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astronomy, science, politics.... gundam. maybe some motorsports sprinkled on top. very little original here, mainly just reposts.
bi. she/they. dr.
astronomy, science, politics.... gundam. maybe some motorsports sprinkled on top. very little original here, mainly just reposts.
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A photo of David Brooks palling around with Epstein in the latest Epstein files drop three weeks after he wrote a column chiding America for caring about the Epstein story is some serious Rafael Palmeiro shit.
December 18, 2025 at 5:24 PM
A photo of David Brooks palling around with Epstein in the latest Epstein files drop three weeks after he wrote a column chiding America for caring about the Epstein story is some serious Rafael Palmeiro shit.
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This has been a really fun thread but basically every lawyer uses Office365, it's a huge portion of Microsoft's income, and so any linux future meaningfully has to offer alternatives to these specific rentier empires and not just gaming. Gaming is a good start, but LibreOffice does not cut it.
My lawyer has yelled at me every time I’ve opened a contract with gdocs and fucked up their sections and subsections. It’s cheaper to pay $100/yr than $600/hr for them to fix stuff.
December 19, 2025 at 6:49 AM
This has been a really fun thread but basically every lawyer uses Office365, it's a huge portion of Microsoft's income, and so any linux future meaningfully has to offer alternatives to these specific rentier empires and not just gaming. Gaming is a good start, but LibreOffice does not cut it.
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Things are going great over at X, The Everything App
December 18, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Things are going great over at X, The Everything App
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These are the people who are willing to go on the record.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/u...
December 18, 2025 at 5:26 PM
These are the people who are willing to go on the record.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/u...
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www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
We need to work on the adults first because far too many misogynistic attitudes exist in school adults. And that includes internalised misogyny that women use on other femme people who aren’t “valuable” in this society. The adults have to change first
We need to work on the adults first because far too many misogynistic attitudes exist in school adults. And that includes internalised misogyny that women use on other femme people who aren’t “valuable” in this society. The adults have to change first
Teachers to be trained to spot early signs of misogyny in boys
The measure is part of the government's strategy to tackle violence against women and girls which will be unveiled on Thursday.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 18, 2025 at 6:57 AM
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
We need to work on the adults first because far too many misogynistic attitudes exist in school adults. And that includes internalised misogyny that women use on other femme people who aren’t “valuable” in this society. The adults have to change first
We need to work on the adults first because far too many misogynistic attitudes exist in school adults. And that includes internalised misogyny that women use on other femme people who aren’t “valuable” in this society. The adults have to change first
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As the old saying goes - “red sky at night shepherds delight”…
Maybe more like photographers delight. Here’s sunset last night - as red as they get. And the second photo is from this morning, taken by drone above the low mist covering the landscape.
Maybe more like photographers delight. Here’s sunset last night - as red as they get. And the second photo is from this morning, taken by drone above the low mist covering the landscape.
December 17, 2025 at 10:30 PM
As the old saying goes - “red sky at night shepherds delight”…
Maybe more like photographers delight. Here’s sunset last night - as red as they get. And the second photo is from this morning, taken by drone above the low mist covering the landscape.
Maybe more like photographers delight. Here’s sunset last night - as red as they get. And the second photo is from this morning, taken by drone above the low mist covering the landscape.
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Academics and technologists are sounding the alarm about a growing crisis in scholarship as we know it: AI-generated citations of nonexistent papers that have infested real journals. Despite being fake, the sources are widely assumed to be authentic the more they appear in published literature.
AI Is Inventing Academic Papers That Don't Exist -- And They're Being Cited in Real Journals
Academic articles from authors using large language model are creating an ecosystem of fake research that threatens human knowledge itself.
www.rollingstone.com
December 17, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Academics and technologists are sounding the alarm about a growing crisis in scholarship as we know it: AI-generated citations of nonexistent papers that have infested real journals. Despite being fake, the sources are widely assumed to be authentic the more they appear in published literature.
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But not investigating Larry summers relationship with… the pedophile?????
Harvard officials are reportedly secretly investigating two students for their roles in drawing scrutiny to the relationship between Jeffrey Epstein and ex-president Larry Summers
Harvard Secretly Investigates Students Over Larry Summers Video on Epstein
www.nytimes.com
December 17, 2025 at 2:08 PM
But not investigating Larry summers relationship with… the pedophile?????
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It would be especially terrible if people used a good VPN when interacting with this website. And if they're uploading attachments, they really shouldn't remove the file's metadata beforehand using a free site like metadata2go or exifremover. Would hate to see pranksters preserve their privacy
Ken Paxton has launched a snitch line to gather reports of supposed violations of Texas' transphobic bathroom policing law. Please do not abuse this snitch line. Please do not fill it with faff and nonsense. Please do not attach huge, unwieldy and irrelevant documentation to any reports.
