Donna Dierker
@donnadierker.bsky.social
Brain mapping comedy junkie
St. Louis, MO
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This is immoral. Who is this serving?
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Green Card Interviews End in Handcuffs for Spouses of U.S. Citizens
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November 27, 2025 at 11:48 AM
This is immoral. Who is this serving?
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“Quentin has separated more women from their shoes than the TSA." --Brad Pitt
Got my tickets to Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair next weekend.
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Got my tickets to Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair next weekend.
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Uma Thurman warned Maya Hawke to keep her shoes on when working with Quentin Tarantino
Maya Hawke has revealed the advice mother Uma Thurman gave her for working with director Quentin Tarantino.
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November 27, 2025 at 11:32 AM
“Quentin has separated more women from their shoes than the TSA." --Brad Pitt
Got my tickets to Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair next weekend.
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Got my tickets to Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair next weekend.
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'You learn to be happy in spite of things. And therein lies the secret: learning how to accept people as they are, sometimes in spite of who they are.'
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Opinion | Life Is Too Short to Fight With Your Family
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November 27, 2025 at 11:26 AM
'You learn to be happy in spite of things. And therein lies the secret: learning how to accept people as they are, sometimes in spite of who they are.'
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My top 10 MST3K episodes (at the moment). See MST3K wiki (mst3k.fandom.com/wiki/Mystery...) for more info.
November 27, 2025 at 11:06 AM
My top 10 MST3K episodes (at the moment). See MST3K wiki (mst3k.fandom.com/wiki/Mystery...) for more info.
Where to get your MST3K fix today (Turkey Day):
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MST3K
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November 27, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Where to get your MST3K fix today (Turkey Day):
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“In my generation, you had to have a lot of vision to want to work on AGI, and you had to be very stubborn,” [Goertzel] says. “Now it’s almost, like, what your grandma tells you to do to get a job instead of being a business major.”
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How AGI became the most consequential conspiracy theory of our time
The idea that machines will be as smart as—or smarter than—humans has hijacked an entire industry. But look closely and you’ll see it’s a myth that persists for many of the same reasons conspiracies d...
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November 27, 2025 at 10:29 AM
“In my generation, you had to have a lot of vision to want to work on AGI, and you had to be very stubborn,” [Goertzel] says. “Now it’s almost, like, what your grandma tells you to do to get a job instead of being a business major.”
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Maybe they send Witkoff for compulsary, but fruitless visits (Putin will demand Ukraine become a province of Russia, for the 10th time.) Send Rubio to do real negotiations?
Rubio changes the tack of Trump’s Ukraine negotiations after week of chaos
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Rubio changes the tack of Trump’s Ukraine negotiations after week of chaos
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Rubio changes the tack of Trump’s Ukraine negotiations after week of chaos
The administration’s shifting messaging on Ukraine underscores Trump’s preference for nontraditional policy coordination
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November 27, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Maybe they send Witkoff for compulsary, but fruitless visits (Putin will demand Ukraine become a province of Russia, for the 10th time.) Send Rubio to do real negotiations?
Rubio changes the tack of Trump’s Ukraine negotiations after week of chaos
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Rubio changes the tack of Trump’s Ukraine negotiations after week of chaos
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Aiming for humble theories seems obvious to me.
Like stepping stones to get across the stream.
If we wait for a theory that lets us cross in one step, the wait could be long.
Biyu He: On the role of theories in consciousness science
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Like stepping stones to get across the stream.
If we wait for a theory that lets us cross in one step, the wait could be long.
Biyu He: On the role of theories in consciousness science
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
On the role of theories in consciousness science - Communications Psychology
Consciousness Science is entering an age of unprecedented opportunity, thanks to recent empirical and theoretical advances, increasing interest in the topic, and technological advances in neuroscience...
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November 27, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Aiming for humble theories seems obvious to me.
Like stepping stones to get across the stream.
If we wait for a theory that lets us cross in one step, the wait could be long.
Biyu He: On the role of theories in consciousness science
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
Like stepping stones to get across the stream.
If we wait for a theory that lets us cross in one step, the wait could be long.
Biyu He: On the role of theories in consciousness science
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
“They’re stuck in a jail, in solitary confinement, without treatment. Being in those conditions is only going to exacerbate their existing illness.”
Messenger: Lawsuit aims to fix the 'horrific' mental health crisis in Missouri jails
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Messenger: Lawsuit aims to fix the 'horrific' mental health crisis in Missouri jails
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Messenger: Lawsuit aims to fix the 'horrific' mental health crisis in Missouri jails
“What we’re doing to the most vulnerable people in our state is really horrific.”
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November 26, 2025 at 1:17 PM
“They’re stuck in a jail, in solitary confinement, without treatment. Being in those conditions is only going to exacerbate their existing illness.”
Messenger: Lawsuit aims to fix the 'horrific' mental health crisis in Missouri jails
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Messenger: Lawsuit aims to fix the 'horrific' mental health crisis in Missouri jails
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"Still, Gilliam remains characteristically unruffled. “The world doesn’t always give me what I want,” [Gilliam] shrugs, “but sometimes it gives me something better.”
Hoping he gets what he wants AND something better.
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Hoping he gets what he wants AND something better.
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Terry Gilliam Confronts His Most Absurd Legacy: ‘I’m Responsible for QAnon’
Terry Gilliam revisits 'Fear and Loathing’s' warped legacy and his curious bond with Stanley Kubrick.
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November 26, 2025 at 12:48 PM
"Still, Gilliam remains characteristically unruffled. “The world doesn’t always give me what I want,” [Gilliam] shrugs, “but sometimes it gives me something better.”
