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Governing is constantly making judgement calls that balance competing interests, good and perfect, short and long term, risk and opportunity.
That's why electing an objectively horrible person because they happen to agree with you on a few major policy areas is a recipe for heartbreak.
That's why electing an objectively horrible person because they happen to agree with you on a few major policy areas is a recipe for heartbreak.
December 31, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Governing is constantly making judgement calls that balance competing interests, good and perfect, short and long term, risk and opportunity.
That's why electing an objectively horrible person because they happen to agree with you on a few major policy areas is a recipe for heartbreak.
That's why electing an objectively horrible person because they happen to agree with you on a few major policy areas is a recipe for heartbreak.
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they should invent a year that's better than the one before it
December 31, 2025 at 4:11 PM
they should invent a year that's better than the one before it
“This was a time of high adventure, rich living
and hard dying...
... but nobody thought so.
This was a future of fortune, culture and vice...
... but nobody admitted it.
This was an age of extremes, a fascinating
century of freaks...
... but nobody loved it.”
and hard dying...
... but nobody thought so.
This was a future of fortune, culture and vice...
... but nobody admitted it.
This was an age of extremes, a fascinating
century of freaks...
... but nobody loved it.”
Then: The Gilded Age
Now: The Gilded GenAI Age
Now: The Gilded GenAI Age
December 29, 2025 at 2:18 AM
“This was a time of high adventure, rich living
and hard dying...
... but nobody thought so.
This was a future of fortune, culture and vice...
... but nobody admitted it.
This was an age of extremes, a fascinating
century of freaks...
... but nobody loved it.”
and hard dying...
... but nobody thought so.
This was a future of fortune, culture and vice...
... but nobody admitted it.
This was an age of extremes, a fascinating
century of freaks...
... but nobody loved it.”
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Logging onto this app is like logging into a parallel universe, the universe where everyone reads the news
December 28, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Logging onto this app is like logging into a parallel universe, the universe where everyone reads the news
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another robot highlight for 2025: man wearing humanoid mocap suit kicks himself in the balls
December 27, 2025 at 5:27 PM
another robot highlight for 2025: man wearing humanoid mocap suit kicks himself in the balls
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It's only a fez if it comes from Fez, otherwise it's just a sparkling hat
December 26, 2025 at 6:11 PM
It's only a fez if it comes from Fez, otherwise it's just a sparkling hat
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It is surprising to me that none of the major platforms have actual _parental control_ features so that we can limit the amount of time that our parents can spend online, and which apps they’re allowed to use. I don’t worry about my teenager’s use of the internet at all, just my octogenarian dad’s.
December 26, 2025 at 7:42 PM
It is surprising to me that none of the major platforms have actual _parental control_ features so that we can limit the amount of time that our parents can spend online, and which apps they’re allowed to use. I don’t worry about my teenager’s use of the internet at all, just my octogenarian dad’s.
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Rare footage of St Paul’s Cathedral testing its giant flamethrower
December 21, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Rare footage of St Paul’s Cathedral testing its giant flamethrower
These are great!
Imagining Asimov's three laws of robotics, plus several extensions to the laws based on how easy it is to trick an LLM going off the rails
isaac asimov's three laws of robotics vs. sam altman's "we built a chatbot that tells teenagers to kill themselves"
December 21, 2025 at 6:13 AM
These are great!
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ignore the title about caching, this is the best explanation of how LLMs work, period
Prompt caching: 10x cheaper LLM tokens, but how? | ngrok blog
A far more detailed explanation of prompt caching than anyone asked for.
ngrok.com
December 21, 2025 at 3:23 AM
ignore the title about caching, this is the best explanation of how LLMs work, period
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Tech Christmas
Tom Fishburne, Marketoonist
Tom Fishburne, Marketoonist
December 13, 2025 at 6:12 AM
Tech Christmas
Tom Fishburne, Marketoonist
Tom Fishburne, Marketoonist
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I guess it's fitting that it's a reimagined, worse version of someone else's artwork
December 12, 2025 at 4:00 AM
I guess it's fitting that it's a reimagined, worse version of someone else's artwork
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SKULL OF THOMAS AQUINAS: TAKE A LEFT NOW
PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going—
SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT
PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti—
SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE
PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going—
SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT
PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti—
SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE
'Skull of St. Thomas Aquinas being transported to Fossanova Abbey.'
