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I generally share @astronomers.bsky.social's skepticism of generative AI use for slides. But, I decided to run a test using NotebookLM and now, I'm not so sure. I gave NotebookLM my Criminal Law textbook as it's only source (avoiding GIGO problems) and asked for slides for the Introduction. 1/
I don’t know if anyone else notices or cares, but when I see a presentation in which the speaker uses obviously generated-AI images to illustrate their slides, it makes me immediately less confident in whatever other content they’re presenting.
December 2, 2025 at 11:45 PM
I generally share @astronomers.bsky.social's skepticism of generative AI use for slides. But, I decided to run a test using NotebookLM and now, I'm not so sure. I gave NotebookLM my Criminal Law textbook as it's only source (avoiding GIGO problems) and asked for slides for the Introduction. 1/
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“Effective immediately, 100 will now be 5,100 and—I’m reading off the official statistics from my people—500 will be 25,500,” said Trump
Trump Announces 5,000% Increase In All Numbers
WASHINGTON—Touting his latest executive order as a historic win for the U.S. economy, President Donald Trump announced Friday that he was mandating a 5,000% increase in all numbers nationwide. “Effect...
theonion.com
December 3, 2025 at 12:30 AM
“Effective immediately, 100 will now be 5,100 and—I’m reading off the official statistics from my people—500 will be 25,500,” said Trump
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If you’ve been following me, you know I receive a large amount of insults in many forms. The Qur’an offers beautiful and clear guidance, that I often turn to, on how to respond. Read more islamtoday.substack.com/p/the-islami...
December 1, 2025 at 3:55 AM
If you’ve been following me, you know I receive a large amount of insults in many forms. The Qur’an offers beautiful and clear guidance, that I often turn to, on how to respond. Read more islamtoday.substack.com/p/the-islami...
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Feasibility study nonsense: The town of Los Altos Hills put out a "feasibility study" for the housing element rezoning for their one buildable site.
They say the site's feasible. Looking closely, the envisioned project is
legally infeasible,
financially infeasible,
and physically infeasible. 🤡
🧵
They say the site's feasible. Looking closely, the envisioned project is
legally infeasible,
financially infeasible,
and physically infeasible. 🤡
🧵
November 29, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Feasibility study nonsense: The town of Los Altos Hills put out a "feasibility study" for the housing element rezoning for their one buildable site.
They say the site's feasible. Looking closely, the envisioned project is
legally infeasible,
financially infeasible,
and physically infeasible. 🤡
🧵
They say the site's feasible. Looking closely, the envisioned project is
legally infeasible,
financially infeasible,
and physically infeasible. 🤡
🧵
@nebraskaexaminer.com
Really? Haven’t we had enough authoritarianism!
www.the-sun.com/motors/15554...
Really? Haven’t we had enough authoritarianism!
www.the-sun.com/motors/15554...
US homeowners face ban on parking outside their own homes thanks to 'paved' rule
A NEW city ordinance would regulate the types of surfaces on which residents can and cannot park. The rule will now require drivers to park only on hard paved surfaces, not on grass or other soft s…
www.the-sun.com
November 29, 2025 at 2:05 AM
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NEW // Op-Ed: How Mobile Villages Could Tackle Seattle’s Homelessness Emergency
Op-ed by Taiwo Adepetun via @theurbanist.org // 🔗 www.theurbanist.org/2025/11/28/o...
Op-ed by Taiwo Adepetun via @theurbanist.org // 🔗 www.theurbanist.org/2025/11/28/o...
Op-Ed: How Mobile Villages Could Tackle Seattle’s Homelessness Emergency » The Urbanist
# To fill in the gaps in the continuum of care for unhoused neighbors, the Seattle region should deploy mobile tiny house villages, argues Taiwo Adeptun. Managed mobile villages of tiny homes can rota...
www.theurbanist.org
November 28, 2025 at 6:58 PM
NEW // Op-Ed: How Mobile Villages Could Tackle Seattle’s Homelessness Emergency
Op-ed by Taiwo Adepetun via @theurbanist.org // 🔗 www.theurbanist.org/2025/11/28/o...
