Euqinomist
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Occasionally takes a break from anxiety to write, edit, translate. Interested in books, movies, languages, history, urban design, cooking, sometimes even sports
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"the issue isn’t that we need more 'boy-friendly' reforms. It’s that boys are socialized to compete only with boys and to read girls’ success as illegitimate or emasculating. The result is dissonance, resentment, and disengagement for boys—and hostile climates for girls."
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The Real Way Schools are Failing Boys
“If we really want boys to succeed, we need to ensure that they know how to both beat—and lose— to girls."
time.com
December 2, 2025 at 11:21 AM
"the issue isn’t that we need more 'boy-friendly' reforms. It’s that boys are socialized to compete only with boys and to read girls’ success as illegitimate or emasculating. The result is dissonance, resentment, and disengagement for boys—and hostile climates for girls."
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NEW: Extraordinary scenes in Amsterdam this afternoon (Sunday, Oct 5).
An estimated 250,000 bring the city to a standstill; people all wearing red to show solidarity with Palestine 🇵🇸
(🎥 Ahmed Zantac)
An estimated 250,000 bring the city to a standstill; people all wearing red to show solidarity with Palestine 🇵🇸
(🎥 Ahmed Zantac)
October 5, 2025 at 3:07 PM
NEW: Extraordinary scenes in Amsterdam this afternoon (Sunday, Oct 5).
An estimated 250,000 bring the city to a standstill; people all wearing red to show solidarity with Palestine 🇵🇸
(🎥 Ahmed Zantac)
An estimated 250,000 bring the city to a standstill; people all wearing red to show solidarity with Palestine 🇵🇸
(🎥 Ahmed Zantac)
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actually our AI programs are like people so its racist to say you don't like them. anyway would you like to buy one
October 5, 2025 at 12:53 PM
actually our AI programs are like people so its racist to say you don't like them. anyway would you like to buy one
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This is what I mean when I say they can't fix it. it's not broken, it's structurally indifferent to truth
It's built on "likely"
Sometimes likely = true
Often it isn't
It's built on "likely"
Sometimes likely = true
Often it isn't
“OpenAI admits AI hallucinations are mathematically inevitable, not just engineering flaws”
https://www.computerworld.com/article/4059383/openai-admits-ai-hallucinations-are-mathematically-inevitable-not-just-engineering-flaws.html
https://www.computerworld.com/article/4059383/openai-admits-ai-hallucinations-are-mathematically-inevitable-not-just-engineering-flaws.html
September 21, 2025 at 12:15 PM
This is what I mean when I say they can't fix it. it's not broken, it's structurally indifferent to truth
It's built on "likely"
Sometimes likely = true
Often it isn't
It's built on "likely"
Sometimes likely = true
Often it isn't
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Adam Raine, 16, died from suicide in April after months on ChatGPT discussing plans to end his life. His parents have filed the first known case against OpenAI for wrongful death.
Overwhelming at times to work on this story, but here it is. My latest on AI chatbots: www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/t...
Overwhelming at times to work on this story, but here it is. My latest on AI chatbots: www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/t...
A Teen Was Suicidal. ChatGPT Was the Friend He Confided In.
www.nytimes.com
August 26, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Adam Raine, 16, died from suicide in April after months on ChatGPT discussing plans to end his life. His parents have filed the first known case against OpenAI for wrongful death.
Overwhelming at times to work on this story, but here it is. My latest on AI chatbots: www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/t...
Overwhelming at times to work on this story, but here it is. My latest on AI chatbots: www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/t...
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People posting about how they’ve never seen em dashes used before the rise of ChatGPT are really great at telling folks they’ve never read a book before.
August 16, 2025 at 1:12 PM
People posting about how they’ve never seen em dashes used before the rise of ChatGPT are really great at telling folks they’ve never read a book before.
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“The AI in the study probably prompted doctors to become over-reliant on its recommendations, ‘leading to clinicians becoming less motivated, less focused, and less responsible when making cognitive decisions without AI assistance,’ the scientists said in the paper.”
AI Eroded Doctors’ Ability to Spot Cancer Within Months in Study
Artificial intelligence, touted for its potential to transform medicine, led to some doctors losing skills after just a few months in a new study.
www.bloomberg.com
August 12, 2025 at 11:41 PM
“The AI in the study probably prompted doctors to become over-reliant on its recommendations, ‘leading to clinicians becoming less motivated, less focused, and less responsible when making cognitive decisions without AI assistance,’ the scientists said in the paper.”
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BBC International Editor Jeremy Bowen has confirmed that the entire Al Jazeera team in Gaza City has been killed.
August 10, 2025 at 10:33 PM
BBC International Editor Jeremy Bowen has confirmed that the entire Al Jazeera team in Gaza City has been killed.
