KBlaney
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Okay... but shouldn't we be careful not to throw Rosemary's Baby out with the bath water?
This and Mamdani’s revocation of all EOs after Adams’s corrupt bargain are the template moving forward. No nibbling around the edges; total bulldozing.
Wow
The night before Spanberger’s inauguration
She’s cleared house at UVA
Top Youngkin appointees resign
Spanberger should be able to easily replace them given Dem trifecta
The former CIA officer asserting her control
The night before Spanberger’s inauguration
She’s cleared house at UVA
Top Youngkin appointees resign
Spanberger should be able to easily replace them given Dem trifecta
The former CIA officer asserting her control
January 17, 2026 at 6:40 PM
Okay... but shouldn't we be careful not to throw Rosemary's Baby out with the bath water?
ICE is doing what ICE is designed to do.
There is no reform. There is only abolition and consequences for leadership.
There is no reform. There is only abolition and consequences for leadership.
With a hat tip to @mtsw.bsky.social for his posts about messaging and editing, I made this (very rough) example of what such an ad might look like.
January 15, 2026 at 3:42 AM
ICE is doing what ICE is designed to do.
There is no reform. There is only abolition and consequences for leadership.
There is no reform. There is only abolition and consequences for leadership.
Reposted by KBlaney
“ICE is doing what ICE is designed to do” played over video of ICE engaging in acts of violence should be the wall to wall DNC media strategy right now
Mike Johnson comes out against additional guardrails on ICE as Democrats call for it.
“I think there's a lot of Democrats playing games right now with national security and with law enforcement. And I think it's dangerous. Ice is doing what ice is designed to do by its very name.”
“I think there's a lot of Democrats playing games right now with national security and with law enforcement. And I think it's dangerous. Ice is doing what ice is designed to do by its very name.”
January 15, 2026 at 12:47 AM
“ICE is doing what ICE is designed to do” played over video of ICE engaging in acts of violence should be the wall to wall DNC media strategy right now
Day 3 of my union brothers-and-sisters-in-law in NYSNA striking. Fair contracts for nurses!
January 14, 2026 at 1:37 PM
Day 3 of my union brothers-and-sisters-in-law in NYSNA striking. Fair contracts for nurses!
Hey @housedemocrats.bsky.social , where are the articles of impeachment? Do you need help writing them or something?
January 13, 2026 at 9:39 PM
Hey @housedemocrats.bsky.social , where are the articles of impeachment? Do you need help writing them or something?
Good advice for the day. Block them and report them.
January 13, 2026 at 2:01 PM
Good advice for the day. Block them and report them.
Amazing
Video of federal agents getting run out of Lyn Lake this afternoon. Agents drop a gas can at the end and someone kicks it back at them.
January 13, 2026 at 4:04 AM
Amazing
Damn... knowing the response at the time really highlights how much worse America has gotten over the past 26 years.
This picture was taken in 2000 by an Associated Press photographer who was allowed to be present as an observer. ICE now keeps press blocks away from the areas where they are operating. One of the first actions ICE takes during a raid is to confiscate phones.
January 12, 2026 at 4:36 PM
Damn... knowing the response at the time really highlights how much worse America has gotten over the past 26 years.
This is the original I misattributed. Still super metal.
At last night’s candlelight vigil for Renee Nicole Good, Bishop Rob Hirschfeld of the Episcopal Diocese of New Hampshire announced he had asked the clergy of the diocese to get their affairs in order and to make sure they have their wills written ...,
January 11, 2026 at 3:11 AM
This is the original I misattributed. Still super metal.
Every once in a while Catholics show you just how metal they can be.
“I have asked the clergy of the diocese to make sure their affairs are in order and they have written their wills.,not the time for statements. It is time to put our bodies between the powers of this world and the most vulnerable”. Rob Hirschfeld, Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of New Hampshire
Redirecting...
www.facebook.com
January 11, 2026 at 1:50 AM
Every once in a while Catholics show you just how metal they can be.
