ZenLoon
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First responders love this kind of thing
Much of SF lost power last night. Waymos blocked intersections across the city, even though they are Wayless than 1% of cars on the roads. They accumulated at their failure points--intersections with no green lights, in busy areas, and shut down traffic there.
December 21, 2025 at 4:51 PM
First responders love this kind of thing
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A very good overview of a critical voting case set to be heard in SCOTUS next Spring. My law firm and I are defending this right for states to count these mail-in ballots from a lawsuit filed by the RNC. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/u...
How the Supreme Court’s Mail-In Ballot Ruling Could Affect Voters
www.nytimes.com
December 21, 2025 at 2:08 PM
A very good overview of a critical voting case set to be heard in SCOTUS next Spring. My law firm and I are defending this right for states to count these mail-in ballots from a lawsuit filed by the RNC. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/u...
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Nothing to see here, just a right wing hyper-nationalist government going to their party’s youth event sponsored by a group with a martyred leader they’ve pledged to avenge, recruiting people to join their masked police force devoted to removing auslanders from ze homeland.
December 21, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Nothing to see here, just a right wing hyper-nationalist government going to their party’s youth event sponsored by a group with a martyred leader they’ve pledged to avenge, recruiting people to join their masked police force devoted to removing auslanders from ze homeland.
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Unfortunately there's only one way to be sure that the summary of a text that an LLM gives you is accurate, and that's to read the text and verify it. Otherwise it's just an assertion based on faith that the LLM has at least your own level of skill.
December 21, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Unfortunately there's only one way to be sure that the summary of a text that an LLM gives you is accurate, and that's to read the text and verify it. Otherwise it's just an assertion based on faith that the LLM has at least your own level of skill.
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They want the illusion that the more you use it the more you’ll be able to magically divine if it’s spouting bullshit, but even better if you stop putting in the time & effort to doubt it & double check… and then they have you. Then they can train the AI to give you the “truth” they choose.
December 21, 2025 at 3:20 PM
They want the illusion that the more you use it the more you’ll be able to magically divine if it’s spouting bullshit, but even better if you stop putting in the time & effort to doubt it & double check… and then they have you. Then they can train the AI to give you the “truth” they choose.
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This is my favorite version of the AI push — we don’t have any real ideas for how you should use it, but it’s not going anywhere, so you had better figure out a use for it and then start using it quick!
Uh, no. I don’t think I will.
Uh, no. I don’t think I will.
Figure out how to use it. Ostrich mode will help no one.
December 21, 2025 at 2:37 PM
This is my favorite version of the AI push — we don’t have any real ideas for how you should use it, but it’s not going anywhere, so you had better figure out a use for it and then start using it quick!
Uh, no. I don’t think I will.
Uh, no. I don’t think I will.
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Six months ago we were marking the summer solstice and the longest day. Looking back, I see I was offering an explanation of “enfloofenation” 😂 #birds
December 21, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Six months ago we were marking the summer solstice and the longest day. Looking back, I see I was offering an explanation of “enfloofenation” 😂 #birds
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Have you ever heard someone go off, and their words are so perfectly chosen, so well said in that moment, that you’re in awe? You think, “There’s nothing to add here,” and you applaud in your head.
That’s exactly this. Pure perfection. 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
That’s exactly this. Pure perfection. 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
December 21, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Have you ever heard someone go off, and their words are so perfectly chosen, so well said in that moment, that you’re in awe? You think, “There’s nothing to add here,” and you applaud in your head.
That’s exactly this. Pure perfection. 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
That’s exactly this. Pure perfection. 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
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Why does this ridiculous, stupid, coke-addled nepo-baby of a nepo-baby brat have any say in U.S. foreign policy? What foolish, horrifying times we live in.
December 21, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Why does this ridiculous, stupid, coke-addled nepo-baby of a nepo-baby brat have any say in U.S. foreign policy? What foolish, horrifying times we live in.
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Absolutely right.
AI might be able to summarize (poorly) what we currently know, but a major goal of historical research is to find the hidden surprises out there.
Let me illustrate …
AI might be able to summarize (poorly) what we currently know, but a major goal of historical research is to find the hidden surprises out there.
