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· Mar 13
Apologies to all my friends for calling them "ignoble" and "common". Realized that I was accidentally googling "medieval" household income. I am, in fact, living slightly above subsistence levels.
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So ICE and the White House have been scrambling to pump out meme videos of clashes with protesters and "epic takedowns" and then an ICE agent recording video with his phone shoots a woman dead www.washingtonpost.com/technology/i...
We read thousands of internal ICE chats. They show how officials make raids go viral
Thousands of internal ICE messages show how its public affairs team has coordinated with the White House to satisfy Trump administration demands for viral arrest videos
www.washingtonpost.com
January 10, 2026 at 12:33 PM
So ICE and the White House have been scrambling to pump out meme videos of clashes with protesters and "epic takedowns" and then an ICE agent recording video with his phone shoots a woman dead www.washingtonpost.com/technology/i...
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A career federal agent says that in 25 years, a fleeing vehicle has never justified killing its occupant, and officers should never stand in front of a running car. CBS reportedly pulled the interview, but it posted on YouTube.
www.youtube.com/watch?app=de...
www.youtube.com/watch?app=de...
Retired ICE agent breaks down deadly Minneapolis shooting
YouTube video by CBS Evening News
www.youtube.com
January 10, 2026 at 12:55 AM
A career federal agent says that in 25 years, a fleeing vehicle has never justified killing its occupant, and officers should never stand in front of a running car. CBS reportedly pulled the interview, but it posted on YouTube.
www.youtube.com/watch?app=de...
www.youtube.com/watch?app=de...
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Editorial in the National Catholic Reporter: "The vice president's comments justifying the death of Renee Good are a moral stain on the collective witness of our Catholic faith. His repeated attempts to blame Good for her own death are fundamentally incompatible with the Gospel."
Catholic Vice President Vance takes to social media to justify killing of Renee Good
After the tragic shooting of Renee Good at the hands of ICE, the Catholic vice president of the United States took to social media to justify the killing.
www.ncronline.org
January 8, 2026 at 10:51 PM
Editorial in the National Catholic Reporter: "The vice president's comments justifying the death of Renee Good are a moral stain on the collective witness of our Catholic faith. His repeated attempts to blame Good for her own death are fundamentally incompatible with the Gospel."
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What ICE was up to in Minnesota before they murdered a woman
January 7, 2026 at 10:01 PM
What ICE was up to in Minnesota before they murdered a woman
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portland city council confirms that two portland residents have been shot by federal agents. at this time, the city council has been told that both victims are alive.
January 8, 2026 at 11:47 PM
portland city council confirms that two portland residents have been shot by federal agents. at this time, the city council has been told that both victims are alive.
Yet again ICE brutalizes a woman. This time murdering her as she tries to flee. This is not a reasonable use of force or self defense.
NEW: Second video shows ICE shooting in Minneapolis. A woman, a U.S. citizen, was killed
January 7, 2026 at 8:04 PM
Yet again ICE brutalizes a woman. This time murdering her as she tries to flee. This is not a reasonable use of force or self defense.
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From Twelfth Night, if memory serves.
January 3, 2026 at 7:14 AM
From Twelfth Night, if memory serves.
Largely, LLMs combat this. Quality data tends to be preferred over quantity of data. Human knowledge workers and experts are contracted out for high quality labels and fresh documents. And the key innovation of transformers is that attention allows them to correctly understand context.
The longer generative AI exists, the more of what we take for granted is going to become toxic cognito-hazard waste.
We are living in the era of contamination.
It is happening all around us, and the people doing it have names and addresses. 13/13
We are living in the era of contamination.
It is happening all around us, and the people doing it have names and addresses. 13/13
January 7, 2026 at 2:35 PM
Largely, LLMs combat this. Quality data tends to be preferred over quantity of data. Human knowledge workers and experts are contracted out for high quality labels and fresh documents. And the key innovation of transformers is that attention allows them to correctly understand context.
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Rest in peace to Mike F, one of the all-time greats
December 30, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Rest in peace to Mike F, one of the all-time greats
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“I told a chatbot that A.I. was swallowing more and more of my work as a copywriter and that I needed a way to survive. The bot paused, processing my situation, and then suggested I buy a chain saw”
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/28/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/28/o...
Opinion | When A.I. Took My Job, I Bought a Chain Saw
www.nytimes.com
December 29, 2025 at 4:38 AM
“I told a chatbot that A.I. was swallowing more and more of my work as a copywriter and that I needed a way to survive. The bot paused, processing my situation, and then suggested I buy a chain saw”
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/28/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/28/o...
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AI isn’t going to take your job
I am
You’re going to go in to your next shift and I will be there, I will be wearing your clothing and your badge, I will be sitting in your chair, I will be answering to your name
As much as you tell people I’m not you, they won’t believe you or recognize you
I am
You’re going to go in to your next shift and I will be there, I will be wearing your clothing and your badge, I will be sitting in your chair, I will be answering to your name
As much as you tell people I’m not you, they won’t believe you or recognize you
December 27, 2025 at 8:31 AM
AI isn’t going to take your job
I am
You’re going to go in to your next shift and I will be there, I will be wearing your clothing and your badge, I will be sitting in your chair, I will be answering to your name
As much as you tell people I’m not you, they won’t believe you or recognize you
I am
You’re going to go in to your next shift and I will be there, I will be wearing your clothing and your badge, I will be sitting in your chair, I will be answering to your name
As much as you tell people I’m not you, they won’t believe you or recognize you
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15 Last Minute Christmas Gifts You Can Conjure Using Little To No Mana
December 21, 2025 at 6:10 PM
15 Last Minute Christmas Gifts You Can Conjure Using Little To No Mana
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"Nobody seems to have the cilantro gene in Mexico" yeah because they genetically selected away from it. Because it's a weakness
December 20, 2025 at 11:20 PM
"Nobody seems to have the cilantro gene in Mexico" yeah because they genetically selected away from it. Because it's a weakness
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We will never be free as long as Microsoft Teams exists
December 19, 2025 at 8:44 AM
We will never be free as long as Microsoft Teams exists
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she has learned how to drift
it’s insane that nintendo gets away with selling a $500 piece of hardware that I use exclusively to play mario kart. not falling for that this time. (my kid discovers mario kart and we have a blast playing together) oh fuck
December 19, 2025 at 5:55 AM
she has learned how to drift
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December 13, 2025 at 11:47 AM
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This sort of absurd, ultra-bleak reading of the remarkable prosperity of modern societies is not only embarrassingly wrong - and I saw a historian retweet this sincerely (!!) - but also helps fuel not materialist, left-wing politics, but rather reactionary right-wing politics ('RETVRN-ism').
December 11, 2025 at 1:54 AM
This sort of absurd, ultra-bleak reading of the remarkable prosperity of modern societies is not only embarrassingly wrong - and I saw a historian retweet this sincerely (!!) - but also helps fuel not materialist, left-wing politics, but rather reactionary right-wing politics ('RETVRN-ism').
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