical consent model for the collection & use of training data, & an output correction process that's not just "don't talk about prejudicial bias, ever" wins
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NYC is going to have the world's biggest media-manufactured crime panic in history the second Mamdani is elected. They aren't even going to wait until he is inaugurated. Whether or not you like the guy, you need to start preparing now for the fire hose of disinformation that is about to activate.
November 2, 2025 at 11:19 PM
NYC is going to have the world's biggest media-manufactured crime panic in history the second Mamdani is elected. They aren't even going to wait until he is inaugurated. Whether or not you like the guy, you need to start preparing now for the fire hose of disinformation that is about to activate.
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Reminder: We spent YEARS reading thousands and thousands of articles on the Tea Party and how it was a true expression of the American people's will, and it never mounted anything nearly as big as Saturday's No Kings rallies. [1/3]
October 19, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Reminder: We spent YEARS reading thousands and thousands of articles on the Tea Party and how it was a true expression of the American people's will, and it never mounted anything nearly as big as Saturday's No Kings rallies. [1/3]
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this is our cracker barrel moment
October 4, 2025 at 1:09 AM
this is our cracker barrel moment
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"Healthy debate" = when I criticize you
"Cancel culture" = when you criticize me
"Cancel culture" = when you criticize me
September 13, 2025 at 1:41 PM
"Healthy debate" = when I criticize you
"Cancel culture" = when you criticize me
"Cancel culture" = when you criticize me
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Trying to take courage from Bolsonaro's sentencing today. Nothing is inevitable, and fighting for the right thing always matters.
September 12, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Trying to take courage from Bolsonaro's sentencing today. Nothing is inevitable, and fighting for the right thing always matters.
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And those same idiots will say that only 'white' immigration is good but pick any immigrant group, white or non-white, recent or distant and it is trivially easy to demonstrate the great contributions, large and small, its members have made for our country.
September 10, 2025 at 4:30 PM
And those same idiots will say that only 'white' immigration is good but pick any immigrant group, white or non-white, recent or distant and it is trivially easy to demonstrate the great contributions, large and small, its members have made for our country.
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It is a testament to white nationalist/"nat. con." stupidity to insist, when there is one 'immigration nation' on earth and it is also the richest and most powerful country to have ever existed, that immigration and diversity makes us weaker.
Like asking "what makes Usain Bolt so slow?"
Like asking "what makes Usain Bolt so slow?"
September 10, 2025 at 4:27 PM
It is a testament to white nationalist/"nat. con." stupidity to insist, when there is one 'immigration nation' on earth and it is also the richest and most powerful country to have ever existed, that immigration and diversity makes us weaker.
Like asking "what makes Usain Bolt so slow?"
Like asking "what makes Usain Bolt so slow?"