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We see what you did there, Pluribus.
December 28, 2025 at 5:40 PM
We see what you did there, Pluribus.
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If you see this post a random fact about yourself:
I helped discover one of the six quarks. ⚛️
I helped discover one of the six quarks. ⚛️
If you see this post a fact about yourself:
I tried out for Jeopardy.
I tried out for Jeopardy.
If you see this, post a random fact about yourself.
One of the things I remember most vividly from my late childhood is when we finally got a microwave & my dad tried to fry an egg in it, but refused to listen to my mom or me (we read the instructions) and didn’t poke the yolk, so the egg exploded
One of the things I remember most vividly from my late childhood is when we finally got a microwave & my dad tried to fry an egg in it, but refused to listen to my mom or me (we read the instructions) and didn’t poke the yolk, so the egg exploded
December 27, 2025 at 8:49 PM
If you see this post a random fact about yourself:
I helped discover one of the six quarks. ⚛️
I helped discover one of the six quarks. ⚛️
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Bernie Sanders: "We need to be thinking seriously about a moratorium on data centers. You gotta slow this process down. It's not good enough for the oligarchs to tell us 'you adapt.' Are they gonna guarantee healthcare to all people? What are they gonna do when there are no jobs? Make housing free?"
December 28, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Bernie Sanders: "We need to be thinking seriously about a moratorium on data centers. You gotta slow this process down. It's not good enough for the oligarchs to tell us 'you adapt.' Are they gonna guarantee healthcare to all people? What are they gonna do when there are no jobs? Make housing free?"
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David Attenborough [whispering]:
“Like a grain of sand in a vast desert, the predator blends seamlessly into its environment, nearly imperceptible to the naked eye.”
“Like a grain of sand in a vast desert, the predator blends seamlessly into its environment, nearly imperceptible to the naked eye.”
December 28, 2025 at 3:38 PM
David Attenborough [whispering]:
“Like a grain of sand in a vast desert, the predator blends seamlessly into its environment, nearly imperceptible to the naked eye.”
“Like a grain of sand in a vast desert, the predator blends seamlessly into its environment, nearly imperceptible to the naked eye.”
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En 1989, un couple de chercheurs publiait une sociologie urbaine des classes dominantes qui marqua par son effet de dévoilement d’un entre-soi absolu. Enfin réédité, « Dans les beaux quartiers » des Pinçon-Charlot annonçait déjà la sécession des riches. www.mediapart.fr/journal/cult...
« Dans les beaux quartiers » : la première enquête des Pinçon-Charlot annonçait déjà la sécession des riches
En 1989, le couple de chercheurs signe un premier livre de sociologie urbaine des classes dominantes qui marque les esprits par son effet de dévoilement d’un entre-soi absolu. Trente-six ans plus tar…
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December 27, 2025 at 9:27 PM
En 1989, un couple de chercheurs publiait une sociologie urbaine des classes dominantes qui marqua par son effet de dévoilement d’un entre-soi absolu. Enfin réédité, « Dans les beaux quartiers » des Pinçon-Charlot annonçait déjà la sécession des riches. www.mediapart.fr/journal/cult...
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Amazingly, reaction times using screens while driving are worse than being drunk or high—no wonder 90 percent of drivers hate using touchscreens in cars. Finally the auto industry is coming to its senses.
Rejoice! Carmakers Are Embracing Physical Buttons Again
Amazingly, reaction times using screens while driving are worse than being drunk or high—no wonder 90 percent of drivers hate using touchscreens in cars. Finally the auto industry is coming to its…
wrd.cm
December 27, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Amazingly, reaction times using screens while driving are worse than being drunk or high—no wonder 90 percent of drivers hate using touchscreens in cars. Finally the auto industry is coming to its senses.
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very much captures the experience of using generative AI to write for you instead of learning how to write
another robot highlight for 2025: man wearing humanoid mocap suit kicks himself in the balls
December 27, 2025 at 7:37 PM
very much captures the experience of using generative AI to write for you instead of learning how to write
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It is surprising to me that none of the major platforms have actual _parental control_ features so that we can limit the amount of time that our parents can spend online, and which apps they’re allowed to use. I don’t worry about my teenager’s use of the internet at all, just my octogenarian dad’s.
December 26, 2025 at 7:42 PM
It is surprising to me that none of the major platforms have actual _parental control_ features so that we can limit the amount of time that our parents can spend online, and which apps they’re allowed to use. I don’t worry about my teenager’s use of the internet at all, just my octogenarian dad’s.
