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Ichiko Aoba - SONAR
YouTube video by ICHIKO AOBA
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February 12, 2025 at 10:00 PM
in an attempt to do something with my brain not related to the news, I spent a few hours today making custom study sets (flashcards) for the 180 kanji I need to learn next 🙂
February 12, 2025 at 9:12 PM
in an attempt to do something with my brain not related to the news, I spent a few hours today making custom study sets (flashcards) for the 180 kanji I need to learn next 🙂
this was actually incredibly interesting to read
Congratulations Elon, you’ve discovered a story that the Washington Post and @fahrenthold.bsky.social wrote … 11 years ago. www.washingtonpost.com/sf/national/...
February 11, 2025 at 10:55 PM
this was actually incredibly interesting to read
Rubin, Summers, Geithner, Lew, Yellen:
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/10/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/10/o...
Opinion | Robert Rubin, Lawrence Summers, Timothy Geithner, Jacob Lew, Janet Yellen: DOGE Is a Threat to U.S. Democracy.
Former Secretaries Rubin, Summers, Geithner, Lew and Yellen argue that DOGE is a threat to America.
www.nytimes.com
February 10, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Rubin, Summers, Geithner, Lew, Yellen:
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/10/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/10/o...
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"Building a party that can enforce candidate accountability to the collective political judgment of party members isn’t merely difficult in the US, it’s impossible. US election law simply forbids such parties." jwmason.org/slackwire/po...
Political Parties Are Illegal in the United States – J. W. Mason
jwmason.org
February 4, 2025 at 6:28 PM
"Building a party that can enforce candidate accountability to the collective political judgment of party members isn’t merely difficult in the US, it’s impossible. US election law simply forbids such parties." jwmason.org/slackwire/po...
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A 1NF time-series database is the only rational way to store this information, because a fundamental design criterion is "We need to be able to explain exactly why benefits were calculated this way for John Smith on Oct 3rd, 2016."
Important when dealing with interpretation of legal statutes.
Important when dealing with interpretation of legal statutes.
February 9, 2025 at 8:35 PM
A 1NF time-series database is the only rational way to store this information, because a fundamental design criterion is "We need to be able to explain exactly why benefits were calculated this way for John Smith on Oct 3rd, 2016."
Important when dealing with interpretation of legal statutes.
Important when dealing with interpretation of legal statutes.
the dog content will continue until morale improves
gothamist.com/arts-enterta...
gothamist.com/arts-enterta...
Meet Schmutzie, a champion show dog and West Village resident
She loves snow, outdoor dining and head pets. She's also competing at the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show on Tuesday.
gothamist.com
February 7, 2025 at 2:50 PM
the dog content will continue until morale improves
gothamist.com/arts-enterta...
gothamist.com/arts-enterta...
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For aficionados of a Japanese breed, an unwelcome spotlight.
February 7, 2025 at 2:59 AM
For aficionados of a Japanese breed, an unwelcome spotlight.
this has helpfully revealed some of the shiba people on this site along with some very good shiba pictures. shibas against doge!
do other Shiba people feel sad about the cooptation of our pals beautiful little faces by fascism bc I personally find it to be a bit of a bummer
February 7, 2025 at 7:26 AM
this has helpfully revealed some of the shiba people on this site along with some very good shiba pictures. shibas against doge!
well, that's enough internet for today (positive)
Wondering about Trump’s imperialistic plans for the Middle East? This sheet pan falafel with ketchup will make you think you’re lounging at Trump Tower Gaza City.
February 6, 2025 at 10:43 PM
well, that's enough internet for today (positive)
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NY Post: Ket fueled incels melt government teams
February 5, 2025 at 8:32 PM
NY Post: Ket fueled incels melt government teams
I really think it's over. You know, for America.
Top Dem on the House Intel Committee Jim Himes says in a statement that he understands that the White House “insisted” on the CIA transmitting the list in an unclassified email
New via NYT — The CIA sent the White House an unclassified email listing all employees hired by the spy agency over the last two years to comply with an executive order to shrink the federal work force. One former agency officer called the reporting of names a “counterintelligence disaster.”
February 5, 2025 at 11:04 PM
I really think it's over. You know, for America.
2018, lol
"As long as you are a Ben Shapiro knockoff who can string together the words 'the intolerant left' and occasionally criticize Trump, you have a home here on our opinion pages. Because this is what conservatism is now, and we have to respect that. "
In Order to Keep Our Editorial Page Completely Balanced, We Are Hiring More Dipshits
Here at the New York Times, we believe that all sides of the story should be tolerated and explored, from white supremacists being actually kinda c...
