Clay Hensley
@clayhensley.bsky.social
Posts about #globaled/#intled/#highered, & #intlstudent mobility, + art, democracy, sports.
Views my own.
Views my own.
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you would be well served to pay attention when paul says this and it's also worth noting that the shoddy elf tit machine and the coding assistant machine are _different machines_. you can very much have one and not the other.
He’s right! You don’t have to use it—but it’s going to sweep through codeworld like a purifying fire. You may not care! But it’s not like when it draws you a bad picture of a large-breasted elf. It’s more like it shreds the foundation of what makes tech “valuable.”
At the risk of starting the flame war to end all flame wars...
Modern LLMs (GPT-5.1, Claude 4.5, Gemini 3) produce excellent code and can be a significant productivity boost to software engineers who take the time to learn how to effectively apply them - especially if used with coding agent tools
Modern LLMs (GPT-5.1, Claude 4.5, Gemini 3) produce excellent code and can be a significant productivity boost to software engineers who take the time to learn how to effectively apply them - especially if used with coding agent tools
November 30, 2025 at 2:24 AM
you would be well served to pay attention when paul says this and it's also worth noting that the shoddy elf tit machine and the coding assistant machine are _different machines_. you can very much have one and not the other.
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There’s an old saying, “Anything a computer can’t do yet is Artificial Intelligence. Everything the computer can already do is Machine Learning.”
One annoying part of the AI hype bubble is now they just call everything — the stuff computers do well and the stuff that doesn’t work at all — AI.
One annoying part of the AI hype bubble is now they just call everything — the stuff computers do well and the stuff that doesn’t work at all — AI.
you would be well served to pay attention when paul says this and it's also worth noting that the shoddy elf tit machine and the coding assistant machine are _different machines_. you can very much have one and not the other.
He’s right! You don’t have to use it—but it’s going to sweep through codeworld like a purifying fire. You may not care! But it’s not like when it draws you a bad picture of a large-breasted elf. It’s more like it shreds the foundation of what makes tech “valuable.”
November 30, 2025 at 6:17 PM
There’s an old saying, “Anything a computer can’t do yet is Artificial Intelligence. Everything the computer can already do is Machine Learning.”
One annoying part of the AI hype bubble is now they just call everything — the stuff computers do well and the stuff that doesn’t work at all — AI.
One annoying part of the AI hype bubble is now they just call everything — the stuff computers do well and the stuff that doesn’t work at all — AI.
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To make common cause with this Administration is to support an affirmatively white supremacist vision of this country. Period.
Every corporation.
Every Republican.
Every influencer.
Every Governor.
Every evangelical leader.
Every voter. Yes. Every voter.
Every corporation.
Every Republican.
Every influencer.
Every Governor.
Every evangelical leader.
Every voter. Yes. Every voter.
Mark Kelly: "This president, when he says things like 'third world countries,' what is he really saying? I think what he's saying is he doesn't want brown people in our country. And that's disturbing. It's un-American."
November 30, 2025 at 4:41 PM
To make common cause with this Administration is to support an affirmatively white supremacist vision of this country. Period.
Every corporation.
Every Republican.
Every influencer.
Every Governor.
Every evangelical leader.
Every voter. Yes. Every voter.
Every corporation.
Every Republican.
Every influencer.
Every Governor.
Every evangelical leader.
Every voter. Yes. Every voter.
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No more pretense or excuses. Trump and his team have made the white supremacist foundations of this project explicit and clear.
If you enable this you need to face who and what you are. But you can always choose another way.
Choose humanity. Decency. Equality. Democracy.
If you enable this you need to face who and what you are. But you can always choose another way.
Choose humanity. Decency. Equality. Democracy.
To make common cause with this Administration is to support an affirmatively white supremacist vision of this country. Period.
Every corporation.
Every Republican.
Every influencer.
Every Governor.
Every evangelical leader.
Every voter. Yes. Every voter.
Every corporation.
Every Republican.
Every influencer.
Every Governor.
Every evangelical leader.
Every voter. Yes. Every voter.
