Shevek 🌹 🇺🇦 ⚖️
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I've only ever used social media on my laptop, because why on earth would I want my phone binging and pinging all day?
Nice concise thread on how chatbots hallucinate and/or emulate Dunning-Kruger effects. ⬇️
The AI bros (who clearly don't understand AI) in the comments are hilarious. "ask stupid questions, get stupid answers". LLMs have no concept of how intelligent a question is, and they certainly were not designed to deliberately give stupid responses if they deem your question too stupid. 1/?
It’s so funny to think about the fact that there’s people out there deferring every life decision to this
February 15, 2026 at 12:44 PM
Nice concise thread on how chatbots hallucinate and/or emulate Dunning-Kruger effects. ⬇️
Great now I have the theme song to "Raiders of the Lost Ark" bouncing around in my ears.
Confirmation of what we all knew or suspected...he was poisoned.
Guardian - Russia killed Alexei Navalny with frog toxin, UK and allies say
Guardian - Russia killed Alexei Navalny with frog toxin, UK and allies say
Russia killed Alexei Navalny with frog toxin, UK and four European allies say
Intelligence agencies say deadly toxin in skin of Ecuador dart frogs found in Navalny’s body and highly likely resulted in his death
www.theguardian.com
February 14, 2026 at 2:10 PM
Great now I have the theme song to "Raiders of the Lost Ark" bouncing around in my ears.
This crap drives me nuts. If they want the limit to be 26, change the damn signs. If they're going to have it at 15, impose the fine at 16.
Don't write laws if the law isn't going to be applied. It's no wonder everyone always thinks they're being singled out at traffic stops.
Don't write laws if the law isn't going to be applied. It's no wonder everyone always thinks they're being singled out at traffic stops.
Philadelphia drivers are about to get a new incentive to obey the flashing caution lights and 15 mph speed limit near schools.
Driving 11 miles faster than the school-zone speed limit will carry a $100 fine.
Driving 11 miles faster than the school-zone speed limit will carry a $100 fine.
Cameras will soon enforce speed limits in five Philly school zones
www.inquirer.com
February 12, 2026 at 6:26 PM
This crap drives me nuts. If they want the limit to be 26, change the damn signs. If they're going to have it at 15, impose the fine at 16.
Don't write laws if the law isn't going to be applied. It's no wonder everyone always thinks they're being singled out at traffic stops.
Don't write laws if the law isn't going to be applied. It's no wonder everyone always thinks they're being singled out at traffic stops.
I miss the old days of yore when Apple was an ally in the fight against enshittification.
February 12, 2026 at 6:11 PM
I miss the old days of yore when Apple was an ally in the fight against enshittification.
Really can't blame all the women who don't want to sleep with this dude.
February 12, 2026 at 5:17 PM
Really can't blame all the women who don't want to sleep with this dude.
Patent trolling and walled gardens are really bad for the beneficial aspects of a capitalist economy.
Fee shifting is possible, but uncommon, in U.S. patent litigation.
February 12, 2026 at 1:42 PM
Patent trolling and walled gardens are really bad for the beneficial aspects of a capitalist economy.
"Gifts"
*shudder*
*shudder*
Michael Wolff is doing videos on Jeffrey Epstein for the Daily beast despite the fact that he is in the Epstein files and also took gifts from Epstein
February 10, 2026 at 9:00 PM
"Gifts"
*shudder*
*shudder*
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Remember when MAGA freaked out when they thought Hunter was selling access to the President…
Those who give $1 million or more will get invitations to a “private Freedom 250 thank you reception” hosted by Trump, with a “historic photo opportunity.” Those who give $2.5 million or more also are being offered speaking roles at an event in Washington on July 4. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/08/u...
For $1 Million, Donors to U.S.A. Birthday Group Offered Access to Trump
www.nytimes.com
February 8, 2026 at 3:06 PM
Remember when MAGA freaked out when they thought Hunter was selling access to the President…
"Without naming your job, tell me something you say over and over again at work."
Weather permitting...
Weather permitting...
"Without naming your job, tell me something you say over and over again at work."
I'm your host David and today we are looking at...
I'm your host David and today we are looking at...
"Without naming your job, tell me something you say over and over again at work."
