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Us? We get Ryan Walters.
I've been teaching in Oklahoma City for 30+ years. I THOUGHT I had seen it all.
I've been teaching in Oklahoma City for 30+ years. I THOUGHT I had seen it all.
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Public Citizen files a complaint opposing the broadcasting of Trump’s ads as violating laws against taxpayer-funded propaganda.
Full complaint buff.ly/kYCsKEW
Full complaint buff.ly/kYCsKEW
September 29, 2026 at 3:02 PM
Public Citizen files a complaint opposing the broadcasting of Trump’s ads as violating laws against taxpayer-funded propaganda.
Full complaint buff.ly/kYCsKEW
Full complaint buff.ly/kYCsKEW
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This particular cardinal is apparently going through it. I don't have a great shot of her face because she comes all the way into the feeder to eat, but she's incredibly scruffy. I've never seen a cardinal missing so much of her little peaked cap before.
September 22, 2026 at 10:06 PM
This particular cardinal is apparently going through it. I don't have a great shot of her face because she comes all the way into the feeder to eat, but she's incredibly scruffy. I've never seen a cardinal missing so much of her little peaked cap before.
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Finally fixed and refilled my camera bird feeder after months of it being down, and it immediately rewarded me with a salacious cardinal upskirt shot.
September 22, 2026 at 9:58 PM
Finally fixed and refilled my camera bird feeder after months of it being down, and it immediately rewarded me with a salacious cardinal upskirt shot.
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A comment on the bird feeder posts led me to Rosemary Mosco's webcomics, and I am enjoying them so much. rosemarymosco.com/comics/bird-...
September 22, 2026 at 11:13 PM
A comment on the bird feeder posts led me to Rosemary Mosco's webcomics, and I am enjoying them so much. rosemarymosco.com/comics/bird-...
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It is a huge shame to see so much language attributing agency, intent and thought to a software program, when all that should be attributed to the humans who designed a dangerously clumsy and broken looping LLM.
Means the companies won't be held accountable for designing a bad product
Means the companies won't be held accountable for designing a bad product
September 24, 2026 at 7:38 AM
It is a huge shame to see so much language attributing agency, intent and thought to a software program, when all that should be attributed to the humans who designed a dangerously clumsy and broken looping LLM.
Means the companies won't be held accountable for designing a bad product
Means the companies won't be held accountable for designing a bad product
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The US Senate could vote as soon as Thursday to tell President Donald Trump to end the war in Iran or get Congress' authorization to continue it, as Democrats tee up a vote on the unpopular conflict before November's midterm elections.
US Democrats tee up pre-election war powers vote as some Republicans break with Trump on Iran
The US Senate could vote as soon as Thursday to tell President Donald Trump to end the war in Iran or get Congress' authorization to continue it, as Democrats tee up a vote on the unpopular conflict before November's midterm elections.
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September 24, 2026 at 3:40 PM
The US Senate could vote as soon as Thursday to tell President Donald Trump to end the war in Iran or get Congress' authorization to continue it, as Democrats tee up a vote on the unpopular conflict before November's midterm elections.
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Either Halloween decoration started early this year, or Cthulhu summoning started early this year. I'm fine either way.
September 19, 2026 at 9:17 PM
Either Halloween decoration started early this year, or Cthulhu summoning started early this year. I'm fine either way.
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Spoke to a bunch of 70- and 80-year olds at my mom's book club (!) about AI, and what struck me was that they were *acutely* aware of, and frustrated with, the failures of mainstream news coverage to explain exactly what this tech is, what it can and cannot do, and what the risks are.
Over at the newsletter I wrote about the media's total failure to responsibly cover batshit claims that software has gained human-level awareness and will soon kill us all
AI Doomsday Panic Is Completely Out Of Control
The press obsession with software-powered doomsday is a misdirection overshadowing a much deadlier reality: our public interest regulators no longer function.
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September 17, 2026 at 2:01 PM
Spoke to a bunch of 70- and 80-year olds at my mom's book club (!) about AI, and what struck me was that they were *acutely* aware of, and frustrated with, the failures of mainstream news coverage to explain exactly what this tech is, what it can and cannot do, and what the risks are.
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Flock cameras are riddled with security vulnerabilities and hard-coded credentials. Here's my analysis of today's @ddosecrets.org Flock leak micahflee.com/flock-camera...
Flock cameras are riddled with security vulnerabilities and hard-coded credentials
This morning, DDoSecrets published an exciting new dataset: Filesystem images of the partitions from an in-use Flock ALPR camera. 404 Media and Wired published a joint investigation into it. I downloa...
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September 16, 2026 at 8:49 PM
Flock cameras are riddled with security vulnerabilities and hard-coded credentials. Here's my analysis of today's @ddosecrets.org Flock leak micahflee.com/flock-camera...
