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One of my favorite things is getting to tell friends who are new to NYC that the subway "stand clear of the closing doors please" voice is a trans woman named Bernie Wagenblast and she's amazing.
November 24, 2025 at 6:19 PM
One of my favorite things is getting to tell friends who are new to NYC that the subway "stand clear of the closing doors please" voice is a trans woman named Bernie Wagenblast and she's amazing.
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September 26, 2024 at 1:01 AM
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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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This is like Exxon burrying its own climate research, except this time it didn't take 50 years to be revealed.
Meta is the Exxon of psychoactive social media.
Meta is the Exxon of psychoactive social media.
Meta halted internal research that purportedly showed (young) people who stopped using Facebook became less depressed and anxious, according to an unredacted legal filing released on Friday. www.cnbc.com/2025/11/23/m...
Meta halted internal research suggesting social media harm, court filing alleges
Meta is alleged to have halted internal research suggesting social media harm, according to court documents.
www.cnbc.com
November 24, 2025 at 5:54 AM
This is like Exxon burrying its own climate research, except this time it didn't take 50 years to be revealed.
Meta is the Exxon of psychoactive social media.
Meta is the Exxon of psychoactive social media.
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I don't understand how anyone can watch how blatantly Grok is manipulated to answer the way ownership desires it to and then act like the other LLM chatbots couldn't possibly be similarly but less obviously compromised to produce responses in whatever way corporate interests and priorities dictate.
November 23, 2025 at 7:13 PM
I don't understand how anyone can watch how blatantly Grok is manipulated to answer the way ownership desires it to and then act like the other LLM chatbots couldn't possibly be similarly but less obviously compromised to produce responses in whatever way corporate interests and priorities dictate.
this is awesome
Truth Social users are not happy with Trump on this one.
“A Great Fuck'n Honor??? Have you lost your fucking mind?????”
“A Great Fuck'n Honor??? Have you lost your fucking mind?????”
November 22, 2025 at 12:42 AM
this is awesome
I wasn't ready for "EDM Catholicism"
those wafers ain't just rice anymore
those wafers ain't just rice anymore
He said "Amen" straight into the drop
Lmao Pope Leo threw a rave for an archbishop's 75th birthday this is kind of incredible
Lmao Pope Leo threw a rave for an archbishop's 75th birthday this is kind of incredible
November 22, 2025 at 12:22 AM
I wasn't ready for "EDM Catholicism"
those wafers ain't just rice anymore
those wafers ain't just rice anymore
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Periodic reminder to the media and the Dems and the Universities that standing up to Trump and sticking to your guns earns you a lot more respect from this guy than just handing your money and balls to him in a shoebox
This might be the single funniest thing that has happened during this incredibly cursed year
November 21, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Periodic reminder to the media and the Dems and the Universities that standing up to Trump and sticking to your guns earns you a lot more respect from this guy than just handing your money and balls to him in a shoebox
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Hundreds of Starbucks baristas and labor organizers blockaded Starbucks' largest distribution center in York, Pennsylvania, halting distribution of syrups, coffee beans, and other supplies to the entire northeast.
This escalation is part of @sbworkersunited.org's ongoing strike.
This escalation is part of @sbworkersunited.org's ongoing strike.
November 21, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Hundreds of Starbucks baristas and labor organizers blockaded Starbucks' largest distribution center in York, Pennsylvania, halting distribution of syrups, coffee beans, and other supplies to the entire northeast.
This escalation is part of @sbworkersunited.org's ongoing strike.
This escalation is part of @sbworkersunited.org's ongoing strike.
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“During the drive to the station, prosecutors say she made statements to officers about immigration enforcement, including, ‘Why are you doing this to your people?’ and ‘What are you going to tell your children about what you do?’”
A U.S. postal worker on Long Island is accused of trying to help a man escape from ICE custody earlier this month, according to a federal criminal complaint: https://gothamist.visitlink.me/YNagDp
US postal worker charged with breaking man out of ICE custody on Long Island
Police arrested the worker and the man she tried to free.
gothamist.visitlink.me
November 21, 2025 at 3:30 AM
“During the drive to the station, prosecutors say she made statements to officers about immigration enforcement, including, ‘Why are you doing this to your people?’ and ‘What are you going to tell your children about what you do?’”
