gilbert
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I really think the net benefit for society is greater if we banned social media for those over 16.
Badenoch tells Starmer to ‘just get on’ with under-16s social media ban
Tory leader says delay will harm children’s mental health after No 10 said it would consult on policy by summer
www.theguardian.com
January 21, 2026 at 4:13 PM
I really think the net benefit for society is greater if we banned social media for those over 16.
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Europeans will get on this site and be like, "The United States has permanently lost its moral authority in the multipolar world" and then simply continue to not replace USAID
January 21, 2026 at 3:50 PM
Europeans will get on this site and be like, "The United States has permanently lost its moral authority in the multipolar world" and then simply continue to not replace USAID
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Power Macintoshes G4 in Anthracite, Ultraviolet, Deep Sea, and Cherry.
March 18, 2024 at 1:41 AM
Power Macintoshes G4 in Anthracite, Ultraviolet, Deep Sea, and Cherry.
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Mafia goon: Nice house you got here...it'd be a shame if something happened to it
Media outlets: Mafia goon rules out use of force. Expresses regret at the mere thought of it
Media outlets: Mafia goon rules out use of force. Expresses regret at the mere thought of it
January 21, 2026 at 2:36 PM
Mafia goon: Nice house you got here...it'd be a shame if something happened to it
Media outlets: Mafia goon rules out use of force. Expresses regret at the mere thought of it
Media outlets: Mafia goon rules out use of force. Expresses regret at the mere thought of it
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Trump on NATO: "Until the last few days when I told them about Iceland, they loved me. They called me daddy."
(He means Greenland.)
(He means Greenland.)
January 21, 2026 at 2:19 PM
Trump on NATO: "Until the last few days when I told them about Iceland, they loved me. They called me daddy."
(He means Greenland.)
(He means Greenland.)
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Trump is now confusing Greenland and Iceland: "They're not there for us on Iceland, that I can tell you. Our stock market took the first dip yesterday because of Iceland. So Iceland has already cost us a lot of money."
January 21, 2026 at 2:20 PM
Trump is now confusing Greenland and Iceland: "They're not there for us on Iceland, that I can tell you. Our stock market took the first dip yesterday because of Iceland. So Iceland has already cost us a lot of money."
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I think we’ve got better and more culturally-varied street food than I could have imagined, cool jackets galore, and drugs that make us think we’re really fast and strong before they kill us.
we're getting all the downsides of cyberpunk (social alienation, ruthless hyper capitalism, digital mass surveillance state) but none of the promised upsides (cheap street food, cool jackets, super drugs that make you really fast and strong before they kill you)
January 20, 2026 at 10:02 PM
I think we’ve got better and more culturally-varied street food than I could have imagined, cool jackets galore, and drugs that make us think we’re really fast and strong before they kill us.
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we're getting all the downsides of cyberpunk (social alienation, ruthless hyper capitalism, digital mass surveillance state) but none of the promised upsides (cheap street food, cool jackets, super drugs that make you really fast and strong before they kill you)
January 20, 2026 at 9:25 PM
we're getting all the downsides of cyberpunk (social alienation, ruthless hyper capitalism, digital mass surveillance state) but none of the promised upsides (cheap street food, cool jackets, super drugs that make you really fast and strong before they kill you)
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van hollen
Okay, question:
Assuming that you have to pick a new leader from an existing Senate Dem (so you've got 44 non-Chuck options)
Who would you vote for as the new Senate Minority Leader, if it was up to you? Genuinely curious
Assuming that you have to pick a new leader from an existing Senate Dem (so you've got 44 non-Chuck options)
Who would you vote for as the new Senate Minority Leader, if it was up to you? Genuinely curious
January 20, 2026 at 9:06 PM
van hollen
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Incredible quote here from a Somali small business owner in Minneapolis who voted for Trump. minnesotareformer.com/2026/01/19/a...
January 20, 2026 at 8:46 PM
Incredible quote here from a Somali small business owner in Minneapolis who voted for Trump. minnesotareformer.com/2026/01/19/a...
New compression method just dropped.
This is pretty BLANKing BLANK
January 20, 2026 at 8:33 PM
New compression method just dropped.
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Quite the statement from the Prime Minister of Poland
January 20, 2026 at 6:37 PM
Quite the statement from the Prime Minister of Poland
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Posted a very early stage draft with rock star collaborators.