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This to me is maybe the most maddening comprehension failure in politics now.
Journalists & politicians should make clear that this is a false distinction: runaway climate change obviously does & will make groceries, home insurance & electricity, among other things, more expensive, never mind the cost—ultimately reflected in higher taxes—of disaster relief
September 14, 2026 at 4:06 PM
This to me is maybe the most maddening comprehension failure in politics now.
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While thousands of kids are suffering in ICE prisons like Dilley, and immigrant children are about to be shipped to Louisiana, the Trump regime keeps using kids entertainment IP to promote its racist ICE deportations.
www.thequeenzone.com/exclusive-to...
www.thequeenzone.com/exclusive-to...
Exclusive: Top Senate Dem Responds to Christian Faith Group's Plea for Oversight of New ICE Facility for Kids
Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR), Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee, has responded to a Christian faith group that...
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September 14, 2026 at 2:44 PM
While thousands of kids are suffering in ICE prisons like Dilley, and immigrant children are about to be shipped to Louisiana, the Trump regime keeps using kids entertainment IP to promote its racist ICE deportations.
www.thequeenzone.com/exclusive-to...
www.thequeenzone.com/exclusive-to...
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Creators of 'The Magic School Bus,' authors Joanna Cole and illustrator Bruce Degen, are deceased. I was not able to reach their family members. 'The Magic School Bus' publisher, Scholastic, is also a co-producer of a movie version in development. No one from Scholastic responded to inquiries.
September 14, 2026 at 2:41 PM
Creators of 'The Magic School Bus,' authors Joanna Cole and illustrator Bruce Degen, are deceased. I was not able to reach their family members. 'The Magic School Bus' publisher, Scholastic, is also a co-producer of a movie version in development. No one from Scholastic responded to inquiries.
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NEW by me: When I saw that the White House had stolen 'The Magic School Bus' to promote its racist ICE deportations, I could not be quiet. The books' publisher, Scholastic, has remained noticeably silent, while others like Hasbro and Tetris have clapped back.
www.thequeenzone.com/trump-regime...
www.thequeenzone.com/trump-regime...
Trump Regime Keeps Stealing Kids Entertainment for ICE Ad Campaign. Companies are Clapping Back.
The Trump regime keeps stealing kids entertainment properties to promote its racist ICE deportations scheme. Some companies are saying no.
www.thequeenzone.com
September 14, 2026 at 2:15 PM
NEW by me: When I saw that the White House had stolen 'The Magic School Bus' to promote its racist ICE deportations, I could not be quiet. The books' publisher, Scholastic, has remained noticeably silent, while others like Hasbro and Tetris have clapped back.
www.thequeenzone.com/trump-regime...
www.thequeenzone.com/trump-regime...
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as is always the case when he's sitting and not talking, Trump had a hard time staying awake during the 9/11 ceremony
(Finn Gomez/Getty)
(Finn Gomez/Getty)
September 11, 2026 at 2:34 PM
as is always the case when he's sitting and not talking, Trump had a hard time staying awake during the 9/11 ceremony
(Finn Gomez/Getty)
(Finn Gomez/Getty)
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Figured today would be a good day to repost this.
BREAKING:
After the Washington Post fired me last year for speaking the truth in the wake of the Charlie Kirk killing, I fought back.
And I'm happy to announce: I won my case against the Washington Post.
They have been ordered to reinstate me immediately.
www.nytimes.com/2026/08/24/b...
After the Washington Post fired me last year for speaking the truth in the wake of the Charlie Kirk killing, I fought back.
And I'm happy to announce: I won my case against the Washington Post.
They have been ordered to reinstate me immediately.
www.nytimes.com/2026/08/24/b...
Washington Post Ordered to Rehire Fired Columnist Karen Attiah
An arbitrator ordered the newspaper to reinstate Karen Attiah, who was fired after posting about “white men who espouse hatred and violence” following Charlie Kirk’s killing.
www.nytimes.com
September 10, 2026 at 4:05 PM
Figured today would be a good day to repost this.
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Weirdly, it wasn't curiosity or general acclaim that got me to go see COYOTE VS. ACME. It was the Reddit AMA. The weird, wry, but completely straight-faced sense of humor here got to me, and finally sold me on who the movie was aimed at. www.reddit.com/r/movies/com...
September 9, 2026 at 10:49 PM
Weirdly, it wasn't curiosity or general acclaim that got me to go see COYOTE VS. ACME. It was the Reddit AMA. The weird, wry, but completely straight-faced sense of humor here got to me, and finally sold me on who the movie was aimed at. www.reddit.com/r/movies/com...
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a specific thing I like about this is the knowledge worker unemployment prediction, coming as it does alongside basically weekly announcements from the big labs of their models doing stupid shit because they didn't have competent humans steering and monitoring them
New from us:
Anthropic just published scenarios for AI’s possible economic impacts, which range from minimal, to explosive GDP growth of 15% by 2030 as knowledge-worker unemployment hits 18%.