"It's due Sunday at 11:59 PM"
"It's due Sunday at 11:59 PM"
February 8, 2026 at 1:31 AM
"Without naming your job, tell me something you say over and over again at work."
Weather permitting...
Weather permitting...
Iraq has managed to keep a surprisingly low profile during the 12.5 months of madness so far.
3/ Iraq has received 2,250 Islamic State in Iraq and al Sham (ISIS) detainees from Syria since January 21 as part of US Central Command’s (CENTCOM) operation to transfer detainees from Syrian prisons to Iraqi custody.
Read more:
Read more:
Iran Update, February 7, 2026
The US and Iran will hold a new round of talks sometime early next week. Neither the US nor Iran has changed their negotiating position
isw.pub
February 8, 2026 at 1:15 AM
Iraq has managed to keep a surprisingly low profile during the 12.5 months of madness so far.
Gonna be feeding the wood stove all night I see.
🚨 Wind Advisory issued February 7 at 7:11PM EST until February 8 at 12:00AM EST by NWS Mount Holly NJ 🚨
Additional Details Here.
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Additional Details Here.
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February 8, 2026 at 1:06 AM
Gonna be feeding the wood stove all night I see.
The Russian propagandists are well into the "make the leader seem sane and reasonable in comparison to us" phase of the crazy.
Meanwhile in Russia: Alexei Naumov argued that Iran shouldn't have provoked the United States, because might is right and Iran is significantly weaker than America. State TV host Olga Skabeeva wasn't pleased with his rhetoric.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=oC-T...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=oC-T...
Olga Skabeeva clashes with Alexei Naumov about Iran
YouTube video by Russian Media Monitor
www.youtube.com
February 8, 2026 at 12:54 AM
The Russian propagandists are well into the "make the leader seem sane and reasonable in comparison to us" phase of the crazy.
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Immigrants make America stronger
February 7, 2026 at 2:44 PM
Immigrants make America stronger
The next president should immediately sign an executive order to rename all waste disposal facilities as Trumps.
Solid waste Trumps
Sewage Trumps
Slag Trumps
Trump ponds
Trump incinerators
Compost Trumps
Toxic waste Trumps
Other Trumps, where gross and or hazardous to health stuff is Trumped.
Solid waste Trumps
Sewage Trumps
Slag Trumps
Trump ponds
Trump incinerators
Compost Trumps
Toxic waste Trumps
Other Trumps, where gross and or hazardous to health stuff is Trumped.
February 7, 2026 at 3:41 PM
The next president should immediately sign an executive order to rename all waste disposal facilities as Trumps.
Solid waste Trumps
Sewage Trumps
Slag Trumps
Trump ponds
Trump incinerators
Compost Trumps
Toxic waste Trumps
Other Trumps, where gross and or hazardous to health stuff is Trumped.
Solid waste Trumps
Sewage Trumps
Slag Trumps
Trump ponds
Trump incinerators
Compost Trumps
Toxic waste Trumps
Other Trumps, where gross and or hazardous to health stuff is Trumped.
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As a scholar of Soviet espionage, may I say: Duh.
Epstein is being described by the Polish PM as a possible Russian spy. If so, it would explain a great deal. All the Epstein “evidence” would actually be kompromat taking in the rich and powerful to serve Kremlin interests. www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2...
www.telegraph.co.uk
February 4, 2026 at 5:19 AM
As a scholar of Soviet espionage, may I say: Duh.
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England's water companies have paid £85bn in dividends.
Borrowed £82.7bn. 35% of customer covers interest payments and shareholder payouts.
Sewage in rivers, insecure water supplies. Customer complaints up 50% last year. No exec prosecuted
Govt response - abolished fines on water companies.
Borrowed £82.7bn. 35% of customer covers interest payments and shareholder payouts.
Sewage in rivers, insecure water supplies. Customer complaints up 50% last year. No exec prosecuted
Govt response - abolished fines on water companies.
Public ownership of water is the only way to deliver security, efficiency, investment and value for money
37 years of privatisation has been a disaster
leftfootforward.org
February 4, 2026 at 9:20 AM
England's water companies have paid £85bn in dividends.
Borrowed £82.7bn. 35% of customer covers interest payments and shareholder payouts.
