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Peter Baker @peterbakernyt.bsky.social · 13h

By a 2 to 1 margin, Americans say Trump has gone too far in trying to expand the power of the presidency and lay off government workers. And by large margins, they say he has gone too far in sending troops into cities, attacking universities and ending DEI programs.

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt.bsky.social · 13h

3 in 5 Americans disapprove of Trump's job performance, the highest level since after the Jan. 6 attack. Americans disapprove even of his handling of issues historically favorable to him like immigration, crime and the economy. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

Voters divided on midterms despite broad Trump disapproval, poll finds

Most Americans disapprove the president’s handling of top issues, and a majority say he has gone too far in exercising his powers.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Tuomas Pernu @tuomaspernu.bsky.social · 1d

Niinpä niin. Makkaratehtailun aika on ohi. Takaisin perusasioiden äärelle.

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Moni opiskelija pärjää huonosti kriittisen ajattelun testeissä – Suomessa on iso työ edessä, sanoo professori

Itä-Suomen ja Jyväskylän yliopistot ovat tutkineet alempaa korkeakoulututkintoa suorittavien opiskelijoiden kriittisen ajattelun taitoja Suomessa. Lähes 60 prosentilla taidot ovat korkeintaan tyydyttä...

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Philip N Cohen @philipncohen.com · 13h

It's easy for some of you to just never use LLMs and just criticize people who do. I would like to be in that situation. But here I am, with my moderator volunteers, assessing hundreds of papers submitted to @socarxiv.bsky.social, trying to decide how to fairly judge whether to accept them. /1

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 13h

“.. Democrats lead Republicans in the fight for Congress by 8 points, 50%-42%, the largest lead for either party on the congressional ballot in the NBC News poll since the 2018 midterms.

@nbcnews.com
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Brian Finucane @bcfinucane.bsky.social · 13h

SecDef announcing another illegal strike in the Caribbean against “narco-terrorists.”

Says the Pentagon will treat these alleged drug smugglers “EXACTLY how we treated Al-Qaeda.”

I can think of a few relevant differences between the two, eg 9/11, etc.

Today, at the direction of President Trump, the Department of War carried out a lethal kinetic strike on another narco-trafficking vessel operated by a Designated Terrorist Organization (DTO) in the Caribbean.

This vessel—like EVERY OTHER—was known by our intelligence to be involved in illicit narcotics smuggling, was transiting along a known narco-trafficking route, and carrying narcotics. Three male narco-terrorists were aboard the vessel during the strike, which was conducted in international waters. All three terrorists were killed, and no U.S. forces were harmed in this strike.

These narco-terrorists are bringing drugs to our shores to poison Americans at home—and they will not succeed. The Department will treat them EXACTLY how we treated Al-Qaeda. We will continue to track them, map them, hunt them, and kill them.

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Severi Hämäri @severihamari.bsky.social · 13h

Pisteet sille tyypille Trumpin lähipiirissä, joka ujuttaa näitä äärimmäisen ironisia kirjallisia referenssejä hänen juttuihinsa.

Briteissä käydessäänhän presidentti kehui puheessaan Orwellia. Orwellia. Oikeasti.

The Independent @the-independent.com · 15h

Trump slammed for lavish Gatsby-themed Halloween party as vital food funding lapses

www.independent.co.uk

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Severi Hämäri @severihamari.bsky.social · 3d

I would also suggest organizing a general strike.

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Dan Diamond @ddiamond.bsky.social · 3d

Trump’s demolition of the East Wing + construction of his ballroom is broadly unpopular.

56% of Americans oppose the project, compared to 28% who support it, per new Post-ABC-Ipsos poll.

with @abtran.bsky.social @jonathanreports.bsky.social @sfcpoll.bsky.social

Most Americans oppose East Wing demolition for Trump ballroom, poll finds

Fifty-six percent say they oppose President Donald Trump’s decision to tear down part of the White House to build a 90,000-square-foot ballroom building.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Severi Hämäri @severihamari.bsky.social · 3d

This shows that there are pressure points that can make GOP senators and representatives break with MAGA.

Simon Rosenberg @simonwdc.bsky.social · 3d

In votes over the past 2 days the Senate has voted to repeal Trump's tariffs on Brazil and Canada. It's a remarkable rebuke of Trump, a sign of growing discontent inside the GOP.

Here's more: "Farm-state Republicans finally reach their breaking point" 👇
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

Farm-state Republicans finally reach their breaking point

President Donald Trump's plan to import beef from Argentina has unleashed a wave of protest from GOP loyalists.

www.politico.com

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Simon Rosenberg @simonwdc.bsky.social · 3d

In votes over the past 2 days the Senate has voted to repeal Trump's tariffs on Brazil and Canada. It's a remarkable rebuke of Trump, a sign of growing discontent inside the GOP.