Let me illustrate …
Not a historian but like to research. The AI might summarize what I'm looking for, but it doesn't find what I'm *not* looking for. The book on the shelf next to the one I wanted. The insight in chapter 6 based on the quote I needed from chapter 4.
December 21, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Absolutely right.
AI might be able to summarize (poorly) what we currently know, but a major goal of historical research is to find the hidden surprises out there.
Let me illustrate …
AI might be able to summarize (poorly) what we currently know, but a major goal of historical research is to find the hidden surprises out there.
Let me illustrate …
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Irony is dead.
December 21, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Irony is dead.
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"One man has meticulously stitched together over 850 bags to sell in Manitoba and northwestern Ontario, helping feed the 1,700 people who use the Steinbach area food bank."
They're $5 and 100% of the profits go to the food bank.
🧶 #sewing #crafts
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
"One man has meticulously stitched together over 850 bags to sell in Manitoba and northwestern Ontario, helping feed the 1,700 people who use the Steinbach area food bank."
They're $5 and 100% of the profits go to the food bank.
🧶 #sewing #crafts
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Sewer stitches up funds for Steinbach food bank with bags made from throwaways | CBC Southeast Manitoba
A Steinbach man is turning trash into treasure by using discarded furniture swatches to create high-quality bags. The bags are sold for $5 in Steinbach and Thunder Bay, with 100 per cent of proceeds g...
www.cbc.ca
December 21, 2025 at 4:39 PM
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"One man has meticulously stitched together over 850 bags to sell in Manitoba and northwestern Ontario, helping feed the 1,700 people who use the Steinbach area food bank."
They're $5 and 100% of the profits go to the food bank.
🧶 #sewing #crafts
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
"One man has meticulously stitched together over 850 bags to sell in Manitoba and northwestern Ontario, helping feed the 1,700 people who use the Steinbach area food bank."
They're $5 and 100% of the profits go to the food bank.
🧶 #sewing #crafts
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Then he followed with: "On Friday the University of Michigan released its latest report on consumer sentiment, and it revealed deep dissatisfaction with the economy. The survey respondents rate current economic conditions as the worst in the past fifty years" plus this graphic:
December 21, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Then he followed with: "On Friday the University of Michigan released its latest report on consumer sentiment, and it revealed deep dissatisfaction with the economy. The survey respondents rate current economic conditions as the worst in the past fifty years" plus this graphic:
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Here's how the great @pkrugman.bsky.social started today's newsletter:
December 21, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Here's how the great @pkrugman.bsky.social started today's newsletter:
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You may recall FL's extreme right-wing Gov Ron DeSantis eradicated every rainbow crosswalk in the state (ignoring studies that disprove his claim they're a safety hazard).
St. Petersburg is now repainting city bike racks—in rainbow colors. Love this.
Cue new explosion of anti- #LGBTQ bigotry ??
St. Petersburg is now repainting city bike racks—in rainbow colors. Love this.
Cue new explosion of anti- #LGBTQ bigotry ??
Ron DeSantis forced this city to remove Pride crosswalks. So it put up Pride bike racks instead. - LGBTQ Nation
The state of Florida has become the epicenter of Republicans' rainbow crosswalk crackdown. But folks across the state have been finding ways to fight back.
www.lgbtqnation.com
December 21, 2025 at 1:32 PM
You may recall FL's extreme right-wing Gov Ron DeSantis eradicated every rainbow crosswalk in the state (ignoring studies that disprove his claim they're a safety hazard).
St. Petersburg is now repainting city bike racks—in rainbow colors. Love this.
Cue new explosion of anti- #LGBTQ bigotry ??
St. Petersburg is now repainting city bike racks—in rainbow colors. Love this.
Cue new explosion of anti- #LGBTQ bigotry ??
