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I just wasted 45 minutes of my precious, dwindling life confirming that all I really had to do with this super-fancy-looking undersink fastener, from the obscure Xiamen Lota plumbing manufacturer, was to confidently and firmly grab it and unscrew it by hand. Sigh. Where was my manly overconfidence?
December 30, 2025 at 6:09 PM
I just wasted 45 minutes of my precious, dwindling life confirming that all I really had to do with this super-fancy-looking undersink fastener, from the obscure Xiamen Lota plumbing manufacturer, was to confidently and firmly grab it and unscrew it by hand. Sigh. Where was my manly overconfidence?
What’s it like being old? I can usually solve the NYT Strands puzzle synopsis hints, but I needed three hints to solve today’s because it was top hit songs of 2025. 😱
December 30, 2025 at 1:31 PM
What’s it like being old? I can usually solve the NYT Strands puzzle synopsis hints, but I needed three hints to solve today’s because it was top hit songs of 2025. 😱
Doctor: “All I have to say is, fireworks: hands off!”
Patient: “Are you my mother?!?! I don’t need your good advice! I asked for the diagnosis!”
Doctor: “That was the diagnosis.”
Patient: “Are you my mother?!?! I don’t need your good advice! I asked for the diagnosis!”
Doctor: “That was the diagnosis.”
December 27, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Doctor: “All I have to say is, fireworks: hands off!”
Patient: “Are you my mother?!?! I don’t need your good advice! I asked for the diagnosis!”
Doctor: “That was the diagnosis.”
Patient: “Are you my mother?!?! I don’t need your good advice! I asked for the diagnosis!”
Doctor: “That was the diagnosis.”
The LMU Career Service offers about 80 events per year for all trades and professions, among them an AI Academy for students who don’t really like prompting an LLM because they’d rather do their own thinking and formulating. “You can and must be able to also do that using AI,” says LMU’s S. Pflaum.
Angebote für Studierende, "die noch nicht so gern prompten, weil sie lieber selbst formulieren und denken wollen."
Dazu fällt mir auch nichts mehr ein.
Dazu fällt mir auch nichts mehr ein.
December 27, 2025 at 1:57 PM
The LMU Career Service offers about 80 events per year for all trades and professions, among them an AI Academy for students who don’t really like prompting an LLM because they’d rather do their own thinking and formulating. “You can and must be able to also do that using AI,” says LMU’s S. Pflaum.
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AI and Race Science: How plans for “racial hierarchy”, “genetic optimisation” and “population culling” are circulating inside the billionaire Epstein and Big Tech networks
How Epstein Channelled Race Science and 'Climate Culling' Into Silicon Valley’s AI Elite
The Epstein files expose how racial hierarchy, genetic “optimisation” and even climate-driven population culling circulated inside Big Tech circles
bylinetimes.com
December 26, 2025 at 4:02 PM
AI and Race Science: How plans for “racial hierarchy”, “genetic optimisation” and “population culling” are circulating inside the billionaire Epstein and Big Tech networks
Aww, is the Christian Nationalist movement just a harmless little army, “… a poorly organized one that spends a lot of time fighting within its own ranks”? Just a reminder that one of the first things the Nazi Party did once Hitler gained power was to engage in a…🧵
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/o...
Opinion | What We Get Wrong About Christian Nationalism
www.nytimes.com
December 23, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Aww, is the Christian Nationalist movement just a harmless little army, “… a poorly organized one that spends a lot of time fighting within its own ranks”? Just a reminder that one of the first things the Nazi Party did once Hitler gained power was to engage in a…🧵
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/o...
The role of the courts is to enforce the law fairly and impartially. Carrying out one faction’s political program is the opposite of this mission. But the Federalist Society has been openly doing just that for decades, leading to our current politically corrupted Supreme Court. We need to start.. 🧵
December 19, 2025 at 2:47 PM
The role of the courts is to enforce the law fairly and impartially. Carrying out one faction’s political program is the opposite of this mission. But the Federalist Society has been openly doing just that for decades, leading to our current politically corrupted Supreme Court. We need to start.. 🧵
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This anti-primary culture in the Democratic Party needs to end.
It’s not “drama” or hate, it’s democracy.
Embrace it, make politicians earn your vote, be critical of them, and take note of how they respond.
If they’re dismissive when they need your vote, that says a lot.
It’s not “drama” or hate, it’s democracy.
Embrace it, make politicians earn your vote, be critical of them, and take note of how they respond.
