Winterbloom Farm
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As a neurodivergent person myself, this piece really resonated; it articulates well some troubling impressions I myself have been having regarding claims that LLMs can mimic “thinking.”
It’s time to separate language from the journey of thought: a reflection on dyscalculia and rejecting AI as a “model of the human mind.” mail.cyberneticforests.com/untitled-2/?...
Colors and Numbers
I don't identify as neurodivergent, per se, though I’m what’s called a synesthete, which sounds like I am trying to be fancy. Synesthesia is a bit of a superpower – music seems to be much cooler for m...
mail.cyberneticforests.com
October 26, 2025 at 12:14 PM
As a neurodivergent person myself, this piece really resonated; it articulates well some troubling impressions I myself have been having regarding claims that LLMs can mimic “thinking.”
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Anytime you ask “why did the Times cover it this way?” or whatever corporate media it is, remember that influential moderates are the tool of the wealth class and are there to normalize whatever the wealthy want and create doubt regarding reform and change.
October 19, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Anytime you ask “why did the Times cover it this way?” or whatever corporate media it is, remember that influential moderates are the tool of the wealth class and are there to normalize whatever the wealthy want and create doubt regarding reform and change.
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I’ve seen posts claiming this “truth” is evidence of dementia, but IMO that’s not the right frame. This is strategy. Since 2021, the right has been rewriting history, bending timelines, to connect their grievances (Covid) and conspiracy theories (Jan 6, censorship, etc) to the Biden administration.
That’s a nice trick, since Biden wasn’t the president on Jan 6.
October 12, 2025 at 3:35 PM
I’ve seen posts claiming this “truth” is evidence of dementia, but IMO that’s not the right frame. This is strategy. Since 2021, the right has been rewriting history, bending timelines, to connect their grievances (Covid) and conspiracy theories (Jan 6, censorship, etc) to the Biden administration.
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The messages show high-level officials in the Trump administration discussing the possible deployment of the Army’s 82nd Airborne Division, an infantry force that has dropped into combat zones in both World Wars, Vietnam and Afghanistan.
Trump officials discussed sending elite Army division to Portland, text messages show
A high-ranking White House official was indiscreetly texting about the Portland, Ore., planning last weekend, according to messages shared with the Minnesota Star Tribune.
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October 4, 2025 at 12:05 AM
The messages show high-level officials in the Trump administration discussing the possible deployment of the Army’s 82nd Airborne Division, an infantry force that has dropped into combat zones in both World Wars, Vietnam and Afghanistan.
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This only happens to you once
September 26, 2025 at 7:39 PM
This only happens to you once
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It happened in Turkey to the Armenians.
It happened in Europe during the Holocaust.
It's happening in Gaza.
It's underway at ICE facilities around the US.
And if we don't stop it, one day it could happen to you.
Dehumanization paves the way for ethnic cleansing.
crimethinc.com/ChicagoBroad...
It happened in Europe during the Holocaust.
It's happening in Gaza.
It's underway at ICE facilities around the US.
And if we don't stop it, one day it could happen to you.
Dehumanization paves the way for ethnic cleansing.
crimethinc.com/ChicagoBroad...
September 26, 2025 at 2:30 AM
It happened in Turkey to the Armenians.
It happened in Europe during the Holocaust.
It's happening in Gaza.
It's underway at ICE facilities around the US.
And if we don't stop it, one day it could happen to you.
Dehumanization paves the way for ethnic cleansing.
crimethinc.com/ChicagoBroad...
It happened in Europe during the Holocaust.
It's happening in Gaza.
It's underway at ICE facilities around the US.
And if we don't stop it, one day it could happen to you.
Dehumanization paves the way for ethnic cleansing.
crimethinc.com/ChicagoBroad...
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Five things to remember about war:
June 22, 2025 at 4:28 AM
Five things to remember about war:
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The United States is a threat to global peace and is actively dismantling any semblance of an international rules-based order through its own actions and its continued backing of Israel’s lawlessness.
You can’t shout “peace!” after attacking a sovereign country in violation of international law.
You can’t shout “peace!” after attacking a sovereign country in violation of international law.
June 22, 2025 at 12:28 AM
The United States is a threat to global peace and is actively dismantling any semblance of an international rules-based order through its own actions and its continued backing of Israel’s lawlessness.
