sadcat
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"ontologically not true" never change bsky
This is ontologically not true. LLMs like Claude cannot innovate anything - only regurgitate various forms of what they've been trained on. Their best use case - writing incredibly basic scripts - can be replicated by just spending 10 seconds on google to find the script they were trained on.
April 1, 2026 at 2:47 PM
"ontologically not true" never change bsky
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the problem here is fundamentally about epistemic authority, tme trans people regularly fuck up like this in broad trans projects because of the implicit assumption that they have epistemic authority over trans women and don’t need our input on how we are depicted.
February 22, 2026 at 9:38 AM
the problem here is fundamentally about epistemic authority, tme trans people regularly fuck up like this in broad trans projects because of the implicit assumption that they have epistemic authority over trans women and don’t need our input on how we are depicted.
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For more than a week, conservative media and politicians have worked themselves into a frenzy over a spectacle manufactured by a fencer who refused to compete against a 19-year-old trans woman. Here is the target of that hate campaign, finally, in her own words.
'My Entire Life Is Political': Trans Fencer Attacked by Conservative Outrage Machine Speaks Out
Red Sullivan, a fencer targeted by the anti-trans outrage machine after an opponent refused to duel her, says it was all a media stunt from the start.
www.rollingstone.com
April 12, 2025 at 8:49 PM
For more than a week, conservative media and politicians have worked themselves into a frenzy over a spectacle manufactured by a fencer who refused to compete against a 19-year-old trans woman. Here is the target of that hate campaign, finally, in her own words.
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Green card holders detained. A French researcher denied entry for anti-Trump messages. A new travel ban on 40+ countries coming.
Given all these encroachments on travelers' civil liberties, we've updated our guide to digital privacy while crossing US borders. www.wired.com/2017/02/guid...
Given all these encroachments on travelers' civil liberties, we've updated our guide to digital privacy while crossing US borders. www.wired.com/2017/02/guid...
How to Enter the US With Your Digital Privacy Intact
Crossing into the United States has become increasingly dangerous for digital privacy. Here are a few steps you can take to minimize the risk of Customs and Border Patrol accessing your data.
www.wired.com
March 24, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Green card holders detained. A French researcher denied entry for anti-Trump messages. A new travel ban on 40+ countries coming.
Given all these encroachments on travelers' civil liberties, we've updated our guide to digital privacy while crossing US borders. www.wired.com/2017/02/guid...
Given all these encroachments on travelers' civil liberties, we've updated our guide to digital privacy while crossing US borders. www.wired.com/2017/02/guid...
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In a leaked recording, State Senator Elena Parent (D-42) said she’d vote for Republican transgender healthcare bans because trans rights are too “unpopular."
"You can go right to heck. I don’t think I will lose re-election based on you screaming at me"
"You can go right to heck. I don’t think I will lose re-election based on you screaming at me"
March 2, 2025 at 11:52 PM
In a leaked recording, State Senator Elena Parent (D-42) said she’d vote for Republican transgender healthcare bans because trans rights are too “unpopular."
"You can go right to heck. I don’t think I will lose re-election based on you screaming at me"
"You can go right to heck. I don’t think I will lose re-election based on you screaming at me"
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NYTimes adding insult to injury in this tragedy. The “treatment” was for autism, which isn’t a thing, and was being done by someone with no medical training who charges cash for expensive bogus therapies. And now a 5-year-old is dead because of the grift.
A fire started inside an oxygen-rich hyperbaric chamber at a Michigan medical center on Friday, causing it to explode, killing a 5-year-old boy who was inside receiving treatment, officials said.
Hyperbaric Chamber Explosion Kills 5-Year-Old Boy
The boy was receiving medical treatment at a Michigan medical center when the chamber exploded on Friday, the authorities said. His mother was also injured.
nyti.ms
February 2, 2025 at 6:56 PM
NYTimes adding insult to injury in this tragedy. The “treatment” was for autism, which isn’t a thing, and was being done by someone with no medical training who charges cash for expensive bogus therapies. And now a 5-year-old is dead because of the grift.
