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· Aug 19
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I have not read enough on this so I don’t know the backgrounds or identities of the shooters but I am reminded of how when there’s a terror attack, the Trumps of the world use it as a chance to say why we need to ban certain people from the country, and they don’t care (because they’re racist) that…
Extraordinary courage from Ahmed al Ahmed, a Muslim, 43-year-old father of two, who bravely risked his life to save his neighbors celebrating Hanukkah.
Praying for his full & speedy recovery.
And so deeply inspired by his example.
Praying for his full & speedy recovery.
And so deeply inspired by his example.
WATCH: Bystander disarms active shooter at Bondi Beach in Sydney
December 14, 2025 at 4:15 PM
I have not read enough on this so I don’t know the backgrounds or identities of the shooters but I am reminded of how when there’s a terror attack, the Trumps of the world use it as a chance to say why we need to ban certain people from the country, and they don’t care (because they’re racist) that…
The principle of institutional forbearance is when a government avoids its most powerful tools for fear of facing those tools when next they’re out of office. But if your party wants to establish itself as a permanent government, you won’t care about restraint
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
ANALYSIS | UCP government keeps blocking or nixing Alberta court challenges. Why? | CBC News
From transgender policies to referendums to "conservative" party names, the Alberta UCP has stepped in where others have feared to tread.
www.cbc.ca
December 14, 2025 at 4:19 PM
The principle of institutional forbearance is when a government avoids its most powerful tools for fear of facing those tools when next they’re out of office. But if your party wants to establish itself as a permanent government, you won’t care about restraint
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Extraordinary courage from Ahmed al Ahmed, a Muslim, 43-year-old father of two, who bravely risked his life to save his neighbors celebrating Hanukkah.
Praying for his full & speedy recovery.
And so deeply inspired by his example.
Praying for his full & speedy recovery.
And so deeply inspired by his example.
December 14, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Extraordinary courage from Ahmed al Ahmed, a Muslim, 43-year-old father of two, who bravely risked his life to save his neighbors celebrating Hanukkah.
Praying for his full & speedy recovery.
And so deeply inspired by his example.
Praying for his full & speedy recovery.
And so deeply inspired by his example.
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Dexy’s Chris Midnight Runners
December 12, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Dexy’s Chris Midnight Runners
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chatgpt is much like an improv comedy group
1) you are the audience, giving it prompts
2) it produces things roughly shaped like your prompt
3) it is trained to respond with Yes, And
4) it has the factual accuracy of improv
5) it does not understand comedy
1) you are the audience, giving it prompts
2) it produces things roughly shaped like your prompt
3) it is trained to respond with Yes, And
4) it has the factual accuracy of improv
5) it does not understand comedy
This is fascinating: www.reddit.com/r/OpenAI/s/I...
Someone “worked on a book with ChatGPT” for weeks and then sought help on Reddit when they couldn’t download the file. Redditors helped them realized ChatGPT had just been roleplaying/lying and there was no file/book…
Someone “worked on a book with ChatGPT” for weeks and then sought help on Reddit when they couldn’t download the file. Redditors helped them realized ChatGPT had just been roleplaying/lying and there was no file/book…
From the OpenAI community on Reddit
Explore this post and more from the OpenAI community
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July 16, 2025 at 9:21 PM
chatgpt is much like an improv comedy group
1) you are the audience, giving it prompts
2) it produces things roughly shaped like your prompt
3) it is trained to respond with Yes, And
4) it has the factual accuracy of improv
5) it does not understand comedy
1) you are the audience, giving it prompts
2) it produces things roughly shaped like your prompt
3) it is trained to respond with Yes, And
4) it has the factual accuracy of improv
5) it does not understand comedy
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In terms of US politics, Bush v. Gore is the defining event of the century. It set the template: a ruthless right that instinctively seeks power & doesn't give a shit about rule of law...and a bunch of hapless, feckless octogenarian Dems worried about the good opinion of centrist opinion columnists.
The 25th anniversary of Bush v Gore is today. The conspiracy mongering & corruption of the GOP has been brewing for a long time.