You can’t shout “peace!” after attacking a sovereign country in violation of international law.
You can’t shout “peace!” after attacking a sovereign country in violation of international law.
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About "nonviolence"—
The definition of "violence" is not neutral.
What counts as violence is determined by those who control public discourse. This is why police can terrorize people without it registering as violence, while the slightest act of community defense is framed as "violence."
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The definition of "violence" is not neutral.
What counts as violence is determined by those who control public discourse. This is why police can terrorize people without it registering as violence, while the slightest act of community defense is framed as "violence."
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June 13, 2025 at 7:49 PM
About "nonviolence"—
The definition of "violence" is not neutral.
What counts as violence is determined by those who control public discourse. This is why police can terrorize people without it registering as violence, while the slightest act of community defense is framed as "violence."
🧵⬇️
The definition of "violence" is not neutral.
What counts as violence is determined by those who control public discourse. This is why police can terrorize people without it registering as violence, while the slightest act of community defense is framed as "violence."
🧵⬇️
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The Trump Regime indicted a Congresswoman and a union president this week. It's not surprising that their thugs would forcibly remove a sitting U.S. Senator from a press conference. They're coming for all of us. Our only option is to resist and defy. Your privileges and power will not protect you.
Sen. Alex Padilla was just removed from Kristi Noem's press conference in Los Angeles (video: Bill Melugin/Fox News)
June 12, 2025 at 6:28 PM
The Trump Regime indicted a Congresswoman and a union president this week. It's not surprising that their thugs would forcibly remove a sitting U.S. Senator from a press conference. They're coming for all of us. Our only option is to resist and defy. Your privileges and power will not protect you.
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The administration that is now using protests in Los Angeles to justify federalizing the National Guard supported Trump when he pardoned January 6 protestors who overran the Capitol.
June 8, 2025 at 3:42 PM
The administration that is now using protests in Los Angeles to justify federalizing the National Guard supported Trump when he pardoned January 6 protestors who overran the Capitol.
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The RFK Jr. version of health, where health creates health and healthy people don't get sick and the thing that keeps you healthy is /living the right way/ is very seductive to a lot of people. It also places the burden of illness back on the ill, which decreases the value of human life.
May 17, 2025 at 2:28 AM
The RFK Jr. version of health, where health creates health and healthy people don't get sick and the thing that keeps you healthy is /living the right way/ is very seductive to a lot of people. It also places the burden of illness back on the ill, which decreases the value of human life.
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Casey Newton, in his latest newsletter:
“Every time I feel like progress in artificial intelligence is beginning to slow, a week like this one hits — and suddenly, it's all I can do to keep up.”
Me, a stratcomm professor: YES EXACTLY THAT’S A COMMS CAMPAIGN.
www.platformer.news/openai-jony-...
“Every time I feel like progress in artificial intelligence is beginning to slow, a week like this one hits — and suddenly, it's all I can do to keep up.”
Me, a stratcomm professor: YES EXACTLY THAT’S A COMMS CAMPAIGN.
www.platformer.news/openai-jony-...
OpenAI is going to make hardware
Generative AI and devices haven't yet found a good fit. Will Jony Ive be the one to change that? PLUS: Claude 4 arrives
www.platformer.news
May 23, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Casey Newton, in his latest newsletter:
“Every time I feel like progress in artificial intelligence is beginning to slow, a week like this one hits — and suddenly, it's all I can do to keep up.”
Me, a stratcomm professor: YES EXACTLY THAT’S A COMMS CAMPAIGN.
www.platformer.news/openai-jony-...
“Every time I feel like progress in artificial intelligence is beginning to slow, a week like this one hits — and suddenly, it's all I can do to keep up.”
Me, a stratcomm professor: YES EXACTLY THAT’S A COMMS CAMPAIGN.
www.platformer.news/openai-jony-...
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WIRED has new info on the specific DOGE operatives at the Department of Veterans Affairs, and the ways they’re trying to infiltrate and change the agency—including trying to use an AI tool to write code for the agency’s systems.
Inside DOGE’s AI Push at the Department of Veterans Affairs
A DOGE operative at the Department of Veterans Affairs appears to be trying to use an AI tool to write code for the agency’s systems, among other proposals.
wrd.cm
April 7, 2025 at 1:01 AM
WIRED has new info on the specific DOGE operatives at the Department of Veterans Affairs, and the ways they’re trying to infiltrate and change the agency—including trying to use an AI tool to write code for the agency’s systems.