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Save hard copies of books. What LLMs don't erase from the internet, fascists will erase from public life. Nothing digital or temporary (like a museum exhibit) is safe. Keep hard copies of history. Slavery. The Holocaust. Civil rights. Everything.
Smithsonian removes Trump from impeachment exhibit in American history museum
A temporary placard, on display since 2021, described the president's historic impeachments. Officials said the exhibit was restored to an earlier version following a review of legacy content.
www.washingtonpost.com
August 1, 2025 at 5:10 AM
Save hard copies of books. What LLMs don't erase from the internet, fascists will erase from public life. Nothing digital or temporary (like a museum exhibit) is safe. Keep hard copies of history. Slavery. The Holocaust. Civil rights. Everything.
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Competition shows humans are still better than AI at coding – just
Competition shows humans are still better than AI at coding – just
Przemysław Dębiak, who beat OpenAI at world finals, says he may be last human to win due to incredible pace of technological progress
Computers have taken the crown in chess, Go and poker, but when it comes to competitive coding, humans still have the edge – just.
Earlier this month Przemysław Dębiak, a Polish coder and mind sports champion, narrowly clinched a victory over OpenAI’s entrant in the AtCoder World Tour Finals 2025, in Tokyo. However, the elite coder, who goes by the online name Psyho, predicts he may be the last human to win the prestigious title due to the incredible pace of technological progress. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
July 26, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Competition shows humans are still better than AI at coding – just
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"OpenAI has announced that the US National Laboratories will use its deeply flawed AI models to help with a comprehensive program in nuclear security."
"According to [..] Sam Altman the tech will be 'focused on reducing the risk of nuclear war and securing nuclear materials and weapons worldwide'."
"According to [..] Sam Altman the tech will be 'focused on reducing the risk of nuclear war and securing nuclear materials and weapons worldwide'."
OpenAI Strikes Deal With US Government to Use Its AI for Nuclear Weapon Security
OpenAI has announced that the US National Laboratories will use its deeply flawed AI models to help with "nuclear security."
futurism.com
July 26, 2025 at 10:26 AM
"OpenAI has announced that the US National Laboratories will use its deeply flawed AI models to help with a comprehensive program in nuclear security."
"According to [..] Sam Altman the tech will be 'focused on reducing the risk of nuclear war and securing nuclear materials and weapons worldwide'."
"According to [..] Sam Altman the tech will be 'focused on reducing the risk of nuclear war and securing nuclear materials and weapons worldwide'."
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The first privately developed U.S. nuclear enrichment facility is going to be built in Paducah, Kentucky at the site of a former nuclear fuel plant.
The US government is now allowing a private citizen to enrich uranium, aka nuclear bombs.
That private citizen is "destroy humanity" Peter Thiel.
The US government is now allowing a private citizen to enrich uranium, aka nuclear bombs.
That private citizen is "destroy humanity" Peter Thiel.
Billionaire Peter Thiel backing first privately developed US uranium enrichment facility in Paducah
A California-based company with ties to billionaire investor and Trump ally Peter Thiel announced plans Friday to build America’s first U.S.-owned, privately developed facility to enrich uranium in fa...
www.wkms.org
July 26, 2025 at 2:35 AM
The first privately developed U.S. nuclear enrichment facility is going to be built in Paducah, Kentucky at the site of a former nuclear fuel plant.
The US government is now allowing a private citizen to enrich uranium, aka nuclear bombs.
That private citizen is "destroy humanity" Peter Thiel.
The US government is now allowing a private citizen to enrich uranium, aka nuclear bombs.
That private citizen is "destroy humanity" Peter Thiel.
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This is an executive order that lays the groundwork for sending homeless people and people with mental illness to concentration camps to be "civilly committed." It was never going to stop with immigrants.
This is horrifying beyond words.
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
This is horrifying beyond words.
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
Ending Crime and Disorder on America's Streets
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1. Purpose and
www.whitehouse.gov
July 25, 2025 at 12:35 AM
This is an executive order that lays the groundwork for sending homeless people and people with mental illness to concentration camps to be "civilly committed." It was never going to stop with immigrants.
This is horrifying beyond words.
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
This is horrifying beyond words.
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
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The important thing to understand about the current state of affairs is that Andreessen hired a partner at the most influential VC firm in the tech industry solely on the basis that the man strangled a Black man to death in my neighborhood.
oh, we have some straightforward gutter racism. “the blacks and the browns are the reason white people can’t get ahead” www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
July 12, 2025 at 4:11 PM
The important thing to understand about the current state of affairs is that Andreessen hired a partner at the most influential VC firm in the tech industry solely on the basis that the man strangled a Black man to death in my neighborhood.
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Could it have something to do with the lavishly funded, meticulously planned, deliberate, persistent campaign of disinformation waged against science by far right figures who announced their intentions, which was abetted by centrist media platforming it uncritically in the name of “objectivity?”
