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After 1.5 billion years, algae is having its moment.
July 10, 2026 at 4:25 PM
After 1.5 billion years, algae is having its moment.
So, I asked ChatGPT a simple math problem: so solve 4 equations in 4 unknowns. Back it came, after a number of computations with what it announced as the solution. It was incorrect.
May 9, 2026 at 9:10 PM
So, I asked ChatGPT a simple math problem: so solve 4 equations in 4 unknowns. Back it came, after a number of computations with what it announced as the solution. It was incorrect.
"White House Considers Vetting A.I. Models Before They Are Released"
In this administration any kind of approval process can only have as its purpose extortion and bribery, and nothing else. You thought it was about AI safety? You wanna play, you gotta pay. And we know you got plenty to pay with.
In this administration any kind of approval process can only have as its purpose extortion and bribery, and nothing else. You thought it was about AI safety? You wanna play, you gotta pay. And we know you got plenty to pay with.
May 5, 2026 at 12:39 AM
"White House Considers Vetting A.I. Models Before They Are Released"
In this administration any kind of approval process can only have as its purpose extortion and bribery, and nothing else. You thought it was about AI safety? You wanna play, you gotta pay. And we know you got plenty to pay with.
In this administration any kind of approval process can only have as its purpose extortion and bribery, and nothing else. You thought it was about AI safety? You wanna play, you gotta pay. And we know you got plenty to pay with.
Had this problem with random colorings and suddenly this particular set of colors appeared and the thing hit me like a piece of modern art representing a distorted face, one red eye on the right, blue eye left, dark blue nostrils and a rivulet of fanciful colors running down the face in between.
![[X,Y]=meshgrid(-2:.01:2,-2:.01:2);
f=@(x,y) (x.^3+x.*y.^2+x.*y+2*y)./(x.^4+2*y.^4+2);
Z=f(X,Y);
cmap=rand(20,3);
figure
pcolor(X,Y,Z),shading interp,colormap(cmap);
colorbar](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:477z5fnrxzfeqdjjm54vogab/bafkreibeqlz7eywmlrqyy4clch2kuahdxsqqjsjrasquywu5pl7kdmtupq)
May 3, 2026 at 4:20 PM
Had this problem with random colorings and suddenly this particular set of colors appeared and the thing hit me like a piece of modern art representing a distorted face, one red eye on the right, blue eye left, dark blue nostrils and a rivulet of fanciful colors running down the face in between.
Yeah, evil, mind-destroying Chat GPT can also do this.
February 27, 2026 at 5:59 PM
Yeah, evil, mind-destroying Chat GPT can also do this.
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I don’t know how to use chatgpt etc but I imagine it’s going to a website and typing “oh no what groceries do I buy please tell me false god for I am so weak I cannot go on” as your brain atrophies and leaks out of your ears from disuse and the machine is like “buy eggs milk bread and a horse”
February 27, 2026 at 1:29 PM
I don’t know how to use chatgpt etc but I imagine it’s going to a website and typing “oh no what groceries do I buy please tell me false god for I am so weak I cannot go on” as your brain atrophies and leaks out of your ears from disuse and the machine is like “buy eggs milk bread and a horse”
And, right on time (Inside Higher Ed):
Indiana University Cancels MLK Celebration Dinner
"...the 57th consecutive annual MLK dinner, which was first convened in 1969."
This was on Tuesday, in a letter to the campus from the Chancellor-the dinner is not mentioned until literally the last two lines.
Indiana University Cancels MLK Celebration Dinner
"...the 57th consecutive annual MLK dinner, which was first convened in 1969."
This was on Tuesday, in a letter to the campus from the Chancellor-the dinner is not mentioned until literally the last two lines.
January 16, 2026 at 2:28 PM
And, right on time (Inside Higher Ed):
Indiana University Cancels MLK Celebration Dinner
"...the 57th consecutive annual MLK dinner, which was first convened in 1969."
This was on Tuesday, in a letter to the campus from the Chancellor-the dinner is not mentioned until literally the last two lines.
Indiana University Cancels MLK Celebration Dinner
"...the 57th consecutive annual MLK dinner, which was first convened in 1969."
This was on Tuesday, in a letter to the campus from the Chancellor-the dinner is not mentioned until literally the last two lines.
Krugman has a nice post on Venezuelan oil: the accepted level of "reserves" is a sham, and the oil is too heavy to be profitable to refine - oil prices now are too low.
paulkrugman.substack.com/p/the-empero...
paulkrugman.substack.com/p/the-empero...
The Emperor’s New Oil Wealth
The truth behind Trump’s black, sticky fantasy
paulkrugman.substack.com
January 12, 2026 at 3:49 PM
Krugman has a nice post on Venezuelan oil: the accepted level of "reserves" is a sham, and the oil is too heavy to be profitable to refine - oil prices now are too low.
paulkrugman.substack.com/p/the-empero...
paulkrugman.substack.com/p/the-empero...