I sat down with their co-founder Jack Clark to pick his brains on how they’re thinking about all of this.
Anthropic just published scenarios for AI’s possible economic impacts, which range from minimal, to explosive GDP growth of 15% by 2030 as knowledge-worker unemployment hits 18%.
I sat down with their co-founder Jack Clark to pick his brains on how they’re thinking about all of this.
September 10, 2026 at 2:44 PM
a specific thing I like about this is the knowledge worker unemployment prediction, coming as it does alongside basically weekly announcements from the big labs of their models doing stupid shit because they didn't have competent humans steering and monitoring them
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Comedy chaser. I was so prepared to not like this, because it seems like a hat on a hat, like it's taking the joke away from Anna and making it too literal. But now I just want to listen to this freaking catchy song all day.
We Autotuned Anna & Izzy's "Trying To Get Autotuned" Prompt
YouTube video by Game Changer Shorts
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September 4, 2026 at 6:38 PM
Comedy chaser. I was so prepared to not like this, because it seems like a hat on a hat, like it's taking the joke away from Anna and making it too literal. But now I just want to listen to this freaking catchy song all day.
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This thread about someone trying to hijack convention panels to get authors to "collaborate" (meaning "How about you write this story I had AI generate the idea for, and we'll share the credit"), have I ever told you about the time I watched someone hit up George Lucas with The Worst Collab Pitch? 🧵
1. So, at the Worldcon this year there was a person who was going from panel to panel, bothering panelists by trying to get them to "collaborate" with them on a project and sliding the proposed project to them on a piece of paper. Folks, I cannot stress to you how obnoxious this sort of thing is.
September 2, 2026 at 7:25 PM
This thread about someone trying to hijack convention panels to get authors to "collaborate" (meaning "How about you write this story I had AI generate the idea for, and we'll share the credit"), have I ever told you about the time I watched someone hit up George Lucas with The Worst Collab Pitch? 🧵
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I got in trouble once at the bank for trying to collaborate on a project with the bank teller this way, I slid her a note saying "don't be alarmed, work with me and we can both make a lot of money"
1. So, at the Worldcon this year there was a person who was going from panel to panel, bothering panelists by trying to get them to "collaborate" with them on a project and sliding the proposed project to them on a piece of paper. Folks, I cannot stress to you how obnoxious this sort of thing is.
September 2, 2026 at 5:36 PM
I got in trouble once at the bank for trying to collaborate on a project with the bank teller this way, I slid her a note saying "don't be alarmed, work with me and we can both make a lot of money"
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The twists, and also the turns.
August 30, 2026 at 10:51 PM
The twists, and also the turns.
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BREAKING: Devastating new report from @humanrightswatch documents the dismantling of civil rights enforcement in the year and a half since Trump took office.
“This report documents what was lost and what it is costing the victims of discrimination.”
www.hrw.org/report/2026/...
“This report documents what was lost and what it is costing the victims of discrimination.”
www.hrw.org/report/2026/...
Remedies Abandoned
The 112-page report, “Remedies Abandoned: US Civil Rights Enforcement Under the Trump Administration,” documents the administration’s efforts to unravel the work of four key agencies between January 2...
www.hrw.org
September 1, 2026 at 10:57 PM
BREAKING: Devastating new report from @humanrightswatch documents the dismantling of civil rights enforcement in the year and a half since Trump took office.
“This report documents what was lost and what it is costing the victims of discrimination.”
www.hrw.org/report/2026/...
“This report documents what was lost and what it is costing the victims of discrimination.”
www.hrw.org/report/2026/...
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It was an excellent day for a sing-along sail. At a few points I caught the captain and our docent both singing along, which was a great feeling.
August 23, 2026 at 9:58 PM
It was an excellent day for a sing-along sail. At a few points I caught the captain and our docent both singing along, which was a great feeling.
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Time for the annual sea shanty sing aboard the Tall Ship Windy!
August 23, 2026 at 8:20 PM
Time for the annual sea shanty sing aboard the Tall Ship Windy!
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Don't know if YouTube is responding to my searches, trending searches, or algorithm opportunists jumping on Dolly Parton's death, but suddenly my front page is packed with Dolly duets I never would have imagined. They're all naturally pretty delightful. Sabrina Carpenter? Pentatonix? Why not?
Dolly Parton - What's Up? ft. Linda Perry
YouTube video by DollyPartonVEVO
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August 25, 2026 at 8:36 PM
Don't know if YouTube is responding to my searches, trending searches, or algorithm opportunists jumping on Dolly Parton's death, but suddenly my front page is packed with Dolly duets I never would have imagined. They're all naturally pretty delightful. Sabrina Carpenter? Pentatonix? Why not?