Roberts, Barrett and Kavanaugh were all on Bush's legal team, where they pushed unfounded legal theories. SC justices were already enmeshed in voter fraud myths.
Roberts, Barrett and Kavanaugh were all on Bush's legal team, where they pushed unfounded legal theories. SC justices were already enmeshed in voter fraud myths.
Here's Sandra Day O'Connor endorsing News Max levels of voter fraud conspiracies in the 2000 election.
December 12, 2025 at 6:53 PM
In terms of US politics, Bush v. Gore is the defining event of the century. It set the template: a ruthless right that instinctively seeks power & doesn't give a shit about rule of law...and a bunch of hapless, feckless octogenarian Dems worried about the good opinion of centrist opinion columnists.
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The beginning
25 years ago today, SCOTUS elected George W Bush president of the United States by blocking completion of a voting canvass in Florida. A subsequent canvass by the Associated Press showed that Bush's rival, Al Gore, had won the race in Florida—and thus the contest for the presidency—by 700 votes.
December 12, 2025 at 2:29 PM
The beginning
Here's one question I'm left with after watching that Puffy documentary.
Who bought a Diddy Dirty Money album? Like, who saw Puff doing songs & live shows with a pair of women singers half his age & thought "This is excellent music that I can't miss"?
Who bought a Diddy Dirty Money album? Like, who saw Puff doing songs & live shows with a pair of women singers half his age & thought "This is excellent music that I can't miss"?
December 12, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Here's one question I'm left with after watching that Puffy documentary.
Who bought a Diddy Dirty Money album? Like, who saw Puff doing songs & live shows with a pair of women singers half his age & thought "This is excellent music that I can't miss"?
Who bought a Diddy Dirty Money album? Like, who saw Puff doing songs & live shows with a pair of women singers half his age & thought "This is excellent music that I can't miss"?
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I just remembered that GenAI audio summaries is how Canada's AI minister Evan Solomon gets his news.
It's hard not to be ranty about this stuff when the people at the top are wilfully blind to flaws with this technology that the rest of us can see so clearly.
macleans.ca/technology-3...
It's hard not to be ranty about this stuff when the people at the top are wilfully blind to flaws with this technology that the rest of us can see so clearly.
macleans.ca/technology-3...
December 12, 2025 at 6:00 PM
I just remembered that GenAI audio summaries is how Canada's AI minister Evan Solomon gets his news.
It's hard not to be ranty about this stuff when the people at the top are wilfully blind to flaws with this technology that the rest of us can see so clearly.
macleans.ca/technology-3...
It's hard not to be ranty about this stuff when the people at the top are wilfully blind to flaws with this technology that the rest of us can see so clearly.
macleans.ca/technology-3...
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This is a short, stunningly important piece of media criticism
CW: Nuzzi
CW: Nuzzi
A major Beltway scandal - Lawyers, Guns & Money
While I’m very happy to see that Simon and Schuster take a massive bath on Olivia Nuzzi’s hilariously reviewed cross between Shattered Glass and Rite Aid brand Joan Didion, I continue to respectfully ...
www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com
December 12, 2025 at 2:41 PM
This is a short, stunningly important piece of media criticism
CW: Nuzzi
CW: Nuzzi
Mickey as Hitler. SA porn starring Daisy Duck & Minnie Mouse. Goofy getting lynched. Porn of Launchpad McQuack SA'ing Pluto. Scrooge McDuck & the triplets getting marched into a gas chamber. Brought to you on X, the Everything App!
BREAKING: Disney is making a $1 billion investment in OpenAI, and will allow its iconic characters to be on the company's Sora AI video generator.
December 11, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Mickey as Hitler. SA porn starring Daisy Duck & Minnie Mouse. Goofy getting lynched. Porn of Launchpad McQuack SA'ing Pluto. Scrooge McDuck & the triplets getting marched into a gas chamber. Brought to you on X, the Everything App!