I recall how I used to love seeing Federal buildings, and the Great Seal of the United States near the entrance. My country. The seal, a modest identification, and nothing more is needed, you know what it stands for. The Constitution, justice, order, backed up by unshakeable institutions.
January 9, 2026 at 5:21 PM
I recall how I used to love seeing Federal buildings, and the Great Seal of the United States near the entrance. My country. The seal, a modest identification, and nothing more is needed, you know what it stands for. The Constitution, justice, order, backed up by unshakeable institutions.
A scene like that would ordinarily be taped off for more than a day.
However, it was cleaned up and abandoned all under two hours.
There could not have been any kind of accurate or even reasonable collection logging and recording of evidence.
Zero chance.
However, it was cleaned up and abandoned all under two hours.
There could not have been any kind of accurate or even reasonable collection logging and recording of evidence.
Zero chance.
January 8, 2026 at 5:10 PM
Random encounter:
"Our experience of extremes (happy Emerson, black‐hearted Melville, light and dark as simple as virtue and wickedness in a Congressman's election speech) makes all Americans radicals. Our normal view is that if everything isn't terrific, it stinks."
1972, John Gardner, NY Times
"Our experience of extremes (happy Emerson, black‐hearted Melville, light and dark as simple as virtue and wickedness in a Congressman's election speech) makes all Americans radicals. Our normal view is that if everything isn't terrific, it stinks."
1972, John Gardner, NY Times
January 7, 2026 at 5:43 PM
Random encounter:
"Our experience of extremes (happy Emerson, black‐hearted Melville, light and dark as simple as virtue and wickedness in a Congressman's election speech) makes all Americans radicals. Our normal view is that if everything isn't terrific, it stinks."
1972, John Gardner, NY Times
"Our experience of extremes (happy Emerson, black‐hearted Melville, light and dark as simple as virtue and wickedness in a Congressman's election speech) makes all Americans radicals. Our normal view is that if everything isn't terrific, it stinks."
1972, John Gardner, NY Times
NY Times:
Three senators who quit on why Congress won’t stand up to Trump
(on the other hand, who better to ask...)
Three senators who quit on why Congress won’t stand up to Trump
(on the other hand, who better to ask...)
December 18, 2025 at 5:41 PM
NY Times:
Three senators who quit on why Congress won’t stand up to Trump
(on the other hand, who better to ask...)
Three senators who quit on why Congress won’t stand up to Trump
(on the other hand, who better to ask...)
"World Liberty Financial might want to sell to the broader public, but what they essentially serve as is the drop box for people who want to give money to Trump. That means, UAE princes, sovereign wealth funds and financial criminals from overseas.."
Jacob Silverman w. Krugman on K's substack
Jacob Silverman w. Krugman on K's substack
November 3, 2025 at 1:53 PM
"World Liberty Financial might want to sell to the broader public, but what they essentially serve as is the drop box for people who want to give money to Trump. That means, UAE princes, sovereign wealth funds and financial criminals from overseas.."
Jacob Silverman w. Krugman on K's substack
Jacob Silverman w. Krugman on K's substack
Opened the NY Times. Saw this. Closed it.
November 2, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Opened the NY Times. Saw this. Closed it.
"[V]iewpoint diversity ... is anything but a plea for real 'intellectual diversity.' It is a duplicitous performance, ... needed to provide cover for the real aims: eroding the core mission and functioning of the university." www.chronicle.com/article/view...
Viewpoint Diversity Is a MAGA Plot
Defenses of the policy miss the political point.
www.chronicle.com
October 14, 2025 at 5:04 PM
"[V]iewpoint diversity ... is anything but a plea for real 'intellectual diversity.' It is a duplicitous performance, ... needed to provide cover for the real aims: eroding the core mission and functioning of the university." www.chronicle.com/article/view...
NY Times: "President Trump’s posting of a deepfake video mocking and insulting the top two Democrats in Congress underscored the lack of progress toward any deal to extend funding." Oh, that's how we underscore lack of progress these days? Via racist, ugly, deepfakes? The new NYT standard.
September 30, 2025 at 7:04 PM
NY Times: "President Trump’s posting of a deepfake video mocking and insulting the top two Democrats in Congress underscored the lack of progress toward any deal to extend funding." Oh, that's how we underscore lack of progress these days? Via racist, ugly, deepfakes? The new NYT standard.
To all the MAGA governors offering up their children to show allegiance to Trump:
Leviticus 18:21: "You shall not give any of your children to offer them to Molech, and so profane the name of your God".
Not that it matters to them of course. Either as Christians or humans.
Leviticus 18:21: "You shall not give any of your children to offer them to Molech, and so profane the name of your God".
Not that it matters to them of course. Either as Christians or humans.
September 9, 2025 at 3:33 PM
To all the MAGA governors offering up their children to show allegiance to Trump:
Leviticus 18:21: "You shall not give any of your children to offer them to Molech, and so profane the name of your God".