Texas Women’s Privacy Act Complaint Form (SB 8) | Office of the Attorney General
The Texas Women’s Privacy Act requires a political subdivision or state agency, including public schools, open enrollment charter schools, and state institutions of higher education, to designate each...
www.texasattorneygeneral.gov
December 17, 2025 at 5:20 PM
It would be especially terrible if people used a good VPN when interacting with this website. And if they're uploading attachments, they really shouldn't remove the file's metadata beforehand using a free site like metadata2go or exifremover. Would hate to see pranksters preserve their privacy
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given how much cheaper touchscreens are than having to tool and manufacture physical switchgear, the safety data must be really bad for automakers to be voluntarily shifting back to real controls
New research finds that car touchscreens are so distracting that they induce "significant performance degradation" among drivers.
Meanwhile, in-vehicle touchscreens remain completely unregulated in the US.
doi.org/10.1145/3746...
Meanwhile, in-vehicle touchscreens remain completely unregulated in the US.
doi.org/10.1145/3746...
December 17, 2025 at 5:39 PM
given how much cheaper touchscreens are than having to tool and manufacture physical switchgear, the safety data must be really bad for automakers to be voluntarily shifting back to real controls
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Yesterday, Starmer did something rare. He positively surprised me with the announcement of the inquiry into foreign money into British politics.
Just a few hours later it all turns to shit again and we are back to usual.
Just a few hours later it all turns to shit again and we are back to usual.
LibDem Calum Miller, "Will the review look back.. Including the 2014 and 2016 Referendums?"
Steve Reed, "It will be forward looking, there will be no relitigating of previous elections or referendum"
"There have been no findings that any elections to date were affected by foreign interference"
Steve Reed, "It will be forward looking, there will be no relitigating of previous elections or referendum"
"There have been no findings that any elections to date were affected by foreign interference"
December 17, 2025 at 6:48 AM
Yesterday, Starmer did something rare. He positively surprised me with the announcement of the inquiry into foreign money into British politics.
Just a few hours later it all turns to shit again and we are back to usual.
Just a few hours later it all turns to shit again and we are back to usual.
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Connecting these dots is not difficult. Disinformation is an existential threat to free democracy; tech oligarchs loathe democracy and want to see it destroyed so they can rule unchecked; and lo and behold, all the tech money on Earth is plowing into the disinfo machines
inews.co.uk/news/politic...
inews.co.uk/news/politic...
MI6 chief: Tech giants are closer to running the world than politicians
In first public speech on threats to UK, top spy warns of dangerous power shift amid surge in disinformation
inews.co.uk
December 17, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Connecting these dots is not difficult. Disinformation is an existential threat to free democracy; tech oligarchs loathe democracy and want to see it destroyed so they can rule unchecked; and lo and behold, all the tech money on Earth is plowing into the disinfo machines
inews.co.uk/news/politic...
inews.co.uk/news/politic...
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"Cuomo isn't Jewish, Adams isn't Jewish, Trump isn't Jewish. But they all are delighted to weaponize antisemitism, to weaponize Jewish fear, against Muslims especially."
Jewish Democratic Congressional candidate Brad Lander.
My full interview with him: zeteo.com/p/meet-the-p...
Jewish Democratic Congressional candidate Brad Lander.
My full interview with him: zeteo.com/p/meet-the-p...
December 17, 2025 at 3:04 AM
"Cuomo isn't Jewish, Adams isn't Jewish, Trump isn't Jewish. But they all are delighted to weaponize antisemitism, to weaponize Jewish fear, against Muslims especially."
Jewish Democratic Congressional candidate Brad Lander.
My full interview with him: zeteo.com/p/meet-the-p...
Jewish Democratic Congressional candidate Brad Lander.
My full interview with him: zeteo.com/p/meet-the-p...
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taking data centres in space at all seriously shows how deep into this bubble we truly are. like they are never happening. what is wrong with people?
What happens if AI data centres slip the ‘surly bonds of earth’? ft.trib.al/Dn8jC1T | opinion
What happens if AI data centres slip the ‘surly bonds of earth’?
Outsourcing this infrastructure to space comes with a host of problems
ft.trib.al
December 17, 2025 at 5:45 AM
taking data centres in space at all seriously shows how deep into this bubble we truly are. like they are never happening. what is wrong with people?