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The People of the Twin Tiers are Fed Up!
Look what we can do when we organize!
Look what we can do when we organize!
'Hands Off!' Protests Held Across the Twin Tiers, Part of National Movement
Across the country, people came together on Saturday, April 5 for the
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April 6, 2025 at 2:35 PM
The People of the Twin Tiers are Fed Up!
Look what we can do when we organize!
Look what we can do when we organize!
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Elementary school principals going where university presidents fear to tread...
April 5, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Elementary school principals going where university presidents fear to tread...
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Writing an op-ed is not illegal activity. They are revoking visas for thought crimes and for constitutionally protected expression.
State Department spox Tammy Bruce just blatantly lies and says that students are getting visas revoked for "illegal activity" (Rumeysa Ozturk was not charged with a crime)
March 28, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Writing an op-ed is not illegal activity. They are revoking visas for thought crimes and for constitutionally protected expression.
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And this historic assault on labor is nowhere to be found on *any* of the major newspapers' front pages today.
March 28, 2025 at 4:01 PM
And this historic assault on labor is nowhere to be found on *any* of the major newspapers' front pages today.
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Across the last 48 hours, “Signalgate” has morphed from one scandal into what I think is best thought of as five distinct overlapping scandals, as well as providing some fascinating political insight into who has power and how decisions get made in Trump II. www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/the-five-s...
The Five Scandals (and One Fascinating Political Insight) of Signalgate
The Trump administration's group chat tells a lot about itself
www.doomsdayscenario.co
March 26, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Across the last 48 hours, “Signalgate” has morphed from one scandal into what I think is best thought of as five distinct overlapping scandals, as well as providing some fascinating political insight into who has power and how decisions get made in Trump II. www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/the-five-s...
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This is why I’m quadrupling down on my internet culture reporting alongside politics. Because even though the country is being toppled, we’ve lost the ability to even tell people that, and we can’t move forward until we get it back
1. What you see here is clearest illustration why things are so messed up and why it cannot get any better until this asymmetry is addressed.
Put simply: the right-wing has narrative dominance.
My org @mmfa.bsky.social did this study and has been sounding this alarm for years. Some thoughts...
Put simply: the right-wing has narrative dominance.
My org @mmfa.bsky.social did this study and has been sounding this alarm for years. Some thoughts...
March 15, 2025 at 7:52 PM
This is why I’m quadrupling down on my internet culture reporting alongside politics. Because even though the country is being toppled, we’ve lost the ability to even tell people that, and we can’t move forward until we get it back
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Yep, fighting back against Trump's chaos and lawlessness - by handing him a budget with zero fight lol this is ridiculous
March 15, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Yep, fighting back against Trump's chaos and lawlessness - by handing him a budget with zero fight lol this is ridiculous
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Elon obviously has *not* cracked the code. He can barely parse data that is plain to thousands of federal workers.
What he has done is give the GOP an excuse to hollow out government and seize more power with his shitty AI + automation logic.
What he has done is give the GOP an excuse to hollow out government and seize more power with his shitty AI + automation logic.
Johnson: "Elon's cracked the code. He's now inside these agencies. He's created these algorithms that are constantly crawling through the data & as he told me in his office, data doesn't lie. We're gonna be able to get the information. We're gonna be able to transform the way federal govt works."
February 24, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Elon obviously has *not* cracked the code. He can barely parse data that is plain to thousands of federal workers.
What he has done is give the GOP an excuse to hollow out government and seize more power with his shitty AI + automation logic.
What he has done is give the GOP an excuse to hollow out government and seize more power with his shitty AI + automation logic.
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in what meaningful way can we say that the constitution is in effect when an unelected and unaccountable billionaire is wielding state power to unilaterally cancel congressional appropriations?
Hearing that DOGE went into the Dept of Education today and shut down almost the entirety of the department's in-house research arm, Institute of Educational Sciences, cancelling contracts totally about $900m.
February 11, 2025 at 1:34 AM
in what meaningful way can we say that the constitution is in effect when an unelected and unaccountable billionaire is wielding state power to unilaterally cancel congressional appropriations?