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Dear God. The Senate just confirmed an anti-vaxxer who wants to put a pause on infectious disease research as head of the HHS. We're so screwed.

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The difference between a latte and a cappuccino is this: - A latte is the drink I am trying to make. - A cappuccino is the drink I actually make.

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This is huge! The judge found that training generative AI on copyrighted material does not constitute fair use, at least in this case. This could upend the entire AI industry.

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Breaking News: Cows in Nevada have been infected with a new form of bird flu, indicating that the virus may pose a more persistent risk to people than thought.

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Yellow "Crew Parking" signs are returning to Atlanta. Nature is healing.

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I make latte art inspired by the 1958 horror film, "The Blob"

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Trump has only been in office for a week, and he has already created thousands of jobs for lawyers.

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Tech industry that trained models while disregarding copyright when China uses their models as training data:

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Breaking: Trump solves the trans debate by declaring everyone a woman.

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The fact that Netflix has more than twice the market cap of Disney is the best evidence that stock market prices are stupid. I won't even get into Tesla.

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I'm flourishing as much as these chess figures in the snow.

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Internet service is like: Our agent will arrive sometime between 5am and 11pm. We will not give you a heads-up, so you must never leave your house. Also, our agent will tap lightly upon your door one time. If you do not hear this, you have missed them and must wait until another day.

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I wish we lived in an age with better oligarchs. The Gilded Age robber barons built universities and libraries and supported the arts and science. The Medici family funded Michelangelo, da Vinci, and Raphael. Even Bill Gates almost wiped out malaria. And now we're stuck with Elon, Zuck, and Bezos.

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Oh no, not David Lynch! 2025 is starting out rough.

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There's a misconception that generative AI will democratize filmmaking. No, AI will make big tech companies the gatekeepers of filmmaking. They'll control the models and the servers on which everything is rendered.

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Great (belated) obituary in the NYT for Karen Wynn Fonstad, cartography who mapped Tolkien's worlds in her book, The Atlas of Middle-Earth. #LOTR #Tolkien

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The tech billionaires like Elon, Zuck, and Bezos are counting on one of two things: 1. America remains an oligarchy and never returns to being a democracy. OR 2. Americans have short-term memories and will eventually forget their groveling before Trump.

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Books I read in 2024: 20 000 Lieus Sous les Mers - Jules Verne The Andromeda Strain - Michael Crichton CompTIA A+ Certification Exam Guide - Mike Meyers Contes et Légendes Inachevés - JRR Tolkien, tr. by Tina Jolas Essays and Poems by Ralph Waldo Emerson The Hobbit - JRR Tolkien, read by Andy Serkis

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When Jimmy Carter left office, there were 3.5 million cases of Guinea worm a year. Thanks to his charity, 2024 was the first year when zero cases were reported in humans. RIP Jimmy Carter

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Elon is giving orders to Congress like he's Caesar when he's really Caligula's horse.

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NEW: After reviewing leaked documents, we have found UnitedHealth is strategically limiting access to a treatment for thousands of children with autism across the country in order to cut costs. Advocates say the company’s strategy may be illegal. www.propublica.org/article/unit... 👇

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The killing of a top health insurance executive in midtown Manhattan has unleashed a flurry of rage and frustration from social media users over denials of their medical claims, a public display of Americans’ pent-up anger at the nation’s complex health insurance industry

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Per the NYT, United Healthcare's denial rate for post-acute care was 10.9% in 2020. Brian Thompson became CEO in 2021. In 2022, that denial rate rose to 22.7% www.nytimes.com/live/2024/12...

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My favorite genre of music is the Lord of the Rings soundtracks

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Some songs are so random that they totally break the algorithm, and it has no idea what to give you next. I listened to "Shia LeBeouf" by Rob Cantor, and the algorithm followed that with "Moon Rivers"

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Less than a week on Bluesky, and only one post, and I've already passed my (very low) follower count on Xitter. I'm liking this place!

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Howdy, Bluesky community!

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