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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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This is the last thing the BBC needs

submitted 5 days ago • 183 comments

Based on crowd-sourced records of No Kings Day event turnout, and extrapolating for the cities where we don't have data yet, it looks like roughly 4-6 million people protested Trump across the U.S. yesterday. That's nearly 2% of the U.S. pop! Mobilized anti-Trump resistance is exceeding 2017 levels

submitted 7 days ago • 278 comments

We’re honored to report that over 11 million showed up for today’s No Kings protest, and totals are still coming in. Just… wow. WOW 😮! There’s nothing more to say.

submitted 7 days ago • 568 comments

Bugsy Siegel / Sudsy Beagle

submitted 13 days ago • 18 comments

I am fine with killing the AI industry.

submitted 28 days ago • 0 comments

I wish journalists would stop framing political news as wins or losses for politicians or political parties. It’s an abrogation of our mission. Why do we keep doing this? Is the spending bill a win or loss for the American people? Who does it help? Who does it hurt? Is it sound policy? Fiscally?

submitted 30 days ago • 502 comments

More evidence of the fact that we have a far right, Christian nationalist, racist government.

submitted 40 days ago • 0 comments

NYT: Protesters arrested.

submitted 43 days ago • 9 comments

staffers are still cleaning up the Kristi Noem mess after she got gutted/filleted by @chrismurphyct.bsky.social this is A MOMENT. #MustWatch 🧢 @trumpfile.org

submitted 44 days ago • 1395 comments

This is an awesome example of local-govt resistance to needlessly aggressive state-level interference.

submitted 45 days ago • 2 comments

The opposite of conclave is convlex

submitted 45 days ago • 14 comments

Is AI a good thing?

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Not naming Andor's sister Ifthen was a missed opportunity. #maythefourth

submitted 48 days ago • 2 comments

'How many MS-13 tattooed knuckles, Winston?' 'None! Stop it, stop it! How can you go on? None! None!' 'How many knuckles, Winston?' 'Four! Four! Four!' 'No, Winston, that is no use. You are lying. You still think there are none. How many knuckles, please?'

submitted 52 days ago • 9 comments

I'm still looking for people who did not vote in the 2024 election (at all--not that they left one or more races blank) to interview for my new book. No judgment! I honestly want to learn from people who either faced hurdles to voting or decided not to (or just missed the election). Thanks!

submitted 52 days ago • 1 comment

I would go even a step further. In many ways Trump rejects the settled relationship between British Kings and the British Parliament in the 18th Century. Not only would the American colonists be appalled by Trump. The people the American colonists fought against would be appalled as well.

submitted 53 days ago • 20 comments

Wow. Naval Academy prof to their 3-star Admiral in his letter of resignation: "your legacy will be that of a careerist who banned Maya Angelou but retained Mein Kampf"

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submitted 69 days ago • 31 comments

Politics hasn't been this simple in a long time: do you think it's good for one man to exercise unchecked, arbitrary power or not. Those are the two available ideologies right now

submitted 97 days ago • 143 comments

related, as I pointed out in @ballsandstrikes.org, that's just not how due process works "people shouldn't get due process if they broke the law" ok but it's through due process that a judge determines whether anyone actually broke the law so where are we now ballsandstrikes.org/legal-cultur...

submitted 68 days ago • 61 comments

I wonder if when RFK Jr. hears the story of Passover he pulls for the Angel of Death.

submitted 70 days ago • 3 comments

The central & most important aspect of John Roberts’s jurisprudence is republicans must be allowed to do whatever they want until trial appeal and final scotus review admit they’re illegal. Democrats’ actions cannot be allowed UNTIL that same review says they’re legal bsky.app/profile/lawn...

submitted 74 days ago • 37 comments

Yes! And pretty much every single terrible thing this administration is doing could end quickly if just a few Republicans would decide to.

submitted 80 days ago • 1 comment

Booker is protesting many of the atrocities of the Trump administration. Go, Cory, Go!

submitted 81 days ago • 1 comment