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Thank you, Chuck Palahniuk.

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AOC: “It is absolutely and clearly grounds for impeachment.”

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Chatbots — LLMs — do not know facts and are not designed to be able to accurately answer factual questions. They are designed to find and mimic patterns of words, probabilistically. When they’re “right” it’s because correct things are often written down, so those patterns are frequent. That’s all.

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You can see everything your congressperson voted for on this site. If you see an unsourced screenshot like "Congressman Magoo voted to strangle kittens" please go look and see if that's true before reacting. You can also see what the law is about. www.govtrack.us

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Ask MetaFilter was mentioned on Jeopardy last night!? metatalk.metafilter.com/26681/What-i...

submitted 3 days ago • 7 comments

So there is a profile of me in the New Yorker: www.newyorker.com/culture/pers...

submitted 8 days ago • 27 comments

There are 2 previous historical cases of countries destroying their science and universities, crippling them for decades: Lysenkoism in the USSR and Nazi Germany. The Trump administration will be the 3rd. It's not just budgets but research, institutions, expertise, and training the next generation.

submitted 22 days ago • 464 comments

Homicide rates: NY 4.5, FL 7.2 Life expectancy: NY 79, FL 76.1 Uninsured rate: NY 4.8, FL 10.7

submitted 23 days ago • 329 comments

So what you’re saying is that he really was a fake government employee this entire time, with no legal status to access any of the buildings or databases that he & his underlings were plundering, & he should be arrested & immediately thrown in jail for high crimes & misdemeanors?

submitted 24 days ago • 23 comments

One of the constant recurring topics on social media are stories of someone saying they don’t wash their legs, or they don’t use a washcloth, or they don’t take showers for a week. I wrote about why those stories always blow up. www.anildash.com/2025/05/29/w...

submitted 23 days ago • 3 comments

The secretary of transportation literally goes on tv every day to talk about how pants-pissing terrified he is of public transportation

submitted 24 days ago • 288 comments

Greed can be very costly. Some would put themselves at a disadvantage to make sure you have nothing

submitted 24 days ago • 23 comments

probably the single best proof that substack is a fascist platform

submitted 25 days ago • 6 comments

my most Gen X coded belief is that cities and the culture at large suffer profoundly for the near-complete death of alt-weeklies

submitted 25 days ago • 78 comments

This is great (I care, or try very much to care) dansinker.com/posts/2025-0...

submitted 25 days ago • 1 comment

Fascism sets in EXACTLY like this. Days go by. Nothing improves. The people wait with bated breath for SOMETHING or SOMEONE to help. Court orders, but no enforcement. Time passes. We become desensitized. Life goes on. Rights are chipped away. Life goes on. People die. Life goes on.

submitted 30 days ago • 119 comments

holy shit lolololol

submitted 28 days ago • 24 comments

I realize posting this here is preaching to the choir. But after the Grok White Genocide thing & Ye essentially launching an exclusive Neo Nazi single on the platform... I felt motivated to write about X and how bizarre it is that so many people (news outlets, celebrities, politicians) use it

submitted 29 days ago • 265 comments

Harvard is offering a free class to all American citizens about how democracy works and how to identify dictatorship. pll.harvard.edu/course/ameri...

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Fantasy Life i: The Girl Who Steals Time has sold 500K copies worldwide within 2 days of launch across all platforms (Switch/PS5/PS4/Xbox Series/Steam)

submitted 28 days ago • 9 comments

In other words, exactly what the crypto bros actively drowning politicians in money wanted.

submitted 30 days ago • 0 comments

Greetings from Geneva, where I’ve been encouraged to meet so many people fighting tuberculosis and other diseases of injustice. I have also been horrified and outraged to learn more about the death and suffering directly caused by the US abandoning human health initiatives. Hard days.

submitted 30 days ago • 24 comments

The comments on Fuji's new half-frame camera really get me down. As an enthusiast I’m glad to see dedicated cameras being bought up by folks. Even if a fraction of them get into photography in earnest, it’s a great thing to see for the future of the hobby. Lest we become the next ham radio!

submitted 30 days ago • 1 comment

looks like FANTASY LIFE i: The Girl Who Steals Time is a hit on Steam (comparison to DOOM: The Dark Ages though that's a Game Pass title)

submitted 31 days ago • 20 comments

Crash Course is a free educational video series that is used in over 90% of high schools in the US. Because it's free, teachers and students decide for themselves whether they want to use it...and they do. Also...the world record for most high fives in a day is 15,338.

submitted 31 days ago • 38 comments

Can’t wait for AI to get thinner now Jony Ive is involved.

