Stephen Williamson
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In Western Australia, news editors see record breaking high temperatures as a justification for bikini photos
Not an opportunity for good journalism to foster discussion on fate of our planet in relation to #climatechange
Every time
Brain dead humans
Hottest start to summer in #Perth on record
Not an opportunity for good journalism to foster discussion on fate of our planet in relation to #climatechange
Every time
Brain dead humans
Hottest start to summer in #Perth on record
December 1, 2025 at 7:58 AM
In Western Australia, news editors see record breaking high temperatures as a justification for bikini photos
Not an opportunity for good journalism to foster discussion on fate of our planet in relation to #climatechange
Every time
Brain dead humans
Hottest start to summer in #Perth on record
Not an opportunity for good journalism to foster discussion on fate of our planet in relation to #climatechange
Every time
Brain dead humans
Hottest start to summer in #Perth on record
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The "Just so you know" for today:
Trump MAGA is also Trump's informal domestic terror network.
I'm glad we were able to clear that up.
Trump MAGA is also Trump's informal domestic terror network.
I'm glad we were able to clear that up.
December 1, 2025 at 9:41 AM
The "Just so you know" for today:
Trump MAGA is also Trump's informal domestic terror network.
I'm glad we were able to clear that up.
Trump MAGA is also Trump's informal domestic terror network.
I'm glad we were able to clear that up.
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For context the 'Middle England' referred to here is the 0.5% of households living in homes worth more than £2 million
November 30, 2025 at 10:27 PM
For context the 'Middle England' referred to here is the 0.5% of households living in homes worth more than £2 million
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i like the idea of a game that is mostly complete at release except for bug-fixes, and anything else is just a DLC or sequel
Gamers: I hate micro transactions, they shouldn't exist.
Also gamers: every single game should get regular updates and new content for years after release, without me having to pay for it.
Personally I don't like the predatory microtransactions, but I think extra money for extra content is fine.
Also gamers: every single game should get regular updates and new content for years after release, without me having to pay for it.
Personally I don't like the predatory microtransactions, but I think extra money for extra content is fine.
December 1, 2025 at 7:20 AM
i like the idea of a game that is mostly complete at release except for bug-fixes, and anything else is just a DLC or sequel
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Exactly 80 years ago this precise moment (8:40am Hamburg time, Nov. 30, 1945), German submarine commander Heinz-Wilhelm Eck and two of his former subordinates on the U-852 were shot by Allies in Hamburg for killing the survivors of a ship they had sunk. Pete Hagueseth needs to lawyer up immediately.
The Peleus War Crimes Trial
After sinking the Greek steamer Peleus in 1944, the captain ordered his crew to attack the survivors, three sailors survived and faced their attackers in a war crime trial.
www.usni.org
November 30, 2025 at 7:40 AM
Exactly 80 years ago this precise moment (8:40am Hamburg time, Nov. 30, 1945), German submarine commander Heinz-Wilhelm Eck and two of his former subordinates on the U-852 were shot by Allies in Hamburg for killing the survivors of a ship they had sunk. Pete Hagueseth needs to lawyer up immediately.
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It’s going to happen!
Speaker Johnson will lose the gavel before midterms.
Speaker Johnson will lose the gavel before midterms.
December 1, 2025 at 2:37 AM
It’s going to happen!
Speaker Johnson will lose the gavel before midterms.
Speaker Johnson will lose the gavel before midterms.
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every neoliberal policy analyst wants to "trim the fat" of society until the lean times come. community level resilience, redundancies, etc are good actually
When power went out across all of Puerto Rico on 16 April, a lot of the lights in the town of Adjuntas stayed on. A combination of experimental microgrids, solar panels, and storage kept power on for many businesses and residents.
spectrum.ieee.org/puerto-rico-...
spectrum.ieee.org/puerto-rico-...
Could Microgrids Be Puerto Rico's Answer to Endless Blackouts?
Meanwhile, feds redirect $365 million away from solar toward grid fixes
spectrum.ieee.org
November 30, 2025 at 2:27 PM
every neoliberal policy analyst wants to "trim the fat" of society until the lean times come. community level resilience, redundancies, etc are good actually
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conservatives basically want to implement the caricature of affirmative action for conservative students. acceptance without meeting qualifications, good grades and degrees without having to do the work.
OU has put the professor here on administrative leave:
December 1, 2025 at 1:29 AM
conservatives basically want to implement the caricature of affirmative action for conservative students. acceptance without meeting qualifications, good grades and degrees without having to do the work.
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and you know what? these students should also be judged, and judged harshly for this. running to the admins and state legislators and the press because you got a fairly earned failing grade on an assignment is and should be seen as a mark of extremely poor character. it makes you a very bad person.
the primary thing that TPUSA provides to young conservatives is a blueprint for weaponizing the abject cowardice of university administrators against individual teachers and instructors, and university admins should take a long look in the mirror and think about what that says about them
OU has put the professor here on administrative leave:
November 30, 2025 at 9:02 PM
and you know what? these students should also be judged, and judged harshly for this. running to the admins and state legislators and the press because you got a fairly earned failing grade on an assignment is and should be seen as a mark of extremely poor character. it makes you a very bad person.
