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Durham, NC, USA. One of the dumbest human beings on Earth, according to a current government official. he/him/they/them/you/y’all
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· Nov 11
So, at the start of the night I didn't think it was going to involve hugging Sarah McLachlan on stage.
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in half the footprint the steam deck can do an astonishing 1,600,000,000,000,000 floating point operations per second compared to salsa who can do 0 (she doesn’t understand math)
October 30, 2025 at 3:34 PM
in half the footprint the steam deck can do an astonishing 1,600,000,000,000,000 floating point operations per second compared to salsa who can do 0 (she doesn’t understand math)
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What do you think made America great?
I’ve traveled the world, and every time I come home, I’m reminded of what makes this place special: the culture, the mix of people, the constant diversity. I love this country.
And I also know who truly hates America:
• The KKK
• 3 Percenters
• Proud Boys
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I’ve traveled the world, and every time I come home, I’m reminded of what makes this place special: the culture, the mix of people, the constant diversity. I love this country.
And I also know who truly hates America:
• The KKK
• 3 Percenters
• Proud Boys
1/2
October 18, 2025 at 3:21 AM
What do you think made America great?
I’ve traveled the world, and every time I come home, I’m reminded of what makes this place special: the culture, the mix of people, the constant diversity. I love this country.
And I also know who truly hates America:
• The KKK
• 3 Percenters
• Proud Boys
1/2
I’ve traveled the world, and every time I come home, I’m reminded of what makes this place special: the culture, the mix of people, the constant diversity. I love this country.
And I also know who truly hates America:
• The KKK
• 3 Percenters
• Proud Boys
1/2
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“Who was president in 2020?” remains one of the most pertinent questions in American politics—absurd, yes, but here we are—and that extends to “who was president January 1 - 19, 2021?”
That’s a nice trick, since Biden wasn’t the president on Jan 6.
October 12, 2025 at 11:52 AM
“Who was president in 2020?” remains one of the most pertinent questions in American politics—absurd, yes, but here we are—and that extends to “who was president January 1 - 19, 2021?”
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what if I told you that taking accountability for your actions was traditionally considered a load-bearing feature of masculinity?
“I voted for none of this."
Prominent influencers, including Theo Von, Joe Rogan, and Andrew Schulz, are starting to distance themselves from the president they helped propel to the White House.
Story: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
Prominent influencers, including Theo Von, Joe Rogan, and Andrew Schulz, are starting to distance themselves from the president they helped propel to the White House.
Story: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
October 6, 2025 at 8:35 PM
what if I told you that taking accountability for your actions was traditionally considered a load-bearing feature of masculinity?
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The right sets the terms of our political discourse in so many ways, one of which is the idea that there isn't enough "debate" and "free speech" on campus.
We need to push back on this. The truth is (speaking for myself as a history prof), I don't really emphasize debate much in my classes/
We need to push back on this. The truth is (speaking for myself as a history prof), I don't really emphasize debate much in my classes/
September 13, 2025 at 2:38 PM
The right sets the terms of our political discourse in so many ways, one of which is the idea that there isn't enough "debate" and "free speech" on campus.
We need to push back on this. The truth is (speaking for myself as a history prof), I don't really emphasize debate much in my classes/
We need to push back on this. The truth is (speaking for myself as a history prof), I don't really emphasize debate much in my classes/
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Wow. I cannot imagine a documentary that would be of greater interest to me. The timing is... insanely right.
Premiere is 6/27/2025 at 9pm ET www.pbs.org/wnet/america... via Maddow
Premiere is 6/27/2025 at 9pm ET www.pbs.org/wnet/america... via Maddow
Hannah Arendt: Facing Tyranny - About the documentary | American Masters | PBS
Discover Hannah Arendt, who transformed her time as a political prisoner during World War II into daring insights about totalitarianism.
www.pbs.org
June 20, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Wow. I cannot imagine a documentary that would be of greater interest to me. The timing is... insanely right.
Premiere is 6/27/2025 at 9pm ET www.pbs.org/wnet/america... via Maddow
Premiere is 6/27/2025 at 9pm ET www.pbs.org/wnet/america... via Maddow
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Jack Kirby's prescience working overtime.
June 27, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Jack Kirby's prescience working overtime.
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I think "context engineering" is going to stick - unlike "prompt engineering" it has an inferred definition that's much closer to the intended meaning, which is to carefully and skillfully construct the right context to get great results from LLMs simonwillison.net/2025/Jun/27/...
