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Elizabeth Picciuto @epicciuto.bsky.social · 2h

It’s hilarious that he does the random all caps words and Adam “Shifty” Schiff even in his DMs.

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Elizabeth Picciuto @epicciuto.bsky.social · 5h

omg I need to try this

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Elizabeth Picciuto @epicciuto.bsky.social · 5h

My fellow Long Islanders: you know.

Merriam-Webster posted: What's the word where you're from that, when pronounced exactly as it looks, identifies a tourist immediately?

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Elizabeth Picciuto @epicciuto.bsky.social · 6h

I watched the uncut version. Still thought that. I don’t know how to ask a properly phrased question. But if you want to lead people, you have to work with what you have not what you want to have.

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Elizabeth Picciuto @epicciuto.bsky.social · 6h

I’m from New York. I haven’t followed her career. Was really only aware of her grilling Republicans with a whiteboard, which looked fine. I really didn’t have a strong opinion of her until I saw this video.

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Elizabeth Picciuto @epicciuto.bsky.social · 6h

Absolutely terrifying. I can’t imagine being in a hellhole like that.

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Elizabeth Picciuto @epicciuto.bsky.social · 6h

As a philosopher, I’ve never had one

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Elizabeth Picciuto @epicciuto.bsky.social · 6h

I think she could’ve made a critique of the media that could convince people who are not already on her side, but that wasn’t it. I think we actually have quite a few great candidates who don’t talk like they’re talking to philosophers. And there are other great Democrats in California.

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Elizabeth Picciuto @epicciuto.bsky.social · 6h

Do you think saying that she wanted a happy experience was an incisive criticism of the media?

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Elizabeth Picciuto @epicciuto.bsky.social · 6h

Hauppuage

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Elizabeth Picciuto @epicciuto.bsky.social · 7h

This is so unfair, I only dated him for a couple of months and it was years ago.

Schrödinger's Sneetch Belly @rtodkelly.bsky.social · 7h

"the girlfriend of one of the founders of antifa"

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Elizabeth Picciuto @epicciuto.bsky.social · 7h

I can’t, because they only go on friendly positive easy media. I want to be better.

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Elizabeth Picciuto @epicciuto.bsky.social · 8h

Like extremely basic job requirement!

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Elizabeth Picciuto @epicciuto.bsky.social · 8h

Right?!

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Elizabeth Picciuto @epicciuto.bsky.social · 9h

People are defending this Porter interview, and, like, what. The reporter was willfully obtuse, but Porter has to handle that. She’s famous for her own tough questioning! And then to walk out saying you expected a pleasant, positive conversation is, like, Trumpy. www.thecut.com/article/kati...

Katie Porter Tried to Cut Off a CBS Interview

The former congresswoman, who’s currently running for California governor, took offense at a question about winning over Trump voters.

www.thecut.com

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Elizabeth Picciuto @epicciuto.bsky.social · 9h

The Hague

Kashmir Hill @kashhill.bsky.social · 11h

This is absolutely wild. I’m on a cross country flight. We are being diverted midway through to Denver. The reason? Some dude is sitting in the exit row who didn’t pay the $155 fee and he refuses to move back to his seat.

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Elizabeth Picciuto @epicciuto.bsky.social · 9h

And you’ll probably only get convicted for assault. Win-win.

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Elizabeth Picciuto @epicciuto.bsky.social · 10h

He said he logged off for mental health reasons

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Elizabeth Picciuto @epicciuto.bsky.social · 11h

Just came across this because I wondered what had happened

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Elizabeth Picciuto @epicciuto.bsky.social · 11h

Pretty much every fat person I know respects their soul more than the cynical hollowed-out husk of a man that is Dr. Oz

Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 22h

Excuse me? www.medpagetoday.com/publichealth...

MEDPAGETODAY®
Public Health & Policy > Health Policy
Many With Obesity 'Don't Respect the Temple of Their
Soul,' Dr. Oz Says
— "The only thing they think they control in their life is the fork at the end of their arm"
by Joyce Frieden, Washington Editor, MedPage Today
October 7, 2025 • 5 min read

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Elizabeth Picciuto @epicciuto.bsky.social · 11h

Got 3/3 but I was not at all confident, especially with what turned out to be AI.

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Jessica Price @delafina777.bsky.social · 23h

Hey all, I'm trying to get a baseline for how good people are at detecting whether fiction is AI-generated or human-written (most of the research on this is for nonfiction and my hypothesis is we're better with fiction).

If you have time, give it a try?

jlp-experiment.github.io/ai-detection...

AI vs Human Fiction Detection Test

jlp-experiment.github.io

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RM @dorsalstream.bsky.social · 13h

Did a philosopher write this

theconversation.com/studying-phi...

Studying philosophy does make people better thinkers, according to new research on more than 600,000 college grads

Philosophers are fond of saying that their field boosts critical thinking. Two of them decided to put that claim to the test.

theconversation.com

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Elizabeth Picciuto @epicciuto.bsky.social · 13h

I was talking about all of us

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Elizabeth Picciuto @epicciuto.bsky.social · 13h

Other than Trump himself, it’s not primarily Republican politicians who drive right wing messages, it’s influencers who wind up driving republican politicians. We should remember that!

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