Ali Beyad
@alibeyad.bsky.social
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The great isolationist ‘America First’ GOP President Donald Trump has in less than a year in office declared himself the ‘owner’ of Gaza and the ‘ruler’ of Venezuela.
January 3, 2026 at 10:46 PM
The great isolationist ‘America First’ GOP President Donald Trump has in less than a year in office declared himself the ‘owner’ of Gaza and the ‘ruler’ of Venezuela.
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In Austin, Tesla has 30 self driving taxis with safety monitors in them in while Waymo has 200 fully autonomous taxis. Waymo has 2,500 deployed nationwide.
Yet Tesla is at all time highs as its EV business collapses because Wall Street believes in Elon Musk. The market is irrational.
Yet Tesla is at all time highs as its EV business collapses because Wall Street believes in Elon Musk. The market is irrational.
Tesla Robotaxis Are Big on Wall St. but Lagging on Roads
www.nytimes.com
December 26, 2025 at 3:14 PM
In Austin, Tesla has 30 self driving taxis with safety monitors in them in while Waymo has 200 fully autonomous taxis. Waymo has 2,500 deployed nationwide.
Yet Tesla is at all time highs as its EV business collapses because Wall Street believes in Elon Musk. The market is irrational.
Yet Tesla is at all time highs as its EV business collapses because Wall Street believes in Elon Musk. The market is irrational.
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David Sacks in 2025 vs David Sacks in 2023
In less than three years, the Biden administration bailing out Silicon Valley venture capitalists has been completely forgotten.
In less than three years, the Biden administration bailing out Silicon Valley venture capitalists has been completely forgotten.
December 29, 2025 at 7:33 PM
David Sacks in 2025 vs David Sacks in 2023
In less than three years, the Biden administration bailing out Silicon Valley venture capitalists has been completely forgotten.
In less than three years, the Biden administration bailing out Silicon Valley venture capitalists has been completely forgotten.
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A student said to me at an event today, ‘I’d love to speak out and say stuff but I can’t because I’m on a visa.’
What has happened to America?
Trump and Rubio and MAGA have killed free speech and the First Amendment in this country.
What has happened to America?
Trump and Rubio and MAGA have killed free speech and the First Amendment in this country.
May 28, 2025 at 10:12 PM
A student said to me at an event today, ‘I’d love to speak out and say stuff but I can’t because I’m on a visa.’
What has happened to America?
Trump and Rubio and MAGA have killed free speech and the First Amendment in this country.
What has happened to America?
Trump and Rubio and MAGA have killed free speech and the First Amendment in this country.
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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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"If you can convince the lowest white man he's better than the best colored man, he won't notice you're picking his pocket. Hell, give him somebody to look down on, and he'll empty his pockets for you." - President Lyndon B. Johnson
April 11, 2025 at 8:44 PM
"If you can convince the lowest white man he's better than the best colored man, he won't notice you're picking his pocket. Hell, give him somebody to look down on, and he'll empty his pockets for you." - President Lyndon B. Johnson
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“Hey, hey, Elon, How many kids did you kill today?” admittedly doesn’t rhyme as well as the original.
But that’s not as important as Elon being responsible for the needless deaths of tens of thousands of kids.
But that’s not as important as Elon being responsible for the needless deaths of tens of thousands of kids.
New data point foe the Elon body count www.nytimes.com/2025/04/11/w...
Children Seeking Cholera Care Die After U.S. Cuts Aid, Charity Says
The victims died on a grueling three-hour walk in scorching heat as they tried to reach the nearest remaining health facility, officials of Save the Children said.
www.nytimes.com
April 11, 2025 at 11:35 PM
“Hey, hey, Elon, How many kids did you kill today?” admittedly doesn’t rhyme as well as the original.
But that’s not as important as Elon being responsible for the needless deaths of tens of thousands of kids.
But that’s not as important as Elon being responsible for the needless deaths of tens of thousands of kids.