Caltrops, the Magic card, are spiking in price because of the announced Increadible Hulk card.
Caltrops are cheap and easy to make.
Disclaimer:
For metal sculpture hobbyists. Decorative only, of course.
Disclaimer:
For metal sculpture hobbyists. Decorative only, of course.
January 11, 2026 at 1:18 AM
Caltrops, the Magic card, are spiking in price because of the announced Increadible Hulk card.
ICE must be disbanded and have its leadership and members prosecuted.
Right after Renée Good’s disgusting murder, a ICE goon was filmed kicking her memorial candles.
Absolutely vile.
Absolutely vile.
January 8, 2026 at 1:41 PM
ICE must be disbanded and have its leadership and members prosecuted.
Exactly!
We would not ascribe traditional code agency separate from the company or its employees. If a company had backend systems that created harm, we'd say the company was harming people. (Although even the abstraction of "the company" doing it might already be an issue... individuals do things)
We would not ascribe traditional code agency separate from the company or its employees. If a company had backend systems that created harm, we'd say the company was harming people. (Although even the abstraction of "the company" doing it might already be an issue... individuals do things)
in general perhaps we (or at least the news) ought to say a company does things via it's ai rather than saying the ai does this or that. seems like the most direct way to clear off this sort of fog
I think the AI angle of this is obscurant. It doesn’t matter that grok is “an AI” whatever you take that to mean. Suppose X hired a team of guys to photoshop the clothes off of women and children whenever anyone asks. That’s functionally identical what happening here. It’s not complicated.
January 7, 2026 at 4:46 PM
Exactly!
We would not ascribe traditional code agency separate from the company or its employees. If a company had backend systems that created harm, we'd say the company was harming people. (Although even the abstraction of "the company" doing it might already be an issue... individuals do things)
We would not ascribe traditional code agency separate from the company or its employees. If a company had backend systems that created harm, we'd say the company was harming people. (Although even the abstraction of "the company" doing it might already be an issue... individuals do things)
For the purposes of video games, there might not be any training data necessary. Back when AI was cool there was a project called MarI/O that learned to play SNES games based on an abstraction of what is on the screen/the current game state.
And uh, just for reference, what are they training that on?
Sony has patented an AI gaming ghost that will play PlayStation games for you when you get stuck www.eurogamer.net/sony-has-pat...
January 6, 2026 at 6:36 PM
For the purposes of video games, there might not be any training data necessary. Back when AI was cool there was a project called MarI/O that learned to play SNES games based on an abstraction of what is on the screen/the current game state.
Our daughter has banned us from saying "6-7" as a result of our behavior along these lines.
it is your DUTY as a parent to be basic and cringe. if your child says "6-7" and you do not say, loud enough for their friends to hear, "8-9?", causing profound silence and intense discomfort, you are neglecting your responsibilities. being cool is for kids. your days of being laughed WITH are over
January 5, 2026 at 9:10 PM
Our daughter has banned us from saying "6-7" as a result of our behavior along these lines.
We're going about "money in politics" all wrong. Instead of talking about corrupt politicians, we should be talking about how many spam phone calls and political ads there are.
December 20, 2025 at 9:17 PM
We're going about "money in politics" all wrong. Instead of talking about corrupt politicians, we should be talking about how many spam phone calls and political ads there are.
We are exceedingly lucky that Walt Disney was never exposed to the brain eating worm that is social media.
Disney's view on the subject, especially late in his life, are quite idiosyncratic: a mix of progressive-even-for-today ideas, quasi-fascist authoritarian nostalgia and impractical world of tomorrow sci fi stuff that was never gonna work youtu.be/tKYEXjMlKKQ?... bsky.app/profile/elec...
December 18, 2025 at 4:08 PM
We are exceedingly lucky that Walt Disney was never exposed to the brain eating worm that is social media.
