Lightnews — Scholar-powered news

Reposted by SERIOUS PROFESSIONAL, PH.D.

Andrew Couts @couts.bsky.social · Aug 26

new nightmare just dropped: "Female flies lay eggs in an open wound or in the nose, eyes or mouth of an animal or person, which quickly grow into larvae that eat the flesh." www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/m...

Maryland resident diagnosed with New World screwworm. Here's what to know

A Maryland resident who traveled to El Salvador has been diagnosed with New World screwworm. Here's what to know about the parasite.

www.nbcwashington.com

11 10 42

Reposted by SERIOUS PROFESSIONAL, PH.D.

grimm ☀️ @mugrimm.bsky.social · 14h

Screw worm is going to be a word everyone knows very soon lol.

10 11 110

SERIOUS PROFESSIONAL, PH.D. @djmosfett.bsky.social · 12h

*Snell was in the system
*Maddon was there when the pipeline was set up

1

SERIOUS PROFESSIONAL, PH.D. @djmosfett.bsky.social · 12h

If you dogmatically repeat stuff about “third time through penalty,” then you are in no place to whine about Maddon having a Murray Chass moment!

SERIOUS PROFESSIONAL, PH.D. @djmosfett.bsky.social · 12h

It's insanely disingenuous for sports numbers types to pretend like hard pitch limits and yanking pitchers early, even in the playoffs, wasn’t (and to a degree isn’t) A Thing. The entire concept of “bullpenning” and “openers” derives from what Maddon is (poorly, clumsily) arguing against!

1

SERIOUS PROFESSIONAL, PH.D. @djmosfett.bsky.social · 12h

(Yes, I know Maddon left Tampa 2 years before Snell’s MLB debut, but he was in the system since 2011, and the overall pitching pipeline was set up while he was there)

2 2

SERIOUS PROFESSIONAL, PH.D. @djmosfett.bsky.social · 12h

Fun thought experiment: Joe Maddon had a goofy take on “analytics” being the reason Blake Snell got pulled the other day. Consider: his experience w/ “analytics” was *exactly* that kind of thinking because he worked for the Rays, the team that deliberately kneecapped Blake Snell’s ability to go deep

2 1 6

SERIOUS PROFESSIONAL, PH.D. @djmosfett.bsky.social · 13h

The Dodgers' front office really did push the entire league to destroy the concept of a starting pitcher and then said “hey….what if a pitcher…*completed* a game”

1 8

SERIOUS PROFESSIONAL, PH.D. @djmosfett.bsky.social · 14h

Getting a Bakoon Original from my wife for Xmas last year remains a highlight of my life; hurry and check this stuff out!

bakoon @bakoon.bsky.social · 14h

reviving an old tradition that twitter killed because it pissed me off:
the one hour public sale: www.oliverleach.com/gv3-series

check this stuff out folks itll melt your face off. sealing forever at 8:32 PST

1 1 18

Reposted by SERIOUS PROFESSIONAL, PH.D.

bakoon @bakoon.bsky.social · 14h

reviving an old tradition that twitter killed because it pissed me off:
the one hour public sale: www.oliverleach.com/gv3-series

check this stuff out folks itll melt your face off. sealing forever at 8:32 PST

6 34 120

Reposted by SERIOUS PROFESSIONAL, PH.D.

BK @whitesox.bsky.social · 14h

Oh my god we're right back to "boohoo the Dodgers spend too much money it's not fair" get over it you dorks.

3 6 40

Reposted by SERIOUS PROFESSIONAL, PH.D.

Asawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 15h

normal pentagon.

Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 15h

NEW: Pentagon officials are forcing staff to watch Pete Hegseth's "Warrior" speech he forced generals to listen to.

Officials are even "testing" staff to see if they watched — and are threatening consequences if they lie about watching it or if they mock it, sources tell @swin24.bsky.social and I.

The Pentagon Is Ordering Staff to Watch Hegseth’s ‘MAGA Garbage’ Speech… Or Else

Defense Department sources tell Zeteo that staff have been warned that if they don’t watch or read the speech, or if they speak negatively of it, they could face severe consequences.

zeteo.com

19 63 300

Reposted by SERIOUS PROFESSIONAL, PH.D.

Leah Millis @leahmillis.bsky.social · 16h

The @chicago.suntimes.com photographer who risked their personal health and safety to take this photograph is Anthony Vazquez. Please credit photographers and media outlets. In this age of misinformation, a photo with no context could be anything at all.

50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 17h

Please remind us who the domestic terrorists are again.

Photo from Chicago: DHS militarized agent holding a gun up directly in someone’s face as the victim has their hands up, pleading for them not to shoot.

69 2.6K 8.2K

Reposted by SERIOUS PROFESSIONAL, PH.D.

Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 18h

There's one person who pays them $250 a month who cost Augment $15,000. Amazing stuff. Can only imagine how bad things are for Cursor or Replit
www.augmentcode.com/blog/augment...

