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My friends, I present to you, my boy Nemo.
November 26, 2025 at 2:59 PM
My friends, I present to you, my boy Nemo.
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So... That new Maraquan Flotsam, huh?
July 3, 2025 at 11:34 PM
So... That new Maraquan Flotsam, huh?
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Deep Blue is 30 years old and was capable of defeating chess grand champions. It could be housed in a single cabinet.
ChatGPT spans untold data centers devouring massive amounts of electricity and it got its ass whipped by an 8 bit gaming console from the 1970s.
ChatGPT spans untold data centers devouring massive amounts of electricity and it got its ass whipped by an 8 bit gaming console from the 1970s.
ChatGPT Lost a Chess Game to an Atari 2600
And on the 'Beginner' difficulty level, too.
www.extremetech.com
June 11, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Deep Blue is 30 years old and was capable of defeating chess grand champions. It could be housed in a single cabinet.
ChatGPT spans untold data centers devouring massive amounts of electricity and it got its ass whipped by an 8 bit gaming console from the 1970s.
ChatGPT spans untold data centers devouring massive amounts of electricity and it got its ass whipped by an 8 bit gaming console from the 1970s.
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Someone else said something very similar to this the other day, but.
It really burns me that our (millennials') generation was legally terrorized for like, downloading Radiohead discographies
But we're supposed to be ok with billionaires stealing human intellectual output in its entirety bc AI
It really burns me that our (millennials') generation was legally terrorized for like, downloading Radiohead discographies
But we're supposed to be ok with billionaires stealing human intellectual output in its entirety bc AI
May 31, 2025 at 2:52 AM
Someone else said something very similar to this the other day, but.
It really burns me that our (millennials') generation was legally terrorized for like, downloading Radiohead discographies
But we're supposed to be ok with billionaires stealing human intellectual output in its entirety bc AI
It really burns me that our (millennials') generation was legally terrorized for like, downloading Radiohead discographies
But we're supposed to be ok with billionaires stealing human intellectual output in its entirety bc AI
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"Is the city different five years later? Absolutely. But not when it comes to the liberal underpinnings that defined, and in many ways still do define, Minnesota as 'The Jim Crow of the North.'"
Essential piece by @taylorcarik.bsky.social.
Pease read it
www.salon.com/2025/06/01/m...
Essential piece by @taylorcarik.bsky.social.
Pease read it
www.salon.com/2025/06/01/m...
Minneapolis isn’t sorry about George Floyd
Five years after the historic murder and civil rights uprising, not much in the city has changed
www.salon.com
June 1, 2025 at 2:08 PM
"Is the city different five years later? Absolutely. But not when it comes to the liberal underpinnings that defined, and in many ways still do define, Minnesota as 'The Jim Crow of the North.'"
Essential piece by @taylorcarik.bsky.social.
Pease read it
www.salon.com/2025/06/01/m...
Essential piece by @taylorcarik.bsky.social.
Pease read it
www.salon.com/2025/06/01/m...
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i miss the early internet. people were like “you gotta see this dude. this cat sure is long.” and they were right. it was really long. it never shoulda gotten any more complicated than that.
April 4, 2025 at 9:10 PM
i miss the early internet. people were like “you gotta see this dude. this cat sure is long.” and they were right. it was really long. it never shoulda gotten any more complicated than that.
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One reason I don't think it's useful to argue about the correct tactics for Democrats to win elections is winning elections isn't enough. They've won the presidency 5 out of 9 times since 1992 and where are we now. The question is how we create something better than a dead cat bounce party
May 22, 2025 at 3:44 PM
One reason I don't think it's useful to argue about the correct tactics for Democrats to win elections is winning elections isn't enough. They've won the presidency 5 out of 9 times since 1992 and where are we now. The question is how we create something better than a dead cat bounce party
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HASSAN: What is habeas corpus?
NOEM: Habeas corpus is a constitutional right that the president has to be able to remove people from this country
HASSAN: That's incorrect
NOEM: Habeas corpus is a constitutional right that the president has to be able to remove people from this country
HASSAN: That's incorrect
May 20, 2025 at 2:16 PM
HASSAN: What is habeas corpus?
NOEM: Habeas corpus is a constitutional right that the president has to be able to remove people from this country
HASSAN: That's incorrect
NOEM: Habeas corpus is a constitutional right that the president has to be able to remove people from this country
HASSAN: That's incorrect
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...it concluded since the landslide was triggered by the melting glacier, and since *that* happened due to rising global temperatures...
This was a signal - and a warning - from our rapidly changing world, heard in every single part of it.
Best we listen up.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
10/
This was a signal - and a warning - from our rapidly changing world, heard in every single part of it.
Best we listen up.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
10/
A rockslide-generated tsunami in a Greenland fjord rang Earth for 9 days
Climate change is increasingly predisposing polar regions to large landslides. Tsunamigenic landslides have occurred recently in Greenland (Kalaallit Nunaat), but none have been reported from the east...
www.science.org
May 12, 2025 at 3:55 PM
...it concluded since the landslide was triggered by the melting glacier, and since *that* happened due to rising global temperatures...
This was a signal - and a warning - from our rapidly changing world, heard in every single part of it.
