Big Palooka
@ya-big-palooka.bsky.social
She/her, Helja and the Lich King on Webtoon Canvas, Disney fanart and all sorts of things.
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“You are not entitled to a response from us, or anyone, ever,” is what a US Education Department spokesperson wrote to one of our reporters, @megomatz.bsky.social, after she repeatedly tried to get comment from the department and its officials. My column on the condemnation of good journalism.
Our Reporters Reached Out for Comment. They Were Accused of Stalking and Intimidation.
Our journalists reach out to people they’re writing about to ensure fairness. But in this environment, they’ve found their efforts to do so are more likely to be vilified than appreciated.
www.propublica.org
December 29, 2025 at 2:58 PM
“You are not entitled to a response from us, or anyone, ever,” is what a US Education Department spokesperson wrote to one of our reporters, @megomatz.bsky.social, after she repeatedly tried to get comment from the department and its officials. My column on the condemnation of good journalism.
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which outfit is your favorite? 🧡
December 27, 2025 at 10:21 PM
which outfit is your favorite? 🧡
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Got my tickets for New Years Eve. It’s going to be a fun night!
December 27, 2025 at 7:53 AM
Got my tickets for New Years Eve. It’s going to be a fun night!
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no dude i’m too tired, can’t you get someone else to ascribe meaning to your many follies?
December 27, 2025 at 4:18 PM
no dude i’m too tired, can’t you get someone else to ascribe meaning to your many follies?
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Merry Christmas!! Especially to those experiencing hardship, loneliness, and disappointment- every Christmas since the very first has been a celebration despite of, and in the midst of, grief and darkness and chaos and mess
December 25, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Merry Christmas!! Especially to those experiencing hardship, loneliness, and disappointment- every Christmas since the very first has been a celebration despite of, and in the midst of, grief and darkness and chaos and mess
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Happy Holidays everybody!
Merry Xmas to those who celebrate.
Good luck to those who need it.
Merry Xmas to those who celebrate.
Good luck to those who need it.
December 25, 2025 at 8:11 AM
Happy Holidays everybody!
Merry Xmas to those who celebrate.
Good luck to those who need it.
Merry Xmas to those who celebrate.
Good luck to those who need it.
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December 10, 2024 at 12:53 PM
Okay, I'll bite: Sure: I would prefer to carefully vet someone who was spending the night in my home. Naturally, therefore, I would think and expect that the US government would be far MORE meticulous in determining who they're sending to a max-security prison, but CLEARLY NOT.
I'd be delighted to have a hairstylist or a youth soccer coach visit for a night
December 24, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Okay, I'll bite: Sure: I would prefer to carefully vet someone who was spending the night in my home. Naturally, therefore, I would think and expect that the US government would be far MORE meticulous in determining who they're sending to a max-security prison, but CLEARLY NOT.
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PEACOCK CHICK AND PARENT.
Cute alarm fire.
Cute alarm fire.
UNBELIEVABLELY sweet moment between a peacock chick and their parent.
Not sharebait.
I COULD NOT believe my luck.
Last year I had seen the chicks about 3 weeks later, I was determined to get them younger, and this one DID NOT disappoint!
SQUEE - o - meter 10/10, thank you birds! 🥰 🐣 🪶
Not sharebait.
I COULD NOT believe my luck.
Last year I had seen the chicks about 3 weeks later, I was determined to get them younger, and this one DID NOT disappoint!
SQUEE - o - meter 10/10, thank you birds! 🥰 🐣 🪶
December 24, 2025 at 3:53 AM
PEACOCK CHICK AND PARENT.
Cute alarm fire.
Cute alarm fire.
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Essentially, I think that LLM-generated dialogue only makes sense if you believe that the product of writing is words.
But the product of writing isn't words, any more than the product of justice is prisoners, or the product of love is weddings. The product of writing is meaning.
But the product of writing isn't words, any more than the product of justice is prisoners, or the product of love is weddings. The product of writing is meaning.
I had five fascinating conversations for this RPS piece, gathering perspectives on genAI chatbots in games, as seen in Where Winds Meet. Thanks to @meghna.bsky.social, @pyrofoux.bsky.social, @maxkreminski.bsky.social, and @chrisgardiner.bsky.social www.rockpapershotgun.com/horrible-bor...
"Horrible", "boring", and "cheap": Experts pan new chatbot NPCs, but some leave room for optimism
We speak to a collection of developers and AI experts about the potential impact of LLM-powered NPCs in videogames.
www.rockpapershotgun.com
December 23, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Essentially, I think that LLM-generated dialogue only makes sense if you believe that the product of writing is words.