Context engineering
The term context engineering has recently started to gain traction as a better alternative to prompt engineering. I like it. I think this one may have sticking power. Here's an …
simonwillison.net
June 27, 2025 at 11:46 PM
I think "context engineering" is going to stick - unlike "prompt engineering" it has an inferred definition that's much closer to the intended meaning, which is to carefully and skillfully construct the right context to get great results from LLMs simonwillison.net/2025/Jun/27/...
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the John Wick universe is what you get if someone explained everything about Vampire: the Masquerade except that the characters are vampires
June 15, 2025 at 3:03 PM
the John Wick universe is what you get if someone explained everything about Vampire: the Masquerade except that the characters are vampires
Scaling AI responsibly with Small Language Models (SLMs) www.madetech.com/blog/small-l...
Scaling AI responsibly with Small Language Models (SLMs) - Made Tech
Discover how Small Language Models (SLMs) offer a faster, cheaper, and more sustainable route to operational AI
www.madetech.com
June 3, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Scaling AI responsibly with Small Language Models (SLMs) www.madetech.com/blog/small-l...
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April 15, 2025 at 1:32 PM
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👇🎯 When people show (& tell) you who they are, over & over & over & over again, believe them. This one simple, easily adopted trick unlocks so many clarifying insights about our current political age. It is the foundational principle behind the undefeated Dennis Green Unified Theory Of 🇺🇸 Politics:
February 27, 2025 at 2:24 AM
👇🎯 When people show (& tell) you who they are, over & over & over & over again, believe them. This one simple, easily adopted trick unlocks so many clarifying insights about our current political age. It is the foundational principle behind the undefeated Dennis Green Unified Theory Of 🇺🇸 Politics:
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The founder of Signal releases a response to SignalGate:
“There are so many great reasons to be on Signal.
Now including the opportunity for the vice president of the United States of America to randomly add you to a group chat for coordination of sensitive military operations.”
“There are so many great reasons to be on Signal.
Now including the opportunity for the vice president of the United States of America to randomly add you to a group chat for coordination of sensitive military operations.”
March 26, 2025 at 7:43 PM
The founder of Signal releases a response to SignalGate:
“There are so many great reasons to be on Signal.
Now including the opportunity for the vice president of the United States of America to randomly add you to a group chat for coordination of sensitive military operations.”
“There are so many great reasons to be on Signal.
Now including the opportunity for the vice president of the United States of America to randomly add you to a group chat for coordination of sensitive military operations.”
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So it seems like this guy attempted a municipal coup, failed, and then just went back to his normal life, with no legal consequences. The impunity of wealth, whiteness, and maleness.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Pirate booted out: popcorn mogul’s coup in New York village falls flat
Pirate’s Booty Snacks founder Robert Ehrlich claimed to be tiny Long Island community’s mayor – voters disagreed
www.theguardian.com
March 23, 2025 at 2:38 AM
So it seems like this guy attempted a municipal coup, failed, and then just went back to his normal life, with no legal consequences. The impunity of wealth, whiteness, and maleness.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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My friend sent me this clip today from
VIVACIOUS LADY and it’s sheer perfection
VIVACIOUS LADY and it’s sheer perfection
March 22, 2025 at 2:45 AM
My friend sent me this clip today from
VIVACIOUS LADY and it’s sheer perfection
VIVACIOUS LADY and it’s sheer perfection
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It’s remarkable to consider how authoritarians like Hitler, Stalin, Kim Il Sung, Mussolini, and Mao all had first-hand experience with death, warfare, and violence.
Trump, Musk, and most every other big shot in their circle have lived like spoiled toy poodles in tiny sweaters in comparison.
Trump, Musk, and most every other big shot in their circle have lived like spoiled toy poodles in tiny sweaters in comparison.
We are dealing with a fascist takeover orchestrated by some of the most baby-shit soft cockapoos masquerading as men who have ever walked the planet.
These are simply not the genuine, hardened killers who launched the authoritarian and fascist regimes of the 20th century.
These are simply not the genuine, hardened killers who launched the authoritarian and fascist regimes of the 20th century.
The deathsquads made up of the people who are afraid to go to midtown Manhattan “because of all the gangs” and who go shopping at the local Walmart with their AR-15 will spray and pray while soiling themselves.
February 28, 2025 at 3:12 PM
It’s remarkable to consider how authoritarians like Hitler, Stalin, Kim Il Sung, Mussolini, and Mao all had first-hand experience with death, warfare, and violence.
