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reggie seidman @ennui.org · May 15

i know i keep posting this but

“The real question is not whether machines think but whether men do. The mystery which surrounds a thinking machine already surrounds a thinking man.”

― B.F. Skinner, Contingencies of Reinforcement; A Theoretical Analysis

Joseph Fink @planetoffinks.bsky.social · May 14

It turns out this whole time that the Turing Test was the wrong way to think of it. Thinking a chatbot is alive is not a test of how good the chatbot is, but of your own ability to think of other human beings as real and complete people

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reggie seidman @ennui.org · 1h

it says unidentified so he could still be a compatriot

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Mike Black @mikeblack114.bsky.social · 2h

the only company in this group that is worth a shit is palantir (and even then just barely), much like how Thiel and that rapist Lonsdale are outright fascists with a lot of $ but are also still gigantic dorks

Open secret in the industry is none of Anduril's shit works

William B. Fuckley @opinionhaver.bsky.social · 7h

recurring gripe of mine: stop talking about these people like they’re fucking supervillains, Palmer Luckey is grifter bullshit artist who is going to steal a lot of public money in exchange for buggy vaporware, he’s not Lex Luthor. they get off when breathlessl hyperventilating about them like this.

Kate Ross @kateross.bsky.social · Sep 6

The Merchant of Death, billionaire Palmer Luckey, rebranded the DOD the Department of War.

Peter Thiel/Palantir gave his company, Andruil, a billion dollars in January.

This is Palmer “I love killer robots” Luckey.

Origin story on rename below, as well as him hanging out with the worst people.

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reggie seidman @ennui.org · 1h

funny, that's what your mom asked when i fucked your dad first

reggie seidman @ennui.org · 1h

"forcing" fuck outta here

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reggie seidman @ennui.org · 1h

the only thing he has going for him is incumbency, but fuck yeah he should retire, bad enough that Leahy retired at 83 and was replaced by the much more sprightly Peter Welch, who is now 78.

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GHOULLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 2h

PRIMARY EVERYONE means you have to win those fucking primaries, open your wallet, get on the streets, do the work. if you want a better democratic party, you will have to fight for it and win it, it will not be given, it will only be taken.

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EL PAÍS América @elpaisamerica.bsky.social · 2h

💜💚 #NewsLetter Americanas | En Bolivia, hemos dado un paso histórico. La Asamblea Legislativa aprobó una ley que prohíbe, sin ninguna excepción, el matrimonio infantil. Por Virginia Velasco dozz.es/z4fks10

Deber cumplido: las niñas bolivianas ya no le pertenecen al matrimonio | Opinión

Bolivia prohibió el matrimonio infantil. Como senadora y como mujer de pollera, lo siento como un compromiso renovado, el de seguir trabajando para que ninguna adolescente tenga que casarse antes de tiempo, y pueda soñar sin miedo

dozz.es

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David C. Simon @davidcsimon.bsky.social · 2h

Crimson Blur.

A blurry photograph of a Crimson Rosella taking off. The bird fills the frame (and then some). The only crisp part of the photo is part of its shoulder and back. Its head is partly in-frame, with its beak and eye discernible. The most striking element is its right wing, heavily blurred by motion, producing a smear of blue, black, and red.

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reggie seidman @ennui.org · 1h

my advice is to go back to college and learn statistics

reggie seidman @ennui.org · 1h

you promise adult content but i only see immature and lazy replies

reggie seidman @ennui.org · 2h

people have agency when they're persuaded to do things

reggie seidman @ennui.org · 2h

true of all people but far more likely for a woman who'd be 85 at the end of her term

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reggie seidman @ennui.org · 2h

because if she pops her clogs mid-term, the Democrats could lose the seat

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reggie seidman @ennui.org · 2h

i question why Mills would let Schumer pull her into the race after he shanked her with Gideon six years ago.

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ericamhartmann.bsky.social @ericamhartmann.bsky.social · 11h

Beautiful piece about microbes, buildings, and health 🤩
www.nature.com/immersive/d4...

The Probiotic Home

Architects and microbiologists are exploring whether making buildings hospitable to friendly microorganisms can improve human health.

www.nature.com

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reggie seidman @ennui.org · 3h

ah i might do that if i start singing. thinking 2026 will be the year of voice lessons.

reggie seidman @ennui.org · 3h

sir that headline is a language crime

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Katie Herrmann @katieherrmann.bsky.social · 3h

Yep. Can verify.

Cop had already separated the carbon copies of ticket (for expired inspection) and handed client his copy.

Client stuffed ticket into his visor, and cop took issue.

Kept yelling at him to sign the ticket again using his "real signature" then arrested him.

Joshua Erlich @joshuaerlich.bsky.social · 9h

i had a client once who was arrested because the cop insisted his signature was a fake signature. he watched the guy sign the summons and insisted he was ... faking a signature?

we lost

T. Greg "Antifa General Counsel (Retired)" Doucette @gregdoucette.bsky.social · 9h

This is yet another reminder that the "you can just walk around with your papers and be fine!" is a lie: the cops routinely claim whatever documentation you provide is invalid

It's racism all the way down

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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 7h

The woman who has secured a restraining order is *different* than the woman who called the cops on Mills back in February and accused him of physical abuse before recanting.