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I just muted #LLM in Bluesky messages. I am SO tired of seeing one academic after another meandering on about something that qualitatively makes our lives so much worse.

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Think of it, a modestly successful reality TV personality talked Russian oligarchs into investing millions in insolvent golf courses. He's now repaying these "investments" in bucketfuls, claiming a mandate for monarchy on < 50% of the vote, sucking up to Putin, and selling US allies down the river:

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INCOMPETENCE OF NUCLEAR PROPORTIONS Trump officials fired nuclear staff not realizing they oversee the country’s weapons stockpile. Now, they are rushing to rescind their terminations.

submitted 8 days ago • 756 comments

#TruthOfTheDay: Trump is Foul Ole Don, Musk is his Thinking Brain Dog ...

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According to Reuters, #TrumpDOJ have found their collaborator

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After more than half a dozen career prosecutors told Bove to talk a long walk off a short pier, he finally found n idiot to sign the dismissal motion. Can’t wait to see what the judge has to say.

submitted 8 days ago • 128 comments

Hey, @youranoncentral.bsky.social - time to make some cuts at the White House, methinks ... 😏

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@meidastouch Situation is developing rapidly ...

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@meidastouch Situation is developing rapidly ...

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US states with #abortionbans had higher than expected infant mortality after they took effect. Estimated relative increases in infant mortality were larger for deaths with congenital causes (10.87%) & non-Hispanic Black infants (10.98%). 📈 increases in southern states esp Texas. tinyurl.com/3x4nbuy2

submitted 8 days ago • 0 comments

MAGA's opposition to #universities is not about woke or DEI. It's about undermining organized experts who see through "conservative" ideology. Which is neither conservative, nor ideological (based on a consistent set of beliefs). They want to remove those who realize the Emperor has no clothes.

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Musk's witch hunt for DEI initiatives in #research targets explicit #NSF & #NIH criteria. It's difficult to get funding if you don't include broader impacts to emphasize "full participation of women, persons with disabilities & underrepresented minorities" in STEM or development of diverse workforce

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"while GenAI can improve worker efficiency it can inhibit critical engagement with work & can potentially lead to long-term overreliance on the tool & diminished skill for independent problem-solving. Higher confidence in GenAI’s ability to perform a task is related to less critical thinking effort"

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“The accumulation of all powers, legislative, executive and judicia[l] in the same hands, whether of one, a few, or many, and whether hereditary, self–appointed, or elective, may justly be pronounced the very definition of tyranny” (James Madison, Federalist No. 51, 1788). Trump: "L'Etat, c'est moi"

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Great idea!

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Melville House Publishing will release jacksmithreport on Tuesday and DOJ #TulsaRaceMassacre report later this month tinyurl.com/5vdprf9m

submitted 13 days ago • 0 comments

Strange. I did not have Bank of America, Home Depot, or Verizon committing to, and affirming diversity, equality & inclusion on my Project2025 Bingo Card. It *is* good to see my heroes on that list: IKEA, CostCo, and (of course) Ben & Jerry's! Honorable mention goes to Penzeys Spices❣ www.dei.watch

submitted 13 days ago • 1 comment

I hope @marcelias.bsky.social‬ is on this PDQ?!

submitted 15 days ago • 0 comments

When I think of the stupid things I did as a software engineer in my twenties - and the mistakes I made because of assumptions that only seem ridiculous with hindsight and experience - I shudder for the long-term viability of Govt systems with Musk's Virgin Soldiers digging in ...

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I hope the Govt sysadmins have a backup SECRETED off-site & safe. We'll need a known-reliable version of each system after Musk installs who-knows-what in Govt software: key-tracing, backdoors, & $ transfers. His access to audit logs means we can't trace their activity. We'll need to roll back

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