Op-ed by Taiwo Adepetun via @theurbanist.org // 🔗 www.theurbanist.org/2025/11/28/o...
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Alexander questions the philosopher, physician and the goblet, ca. 1610, India; Alexander sits in a plane tree as though in a throne, wearing a Greek helmet engraved with the image of a horse. A falcon as an emblem of his kingly status perches on his gloved right hand. Seated… http://dlvr.it/TPVZfD
November 27, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Alexander questions the philosopher, physician and the goblet, ca. 1610, India; Alexander sits in a plane tree as though in a throne, wearing a Greek helmet engraved with the image of a horse. A falcon as an emblem of his kingly status perches on his gloved right hand. Seated… http://dlvr.it/TPVZfD
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OK - pie discourse - best pie story:
In 2016, we were living in Andover, in the UK. My wife was assigned as an exchange officer at the Army Air Corps base at Middle Wallop (yes, really).*
The US Army has a tradition: senior leaders, in dress uniform, serve junior troops Thanksgiving dinner.
/1
In 2016, we were living in Andover, in the UK. My wife was assigned as an exchange officer at the Army Air Corps base at Middle Wallop (yes, really).*
The US Army has a tradition: senior leaders, in dress uniform, serve junior troops Thanksgiving dinner.
/1
November 26, 2025 at 5:02 AM
OK - pie discourse - best pie story:
In 2016, we were living in Andover, in the UK. My wife was assigned as an exchange officer at the Army Air Corps base at Middle Wallop (yes, really).*
The US Army has a tradition: senior leaders, in dress uniform, serve junior troops Thanksgiving dinner.
/1
In 2016, we were living in Andover, in the UK. My wife was assigned as an exchange officer at the Army Air Corps base at Middle Wallop (yes, really).*
The US Army has a tradition: senior leaders, in dress uniform, serve junior troops Thanksgiving dinner.
/1
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another Lizza article is circulating, which reminds me to tap the sign reminding you to please support independent, worker-run, billionaire and felch-free news outlets when and how you can. if you can spare some $, here's some w/NewsMatch, which will 2x your donation through the end of the year!
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November 27, 2025 at 3:16 AM
another Lizza article is circulating, which reminds me to tap the sign reminding you to please support independent, worker-run, billionaire and felch-free news outlets when and how you can. if you can spare some $, here's some w/NewsMatch, which will 2x your donation through the end of the year!
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In case you missed this, the BBC edited a historian's speech about Trump to remove the claim that he's "the most openly corrupt president in US history." This came after Trump had threatened a $1 billion lawsuit.
Elite capitulation continues.
Read all about it here:
newrepublic.com/article/2036...
Elite capitulation continues.
Read all about it here:
newrepublic.com/article/2036...
Trump Angrily Threatened to Sue BBC. Then Things Took a Darker Turn.
First, British Broadcasting Corporation execs resigned after Trump complained about a segment. Now the BBC edited out a line from a historian that was critical of Trump. Where does this end?
newrepublic.com
November 26, 2025 at 12:30 PM
In case you missed this, the BBC edited a historian's speech about Trump to remove the claim that he's "the most openly corrupt president in US history." This came after Trump had threatened a $1 billion lawsuit.
Elite capitulation continues.
Read all about it here:
newrepublic.com/article/2036...
Elite capitulation continues.
Read all about it here:
newrepublic.com/article/2036...
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“All the Saints and Sages:” FitzGerald’s The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:25
“All the Saints and Sages:” FitzGerald’s The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:25
How long will sages debate if this world is eternal or created? / Once I have left it, why should I care, either way?
dlvr.it
November 25, 2025 at 6:30 AM
“All the Saints and Sages:” FitzGerald’s The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:25
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RIP, Jimmy Cliff
so as sure as the sun will shine
i'm gonna get my share of what's mine
and then they harder they come,
the harder they fall
one and all
www.youtube.com/watch?v=BpQr...
so as sure as the sun will shine
i'm gonna get my share of what's mine
and then they harder they come,
the harder they fall
one and all
www.youtube.com/watch?v=BpQr...