The user message model also isn’t sustainable for Augment Code as a business. For example, over the last 30 days, a user on our $250 Max plan has issued 335 requests per hour, every hour, for 30 days, and is approaching $15,000 per month in cost to Augment Code. This sort of use isn’t inherently bad, but as a business, we have to price our service in accordance with our costs.

34 84 880

Reposted by SERIOUS PROFESSIONAL, PH.D.

Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 18h

Jesus christ. AI coding platform Augment code had to jack up prices because 22.5% of their users were spending 20x of what they paid, and even after raising the prices, they're still running at a loss.
reddit.com/r/AugmentCod...

A handful of users abused the system so all are getting punished.

This isn't about a few high-usage users. The reality is that approximately 22.5% of our users are consuming 20x what they're currently paying us. This isn't sustainable for us to continue delivering the quality service you expect. We have built some very powerful tools and we don’t want to impose artificial limits on what’s possible, but we do need to be able to charge in proportion to the use customers are getting from our platform. Developers are always going to push their tools to their limits, and we encourage that — and we need to be able to charge for it appropriately, too.

You only care about professional developers.

Our core focus is on building the best AI coding agent for professional software engineers and their teams. If people outside of that group are finding value with Augment, they are very welcome to use the product, but we’re not prioritizing features or solutions that non-developers might need, and frankly, there are plenty of vibe coding/low code/no code solutions available on the market that will better serve those customers.

You are just squeezing money out of us at 20x margin.

20x margin sounds great, but isn’t the reality for AI tools: the vast majority are running at a loss, including us, while we work to build sustainable, long-term businesses.

56 290 1.6K

Reposted by SERIOUS PROFESSIONAL, PH.D.

lauren @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · 18h

only surprising thing about the racist young republican groupchat is that jd vance wasn't in there dropping crylaugh emoji reacts

23 170 2K

Reposted by SERIOUS PROFESSIONAL, PH.D.

Mike Black @mikeblack114.bsky.social · 21h

lmfao

people are gonna lose their minds over this, but reminder that grandpa just says things

they transferred unobligated FY25 RDT&E funds into nonexistent FY26 MILPERS account in direct violation of the Constitution, that's bad enough

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 22h

Trump: "I had a very wealthy person who called -- a donor, a great gentleman -- and he said, 'if there's any money necessary, shortfall, for the paying of the troops, then I will pay it.' Meaning he will pay it. How about that?"

9 19 110

Reposted by SERIOUS PROFESSIONAL, PH.D.

WIRED @wired.com · 19h

Another round of terminations, combined with previous layoffs and departures, has reduced the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention workforce by about 3,000 people since January. www.wired.com/story/cdc-te...

A Quarter of the CDC Is Gone

Another round of terminations, combined with previous layoffs and departures, has reduced the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention workforce by about 3,000 people since January.

www.wired.com

26 210 410

Reposted by SERIOUS PROFESSIONAL, PH.D.

Justin Klugh @justinklugh.bsky.social · 1d

1 5 13

SERIOUS PROFESSIONAL, PH.D. @djmosfett.bsky.social · 22h

Glad to hear you’re in the clear for now, I’m sorry you have to deal with any of this at all, and solidarity with your coworkers who had their livelihoods taken from them

3

Reposted by SERIOUS PROFESSIONAL, PH.D.

Ed Burmila @edburmila.bsky.social · 22h

Mutual blackmail material has always been the backbone of elite solidarity. Aristocrats don't send their kids to boarding schools because the teachers are better; they send them to learn the group dynamic of being above the law. Whether you participate or only witness it, keep your mouth shut.

6 58 350

Reposted by SERIOUS PROFESSIONAL, PH.D.

Ed Burmila @edburmila.bsky.social · 22h

The unspoken meaning of regular "If this gets leaked we're cooked lololol" jokes is to remind everyone that they're in a position to coerce or destroy anyone who gets out of line.

Yell In a War @jelenawoehr.bsky.social · 22h

the chat logs leaked clearly show members are aware they’re posting compromising messages, they’re even talking about how cooked they be if it leaked

bc the social function of extremist rhetoric is that in-group members bond and attain status by transgressing with one another as witnesses

7 130 570

Reposted by SERIOUS PROFESSIONAL, PH.D.

Zito @zeets.bsky.social · 1d

Now that the American media can go back to never covering the constant killing of Palestinians and Israel’s expansionist project, these people can go back to writing their screeds about imagining a better world and accepting the lesser evil, and all the other fucking nonsense they love opining about

2 45 250

Reposted by SERIOUS PROFESSIONAL, PH.D.

Zito @zeets.bsky.social · 1d

They’ve all been waiting for all of this to be over, not because they advocated and protested for the safety and dignity of Palestinian people, but because now they can go back to not thinking of it, and not being bothered to stand for all the things they’ve always claimed they believed. Congrats.

2 50 280

Reposted by SERIOUS PROFESSIONAL, PH.D.

Zito @zeets.bsky.social · 1d

The same people — and politicians — who are now going to go back to lecturing others about free speech, liberal ideals, right and wrong, and all the other nonsense, watched as people were brutalized, disappeared, and speech was punished and repressed when anyone protested Israel.

2 60 260