Advisers to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommended against flu shots containing the ingredient thimerosal. Why is the additive, safely used since the 1930s, being questioned again?
4 things to know about the vaccine ingredient thimerosal
Advisers to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommended against flu shots containing the ingredient thimerosal. Why is the additive, safely used since the 1930s, being questioned again?
n.pr
July 7, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Could it have something to do with the lavishly funded, meticulously planned, deliberate, persistent campaign of disinformation waged against science by far right figures who announced their intentions, which was abetted by centrist media platforming it uncritically in the name of “objectivity?”
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I disagree with general mood that these authors are in the wrong. This is one of the more cyberpunk ways to fight back against LLM encroachment in academia.
Of course, one better would be finding a way to hide text that, when the paper is inevitably used as training data, poisons the model.
Of course, one better would be finding a way to hide text that, when the paper is inevitably used as training data, poisons the model.
July 6, 2025 at 8:34 AM
I disagree with general mood that these authors are in the wrong. This is one of the more cyberpunk ways to fight back against LLM encroachment in academia.
Of course, one better would be finding a way to hide text that, when the paper is inevitably used as training data, poisons the model.
Of course, one better would be finding a way to hide text that, when the paper is inevitably used as training data, poisons the model.
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The New Yorker just did a long piece profile of this guy in which he literally says he uses slurs but not in a “southern planter” way and it all got framed as a sign of contrarian provocation.
Here’s JD Vance-influencer Curtis Yarvin advocating a return to slavery.
So that’s how things are going on this July 4th.
So that’s how things are going on this July 4th.
July 5, 2025 at 9:49 AM
The New Yorker just did a long piece profile of this guy in which he literally says he uses slurs but not in a “southern planter” way and it all got framed as a sign of contrarian provocation.
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In a horrifying article about the dangers of Teslas, one point stands out: Teslas automatically disengage self-driving mode <1 second before an imminent crash--not enough time for the driver to react, but enough for Tesla to deny responsibility for fatal crashes, since self-driving "wasn't engaged."
July 5, 2025 at 9:53 AM
In a horrifying article about the dangers of Teslas, one point stands out: Teslas automatically disengage self-driving mode <1 second before an imminent crash--not enough time for the driver to react, but enough for Tesla to deny responsibility for fatal crashes, since self-driving "wasn't engaged."
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Take a minute to look at these increases to the ICE budget in the GOP mega bill. Take another minute to let it sink in. They're preparing a police state that will far exceed rounding up Spanish-speaking brown people.
June 29, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Take a minute to look at these increases to the ICE budget in the GOP mega bill. Take another minute to let it sink in. They're preparing a police state that will far exceed rounding up Spanish-speaking brown people.
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A 49 year old Canadian has died while in ICE custody.
June 26, 2025 at 5:39 PM
A 49 year old Canadian has died while in ICE custody.
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Jessica Ramos basically admitted to Brian Lehrer that she thinks Trump will punish and single out NYC if Mamdani wins and that's her justification for backing Cuomo
First off, STOP MAKING DECISIONS BASED ON FEAR.
Second, stop giving that man more power by rewarding his racism with cowardice. FFS
First off, STOP MAKING DECISIONS BASED ON FEAR.
Second, stop giving that man more power by rewarding his racism with cowardice. FFS
June 23, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Jessica Ramos basically admitted to Brian Lehrer that she thinks Trump will punish and single out NYC if Mamdani wins and that's her justification for backing Cuomo
First off, STOP MAKING DECISIONS BASED ON FEAR.
Second, stop giving that man more power by rewarding his racism with cowardice. FFS
First off, STOP MAKING DECISIONS BASED ON FEAR.
Second, stop giving that man more power by rewarding his racism with cowardice. FFS
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We still have no idea who the ICE agents are. They could be insurrectionists, extremist militiamen or criminals themselves, chasing law-abiding citizens down the street for recording their kidnappings. The odds they aren't are low. Congress must raise hell about this. A masked gang runs our country.
June 21, 2025 at 5:48 PM
We still have no idea who the ICE agents are. They could be insurrectionists, extremist militiamen or criminals themselves, chasing law-abiding citizens down the street for recording their kidnappings. The odds they aren't are low. Congress must raise hell about this. A masked gang runs our country.
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Consistent, again and again, with the theory that the U.S. is secretly aligned not with its historic allies but with Moscow.
❗️🇺🇸 Le Monde reports the US secretly coordinated with Russia on a UN resolution ahead of the invasion anniversary. Washington pushed a “peace-focused” draft and urged allies to drop Ukraine’s version. France and the UK resisted, backing Kyiv. The US later abstained on its own text.
June 21, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Consistent, again and again, with the theory that the U.S. is secretly aligned not with its historic allies but with Moscow.