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Tom
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· Sep 17
(to the tune of “a day in the life”)
i quantum leaped today, oh boy
i quantum leaped today, oh boy
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Maybe ABC, CBS, and WaPo like being denounced by the White House, at least a little, because they can use that to say they’re not biased in Trump’s favor despite all the objective evidence that they are. Good point.
I think they probably welcome it. They're all hopelessly biased in Trump's favor but having the WH call them out as somehow being "anti-Trump" is brand management for them
November 30, 2025 at 3:19 AM
Maybe ABC, CBS, and WaPo like being denounced by the White House, at least a little, because they can use that to say they’re not biased in Trump’s favor despite all the objective evidence that they are. Good point.
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The White House’s new anti-media website includes denunciations of:
-ABC, which bribed the president
-CBS, which bribed the president and moved away from fact-based journalism trying to appeal to him and his fans
-WaPo, which spiked a Harris endorsement and tilts coverage in Trump’s favor
Fools.
-ABC, which bribed the president
-CBS, which bribed the president and moved away from fact-based journalism trying to appeal to him and his fans
-WaPo, which spiked a Harris endorsement and tilts coverage in Trump’s favor
Fools.
November 30, 2025 at 3:15 AM
The White House’s new anti-media website includes denunciations of:
-ABC, which bribed the president
-CBS, which bribed the president and moved away from fact-based journalism trying to appeal to him and his fans
-WaPo, which spiked a Harris endorsement and tilts coverage in Trump’s favor
Fools.
-ABC, which bribed the president
-CBS, which bribed the president and moved away from fact-based journalism trying to appeal to him and his fans
-WaPo, which spiked a Harris endorsement and tilts coverage in Trump’s favor
Fools.
Actually incredible to try to use this line against voters who want to hold elected officials to literally bare minimum standards of moral responsibility.
November 30, 2025 at 4:09 AM
Actually incredible to try to use this line against voters who want to hold elected officials to literally bare minimum standards of moral responsibility.
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I don't hear anyone saying that. I do see parties who feel entitled to my vote, regardless of their policies, but that's slightly different.
November 29, 2025 at 9:51 PM
I don't hear anyone saying that. I do see parties who feel entitled to my vote, regardless of their policies, but that's slightly different.
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This always ends with "and so you should stop having standards"
There is an extraordinary sense of entitlement behind the belief that there ought to be political party that aligns 100% with your own opinions.
November 30, 2025 at 12:13 AM
This always ends with "and so you should stop having standards"
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Everyone stop, this is important
July 7, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Everyone stop, this is important
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These Pervert Glasses for Perverts make me feel like a pervert
“I'm not saying these are glasses for creeps, but I can't help but feel like one while wearing them.”
Reader, they are for creeps.
Reader, they are for creeps.
I Can't Help Feeling Like a Creep Wearing Meta's New Gen 2 Glasses
Meta's new display-less smart glasses are quite good, but the vibes are off.
www.wired.com
November 2, 2025 at 2:39 PM
These Pervert Glasses for Perverts make me feel like a pervert
Why must a James Wan movie be “good” ? Is it not enough to sit somewhere dark and see a horrible face, suddenly?
November 30, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Why must a James Wan movie be “good” ? Is it not enough to sit somewhere dark and see a horrible face, suddenly?
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"oh, don't forget to highlight, in bright red, the two-letter word in the tagline! the two letter word that's kind of the whole point of this clever ad campaign! the two letter word that links this show to the horror movie of the same name!"
"no problem boss. i'm on it"
"no problem boss. i'm on it"
November 29, 2025 at 8:51 PM
"oh, don't forget to highlight, in bright red, the two-letter word in the tagline! the two letter word that's kind of the whole point of this clever ad campaign! the two letter word that links this show to the horror movie of the same name!"
"no problem boss. i'm on it"
"no problem boss. i'm on it"
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It takes me 3x as long to grade assignments now, because I have to explain gently and effectively why ChatGPT style writing is boring -- they swim in this stuff now even when they don't use the tools. Maybe no one has even told them their own voice matters, so that is down to us. 3/
November 29, 2025 at 4:21 PM
It takes me 3x as long to grade assignments now, because I have to explain gently and effectively why ChatGPT style writing is boring -- they swim in this stuff now even when they don't use the tools. Maybe no one has even told them their own voice matters, so that is down to us. 3/
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What if — hear me out — instead of hiring a person to only plow in front of a single business, we hired them to go down the entire block….and the next…and the next…
We could even have a small fleet to cover whole swaths of the city. #PlowTheSidewalks
We could even have a small fleet to cover whole swaths of the city. #PlowTheSidewalks
But *how* will they #PlowTheSidewalks? With what technology?
November 29, 2025 at 9:53 PM
What if — hear me out — instead of hiring a person to only plow in front of a single business, we hired them to go down the entire block….and the next…and the next…
We could even have a small fleet to cover whole swaths of the city. #PlowTheSidewalks
We could even have a small fleet to cover whole swaths of the city. #PlowTheSidewalks
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I do very generally believe in redemption, even as someone who lived through some unthinkably nasty SA stuff as a kid, but I think it comes as follows:
you can get back to your career when you're done helping repair the damage you did.
That's the one thing that never really happens. Repair.
you can get back to your career when you're done helping repair the damage you did.
That's the one thing that never really happens. Repair.
