Jim
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Pope Leo reaffirms the position of the Holy See: a two-state solution.
December 1, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Pope Leo reaffirms the position of the Holy See: a two-state solution.
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I've heard "but you're good at programming, why AI?" sometimes but I rarely have ever enjoyed programming. It's a means to an end. If the automation tooling can do it faster, great! I haven't been paid to be a line developer since I was like 24. I have other more impactful skills, code is a lever.
This is the nut of it
I never built my identity around programming ability and so this era has been weirdly pain free
I always resented the code even as I was paid to write it! It’s been impossible to relate to everyone who did a whole sandcastle around Syntax Knowing
there’s so much more to do
I never built my identity around programming ability and so this era has been weirdly pain free
I always resented the code even as I was paid to write it! It’s been impossible to relate to everyone who did a whole sandcastle around Syntax Knowing
there’s so much more to do
November 30, 2025 at 7:12 PM
I've heard "but you're good at programming, why AI?" sometimes but I rarely have ever enjoyed programming. It's a means to an end. If the automation tooling can do it faster, great! I haven't been paid to be a line developer since I was like 24. I have other more impactful skills, code is a lever.
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Trump allowed 17 members of the Sinaloa cartel into the US.
In May he commuted the 6x life sentences of the leader of the Gangster Disciples, most notorious drug trafficking & murderous street gang in the US.
Now Honduran drug trafficker Hernandez.
Is Trump setting up his own drug corridor?
In May he commuted the 6x life sentences of the leader of the Gangster Disciples, most notorious drug trafficking & murderous street gang in the US.
Now Honduran drug trafficker Hernandez.
Is Trump setting up his own drug corridor?
November 30, 2025 at 5:18 AM
Trump allowed 17 members of the Sinaloa cartel into the US.
In May he commuted the 6x life sentences of the leader of the Gangster Disciples, most notorious drug trafficking & murderous street gang in the US.
Now Honduran drug trafficker Hernandez.
Is Trump setting up his own drug corridor?
In May he commuted the 6x life sentences of the leader of the Gangster Disciples, most notorious drug trafficking & murderous street gang in the US.
Now Honduran drug trafficker Hernandez.
Is Trump setting up his own drug corridor?
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Absolute debasement of academic standards
*student submits opinion in psych class
*gets bad grade
*instructor says she can make whatever arguments she wants but must draw on empirical sources
*student & Turning Point says her religious freedom & first amendment rights violated
*professor suspended
*student submits opinion in psych class
*gets bad grade
*instructor says she can make whatever arguments she wants but must draw on empirical sources
*student & Turning Point says her religious freedom & first amendment rights violated
*professor suspended
OU has put the professor here on administrative leave:
November 30, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Absolute debasement of academic standards
*student submits opinion in psych class
*gets bad grade
*instructor says she can make whatever arguments she wants but must draw on empirical sources
*student & Turning Point says her religious freedom & first amendment rights violated
*professor suspended
*student submits opinion in psych class
*gets bad grade
*instructor says she can make whatever arguments she wants but must draw on empirical sources
*student & Turning Point says her religious freedom & first amendment rights violated
*professor suspended
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If the Venezuelan sailors were enemy combatants, then the 2nd strike is a war crime.
If the Venezuelan sailors weren’t enemy combatants, then both strikes are criminal murder.
It’s that simple.
If the Venezuelan sailors weren’t enemy combatants, then both strikes are criminal murder.
It’s that simple.
November 30, 2025 at 8:42 PM
If the Venezuelan sailors were enemy combatants, then the 2nd strike is a war crime.
If the Venezuelan sailors weren’t enemy combatants, then both strikes are criminal murder.
It’s that simple.
If the Venezuelan sailors weren’t enemy combatants, then both strikes are criminal murder.
It’s that simple.
Rock bottom, glass ceiling.
Strong pelvic floor
No ceiling to her bladder control
No ceiling to her bladder control
November 30, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Rock bottom, glass ceiling.
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Normal and great
> Microsoft triggered a viral furor when it revealed a Teams update to tell your company when you’re not at work. Now Google has done the same. Forget end-to-end encryption. A new Android update means your RCS and SMS texts are no longer private.
www.forbes.com/sites/zakdof...
> Microsoft triggered a viral furor when it revealed a Teams update to tell your company when you’re not at work. Now Google has done the same. Forget end-to-end encryption. A new Android update means your RCS and SMS texts are no longer private.
www.forbes.com/sites/zakdof...