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Big news from Wiki Education – we've launched our new Impact Visualizer tool! Interested in a particular topic on Wikipedia? Use the Impact Visualizer to explore how articles in that topic area have evolved through time: wikiedu.org/blog/2025/05...

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Great news! I'm told a few moments ago US Institute of Peace Board Chair Amb. George Moose went to the USIP building where he and legal counsel were able to retake possession after the recent court decision. They were accompanied by a small team securing the building and assessing maintenance needs.

submitted 31 days ago • 123 comments

The comment period for this ends in 3 DAYS. Please leave a comment telling them EVERYONE should be able to get covid boosters. www.regulations.gov/commenton/FD...

submitted 32 days ago • 17 comments

A fiery exchange exploded as Secretary of State Marco Rubio testified at a budget hearing before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Tuesday. Rubio raged about Sen. Chris Van Hollen’s constituent, Kilmar Abrego García, the Maryland man erroneously “deported” to El Salvador and…

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Wait, this is the same billionaire bill Rep. Miller-Meeks bragged about on social media THIS MORNING. 🚨🚨🚨 But in person, she’s literally RUNNING from the shame of gutting Medicaid. Make sure she doesn’t get to hide from reality, share & hold her accountable!

submitted 32 days ago • 16 comments

Had a lot of fun getting to stretch my photography skills and learn some new tricks at #Shutterfest 2025. The instructors were great and models were helpful. A top-notch experience for a newbie portrait photographer. Here's a collection of some of my favs. flickr.com/photos/theko... #photography

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I missed this article. Anything that Ryan has to say about Wikipedia is worth paying attention to - his takes are both based on research and extremely insightful.

submitted 33 days ago • 0 comments

Cato has published my comprehensive review of the ~240 Venezuelans the US government renditioned 2 months ago to Salvador’s notorious prison. We identified FIFTY who came legally, never violated any immigration law, but are imprisoned at the US government’s request and at US taxpayer expense.

submitted 33 days ago • 262 comments

The photographer Clayton Patterson has thousands of images, video and paraphernalia from 40 years of documenting New York City’s Lower East Side. There are portraits of performers like RuPaul and gangs like Satan’s Sinners Nomads. Take a look inside.

submitted 33 days ago • 5 comments

👋 Hi, we’re Unbreaking, a volunteer-run collective working to document our current moment of institutional collapse and its human costs—as well as the pushback and resilience work already underway. We believe this is critical work for building and retaining political agency.

submitted 33 days ago • 11 comments

People keep asking why The Onion is doing well right now, and it's simply because we just refuse to kowtow. I cannot stress enough how good it is for your business and your soul be strong and even fun in the face of the ongoing horror and bullshit. www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/st...

submitted 33 days ago • 83 comments

this is a letter to the editor from a high school track runner who came in second to a trans girl in a race. her state house rep in maine started talking about it. so she wrote this: www.pressherald.com/2025/05/14/r...

submitted 37 days ago • 364 comments

This is some great news from the folks at Flickr! #flickr #photography #CreativeCommons

submitted 33 days ago • 0 comments

I had a great first-time experience at #Shutterfest this year. I'm working on editing some of the photos from the different classes I took. Here's a few first takes. It was fun getting guidance from professionals and being matched up with some friendly and chill models. #photography #nikon #d800

submitted 33 days ago • 1 comment

Among the crowd f/4, 1/1250, 125 ISO (auto) #photography #fujifilm #x100vi

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