The Harder They Come
YouTube video by Jimmy Cliff - Topic
www.youtube.com
November 24, 2025 at 1:51 PM
RIP, Jimmy Cliff
so as sure as the sun will shine
i'm gonna get my share of what's mine
and then they harder they come,
the harder they fall
one and all
www.youtube.com/watch?v=BpQr...
so as sure as the sun will shine
i'm gonna get my share of what's mine
and then they harder they come,
the harder they fall
one and all
www.youtube.com/watch?v=BpQr...
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Listen, Trump. Your continued threats will not intimidate me or keep me from doing my job, which includes oversight of the executive branch.
Stop the threats of execution, hanging, and sending a mob before someone gets hurt.
America deserves better.
Stop the threats of execution, hanging, and sending a mob before someone gets hurt.
America deserves better.
New threats from Trump:
The president just endorsed a post reading, "Go get all those traitorous sons of bitches for sedition at the very least. Those pompous traitorous communists should be impeached and prosecuted."
The president just endorsed a post reading, "Go get all those traitorous sons of bitches for sedition at the very least. Those pompous traitorous communists should be impeached and prosecuted."
November 24, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Listen, Trump. Your continued threats will not intimidate me or keep me from doing my job, which includes oversight of the executive branch.
Stop the threats of execution, hanging, and sending a mob before someone gets hurt.
America deserves better.
Stop the threats of execution, hanging, and sending a mob before someone gets hurt.
America deserves better.
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Has any other POTUS besides this dickdrip taken so many pics in the Oval where he's sitting on his ass at the desk and the guest is just standing there to his right? Is it just me or do these always look fucking weird? Like he's an invalid? Or like the other guy is there to take his drink order?
November 22, 2025 at 8:39 AM
Has any other POTUS besides this dickdrip taken so many pics in the Oval where he's sitting on his ass at the desk and the guest is just standing there to his right? Is it just me or do these always look fucking weird? Like he's an invalid? Or like the other guy is there to take his drink order?
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First Democratic member of the Senate to attack Greenblatt in public?
November 20, 2025 at 10:54 PM
First Democratic member of the Senate to attack Greenblatt in public?
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Good morning. I've got a banger new post out today that develops a new method for placing voters on the left-right ideological spectrum, and adds a new, "non-ideological"/affordability axis to usual way we chart & think about US voters (esp swing voters). www.gelliottmorris.com/p/not-just-l...
Not just left vs right: Most voters think about affordability and material wellbeing, not in ideological terms
Most voters want a party that emphasizes cost of living issues and makes the world a better place. Few Americans think in solidly ideologically terms. "Moderates" are mostly non-ideological.
www.gelliottmorris.com
November 20, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Good morning. I've got a banger new post out today that develops a new method for placing voters on the left-right ideological spectrum, and adds a new, "non-ideological"/affordability axis to usual way we chart & think about US voters (esp swing voters). www.gelliottmorris.com/p/not-just-l...
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Today I passed a CPB/ICE checkpoint on the Clara Barton Parkway—an unwelcome reminder of the administration's authoritarian aspirations.
But I wasn't surprised. A minute prior, I drove by a young man. He held a simple sign. Sharpie on poster board, written in thin, neat letters: "ICE Ahead"
🧵
But I wasn't surprised. A minute prior, I drove by a young man. He held a simple sign. Sharpie on poster board, written in thin, neat letters: "ICE Ahead"
🧵
November 20, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Today I passed a CPB/ICE checkpoint on the Clara Barton Parkway—an unwelcome reminder of the administration's authoritarian aspirations.
But I wasn't surprised. A minute prior, I drove by a young man. He held a simple sign. Sharpie on poster board, written in thin, neat letters: "ICE Ahead"
🧵
But I wasn't surprised. A minute prior, I drove by a young man. He held a simple sign. Sharpie on poster board, written in thin, neat letters: "ICE Ahead"
🧵
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Putting new, clean air buses on California’s streets will improve commutes, cut pollution, and enhance the quality of life for communities from Alameda to Yuba and all across our state.
