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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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PortiaMcGonagal @portiamcgonagal.bsky.social · 11h

“The House speaker is losing control of his party”

Three More GOP Reps Split From Mike Johnson Over Shutdown - The New Republic

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Three More GOP Reps Split From Mike Johnson Over Shutdown — The New Republic

The House speaker is losing control of his party.

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ceej @ceej.online · 5h

caught my vampire neighbor creeping through my front door. he claims my saying “for sure dude, we should definitely hang out sometime” the other night counts as an invitation, but I disagree. we’re on hold with the etiquette hotline

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Shane Burley (Blue Sky Edition) @shaneburley.bsky.social · 4h

Shout out to the Naked Bikeride who today ran hundreds of naked people directly through the line of federal officers and effectively blocked them from assaulting demonstrators. Being naked on a bike goes on the list of effective tactics if you get at least 500 of them and the city loves you.

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Illiterate Autodidact 🇵🇸🙂👍🇮🇱☹👎 @cigaretteliker.bsky.social · 14h

The virgin AGI existential risk vs the chad global warming

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Greg Greene (he/him/his) @greene.haus · 5d

Ah, @brianbeutler.bsky.social sees the gambit too:

“I don’t think most Dem critics of the court have thought through how this approach can be used to give Trump a one-time only pass to break laws and steal spoils that will never apply, under their eventual precedents, to future administrations.”

The Supreme Court's Dastardly Plan Makes Court Reform Obligatory

If Democrats can't avoid the trap Republican justices are setting, we'll never recover from the Trump fiasco.

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reggie seidman @ennui.org · 5h

"Sure, Lisa, a wonderful, magical vegetable."

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Meredith Shiner @meredithshiner.com · 5h

It’s impossible to overstate how much “abolish ice” is the normie position now here in chicago — just countless random moms at toddler soccer on a park district field asking me where I bought my anti-ice t-shirt. average people don’t like our neighborhoods being terrorized.

laura olin @lauraolin.bsky.social · 12h

A friend ran the Chicago marathon today and said he couldn’t count the number of FUCK ICE signs along the way.

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reggie seidman @ennui.org · 5h

The gas is my fault from eating too much pepperoni.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 8h

Matt Stoller being very Matt Stoller, calling someone else a "classic left poseur snob"

Matt Stoller being eviscerated by @dieworkwear.bsky.social

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rev. howard arson @theophite.bsky.social · 8h

I Am Not Taking Health Advice From Second Century Forum Posts

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reggie seidman @ennui.org · 5h

Excuse me are you trying to tell me she didn't actually fling pepperoni slices like delicious shuriken into my watering mouth

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rev. howard arson @theophite.bsky.social · 5h

i have a, uh, complex relationship to the idea that a general disdain for the citizens of the gulf monarchies is precisely racism, mostly resulting from the disappearance of every Saudi rape suspect i ever worked with (3) from the country before charges were brought

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reggie seidman @ennui.org · 5h

¡Yo quiero lentejas!

reggie seidman @ennui.org · 5h

Exactly, you've figured it out, good job.

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reggie seidman @ennui.org · 5h

How much do you want to bet on this?

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M. Nolan Gray 🥑 @mnolangray.bsky.social · 13h

By popular demand, @aceckhouse.bsky.social and I have put together a deep-in-the-weeds explainer on SB 79. Enjoy!
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Everything You Need To Know About SB 79

…but were too afraid to read about in the actual bill.

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reggie seidman @ennui.org · 6h

My wife liked it but it's... not at all like The Martian.

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Jay Rosen @jayrosen.bsky.social · 6h

I have always loved @propublica.org's mission statement. It speaks to method as much as mission, and does not shrink from describling their journalism as a moral undertaking. www.propublica.org/about/