Photograph by Daniel Ibanez
Photograph by Daniel Ibanez
December 10, 2025 at 5:10 PM
SKULL OF THOMAS AQUINAS: TAKE A LEFT NOW
PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going—
SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT
PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti—
SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE
PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going—
SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT
PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti—
SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE
omg YES
Person who actually deserves a trophy is the artist who made the FIFA peace prize trophy look like everyone in the entire world holding their head in their hands out of secondhand embarrassment
December 5, 2025 at 11:38 PM
omg YES
I got added to the "Anti-AI Blocklist Subscribers" moderation list by someone and now I don’t know what I’m supposed to think
November 26, 2025 at 5:18 AM
I got added to the "Anti-AI Blocklist Subscribers" moderation list by someone and now I don’t know what I’m supposed to think
Can’t stop thinking about this abhorrence
November 25, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Can’t stop thinking about this abhorrence
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narrator: 50 years ago...
me: [nods] in 1945
narrator: in 1975...
me: what
me: [nods] in 1945
narrator: in 1975...
me: what
November 25, 2025 at 2:11 AM
narrator: 50 years ago...
me: [nods] in 1945
narrator: in 1975...
me: what
me: [nods] in 1945
narrator: in 1975...
me: what
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Seeing how much of the right-wing on Twitter is just bot farms, kinda lays bare how much hate and hatred is a project that needs to be constantly maintained, a fire that needs to be fed all the time lest it go out for a moment, so much time, effort, and resources to keep people angry and hateful.
November 24, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Seeing how much of the right-wing on Twitter is just bot farms, kinda lays bare how much hate and hatred is a project that needs to be constantly maintained, a fire that needs to be fed all the time lest it go out for a moment, so much time, effort, and resources to keep people angry and hateful.
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Yawns are weird. You're tired? Why don't you open your mouth really big about it? What's that? You're not tired, but you saw someone else open their mouth big? Well, guess what.
November 14, 2025 at 5:29 AM
Yawns are weird. You're tired? Why don't you open your mouth really big about it? What's that? You're not tired, but you saw someone else open their mouth big? Well, guess what.
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A map of European countries playing football with Iceland
November 16, 2025 at 1:13 PM
A map of European countries playing football with Iceland
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she’s a 10 but Excel thinks she’s October
November 13, 2025 at 8:08 AM
she’s a 10 but Excel thinks she’s October
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He should call it And Another Thing
John Carpenter says he's working on a sequel to 'The Thing'
"We'll see"
"We'll see"
November 7, 2025 at 10:51 PM
He should call it And Another Thing
@robmanuelyeah.bsky.social this looks up your street
Good morning 😊
Yes, Sir Clive hated that the Spectrum was popular because of the games and a C5 could never go this fast, but I had a lot of fun making this tribute to Sir Clive Sinclair ZX Spectrum 👍
Animation made in Blender, sountrack made in Studio one
#zxspectrum #retrogaming #8bitgaming
Yes, Sir Clive hated that the Spectrum was popular because of the games and a C5 could never go this fast, but I had a lot of fun making this tribute to Sir Clive Sinclair ZX Spectrum 👍
Animation made in Blender, sountrack made in Studio one
#zxspectrum #retrogaming #8bitgaming
November 8, 2025 at 1:31 AM
@robmanuelyeah.bsky.social this looks up your street
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Oh I’ve got anterograde amnesia do I? Buddy if I had that I’m pretty sure someone would have told me about it
November 1, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Oh I’ve got anterograde amnesia do I? Buddy if I had that I’m pretty sure someone would have told me about it