Google Starts Sharing All Your Text Messages With Your Employer
Warning — what happens on your Android phone, doesn’t stay on your Android phone.
www.forbes.com
November 30, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Normal and great
> Microsoft triggered a viral furor when it revealed a Teams update to tell your company when you’re not at work. Now Google has done the same. Forget end-to-end encryption. A new Android update means your RCS and SMS texts are no longer private.
www.forbes.com/sites/zakdof...
> Microsoft triggered a viral furor when it revealed a Teams update to tell your company when you’re not at work. Now Google has done the same. Forget end-to-end encryption. A new Android update means your RCS and SMS texts are no longer private.
www.forbes.com/sites/zakdof...
I obey all lawful speed limit signs.
KARL: Did you know about the judge's order when you issued your order for the planes to continue?
KRISTI NOEM: This is an activist judge. We comply with all federal orders that are lawful and binding.
KRISTI NOEM: This is an activist judge. We comply with all federal orders that are lawful and binding.
November 30, 2025 at 6:40 PM
I obey all lawful speed limit signs.
Sticks and stones
can break my bones
But to kill millions
Requires a Sestina
can break my bones
But to kill millions
Requires a Sestina
"You can get ChatGPT to help you build a nuclear bomb if you simply design the prompt in the form of a poem, according to a new study from researchers in Europe. "
www.wired.com/story/poems-...
www.wired.com/story/poems-...
Poems Can Trick AI Into Helping You Make a Nuclear Weapon
It turns out all the guardrails in the world won’t protect a chatbot from meter and rhyme.
www.wired.com
November 30, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Sticks and stones
can break my bones
But to kill millions
Requires a Sestina
can break my bones
But to kill millions
Requires a Sestina
America First!
A new feature on X revealed that many influential MAGA accounts are not actually based in the US. President Donald Trump has continued sharing their posts anyway.
Trump Is Boosting MAGA X Accounts Operating Overseas
A new feature on X revealed that many influential MAGA accounts are not actually based in the US. President Donald Trump has continued sharing their posts anyway.
wrd.cm
November 30, 2025 at 2:11 PM
America First!
We're. So. Fucked.
A study by Dayforce shows 87% of executives use AI for work, compared to 57% of managers and just 27% of employees.
I think this explains the massive disconnect we see in how CEOs talk about AI versus everyone else. It also raises the question of how useful it truly is for frontline work?
I think this explains the massive disconnect we see in how CEOs talk about AI versus everyone else. It also raises the question of how useful it truly is for frontline work?
Execs are embracing AI more than their employees are, new research suggests
Research from HR software company Dayforce suggests that executives are leaning into AI far more than their employees.
www.businessinsider.com
November 29, 2025 at 4:45 PM
We're. So. Fucked.
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Azalia King was the last holdout preventing the construction of a Micron "megafab." Onondaga County authorities threatened to use eminent domain to take her home away by force.
A $100 Billion Chip Project Forced a 91-Year-Old Woman From Her Home
Azalia King was the last holdout preventing the construction of a Micron "megafab." Onondaga County authorities threatened to use eminent domain to take her home away by force.
wrd.cm
November 29, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Azalia King was the last holdout preventing the construction of a Micron "megafab." Onondaga County authorities threatened to use eminent domain to take her home away by force.
Requiem for a Zootopia
Lawrence of Zootopia
zootopia impossible: rogue nation
November 29, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Requiem for a Zootopia
Amazing what's possible when you don't keep your eyes on the bottom line.
“Simon, who focuses on rheumatoid arthritis at the Charité University Hospital in Berlin, says people in CAR-T-cell therapy trials for rheumatoid arthritis and lupus seem to be ‘cured’. “They lose their autoantibodies which trigger the disease, and they don’t have any symptoms any more,””
Developed initially to target and kill tumors, they are now being engineered to target cells that are contributing to autoimmune diseases, like antibody-producing B cells.
#Science 🧪
#Science 🧪
November 29, 2025 at 1:31 AM
Amazing what's possible when you don't keep your eyes on the bottom line.
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Northwestern University has agreed to pay $75 million as a part of a deal with the Trump administration to restore hundreds of millions in federal funding www.justice.gov/opa/pr/unite...
November 29, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Northwestern University has agreed to pay $75 million as a part of a deal with the Trump administration to restore hundreds of millions in federal funding www.justice.gov/opa/pr/unite...
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Huh.