Even years after its passage, the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law is continuing to deliver for California.
Even years after its passage, the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law is continuing to deliver for California.
November 19, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Putting new, clean air buses on California’s streets will improve commutes, cut pollution, and enhance the quality of life for communities from Alameda to Yuba and all across our state.
Even years after its passage, the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law is continuing to deliver for California.
Even years after its passage, the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law is continuing to deliver for California.
A good writeup on the impending tech bust.
From the people who brought you the financial crisis, Theranos, and Juicero: say hello to data center financial engineering!
I'm pretty nervous about this ending badly, but everyone's dug in because AI is the only pulse in the economy.
prospect.org/2025/11/19/a...
I'm pretty nervous about this ending badly, but everyone's dug in because AI is the only pulse in the economy.
prospect.org/2025/11/19/a...
The AI Bubble Is Bigger Than You Think - The American Prospect
It’s not just OpenAI that looks overhyped. There’s a whole mountain of sketchy financial engineering underneath.
prospect.org
November 19, 2025 at 2:51 PM
A good writeup on the impending tech bust.
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@ddayen.bsky.social on the "perverse and irrational" private credit deals financing the AI boom, w "huge mismatches between the life cycle of the assets being funded and the amount of time it will take to pay them off." prospect.org/2025/11/19/a...
The AI Bubble Is Bigger Than You Think - The American Prospect
It’s not just OpenAI that looks overhyped. There’s a whole mountain of sketchy financial engineering underneath.
prospect.org
November 19, 2025 at 2:23 PM
@ddayen.bsky.social on the "perverse and irrational" private credit deals financing the AI boom, w "huge mismatches between the life cycle of the assets being funded and the amount of time it will take to pay them off." prospect.org/2025/11/19/a...
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Crypto fun: if you'd bought a load of ethereum, supposedly the future of crypto, in 2018 when it was still pretty new it has returned less than if you had bought S&P500. If you bought in 2021 during the last boom you'd be *down*, versus a 2x gain in the S&P 500 total return
November 18, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Crypto fun: if you'd bought a load of ethereum, supposedly the future of crypto, in 2018 when it was still pretty new it has returned less than if you had bought S&P500. If you bought in 2021 during the last boom you'd be *down*, versus a 2x gain in the S&P 500 total return
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Btw, Newsom's trolls are given Trump some of his own "Quiet Piggy" medicine.
November 18, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Btw, Newsom's trolls are given Trump some of his own "Quiet Piggy" medicine.
I wonder if there will be concerns about the helipad and the flight path from SJC. Or during events at Levi's stadium.
Sorry, no emergency services for you during flights or events. Because, security theater!
Sorry, no emergency services for you during flights or events. Because, security theater!
November 18, 2025 at 5:05 PM
I wonder if there will be concerns about the helipad and the flight path from SJC. Or during events at Levi's stadium.
Sorry, no emergency services for you during flights or events. Because, security theater!
Sorry, no emergency services for you during flights or events. Because, security theater!
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I was surprised i hadn't seen anyone isolate this yet, I think the actual disgusting thing here is that none of the other journalists there stick up for her or ask her question again or anything else. They act like it didn't even happen.
When asked if there was anything "incriminating" in Epstein's emails, Trump pointed a finger in a female reporter's face and snapped. 'Quiet. Quiet, Piggy.'
people.com/donald-trump...
people.com/donald-trump...
Donald Trump Snaps at Female Reporter Who Asks About Epstein Files: 'Quiet Piggy'
Donald Trump Says 'Quiet Piggy' to Female Reporter Asking About Epstein Files
people.com
November 18, 2025 at 2:40 AM
I was surprised i hadn't seen anyone isolate this yet, I think the actual disgusting thing here is that none of the other journalists there stick up for her or ask her question again or anything else. They act like it didn't even happen.