Key question: when we actually roll out AI tools, how do people use them? Do they just defer completely? Does it improve productivity and ability?
We look in the medical setting of pulmonary embolisms
paulgp.com/papers/Radio...
Key question: when we actually roll out AI tools, how do people use them? Do they just defer completely? Does it improve productivity and ability?
We look in the medical setting of pulmonary embolisms
paulgp.com/papers/Radio...
January 19, 2026 at 8:17 PM
Posted a very early stage draft with rock star collaborators.
Key question: when we actually roll out AI tools, how do people use them? Do they just defer completely? Does it improve productivity and ability?
We look in the medical setting of pulmonary embolisms
paulgp.com/papers/Radio...
Key question: when we actually roll out AI tools, how do people use them? Do they just defer completely? Does it improve productivity and ability?
We look in the medical setting of pulmonary embolisms
paulgp.com/papers/Radio...
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1. ICE has STOPPED PAYING for medical treatment for its 73,000 detainees
ICE has not paid its bills to 3rd party providers since OCTOBER and the situation will likely persist for MONTHS, a Popular Information investigation reveals
Meanwhile, critically ill ICE detainees are not receiving care
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ICE has not paid its bills to 3rd party providers since OCTOBER and the situation will likely persist for MONTHS, a Popular Information investigation reveals
Meanwhile, critically ill ICE detainees are not receiving care
🧵
ICE has stopped paying for detainee medical treatment
ICE halted payments in October, and the situation will persist for at least several more months
popular.info
January 20, 2026 at 1:42 PM
1. ICE has STOPPED PAYING for medical treatment for its 73,000 detainees
ICE has not paid its bills to 3rd party providers since OCTOBER and the situation will likely persist for MONTHS, a Popular Information investigation reveals
Meanwhile, critically ill ICE detainees are not receiving care
🧵
ICE has not paid its bills to 3rd party providers since OCTOBER and the situation will likely persist for MONTHS, a Popular Information investigation reveals
Meanwhile, critically ill ICE detainees are not receiving care
🧵
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NEWS: The Social Security Administration has referred two DOGE employees for Hatch Act violations after discovering contacts with a political group seeking SSA data to overturn election results. www.politico.com/news/2026/01...
January 20, 2026 at 6:53 PM
NEWS: The Social Security Administration has referred two DOGE employees for Hatch Act violations after discovering contacts with a political group seeking SSA data to overturn election results. www.politico.com/news/2026/01...
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The Founders (rightly) thought financial corruption was so concerning they banned it in the Constitution three separate times: the two emoluments clauses, and the only named impeachable offense besides treason.
Starting in 2017, America decided it just kinda didn't matter anymore, whatcha gonna do.
Starting in 2017, America decided it just kinda didn't matter anymore, whatcha gonna do.
UNREAL: Per NY Times amazing reporting today they found "Trump has used the office of the presidency to make at least $1.4 billion. We know this number to be an underestimate because some of his profits remain hidden from public view." We live in a 3rd world sh*thole! www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Opinion | How Trump Has Used the Presidency to Make at Least $1.4 Billion
The president took an oath to serve the American people. Instead, he’s focused his second term on enriching himself and his family.
www.nytimes.com
January 20, 2026 at 6:20 PM
The Founders (rightly) thought financial corruption was so concerning they banned it in the Constitution three separate times: the two emoluments clauses, and the only named impeachable offense besides treason.
Starting in 2017, America decided it just kinda didn't matter anymore, whatcha gonna do.
Starting in 2017, America decided it just kinda didn't matter anymore, whatcha gonna do.
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In a speech to the World Economic Forum, Mark Carney says middle powers such as Canada must accept that the rules-based international order is effectively dead, and great power rivalry with is here to stay. Key excerpt:
January 20, 2026 at 3:48 PM
In a speech to the World Economic Forum, Mark Carney says middle powers such as Canada must accept that the rules-based international order is effectively dead, and great power rivalry with is here to stay. Key excerpt:
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sounds wise but even this framing is a year out of date. people are talking almost exclusively about what they're doing with LLMs *right now*, and on top of that, what they're doing right now is exactly what the most hypebrained shill said would happen. so this is wrong about both now and a year ago
Part of the struggle with the LLM discourse is that genuine (i.e. non-grifter) proponents talk exclusively about the possibilities of the transformer architecture in an ideal future with a rational business model.