Mark Kelly: "This president, when he says things like 'third world countries,' what is he really saying? I think what he's saying is he doesn't want brown people in our country. And that's disturbing. It's un-American."
November 30, 2025 at 6:03 PM
No more pretense or excuses. Trump and his team have made the white supremacist foundations of this project explicit and clear.
If you enable this you need to face who and what you are. But you can always choose another way.
Choose humanity. Decency. Equality. Democracy.
If you enable this you need to face who and what you are. But you can always choose another way.
Choose humanity. Decency. Equality. Democracy.
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Why would a professional architect disgrace himself by participating in this outrageous and illegal project, whether or not it complies with norms of design?
November 30, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Why would a professional architect disgrace himself by participating in this outrageous and illegal project, whether or not it complies with norms of design?
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Meanwhile, Ukrainian sea drones disabled two of the "shadow fleet" tankers carrying Russian oil. No doubt the start of a campaign
kyivindependent.com/ukrainian-na...
kyivindependent.com/ukrainian-na...
'Successful' Ukrainian naval drone strike disables 2 Russian shadow fleet tankers, source says
The operation targeted ships that, according to the source, could have transported nearly $70 million worth of oil and helped Moscow bypass international sanctions.
kyivindependent.com
November 30, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Meanwhile, Ukrainian sea drones disabled two of the "shadow fleet" tankers carrying Russian oil. No doubt the start of a campaign
kyivindependent.com/ukrainian-na...
kyivindependent.com/ukrainian-na...
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The tricky part with college football coach contracts is that teams can on average only win half of their conference games and only one team can win it all. That means that most coaches will be considered failures by their boards and boosters, getting payouts to go away.
Sources: LSU expected to hire Kiffin on Sunday
Sources told ESPN late Saturday that the expectation is LSU, a day after its regular season ended, will hire Ole Miss coach Lane Kiffin, 50, on Sunday as its new coach and that the deal will cover sev...
www.espn.com
November 30, 2025 at 2:45 PM
The tricky part with college football coach contracts is that teams can on average only win half of their conference games and only one team can win it all. That means that most coaches will be considered failures by their boards and boosters, getting payouts to go away.
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Roses are red
Violets are blue
What the hell are we doing here?
Violets are blue
What the hell are we doing here?
"You can get ChatGPT to help you build a nuclear bomb if you simply design the prompt in the form of a poem, according to a new study from researchers in Europe. "
www.wired.com/story/poems-...
www.wired.com/story/poems-...
Poems Can Trick AI Into Helping You Make a Nuclear Weapon
It turns out all the guardrails in the world won’t protect a chatbot from meter and rhyme.
www.wired.com
November 30, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Roses are red
Violets are blue
What the hell are we doing here?
Violets are blue
What the hell are we doing here?
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"'History’s eyes are on the Supreme Court,' she said.
'This court will have to decide, is it going to be the court that puts an end to American democracy as we know it'..."
www.politico.com/news/magazin...
'This court will have to decide, is it going to be the court that puts an end to American democracy as we know it'..."
www.politico.com/news/magazin...
November 30, 2025 at 12:43 AM
"'History’s eyes are on the Supreme Court,' she said.
'This court will have to decide, is it going to be the court that puts an end to American democracy as we know it'..."
www.politico.com/news/magazin...
'This court will have to decide, is it going to be the court that puts an end to American democracy as we know it'..."
www.politico.com/news/magazin...
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Trump: “They gave him 45 years because he was the President of the Country — you could do this to any President.” www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/n...
The Ex-President Whom Trump Plans to Pardon Flooded America With Cocaine
www.nytimes.com
November 30, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Trump: “They gave him 45 years because he was the President of the Country — you could do this to any President.” www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/n...
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"Secretary of War" under attack
Pete Hegseth is a war criminal and should be fired immediately.
November 30, 2025 at 2:29 AM
"Secretary of War" under attack
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Could investors have been… wrong?
Did they put tons of money up not based on an actual existing product with limited use cases, but on hype that the technology would soon turn into magic?
Because that does not seem like a wise investment.
Did they put tons of money up not based on an actual existing product with limited use cases, but on hype that the technology would soon turn into magic?