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I did not realize that we had thought police in this country.
apnews.com/article/mahm...
apnews.com/article/mahm...
Pressed for evidence against Mahmoud Khalil, government cites its power to deport people for beliefs
The U.S. government has submitted a two-page memo from Secretary of State Marco Rubio as its main evidence in its deportation case against Columbia University activist Mahmoud Khalil.
apnews.com
April 12, 2025 at 2:38 AM
I did not realize that we had thought police in this country.
apnews.com/article/mahm...
apnews.com/article/mahm...
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It is wild to me that the Chinese embassy is posting videos of Ronald Reagan talking about how tariffs are destructive economic policy compared to free trade while the US govt is attacking universities & scientists while looking longingly at backbreaking factory work as the future.
April 8, 2025 at 5:28 PM
It is wild to me that the Chinese embassy is posting videos of Ronald Reagan talking about how tariffs are destructive economic policy compared to free trade while the US govt is attacking universities & scientists while looking longingly at backbreaking factory work as the future.
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America’s biggest problem is now a culture of resentment, where being angry at others drives everything.
Imagined grievances lead to self-harm like tariffs, anti-immigrant policies, and gleefully firing essential government workers.
It’s Brexit on steroids, fueled by spite over sense.
Imagined grievances lead to self-harm like tariffs, anti-immigrant policies, and gleefully firing essential government workers.
It’s Brexit on steroids, fueled by spite over sense.
Trump’s 'Liberation Day' tariffs showcase the failed policies of his first term
Reckless and indiscriminate tariffs will do nothing to bring back U.S. manufacturing.
www.msnbc.com
April 2, 2025 at 12:37 PM
America’s biggest problem is now a culture of resentment, where being angry at others drives everything.
Imagined grievances lead to self-harm like tariffs, anti-immigrant policies, and gleefully firing essential government workers.
It’s Brexit on steroids, fueled by spite over sense.
Imagined grievances lead to self-harm like tariffs, anti-immigrant policies, and gleefully firing essential government workers.
It’s Brexit on steroids, fueled by spite over sense.
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Unidentified men grabbing someone off the street and putting her in a car because she wrote an op-Ed. This as flatly authoritarian as anything we’ve seen in this country in a very long time.
Video of the international student at Tufts being arrested by "federal authorities" in Massachusetts has been released and it's terrifying.
They're not even uniformed officers. Just secret police thugs in hoodies and masks.
From WCVB: youtu.be/PuFIs7OkzYY
They're not even uniformed officers. Just secret police thugs in hoodies and masks.
From WCVB: youtu.be/PuFIs7OkzYY
March 26, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Unidentified men grabbing someone off the street and putting her in a car because she wrote an op-Ed. This as flatly authoritarian as anything we’ve seen in this country in a very long time.
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🥁Introducing Gemini 2.5, our most intelligent model with impressive capabilities in advanced reasoning and coding.
Now integrating thinking capabilities, 2.5 Pro Experimental is our most performant Gemini model yet. It’s #1 on the LM Arena leaderboard. 🥇
Now integrating thinking capabilities, 2.5 Pro Experimental is our most performant Gemini model yet. It’s #1 on the LM Arena leaderboard. 🥇
March 25, 2025 at 5:25 PM
🥁Introducing Gemini 2.5, our most intelligent model with impressive capabilities in advanced reasoning and coding.
Now integrating thinking capabilities, 2.5 Pro Experimental is our most performant Gemini model yet. It’s #1 on the LM Arena leaderboard. 🥇
Now integrating thinking capabilities, 2.5 Pro Experimental is our most performant Gemini model yet. It’s #1 on the LM Arena leaderboard. 🥇
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From the farewell of the Palestinian journalist Hossam Shabat.
March 24, 2025 at 4:30 PM
From the farewell of the Palestinian journalist Hossam Shabat.
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I read the words of our Palestinian colleague Rasha Abou Jalal from Gaza and I feel such shame that the world is allowing this to happen; that the U.S., under Democrats and Republicans, facilitates this campaign of terror.
