Robert Orleth
@rorleth.bsky.social
Excellent train of thought. The answer to the question is clearly “no”.
"Take away our ability to speak, and we can still think, reason, form beliefs, fall in love, and move about the world.
But take away language from a large language model, and you are left with literally nothing at all."
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But take away language from a large language model, and you are left with literally nothing at all."
Read more from @benjaminriley.bsky.social: www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
February 7, 2026 at 4:34 PM
Excellent train of thought. The answer to the question is clearly “no”.
Look at that and weep.
Holy moly this chart: Cumulative US measles cases
January 28, 2026 at 10:02 PM
Look at that and weep.
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I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Stay free
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
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January 28, 2026 at 5:02 PM
I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Stay free
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Federal agents are pulling over off duty cops based on the color of their skin.
This is not a serious operation to enforce immigration law. It’s a performative show of force and it’s gotten way out of hand.
This is not a serious operation to enforce immigration law. It’s a performative show of force and it’s gotten way out of hand.
January 20, 2026 at 11:51 PM
Federal agents are pulling over off duty cops based on the color of their skin.
This is not a serious operation to enforce immigration law. It’s a performative show of force and it’s gotten way out of hand.
This is not a serious operation to enforce immigration law. It’s a performative show of force and it’s gotten way out of hand.
I do wonder if that letter will have consequences. Probably not, but you can always hope.
Where are the discussions about invoking the 25th Amendment? Where are the cabinet members and senators confronting this dangerous reality? Are these cowards and sycophants going to just stand by if and when he pursues war with Europe?
Gosh, if only there were a constitutional mechanism for removing a president who is mentally ill and unfit to hold office.
January 19, 2026 at 8:47 PM
I do wonder if that letter will have consequences. Probably not, but you can always hope.
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I know we're well into the age of Nothing Matters nihilism, but it's darkly hilarious that after Republican lickspittles spent the weekend arguing that Greenland is essential to U.S. national security, we learn that Trump would've dropped the entire project if he could get a medal for his ego wall.
January 19, 2026 at 8:23 PM
I know we're well into the age of Nothing Matters nihilism, but it's darkly hilarious that after Republican lickspittles spent the weekend arguing that Greenland is essential to U.S. national security, we learn that Trump would've dropped the entire project if he could get a medal for his ego wall.
Wow.
Holy hell, what an obituary
Renfrew Christie Dies at 76; Sabotaged Racist Regime’s Nuclear Program
www.nytimes.com
January 16, 2026 at 6:41 AM
Wow.
Anybody with a shred of self awareness would have declined.
Trump: “It was my Great Honor to meet María Corina Machado, of Venezuela, today. She is a wonderful woman who has been through so much. María presented me with her Nobel Peace Prize for the work I have done. Such a wonderful gesture of mutual respect. Thank you María!”
January 16, 2026 at 2:32 AM
Anybody with a shred of self awareness would have declined.
Spoiler alerts: he won’t, and if he actually did it would be too late.
Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC), to Bloomberg TV:
“If there is military action against #Greenland, I will be one of the first people to file and co-sponsor a War Powers Resolution. It will pass.”
“If there is military action against #Greenland, I will be one of the first people to file and co-sponsor a War Powers Resolution. It will pass.”
January 15, 2026 at 2:20 AM
Spoiler alerts: he won’t, and if he actually did it would be too late.
So that smear attempt went deeper than I thought at the time.
After receiving a commendation for exceptional services to the Russian state from President Putin, Biden accuser Tara Reade—seen here in her luxury Moscow condo—has now become a citizen of the Russian Federation... молодец!
December 31, 2025 at 2:55 AM
So that smear attempt went deeper than I thought at the time.
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Pantone just updated their Color Of The Year
December 20, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Pantone just updated their Color Of The Year
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This entire weekend
December 15, 2025 at 3:58 AM
This entire weekend
Can’t hit the like button on that. Tragic.
Breaking News: The actor and director Rob Reiner and his wife, Michele, have died. The police are investigating what they called an apparent homicide at their home. Follow live updates.
Rob Reiner, Hollywood Director, Is Found Dead With His Wife: Live Updates
Mayor Karen Bass of Los Angeles confirmed their deaths. The Los Angeles Police Department said it was investigating “an apparent homicide” at the Reiners’ home.
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December 15, 2025 at 5:36 AM
Can’t hit the like button on that. Tragic.
Sanity prevails, for once.
Federal judge throws out Trump order blocking development of wind energy
A federal judge has struck down President Donald Trump’s executive order blocking wind energy projects, saying the effort to halt virtually all leasing of wind farms on federal lands and waters was “a...
apnews.com
December 9, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Sanity prevails, for once.
Filling that under “Shit that Bannon is trying to flood the zone with”, not worth discussing.
Sean Duffy on slashing fuel economy standards: "This rule will actually allow you to bring back the 1970s station wagon. Maybe a little wood paneling on the side. We can bring back choice to consumers."
December 4, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Filling that under “Shit that Bannon is trying to flood the zone with”, not worth discussing.
Murdering the grunts but pardoning the bosses. Shaking my head.
WHOA. Trump says he will pardon Juan Orlando Hernandez, who once said that he wanted to “shove the drugs right up the noses of the gringos.” He had people killed as part of his narco-trafficking ring, which he at times operated directly out of his presidential office.
November 29, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Murdering the grunts but pardoning the bosses. Shaking my head.
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X has changed their policy and now you can see where the accounts are based.
Here’s an “influencer from Texas”
Here’s an “influencer from Texas”
November 21, 2025 at 6:36 PM
X has changed their policy and now you can see where the accounts are based.
Here’s an “influencer from Texas”
Here’s an “influencer from Texas”
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It's hard out there for a lickspittle.
November 19, 2025 at 7:32 PM
It's hard out there for a lickspittle.
Grifters gonna grift.
November 11, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Grifters gonna grift.
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And the Dipshit Eight said, "Okay... Sounds good... Let me go back on autopilot, now, and keep being wealthy and entitled..."
November 11, 2025 at 3:40 PM
And the Dipshit Eight said, "Okay... Sounds good... Let me go back on autopilot, now, and keep being wealthy and entitled..."
Amen.
This is more or less where I am. Would I vote Mamdani in normal times? No. Would I support him over fascists and their throne-sniffing toadies? Fucking absolutely.
Nobody stopped Freddie Oversteegen to ask if she was a socialist when she was luring Nazis into the woods and killing them.
Nobody stopped Freddie Oversteegen to ask if she was a socialist when she was luring Nazis into the woods and killing them.
"The Sanders/Mamdani style of democratic socialism is, whatever its merits, at least compatible with America’s tradition of liberal democracy. The Trump style of national socialism is not."
November 4, 2025 at 4:17 AM
Amen.
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This sums up their lying perfectly www.meidasplus.com/p/this-weeke...
October 12, 2025 at 11:22 PM
This sums up their lying perfectly www.meidasplus.com/p/this-weeke...
Wait…. What???
Hegseth: "I'm also proud that today we're signing a letter of acceptance to build a Qatari Emeri air force facility at the Mountain Home Airbase in Idaho."
October 10, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Wait…. What???
It would be funnier if that was somebody else.
Q: Have you given any more thought to possibly suspending habeas corpus?
TRUMP: Suspending who?
Q: Habeas corpus
TRUMP: I don't know. I'd rather leave that to Kristi.
TRUMP: Suspending who?
Q: Habeas corpus
TRUMP: I don't know. I'd rather leave that to Kristi.
October 9, 2025 at 2:37 AM
It would be funnier if that was somebody else.
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Thanks, New Yorker
October 7, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Thanks, New Yorker