Here's more: "Farm-state Republicans finally reach their breaking point" 👇
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

Farm-state Republicans finally reach their breaking point

President Donald Trump's plan to import beef from Argentina has unleashed a wave of protest from GOP loyalists.

www.politico.com

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Severi Hämäri @severihamari.bsky.social · 3d

At least it was not as big a f*** up as it could have been? 🤦

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Severi Hämäri @severihamari.bsky.social · 3d

At least it was not as big a f*** up as it could have been? 🤦

Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.bsky.social · 3d

Waiting for someone to explain why the announcement of a trade relationship that is worse than the one we had a year ago is received as a big success

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Severi Hämäri @severihamari.bsky.social · 3d

Good grief.

Lead Stories @leadstories.com · 3d

Fact Check: Germany Did NOT Designate Antifa A 'Domestic Terror Group'
#CheckTok #Germany #Antifa #DomesticTerrorism #FactCheck
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Severi Hämäri @severihamari.bsky.social · 3d

Trumped up?

I see that Putin's playbook is in good use, again.

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Progressive House candidate Kat Abughazaleh indicted for allegedly conspiring to injure officers during anti-ICE protests

Abughzaleh and five others were charged with felony offenses for their alleged involvement in a skirmish with law enforcement outside of the Broadview facility.

abcnews.go.com

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Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 3d

The president wants to resume nuclear testing. This is a really bad idea - and he can't even get his facts right about why he wants to do it:

www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

Trump Is Very Confused About Nuclear Weapons

The president says he wants to resume nuclear testing but doesn’t seem to know why.

www.theatlantic.com

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Severi Hämäri @severihamari.bsky.social · 3d

Not at all scary thought. Not at all.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4d

Q: What did you mean when you said you're prepared to send 'more than the National Guard' into American cities?

TRUMP: if I want to enact a certain act, I'd be allowed to do whatever I want. The courts wouldn't get involved. Nobody would. I could send Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines -anybody I want

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Kate Starbird @katestarbird.bsky.social · 4d

Bullshit as U.S. government policy. This is the punchline from my Feb 2025 lecture. If you’re interested in understanding more about how we got here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=rjiG...

It ends with a call to action to rage against the bullshit machine.

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Severi Hämäri @severihamari.bsky.social · 4d

* offhand... 🙄

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Severi Hämäri @severihamari.bsky.social · 4d

The term has a long history going back to some Dewey's of hand remark. However it cannot be replacement for the basics – you need the basics.

I'm not a fan of focusing on testing, it seems mostly to backfire. But back to basics, that I'm all for!

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Severi Hämäri @severihamari.bsky.social · 4d

I could not agree more–although, as a humanist, I would add to the list (rhetorical) psychology, art and technical subjects (for anyone without basic understanding of how objective world works has no idea about causation)

But it's the term that we are stuck with (thanks to some well meaning people)

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 4d

"The GOP has restyled itself to be a party for blue-collar voters," says @matthew.flux.community, but "the people who run it are subservient to oligarchs."

"You have to maximize that rift."

On the pod, Matt is great on MTG and ACA subsidies fight splitting MAGA:
newrepublic.com/article/2024...

Marjorie Taylor Greene Wrecks Trump’s Shutdown Strategy in Savage Rant

As Representative Greene blows the lid off the Trump-GOP shutdown ruse, a sharp observer of the right explains why the Obamacare fight is fracturing the MAGA coalition—and how Democrats can exploit it...

newrepublic.com

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Severi Hämäri @severihamari.bsky.social · 4d

It's strange thing that it is not discussed.

Like I mentioned earlier, I'm currently trying to build a project on the relationship between AI/LLM and critical thinking, esp. on impact on society.

This is an excellent example of what people have difficulty in understanding about these systems.

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Severi Hämäri @severihamari.bsky.social · 4d

I'm sure you could make a stochastic process that can mimic counting much better

Problem is that LLM:s treat mathematical calculations as pieces of language rather than as relations between numbers. Thus it will, instead of an actual calculation, produce somehting just *looking like* a calculation

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Tuomas Pernu @tuomaspernu.bsky.social · 4d

LLMs cannot count? Hmm.. maybe that's because - just hear me out - counting is not a stochastic process. Neither is thinking, btw. AI (the "I" part of it) is the biggest hoax of our time.

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Adam Kucharski @adamjkucharski.bsky.social · 4d

Language models are terrible at counting (part 12381...)

It's concerning how many workflows/copilots etc. these tools are now creeping into, despite making small numerical errors all over the place (which a causal eye might not catch).

Below from GPT-5 and Sonnet-4.5:

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Severi Hämäri @severihamari.bsky.social · 4d

Drug cartels are more akin to business than to terrorists.

They are mostly just interested in making money – and the route to get rid of them would be to make their business unprofitable.