Posts by [C][M][F]
my quip was basically unrelated to the Kustov thing, to be clear; I do not buy much of what he is selling but I do not participate in pile-ons
this was once my exact philosophy, just with "Europe" and "smoking"
Trump did't take over Venezuela, he kidnapped two people and acquired a corrupt socialist client state.
not at all disappointed with my longtime preference for spending money on liquor rather than on a Chronicle subscription
70 Minnesota children.
Delta Air Lines, who likely flew nearly all of these kiddos out of MSP, could publicly condemn this and end the practice tomorrow, as the airlines did in 2018 with family separation, but it’s easier to stay silent.
"'If you can increase the diversity of the scientific workforce, there’s some evidence that you can increase the trust in scientists,' Druckman explained... [diversity] encompassing not just race and gender but also rurality, religiosity, and class background."
cps.isr.umich.edu/news-events/...
ANCIENT GREEK PRO WRESTLING PROMOTER: ok so you're going to be what's known as a "heel"
ACHILLES: fuck you
"looking good, king"
utterly baffled why everyday people aren't as excited by the roll-out of this technology as various sectors of the power elite seem to be
🇪🇺🏳️🌈⚖️🇭🇺 A legal earthquake - CJEU finds Hungary to have violated EU law on multiple counts with its anti-LGBT+ legislation (as expected) but also for the first time in history, in an EU law-reshaping precedent, finds Hungary to violate Art 2 TEU in a self-standing manner.
not another dime
cough cough cough
I did not stay immune for long
this changed the third time
EVIL GRIMACE BOUNCE & BEND Some kind of menacing and strange play place with grimace's arms and head and bars like in a prison. Human language may be incapable of truly describing this monstrosity. Overall height 10'0" Overall ground space 5'6"x5'6*
If we work hard enough we can trap Russell Vought in here like Gen. Zod in the Phantom Zone
not a thing
Americans are more polarized in their trust in scientists than in virtually any other societal institution. — James N. Druckman.
(@umisrcps.bsky.social)
More, via Opinion Today:
opiniontoday.substack.com/p/260420-top...
Again, Jurgen Habermas—RIP, King—wrote Alex Karp and said I will no longer be your dissertation adviser BY FAX—because your ideas are mediocre. Nothing has changed.
youtu.be/8rX1Xki2vzc?...
“We synthesize emerging evidence that a tiny number of highly active users drives a disproportionate share of misinformation and toxicity, and explain how platform incentives reward moralized, identity-salient, and emotionally charged content.”
plausible
nothing in Pink Flamingos is quite as offensive as Bill O’Reilly
Imaginary evil is romantic and varied; real evil is gloomy, monotonous, barren, boring. Imaginary good is boring; real good is always new, marvelous, intoxicating
One of the reasons CEOs think LLMs can replace everyone is that an LLM actually can write a pretty convincing email about how Human Resources is now People and Values and how we’re streamlining our operations by making Jim Clungo now report to Dave McWingnut to enable agile transformations.
Orange fluffy cat inside my car.
I have to go to work and this is not my cat.
John Waters was my immediate reaction
ngl, I thought this was John Waters for a split second (and my sincerest apologies to the Pope of Trash in making this comparison)
"Beyond state legislators and other Republican politicians, it’s unclear who, if anyone, is supporting these policies."
the penne opticon