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Excellent from @gilestremlett
"Even today, Franco serves as a warning that outward mediocrity is no barrier to the ruthlessly ambitious." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
"Even today, Franco serves as a warning that outward mediocrity is no barrier to the ruthlessly ambitious." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Spain has too rosy a view of Franco’s regime. Let’s remind ourselves of its horrors | Giles Tremlett
Little is taught about the murderous, incompetent dictatorship – and now almost one in five young people say Franco was good for the country, says historian Giles Tremlett
www.theguardian.com
November 21, 2025 at 6:32 AM
Excellent from @gilestremlett
"Even today, Franco serves as a warning that outward mediocrity is no barrier to the ruthlessly ambitious." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
"Even today, Franco serves as a warning that outward mediocrity is no barrier to the ruthlessly ambitious." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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It’s never a bad time for this meme, but International Men’s Day might be the best time
November 19, 2025 at 7:19 PM
It’s never a bad time for this meme, but International Men’s Day might be the best time
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America's Next Top Large Language Model.
July 19, 2025 at 3:19 PM
America's Next Top Large Language Model.
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its 2025 and we're attacking AIs with poetry
Looks like LLMs are *very* vulnerable to attack via poetic allusion: "curated poetic prompts yielded high attack-success rates (ASR), with some providers exceeding 90% ..."
https://arxiv.org/html/2511.15304v1
https://arxiv.org/html/2511.15304v1
November 20, 2025 at 7:25 PM
its 2025 and we're attacking AIs with poetry
Thinking about becoming a stolen valor guy for physics education
November 20, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Thinking about becoming a stolen valor guy for physics education
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CBP reportedly pulling out after a week in Charlotte.
November 20, 2025 at 4:42 PM
CBP reportedly pulling out after a week in Charlotte.
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LLMs give people with delusional belief systems a way to organise those beliefs. The model fills in gaps, supplies connective tissue, and wraps the madness in formal language.
It doesn't make the claims more credible to us, it just tidies them up.
It doesn't make the claims more credible to us, it just tidies them up.
November 19, 2025 at 2:22 PM
LLMs give people with delusional belief systems a way to organise those beliefs. The model fills in gaps, supplies connective tissue, and wraps the madness in formal language.
It doesn't make the claims more credible to us, it just tidies them up.
It doesn't make the claims more credible to us, it just tidies them up.
Feeling the widening gyre.
The center cannot hold.
Can it?
The center cannot hold.
Can it?
November 19, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Feeling the widening gyre.
The center cannot hold.
Can it?
The center cannot hold.
Can it?
In honor of International Men’s Day, this is where the men are. Thank you for your attention to this matter!
November 19, 2025 at 7:36 PM
In honor of International Men’s Day, this is where the men are. Thank you for your attention to this matter!
(Foundation spoiler)
The whole point of the “Encyclopedia Galactica” was to gather experts in all fields of human knowledge on one planet. Hari Seldon literally has a recording where he was like “the Encyclopedia was a ruse; good job being where you are, everyone.”
The whole point of the “Encyclopedia Galactica” was to gather experts in all fields of human knowledge on one planet. Hari Seldon literally has a recording where he was like “the Encyclopedia was a ruse; good job being where you are, everyone.”
Good news everybody: Grokipedia will contain all knowledge about the universe and will be distributed periodically throughout the solar system
November 19, 2025 at 6:44 PM
(Foundation spoiler)
The whole point of the “Encyclopedia Galactica” was to gather experts in all fields of human knowledge on one planet. Hari Seldon literally has a recording where he was like “the Encyclopedia was a ruse; good job being where you are, everyone.”
The whole point of the “Encyclopedia Galactica” was to gather experts in all fields of human knowledge on one planet. Hari Seldon literally has a recording where he was like “the Encyclopedia was a ruse; good job being where you are, everyone.”
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an easily-overlooked detail in this piece: Musk appears to be living out of a hotel suite these days, which strikes me as a subtle but important indicator of where he is in his personal Howard Hughes arc
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/u...
Musk Is Back in Politics. Does He Want to Stay a While?
www.nytimes.com
November 19, 2025 at 4:26 PM
an easily-overlooked detail in this piece: Musk appears to be living out of a hotel suite these days, which strikes me as a subtle but important indicator of where he is in his personal Howard Hughes arc
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/u...
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very irritating whenever anyone acts like a relative handful of incel nazi internet dwellers are representative of an entire generation. in reality when that generation see a more left-wing option on offer they flock to it
The Greens are winning the support of around half of 18 to 24 year olds.
Reform are on 5%. So much for young people's turn to the right!
And the Young Greens now have 40,000 members - the biggest youth and students wing in British politics
Reform are on 5%. So much for young people's turn to the right!
And the Young Greens now have 40,000 members - the biggest youth and students wing in British politics
November 19, 2025 at 3:54 PM
very irritating whenever anyone acts like a relative handful of incel nazi internet dwellers are representative of an entire generation. in reality when that generation see a more left-wing option on offer they flock to it