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A reader. A coder. Against certainty. A one-time London marathon runner.
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It's hard to see why access means so much to these hacks. They could write their reports without it:

"In the Oval Office today Donald Trump produced a mixture of incoherent drivel, self-aggrandising lies, and bigoted insults. He answered questions only from dedicated arse-kissers."
November 28, 2025 at 12:05 PM
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Your Black Friday reminder that Amazon...

-Provides cloud services that help fuel ICE's deportation machine
-Donated $1 million to Trump's inauguration fund
-Scrapped plans to display tariff costs after pressure from Trump
-Shelled out $40M for a documentary about Melania Trump
November 28, 2025 at 11:00 PM
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November 28, 2025 at 11:06 AM
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Reporters who fact-check Trump to his face are not “stupid”, they are not “piggies”, and they are not “ugly”. They are doing their jobs, and doing it under pressure most of us will never experience.

We should be grateful for their service. I appreciate their courage now more than ever.
November 28, 2025 at 1:59 AM
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November 28, 2025 at 7:39 AM
Overthrow Wyt Christian Supremacism
The White Christian Supremacism of this administration is so extreme that it seems like it’s got to resolve with either a massive rejection of such illiberalism, or a violent, authoritarian imposition of it.
November 27, 2025 at 10:52 PM
The great ghost census.
In England's great ghost census, many phantoms give their home address as parish church. This is not due to spectral godliness, nor an uncommon favouring of Evensong, but a sign of the former role of the church in community life and afterlife. – #CJosiffe #Ghosts
November 27, 2025 at 6:44 PM
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November 27, 2025 at 2:43 AM
Klezmer music
Brighten up your morning.
Raw authentic klezmer straight from the shtetl
November 27, 2025 at 1:03 PM
The nonsense generating machine that is AI
Twas frymblal and the autism,
Did remech & runction in the wabe.
All mimsy where the fexcectorn,
And the bicylce outgrabe.
Rate your score on Factor Fexcectorn.

Well done, Scientific Reports. pubpeer.com/publications...
November 27, 2025 at 10:49 AM
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November 27, 2025 at 5:39 AM
Data theft
Promulgating right wing conspiracy theories

Sacking government workers

That's DOGE
DOGE was not a money-saving effort. It was an effort to chase down and prove right-wing conspiracy theories. They went after USAID to prove conspiracy theories about foreign aid. Then they went after SSA to, again, pursue conspiracy theories about Dems paying "illegals" to vote. 1/2
All DOGE accomplished was purging critical government staff, handing private data to outsiders, and sentencing thousands in developing countries to death by gutting USAID.

I don’t say this lightly: if there were any justice in this world, the people responsible for this devastation would be in jail
November 26, 2025 at 10:19 PM
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As a lawyer, I'm willing to admit that "we're not responsible for our chatbot talking someone into suicide because our terms of service prohibit using our chatbot for suicide" means that lawyers need to be first up against the wall when the revolution comes.

Bsky disclaimer: hyperbole not a threat
Sirius Cybernetics Corporation
The Sirius Cybernetics Corporation is the primary manufacturer and supplier of androids, robots and autonomic assistants for the known universe. They are known for their catchy jingles and catchphrase...
hitchhikers.fandom.com
November 26, 2025 at 12:48 AM
Quiet Piggy
November 26, 2025 at 4:43 PM
The what guys in the room?

Is there going to be a musical about the hubris of Nvidia?
“My ‘I am not a wife beater’ shirt seems to provoke more questions than it answers”
November 26, 2025 at 4:26 PM
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Trump's White House
November 26, 2025 at 9:02 AM
George Lucas In Love is the best 8 minutes.

Go watch George Lucas In Love. It's the Star Wars origin story in 8 minutes.
November 25, 2025 at 11:28 PM
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one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
November 25, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Solution-shaped objects considered harmful (after Dijkstra).

Solutions should be centred on your values. Many so-called solutions to social problems reveal an appallingly anti-humanist set of values.

There are many solutions to homelessness. Many of those solutions are evil.

Pick good solutions
"writing code to solve a problem" used to have "understanding the problem" as a prerequisite. but vibecoding allows solution-shaped objects to be produced without any of the hard-won understanding. beware of solution-shaped objects.
November 25, 2025 at 11:22 AM
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November 25, 2025 at 8:43 AM
LLMs are an embodiment of Harry Frankfurt's On Bullshit.
People who adore the LLM-machine, that by design has no concern for truth, must have no concern for truth
November 24, 2025 at 5:40 PM
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November 24, 2025 at 9:28 AM
What do they know of AI who only AI know?

To use AI effectively you need to know what you're trying to achieve and why you're trying to achieve it.

Those are critical thinking skills taught in humanities courses.
Who invests in critical thinking and who invests in an AI chatbot to help you think will be really telling.
November 23, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Real balls. No cgi.

A real spectacular to sell a fancy TV
“I think our bill was $74,000 on broken windows,” said Ranahan. “And the crazy thing is, everyone loved it. The people, the neighborhood, they still come out to me and talk to me about it.”
(via The Browser)
www.sfgate.com/sf-culture/a...
'It was chaos': The history of San Francisco's most unforgettable TV ad
The million-dollar shoot resulted in $74,000 in broken windows.
www.sfgate.com
November 23, 2025 at 12:20 PM