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John Craig Hammond

@johncraighammond.bsky.social

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Associate Professor of History, Penn State Enslavement, Emancipation, and Empire in North America, 1750 - 1820 https://www.pennpress.org/9781512828429/the-centrality-of-slavery/ https://sites.psu.edu/jch24/

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John Craig Hammond @johncraighammond.bsky.social · 4h

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John Craig Hammond @johncraighammond.bsky.social · 4h

Locker Room Talk 2.0.

John Craig Hammond @johncraighammond.bsky.social · 7h

What an experience. Pre-match, about 150 Americans met at a park in Lyon for a mass of pick-up matches. The experience in Lyon was transformative for my daughters. Thanks, Ladies.

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Gillian Brockell @gbrockell.bsky.social · 8h

OpenAI 2024: We're going to cure cancer with AGI.

OpenAI 2025: Please buy our sex slave that may drive you insane.

Matt Burgess (WIRED) @mattburgess1.bsky.social · 1d

Oh good, ChatGPT is getting "erotica for verified adults" later this year

We made ChatGPT pretty restrictive to make sure we were being careful with mental health issues. We realize this made it less useful/enjoyable to many users who had no mental health problems, but given the seriousness of the issue we wanted to get this right.

Now that we have been able to mitigate the serious mental health issues and have new tools, we are going to be able to safely relax the restrictions in most cases.

In a few weeks, we plan to put out a new version of ChatGPT that allows people to have a personality that behaves more like what people liked about 4o (we hope it will be better!). If you want your ChatGPT to respond in a very human-like way, or use a ton of emoji, or act like a friend, ChatGPT should do it (but only if you want it, not because we are usage-maxxing).

In December, as we roll out age-gating more fully and as part of our “treat adult users like adults” principle, we will allow even more, like erotica for verified adults.

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John Craig Hammond @johncraighammond.bsky.social · 23h

Never worked an honest day's labor; never missed a meal.

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John Craig Hammond @johncraighammond.bsky.social · 23h

You can't get what you don't ask for.

John Craig Hammond @johncraighammond.bsky.social · 23h

He's worth $24 million. Like all good psychos, I am sure he is charming as well when he is courting them.

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John Craig Hammond @johncraighammond.bsky.social · 23h

Well said, sir.

John Craig Hammond @johncraighammond.bsky.social · 23h

"The couple started dating in November 2021, when she was 22 years old and Mills was 41."
Wierd. Creepy wierdo.

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John Craig Hammond @johncraighammond.bsky.social · 1d

Never had the makings of a varsity athlete

John Craig Hammond @johncraighammond.bsky.social · 1d

Grown up Eric Cartmans

John Craig Hammond @johncraighammond.bsky.social · 1d

What is he, 20?

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John Craig Hammond @johncraighammond.bsky.social · 2d

The Vibe economy

John Craig Hammond @johncraighammond.bsky.social · 2d

What about democracy? The alliteration is begging for it. Begging for democracy to roundit out.

John Craig Hammond @johncraighammond.bsky.social · 2d

We are living in a Sopranos episode, with the DiMeo family in charge.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jBD6...

Columbus Day - The Sopranos HD

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John Craig Hammond @johncraighammond.bsky.social · 2d

Radiohead sucks.
The Great Gatsby is great in theory; terrible in execution.

John Craig Hammond @johncraighammond.bsky.social · 2d

Go Bucks' democracy!

John Craig Hammond @johncraighammond.bsky.social · 2d

Excellent on multiple levels. Someone in 1939 had an interesting and timely read.

John Craig Hammond @johncraighammond.bsky.social · 2d

Hey, It's Columbus Day! "List to this ..."
"Stop blowing your nose, I wanna hear this"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jBD6...

Columbus Day - The Sopranos HD

YouTube video by TonySoprano

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John Craig Hammond @johncraighammond.bsky.social · 2d

All while closing seven branch campuses that overwhelmingly serve first gen and rural students. Ask me how I know.

John Craig Hammond @johncraighammond.bsky.social · 4d

This pretty much sums up the article.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jBD6...

Columbus Day - The Sopranos HD

YouTube video by TonySoprano

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John Craig Hammond @johncraighammond.bsky.social · 5d

Throw in the "Montgomery Burns Award for Outstanding Achievement in the Field of Excellence."

John Craig Hammond @johncraighammond.bsky.social · 5d

AI in the classroom is well-loved by professors who don't want to put in the time and effort necessary for effective teaching.

John Craig Hammond @johncraighammond.bsky.social · 5d

Johnny Cash was a proud Christian, Anti-Fascist.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=oDd3...

Johnny Cash - Man in Black (The Best Of The Johnny Cash TV Show)

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John Craig Hammond @johncraighammond.bsky.social · 5d

* Old Testament leavened with New Testament love.

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