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Dear manager: This week I did 1) new vape 2) lines of coke 3) drinks from the bar 4) more lines of coke 5) Guys Fries

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One thing I think people might mean by “the general economic situation” is a level of certainty that the future will be better than the present instead of worse.

submitted 7 hours ago • 1 comment

New Yardstick Yardstick just dropped.

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I believe that caring about people necessarily involves letting them learn /autonomously/ about the world (FAFO). The way you square this is by, after they FO, helping them get insulin. I have not yet seen widespread evidence that the people harping on diabetic Rs have given up on that 2nd part.

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All forms of media are dead. The number one source of entertainment is feeling the sublime sensation of a perfectly smooth pebble in one’s hands

submitted 2 days ago • 3 comments

@imleor.bsky.social Sorry to be a rando jumping in your @s, but you seem quite uniquely qualified to answer this question I’m having trouble finding a good answer to: Is there a list of bars/venues in Chicago with house bands(even if it’s partial)?

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Net approval for genocide is 7 points higher than congressional democrats.

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Might take a moment today to call one of my representatives and thank them.

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This is offered humorously, but I think it’s actually good advice for computers in general.

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Whatever your thoughts on the theory “subaltern counterpublics” is just a fully metal phrase.

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This is a thing that I find AI is particularly helpful with.

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How do you know when you’ve convinced yourself that an untrue thing is true is a /profoundly/ interesting and important question, and applies to information you acquire from any source. Practicing the means of discovering that with AI is good too.

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Cc @xor.blue

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You: They did the math. Me: ᵀʰᵉʸ ᵈⁱᵈ ᵗʰᵉ ᵐᵒⁿˢᵗᵉʳ ᵐᵃᵗʰ You: What was that? Me: Nothing. Me three hours later in a whisper: ᴵᵗ ʷᵃˢ ᵃ ᵍʳᵃᵛᵉʸᵃʳᵈ ᵍʳᵃᵖʰ

submitted 9 days ago • 44 comments

Six-lobe is good actually and the world is a better place since the patent on it expired.

submitted 9 days ago • 0 comments

Incredible respect for the silver haired woman at the Baldwin vs Buckley reenactment, who, judging by her palpable aura, just got done hotbox-timemachining her way back to when she saw the original.

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venture capitalists and startup guys are very clear and explicit that their goal is to create a "moat" which will protect them from any pressure to improve.

submitted 10 days ago • 8 comments

I can’t believe it - after years of advocacy, exclusionary zoning has ended in Cambridge. We just passed the single most comprehensive rezoning in the US—legalizing multifamily housing up to 6 stories citywide in a Paris style Here’s the details 🧵

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Bringing this energy to the AI discourse.

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Newly released digital archiving open source tools from Harvard’s data preservation project github.com/harvard-lil/...

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Tix for my talk on the First Ward Ball are out NOW! These will go fast — they’re already 1/3 sold & it’s been live for only a couple hours! www.eventbrite.com/e/218-chicag...

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I have never encountered a “donate anonymously” checkbox that actually made my donation anonymous and I feel like its driving me slowly insane.

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Paradoxically, inefficiency is the gift we give each other by being efficient ourselves.

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it's gonna be a sad day when thinking models will figure out ASCII art, current capabilities crack me up so much:

submitted 28 days ago • 4 comments

The media as a place where we all agree on what we are currently talking about.

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