If they’re dismissive when they need your vote, that says a lot.
December 12, 2025 at 5:47 PM
This anti-primary culture in the Democratic Party needs to end.
It’s not “drama” or hate, it’s democracy.
Embrace it, make politicians earn your vote, be critical of them, and take note of how they respond.
If they’re dismissive when they need your vote, that says a lot.
It’s not “drama” or hate, it’s democracy.
Embrace it, make politicians earn your vote, be critical of them, and take note of how they respond.
If they’re dismissive when they need your vote, that says a lot.
What did the postal clerk say to the wizard who was all indignant that his package had been returned to the sender because he waited too long to pick it up?
“Sorry, sir, but tome and toad wait for no man.”
“Sorry, sir, but tome and toad wait for no man.”
December 12, 2025 at 1:34 PM
What did the postal clerk say to the wizard who was all indignant that his package had been returned to the sender because he waited too long to pick it up?
“Sorry, sir, but tome and toad wait for no man.”
“Sorry, sir, but tome and toad wait for no man.”
“…Congress has delegated so much of its lawmaking power to the executive, while clinging to various ineffective checks, such as creating multimember commissions.”
What is the functional difference between a law and a regulation? How much of the… 🧵
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/11/o...
What is the functional difference between a law and a regulation? How much of the… 🧵
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/11/o...
Opinion | We’re Trying to Find a Line the Supreme Court Won’t Cross
www.nytimes.com
December 11, 2025 at 11:58 AM
“…Congress has delegated so much of its lawmaking power to the executive, while clinging to various ineffective checks, such as creating multimember commissions.”
What is the functional difference between a law and a regulation? How much of the… 🧵
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/11/o...
What is the functional difference between a law and a regulation? How much of the… 🧵
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/11/o...
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The issue at stake in 1686 was whether the king was bound by the law.
How are we back here again?
How are we back here again?
In The New Republic, historian Holly Brewer compares the Court's decision to Godden v. Hales, a 1686 case affirming that James II was above the law – which was only repudiated when James II was overthrown in the Glorious Revolution. newrepublic.com/article/1833...
March 20, 2025 at 4:34 PM
The issue at stake in 1686 was whether the king was bound by the law.
How are we back here again?
How are we back here again?
The Republicans are not wrong: our current healthcare system, including the ACA, is unaffordable. Where we differ is on the solution. They say more free market. I say make for-profit healthcare illegal and create nationalized healthcare — like everyone else.
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
‘We Are Looking at a Massive Crisis’
Health-care costs are about to spike in a way that Americans can’t afford.
www.theatlantic.com
December 8, 2025 at 12:14 PM
The Republicans are not wrong: our current healthcare system, including the ACA, is unaffordable. Where we differ is on the solution. They say more free market. I say make for-profit healthcare illegal and create nationalized healthcare — like everyone else.
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
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The top-10 carmakers by market cap make up 75% of global passenger car sales.
Tesla makes up less than 2%.
The Tesla bubble will be widely documented in history books.
Tesla makes up less than 2%.
The Tesla bubble will be widely documented in history books.
December 4, 2025 at 2:27 PM
The top-10 carmakers by market cap make up 75% of global passenger car sales.
Tesla makes up less than 2%.
The Tesla bubble will be widely documented in history books.
Tesla makes up less than 2%.
The Tesla bubble will be widely documented in history books.
It’s Black Friday! I paid the usual price for a drink at my locally-owned neighborhood coffee shop! Living the good life! 😉
November 29, 2025 at 9:14 PM
It’s Black Friday! I paid the usual price for a drink at my locally-owned neighborhood coffee shop! Living the good life! 😉
“I haven’t hurt anyone, nobody’s hurt me, but nobody wants to help me. Straight-up nobody. Although it’s not really like that. Just that nobody helps me— otherwise straight-up nobody would be nice. I’d love to— why not?— go on a road trip with straight-up nobody…. 🧵
November 29, 2025 at 7:27 PM
“I haven’t hurt anyone, nobody’s hurt me, but nobody wants to help me. Straight-up nobody. Although it’s not really like that. Just that nobody helps me— otherwise straight-up nobody would be nice. I’d love to— why not?— go on a road trip with straight-up nobody…. 🧵
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I like these suggestions from @michellegoldberg.bsky.social for Giving Tuesday - immigrants rights organizations -
*Immigrant Defenders Law Center
*National Day Laborer Organizing Network
Out of gift articles for the month - if someone can post a gift link in replies, grateful 🙏
*Immigrant Defenders Law Center
*National Day Laborer Organizing Network
Out of gift articles for the month - if someone can post a gift link in replies, grateful 🙏
Opinion | Give to Groups Defending Immigrants From ICE
www.nytimes.com
November 28, 2025 at 8:13 PM
I like these suggestions from @michellegoldberg.bsky.social for Giving Tuesday - immigrants rights organizations -
*Immigrant Defenders Law Center
*National Day Laborer Organizing Network
Out of gift articles for the month - if someone can post a gift link in replies, grateful 🙏
*Immigrant Defenders Law Center
*National Day Laborer Organizing Network
Out of gift articles for the month - if someone can post a gift link in replies, grateful 🙏
The problem with this approach is that myths that can facilitate effective interaction with the world instead of inspiring acts of fatal stupidity are developed over many generations of trial and error, during which many people die due to acts of fatal stupidity. 🧵
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/28/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/28/o...