Not that it matters to them of course. Either as Christians or humans.
Leviticus 18:21: "You shall not give any of your children to offer them to Molech, and so profane the name of your God".
Not that it matters to them of course. Either as Christians or humans.
Carlos Alcaraz demands of his team to explain why he is the only public figure who was forced to comment on Trump attending the US Open final - everyone else just dived for cover. (PS: He did a petty good job dancing around that one.)
September 7, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Carlos Alcaraz demands of his team to explain why he is the only public figure who was forced to comment on Trump attending the US Open final - everyone else just dived for cover. (PS: He did a petty good job dancing around that one.)
Ok let's compromise: The Department of War, What is it Good For.
September 6, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Ok let's compromise: The Department of War, What is it Good For.
Suddenly relevant:
Phil Ochs, "Love me, I'm a Liberal":
Sure, once I was young and impulsive
I wore every conceivable pin
Even went to socialist meetings
Learned all the old union hymns
Ah, but I've grown older and wiser
And that's why I'm turning you in
So love me, love me, love me, I'm a liberal
Phil Ochs, "Love me, I'm a Liberal":
Sure, once I was young and impulsive
I wore every conceivable pin
Even went to socialist meetings
Learned all the old union hymns
Ah, but I've grown older and wiser
And that's why I'm turning you in
So love me, love me, love me, I'm a liberal
August 14, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Suddenly relevant:
Phil Ochs, "Love me, I'm a Liberal":
Sure, once I was young and impulsive
I wore every conceivable pin
Even went to socialist meetings
Learned all the old union hymns
Ah, but I've grown older and wiser
And that's why I'm turning you in
So love me, love me, love me, I'm a liberal
Phil Ochs, "Love me, I'm a Liberal":
Sure, once I was young and impulsive
I wore every conceivable pin
Even went to socialist meetings
Learned all the old union hymns
Ah, but I've grown older and wiser
And that's why I'm turning you in
So love me, love me, love me, I'm a liberal
1) If political correctness has achieved one thing, it's to make the Conservative party cloak its inherent racism behind more creative language.
2) There's a whole generation who've confused political correctness with health and safety legislation.
Stewart Lee: 41st Best Stand-Up Ever! (2008)
2) There's a whole generation who've confused political correctness with health and safety legislation.
Stewart Lee: 41st Best Stand-Up Ever! (2008)
August 4, 2025 at 5:47 PM
1) If political correctness has achieved one thing, it's to make the Conservative party cloak its inherent racism behind more creative language.
2) There's a whole generation who've confused political correctness with health and safety legislation.
Stewart Lee: 41st Best Stand-Up Ever! (2008)
2) There's a whole generation who've confused political correctness with health and safety legislation.
Stewart Lee: 41st Best Stand-Up Ever! (2008)
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Yesterday, I joined MPP Bobbi Ann Brady and Drew Spoelstra, President of OFA, in Hamilton to present a farmer-led vision for protecting farmland in Ontario.
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July 10, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Yesterday, I joined MPP Bobbi Ann Brady and Drew Spoelstra, President of OFA, in Hamilton to present a farmer-led vision for protecting farmland in Ontario.
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Can you hit repost? Marjorie Taylor Greene doesn't want you to know the name of her opponent but will try every desperate attempt to save her seat.
My name is Shawn Harris. I am a Democrat, husband, father, Retired Brigadier General, farmer, and I'm running against MTG. Can you share and follow me?
My name is Shawn Harris. I am a Democrat, husband, father, Retired Brigadier General, farmer, and I'm running against MTG. Can you share and follow me?
July 5, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Can you hit repost? Marjorie Taylor Greene doesn't want you to know the name of her opponent but will try every desperate attempt to save her seat.
My name is Shawn Harris. I am a Democrat, husband, father, Retired Brigadier General, farmer, and I'm running against MTG. Can you share and follow me?
My name is Shawn Harris. I am a Democrat, husband, father, Retired Brigadier General, farmer, and I'm running against MTG. Can you share and follow me?
Nice column by Paul Krugman on his substack today, arguing for a robust European response to Trump's trade/tariff threats. As usual, credible, informative and reasonable and perfect for the economically untrained such as yours truly.
paulkrugman.substack.com/p/a-letter-t...
paulkrugman.substack.com/p/a-letter-t...
A Letter to Europe
You’re stronger than you think. Act like it.
paulkrugman.substack.com
May 27, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Nice column by Paul Krugman on his substack today, arguing for a robust European response to Trump's trade/tariff threats. As usual, credible, informative and reasonable and perfect for the economically untrained such as yours truly.
paulkrugman.substack.com/p/a-letter-t...
paulkrugman.substack.com/p/a-letter-t...
NY Times. Any comment by me would simply detract from its perfection.
May 14, 2025 at 4:12 PM
NY Times. Any comment by me would simply detract from its perfection.