But the product of writing isn't words, any more than the product of justice is prisoners, or the product of love is weddings. The product of writing is meaning.
But the product of writing isn't words, any more than the product of justice is prisoners, or the product of love is weddings. The product of writing is meaning.
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Per NY Times’s Michael Grynbaum on X, this is Sharyn Alfonsi’s email to her “60 Minutes” colleagues in full:
December 22, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Per NY Times’s Michael Grynbaum on X, this is Sharyn Alfonsi’s email to her “60 Minutes” colleagues in full:
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"christmas is in 5 days" don't say that. why say that? that's the fakest shit i ever heard
December 20, 2025 at 9:36 PM
"christmas is in 5 days" don't say that. why say that? that's the fakest shit i ever heard
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If you're an academic using AI for your scholarly work, you deserve shame.
If you use AI for work that you submit, you should be banned from that forum. Whatever journal, conference, workshop series - banned.
Maybe you can appeal after a few years. Maybe.
If you use AI for work that you submit, you should be banned from that forum. Whatever journal, conference, workshop series - banned.
Maybe you can appeal after a few years. Maybe.
I’m sorry, but it is disgraceful to be an academic who uses this technology to conduct research. It should be prohibited in all of our scholarly institutions, including universities and journals.
December 20, 2025 at 5:23 PM
If you're an academic using AI for your scholarly work, you deserve shame.
If you use AI for work that you submit, you should be banned from that forum. Whatever journal, conference, workshop series - banned.
Maybe you can appeal after a few years. Maybe.
If you use AI for work that you submit, you should be banned from that forum. Whatever journal, conference, workshop series - banned.
Maybe you can appeal after a few years. Maybe.
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There’s room for somebody on the left to wrap themselves in the flag a little & make a point that the right’s rejection of America as a creedal nation—and their ad hoc, ahistorical effort to make it an ethnonationalist project instead—is distinctly *unamerican,* a rejection of the national project.
If immigrating from England makes you a "heritage American" then I guess I'm one too.
December 20, 2025 at 2:24 PM
There’s room for somebody on the left to wrap themselves in the flag a little & make a point that the right’s rejection of America as a creedal nation—and their ad hoc, ahistorical effort to make it an ethnonationalist project instead—is distinctly *unamerican,* a rejection of the national project.
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"This promise of an AI future, is really just a collective anxiety that wealthy people have about how well they're gonna be able to control us in the future."
- @tressiemcphd.bsky.social with an absolute mic drop moment about AI bullshit.
Incredible words.
Listen to all of it!
- @tressiemcphd.bsky.social with an absolute mic drop moment about AI bullshit.
Incredible words.
Listen to all of it!
December 19, 2025 at 12:24 PM
"This promise of an AI future, is really just a collective anxiety that wealthy people have about how well they're gonna be able to control us in the future."
- @tressiemcphd.bsky.social with an absolute mic drop moment about AI bullshit.
Incredible words.
Listen to all of it!
- @tressiemcphd.bsky.social with an absolute mic drop moment about AI bullshit.
Incredible words.
Listen to all of it!
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The Vanity Fair photographer from the Susie Wiles story.
Holy. Shit.
www.washingtonpost.com/style/power/...
Holy. Shit.
www.washingtonpost.com/style/power/...
December 17, 2025 at 8:34 PM
The Vanity Fair photographer from the Susie Wiles story.
Holy. Shit.
www.washingtonpost.com/style/power/...
Holy. Shit.
www.washingtonpost.com/style/power/...
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Amazing how many articles are just “I’m a white guy who didn’t get the promotion I wanted and the only answer to this problem that concerns every single one of us is to re-segregate the workplace”
December 16, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Amazing how many articles are just “I’m a white guy who didn’t get the promotion I wanted and the only answer to this problem that concerns every single one of us is to re-segregate the workplace”
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we can kill them all if we just work together and ✨believe💫
December 15, 2025 at 5:11 PM
we can kill them all if we just work together and ✨believe💫
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The older I get, the more my politics mature from childish, naïve beliefs like "the world is complicated and leaders have to make hard decisions" to more serious, adult principles like "hurting people is bad and helping people is good."
December 15, 2025 at 4:51 PM
The older I get, the more my politics mature from childish, naïve beliefs like "the world is complicated and leaders have to make hard decisions" to more serious, adult principles like "hurting people is bad and helping people is good."
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The kind .. you find … in a second hand store
December 14, 2025 at 10:54 AM
The kind .. you find … in a second hand store
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