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Deirdre Connolly¹ ² @durumcrustulum.com · 20m

whoa

Deirdre Connolly¹ ² @durumcrustulum.com · 1h

it's not about the literal value, what downstream things may that enable in the future?

Deirdre Connolly¹ ² @durumcrustulum.com · 2h

china, ice, tomato, tomatoe

Techmeme @techmeme.com · 2h

Apple has removed Eyes Up, which archives video evidence of ICE abuses, from the App Store; unlike ICEBlock, it doesn't share ICE officers' real-time locations (Joseph Cox/404 Media)

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Techmeme @techmeme.com · 2h

Apple has removed Eyes Up, which archives video evidence of ICE abuses, from the App Store; unlike ICEBlock, it doesn't share ICE officers' real-time locations (Joseph Cox/404 Media)

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Deirdre Connolly¹ ² @durumcrustulum.com · 2h

this would be neat

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Deirdre Connolly¹ ² @durumcrustulum.com · 2h

some burns out (gpus), data centers and everything to make the gpus go brrrr still work and provide value

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Deirdre Connolly¹ ² @durumcrustulum.com · 2h

we're building so much compute— when things get more efficient, what downstream effects will the massive compute build out have, like 10, 15 years on?

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Jessica Drew Quiroga @jqnotjq.lol · 3h

Some guy trying to convince you to not use a condom be like

Deirdre Connolly¹ ² @durumcrustulum.com · 4h

i hate latex

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Deirdre Connolly¹ ² @durumcrustulum.com · 3h

people getting fooled by Sora videos in my group chats 🫠

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Deirdre Connolly¹ ² @durumcrustulum.com · 4h

i have to collaborate with others

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i hate latex

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Techmeme @techmeme.com · 6h

Filing: Musk and X agree to settle a lawsuit by Twitter's ex-CEO Parag Agrawal, chief legal officer Vijaya Gadde, and others over $128M+ in unpaid severance (Jess Weatherbed/The Verge)

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 10h

JB Pritzker and Gavin Newsom are doing something new and important: They understand Stephen Miller's theory of fascist power politics, and they've developed a theory on how to combat it. More Dems need to reckon with Miller's understanding of the moment.

New from me:
newrepublic.com/article/2014...

Inside Stephen Miller’s Secret Plan to Normalize Trump’s Dictator Rule

He wants to supercharge searing civil tensions to get low-information voters to embrace their inner authoritarian. Exactly two Democrats appear to fully grasp this.

newrepublic.com

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 8h

i think it is cool that a government run by fanatical bigots is on track to plunge the economy into a mountain and cause a food crisis

David Dayen @ddayen.bsky.social · 8h

So this is funny.
The administration just issued a rule slashing foreign agricultural worker wages. And to justify it, in a public filing, Trump's Labor Department alleges that Trump's immigration enforcement has devastated the Ag workforce and caused a "risk of supply shock-induced food shortages."

Trump Labor Department Says His Immigration Raids Are Causing a Food Crisis

In a filing in the Federal Register, the Labor Department argues there are “immediate dangers to the American food supply” due to a lack of migrant agricultural workers.

prospect.org

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shit whistle @guntoucher.bsky.social · 8h

going to court with my ChatGPT lawyer against the ChatGPT prosecution and ChatGPT judge, where i will be convicted by ChatGPT jury and sent to ChatGPT prison. everyone agrees this is a good use of time

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BSD @davidhsiegel.bsky.social · 23h

donkeys: what if horses DIDN'T crave death?

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🎃scarecrowcialism👻 @swolecialism.bsky.social · 19h

No, no, im crashing *in*

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Deirdre Connolly¹ ² @durumcrustulum.com · 19h

no no no no

Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 23h

Dolly Parton's sister is asking fans to "pray with me" amid the country music icon's health issues

Dolly Parton’s Sister Says ‘I Was Up All Night Praying’ Amid Country Icon’s Health Issues and Asks Fans to ‘Pray With Me’

Dolly Parton's sister Frieda is asking fans of the Queen of Country to "pray with me" amid Dolly's continued health struggles.

variety.com

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Emily Gorcenski @emily.gorcen.ski · 20h

My thoughts on One Battle After Another are basically “i’ve dated this person” about multiple characters and in some cases all in one person

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dan @danabra.mov · 1d

lmao what

> ok cool now delete everything unnecessary so it's very slim project

⏺ Bash(rm -rf slices.db .git .gitignore CLAUDE.md README.md lexicons

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DilDog 🅅 @dildog.l0pht.com · 19h

that beowulf book is pretty good i tell you hwæt

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DilDog 🅅 @dildog.l0pht.com · 20h

"i'm a big fan of whatever is wrong with you"

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Deirdre Connolly¹ ² @durumcrustulum.com · 20h

'stop reading and give me your ice cream'

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Deirdre Connolly¹ ² @durumcrustulum.com · 20h

it's way too warm and humid for a dark night in October

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Deirdre Connolly¹ ² @durumcrustulum.com · 1d

@petridishes.bsky.social

Techmeme @techmeme.com · 1d

Anthropic releases Petri, an open-source tool using AI agents for safety testing, and says it observed multiple cases of models attempting to blow the whistle (Anthropic)

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