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An absolute bedrock institution for understanding how the planet works, just civilization-scaled vandalism by the most incurious morons on Earth
December 17, 2025 at 2:52 AM
An absolute bedrock institution for understanding how the planet works, just civilization-scaled vandalism by the most incurious morons on Earth
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Unbelievable. This would be a terrible blow to American science, writ large. It would decimate not only climate research, but also the kind of weather, wildfire, and disaster research that has underpinned half a century of progress in prediction, early warning, and increased resilience.
Exclusive: The Trump administration is moving to dismantle the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Colorado, according to a senior White House official, taking aim at one of the world's leading climate research labs.
Trump moves to dismantle major US climate research center in Colorado
The Trump administration is breaking up the National Center for Atmospheric Research, taking aim at one of the world's leading climate research labs.
bit.ly
December 17, 2025 at 2:49 AM
Unbelievable. This would be a terrible blow to American science, writ large. It would decimate not only climate research, but also the kind of weather, wildfire, and disaster research that has underpinned half a century of progress in prediction, early warning, and increased resilience.
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Just so I'm clear on this, computer memory has tripled in price because a bunch of it that hasn't been produced yet has been ordered to populate GPUs that aren't installed in data centers that aren't built yet in order to service a demand that doesn't exist to make profits that don't happen.
December 15, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Just so I'm clear on this, computer memory has tripled in price because a bunch of it that hasn't been produced yet has been ordered to populate GPUs that aren't installed in data centers that aren't built yet in order to service a demand that doesn't exist to make profits that don't happen.
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It is pretty interesting how both elected officials and the media generally refuse to act like reality is reality, mostly because the people whose opinions they value are in the 17%
December 16, 2025 at 2:14 PM
It is pretty interesting how both elected officials and the media generally refuse to act like reality is reality, mostly because the people whose opinions they value are in the 17%
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On U.S. soil, the worst antisemitic massacre in living memory was perpetrated by one of Vance's white nationalist fellow travelers, who was specifically incensed about the Jewish community providing aid to refugees and asylum seekers.
Folks, would you believe me if I told you JD Vance was over there railing against the immigrants as the reason for the antisemitism
December 16, 2025 at 2:31 PM
On U.S. soil, the worst antisemitic massacre in living memory was perpetrated by one of Vance's white nationalist fellow travelers, who was specifically incensed about the Jewish community providing aid to refugees and asylum seekers.
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a wild story that encapsulates how tech executives view AI. Anthropic's Deputy CISO made his Discord server a ghost town by forcing an AI chatbot onto it despite community protests
Anthropic Exec Forces AI Chatbot on Gay Discord Community, Members Flee
“We’re bringing a new kind of sentience into existence,” Anthropic's Jason Clinton said after launching the bot.
www.404media.co
December 16, 2025 at 3:01 PM
a wild story that encapsulates how tech executives view AI. Anthropic's Deputy CISO made his Discord server a ghost town by forcing an AI chatbot onto it despite community protests
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There seems to be several articles published every week that come under the heading "trans people warned you years ago transphobia would make this happen"...
Five key moments in the assault on the rights of women and girls in 2025
Since Trump’s second term began in January, global healthcare, especially for sexual and reproductive health, has been under constant attack
www.theguardian.com
December 16, 2025 at 1:43 PM
There seems to be several articles published every week that come under the heading "trans people warned you years ago transphobia would make this happen"...
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Susie Wiles is a canny political operator who knows exactly what she’s doing and bears a ton of responsibility for the way Trump has been normalized by the press
that she sees the writing on the wall is maybe the clearest sign of where this ends and the coming knife fight to inherit MAGA
that she sees the writing on the wall is maybe the clearest sign of where this ends and the coming knife fight to inherit MAGA
December 16, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Susie Wiles is a canny political operator who knows exactly what she’s doing and bears a ton of responsibility for the way Trump has been normalized by the press
that she sees the writing on the wall is maybe the clearest sign of where this ends and the coming knife fight to inherit MAGA
that she sees the writing on the wall is maybe the clearest sign of where this ends and the coming knife fight to inherit MAGA
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Via Shon Faye on ig:
Notice how they’re being “complimentary” but also completely and utterly dehumanising at the same time?
Daily life as a trans person.
Notice how they’re being “complimentary” but also completely and utterly dehumanising at the same time?
Daily life as a trans person.
December 15, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Via Shon Faye on ig:
Notice how they’re being “complimentary” but also completely and utterly dehumanising at the same time?
Daily life as a trans person.
Notice how they’re being “complimentary” but also completely and utterly dehumanising at the same time?
Daily life as a trans person.
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nothing can put a bigger smile on my face than reading that Microsoft has to scale back its AI ambitions because NOBODY uses copilot.
December 15, 2025 at 10:40 AM
nothing can put a bigger smile on my face than reading that Microsoft has to scale back its AI ambitions because NOBODY uses copilot.