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Isaac Rabinovitch @isaac32767.picknit.com · 4h

This makes me even more skeptical of AGI claims than I was before.

Citizen.Coping @propcazhpm.bsky.social · May 13

Harvard and Google AI mapped one cubic millimeter of a human brain. It took up 1.4 petabytes of storage just in pictures of the specimen. So the entire brain would take ~ 1.6 zettabytes of storage, cost $50 billion, and require 140 acres. It would be the largest data center on the planet— one brain.

Full scan of 1 cubic millimeter of brain tissue took 1.4 petabytes of data, equivalent to 14,000 4K movies — Google's AI experts assist researchers

Mind-boggling mind research.

www.tomshardware.com

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Isaac Rabinovitch @isaac32767.picknit.com · 6h

My patriarchal upbringing is showing. Oh well.

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Isaac Rabinovitch @isaac32767.picknit.com · 6h

I dunno, Trump's thugs wetting their pants at the sight of a guy in a frog costume feels like an outbreak of sanity to me.

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Isaac Rabinovitch @isaac32767.picknit.com · 7h

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Eileen Clancy 🧿 @clancyny.bsky.social · 14h

On ICE raids and attacks in Chicago, local reporters have consistently shown up the national outlets attempting to report remotely.

Locals continue to break story after story even as the nationals are summarizing govt press releases. They've shown physical bravery in very dangerous circumstances.

COURIER @couriernewsroom.bsky.social · 1d

"With local news in a severe tailspin for decades, there was a real question about whether Chicago’s media would meet the moment. But they have indeed," writes @markjacob.bsky.social in Stop The Presses.

The press steps up as Trump targets Chicago

Local journalism is under siege, but still makes itself indispensable

www.stopthepresses.news

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pnwpolicyangel aka Angelita 👼 @pnwpolicyangel.bsky.social · 1d

“Dear Lord, please help us vanquish our enemies (helpless brown kids that we trap in cages) and protect our neighbors (only the white ones) and feed the poor (only if we deem them worthy). And please make my hair extensions hold. Amen.”

Alex Zielinski @alexzee.bsky.social · 1d

Apropos of nothing, Sec. Kristi Noem is currently praying over Burgerville with Portland ICE officials.

A screenshot of a video of Noem praying at a conference table with other people wearing suits. Fast food bags and water bottles sit on the table.

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Isaac Rabinovitch @isaac32767.picknit.com · 18h

Yelp users search for the word "rodent" a lot, therefore Portland has a rat problem. Science!

Josh Cozart @joshcozartwx.bsky.social · 21h

Thoughts? 🐀
Details: www.koin.com/news/portlan...
@koin6.bsky.social #Portland

Isaac Rabinovitch @isaac32767.picknit.com · 1d

@whey.party About the lack of oauth logins: not a big deal, since Bluesky doesn't provide a way to revoke oauth authorizations. I'd rather use an app password.

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Isaac Rabinovitch @isaac32767.picknit.com · 1d

Also lynxes.

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Isaac Rabinovitch @isaac32767.picknit.com · 1d

Hey, @patrickwyman.bsky.social, you did some solid episodes on the Austronesian Expansion. What's your take on this issue?

Michael Erard @michaelerard.bsky.social · 1d

solid language journalism here www.science.org/content/arti...

China bolsters controversial claim to Pacific languages with new museum

Nationalist narrative holds that Austronesian language and culture originated in China, not Taiwan

www.science.org

Isaac Rabinovitch @isaac32767.picknit.com · 1d

As a leftist who held his nose and voted for Clinton, Biden, and Harris, I do get tired of this bullshit.

The Democrats didn't lose three elections because a few leftists got mad at them. They lost because a lot of ordinary non-leftists looked at them, said "Meh," and didn't bother to vote.

Langdon Grant @langdongrant.bsky.social · 3d

I have a hard time laying this all at Schumer's feet after watching leftists piss away three presidential elections in the last 25 years because they wanted to "teach Dems a lesson."

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David Simon @audacityofdespair.bsky.social · 1d

As basic question from an ex-police reporter: Can some of our journalists detail the training regimen all these new federal agents receive? The lethal incompetence involving use of force and perameters of the 4A suggests they are just handed guns, masks and badges and told to go fuck people up.

John Pavlovitz @johnpavlovitz.bsky.social · 2d

ICE is made up of men who have failed the human test and have nothing of value to offer this nation.

Adults with decency and options and possibilities don’t do this shit.

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Isaac Rabinovitch @isaac32767.picknit.com · 2d

You might have trouble getting into this scheme, but if you can convince the Irish authorities that designing games makes you a creative artist, you're exempt from income tax.

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Olivia Messer @oliviamesser.bsky.social · 2d

I kind of can’t believe this Bari Weiss quote is even real, and yet www.nytimes.com/2025/10/06/b...

“I know that there are some people in this room who don’t believe that my marriage should have been legal … and that’s ok. Because we’re all Americans who want lower taxes.”

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Isaac Rabinovitch @isaac32767.picknit.com · 2d

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National colours of Canada - Wikipedia

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Isaac Rabinovitch @isaac32767.picknit.com · 2d

Wigs were still a thing in the US courts until around 1790. Supposedly William Cushing showed up for the first Supreme Court session wearing one. He was embarrassed when people made fun of him, and stopped wearing it.

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Isaac Rabinovitch @isaac32767.picknit.com · 2d

I think every genAI hater is going to want to steal "human centipede of content."

Chibdm @chibdm.bsky.social · 2d

Robin Williams' daughter has some quality thoughts on AI slop

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Isaac Rabinovitch @isaac32767.picknit.com · 2d

See also: Irish tax exemption for income from creative works:

www.citizensinformation.ie/en/money-and...

Artists' exemption from income tax

Income that writers, composers and artists earn from the sale of their work may be exempt from income tax in Ireland.

www.citizensinformation.ie

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evacide @evacide.bsky.social · 2d

I feel this in my bones.

Stacey Burns @wentrogue.bsky.social · 2d

“We would like your feedback”

I seriously doubt it.

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Isaac Rabinovitch @isaac32767.picknit.com · 2d

Been there. Hard part is overriding all that two-handed muscle memory.

Isaac Rabinovitch @isaac32767.picknit.com · 2d

The West Wing has been invading the real world ever since Obama stole Jeb Bartlet's campaign slogan.

Always hated that show.

Still from The West Wing. A paper napkin with BARTLET FOR AMERICA scribbled on it is in a wooden frame.

Isaac Rabinovitch @isaac32767.picknit.com · 2d

Dude, complaining about inconsistent moderation policies is not "annihilation." And your use of words like "maladjusted" and "viscerally insane" is pure gaslight.

Nick (derogatory) ✨ @slothropsmap.bsky.social · 3d

I think Bluesky has a cohort of users who are maladjusted and viscerally insane, and because Jay isn’t in lock step with their every demand, it’s time to annihilate her.

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Isaac Rabinovitch @isaac32767.picknit.com · 2d

Didn't you write an alternative history based on "What if Robert E Lee had AK-47s?" I challenge you to do "What if Joan of Arc had a fire extinguisher?"

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Isaac Rabinovitch @isaac32767.picknit.com · 2d

Not even Elvis?