jwwr
@jwwr.bsky.social
What they call an ‘applied’ social scientist. Disciple of Brandolini's Law. Also captivated by invariably BS-infused politics and media, which is a bit of a contradiction. The only ‘abundance’ is stupidity. Everything else is precious. Long-termist.
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I found a flowchart which helps you navigate the IT landscape
October 1, 2025 at 6:22 PM
I found a flowchart which helps you navigate the IT landscape
For anybody who doesn't understand the magnitude of the US industrial decline, have a virtual drive around this Detroit suburb in Street View: share.google/DDGnz6AnLLJJ...
Every one of these houses would be worth millions in Australia.
Every one of these houses would be worth millions in Australia.
November 30, 2025 at 11:41 PM
For anybody who doesn't understand the magnitude of the US industrial decline, have a virtual drive around this Detroit suburb in Street View: share.google/DDGnz6AnLLJJ...
Every one of these houses would be worth millions in Australia.
Every one of these houses would be worth millions in Australia.
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Delighted to attend launch of the Movement for Progressive Judaism: the merger between the Reform & Liberal denominations and a powerful new voice in our nation’s private and public life for universal values of human dignity & social justice. Humanists share them & I look forward to working together
November 30, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Delighted to attend launch of the Movement for Progressive Judaism: the merger between the Reform & Liberal denominations and a powerful new voice in our nation’s private and public life for universal values of human dignity & social justice. Humanists share them & I look forward to working together
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Finally! A benefit to AI
Loving that AI productivity boost!
"the more artificial intelligence is used within a law firm, the more lawyers are needed to vet the technology’s outputs."
www.afr.com/companies/pr...
"the more artificial intelligence is used within a law firm, the more lawyers are needed to vet the technology’s outputs."
www.afr.com/companies/pr...
Use of AI ‘tech stacks’ driving demand for lawyers
The more artificial intelligence is used within a law firm, the more professionals are needed to vet the technology’s outputs.
www.afr.com
November 30, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Finally! A benefit to AI
"Activists lock on to coal equipment during Rising Tide protest in Newcastle"
This is effective action.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
This is effective action.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Australia news live: activists lock onto Newcastle coal loader; energy regulator warns about stability of grid if Eraring closes in 2027
Follow live
www.theguardian.com
November 30, 2025 at 11:30 PM
"Activists lock on to coal equipment during Rising Tide protest in Newcastle"
This is effective action.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
This is effective action.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Does anybody remember back in the 1990s, when everyone was freaking out because they discovered you could log on with your dial-up connection and download something called the “terrorist handbook“?
Simpler times.
Simpler times.
Poems Can Trick AI Into Helping You Make a Nuclear Weapon
It turns out all the guardrails in the world won’t protect a chatbot from meter and rhyme.
www.wired.com
November 30, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Does anybody remember back in the 1990s, when everyone was freaking out because they discovered you could log on with your dial-up connection and download something called the “terrorist handbook“?
Simpler times.
Simpler times.
The commentariat is desperate, folks.
When a president tries to change a democracy into an authoritarian regime, it's an inherently precarious position.
Trump has been acting as if he had consolidated a hybrid regime, but the truth of the matter is that he hasn't. Now that Republicans smell weakness, they're openly opposing him.
Trump has been acting as if he had consolidated a hybrid regime, but the truth of the matter is that he hasn't. Now that Republicans smell weakness, they're openly opposing him.
Rep. Mike Turner on the double strike to comply with Hegseth's orders: "If that occurred, that would be very serious and I agree that would be an illegal act…This is completely outside of anything that has been discussed with Congress and there is an ongoing investigation."
November 30, 2025 at 8:52 PM
The commentariat is desperate, folks.
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Western Australians are facing “gas shortages” within 5 years, despite 90% of WAs gas being exported!
Woodside have supplied just 3% of Pluto gas to the domestic market.
The WA government always puts the interests of Big Gas ahead of Western Australians.
Woodside have supplied just 3% of Pluto gas to the domestic market.
The WA government always puts the interests of Big Gas ahead of Western Australians.
November 30, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Western Australians are facing “gas shortages” within 5 years, despite 90% of WAs gas being exported!
Woodside have supplied just 3% of Pluto gas to the domestic market.
The WA government always puts the interests of Big Gas ahead of Western Australians.
Woodside have supplied just 3% of Pluto gas to the domestic market.
The WA government always puts the interests of Big Gas ahead of Western Australians.
And of course, by ‘biased’ they mean any journalist or media outlet that acknowledges the overwhelming evidence that Trump is a child rapist, a rapist of adult women, a violent abuser, massively corrupt, a war criminal, and likely suffering worsening dementia.
White House launches website to excoriate media for ‘biased’ stories
Trump administration lists reporting it objects to in latest escalation of attacks on US journalism
www.theguardian.com
November 30, 2025 at 8:48 PM
And of course, by ‘biased’ they mean any journalist or media outlet that acknowledges the overwhelming evidence that Trump is a child rapist, a rapist of adult women, a violent abuser, massively corrupt, a war criminal, and likely suffering worsening dementia.