Opinion | Your Phone Isn’t a Drug. It’s a Portal to the Otherworld.
www.nytimes.com
November 28, 2025 at 1:56 PM
The problem with this approach is that myths that can facilitate effective interaction with the world instead of inspiring acts of fatal stupidity are developed over many generations of trial and error, during which many people die due to acts of fatal stupidity. 🧵
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/28/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/28/o...
Atlanta Botanical Garden Christmas lights show
November 26, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Atlanta Botanical Garden Christmas lights show
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How to Get Rid of “Citizens United”
open.substack.com/pub/robertre...
open.substack.com/pub/robertre...
How to Get Rid of "Citizens United"
We can do away with it without a new Supreme Court. Nor do we need a constitutional amendment. There’s a far simpler way.
open.substack.com
November 24, 2025 at 3:19 PM
How to Get Rid of “Citizens United”
open.substack.com/pub/robertre...
open.substack.com/pub/robertre...
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It’s blowing my mind that schools, universities, public services would run headlong into this. We spent 15 years documenting black boxes. This is a black box in a black hole!
I don't understand how anyone can watch how blatantly Grok is manipulated to answer the way ownership desires it to and then act like the other LLM chatbots couldn't possibly be similarly but less obviously compromised to produce responses in whatever way corporate interests and priorities dictate.
November 23, 2025 at 11:16 PM
It’s blowing my mind that schools, universities, public services would run headlong into this. We spent 15 years documenting black boxes. This is a black box in a black hole!
Which wind to believe?
The straying polar vortex
Or southern Fall heat?
The straying polar vortex
Or southern Fall heat?
November 23, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Which wind to believe?
The straying polar vortex
Or southern Fall heat?
The straying polar vortex
Or southern Fall heat?
I like to have thirty or forty different wallpapers of castles and fantasy-themed landscapes. The unfortunate side-effect is a powerful but futile urge to play my wallpaper. 😉
November 22, 2025 at 6:48 PM
I like to have thirty or forty different wallpapers of castles and fantasy-themed landscapes. The unfortunate side-effect is a powerful but futile urge to play my wallpaper. 😉
The Velveteen Football
November 20, 2025 at 1:22 PM
The Velveteen Football
When we were younger, we sat by the waters of Babylon, and wept when we remembered Zion. Now it’s
By the counter, the counter Of my own kitchen
We stood there and wondered, and wondered
What we were doing
We remember, we remember
We remember trivial stuff
By the counter, the counter Of my own kitchen
We stood there and wondered, and wondered
What we were doing
We remember, we remember
We remember trivial stuff
November 19, 2025 at 11:01 AM
When we were younger, we sat by the waters of Babylon, and wept when we remembered Zion. Now it’s
By the counter, the counter Of my own kitchen
We stood there and wondered, and wondered
What we were doing
We remember, we remember
We remember trivial stuff
By the counter, the counter Of my own kitchen
We stood there and wondered, and wondered
What we were doing
We remember, we remember
We remember trivial stuff
It’s funny how much I agree but don’t agree with this guy. What he calls “The Machine,” I call the tendency of cultural evolution to create self-organizing cultural systems that are about their own perpetuation, growth, and reproduction, not about human… 🧵
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/o...
Opinion | The Machine Wants to Kill Us
www.nytimes.com
November 14, 2025 at 12:08 PM
It’s funny how much I agree but don’t agree with this guy. What he calls “The Machine,” I call the tendency of cultural evolution to create self-organizing cultural systems that are about their own perpetuation, growth, and reproduction, not about human… 🧵
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/o...