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Tom Wallach @mdwallach.bsky.social · 10h

You ever tried catheterizing… on propofol

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Tom Wallach @mdwallach.bsky.social · 10h

A real peace would be such a blessing. Here’s hoping.

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Doug Gordon @brooklynspoke.bsky.social · 13h

"According to a new report by Council Member Lincoln Restler, on an average summer weekday, there are 457 illegally parked cars along key corridors in Downtown Brooklyn — 57 percent of which had legit or fake parking placards (or city gear, aka 'theft vests,' on the dashboard)."

Brooklyn Still Choked by Placard Elite Leaving Their Cars Everywhere With No Consequences - Streetsblog New York City

Drivers park illegally — often with city-issued placards — and virtually none ever gets ticketed by cops.

nyc.streetsblog.org

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Tom Wallach @mdwallach.bsky.social · 13h

I would play this every day I’d actually pay a subscription and I never do that.

Stephen Totilo @stephentotilo.bsky.social · 14h

SCOOP: Last year, Ubisoft cancelled an Assassin's Creed game set during Reconstruction. Was to feature a Black Assassin who, among other things, fought the rise of the Klan

Sources: Leadership nixed it over concerns re: U.S. political climate, backlash to Yasuke

www.gamefile.news/p/scoop-ubis...

Scoop: Ubisoft cancelled a post-Civil War Assassin’s Creed last year

Company leadership deemed the project too controversial for the moment, sources tell Game File

www.gamefile.news

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Tom Wallach @mdwallach.bsky.social · 13h

We already know the answer to all this why are people pretending

Richard Power @wyrdsofpower.bsky.social · 16h

I’ve seen the pictures of Trump with Epstein’s girls. Here’s what’s in them - @michaelwolffnyc.bsky.social

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Tom Wallach @mdwallach.bsky.social · 16h

Hey maybe he means the actual act Role Model.

Tom Wallach @mdwallach.bsky.social · 16h

Dean Cain

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Tom Wallach @mdwallach.bsky.social · 17h

This is so cool. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Boston Public Housing Upgrades Units With Window Heat Pumps

A pilot project aims to cut heating costs and provide air conditioning while reducing emissions.

www.bloomberg.com

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Tom Wallach @mdwallach.bsky.social · 18h

Torn between being like “yeah aipac and the whole buying reps system suck” and concern that the inevitable turn on Jews is in full swing.

Thanks kapos!

Drop Site @dropsitenews.com · 18h

Former Congressman Matt Gaetz recalled that at his first AIPAC event, he and other attendees were given name badges with QR codes so donors could scan them and contribute instantly.

“It’s like literally purchasing,” a panelist remarked.

Tom Wallach @mdwallach.bsky.social · 1d

I mean drugs probably?

Tom Wallach @mdwallach.bsky.social · 1d

Where’s the triumphant “BURN THE TRANS” or are you only proud of some of your work

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Academic Anarchy🏴 - Antifa Founder @johnbrownbread.bsky.social · 1d

The nazis themselves were not some clever masterminds where everything they did went perfect. They were also comical idiots who did ridiculous things, like invading Russia in the winter.

They gained power because the opposition couldn’t understand that the fascists were not rational agents.

Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · Feb 5

that said: I think the "it's not fascism unless they're good at it" brand of analysis probably isn't the move

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Frames @oxinabox.bsky.social · 4d

as a girl with a PhD in natural language processing and machine learning it's actually offensive to me when you say "we don't know how LLMs work so they might be conscious"

I didn't spend 10 years in mines of academia to be told ignorance is morally equal knowledge.

We know exactly how LLMs work.

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Tom Wallach @mdwallach.bsky.social · 1d

Bari Weiss i believe is an LLM built off of Aaron Sorkin scripts.

max tani @maxtani.bsky.social · 1d

Bari Weiss introduced herself to CBS News staff today on the network's 9AM call, saying she wants to "win," which requires restoring trust to CBS. She also said she was excited for staff to get to know the Free Press, and ended her remarks by saying: "Let's do the fucking news."

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Tom Wallach @mdwallach.bsky.social · 1d

Goddamn those left wing agitators look what they did to our capitol

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Tom Wallach @mdwallach.bsky.social · 1d

Can we say yes so more straight people leave cities?

Berny Belvedere @bernybelvedere.bsky.social · 1d

fellas is it gay to live in a city

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lumberjack wharfie @lumberjackwharfie.bsky.social · 1d

I guess I shouldn't be *surprised* but it is making my head spin that the feds have shot two people, with live rounds, killing one of them, in Chicagoland in recent weeks, and in both cases they were very clearly found to be lying about what happened, and essentially nothing is happening about it.

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Tom Wallach @mdwallach.bsky.social · 1d

6 months tops.

max tani @maxtani.bsky.social · 1d

Bari Weiss introduced herself to CBS News staff today on the network's 9AM call, saying she wants to "win," which requires restoring trust to CBS. She also said she was excited for staff to get to know the Free Press, and ended her remarks by saying: "Let's do the fucking news."

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Tom Wallach @mdwallach.bsky.social · 1d

Can foreigners be eligible if we have a chill vibe

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Tom Wallach @mdwallach.bsky.social · 2d

Can’t say this bodes well.

Darrin Loeliger @darrin.bsky.team · 2d

Hey, I'm trying to learn more about toxicity on Bluesky. How often do you see toxicity on here? Where in the app do you see it?

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Tom Wallach @mdwallach.bsky.social · 2d

Also, he’s an incompetent fraud.

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Tom Wallach @mdwallach.bsky.social · 2d

Like in his clinical heyday it was just write a number and they will pay it and then he quit care and assuredly never saw a prior auth in his life.

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Tom Wallach @mdwallach.bsky.social · 2d

Love to go on big tirades about how hard moderation is to get right hence that’s why we do very little of it and ban everyone who disagrees

Rick Caruso’s Private Fire Crew @amandasmith.bsky.social · 2d

The all-knowing bsky mods gave Erin Biba a 24 hour suspension for a months-old skeet about Christian Zionism, and I’m sure it’s just a coincidence that this happened when she’s been vocally criticizing Jay

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Rick Caruso’s Private Fire Crew @amandasmith.bsky.social · 2d

The all-knowing bsky mods gave Erin Biba a 24 hour suspension for a months-old skeet about Christian Zionism, and I’m sure it’s just a coincidence that this happened when she’s been vocally criticizing Jay

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Tom Wallach @mdwallach.bsky.social · 2d

It is not at all surprising to me that oz seems to have no comprehension of how insurance or Medicare and Medicaid work.

Sarah Karlin-Smith @sarahkarlin-smith.bsky.social · 2d

Oz seems to suggest there are very large number of people who have ACA plans who don't file claims in any year - suggesting fraud going on and this is why premiums are going up.

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