Sewage in rivers, insecure water supplies. Customer complaints up 50% last year. No exec prosecuted
Govt response - abolished fines on water companies.
Borrowed £82.7bn. 35% of customer covers interest payments and shareholder payouts.
Sewage in rivers, insecure water supplies. Customer complaints up 50% last year. No exec prosecuted
Govt response - abolished fines on water companies.
Regional Floras are fun to read and pronounce.
reading about organisms that aren’t your specialty is like
margins of the quorbus eplungulate, ploobular processes bent posteriorly towards the foobulum
define term “eplungulate”
- lacking plungae. synonym: thubulous
margins of the quorbus eplungulate, ploobular processes bent posteriorly towards the foobulum
define term “eplungulate”
- lacking plungae. synonym: thubulous
February 3, 2026 at 9:36 PM
Regional Floras are fun to read and pronounce.
Should Trump die in office we can expect Vance to immediately commission the world's biggest and best Pyramid, positioned to block the sun from the Washington Monument.
February 3, 2026 at 6:48 PM
Should Trump die in office we can expect Vance to immediately commission the world's biggest and best Pyramid, positioned to block the sun from the Washington Monument.
Hospital staff require treatment for shell shock.
February 1, 2026 at 6:44 PM
Hospital staff require treatment for shell shock.
Elon's gonna get beat up by Martian ICE agents if he doesn't cut it out.
🛰️ SpaceX plans to create a space cluster of data centers for AI, — Bloomberg.
▪️According to the company, this is the first step towards a Kardashev II-level civilization, using all the energy of the Sun, supporting AI for billions of people and a multi-planetary future.
▪️According to the company, this is the first step towards a Kardashev II-level civilization, using all the energy of the Sun, supporting AI for billions of people and a multi-planetary future.
February 1, 2026 at 12:39 AM
Elon's gonna get beat up by Martian ICE agents if he doesn't cut it out.
After Johnson puts the house in permanent recess Trump's guys are going to rip up the seats and put corkboard on the entire chamber floor, and purchase containers of yarn and pushpins from some weirdo who still has a garage full of hand sanitizer and toilet paper ready to make bank next pandemic.
Blanche says that any Epstein document that "would jeopardize an active federal investigation" is not being released by the DOJ
January 30, 2026 at 4:26 PM
After Johnson puts the house in permanent recess Trump's guys are going to rip up the seats and put corkboard on the entire chamber floor, and purchase containers of yarn and pushpins from some weirdo who still has a garage full of hand sanitizer and toilet paper ready to make bank next pandemic.
I'm predicting that one of the Trump lawyers will try some goofy April Fools joke because why not.
New: The Supreme Court will hear arguments in the birthright citizenship case on April 1. www.supremecourt.gov/oral_argumen...
January 30, 2026 at 4:19 PM
I'm predicting that one of the Trump lawyers will try some goofy April Fools joke because why not.
Apparently Elon Musk recruited his design team from the props departments of the dystopian sci-fi shows on cable TV.
Robovan was the biggest surprise at Tesla We, Robot event
Robovan was the biggest surprise at Tesla We, Robot event
Elon Musk unveiled a prototype of Tesla’s Robovan on Thursday night during the company’s We, Robot event in Los Angeles. The Robovan will be an electric, autonomous vehicle roughly the size of a bus, designed for transporting people around high density…
tcrn.ch
January 30, 2026 at 10:47 AM
Apparently Elon Musk recruited his design team from the props departments of the dystopian sci-fi shows on cable TV.
The Vogons were not available for comment.
January 28, 2026 at 10:42 AM
The Vogons were not available for comment.
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The problem is who truly believes that a Trumpian USA will honour any security guarantees? And who thinks that Russia will be an honest deal maker?
The Trump admin has indicated to Ukraine that US security guarantees are contingent on Kyiv first agreeing a peace deal that would likely involve ceding the Donbas region to Russia…
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US links security guarantees for Ukraine to peace deal ceding territory
[FREE TO READ] Washington signalled Kyiv would receive more backing after any withdrawal from the Donbas, say people familiar with talks
as.ft.com
January 27, 2026 at 7:15 AM
The problem is who truly believes that a Trumpian USA will honour any security guarantees? And who thinks that Russia will be an honest deal maker?