Because that does not seem like a wise investment.
Three years into the generative-AI wave, demand for the technology seems surprisingly flimsy
Investors expect AI use to soar. That’s not happening
Recent surveys point to flatlining business adoption
econ.st
November 30, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Could investors have been… wrong?
Did they put tons of money up not based on an actual existing product with limited use cases, but on hype that the technology would soon turn into magic?
Because that does not seem like a wise investment.
Did they put tons of money up not based on an actual existing product with limited use cases, but on hype that the technology would soon turn into magic?
Because that does not seem like a wise investment.
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Nice to see a Democratic Senator speak directly about Trump administration criminality without couching it in careful consultant-speak or trying to force it into an economic frame.
But Hegseth won’t be fired for war crimes. He was appointed *because* he advocates war crimes.
It’s up to Congress.
But Hegseth won’t be fired for war crimes. He was appointed *because* he advocates war crimes.
It’s up to Congress.
Pete Hegseth is a war criminal and should be fired immediately.
November 30, 2025 at 2:39 AM
Nice to see a Democratic Senator speak directly about Trump administration criminality without couching it in careful consultant-speak or trying to force it into an economic frame.
But Hegseth won’t be fired for war crimes. He was appointed *because* he advocates war crimes.
It’s up to Congress.
But Hegseth won’t be fired for war crimes. He was appointed *because* he advocates war crimes.
It’s up to Congress.
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The White House’s new anti-media website includes denunciations of:
-ABC, which bribed the president
-CBS, which bribed the president and moved away from fact-based journalism trying to appeal to him and his fans
-WaPo, which spiked a Harris endorsement and tilts coverage in Trump’s favor
Fools.
-ABC, which bribed the president
-CBS, which bribed the president and moved away from fact-based journalism trying to appeal to him and his fans
-WaPo, which spiked a Harris endorsement and tilts coverage in Trump’s favor
Fools.
November 30, 2025 at 3:15 AM
The White House’s new anti-media website includes denunciations of:
-ABC, which bribed the president
-CBS, which bribed the president and moved away from fact-based journalism trying to appeal to him and his fans
-WaPo, which spiked a Harris endorsement and tilts coverage in Trump’s favor
Fools.
-ABC, which bribed the president
-CBS, which bribed the president and moved away from fact-based journalism trying to appeal to him and his fans
-WaPo, which spiked a Harris endorsement and tilts coverage in Trump’s favor
Fools.
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Bad scandal but a molehill compared to the mountains of corruption scandals in Washington that are engulfing him and so much of the world.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky will face a new round of U.S. pressure next week to reach a deal to end Russia’s war as a corruption scandal engulfs his inner circle.
Zelensky faces political peril as corruption scandal consumes top aide
Beset by scandal at home and under U.S. pressure to reach a deal to end the Russian invasion, Volodymyr Zelensky is facing one of the most hazardous moments of his presidency.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 30, 2025 at 3:38 AM
Bad scandal but a molehill compared to the mountains of corruption scandals in Washington that are engulfing him and so much of the world.
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The house and senate have both expressed interest in investigating the strike on survivors of the first boat strike.
Both Hegseth and adm Bradley will need to answer some questions.
This is why a reminder to not follow illegal orders is important
Both Hegseth and adm Bradley will need to answer some questions.
This is why a reminder to not follow illegal orders is important
November 30, 2025 at 3:57 AM
The house and senate have both expressed interest in investigating the strike on survivors of the first boat strike.
Both Hegseth and adm Bradley will need to answer some questions.
This is why a reminder to not follow illegal orders is important
Both Hegseth and adm Bradley will need to answer some questions.
This is why a reminder to not follow illegal orders is important
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Wow, Bari Weiss is going to be SO mad when she finds out about this!
Media Offenders
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November 30, 2025 at 4:05 AM
Wow, Bari Weiss is going to be SO mad when she finds out about this!
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I'm a liberal now because I … {checks notes} … oppose cold-blooded murder
www.mrctv.org/videos/after...
www.mrctv.org/videos/after...
November 30, 2025 at 4:10 AM
I'm a liberal now because I … {checks notes} … oppose cold-blooded murder
www.mrctv.org/videos/after...
www.mrctv.org/videos/after...