When I worked at a B&N Cafe I had a guy who would come in on weekdays during his lunch and get either 6 or 8 shots (depending on how good a day he was having) in about 12-14ozs of steamed half & half because that's all that fit in the cup.
I just hope he's doing okay.
I just hope he's doing okay.
Found a coffee place in Paris that does 4 shots of espresso in a large latte. I am going to Ascend
December 16, 2025 at 4:53 PM
When I worked at a B&N Cafe I had a guy who would come in on weekdays during his lunch and get either 6 or 8 shots (depending on how good a day he was having) in about 12-14ozs of steamed half & half because that's all that fit in the cup.
I just hope he's doing okay.
I just hope he's doing okay.
Listen, I am an expert in falling and believe me when I tell you this was a great fall.
www.youtube.com/shorts/ntSeo...
Saving the board is just gravy (or aura farming as the kids say).
www.youtube.com/shorts/ntSeo...
Saving the board is just gravy (or aura farming as the kids say).
Saved the camera and everything 😭 #breakdance #skateboard
YouTube video by Hyunjoon Kim
www.youtube.com
December 16, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Listen, I am an expert in falling and believe me when I tell you this was a great fall.
www.youtube.com/shorts/ntSeo...
Saving the board is just gravy (or aura farming as the kids say).
www.youtube.com/shorts/ntSeo...
Saving the board is just gravy (or aura farming as the kids say).
We can have a "diversity of views" on impeachment. Some might want to impeach him for the corrupt gifts from world leaders. Some might want to impeach him for the war crimes related to strikes against civilian boats. Some for cryptocurrency bribes and some just to right past wrongs.
This is the vice chair of the Democrat caucus straight up saying that even if Dems win the midterms, they might not impeach Trump.
December 12, 2025 at 1:23 PM
We can have a "diversity of views" on impeachment. Some might want to impeach him for the corrupt gifts from world leaders. Some might want to impeach him for the war crimes related to strikes against civilian boats. Some for cryptocurrency bribes and some just to right past wrongs.
Yup. People don't hate AI (even genAI), they hate capitalism.
People absolutely do hate Web3 though. That blockchain shit can suck a bag of dicks.
People absolutely do hate Web3 though. That blockchain shit can suck a bag of dicks.
An easy way to explain luddites:
Textile manufacturers brought in machines that could do in an hour what would have taken 12 hours by hand.
And then, tried to keep paying the now 12x more productive workers the same wages as before.
That's it, that was the problem luddites had. Not complex.
Textile manufacturers brought in machines that could do in an hour what would have taken 12 hours by hand.
And then, tried to keep paying the now 12x more productive workers the same wages as before.
That's it, that was the problem luddites had. Not complex.
December 2, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Yup. People don't hate AI (even genAI), they hate capitalism.
People absolutely do hate Web3 though. That blockchain shit can suck a bag of dicks.
People absolutely do hate Web3 though. That blockchain shit can suck a bag of dicks.
Heh! Voice actors apparently have the polar opposite experience from math professors and it still sucks.
I am a voice actor. Upon telling someone this, some people will immediately take that opportunity to pivot to asking how they can also do it, usually with some flavour of "always having wanted to get into it" or "can you introduce me to the casting director on XYZ".
Please do not do this.
Please do not do this.
What’s the worst question someone can ask after you tell them your profession? For linguists, it’s definitely “how many languages do you speak?”, but I’m curious what else is happening to the rest of y’all out there?!
December 2, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Heh! Voice actors apparently have the polar opposite experience from math professors and it still sucks.
Today I am giving thanks that I am not a NY Mag editor or writer.
ruin your thanksgiving by reading new york magazine's take on mathematics
![The Ten Most
Ridiculous-Sounding
Math Classes Currently
Offered at Liberal-Arts
Colleges
By Jessica Pressler, Janelle Zara, and Emily Watkins Rachel Stein andAviva Shen OCT. 19, 2010
Every year, liberal-arts majors anxiously scour their college's course listings looking for classes that will fulfill their math requirement but aren't so, you know, math-y. Here's what they're signed up for this year.