When a cancelled performer reënters the culture, we expect them to offer us a great work, channelling their newfound clarity into the finest art they’ve ever made. With his new comedy show and début novel, has Louis C.K. met the bar?
www.newyorker.com/culture/crit...
www.newyorker.com/culture/crit...
Louis C.K.’s Next Chapter
In a new standup special, and a début novel, the comedian navigates murky, post-#MeToo terrain: not quite exiled, not quite welcomed back.
www.newyorker.com
November 29, 2025 at 9:22 PM
I do very generally believe in redemption, even as someone who lived through some unthinkably nasty SA stuff as a kid, but I think it comes as follows:
you can get back to your career when you're done helping repair the damage you did.
That's the one thing that never really happens. Repair.
you can get back to your career when you're done helping repair the damage you did.
That's the one thing that never really happens. Repair.
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ICE will continue to exist because Democrats are deathly afraid of being painted as "soft on crime", Hegseth will go back to Fox or get a seat on some board, Israel will continue their genocide, disappeared people will remain disappeared. The environment will keep collapsing.
November 29, 2025 at 6:58 PM
ICE will continue to exist because Democrats are deathly afraid of being painted as "soft on crime", Hegseth will go back to Fox or get a seat on some board, Israel will continue their genocide, disappeared people will remain disappeared. The environment will keep collapsing.
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Exactly 80 years ago tomorrow (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 should be very worried. www.executedtoday.com/2009/11/30/1...
November 29, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Exactly 80 years ago tomorrow (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 should be very worried. www.executedtoday.com/2009/11/30/1...
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November 29, 2025 at 6:12 PM
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I'd say this was paranoid except just this week a shooting was used to justify halting all immigration and they are openly calling for white supremacist "remigration". However awful you think these people are, they're worse.
Creating a military conflict with Venezuela gives this administration a legal "hook" to invoke the Alien Enemies Act. In other words, the foreign war is being manufactured in order to facilitate court deference for its domestic mass deportation policy. It's a Stephen Miller Special.
November 29, 2025 at 5:59 PM
I'd say this was paranoid except just this week a shooting was used to justify halting all immigration and they are openly calling for white supremacist "remigration". However awful you think these people are, they're worse.
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We are actually doing something. DON'T STOP CALLING.
Morale at paypros call centers is in the toilet right now. It’s not just normal Black Friday stress, they’re being pounded. Corporate is pressuring bosses to end the paypros call campaigns. Source familiar w/ internals at MC stressed that folks should stand their ground but be kind to agents (1)
November 29, 2025 at 2:08 PM
We are actually doing something. DON'T STOP CALLING.
I know people getting GAC through Northwestern. The options around here are rapidly decreasing because of the admin’s bullshit attacks, and caving to those attacks doesn’t help.
And one more other thing I’m seeing now, that Northwestern unsurprisingly didn’t mention in its statement, effectively banning gender affirming care at NU school of medicine
November 29, 2025 at 3:50 PM
I know people getting GAC through Northwestern. The options around here are rapidly decreasing because of the admin’s bullshit attacks, and caving to those attacks doesn’t help.
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jesus FUCKING christ
And one more other thing I’m seeing now, that Northwestern unsurprisingly didn’t mention in its statement, effectively banning gender affirming care at NU school of medicine
November 29, 2025 at 7:19 AM
jesus FUCKING christ
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Last month, @theguardian.com framed this historical event project the same way; minimizing the years of archival work, the interviews etc it took to be able to do this.
Instead ‘AI solved this historical problem!’
Instead ‘AI solved this historical problem!’
November 29, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Last month, @theguardian.com framed this historical event project the same way; minimizing the years of archival work, the interviews etc it took to be able to do this.
Instead ‘AI solved this historical problem!’
Instead ‘AI solved this historical problem!’
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If by some miracle the whole AI industry falls apart because some tech bros decided to spend trillions on compute without spending maybe tens of millions a year on licensing art, I will laugh so hard I'll be in danger of a ruptured spleen.
The OpenAI ruling writers should know about 👀 (if your work was scraped for LLM training, this affects you). www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...
OpenAI Loses Key Discovery Battle as It Cedes Ground to Authors in AI Lawsuits
The issue has been a major battleground in discovery. OpenAI could be on the hook for hundreds of millions, if not billions, of dollars if it was aware it was infringing on copyrighted material.
www.hollywoodreporter.com
November 29, 2025 at 1:02 PM
If by some miracle the whole AI industry falls apart because some tech bros decided to spend trillions on compute without spending maybe tens of millions a year on licensing art, I will laugh so hard I'll be in danger of a ruptured spleen.
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someone attended the Bari Weiss School of Having Principles
November 29, 2025 at 2:45 PM
someone attended the Bari Weiss School of Having Principles
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November 29, 2025 at 12:38 AM
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I'm starting a YouTube channel of "xyz ending explained" where every video is just me saying "Actually watch it without looking at your phone and then you won't need the ending explained"
November 29, 2025 at 6:52 AM
I'm starting a YouTube channel of "xyz ending explained" where every video is just me saying "Actually watch it without looking at your phone and then you won't need the ending explained"
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calmly explaining why we shouldn't bomb random venezuelan boats to people who argued we should torture random iraqis and then won an election by saying they were against a war they advocated for
November 29, 2025 at 4:35 AM
calmly explaining why we shouldn't bomb random venezuelan boats to people who argued we should torture random iraqis and then won an election by saying they were against a war they advocated for