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September 28, 2024 at 10:27 PM
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Synchronized dancing for the girls
#bird #birds #wildlife #photography #audubon #nature #naturephotography #birdnerd #wildlife #natgeowild #bbcwildlife #bbcearth #birdsofbluesky #birdphotography #blueskyartshow #planetbirds #bestbirdshots #lynzieflynn #mergansers #hoodedmergansers
#bird #birds #wildlife #photography #audubon #nature #naturephotography #birdnerd #wildlife #natgeowild #bbcwildlife #bbcearth #birdsofbluesky #birdphotography #blueskyartshow #planetbirds #bestbirdshots #lynzieflynn #mergansers #hoodedmergansers
December 21, 2025 at 2:04 AM
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I've always wanted to get a picture of the sun setting directly above a sanderling
I could never land it
It's a complex shot since the sun sets above the ocean and the birds are BELOW the crashing waves
Even if you get it, you need to get multiple shots for depth of field
I came close tonight🪶 🧵
I could never land it
It's a complex shot since the sun sets above the ocean and the birds are BELOW the crashing waves
Even if you get it, you need to get multiple shots for depth of field
I came close tonight🪶 🧵
December 21, 2025 at 4:04 AM
I've always wanted to get a picture of the sun setting directly above a sanderling
I could never land it
It's a complex shot since the sun sets above the ocean and the birds are BELOW the crashing waves
Even if you get it, you need to get multiple shots for depth of field
I came close tonight🪶 🧵
I could never land it
It's a complex shot since the sun sets above the ocean and the birds are BELOW the crashing waves
Even if you get it, you need to get multiple shots for depth of field
I came close tonight🪶 🧵
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85 species for my group, including the darlings of the Tijuana River Valley, 8 of these black throated magpie jays. Great birds but yucky light. I was out for 11 hours. 🪶
December 21, 2025 at 5:06 AM
85 species for my group, including the darlings of the Tijuana River Valley, 8 of these black throated magpie jays. Great birds but yucky light. I was out for 11 hours. 🪶
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I'm cleaning up my photos and came upon this Western Tanager I photographed in May of this year in Central Oregon. I believe it might qualify for #birdoftheday themes #ColourfulCaptures and #QuietMoments.
December 20, 2025 at 10:56 PM
I'm cleaning up my photos and came upon this Western Tanager I photographed in May of this year in Central Oregon. I believe it might qualify for #birdoftheday themes #ColourfulCaptures and #QuietMoments.
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Lol, she thinks I can't see her. 🪶
December 21, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Lol, she thinks I can't see her. 🪶
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My wife is now going through this picture by picture muttering obscenities with the occasional gasp and I’m pretty sure she just denied God
I've never lived so close to a What Are We Even Doing Here real estate listing, and I am here, gifting you this experience, make sure to open the pictures
www.redfin.com/MI/Ann-Arbor...
www.redfin.com/MI/Ann-Arbor...
414 S Main St #10, Ann Arbor, MI 48104 - 3 beds/3.5 baths
(SW Michigan MLS) For Sale: 3 beds, 3.5 baths ∙ 5000 sq. ft. ∙ 414 S Main St #10, Ann Arbor, MI 48104 ∙ $7,000,000 ∙ MLS# 25062388 ∙ This Downtown Ann Arbor penthouse stands among the finest residence...
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December 21, 2025 at 1:24 AM
My wife is now going through this picture by picture muttering obscenities with the occasional gasp and I’m pretty sure she just denied God
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It's such a tell on all these people that they saw Epstein as the perfect embodiment of urbane decadence.
He couldn't spell, he had little sex competitions with gutter misogynists, his interior design sense was awful, there is no evidence whatsoever that he was smart or funny
He couldn't spell, he had little sex competitions with gutter misogynists, his interior design sense was awful, there is no evidence whatsoever that he was smart or funny
December 21, 2025 at 1:30 AM
It's such a tell on all these people that they saw Epstein as the perfect embodiment of urbane decadence.
He couldn't spell, he had little sex competitions with gutter misogynists, his interior design sense was awful, there is no evidence whatsoever that he was smart or funny
He couldn't spell, he had little sex competitions with gutter misogynists, his interior design sense was awful, there is no evidence whatsoever that he was smart or funny
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Pamela Jo Bondi, doing her part to help an administration that calls itself, with a seemingly straight face, "The Most Transparent in American History."
December 21, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Pamela Jo Bondi, doing her part to help an administration that calls itself, with a seemingly straight face, "The Most Transparent in American History."