10. Topology: The Nature of Shape and Space: "In geometry we ask: How big is it? How long is it? But in topology we ask: Is it [Sarah Lawrence
9. The Mathematies of Chance: "Most topics are introduced ina case-study fashion, usually by reading an article in a current periodical such as the New York Times. [Bard]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:5itm7jsyrdqdxizkb4cufqxl/bafkreieq6gmwmropzlvjkaaxk6d2smd4tv4dy7qar66uoyv6mhs6naa3fu@jpeg)
![8. Mathematics in Many Cultures: "Mathematical ideas are found in many cultures, among both literate and non-literate peoples. This course examines both mathematics and the role it plays in the cultures. Examples chosen from the mathematical ideas of present-day peoples of Africa, Asia, Oceania and the Americas, as well as historic Egypt, Mesopotamia, Greece, Islam and China." [Pomona]
7. The Magic of Numbers: "This course will explore the beauty and mystery of mathematics through a study of the patterns and properties of the natural numbers 1, 2, [and] 3." [Harvard
6. Models of Life: In particular, we will ask such questions as: How do you model the growth of a population of animals? How can you model the growth of a tree? How do sunflowers and seashells grow?" [Kenyon]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:5itm7jsyrdqdxizkb4cufqxl/bafkreic3c4ox53ouwr3ij3wsmvetmuknu2u2jai7hlvuigco3ahppeoabi@jpeg)
![5. Mathematical Origamist's Toolkit: "Topics include modular origami and how this models the creation of polyhedra and coloring of graphs, comparison of origami-axiomatic constructions to straight-edge and compass constructions, the combinatorics of possible crease patterns, the mathematics of origami design (circle packing, optimization), matrix models for paperfolding, spherical geometry, Descartes' Theorem, and Gaussian curvature." [Hampshire]
4. Mathematics and Narrative: "Many literary works (Arcadia, Proof, and Uncle Petros and the Goldbach Conjecture) use mathematics as an integral part of their narrative. Movie and television narratives such as Good Will Hunting and Numb3rs are also mathematically based. Nonfiction works about mathematics and mathematical biographies like Chaos, Fermat's Enigma, and A Beautiful Mind provide further examples of the connection between mathematics and narrative." [Vassar]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:5itm7jsyrdqdxizkb4cufqxl/bafkreigyk5tqjszw3fodt7ivmszq7mozpta55o7c552oyzpbqyphl26x7m@jpeg)
![3. Borges and Mathematics: "Jorge Luis Borges was one of the most important writers of the 20th century. Many of his short stories and essays were concerned with philosophical, metaphysical, and mathematical questions. The thesis motivating this course is that if we know the mathematies that Borges referred to, then we will read him differently, and we will read him better." [Bennington 2. Mathematics and Science as Art in Contemporary Theatre: "Playwrights such as Tom Stoppard, Rinne Groff, Michael Frayn, and others have effectively explored mathematical and scientific themes for artistic purposes. Through readings and exercises, and by conducting labs and staging scenes, this class will gain some first-hand insight into the complementary ways in which science and art aim to seek out their respective truths." [Middlebury]
1. Meaning, Math, And Motion: "Quoting a charming articulation by Kinsman (a mathematician-turned-oceanographer, in the preface to Wind Waves): "To the beginner, science is a conversation that has been in progress for a very long time. Our collective work is to catch up on the conversation. [Evergreen]
This is why Asia is winning, by the way.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:5itm7jsyrdqdxizkb4cufqxl/bafkreihglx3kxej43i22j4vggyoutp2oyomivtmmvgp6uvslqemm4hhpci@jpeg)
November 27, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Today I am giving thanks that I am not a NY Mag editor or writer.
Well... the family averages out pretty good at least...
the japanese luck calendar is out, how lucky is your 2026 based on your birthday? 👀
November 26, 2025 at 5:58 AM
Well... the family averages out pretty good at least...