Hoping he gets what he wants AND something better.
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Hoping he gets what he wants AND something better.
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I had given up on this. Hope it is actually happening.
Robert Pattinson’s The Batman 2 Gets Exciting Filming Update
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Robert Pattinson’s The Batman 2 Gets Exciting Filming Update
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Robert Pattinson’s The Batman 2 Gets Exciting Filming Update
Little is known about DC’s upcoming The Batman Part II, but a new update suggests that filming on the production will soon begin.
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November 26, 2025 at 12:42 PM
I had given up on this. Hope it is actually happening.
Robert Pattinson’s The Batman 2 Gets Exciting Filming Update
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Robert Pattinson’s The Batman 2 Gets Exciting Filming Update
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A mathematical ceiling limits generative AI to amateur-level creativity
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A mathematical ceiling limits generative AI to amateur-level creativity
A new study argues that the algorithms driving tools like ChatGPT impose a hard limit on originality. By prioritizing probable answers, these models are structurally confined to producing amateur-leve...
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November 26, 2025 at 12:33 PM
A mathematical ceiling limits generative AI to amateur-level creativity
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Peter Dinklage and Rian Johnson? I'm in.
OK, What's Actually Going On With Peter Dinklage After Poker Face Got Canceled And Rumors Swirled?
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OK, What's Actually Going On With Peter Dinklage After Poker Face Got Canceled And Rumors Swirled?
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OK, What's Actually Going On With Peter Dinklage After Poker Face Got Canceled And Rumors Swirled?
Where does that rumored “wild swing” continuation stand?
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November 25, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Peter Dinklage and Rian Johnson? I'm in.
OK, What's Actually Going On With Peter Dinklage After Poker Face Got Canceled And Rumors Swirled?
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OK, What's Actually Going On With Peter Dinklage After Poker Face Got Canceled And Rumors Swirled?
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Forensic accounting enlightened many investigations, I'm sure.
Well done, Brits!
Britain unravels money-laundering web feeding Russia’s war in Ukraine
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Well done, Brits!
Britain unravels money-laundering web feeding Russia’s war in Ukraine
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Britain unravels money-laundering web feeding Russia’s war in Ukraine
A billion-dollar money-laundering network in Britain bought a bank in Kyrgyzstan to help Russia evade Western sanctions and funnel funds to its war in Ukraine, UK police said on Friday. The group used...
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November 25, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Forensic accounting enlightened many investigations, I'm sure.
Well done, Brits!
Britain unravels money-laundering web feeding Russia’s war in Ukraine
www.france24.com/en/europe/20...
Well done, Brits!
Britain unravels money-laundering web feeding Russia’s war in Ukraine
www.france24.com/en/europe/20...
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Dr. B.S. strikes many times.
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The Editor Got a Letter From ‘Dr. B.S.’ So Did a Lot of Other Editors.
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November 24, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Dr. B.S. strikes many times.
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Attention all personnel: Tonight's movies are and "Greed" and The "Major" was a "Miner" starring Frank "There Goes My Transfer" Burns, Charlie Brown
November 24, 2025 at 4:17 AM
Attention all personnel: Tonight's movies are and "Greed" and The "Major" was a "Miner" starring Frank "There Goes My Transfer" Burns, Charlie Brown
I've been a Dexter fan for many years, but I only recently found out about these short, online animated bits. I enjoyed them.
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Dexter Early Cuts: Dark Echo - YouTube
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November 23, 2025 at 11:18 PM
I've been a Dexter fan for many years, but I only recently found out about these short, online animated bits. I enjoyed them.
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Reminds me of the Beslan school siege in 2004.
Over 300 people were killed, including 186 children.
It was awful and I can't forget it.
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Over 300 people were killed, including 186 children.
It was awful and I can't forget it.
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Nigeria sees one of worst mass abductions as 315 taken from school
The kidnapping comes amid a surge of attacks by armed groups in the African nation.
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November 23, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Reminds me of the Beslan school siege in 2004.
Over 300 people were killed, including 186 children.
It was awful and I can't forget it.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Over 300 people were killed, including 186 children.
It was awful and I can't forget it.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
"These models are being hyped up, and we're investing more than we should," said Daron Acemoglu, an economist at MIT, who was awarded the 2024 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences.
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Here's why concerns about an AI bubble are bigger than ever
Tech companies are pouring billions into AI chips and data centers. Increasingly, they are relying on debt and risky tactics. Financial analysts are worried there's a bubble that will soon pop.
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November 23, 2025 at 2:08 PM
"These models are being hyped up, and we're investing more than we should," said Daron Acemoglu, an economist at MIT, who was awarded the 2024 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences.
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I'm sure Steve Witkoff is better at making real estate deals, and Rubio is busy Bibi-sitting and Maduro minding. But I share the senators' concerns about this Russia-Ukraine "peace" plan.
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US senators slam Trump’s Russia-Ukraine peace plan as rewarding aggression
A group of American senators critical of President Donald Trump panned a U.S. peace proposal on Ukraine at an international security conference in Canada
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November 23, 2025 at 2:06 PM
I'm sure Steve Witkoff is better at making real estate deals, and Rubio is busy Bibi-sitting and Maduro minding. But I share the senators' concerns about this Russia-Ukraine "peace" plan.
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Scientists Find a Way to Help the Brain Clear Alzheimer’s Plaques Naturally
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Scientists Find a Way to Help the Brain Clear Alzheimer’s Plaques Naturally
Scientists have discovered that the brain may have a built-in way to fight Alzheimer’s.
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November 23, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Scientists Find a Way to Help the Brain Clear Alzheimer’s Plaques Naturally
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