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So I said I was 30 when I had in fact just turned 31 two months prior

One little year

One little digit

THAT WAS THE LIE
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The thesis of the book is that early COVID lockdowns weren't worth it and mid-COVID mitigation measures like masks, contact tracing and business closures don't work.

This is laughably false and the authors have endorsed the people now running Trump's HHS.
December 24, 2025 at 5:04 AM
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Everyone involved in the publication and promotion of this book should be embarrassed. It's not a "harsh truth" that COVID mitigation was a mistake, it's ghoulish and false.
"In Covid's Wake" Part 1: Lyin… - If Books Could Kill - Apple Podcasts
Podcast Episode · If Books Could Kill · 06/17/2025 · 58m
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December 24, 2025 at 5:08 AM
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If you’re wondering why your friends in academia are a little on edge right now, it’s because an eighteen-year-old who hasn’t done the reading, doesn’t look at the assignment, and has does no critical thinking skills more complex than “because I think it’s in the Bible” can literally end your career
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The University of Oklahoma has removed an instructor who was accused by a student of religious discrimination over a failing grade on a psychology paper in which she cited the Bible and argued that promoting a “belief in multiple genders” was “demonic.” https://cnn.it/4b6g3rd
Oklahoma instructor removed from teaching for failing a Bible-based gender essay | CNN
The University of Oklahoma has removed an instructor who was accused by a student of religious discrimination over a failing grade on a psychology paper in which she cited the Bible and argued that promoting a “belief in multiple genders” was “demonic.”
cnn.it
December 24, 2025 at 6:21 PM
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In fact, one of a trio of government censorship conspiracy allegations that Roth was listing and demolishing one by one. Misrepresentation so brazen as to beggar belief, getting accolades from leading publishers. This is what an actual "clown world" looks like. 🤦
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December 24, 2025 at 9:14 PM
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This is genuinely horrifying. Fact-free far-right agitprop given accolades by credible media across the political spectrum.
Congratulations to Stephen Macedo & Frances Lee, whose book In Covid's Wake has been recognized as:

⭐ A @newyorker.com Best Book of the Year
⭐ An @economist.com Book of the Year
⭐ A @wsj.com Best Book of the Year

Learn more about this eye-opening book: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
December 24, 2025 at 5:00 AM
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Some of these redactions are almost like modern art
December 19, 2025 at 10:05 PM
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This was a human being. What the fuck is wrong with you?
December 20, 2025 at 12:07 AM
We're listening to a podcast about a certain famous liar and the lies that are so absurd yet so nuanced that it doesn't make sense to lie about and I'm like ok if you are gonna lie about it you'd say this

Kayla: "ok you practice lying I'm gonna go to my appointment"

Had me in stitches
December 20, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Thinking about TikToks of people doing dumb things while the poster records and comments and there's always one that's like

"Back in the day we put down the camera to help"

And I have to point out if they put down the camera to help there's no video for you to see
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December 19, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Putting AI Datacenters in space would not solve their waste heat problem

It makes it worse and anyone who suggests it has just proven they are not an authority on the subject

It's basic kitchen physics

You used to use it all the time

Think of a "double walled, vacuum sealed" insulated coffee mug
December 16, 2025 at 12:45 PM
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Mom’s a lib, Calvin is a lefty.
December 15, 2025 at 6:23 PM
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for those that wanted to see the clip of him being genuinely annoyed at the suggestion ai podcasts are good after he spends time glazing ai music lol
December 16, 2025 at 5:21 AM
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there's just something so bleak about the fact that the seemingly apolitical murder of two elderly people by their profoundly ill son becomes a political football before the bodies are even cold
December 15, 2025 at 10:08 PM
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The older I get, the more my politics mature from childish, naïve beliefs like "the world is complicated and leaders have to make hard decisions" to more serious, adult principles like "hurting people is bad and helping people is good."
December 15, 2025 at 4:51 PM
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Undecided voter: “How can someone like you convince me that my vote matters”

James Talarico: “They wouldn't be trying so hard to stop you from voting if your vote didn't matter — Texas is one of the hardest places to vote in the entire country. That is by design”
December 15, 2025 at 2:47 PM
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sad about Rob Reiner :(
December 15, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Set aside the ethics, dynamics, and everything else about AI for moment

This scenario and it's like saying Pope Julius II painted the Sistine Chapel
No you can't. Telling a computer to paint something for you is not remotely the same as painting something yourself, what is wrong with these people
December 15, 2025 at 5:25 PM
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PSA: there’s been an exploit for Signal and WhatsApp released that can be used to silently track you.

Temp fixes for both can be done in your settings:

For WhatsApp: Settings>Privacy>Advanced>Block unknown messages.

For Signal: Settings>Privacy>Phone number>Who can find me by number>Nobody
December 15, 2025 at 1:28 AM
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There's also the point that knowing *who* wrote the code affects how you deal with it. If you're reviewing problematic code you need to teach the author what's wrong and what's better, so they can improve.
December 14, 2025 at 7:39 PM
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can't stop watching this clip of a tesla Optimus teleoperator taking his headset off before properly logging out the robot
December 8, 2025 at 9:29 AM
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I agree that we should not judge Farage solely on the racist things he said when he was a kid. We should also judge him on the racist things he has done with the entire rest of his life.
December 8, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Oh she is not happy
December 8, 2025 at 3:44 PM
My Cancer Survivor Bina is so mad at me right now because she got early breakfast but now it's regular breakfast time and I'm not feeding her

I love her so much

Here's a picture of her sleeping in her desk bed (Aki is sleeping above her in the cat tree)
December 8, 2025 at 3:43 PM
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This video was labeled VIOLENT EXTREMISM and removed by TikTok.
December 1, 2025 at 11:47 PM