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Again, LLMs aren't designed to give you the *right* answer but *a* answer. Whether than answer is correct doesn't matter all that much, bc the LLM has no way of knowing what is accurate and what is made up. Getting the right answer is more a matter of luck than anything intellectual.

You all need to treat Harry Potter IP like we’re treating the Tesla brand.

Oh, look a bird.

“This year’s ceremony lasted longer than the prior few years, and several edits were made in order to meet the originally planned run time.” Rogen could not be reached for comment. Come on. Seriously? We're supposed to believe that? www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general...

This is pretty gross: "#HBO's Bloys addressed controversies surrounding #Rowling [& her] anti-transgender sentiments. 'I’m not worried about it,' [he]said. 'Look at the huge success of the #Hogwarts video game. I’m not concerned about consumer response.'" www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/h...

This looks breath-takingly gorgeous.

Breaking: Rich people don't like laws protecting non-rich people

I've seen lefties floating the idea that "We should use the R word against bigots to show that our hatred for them transcends our morals" and Absolutely THE FUCK not. Are we for real with this? Like, seriously? Absolutely not, under any circumstances actually.

I'm still mad about this library, but at least they raise enough money to give the US the finger. It'll be an external reminder of how a best friend can stab you in the back. Carney is right: the old relationship is over. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...

I am a fairly bilingual grammar nerd so I have a lot of thoughts here. Firstly, I know some white people have decided to be aggrieved by the capital letter, but it makes perfect sense. In the American context, Black is a fairly specific ethnic group. White is a trait, not a specific group.

A writer is a person who cares what words mean, what they say, how they say it. Writers know words are their way towards truth and freedom, and so they use them with care, with thought, with fear, with delight. By using words well they strengthen their souls.

Biggest commitment to a 3 second joke I've ever seen

I just hope the Republican party dies before the planet.

And thou mayest aske thyself, 'How do Ich werke thys?' And thou mayest aske thyself, 'Wher ys that large destrier?' And thou mayest telle thyself, 'Thys nys not my beautiful castle!' And thou mayest telle thyself, 'Thys nys not my swift goshawk!'

Love this @NiemanLab write up of the Tip Truck. ProPublica wanted to find more sources in the federal government. So it brought a truck.

I love nonbinary people 💛🤍💜🖤 I love fem nonbinary people 💛🤍💜🖤 I love masc nonbinary people 💛🤍💜🖤 I love androgynous nonbinary people 💛🤍💜🖤 I love fluid nonbinary people 💛🤍💜🖤 I love amab nonbinary people 💛🤍💜🖤 I love afab nonbinary people 💛🤍💜🖤 I love intersex nonbinary people 💛🤍💜🖤 Nonbinary people rock!

I thought it might be nice to share thoughts on how to write Native characters. First, your Native character should never track things. Second, your Native character should never be a lycanthrope. Third, stop having them emphasize the things you see as different.

Aw man, I really wanted him at the end to go (in Count voice): "Mwahaha, 5! 1, 2, 3, 4, 5!"

Absolutely love @petebuttigieg.bsky.social ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜

If you are visiting the United States, having a negative view of Trump is enough to get you denied entry. If this was coming out of Russia or China, we would deplore such an authoritarian attack on freedom of expression.

@joellenovey.bsky.social wrote this: The whole entire world is a very narrow bridge and the main thing to recall I can’t remember right now because the people who taught me that song and the ones I sang it with may make the same excuses when they come for me, and you

The party of "freedom of speech."

They're called public records for a reason. Starting today, WIRED will *stop paywalling* articles that are primarily based on public records obtained through the Freedom of Information Act, becoming the first publication to partner with @freedom.press to offer this for our new coverage.

I had not heard of this book but now I am going to read it tonight.

THANK YOU @wyden.senate.gov and @jeff-merkley.bsky.social. Oregon stands with you!

We can upload 3 minute videos now. YOU KNOW THE RULE

I like that Tolkien tried to rewrite The Hobbit in the 1960s to fit in with the tone and style of The Lord of the Rings until one of his friends politely convinced him that it was a terrible idea.

From a poetry collection by Mary Oliver, where after a hundred poems showcasing gentle observations on nature and animals, she hits you with this

Techtonic shift alert.

watching Knives Out

Greetings from jury duty! New York may have its rough edges, but we just watched a pretty great video about implicit bias and how that impacts fairness in courts, and it ended with a quote from Charlotte Brontë, so it’s feeling like the last bastion of social sciences and humanities over here.

Gross, Jeff.

JD Vance: “You have to allow free speech…We want to be able to speak our own mind in our own country.” Words govt workers can’t use, per Vance et al: Black Female Women Native American Racism Political Disability Accessibility Historically (Full list at link below) www.tiktok.com/t/ZT2X9v7HL/

Words matter.