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AAAAAAAAAA
And this is why voice actors are fighting so hard for AI protections in their contracts.
g33khq.org/amazon-ai-du...
g33khq.org/amazon-ai-du...
Amazon Rolls Out AI Dubs and They're Even Worse Than You Think - G33K-HQ
Amazon is testing AI dubs with "Banana Fish" and "No Game, No Life," and the results are... bad. Really bad.
g33khq.org
November 29, 2025 at 7:10 PM
AAAAAAAAAA
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This story is so critically important that Mike Winters at CNBC has now reported it three times, on Sep. 30 (www.cnbc.com/2025/09/30/f...), Oct 7 (www.cnbc.com/2025/10/07/3...), and Oct 15 (www.cnbc.com/2025/10/15/n...).
The secret to early retirement; dine out rarely, fly economy and be a Google employee making $390,000/year married to a fellow Google employee 17 years older than you who likely makes twice as much as you.
37-year-old quit her $390,000 Google job after saving up $1.5 million—see the 'no buy checklist' that helps her spend less
She left a $390,000-a-year job and now uses a simple set of rules to make her savings last in Switzerland.
www.cnbc.com
November 30, 2025 at 9:37 PM
This story is so critically important that Mike Winters at CNBC has now reported it three times, on Sep. 30 (www.cnbc.com/2025/09/30/f...), Oct 7 (www.cnbc.com/2025/10/07/3...), and Oct 15 (www.cnbc.com/2025/10/15/n...).
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He cosplays as a fascist and doesn't know the difference between "their" and "there." Makes sense.
Chief Bovino is not a political appointee. He is a civil servant, subject to the same requirements to be nonpartisan as any other employee. These messages are being broadcast from an official government account.
![Eric Daugherty
@EricLDaugh •9h “BREAKING: Gov. Tim Walz says Somalians are ESSENTIAL to the Minnesota community - despite STEALING millions or even billions in taxpayer dollars.
‘They bring diversity and ENERGY to a place like Minnesota!’ Pathetic. Somalians LEECH - DEPORT THEM.”
Response from Gregory Bovino’s official account: “Waltz is of the same class as newsome, stein, pritzker - gubners [governors] who choose illegal aliens over their own citizens. Amazing incompetence”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2vtbmhmrwzbqcfv4we4uxzzt/bafkreihst32abq4yk2kvsi3sg5bjedowsscsf5lfojdskehwivjizr2tme@jpeg)
December 1, 2025 at 3:08 AM
He cosplays as a fascist and doesn't know the difference between "their" and "there." Makes sense.
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I'm really glad to see someone like Kelly finally saying this. bsky.app/profile/atru...
Mark Kelly: "This president, when he says things like 'third world countries,' what is he really saying? I think what he's saying is he doesn't want brown people in our country. And that's disturbing. It's un-American."
November 30, 2025 at 4:29 PM
I'm really glad to see someone like Kelly finally saying this. bsky.app/profile/atru...
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It dovetailed with the freakout over the unlawful orders video, but also it is just qualitatively worse. It's absolutely a crime under all circumstances, even against a real enemy in a real war. And that has deep historical roots as *the* most notorious clear-cut war crime you can commit at sea.
Does anyone have a robust theory as to why the recent reporting on follow on strikes has galvanized this response and not you know the murders they were in the first order?
Note that both of the joint Republican-Democrat Statements from the Senate and House Armed Services Committees refer to the 'Department of Defense' - not the 'Department of War' - in their statements promising oversight of Pete Hegseth's actions.
December 1, 2025 at 12:29 AM
It dovetailed with the freakout over the unlawful orders video, but also it is just qualitatively worse. It's absolutely a crime under all circumstances, even against a real enemy in a real war. And that has deep historical roots as *the* most notorious clear-cut war crime you can commit at sea.
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missing stair-ass organizational psychology
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 11:45 PM
missing stair-ass organizational psychology
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a surprisingly cogent case that the trump administration is significantly tied to the sinaloa cartel and especially their cryptocurrency fueled money laundering operation
I got to thinking: "What if it's not about the contradiction between the Hernandez pardon and the air strikes, but about the consistency between them?"
As President of Honduras, he used the power of the government to go after certain cartels—primarily the rivals of the Sinaloa Cartel, with whom he
As President of Honduras, he used the power of the government to go after certain cartels—primarily the rivals of the Sinaloa Cartel, with whom he
November 30, 2025 at 11:38 PM
a surprisingly cogent case that the trump administration is significantly tied to the sinaloa cartel and especially their cryptocurrency fueled money laundering operation
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George Lakoff and I pushed this simple and reasonable idea years ago. When I returned to journalism, I realized the problem. Editors care more about SEO and controversy (=clicks) than about whether the headline is destroying truth. Incentive is to bait engagement at all cost.