My wife has spent the last month trying to get a phone upgrade from her provider to hand her old phone down to one of our kids. It's been such a pain in the bureaucracy that we've decided to tell the children that Santa brings your presents but Krampus runs the phone company
December 11, 2025 at 5:42 PM
My wife has spent the last month trying to get a phone upgrade from her provider to hand her old phone down to one of our kids. It's been such a pain in the bureaucracy that we've decided to tell the children that Santa brings your presents but Krampus runs the phone company
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They’re making fetish content with Sora as I speak, OpenAI has limited control over it because jailbreakers are smarter than they ever would be. Cannot stress enough that this is going to end very, very badly for Disney in the “sanctity of our family friendly brand” department
Disney and OpenAI sign a deal to bring 200+ Disney characters to Sora
Disney makes $1 billion investment in OpenAI and will become a "major" OpenAI customer
openai.com/index/disney...
Disney makes $1 billion investment in OpenAI and will become a "major" OpenAI customer
openai.com/index/disney...
December 11, 2025 at 2:58 PM
They’re making fetish content with Sora as I speak, OpenAI has limited control over it because jailbreakers are smarter than they ever would be. Cannot stress enough that this is going to end very, very badly for Disney in the “sanctity of our family friendly brand” department
This is going to turn out about as well as the Don Quixote movie
December 10, 2025 at 9:28 PM
This is going to turn out about as well as the Don Quixote movie
I’m glad that most of the commenters on posts of Gwen Stefani promoting the Hallow app are badgering her that no one should have to pay to pray. It’s an utter insult to God and I can see that without even believing in Gwen’s God
December 10, 2025 at 9:26 PM
I’m glad that most of the commenters on posts of Gwen Stefani promoting the Hallow app are badgering her that no one should have to pay to pray. It’s an utter insult to God and I can see that without even believing in Gwen’s God
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Requiring foreign visitors to hand over 5 years of social media isn’t “security,” it’s unchecked government control.
All-seeing surveillance systems don’t make us safer. They are in direct opposition to our civil liberties.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...
All-seeing surveillance systems don’t make us safer. They are in direct opposition to our civil liberties.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...
Foreign tourists could be required to disclose 5 years of social media histories under Trump administration plan
The Customs and Border Protection proposal would apply even to countries that don't require visas to enter.
www.nbcnews.com
December 10, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Requiring foreign visitors to hand over 5 years of social media isn’t “security,” it’s unchecked government control.
All-seeing surveillance systems don’t make us safer. They are in direct opposition to our civil liberties.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...
All-seeing surveillance systems don’t make us safer. They are in direct opposition to our civil liberties.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...
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Buckle in, we’re doing Romance 101 - Heated Rivalry edition. This is for all the folks showing their ignorance about what Heated Rivalry is doing. Note: Very little of this is my original thoughts. These things are Known.
December 10, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Buckle in, we’re doing Romance 101 - Heated Rivalry edition. This is for all the folks showing their ignorance about what Heated Rivalry is doing. Note: Very little of this is my original thoughts. These things are Known.
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Another direct similarity between Smith and Trump: openness to using governmental power to help charlatans with their grifts.
As someone who has experienced both Peterson Academy (one week) and an accredited Alberta university (5 years, oops) it is striking to me that Albertan officials were discussing "transferability." The most rigorous testing PA did is an AI-generated multiple choice quiz. thetyee.ca/News/2025/12...
Jordan Peterson’s School Isn’t Accredited. Smith Offered Alberta’s Help | The Tyee
The premier met with the controversial psychologist and tried to help his business, finds a Tyee investigation.
thetyee.ca
December 10, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Another direct similarity between Smith and Trump: openness to using governmental power to help charlatans with their grifts.
There is no use case I can imagine for this that would be psychologically healthy for anyone involved
IN DEPTH | If you could speak to your dead grandmother forever, would you?
If you could speak to your dead grandmother forever, would you?
www.independent.co.uk
December 10, 2025 at 6:49 PM
There is no use case I can imagine for this that would be psychologically healthy for anyone involved
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The Texas Supreme Court said in October that judges may decline to perform marriages based on their religious beliefs.
In response, Denise Hernández, a queer Latina judge, threw a Big Gay Wedding Party. With the @19thnews.org, we sent a fabulous photographer.
thebarbedwire.com/2025/12/10/b...