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February 5, 2025 at 9:34 PM
2018, lol
I spent a lot less time with ChatGPT once I realized that I was often reading a mangled version of a Wikipedia page, and that I could just go read that page directly if I wasn't so lazy.
February 5, 2025 at 5:20 PM
I spent a lot less time with ChatGPT once I realized that I was often reading a mangled version of a Wikipedia page, and that I could just go read that page directly if I wasn't so lazy.
it's been a while, I wonder how the "Don't be evil" company is doing
Google scraps promise not to develop AI weapons
Google scraps promise not to develop AI weapons
It now says AI should support “national security.”
buff.ly
February 5, 2025 at 12:21 PM
it's been a while, I wonder how the "Don't be evil" company is doing
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Google scraps promise not to develop AI weapons
Google scraps promise not to develop AI weapons
It now says AI should support “national security.”
buff.ly
February 5, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Google scraps promise not to develop AI weapons
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Despite the waiver extension, it seems the stop work order is still in place, and PEPFAR is still frozen.
x.com/SenBillCassi...
x.com/asia_ilse/st...
x.com/SenBillCassi...
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AMFAR has published a report on how the foreign aid freeze affects PEPFAR, which actually still hasn't resumed.
They estimate that hundreds of thousands of people lose access to HIV antivirals and 1500 babies are expected to contract HIV — *each day* 🧵
They estimate that hundreds of thousands of people lose access to HIV antivirals and 1500 babies are expected to contract HIV — *each day* 🧵
February 4, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Despite the waiver extension, it seems the stop work order is still in place, and PEPFAR is still frozen.
x.com/SenBillCassi...
x.com/asia_ilse/st...
x.com/SenBillCassi...
x.com/asia_ilse/st...
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This is exactly where we are
February 3, 2025 at 10:34 PM
This is exactly where we are
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I ran @USAID health programs for the last 3 years. Trump’s 90 day Stop Work Order on foreign assistance does serious damage to the world and the US. Examples:🧵
January 26, 2025 at 3:56 PM
I ran @USAID health programs for the last 3 years. Trump’s 90 day Stop Work Order on foreign assistance does serious damage to the world and the US. Examples:🧵
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we wouldn't need "fast travel" if our game studios invested in accessible and affordable public transport infrastructure. skyrim should have a tram network. assassin's creed should have several regular bus routes. give ghost of tsushima a metro
February 3, 2025 at 7:43 AM
we wouldn't need "fast travel" if our game studios invested in accessible and affordable public transport infrastructure. skyrim should have a tram network. assassin's creed should have several regular bus routes. give ghost of tsushima a metro
chat, is it a radical act of resistance if I just carry on with my day as normal?
February 3, 2025 at 12:19 PM
chat, is it a radical act of resistance if I just carry on with my day as normal?
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We have reached new levels of madness when an unelected, non senate-confirmed private citizen is overseeing an effort to overhaul or possibly end a congresionally mandated arm of our government.
This is real trouble for the separation of powers, and with it, our basic democratic institutions.
This is real trouble for the separation of powers, and with it, our basic democratic institutions.
Two top security officials at the US Agency for International Development were put on administrative leave after refusing to allow officials from Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency to access systems at the agency, multiple sources familiar told CNN
Senior USAID security officials put on leave after refusing Musk’s DOGE access to agency systems | CNN Politics
Two top security officials at the US Agency for International Development were put on administrative leave Saturday night after refusing to allow officials from Elon Musk’s Department of Government Ef...
www.cnn.com
February 2, 2025 at 11:46 PM
We have reached new levels of madness when an unelected, non senate-confirmed private citizen is overseeing an effort to overhaul or possibly end a congresionally mandated arm of our government.
This is real trouble for the separation of powers, and with it, our basic democratic institutions.
This is real trouble for the separation of powers, and with it, our basic democratic institutions.
love how people just @ aoc to do stuff for them like this is slack
February 2, 2025 at 11:48 PM
love how people just @ aoc to do stuff for them like this is slack
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So when a shock hits, you don't just have a bit less activity by a few of the least profitable firms.
You suddenly knock out a random set of the relationships (contracts) and nodes (companies) in a large and very complex network.
This can be pretty disruptive!
3/
You suddenly knock out a random set of the relationships (contracts) and nodes (companies) in a large and very complex network.
This can be pretty disruptive!
3/
February 2, 2025 at 12:57 PM
So when a shock hits, you don't just have a bit less activity by a few of the least profitable firms.
You suddenly knock out a random set of the relationships (contracts) and nodes (companies) in a large and very complex network.
This can be pretty disruptive!
3/
You suddenly knock out a random set of the relationships (contracts) and nodes (companies) in a large and very complex network.
This can be pretty disruptive!
3/