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Kristina Gjerde, defender of the deep ocean, has died
Kristina Gjerde, defender of the deep ocean, has died
Half the planet lies outside any country’s border. In those waters, rules have long been thinner than the myths: freedom to fish meant freedom to take; “out of sight” became “out of mind.” The deep…
news.mongabay.com
December 27, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Kristina Gjerde, defender of the deep ocean, has died
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Anybody who has dealt with somebody with dementia should know that confronting them with evidence they’ve effectively lost a cherished memory can make them extremely sad or even trigger a breakdown
The comments on this are all about how sweet it is and I feel insane. Using AI to make fake memories of your grandma with dementia and telling her they happened and then filming her reaction
December 26, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Anybody who has dealt with somebody with dementia should know that confronting them with evidence they’ve effectively lost a cherished memory can make them extremely sad or even trigger a breakdown
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This year, I’d like to say a special thank you to our incredible emergency services who are working hard to keep Londoners safe today and during the festive period.
You are London at its very best.
You are London at its very best.
December 25, 2025 at 12:03 PM
This year, I’d like to say a special thank you to our incredible emergency services who are working hard to keep Londoners safe today and during the festive period.
You are London at its very best.
You are London at its very best.
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When student loan borrowers are in default, how does the Trump regime respond?
By garnishing their wages.
When billionaires see their wealth hit record highs, how does the Trump regime respond?
By extending their tax cuts.
This is what I mean when I say the system is rigged.
By garnishing their wages.
When billionaires see their wealth hit record highs, how does the Trump regime respond?
By extending their tax cuts.
This is what I mean when I say the system is rigged.
December 24, 2025 at 6:01 PM
When student loan borrowers are in default, how does the Trump regime respond?
By garnishing their wages.
When billionaires see their wealth hit record highs, how does the Trump regime respond?
By extending their tax cuts.
This is what I mean when I say the system is rigged.
By garnishing their wages.
When billionaires see their wealth hit record highs, how does the Trump regime respond?
By extending their tax cuts.
This is what I mean when I say the system is rigged.
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A new year’s wish that we all start framing paying taxes as positive and patriotic contribution to a better world for all. Thank you Anthony Joshua! I’ve just paid mine too. They were quite a lot less than yours, but for some reason most historians don’t earn £68.5m.
He isn't "losing" this money. This is called "paying tax like a responsible citizen and not hiding your money offshore" and we need to start recognising and applauding it.
December 24, 2025 at 9:30 AM
A new year’s wish that we all start framing paying taxes as positive and patriotic contribution to a better world for all. Thank you Anthony Joshua! I’ve just paid mine too. They were quite a lot less than yours, but for some reason most historians don’t earn £68.5m.
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So I am going to say something about romance as a genre.
A lot of people think that romance is ignorable because <insert thing they think about romance> and romance authors don't count because <insert thing they think about romance>.
This thread is not about whether you have to like romance.
A lot of people think that romance is ignorable because <insert thing they think about romance> and romance authors don't count because <insert thing they think about romance>.
This thread is not about whether you have to like romance.
December 24, 2025 at 2:51 AM
So I am going to say something about romance as a genre.
A lot of people think that romance is ignorable because <insert thing they think about romance> and romance authors don't count because <insert thing they think about romance>.
This thread is not about whether you have to like romance.
A lot of people think that romance is ignorable because <insert thing they think about romance> and romance authors don't count because <insert thing they think about romance>.
This thread is not about whether you have to like romance.
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It's Trump policy that U.S. tech must be globally dominant.
It's also US policy that its tech corps must be free from:
Regulation. Taxation. Fact checking and monitoring for hate lies, disinformation.
All are now being treated as attacks on the U.S. itself.
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
It's also US policy that its tech corps must be free from:
Regulation. Taxation. Fact checking and monitoring for hate lies, disinformation.
All are now being treated as attacks on the U.S. itself.
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Former EU commissioner and activists barred from US in attack on European tech regulators
State department accuses group of pressuring tech firms to censor or suppress American viewpoints through regulation of disinformation
www.theguardian.com
December 24, 2025 at 4:24 AM
It's Trump policy that U.S. tech must be globally dominant.
It's also US policy that its tech corps must be free from:
Regulation. Taxation. Fact checking and monitoring for hate lies, disinformation.
All are now being treated as attacks on the U.S. itself.
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
It's also US policy that its tech corps must be free from:
Regulation. Taxation. Fact checking and monitoring for hate lies, disinformation.
All are now being treated as attacks on the U.S. itself.
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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US bars five Europeans over alleged efforts to ‘censor American viewpoints’ https://aje.io/tr548o
December 24, 2025 at 4:30 AM
US bars five Europeans over alleged efforts to ‘censor American viewpoints’ https://aje.io/tr548o
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This cosmic butterfly is IRAS 23077+6707, the largest planet-forming disc seen around a young star yet!