Read Rasha’s full report 🔽
www.dropsitenews.com/p/palestinia...
Read Rasha’s full report 🔽
www.dropsitenews.com/p/palestinia...
March 18, 2025 at 9:20 PM
I read the words of our Palestinian colleague Rasha Abou Jalal from Gaza and I feel such shame that the world is allowing this to happen; that the U.S., under Democrats and Republicans, facilitates this campaign of terror.
Read Rasha’s full report 🔽
www.dropsitenews.com/p/palestinia...
Read Rasha’s full report 🔽
www.dropsitenews.com/p/palestinia...
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MUST-WATCH: This is the arrest of Mahmoud Khalil from the perspective of his wife, who is 8 months pregnant.
This is federal agents in plain clothes dragging a man from his home as punishment for his speech.
@nyclu.org @ccrjustice.org @theimeu.bsky.social
This is federal agents in plain clothes dragging a man from his home as punishment for his speech.
@nyclu.org @ccrjustice.org @theimeu.bsky.social
March 14, 2025 at 8:51 PM
MUST-WATCH: This is the arrest of Mahmoud Khalil from the perspective of his wife, who is 8 months pregnant.
This is federal agents in plain clothes dragging a man from his home as punishment for his speech.
@nyclu.org @ccrjustice.org @theimeu.bsky.social
This is federal agents in plain clothes dragging a man from his home as punishment for his speech.
@nyclu.org @ccrjustice.org @theimeu.bsky.social
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Andrew Barto and Richard Sutton won the Turing Award for their pioneering work on reinforcement learning. Not only did they make fundamental contributions to computer science, their seminal book is the model of great technical educational content.
Andrew Barto and Richard Sutton are the recipients of the 2024 ACM A.M. Turing Award for developing the conceptual and algorithmic foundations of reinforcement learning.
Andrew Barto and Richard Sutton as the recipients of the 2024 ACM A.M. Turing Award for developing the conceptual and algorithmic foundations of reinforcement learning. In a series of papers beginning...
awards.acm.org
March 5, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Andrew Barto and Richard Sutton won the Turing Award for their pioneering work on reinforcement learning. Not only did they make fundamental contributions to computer science, their seminal book is the model of great technical educational content.
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Most of what we call "tech" is about getting the right information into a database and trying to prevent the wrong person from reading or updating it.
March 3, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Most of what we call "tech" is about getting the right information into a database and trying to prevent the wrong person from reading or updating it.
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democrats won’t admit it, but my family’s economic outlook has gotten a LOT better since Trump took office. but what do i know? i don’t have a fancy economics degree, i’m just a regular guy who runs an airplane scrapyard
February 18, 2025 at 12:23 AM
democrats won’t admit it, but my family’s economic outlook has gotten a LOT better since Trump took office. but what do i know? i don’t have a fancy economics degree, i’m just a regular guy who runs an airplane scrapyard
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Delighted to have joined my good friend & colleague Noam Shazeer on a podcast with @dwarkesh.bsky.social for a 2+ hour discussion on early Google, ML hardware, training 1T+ token LLMs in '07, model sparsity, continual learning, and more.
Thanks, Noam and Dwarkesh! 🙏
youtu.be/v0gjI__RyCY?...
Thanks, Noam and Dwarkesh! 🙏
youtu.be/v0gjI__RyCY?...
Jeff Dean & Noam Shazeer – 25 years at Google: from PageRank to AGI
YouTube video by Dwarkesh Patel
youtu.be
February 12, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Delighted to have joined my good friend & colleague Noam Shazeer on a podcast with @dwarkesh.bsky.social for a 2+ hour discussion on early Google, ML hardware, training 1T+ token LLMs in '07, model sparsity, continual learning, and more.
Thanks, Noam and Dwarkesh! 🙏
youtu.be/v0gjI__RyCY?...
Thanks, Noam and Dwarkesh! 🙏
youtu.be/v0gjI__RyCY?...