init6.bsky.social
to the monsters, we're the monsters
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Time to bust out the beef tallow, and tanning machine
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Mitch was instrumental in creating the conditions that led to this. Starting with stealing two SCOTUS seats, which led directly to the "POTUS is immune full stop" ruling. Now he's pearl clutching at the monstrosity he helped birth. Fuck him.
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It would create a global financial meltdown that would likely cause the loss of reserve currency status. Also selling debt is a big part of how the US maintains its "soft power". It's really distressing for POTUS to even publicly speculate on such things.
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You earned it. I've been following your stuff for a long time, since the first Cheeto run. Nothing was handed to you, no "small loan of a million dollars" (which was > 60 million, turns out). You just kept grinding and keep grinding. The world & especially journalism needs more people like you
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I've been rocking one of these - www.modelfkeyboards.com - much fun to be had. Not office friendly.
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Sorry. I know that feeling. These days I refuse to do anything but top floor corner in an apartment but even that is no guarantee. It's so frustrating to not have a peaceful sanctuary because some people want to be inconsiderate jerks.
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Printed to PDF, thanks. Pretty much anything "potatoes, cream, add other good stuff then blend up" is gonna be a win for me. Also I now crave potato chips
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Nice to see NYT hitting its stride again. After aggressive, relentless sane-washing Trump and friends getting back to "woe is us, we're all doomed"
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Cool, how about an analysis of how prices have risen in areas that have had no increase in minimum wage? Because it's happening everywhere I know of. The increase in prices could just as easily be explained by the persistent inflation we're seeing.
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In my younger days I remember walking outside between classes in a tshirt with windchill in the negative, breath literally freezing to face. Now I put on layers immediately upon leaving bed
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They're sending a message to antifa. "Not here. Not on this beach, not on our watch".
At least some of the idiots give you a visible sign to stay away, literal red flags
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I was working on y2k mitigation. Really annoying how NYT recently reported it was a 'nothingburger' or whatever. That's because a bunch of people worked hard to make sure it would be one.
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Enjoyed (binged) that. Currently watching Halt and Catch Fire. Excellent and highly recommended.
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I feel like vaccine eps on 'This Podcast Will Kill You' should be mandatory. Not only to learn how they actually work but to understand the utter grift & unethical behavior that led us to here. Also covered legit issues with some vaccines and how they were resolved (which should inspire more trust!)
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I ate too much broccoli then too much chocolate to avoid being Overly Healthy. My stomach is displeased.
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Glad you got it sorted. Speaking of, this year got myself a nice gift - FSSK kb from www.modelfkeyboards.com - types like a dream. Used many keyboards, mostly mechanicals. Love this thing. Optional toggleable solenoid makes it feel and sound like a typewriter. Such satisfying clicking!
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I ordered the gift collection from New Directions publishers (who I love). It was originally a gift but I got them something else and now it's all mine! www.ndbooks.com/shop/product...
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I think about that stuff a lot. Similar times in history - telegraphs (before that instant correspondence was impossible). Then telephones in the house, imagine not being able to talk to anyone without physically visiting. On and on; oceangoing ships, trains etc. All revolutionary
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Clickbait. o1 is just chaining LLMs in a type of agent mode in a pipeline, against LLM trained with fewer safety restrictions. Ask GPT a question, then ask GPT to analyze it's answer. That's all it's doing really. Except we don't have access to the "unsafe" model. It cannot "think" or "understand".
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I'm not trying to start an internet argument, but it is not. LLMs can produce amazing results but they cannot reason. They work by breaking words into tokens then predict which token comes next. If you're interested in AGI, watch Yann LeCun (on Lex and other places) - head of AI research for Meta
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LLM based AI has only started its encroachment into society. True AI/AGI is a long ways off. LLMs do not think or reason. They are literally just word prediction engines, created by massive coordinated theft and produce piss-poor solution in search of problem. Hallucinations, no reproducibility.
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Always the same type of people who go on about "freedom of speech" and don't want anyone to block or censor *their* content.
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Egg of Columbus applies, I think. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egg_of_...
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If you really want to experiment and up your game, I strongly recommend this book - its practical and detailed while being well written - www.goodreads.com/book/show/28...
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It can be a process to find a vermouth you actually like. Negronis are great drinks - Campari, red vermouth, splash of bitters, and lemon twist. It's gin based (suggest Hendricks) but can use bourbon to make its cousin the Boulevardier
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I would love to support your newsletter but cannot in good faith support substack in any way. Some of your comments illustrate why so I won't reiterate. Regardless, congrats on striking it out on your own!
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I'm just grateful to help insurance executives reach their quarterly goals, the only thing that truly matters. I would give them my whole paycheck if I could - maybe even get a second job!
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Happy birthday!
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Seems like the older I get the less I like holidays. The bad memories keep piling up - lots of friends and family passed away around this time. I try to lay low and just get through them.
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Guessing they're trying to amass followers and a history to avoid detection, then be turned into the typical spam/misinfo bots? Can't imagine bsky's bot protection stuff is very good, they have a skeleton staff and other motivations
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that thought has kept me alive for at least an extra 30 years. and counting
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It's definitely great. Also remember the story telling in Life is Strange, Bioshock.. Telltale's The Wolf Among Us was fantastic. It's really hard to remember all the good ones. Catherine on ps3 was really neat too.
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Years (decades) ago I really disliked DeCaprio. Then I saw him in the 90s film Total Eclipse where he played Rimbaud. The idea of the giggling fangirls discovering the movie in their local video store, having a girls night to watch their teen idol, only to witness proper degenerate debauchery amused
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I like your optimism that this isn't the beginning of the end & we actually get a chance to repair anything. Trump and co are symptoms, not causes.
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They tend to sanewash early then be highly critical and "we warned you" later. Infuriating
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I guess you have to think about why you feel the urge to leave twitter and if it's important enough for you to lose some visibility. The argument of "I have to stay because everyone is staying there" is circular and becomes self fulfilling.
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My take;
1. Blow hole in budget by cutting taxes, claiming tariffs will pay
2. Cut social safety net programs to make up difference. ACA and medicaid first
3. Spend hoarded cash on distressed assets aka 'disaster capitalism', wait for things to recover next Dem admin, blame the Dems for everything..
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I don't think it's possible. Once a platform gets critical mass the enshittification begins. They have a large investment from blockchain companies. Wouldn't pin hopes on bsky.
I'm on mastodon as well, which has a much more open vibe. Also a smaller community feel, at least the way I use it.
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Yeah I've never heard either used non-ironically - it's more concerning imo if someone takes either of those responses literally
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I think he's crashing from the massive amount of uppers he did over the last few weeks. Dude was unhinged, couldn't even walk, was out of reality, rambling. I've been convinced he takes them whenever he has to actually perform - rallies, speeches etc.