Hubble has revealed it to be an unusually chaotic specimen, with wisps of material flying far beyond the disc 👉 https://esahubble.org/images/opo2606/
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Hubble has revealed it to be an unusually chaotic specimen, with wisps of material flying far beyond the disc 👉 https://esahubble.org/images/opo2606/
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December 23, 2025 at 2:02 PM
This cosmic butterfly is IRAS 23077+6707, the largest planet-forming disc seen around a young star yet!
Hubble has revealed it to be an unusually chaotic specimen, with wisps of material flying far beyond the disc 👉 https://esahubble.org/images/opo2606/
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Hubble has revealed it to be an unusually chaotic specimen, with wisps of material flying far beyond the disc 👉 https://esahubble.org/images/opo2606/
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“As a writer…you are the freest person that ever was.”
Don’t let genAI ever take away this freedom.
Don’t let genAI ever take away this freedom.
December 22, 2025 at 10:02 PM
“As a writer…you are the freest person that ever was.”
Don’t let genAI ever take away this freedom.
Don’t let genAI ever take away this freedom.
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𝐒𝐰𝐞𝐝𝐞𝐧 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐧𝐨𝐰𝐲 𝐎𝐰𝐥. 💔
For the first time in 20 years, a bird species has disappeared from the country.
For the first time in 20 years, a bird species has disappeared from the country.
December 17, 2025 at 9:25 AM
𝐒𝐰𝐞𝐝𝐞𝐧 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐧𝐨𝐰𝐲 𝐎𝐰𝐥. 💔
For the first time in 20 years, a bird species has disappeared from the country.
For the first time in 20 years, a bird species has disappeared from the country.
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December 20, 2025 at 7:40 PM
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Highly amused by the stories of companies using agentic AI chatbots to run their internal company stores, only for their employees to immediately Bugs Bunny the chatbot into giving them free stuff www.aiweirdness.com/when-a-chatb...
When a chatbot runs your store
You may have heard of "agentic AI", which is basically the idea that you can hook up a large language model to controls that do real things. The controls might run internet searches, run commands to o...
www.aiweirdness.com
December 19, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Highly amused by the stories of companies using agentic AI chatbots to run their internal company stores, only for their employees to immediately Bugs Bunny the chatbot into giving them free stuff www.aiweirdness.com/when-a-chatb...
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Why isn’t modern AI built around principles from cognitive science or neuroscience? Starting a substack (infinitefaculty.substack.com/p/why-isnt-m...) by writing down my thoughts on that question: as part of a first series of posts giving my current thoughts on the relation between these fields. 1/3
Why isn’t modern AI built around principles from cognitive science?
First post in a series on cognitive science and AI
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December 17, 2025 at 6:57 PM
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There was discourse just this morning about AI "solving" stuff. I tell students and even ppl in my field all the time, if you're trying to solve unsolved problems or navigate new ones, the machine that only knows what's been tried and is specially built to make you feel smart isn't gonna do it.
December 21, 2025 at 5:41 PM
There was discourse just this morning about AI "solving" stuff. I tell students and even ppl in my field all the time, if you're trying to solve unsolved problems or navigate new ones, the machine that only knows what's been tried and is specially built to make you feel smart isn't gonna do it.
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2 NEW epic images of Phobos over Mars just released by @esa.int Mars Express
This view is especially striking, with Phobos between the Tharsis volcanoes and Noctis Labyrinthus–Valles Marineris
Full resolution 300MP(!) & info on: flic.kr/p/2rMW4so
Credit: ESA/DLR/FUBerlin/AndreaLuck CC BY 🧪🔭
2 NEW epic images of Phobos over Mars just released by @esa.int Mars Express
This view is especially striking, with Phobos between the Tharsis volcanoes and Noctis Labyrinthus–Valles Marineris
Full resolution 300MP(!) & info on: flic.kr/p/2rMW4so
Credit: ESA/DLR/FUBerlin/AndreaLuck CC BY 🧪🔭
December 21, 2025 at 2:12 PM
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2 NEW epic images of Phobos over Mars just released by @esa.int Mars Express
This view is especially striking, with Phobos between the Tharsis volcanoes and Noctis Labyrinthus–Valles Marineris
Full resolution 300MP(!) & info on: flic.kr/p/2rMW4so
Credit: ESA/DLR/FUBerlin/AndreaLuck CC BY 🧪🔭
2 NEW epic images of Phobos over Mars just released by @esa.int Mars Express
This view is especially striking, with Phobos between the Tharsis volcanoes and Noctis Labyrinthus–Valles Marineris
Full resolution 300MP(!) & info on: flic.kr/p/2rMW4so
Credit: ESA/DLR/FUBerlin/AndreaLuck CC BY 🧪🔭