Whereas opponents largely talk about the world we live in today, and its constraints.
Whereas opponents largely talk about the world we live in today, and its constraints.
What many of us have been saying for a while: AI*-related technologies are tools like any other technology, useful in some places, not in others. If it had been presented (and funded) as such, we'd be in a better place.
Instead, tech ideologues pushed AI* as the Second Coming, went all-in on it. /1
Instead, tech ideologues pushed AI* as the Second Coming, went all-in on it. /1
January 19, 2026 at 5:26 PM
sounds wise but even this framing is a year out of date. people are talking almost exclusively about what they're doing with LLMs *right now*, and on top of that, what they're doing right now is exactly what the most hypebrained shill said would happen. so this is wrong about both now and a year ago
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It's AI slop with a wrong flag and absurd tactics, but the prompt they gave the bot and the reason they posted this is that's 100% supposed to look like Greenland.
Now, I’m no military historian. However, I’m pretty sure that’s not a common Revolutionary war tactic (and that’s ignoring the one guy firing into the air).
January 20, 2026 at 12:48 AM
It's AI slop with a wrong flag and absurd tactics, but the prompt they gave the bot and the reason they posted this is that's 100% supposed to look like Greenland.
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Gary Larson: In my cartoon I invented Cow Tools as a cautionary tale
Cows: At long last, we have created the Cow Tools from classic newspaper comic Cow Tools
Cows: At long last, we have created the Cow Tools from classic newspaper comic Cow Tools
January 19, 2026 at 5:04 PM
Gary Larson: In my cartoon I invented Cow Tools as a cautionary tale
Cows: At long last, we have created the Cow Tools from classic newspaper comic Cow Tools
Cows: At long last, we have created the Cow Tools from classic newspaper comic Cow Tools
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Breaking News: President Trump told Norway’s prime minister that one reason he’s pushing to acquire Greenland is because he didn’t win the Nobel Peace Prize.
Denied Peace Prize, Trump Tells Norway He’ll Push for Greenland
In a text message, President Trump told Norway’s prime minister he no longer felt obliged to “think purely of Peace” and that the world would not be secure until America controlled the island.
nyti.ms
January 19, 2026 at 1:21 PM
Breaking News: President Trump told Norway’s prime minister that one reason he’s pushing to acquire Greenland is because he didn’t win the Nobel Peace Prize.
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I think (but it’s not entirely clear) that Miller means to say local and state police have been ordered to “stand down and surrender” by Walz and/or Frey?
But…what? No, they haven’t!
bsky.app/profile/anna...
But…what? No, they haven’t!
bsky.app/profile/anna...
Senior White House official says local and state police in Minneapolis “have been ordered to stand down and surrender.”
What?
What?
January 19, 2026 at 5:28 PM
I think (but it’s not entirely clear) that Miller means to say local and state police have been ordered to “stand down and surrender” by Walz and/or Frey?
But…what? No, they haven’t!
bsky.app/profile/anna...
But…what? No, they haven’t!
bsky.app/profile/anna...
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Senior White House official says local and state police in Minneapolis “have been ordered to stand down and surrender.”
What?
What?
January 19, 2026 at 5:14 PM
Senior White House official says local and state police in Minneapolis “have been ordered to stand down and surrender.”
What?
What?
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January – 2026
Donald Trump is the president of the United States
Only the European and Canadian fleets stand before him
Glaciers are now battlefields
Donald Trump is the president of the United States
Only the European and Canadian fleets stand before him
Glaciers are now battlefields
CANADA PM CARNEY CONSIDERS SENDING SOLDIERS TO GREENLAND — CBC
January 19, 2026 at 12:41 AM
January – 2026
Donald Trump is the president of the United States
Only the European and Canadian fleets stand before him
Glaciers are now battlefields
Donald Trump is the president of the United States
Only the European and Canadian fleets stand before him
Glaciers are now battlefields
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Given the significance of recent developments and in order to further coordinate, I have decided to convene an extraordinary meeting of the European Council in the coming days.
January 18, 2026 at 8:00 PM
Given the significance of recent developments and in order to further coordinate, I have decided to convene an extraordinary meeting of the European Council in the coming days.