Trump, Musk, and most every other big shot in their circle have lived like spoiled toy poodles in tiny sweaters in comparison.
Trump, Musk, and most every other big shot in their circle have lived like spoiled toy poodles in tiny sweaters in comparison.
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A damn lie.
His entire goal is obviously to destroy faith in American institutions and help those who want to see our country unravel.
His entire goal is obviously to destroy faith in American institutions and help those who want to see our country unravel.
Elon Musk says "10% of federal expenditures" are due to people having fake Social Security numbers, claiming it is "half a trillion dollars."
March 10, 2025 at 11:17 PM
A damn lie.
His entire goal is obviously to destroy faith in American institutions and help those who want to see our country unravel.
His entire goal is obviously to destroy faith in American institutions and help those who want to see our country unravel.
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I strongly suspect shutting down USDS and 18F was about securing the Doggie-boyz digital coup, since USDS and 18F were supporting everyone else with, amongst other things, protocols and procedures designed to block insider attacks.
March 2, 2025 at 4:06 PM
I strongly suspect shutting down USDS and 18F was about securing the Doggie-boyz digital coup, since USDS and 18F were supporting everyone else with, amongst other things, protocols and procedures designed to block insider attacks.
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The Trump administration keeps reciting the statistic that only 6% of federal employees are working full time in their offices.
That’s astoundingly low — and completely untrue.
Here’s how an online survey was taken out of context to perpetuate a myth:
That’s astoundingly low — and completely untrue.
Here’s how an online survey was taken out of context to perpetuate a myth:
The Trump Administration Keeps Citing an Untrue Stat as It Targets Federal Workers
A “survey of our niche audience for our niche audience” was the source for the claim that only 6% of federal employees are working full time in their offices. The number isn’t true. Why do…
propub.li
March 2, 2025 at 10:00 PM
The Trump administration keeps reciting the statistic that only 6% of federal employees are working full time in their offices.
That’s astoundingly low — and completely untrue.
Here’s how an online survey was taken out of context to perpetuate a myth:
That’s astoundingly low — and completely untrue.
Here’s how an online survey was taken out of context to perpetuate a myth:
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NatCon-ism basically diagnoses a lot of issues that are sort of true-ish, then as the solution proposes to make them worse. eg, ‘America has a crisis of worsening social trust, which we will solves by screaming that every pro-social institution is woke and gay’
March 2, 2025 at 8:18 PM
NatCon-ism basically diagnoses a lot of issues that are sort of true-ish, then as the solution proposes to make them worse. eg, ‘America has a crisis of worsening social trust, which we will solves by screaming that every pro-social institution is woke and gay’
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Remember:
*when they say "fraud" it usually means they discovered something they don't understand, and refuse to ask anyone (e.g. cobol software at social security)
*fraud as a trope is a prelude to cutting benefits that people rely on.
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/musks-frau...
*when they say "fraud" it usually means they discovered something they don't understand, and refuse to ask anyone (e.g. cobol software at social security)
*fraud as a trope is a prelude to cutting benefits that people rely on.
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/musks-frau...
Mike Johnson on Elon Musk: "We meet late into the night in his office and we've looked at that. What he's finding with his algorithms crawling through the data of Social Security system is enormous amounts of fraud, waste, and abuse."
March 2, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Remember:
*when they say "fraud" it usually means they discovered something they don't understand, and refuse to ask anyone (e.g. cobol software at social security)
*fraud as a trope is a prelude to cutting benefits that people rely on.
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/musks-frau...
*when they say "fraud" it usually means they discovered something they don't understand, and refuse to ask anyone (e.g. cobol software at social security)
*fraud as a trope is a prelude to cutting benefits that people rely on.
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/musks-frau...
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It's also hilarious that the guy who sent hoards of assholes to harass Twitter employees and federal workers is big mad that someone published the names of the people he recruited to crime their way through the federal government.
Over on the other site, they're suggesting that the reporters who worked on this, including myself, hid our names. They didn't bother to scroll down to the bottom of the piece where we are listed in full.
Great sleuthing by the do your own research crowd.
Great sleuthing by the do your own research crowd.
March 2, 2025 at 5:40 PM
It's also hilarious that the guy who sent hoards of assholes to harass Twitter employees and federal workers is big mad that someone published the names of the people he recruited to crime their way through the federal government.
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Who knew that Trump would be able to add to his leadership team all Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse — Disease, Famine, War and Death.
March 2, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Who knew that Trump would be able to add to his leadership team all Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse — Disease, Famine, War and Death.