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I am a suicide attempt survivor so I’m kind of selfishly interested in prevention and, again, while it may difficult to completely prevent IDEATION, what ChatGPT does (despite guardrails!) is *cheerlead and facilitate* completion. You can come back from ideation but not a chat-optimized completion.
This is not true. This is argument that pro-gun people use to discount red flag and waiting period laws. Ease of access and lethality (let alone cheerful instruction in the best method!) is the #1 predictor of attempts leading actual completion. The more barriers, the more people live.
I think it's fine Chat GPT is telling people how to kill themselves. They'll figure it out one way or another if they're serious.
December 4, 2025 at 4:57 PM
I am a suicide attempt survivor so I’m kind of selfishly interested in prevention and, again, while it may difficult to completely prevent IDEATION, what ChatGPT does (despite guardrails!) is *cheerlead and facilitate* completion. You can come back from ideation but not a chat-optimized completion.
He named the meeting room Zuccotti Park
When we govern from City Hall with dignity as the cornerstone of our politics, we'll be following in the footsteps of great mayors like @sanders.senate.gov . Grateful to the Senator for stopping by to talk about the work of building a government that delivers for working people.
December 2, 2025 at 11:04 PM
He named the meeting room Zuccotti Park
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Bob has interesting thoughts on the 'Genesis Mission'. But is there a useful path for Earth Science (writ large) here? Possibly yes.
“Genesis Mission” thoughts:
1. Wacky name, makes me think some transhumanist Silicon Valley type named it (Chris Wright probably counts, even though he’s not actually SV)
2. Publicly accessible data centers at national labs and open large deep learning models could be really valuable for science
1. Wacky name, makes me think some transhumanist Silicon Valley type named it (Chris Wright probably counts, even though he’s not actually SV)
2. Publicly accessible data centers at national labs and open large deep learning models could be really valuable for science
November 26, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Bob has interesting thoughts on the 'Genesis Mission'. But is there a useful path for Earth Science (writ large) here? Possibly yes.
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Rush hour traffic in Utrecht.
Sound on 🔊 if you want to experience that rush hour IS possible without the constant, deafening noise of cars overpowering people talking.
Sound on 🔊 if you want to experience that rush hour IS possible without the constant, deafening noise of cars overpowering people talking.
November 25, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Rush hour traffic in Utrecht.
Sound on 🔊 if you want to experience that rush hour IS possible without the constant, deafening noise of cars overpowering people talking.
Sound on 🔊 if you want to experience that rush hour IS possible without the constant, deafening noise of cars overpowering people talking.
We always think that these people are deliberately preventing us from leading lives as full and rich as the ones they must lead. So it’s disorienting whenever we get to see how small their worldview is.
The height of comedy, two middle-aged men laughing at the abstract notion of how mean a robot could be to a person
Everything about this might be the saddest thing I’ve ever seen
November 24, 2025 at 3:01 PM
We always think that these people are deliberately preventing us from leading lives as full and rich as the ones they must lead. So it’s disorienting whenever we get to see how small their worldview is.
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seen on WT Harris in E Charlotte
November 23, 2025 at 3:35 AM
seen on WT Harris in E Charlotte
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I always think of Tony Judt on this (though I'd hold the condescension and double down on the public university systems in the heartland)
November 23, 2025 at 5:27 PM
I always think of Tony Judt on this (though I'd hold the condescension and double down on the public university systems in the heartland)
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Really important to stress that the Crown Jewels of the US higher education system were never the Ivies or elite SLACs (other countries have equivalents of these) but the well-funded, large, cheap, and excellently staffed public state university systems bringing high quality education to the masses.
November 23, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Really important to stress that the Crown Jewels of the US higher education system were never the Ivies or elite SLACs (other countries have equivalents of these) but the well-funded, large, cheap, and excellently staffed public state university systems bringing high quality education to the masses.
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TRUMP [after spending 5 minutes with Zohran]: surplus value, it’s a very wonderful thing, very wonderful, and they’re stealing it. Can you believe that?
We’re going to be looking very strongly at the bourgeoisie, what they’re up to
We’re going to be looking very strongly at the bourgeoisie, what they’re up to
November 21, 2025 at 9:25 PM
TRUMP [after spending 5 minutes with Zohran]: surplus value, it’s a very wonderful thing, very wonderful, and they’re stealing it. Can you believe that?
