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submitted 16 hours ago • 51 comments

A key difference here is that while either can be incorrect, the structure of Wikipedia creates context and the structure of LLMs destroys context Wikipedia has linked sources and an edit history showing where information came from and who added it when An LLM just generates text

submitted 21 hours ago • 36 comments

When people break the law, and their actions are righteous and appropriate, we should applaud them. When people abide by or enforce the law, and their actions are repugnant, we should condemn them. We should never pretend the law is a moral dividing line.

submitted 1 day ago • 55 comments

if coogler looked like damien chazelle no one would question the studio deal given his record of hits. fruitvale station: $17 million on a budget of $900K creed: $173 million on a budget of $35 mil black panther: $1.35 BILLION on a budget of $200 mil bp2 2: $859 million on a budget of $250 mil

submitted 1 day ago • 109 comments

The FBI just arrested a sitting judge.

submitted 2 days ago • 445 comments

As a parent of two boys, I wept during the gommage sequence in Expedition 33. I was devastated for the children, and I didn’t expect the game to bring me there like that. Wow.

submitted 2 days ago • 1 comment

RFK Jr blames diet, lifestyle & vaccines for chronic illness. Dr Oz says it’s a “patriotic duty” to lead a healthy life & be fit enough to serve in the military. Neither of them are pushing for Universal Healthcare, basic income, an end to food deserts & inequality, clean water etc. It’s eugenics

submitted 2 days ago • 577 comments

This remarkable woman has brought the frame wars right to Chuck's face. Rhetorical criticism IRL!

submitted 2 days ago • 43 comments

This argument working with voters relies on historical illiteracy. This admin knows very well that the Gilded Age was marked by extreme wealth disparities - that’s why it appeals to them. But for it to work, voters need to know nothing. More evidence for why history education is goddamned vital.

submitted 3 days ago • 21 comments

On being called DEI and why it isn’t the burn they think it is

submitted 2 days ago • 1515 comments

We all want our kids to win, but it’s important to understand that it’s okay to lose, too. A story of coming to grips with both from @ravi64.com for @crossplayblog.bsky.social: www.crossplay.news/p/helping-ch...

submitted 2 days ago • 13 comments

endlessly consuming @fallofcivspod.bsky.social has really made me think we are teaching history wrong when we teach that humanity moves forward in some sort of linear progression when we do that, we get complacent about what we’ve already won. and then we lose it.

submitted 3 days ago • 6 comments

They’re going to try to ban masks entirely, just like some states are trying to do. These people are freaks.

submitted 3 days ago • 0 comments

"AI is coming, its inevitable" no its not you sniveling weirdo. how are those 3D TVs going. how are NFT markets looking these days. Seen anything cool in the metaverse lately? anyone who says we need to resign to using it, that itll be here whether we like it or not, is a feckless dipshit.

submitted 3 days ago • 31 comments

THE CIVIL RIGHTS ACT IS THE LAW OF THE LAND AND A SUPERSTATUTE AND THE PRESIDENT CANNOT UNDO IT. sincerely, a constitutional law professor who also teaches employment discrimination

submitted 3 days ago • 526 comments

I really enjoyed Indiana Jones and the Great Circle until the final area, where I was met with my Big Two phobias - underwater caves and large snakes. Will I finish? Unknown.

submitted 3 days ago • 0 comments

This miserable president has a pliable Congress and could make changes to the law but is instead just writing bullshit like “The Civil Rights Act no longer exists” on White House stationery and calling it policy

submitted 3 days ago • 279 comments

They are segregationist and this will be open season for discrimination. “the Attorney General shall initiate appropriate action to repeal or amend the implementing regulations for Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 for all agencies to the extent they contemplate disparate-impact liability”

submitted 3 days ago • 48 comments

BREAKING: DOJ claims that the Trump administration did not violate a court order barring it from third-country removals without providing process when three people were sent to El Salvador b/c the Defense Department sent them to El Salvador on March 31, not DHS, and DOD isn't a defendant.

submitted 3 days ago • 193 comments

Educators: If your students are leaning on AI, it's probably not because they're lazy. More likely, they're feeling caught between the hidden curriculum (things they're expected to know but aren't taught explicitly) and the high-stakes culture of education (pressure to be perfect to get ahead).

submitted 3 days ago • 3 comments

"Meanwhile, the censored accounts in question aren’t banned from Bluesky infrastructure, like relays and personal data servers (which others outside the company can run, too)." "Plus, the app allows users to configure their location manually in its settings"

submitted 3 days ago • 0 comments

This is horrific. Our government is terrorizing its own citizens.

submitted 3 days ago • 1 comment

People love the idea of school choice until they realize the school can simply choose to close or not admit certain kids.

submitted 3 days ago • 1 comment

An autism "registry" culled from private medical records could potentially violate federal privacy laws and runs the risk of abuse. It also harkens back to a time when disabled people were labeled, segregated, and excluded. We won't go back.

submitted 3 days ago • 680 comments

When I left the Washington Post in 2023, my colleagues and I were worried AI would hoover up our work and enable "zombies" to churn out stories based on our reporting and writing styles. Today WaPo announced a partnership with OpenAI. And here it is: Zombie Gillian Brockell. I DID NOT WRITE THIS.

submitted 4 days ago • 270 comments

Among myriad other points in Caste, one of the most interesting to me was the definition of “alpha” by actual animal experts. Quiet, calm, assured and confident, the alpha leads through presence and trust. How unfortunate that the current popular understanding of alpha is the opposite.

submitted 3 days ago • 0 comments

The market manipulation is so flagrant

submitted 4 days ago • 24 comments

BREAKING: A new Gaza solidarity encampment is being built at Yale, one year after dozens were arrested here. They demand immediate divestment from Israeli weapons manufacturing. Despite the Trump admin abducting activists like Mahmoud Khalil nationwide, hundreds of are here anyway. FREE PALESTINE!

submitted 4 days ago • 46 comments

"Juvenile" Diabetes AKA Type 1 diabetes is NOT a modern disease. Diabetes is one of the oldest known diseases, discovered in 1550 BCE, Ancient Egypt. Insulin was discovered over 100 YEARS ago. Before this discovery children with diabetes DIED. OMFG RFK JR 🫠 🤦🏽‍♀️

submitted 4 days ago • 2 comments

People, OUR money paid for this research and its open access for all. It's annual budget is $5.5 million dollars which is less than what Elon Musk conceivably makes in a single day. DOGE's cuts are a theft of public goods. Fund ERIC, throw Musk in prison. www.governing.com/policy/major...

submitted 4 days ago • 1 comment

Keep going.

submitted 4 days ago • 0 comments

I’ve seen some argue that GenAI is not theft bc we all learn from each other in the same way - we read and borrow ideas from each other all the time. Importantly, though, I am not being billed as the replacement for the thing/ideas I have read and learned from. 1/2

submitted 4 days ago • 1 comment

Gélineau advanced the term "narcolepsy" in 1880 while de la Tourette described his eponymous syndrome in 1885. "Autism" was coined by Bleuler in 1911, with full diagnoses soon after. But what do I know? I'm not the Cabinet secretary in charge of the goddamn Department of Health and Human Services.

submitted 4 days ago • 1336 comments

I’ve been playing through Indiana Jones and the Great Circle, and while I am having a lot of fun being my favorite childhood character, I have some thoughts about history and the role of games in telling historical stories.

submitted 4 days ago • 1 comment