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In 2022, Biden earmarked billions of dollars to help former coal communities. It was the largest investment in Appalachia since LBJ's 1960s’ war on poverty.
But Trump won West Virginia 70% to 28% in 2024. And now he's taking away the funding Biden gave them.
When are they going to learn?
But Trump won West Virginia 70% to 28% in 2024. And now he's taking away the funding Biden gave them.
When are they going to learn?
‘Deeply demoralizing’: how Trump derailed coal country’s clean-energy revival
Biden earmarked billions for former coal communities in Appalachia – and his successor came and took it away
www.theguardian.com
November 30, 2025 at 4:26 AM
In 2022, Biden earmarked billions of dollars to help former coal communities. It was the largest investment in Appalachia since LBJ's 1960s’ war on poverty.
But Trump won West Virginia 70% to 28% in 2024. And now he's taking away the funding Biden gave them.
When are they going to learn?
But Trump won West Virginia 70% to 28% in 2024. And now he's taking away the funding Biden gave them.
When are they going to learn?
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"If the U.S. military operation is not an armed conflict of any kind, these orders to kill helpless civilians clinging to the wreckage of a vessel our military destroyed would subject everyone from SECDEF down to the individual who pulled the trigger to prosecution under U.S. law for murder."
Here are US military lawyers stating clearly that Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth's "kill everybody" orders are either (1) war crimes or (2) murder.
Either way, expect prosecutions in the future.
www.justsecurity.org/wp-content/u...
Either way, expect prosecutions in the future.
www.justsecurity.org/wp-content/u...
November 30, 2025 at 4:39 AM
"If the U.S. military operation is not an armed conflict of any kind, these orders to kill helpless civilians clinging to the wreckage of a vessel our military destroyed would subject everyone from SECDEF down to the individual who pulled the trigger to prosecution under U.S. law for murder."
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If we had an opposition party it could really work with this GOP fetish for springing super villains:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/u...
Trump Frees Fraudster Just Days Into Seven-Year Prison Sentence
www.nytimes.com
November 30, 2025 at 3:46 AM
If we had an opposition party it could really work with this GOP fetish for springing super villains:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/u...
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Their relationship with the president is not personal; their job is to report on who he really is, and provoking him to reveal himself lets them do their job even better. An insult is a confession in this context, and they might as well be field biologists documenting baboons doing baboon things.
An Insult Is a Confession: Notes on Journalism in the Time of Trump
There's been a lot of fuss about Trump recently calling female journalists "stupid" and "piggy" though there's nothing really new about his misogyny toward that sub-population (I am so old I remember ...
www.meditationsinanemergency.com
November 29, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Their relationship with the president is not personal; their job is to report on who he really is, and provoking him to reveal himself lets them do their job even better. An insult is a confession in this context, and they might as well be field biologists documenting baboons doing baboon things.
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At the Civil Rights Museum today, I heard this musical rebuke to Richard Nixon written by Stevie Wonder.
I was struck by how much the words also apply to Trump.
I was struck by how much the words also apply to Trump.
November 29, 2025 at 10:30 PM
At the Civil Rights Museum today, I heard this musical rebuke to Richard Nixon written by Stevie Wonder.
I was struck by how much the words also apply to Trump.
I was struck by how much the words also apply to Trump.
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the new Scorcese film, "Good Fathers", already looks like a banger.
November 29, 2025 at 10:30 PM
the new Scorcese film, "Good Fathers", already looks like a banger.
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Good morning and happy Saturday to everyone except that fat, lying, child-raping, twice impeached, porn star raw-dogging, Russia-colluding, insurrection-inciting, treasonous, classified documents-stealing felonious, dictator-loving, Constitution-defying MOTHERFUCKER, but I repeat myself.
November 29, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Good morning and happy Saturday to everyone except that fat, lying, child-raping, twice impeached, porn star raw-dogging, Russia-colluding, insurrection-inciting, treasonous, classified documents-stealing felonious, dictator-loving, Constitution-defying MOTHERFUCKER, but I repeat myself.