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Between diffusion models and LLMs, tech has inflated a trillion dollar bubble around automating activities that have immense social and cultural capital—writing, art, photography—but little actual capital. It’s harmful to education, culture, and society with minimal overall benefit
November 30, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Between diffusion models and LLMs, tech has inflated a trillion dollar bubble around automating activities that have immense social and cultural capital—writing, art, photography—but little actual capital. It’s harmful to education, culture, and society with minimal overall benefit
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A huge fireball exploded at a waste facility in an Australian suburb in western Sydney, sending flames 100 metres into the sky. Authorities are investigating the fire’s cause, but say a chemical tank exploded in the blaze, sending concrete debris flying and causing damage to nearby buildings.
November 30, 2025 at 11:58 AM
A huge fireball exploded at a waste facility in an Australian suburb in western Sydney, sending flames 100 metres into the sky. Authorities are investigating the fire’s cause, but say a chemical tank exploded in the blaze, sending concrete debris flying and causing damage to nearby buildings.
‘Surprisingly’
Three years into the generative-AI wave, demand for the technology seems surprisingly flimsy
Investors expect AI use to soar. That’s not happening
Recent surveys point to flatlining business adoption
econ.st
November 30, 2025 at 11:51 AM
‘Surprisingly’
Israeli government militias attack and wound civilians.
Settlers armed with IDF weapons attack West Bank Palestinians; one woman reported wounded
Israeli Settlers Shot a Young Palestinian Woman in the Thigh in a Village Near Bethlehem on Saturday Morning, According to the Palestinian Red Crescent. Three Young Settlers Were Seen Trespassing Near...
www.haaretz.com
November 30, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Israeli government militias attack and wound civilians.
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During WWII a German vessel fired upon sailors floating in the sea after the Greek vessel Peleus was sunk. The officers were tried and convicted in the Peleus War Crimes trial.
November 29, 2025 at 7:54 PM
During WWII a German vessel fired upon sailors floating in the sea after the Greek vessel Peleus was sunk. The officers were tried and convicted in the Peleus War Crimes trial.
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He’s taking a battering.
France’s far-right leader hit by egg, days after flour attack
French far-right leader hit on the head with an egg
Jordan Bardella, leader of France’s far-right National Rally party, was hit on the head with an egg Saturday, just days after another incident in which a protester threw flour at him.
www.ctvnews.ca
November 30, 2025 at 7:15 AM
He’s taking a battering.
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Love Science, Study Science, Use Science poster, China, 1980
November 30, 2025 at 9:37 AM
Love Science, Study Science, Use Science poster, China, 1980
Killer zombie in the White House.
So yes, this pic (and the enlargement) was taken today.
Yikes!
🧟♂️
Yikes!
🧟♂️
November 30, 2025 at 5:49 AM
Killer zombie in the White House.
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What a headline. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/n...
The Ex-President Whom Trump Plans to Pardon Flooded America With Cocaine
www.nytimes.com
November 30, 2025 at 2:04 AM
What a headline. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/n...
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Imagine posing for a photographer friend who sells your image to iStock and a year later, you see this is what The Washington Post has done with the image of you walking on a beautiful fall day
November 29, 2025 at 6:02 AM
Imagine posing for a photographer friend who sells your image to iStock and a year later, you see this is what The Washington Post has done with the image of you walking on a beautiful fall day
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France’s far-right leader hit by egg, days after flour attack
French far-right leader hit on the head with an egg
Jordan Bardella, leader of France’s far-right National Rally party, was hit on the head with an egg Saturday, just days after another incident in which a protester threw flour at him.
www.ctvnews.ca
November 29, 2025 at 11:31 PM
France’s far-right leader hit by egg, days after flour attack
Yeah, that’s grounds for an immediate disengagement and blacklsit on citations from me.
I don’t know if anyone else notices or cares, but when I see a presentation in which the speaker uses obviously generated-AI images to illustrate their slides, it makes me immediately less confident in whatever other content they’re presenting.
November 30, 2025 at 1:31 AM
Yeah, that’s grounds for an immediate disengagement and blacklsit on citations from me.
Kick the back of my seat one more time mf
November 30, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Kick the back of my seat one more time mf
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VINDICATED ❤️VANESSA
Zionism is a brutal racist regime.
Vanessa Redgrave said this before anyone dared speak out 50 years ago.
This became one of the most controversial Oscar moments in history‼️
Zionism is a brutal racist regime.
Vanessa Redgrave said this before anyone dared speak out 50 years ago.
This became one of the most controversial Oscar moments in history‼️
November 29, 2025 at 11:37 PM
VINDICATED ❤️VANESSA
Zionism is a brutal racist regime.
Vanessa Redgrave said this before anyone dared speak out 50 years ago.
This became one of the most controversial Oscar moments in history‼️
Zionism is a brutal racist regime.
Vanessa Redgrave said this before anyone dared speak out 50 years ago.
This became one of the most controversial Oscar moments in history‼️
"More than 70,000 killed in Gaza since Israel offensive began, Hamas-run health ministry says"
Our governments are failing us.
Our governments are failing us.
More than 70,000 killed in Gaza since Israel offensive began, Hamas-run health ministry says
Two young brothers were among the latest killed - reportedly in an Israeli air strike as the Gaza ceasefire remains fragile.
www.bbc.com
November 29, 2025 at 11:35 PM
"More than 70,000 killed in Gaza since Israel offensive began, Hamas-run health ministry says"
Our governments are failing us.
Our governments are failing us.