Best we listen up.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
10/
This was a signal - and a warning - from our rapidly changing world, heard in every single part of it.
Best we listen up.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
10/
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And you can blame the modern epidemic of loneliness (which women also experience).
You will never guess which demographic of people spearheaded modern, isolating forms of social media.
You will never guess which demographic of people spearheaded modern, isolating forms of social media.
May 14, 2025 at 7:25 PM
And you can blame the modern epidemic of loneliness (which women also experience).
You will never guess which demographic of people spearheaded modern, isolating forms of social media.
You will never guess which demographic of people spearheaded modern, isolating forms of social media.
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any excuse to repost the greatest Tetris story ever, when a reporter went to cover early e-gaming championships and discovered that his wife was unknowingly *the world's greatest Tetris player* by a huge margin
archive.boston.com/news/globe/m...
archive.boston.com/news/globe/m...
May 4, 2025 at 4:35 AM
any excuse to repost the greatest Tetris story ever, when a reporter went to cover early e-gaming championships and discovered that his wife was unknowingly *the world's greatest Tetris player* by a huge margin
archive.boston.com/news/globe/m...
archive.boston.com/news/globe/m...
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Revenue at Duolingo in 2024 was up 41% on 23 to $748M. Net income was up by 451% for same period and yet they're firing workers. We've long been at "insatiable greed" point of late stage capitalism. People may feel helpless but there's a very easy way to kick companies like this. Delete their apps.
I have completely deleted my Duolingo. I was informed by one of my kids that the company has removed most of its employees and 70% of the company is run by AI.
I urge everyone to delete their app.
I urge everyone to delete their app.
Duolingo CEO says he's getting rid of contract employees and replacing them with AI
Duolingo employees can also expect their AI use to be graded in their performance reviews.
fortune.com
May 4, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Revenue at Duolingo in 2024 was up 41% on 23 to $748M. Net income was up by 451% for same period and yet they're firing workers. We've long been at "insatiable greed" point of late stage capitalism. People may feel helpless but there's a very easy way to kick companies like this. Delete their apps.
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Kinda nuts that shows like Steven Universe, Gravity Falls, Amphibia, Owl House, Infinity Train, Star vs The Forces of Evil and so many others are so popular but the studios just decided to stop making them. Was talking with a friend and her kid loves these shows but they’ve run out of episodes.
May 5, 2025 at 12:56 AM
Kinda nuts that shows like Steven Universe, Gravity Falls, Amphibia, Owl House, Infinity Train, Star vs The Forces of Evil and so many others are so popular but the studios just decided to stop making them. Was talking with a friend and her kid loves these shows but they’ve run out of episodes.
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To all those who said boycotting Target was a waste of time. It wasn't. Keep it up, y'all!
May 3, 2025 at 7:37 PM
To all those who said boycotting Target was a waste of time. It wasn't. Keep it up, y'all!
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No really WHAT THE FUCK www.rawstory.com/newark-airpo...
Insider issues 'incredible' warning to avoid critical air hub 'at all costs' over safety
MSNBC correspondent Tom Costello claimed Friday that an air traffic controller who "handles airspace" at the Newark, NJ, airport gave him some "rather concerning and startling information" about publi...
www.rawstory.com
May 2, 2025 at 11:48 PM
No really WHAT THE FUCK www.rawstory.com/newark-airpo...
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your daughter will be a tradwife. it will be feminine. it will be fertile. it will restore our national character. it will make america great again. oh my daughter? my daughter will post tradwife content based on the staging work of many domestic workers
April 29, 2025 at 6:51 PM
your daughter will be a tradwife. it will be feminine. it will be fertile. it will restore our national character. it will make america great again. oh my daughter? my daughter will post tradwife content based on the staging work of many domestic workers
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your child will toil valiantly in the factory. it will be masculine. it will restore our national character. it will make america great again. oh my child? my child will run a lucrative rightwing podcast
April 29, 2025 at 6:47 PM
your child will toil valiantly in the factory. it will be masculine. it will restore our national character. it will make america great again. oh my child? my child will run a lucrative rightwing podcast
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Dragons dragons dragons! I am still over the moon with these little fellas. Really excited to bring them to CFz! I also have some mini eggs to compliment them as well. They sure do look like candies though...
April 30, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Dragons dragons dragons! I am still over the moon with these little fellas. Really excited to bring them to CFz! I also have some mini eggs to compliment them as well. They sure do look like candies though...
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gavin newsom you could be a hero
May 1, 2025 at 1:21 AM
gavin newsom you could be a hero
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This is what I remind people about when they talk about the impact of the closures on the kids - they were terrible for mine too! But ppl have completely memory holed the horrors of mass death during that time and that will not serve us well in the next pandemic.
As someone who taught in-person and in great fear most all of 2020-2021 despite recent cancer and open heart surgery, I'm grateful for these paragraphs in @winterjessica.bsky.social's piece on pandemic school building closures.
www.newyorker.com/books/under-...
www.newyorker.com/books/under-...
April 30, 2025 at 2:36 PM
This is what I remind people about when they talk about the impact of the closures on the kids - they were terrible for mine too! But ppl have completely memory holed the horrors of mass death during that time and that will not serve us well in the next pandemic.