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pretend adult, pretend molecular biologist. man what am I even doing here
But even if we were to go with the analogy, yes "stop using the bad tech" is a tough sell, but clearly not that much tougher than "here's an ok alternative that won't serve you weird porn or call you slurs," as evidenced by the number of people still on X.
December 20, 2025 at 8:36 AM
But even if we were to go with the analogy, yes "stop using the bad tech" is a tough sell, but clearly not that much tougher than "here's an ok alternative that won't serve you weird porn or call you slurs," as evidenced by the number of people still on X.
I don't like the analogy because the stakes are different; my risk of accidentally plunging into an epistemic crisis is a lot lower on bluesky than with this hypothetical responsible alternative to ChatGPT.
December 20, 2025 at 8:36 AM
I don't like the analogy because the stakes are different; my risk of accidentally plunging into an epistemic crisis is a lot lower on bluesky than with this hypothetical responsible alternative to ChatGPT.
Right there with you. Maybe it's just that I'm a slow thinker (I know I am!), but I find it really hard to believe that all of these people firing off their takes have engaged with what she actually wrote. A lot of it coming from the "read it again and find where I said that" crowd.
December 19, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Right there with you. Maybe it's just that I'm a slow thinker (I know I am!), but I find it really hard to believe that all of these people firing off their takes have engaged with what she actually wrote. A lot of it coming from the "read it again and find where I said that" crowd.
Before all this woke stuff happened, >50% of editors at reactionary magazines could hit the Ballmer peak; nowadays it's fewer than 1 in 5. What of their kids' hopes and dreams?
December 18, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Before all this woke stuff happened, >50% of editors at reactionary magazines could hit the Ballmer peak; nowadays it's fewer than 1 in 5. What of their kids' hopes and dreams?
Also, I loved your book. There are a lot of lasting images from it, but since we're talking about him, "... conspired to send that black and yellow babolat to hell" and the thing about the puppy smoking a cigarette will stay with me for a long time.
December 17, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Also, I loved your book. There are a lot of lasting images from it, but since we're talking about him, "... conspired to send that black and yellow babolat to hell" and the thing about the puppy smoking a cigarette will stay with me for a long time.
It's good to start out conservative with these descriptors. Few can match clippers bizarreness!
December 17, 2025 at 8:13 PM
It's good to start out conservative with these descriptors. Few can match clippers bizarreness!
Does this rise to the level of bizarre severing ties move?
December 17, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Does this rise to the level of bizarre severing ties move?
Also deserves a lot of credit for this.
![[Tina Smith: ]But there was another part of it for me, which is that I will be 68 next year.
[Lulu Garcia-Navarro:] Pretty young for a Democratic senator!
Smith: [Laughs] Yes, it is. And I am not burdened by the belief that I am the only one who can do this job.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:7uifemwwxy56kh5b6v5z5q5r/bafkreih2rlwx3gknscbjcdqbpl7eqwb36sxtfqq2mmc2ddusqpibsy6iw4@jpeg)
December 14, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Also deserves a lot of credit for this.
Hi, please don't do this.
December 14, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Hi, please don't do this.
Don't worry, it sounds like you dynamically co-produced the laptop.
December 14, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Don't worry, it sounds like you dynamically co-produced the laptop.
I used to live in Fort Worth and the discussion about Chick-fil-A reminded me that Dat Nguyen owns (he says "coaches") the franchise there. Two lane drive-through that I have only ever seen backed up into the adjacent parking lot. Some people say it's the platonic ideal of the Aggie career arc.
December 11, 2025 at 9:41 PM
I used to live in Fort Worth and the discussion about Chick-fil-A reminded me that Dat Nguyen owns (he says "coaches") the franchise there. Two lane drive-through that I have only ever seen backed up into the adjacent parking lot. Some people say it's the platonic ideal of the Aggie career arc.
She's my rep and I agree with you on all of this. I would also like for there to be fewer crypto-friendly people running this country, and for a supposedly progressive candidate to fail that test is immediately disqualifying.
December 8, 2025 at 6:00 PM
She's my rep and I agree with you on all of this. I would also like for there to be fewer crypto-friendly people running this country, and for a supposedly progressive candidate to fail that test is immediately disqualifying.
This open letter from last year provides insight into how deep this goes: deevybee.blogspot.com/2024/10/an-o...
An open letter regarding Scientific Reports
16th October 2024 to: Mr Chris Graf Research Integrity Director, Springer Nature and Chair Elect of the World Conference...
deevybee.blogspot.com
December 5, 2025 at 2:47 PM
This open letter from last year provides insight into how deep this goes: deevybee.blogspot.com/2024/10/an-o...
There's a reason why Springer Nature actively discourages people from referring to it as a Nature journal and why it's officially cited as just "Sci. Rep." instead. In the past decade I've seen maybe a few good articles in that journal, but I generally avoid it because it's a cynical money grab.
December 5, 2025 at 2:37 PM
There's a reason why Springer Nature actively discourages people from referring to it as a Nature journal and why it's officially cited as just "Sci. Rep." instead. In the past decade I've seen maybe a few good articles in that journal, but I generally avoid it because it's a cynical money grab.
If you really had to guess, the most reliable indicator here is probably the fact that it's a truck.
December 2, 2025 at 3:17 AM
If you really had to guess, the most reliable indicator here is probably the fact that it's a truck.
I like it as a bit though. They should keep escalating it.
"I know a guy in Brainerd who started a petition to get his company to switch their toilet paper once he found out about the origins of Kimberly Clark."
"I know a guy in Brainerd who started a petition to get his company to switch their toilet paper once he found out about the origins of Kimberly Clark."
November 29, 2025 at 10:13 PM
I like it as a bit though. They should keep escalating it.
"I know a guy in Brainerd who started a petition to get his company to switch their toilet paper once he found out about the origins of Kimberly Clark."
"I know a guy in Brainerd who started a petition to get his company to switch their toilet paper once he found out about the origins of Kimberly Clark."
The editors took some time to deliberate, probably legit and we just don't understand genius.
November 27, 2025 at 7:28 PM
The editors took some time to deliberate, probably legit and we just don't understand genius.
Imagine opening something called "nano banana" and not being instantly overcome with bone-deep shame.
November 26, 2025 at 2:04 AM
Imagine opening something called "nano banana" and not being instantly overcome with bone-deep shame.
Shane wasn't wrong; I just don't think he was expecting 6'8" Kyle Jamieson to go on a generational heater.
November 25, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Shane wasn't wrong; I just don't think he was expecting 6'8" Kyle Jamieson to go on a generational heater.
This is nuts. The piece Ben is going to bat for is four paragraphs long. It contains zero analysis! A chatbot could have spat it out.
November 25, 2025 at 2:18 AM
This is nuts. The piece Ben is going to bat for is four paragraphs long. It contains zero analysis! A chatbot could have spat it out.