November 30, 2025 at 1:11 AM
George Lakoff and I pushed this simple and reasonable idea years ago. When I returned to journalism, I realized the problem. Editors care more about SEO and controversy (=clicks) than about whether the headline is destroying truth. Incentive is to bait engagement at all cost.
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"Never spread the lie in the headline" should be a hard rule of 21st century journalism.
Research shows that repeating lies helps to spread them, and people read headlines more than they read stories.
Research shows that repeating lies helps to spread them, and people read headlines more than they read stories.
News media has to do better with headlines that present false and unverified public health claims.
November 30, 2025 at 1:10 AM
"Never spread the lie in the headline" should be a hard rule of 21st century journalism.
Research shows that repeating lies helps to spread them, and people read headlines more than they read stories.
Research shows that repeating lies helps to spread them, and people read headlines more than they read stories.
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Unfortunately, in US journalism it is considered neutral to spread a lie, but it is considered "biased" to call out a lie. So, there is a structural asymmetry that rewards colorful lies with virality.
November 30, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Unfortunately, in US journalism it is considered neutral to spread a lie, but it is considered "biased" to call out a lie. So, there is a structural asymmetry that rewards colorful lies with virality.
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Talking to tech people who aren’t grifters, and it’s already bust there. They’re trying to find the remnants and useful tools to build practical shit, and a lot of them are trying to do it outside the U.S.
November 30, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Talking to tech people who aren’t grifters, and it’s already bust there. They’re trying to find the remnants and useful tools to build practical shit, and a lot of them are trying to do it outside the U.S.
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One thing I learned over the weekend from talking to finance people is that they assume the AI bubble is going to burst and their issue is figuring out when so they can time their trades right.
November 30, 2025 at 8:23 PM
One thing I learned over the weekend from talking to finance people is that they assume the AI bubble is going to burst and their issue is figuring out when so they can time their trades right.
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"It’s Getting Harder to Figure Out Whether You Live in a Flood Zone or Not -
Incomplete federal maps leave banks, builders, and homeowners in the dark."
www.wsj.com/us-news/lood...
Incomplete federal maps leave banks, builders, and homeowners in the dark."
www.wsj.com/us-news/lood...
It’s Getting Harder to Figure Out Whether You Live in a Flood Zone or Not
Incomplete federal maps overlook millions of at-risk homes across the country, leaving banks, builders and homeowners in the dark.
www.wsj.com
November 21, 2025 at 11:36 PM
"It’s Getting Harder to Figure Out Whether You Live in a Flood Zone or Not -
Incomplete federal maps leave banks, builders, and homeowners in the dark."
www.wsj.com/us-news/lood...
Incomplete federal maps leave banks, builders, and homeowners in the dark."
www.wsj.com/us-news/lood...
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As someone who works in the tech industry--absolutely.
They are testing the waters. These are top-down orders. The ONLY way to stop it is a visceral negative reaction. Write articles. Post your rage. Email. Post. @. All those things.
Only you have the power to kill it.
They are testing the waters. These are top-down orders. The ONLY way to stop it is a visceral negative reaction. Write articles. Post your rage. Email. Post. @. All those things.
Only you have the power to kill it.
Let me give some insight on this, as a producer in the dub industry who worked with major streamers, who's witnessed first-hand where this push for AI is coming from.
tl;dr: Only CEOs want this. Tell them how much you hate it. Be loud, email, call, @, post. You will kill this.
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tl;dr: Only CEOs want this. Tell them how much you hate it. Be loud, email, call, @, post. You will kill this.
🧵⬇️
The only thing less human than these AI dub performances is the decision to sign off on them
A company this big can pay human actors a decent wage, not produce slop that intentionally removes the human element.
A company this big can pay human actors a decent wage, not produce slop that intentionally removes the human element.
November 30, 2025 at 5:07 AM
As someone who works in the tech industry--absolutely.
They are testing the waters. These are top-down orders. The ONLY way to stop it is a visceral negative reaction. Write articles. Post your rage. Email. Post. @. All those things.
Only you have the power to kill it.
They are testing the waters. These are top-down orders. The ONLY way to stop it is a visceral negative reaction. Write articles. Post your rage. Email. Post. @. All those things.
Only you have the power to kill it.
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One hard part of the literacy problem in the United States is there are a lot of people -- some of them with college degrees and beyond -- who don't realize that they are bad at reading
I don't know how to reach those people
I don't know how to reach those people
November 30, 2025 at 6:17 PM
One hard part of the literacy problem in the United States is there are a lot of people -- some of them with college degrees and beyond -- who don't realize that they are bad at reading
I don't know how to reach those people
I don't know how to reach those people