In response, Denise Hernández, a queer Latina judge, threw a Big Gay Wedding Party. With the @19thnews.org, we sent a fabulous photographer.
thebarbedwire.com/2025/12/10/b...
‘Love is the Only Motherf****** Way’: Big Queer Wedding Party Celebrates LGBTQ+ Joy and Resilience in Texas
the flower-filled Austin event honored the queer community’s commitment to “hold each other up” in dark times.
thebarbedwire.com
December 10, 2025 at 3:51 PM
The Texas Supreme Court said in October that judges may decline to perform marriages based on their religious beliefs.
In response, Denise Hernández, a queer Latina judge, threw a Big Gay Wedding Party. With the @19thnews.org, we sent a fabulous photographer.
thebarbedwire.com/2025/12/10/b...
In response, Denise Hernández, a queer Latina judge, threw a Big Gay Wedding Party. With the @19thnews.org, we sent a fabulous photographer.
thebarbedwire.com/2025/12/10/b...
This used to be the dominant ideology of the United States as a society of racist conquest & slavery. The Trump 2.0 era strikes me as the last, desperate, violent thrust of those who've held onto that ideology despite the last two centuries to strangle what's now the majority into submission
Would have been unthinkable before it happened-just one of a thousand bits of evidence that the architecture of what America has long thought of itself is rapidly imploding.
www.justsecurity.org/126649/does-...
www.justsecurity.org/126649/does-...
Does the United States Still Oppose Torture?
The U.S. voted against the UNGA's torture resolution, breaking decades of consensus and raising questions about its human rights stance.
www.justsecurity.org
December 10, 2025 at 6:19 PM
This used to be the dominant ideology of the United States as a society of racist conquest & slavery. The Trump 2.0 era strikes me as the last, desperate, violent thrust of those who've held onto that ideology despite the last two centuries to strangle what's now the majority into submission
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The people of the US mostly still oppose torture; the Trump Administration and its Stasi/gestapo do not.
Would have been unthinkable before it happened-just one of a thousand bits of evidence that the architecture of what America has long thought of itself is rapidly imploding.
www.justsecurity.org/126649/does-...
www.justsecurity.org/126649/does-...
Does the United States Still Oppose Torture?
The U.S. voted against the UNGA's torture resolution, breaking decades of consensus and raising questions about its human rights stance.
www.justsecurity.org
December 10, 2025 at 4:23 PM
The people of the US mostly still oppose torture; the Trump Administration and its Stasi/gestapo do not.
The government that just used Canada’s most dangerous constitutional weapon to ban health care & school recognition of a minority is looking to help a far-right radical legitimize what will likely be the most pretentious extremist hub in modern fascism
Exclusive - Danielle Smith and Rob Anderson intervened on behalf of Jordan Peterson's online school in a concerted attempt to grant it accreditation in Alberta.
Jordan Peterson's School Isn't Accredited. Smith Offered Alberta's Help via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2025/12...
Jordan Peterson's School Isn't Accredited. Smith Offered Alberta's Help via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2025/12...
Jordan Peterson’s School Isn’t Accredited. Smith Offered Alberta’s Help | The Tyee
The premier met with the controversial psychologist and tried to help his business, finds a Tyee investigation.
thetyee.ca
December 10, 2025 at 6:08 PM
The government that just used Canada’s most dangerous constitutional weapon to ban health care & school recognition of a minority is looking to help a far-right radical legitimize what will likely be the most pretentious extremist hub in modern fascism
Last night I watched the first 90 minutes of that documentary series 50 Cent made, and now I’m pretty sure Puff did kill Tupac Shakur
December 10, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Last night I watched the first 90 minutes of that documentary series 50 Cent made, and now I’m pretty sure Puff did kill Tupac Shakur
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“I am so bored by AI. One of the things I love about the theatre is AI can’t do it.”
Ethan Hawke is a dude 👌🏻
Ethan Hawke is a dude 👌🏻
December 9, 2025 at 8:36 PM
“I am so bored by AI. One of the things I love about the theatre is AI can’t do it.”
Ethan Hawke is a dude 👌🏻
Ethan Hawke is a dude 👌🏻