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empath75.bsky.social @empath75.bsky.social · 58m

Who’s Who, basically

empath75.bsky.social @empath75.bsky.social · 1h

For both parties “young” means that you aren’t old enough to be in AARP

empath75.bsky.social @empath75.bsky.social · 1h

The declaration of independence jammed in everything they could think of!

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Paul Waldman @paulwaldman.bsky.social · 2h

So Nazis. They want to give refugee status to Nazis.

OK, maybe not JUST Nazis. Also certain other white people who hate non-white immigration. But Nazis can definitely come.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/u...

The proposals also advise Mr. Trump to prioritize Europeans who have been “targeted for peaceful expression of views online such as opposition to mass migration or support for ‘populist’ political parties.”

That appeared to be a reference to the European far-right political party Alternative for Germany, whose leaders have trivialized the Holocaust, revived Nazi slogans and denigrated foreigners. Vice President JD Vance has criticized Germany for trying to suppress the views of the group, which is known as the AfD.

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empath75.bsky.social @empath75.bsky.social · 1h

Well through the magic or having an actual primary this time, we’ll get to choose our nominee instead of having one thrust upon us at the last minute.

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empath75.bsky.social @empath75.bsky.social · 3h

The famous logic problems that LLM’s fail at are famous _because they are hard_ and a lot of people can’t figure them out. And we are assuming that all people have AGI as a given. They can’t be a valid test for intelligence.

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empath75.bsky.social @empath75.bsky.social · 3h

One problem is that a lot of people conflate reasoning and logic with intelligence, and logic and reasoning are mechanical processes which have been automated by computers for decades. It would be neat if LLMs could do it but it simply can’t require intelligence to do.

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empath75.bsky.social @empath75.bsky.social · 3h

One thing i have been convinced about is that nobody knows what “intelligence” and my evidence for that is that while everyone assumes that humans have it, the tests for LLMs to prove that they have it, most humans would also fail.

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Shannon Vallor @shannonvallor.bsky.social · 12d

No intelligence is general, as the term refers (indirectly & vaguely) to a cluster of distinct capabilities in a given active organism, which vary according to ecological niche, embodiment, cultural valuation and individual variation. We’d get better science by decomposing and testing for these. 3/3

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empath75.bsky.social @empath75.bsky.social · 4h

I think it will, but I also think trump will try to use DHS/the guard to start trouble and this protest will be large enough and angry enough to go tit-for-tat. People should be prepared for ugly scenes especially at night.

empath75.bsky.social @empath75.bsky.social · 6h

Even if they were full of cocaine it’s still murder.

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Jeff Yang @originalsp.in · 17h

Korol is a US citizen. Her family hasn’t heard from her since she was taken, public charges haven’t been released—what crime did she even commit? 2nd-Degree Woodwinding?—and there has been no explanation for her “renditioning” across state lines.

We’ve moved into a new phase of Trump lawlessness.

Jeff Yang @originalsp.in · 17h

A musician, Oriana Korol, was peacefully playing clarinet with her protest band outside ICE facilities in Portland, OR.

When the band started playing “Ghostbusters,” ICE thugs suddenly poured outside, slammed her into the mud, arrested her and took her to a jail 9 miles away in Vancouver, WA.

Musician playing ‘Ghostbusters’ outside ICE facility is arrested by agents

‘Taking us citizens out of state to detain them without charge is a new action from the Feds and should be opposed,’ her band said

www.independent.co.uk

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Full of Contempt @m-theory3.bsky.social · 1d

This is the nation that we are now. This nation is unbelievably sick.

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Steve Mullis @stevemullis.net · 21h

Is this a memorial event or a Comedy Central Roast?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Trump at the Charlie Kirk memorial event: "They fired sniper rifles at ICE agents, and me. But I made a turn at a good time. I made a turn at a good time. Charlie couldn't believe it, actually."

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empath75.bsky.social @empath75.bsky.social · 21h

So — forget the mental health issues. This turns chatgpt into a blackmail machine.

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empath75.bsky.social @empath75.bsky.social · 23h

Presumably the Republicans will play totally fair, so an uncontested primary will be good preparation for the general election by a political neophyte vs an incumbent.

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empath75.bsky.social @empath75.bsky.social · 23h

Also vice versa

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 1d

Based on the video shared by Univision (they've paired it with overhead from ABC), today's attack might be the most chemical gas we've seen feds launch into a neighborhood so far. The clouds are enormous/that's a lot of canisters. Completely engulfing cars and homes.

instagram.com/reel/DPzWnGCklvl

unichicago on Instagram: "Operativo federal termina con gases lacrimógenos en Chicago. Esto es parte de lo que se vivió en la escena. Tienes más información …"

Operativo federal termina con gases lacrimógenos en Chicago. Esto es parte de lo que se vivió en la escena. Tienes más información en nuestra biografía.

www.instagram.com

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empath75.bsky.social @empath75.bsky.social · 1d

Except they are shooting hostages while saying they are going to keep shooting hostages no matter what we do. Real terrorists are better negotiating partners.

empath75.bsky.social @empath75.bsky.social · 1d

The language and justifications they are using for this are about the same language they use to talk about ICE Protests and other protests.

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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 1d

Unless and until some kind of compelling legal and moral argument is presented as to why this is a legitimate use of deadly force, this is just…mass murder.

Amarnath Amarasingam @amaramarasingam.bsky.social · 1d

The military has now killed 27 people as if they were enemy soldiers in a war zone and not criminal suspects. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/u...

U.S. Military Kills Another 6 People in 5th Caribbean Strike, Trump Says

www.nytimes.com

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empath75.bsky.social @empath75.bsky.social · 1d

“Republicans have always been nazis” is the most vacuously stupid critique of people pointing out nazis that you can make.

empath75.bsky.social @empath75.bsky.social · 1d

I used to read the washington post front to back every day. Sad what it has turned into.

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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 1d

Hey news people: I know you like to pretend this doesn't exist, but you need to pay attention to the Nazi drama on Twitter. Basically, it seems as if Elon just restored two major neo-Nazi accounts that were banned by his product head, and might be about to fire the product head for banning them

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empath75.bsky.social @empath75.bsky.social · 1d

But people on bluesky are SO MEAN

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