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more evidence for “a bunch of AI cultists dismantled large parts of the federal government because they believed that their LLMs were intelligent and could do the work better” thesis
Reporter: The FDA has a new AI tool that's intended to speed up drug approvals. But several FDA employees say the new AI helper is making up studies that do not exist. One FDA employee telling us, 'Anything that you don't have time to double check is unreliable. It hallucinates confidently'
July 23, 2025 at 5:51 PM
more evidence for “a bunch of AI cultists dismantled large parts of the federal government because they believed that their LLMs were intelligent and could do the work better” thesis
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"Friendship, too, tends to become totalitarian: there must be agreement in everything or disagreement in everything, and even the non-party members behave like activists of imaginary parties"
Sartre in reply to Camus, when their friendship was threatened by disagreement. Never more true than now.
Sartre in reply to Camus, when their friendship was threatened by disagreement. Never more true than now.
July 12, 2025 at 6:29 AM
"Friendship, too, tends to become totalitarian: there must be agreement in everything or disagreement in everything, and even the non-party members behave like activists of imaginary parties"
Sartre in reply to Camus, when their friendship was threatened by disagreement. Never more true than now.
Sartre in reply to Camus, when their friendship was threatened by disagreement. Never more true than now.
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British party politics right now in a nutshell, from always-on-the-money @dylandifford.bsky.social
May 8, 2025 at 7:55 AM
British party politics right now in a nutshell, from always-on-the-money @dylandifford.bsky.social
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I think a lot about what Carl Sagan said in one of his final interviews.
May 4, 2025 at 6:21 AM
I think a lot about what Carl Sagan said in one of his final interviews.
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Telling poor people to be more entrepreneurial is sick
April 1, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Telling poor people to be more entrepreneurial is sick
From Richard II - Shakespeare. Thomas Mowbray after been banished indefinitely from England:
My native English, now I must forgo;
And now my tongue's use is to me no more
Than an unstringed viol or a harp;
Or like a cunning instrument cas'd up
Or, being open, put into his hands
My native English, now I must forgo;
And now my tongue's use is to me no more
Than an unstringed viol or a harp;
Or like a cunning instrument cas'd up
Or, being open, put into his hands
April 1, 2025 at 2:06 PM
From Richard II - Shakespeare. Thomas Mowbray after been banished indefinitely from England:
My native English, now I must forgo;
And now my tongue's use is to me no more
Than an unstringed viol or a harp;
Or like a cunning instrument cas'd up
Or, being open, put into his hands
My native English, now I must forgo;
And now my tongue's use is to me no more
Than an unstringed viol or a harp;
Or like a cunning instrument cas'd up
Or, being open, put into his hands
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Elon Musk doesn't want you to donate to Wikipedia. We just donated. You should consider doing it too!
If you've never donated to Wikipedia, now's the time. Elon Musk is attacking it because it's one of the only sources of honest, curated information that he can't control.
www.newsweek.com/elon-musk-ta...
www.newsweek.com/elon-musk-ta...
Elon Musk takes aim at Wikipedia
The billionaire has become one of the most prominent supporters of President-elect Donald Trump.
www.newsweek.com
December 25, 2024 at 8:10 PM
Elon Musk doesn't want you to donate to Wikipedia. We just donated. You should consider doing it too!
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I’m considering pitching a TV series or film that ISN’T about a hitman. I know there is probably no market for it, but you never know, one might slip through the net.
December 15, 2024 at 11:04 PM
I’m considering pitching a TV series or film that ISN’T about a hitman. I know there is probably no market for it, but you never know, one might slip through the net.
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Enjoyed first episode of this big hearted Northern sitcom.
I interviewed Phil Dunning and Chris Jones, who are behind the new BBC Three sitcom Smoggie Queens www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
‘Stunning, but so wrong’: inside raucous new drag sitcom Smoggie Queens
It’s loud, proud and very, very daft: the new BBC comedy plunges viewers into Middlesbrough’s hilariously catty drag scene. The creator and star Phil Dunning talks prosecco, parmos – and picking the w...
www.theguardian.com
November 28, 2024 at 11:40 PM
Enjoyed first episode of this big hearted Northern sitcom.
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Mischief Managed
November 16, 2024 at 5:12 PM
Mischief Managed
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Just jumping in to share my magnus opus
November 16, 2024 at 7:32 PM
Just jumping in to share my magnus opus
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Today in relatable science: Gulls making a mysterious daily trip that turned out to be to a potato chip factory
November 15, 2024 at 8:15 PM
Today in relatable science: Gulls making a mysterious daily trip that turned out to be to a potato chip factory
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Improving social care is a big task and these talks are a good place to start | Heather Stewart
Improving social care is a big task and these talks are a good place to start | Heather Stewart
Productivity and quality in a sector that is its workforce will require even more money after national insurance rises
Kemi Badenoch’s second go at prime minister’s questions last Wednesday was judged a flop at Westminster but she did draw attention to…
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November 17, 2024 at 10:56 AM
Improving social care is a big task and these talks are a good place to start | Heather Stewart
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Spot on from @philholmes.bsky.social
For all the efforts to reframe social care we’ve not changed the political or the public understanding of the challenge. We need to rethink the basic economy of care and bring this to life in the social understanding.
For all the efforts to reframe social care we’ve not changed the political or the public understanding of the challenge. We need to rethink the basic economy of care and bring this to life in the social understanding.
This all sounds wearingly familiar so here's a shortish thread (1/9) www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Social care 'impasse' at top of government - so what next, asks Laura Kuenssberg
Multiple sources say the Treasury is deeply nervous about the cost of fixing social care, and that the PM is yet to decide how to proceed.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 17, 2024 at 11:26 AM
Spot on from @philholmes.bsky.social
For all the efforts to reframe social care we’ve not changed the political or the public understanding of the challenge. We need to rethink the basic economy of care and bring this to life in the social understanding.
For all the efforts to reframe social care we’ve not changed the political or the public understanding of the challenge. We need to rethink the basic economy of care and bring this to life in the social understanding.
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Revealed: ex-director for tobacco giant advising UK government on cancer risks www.theguardian.com/business/202... Alcohol harms: the UK government is missing in action
www.bmj.com/content/383/...
www.bmj.com/content/383/...
Revealed: ex-director for tobacco giant advising UK government on cancer risks
Questions raised about potential for undue influence after appointment of Ruth Dempsey, formerly of Philip Morris
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2024 at 10:21 PM
Revealed: ex-director for tobacco giant advising UK government on cancer risks www.theguardian.com/business/202... Alcohol harms: the UK government is missing in action
www.bmj.com/content/383/...
www.bmj.com/content/383/...
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The sleep of reason produces monsters https://www.wikiart.org/en/francisco-goya/the-sleep-of-reason-produces-monsters-1799
October 25, 2024 at 4:34 PM
The sleep of reason produces monsters https://www.wikiart.org/en/francisco-goya/the-sleep-of-reason-produces-monsters-1799
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A public information message concerning Nazis.
May 14, 2023 at 8:23 PM
A public information message concerning Nazis.