Airbus on Friday urged airlines to immediately address a software problem that could affect flight controls on thousands of its airplanes. The European airplane maker said a recent incident had shown that “intense solar radiation may corrupt data critical to the functioning of flight controls.”
Airbus Orders Software Update for A320 Jets
The European airplane maker said a recent incident had shown that “intense solar radiation may corrupt data critical to the functioning of flight controls.”
nyti.ms
November 29, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Huh.
No document signed by Trump should be valid unless he can clearly answer five simple questions about the implications of his signature.
It should go without saying, but the president has no authority to do this, and anyone reporting the story needs to say as such.
November 28, 2025 at 9:46 PM
No document signed by Trump should be valid unless he can clearly answer five simple questions about the implications of his signature.
Some of us don't need to be personally impacted to do the right thing.
A top Republican in Indiana, whose daughter has Down Syndrome, just announced he will be voting to block Trump’s gerrymandering after Trump used the R-word to insult people yesterday.
November 28, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Some of us don't need to be personally impacted to do the right thing.
If you're in a motorcycle crash wearing a helmet, odds are you'll have to buy a new helmet before you ride again. If you're in a motorcycle crash and not wearing a helmet, odds are you'll never ride again.
there's a similar thing in motorcycles, wearing any helmet is 37% effective in preventing fatal injuries. wearing a good helmet is more effective but there's less data.
numbers per NSC
numbers per NSC
Hrm. I don't *think* a study on this has been done. I do know that the most common cause of death among cowboys in the "Wild West" era was head injuries after falling from a horse. I throw that at modern cowboys who refuse to wear helmets.
I also found this interesting article on the causes of
I also found this interesting article on the causes of
November 28, 2025 at 8:03 PM
If you're in a motorcycle crash wearing a helmet, odds are you'll have to buy a new helmet before you ride again. If you're in a motorcycle crash and not wearing a helmet, odds are you'll never ride again.
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Reposting this #badgeographyjoke as a favour to a Polish friend (of the delusional cosplayer variety).
November 28, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Reposting this #badgeographyjoke as a favour to a Polish friend (of the delusional cosplayer variety).
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SCOOP: For the Trump admin's Sept. 2 strike targeting 11 men on a boat suspected of ferrying drugs, SecDef Hegseth gave an order, officials say, to kill them all. When two men were still alive, orders were given to strike again, finishing them off.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Hegseth order on first Caribbean boat strike, officials say: Kill them all
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a verbal order to kill all crew members in the Sept. 2 strike on a suspected drug boat. Navy SEALs fired a second missile.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 28, 2025 at 6:03 PM
SCOOP: For the Trump admin's Sept. 2 strike targeting 11 men on a boat suspected of ferrying drugs, SecDef Hegseth gave an order, officials say, to kill them all. When two men were still alive, orders were given to strike again, finishing them off.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
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Alucard novel where it turns out that the dhampir combo makes Dracula's half-human son desire potatoes instead of human blood
It's called
ALOOCARD
It's called
ALOOCARD
November 28, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Alucard novel where it turns out that the dhampir combo makes Dracula's half-human son desire potatoes instead of human blood
It's called
ALOOCARD
It's called
ALOOCARD
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Lo and behold! The Vichy Times is on top of a corruption scandal... somewhere else.
Breaking News: The chief of staff for President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine resigned amid a widening corruption scandal.
Andriy Yermak, Zelensky’s Chief of Staff, Resigns
Andriy Yermak, President Volodymyr Zelensky’s chief of staff and top peace negotiator, became the highest-ranking casualty of an investigation into a vast kickback scheme.
nyti.ms
November 28, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Lo and behold! The Vichy Times is on top of a corruption scandal... somewhere else.
Friendly reminder that technological innovation in the US was largely driven by immigrants. Jobs, Brin, Musk, many others, all immigrants. The minds that helped create the modern world, largely immigrants.
Innovation comes from differences. Stifling immigration stagnates progress.
Innovation comes from differences. Stifling immigration stagnates progress.
"Even as we have progressed technologically" has me thinking of a conversation I had yesterday with a relative visiting from England. He said the people working customs at the US airport where he arrived were understaffed, rude, and lacking in the technology that speeds visitors through in the UK.
November 28, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Friendly reminder that technological innovation in the US was largely driven by immigrants. Jobs, Brin, Musk, many others, all immigrants. The minds that helped create the modern world, largely immigrants.
Innovation comes from differences. Stifling immigration stagnates progress.
Innovation comes from differences. Stifling immigration stagnates progress.