We’re going to be looking very strongly at the bourgeoisie, what they’re up to
We’re going to be looking very strongly at the bourgeoisie, what they’re up to
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a significant reason Mamdani can get away with this and other Dems can’t is less that he’s charmed Trump and more that he’s charmed you, dear reader, which is why you’re not yelling at him for being a collaborator or an appeaser right now
November 21, 2025 at 9:46 PM
a significant reason Mamdani can get away with this and other Dems can’t is less that he’s charmed Trump and more that he’s charmed you, dear reader, which is why you’re not yelling at him for being a collaborator or an appeaser right now
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Someday you, too, could have the moral fortitude to look upon a years-long rape circus organized by the nation's most powerful elites and declare, "The people upset about this are speaking about it the wrong way."
November 21, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Someday you, too, could have the moral fortitude to look upon a years-long rape circus organized by the nation's most powerful elites and declare, "The people upset about this are speaking about it the wrong way."
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Panera Bread moves to ‘shitty bread model’. “This sucks ass, we’re really excited”, say executives who will parachute out of the failing company with $377 million dollars each
October 28, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Panera Bread moves to ‘shitty bread model’. “This sucks ass, we’re really excited”, say executives who will parachute out of the failing company with $377 million dollars each
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New insult to life itself just dropped
November 14, 2025 at 3:57 PM
New insult to life itself just dropped
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Well, it's a little clearer now why billionaires are so invested in technology that produces better written emails.
November 12, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Well, it's a little clearer now why billionaires are so invested in technology that produces better written emails.
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The thing about Mamdani is that he’s a talented politician but not otherworldly or one in a billion, he’s just a competent guy with popular ideas who ran against an entitled piece of shit and to me it’s a lot more optimistic to imagine 1000 campaigns like his than to view him as a unique phenomenon
November 11, 2025 at 1:42 AM
The thing about Mamdani is that he’s a talented politician but not otherworldly or one in a billion, he’s just a competent guy with popular ideas who ran against an entitled piece of shit and to me it’s a lot more optimistic to imagine 1000 campaigns like his than to view him as a unique phenomenon
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It’s insane to treat the filibuster as the most sacrosanct.
Article 1 power of the purse, oversight, and war? Nah.
Emoluments clauses? Bribery prohibition? Meh.
Criminal law? 14A? Doesn’t count.
But maybe the Senate changes a rule it has multiple times before? Gasp! Not that. Anything but that.
Article 1 power of the purse, oversight, and war? Nah.
Emoluments clauses? Bribery prohibition? Meh.
Criminal law? 14A? Doesn’t count.
But maybe the Senate changes a rule it has multiple times before? Gasp! Not that. Anything but that.
November 11, 2025 at 1:09 PM
It’s insane to treat the filibuster as the most sacrosanct.
Article 1 power of the purse, oversight, and war? Nah.
Emoluments clauses? Bribery prohibition? Meh.
Criminal law? 14A? Doesn’t count.
But maybe the Senate changes a rule it has multiple times before? Gasp! Not that. Anything but that.
Article 1 power of the purse, oversight, and war? Nah.
Emoluments clauses? Bribery prohibition? Meh.
Criminal law? 14A? Doesn’t count.
But maybe the Senate changes a rule it has multiple times before? Gasp! Not that. Anything but that.
I’m not a politics knower but this seems unsmart
wild that twice this year democrats (in DC + in TX) have reached the threshold of making Republicans feel some pain and just dip lol
www.politico.com/live-updates...
www.politico.com/live-updates...
Senate hopes for shutdown breakthrough Sunday
Senators believe enough Democrats are ready to reopen the government. The White House isn’t standing in the way of an emerging deal.
www.politico.com
November 9, 2025 at 9:59 PM
I’m not a politics knower but this seems unsmart
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November 7, 2025 at 8:29 PM
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Cool. What would you call the other wing then? www.nytimes.com/2025/11/03/u...
November 6, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Cool. What would you call the other wing then? www.nytimes.com/2025/11/03/u...
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basically every 2024 truism is dead. Trump did not build a lasting multiracial coalition or turn young men into committed Republicans. You don’t need to cave on trans rights to win. The pundits have nothing left to tell you.
November 5, 2025 at 1:57 PM
basically every 2024 truism is dead. Trump did not build a lasting multiracial coalition or turn young men into committed Republicans. You don’t need to cave on trans rights to win. The pundits have nothing left to tell you.
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I can’t believe I’m saying this but I wish Dick Cheney were still alive
November 5, 2025 at 3:37 AM
I can’t believe I’m saying this but I wish Dick Cheney were still alive
Someone post that clip of Brad Lander saying Andrew Cuomo is in the past
November 5, 2025 at 3:14 AM
Someone post that clip of Brad Lander saying Andrew Cuomo is in the past
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