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I'm starting to doubt your commitment to queening out bro
January 25, 2025 at 11:58 PM
I'm starting to doubt your commitment to queening out bro
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this confirms something i have long suspected, which is that certain people are told that their professional and academic failures are because of “affirmative action” or “DEI” as a way to avoid difficult conversations about their mediocrity www.wsj.com/lifestyle/ca...
You Blamed DEI for Hurting Your Career. Now What?
For people who pin their failures on diversity, corporate America’s DEI retreat removes a barrier—or maybe an excuse.
www.wsj.com
January 16, 2025 at 12:22 PM
this confirms something i have long suspected, which is that certain people are told that their professional and academic failures are because of “affirmative action” or “DEI” as a way to avoid difficult conversations about their mediocrity www.wsj.com/lifestyle/ca...
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skyrocketing EV sales have taken a giant bite out of Chinese oil demand. consumption might have peaked already, and it's projected to fall by 25-40 percent over the next decade www.ft.com/content/341f...
Has China already reached peak oil?
The country’s demand for crude seems to be plateauing sooner than expected. The implications are huge
www.ft.com
January 16, 2025 at 1:55 PM
skyrocketing EV sales have taken a giant bite out of Chinese oil demand. consumption might have peaked already, and it's projected to fall by 25-40 percent over the next decade www.ft.com/content/341f...
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remember when everyone spent weeks arguing about how israel would never bomb a hospital and since then they’ve just been bombing hospitals and schools every day
December 17, 2024 at 12:10 AM
remember when everyone spent weeks arguing about how israel would never bomb a hospital and since then they’ve just been bombing hospitals and schools every day
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Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #674,194!
September 24, 2024 at 3:22 AM
Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #674,194!
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It's such a bizarre understanding of personal morality, the idea that it's up to me to endlessly extend good faith to people who think I'm a groomer just so the country as a whole can address its (fake) "polarization" problem. It's immoral to ask people to do this!
January 8, 2024 at 8:05 PM
It's such a bizarre understanding of personal morality, the idea that it's up to me to endlessly extend good faith to people who think I'm a groomer just so the country as a whole can address its (fake) "polarization" problem. It's immoral to ask people to do this!
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"approximately 3,200 private venture-backed U.S. companies have gone out of business this year, according to data compiled for The New York Times by PitchBook"
lol
www.nytimes.com/2023/12/07/t...
lol
www.nytimes.com/2023/12/07/t...
From Unicorns to Zombies: Tech Start-Ups Run Out of Time and Money
After staving off collapse by cutting costs, many young tech companies are out of options, fueling a cash bonfire.
www.nytimes.com
December 7, 2023 at 2:31 PM
"approximately 3,200 private venture-backed U.S. companies have gone out of business this year, according to data compiled for The New York Times by PitchBook"
lol
www.nytimes.com/2023/12/07/t...
lol
www.nytimes.com/2023/12/07/t...
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the most marked change in the internet I've noticed over time is how almost everything is increasingly clogged with spam and garbage. email, search, platforms, calls & texts, just an ocean of fraud
I wrote about TikTok’s turn into a low-rent Gen Z QVC, full of weird junk and likely counterfeit goods www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
The Junk Is Winning
TikTok’s experiment in shopping has quickly become another place to hawk products.
www.theatlantic.com
October 27, 2023 at 6:22 PM
the most marked change in the internet I've noticed over time is how almost everything is increasingly clogged with spam and garbage. email, search, platforms, calls & texts, just an ocean of fraud
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for the last time: i don't read to be seen. i don't read to flirt. i don't read to celebrate libraries or support indie bookstores. i read so that when the CIA uses their telepathy ray on me i'm thinking about some made-up guy in 19th century Russia
The Thirstiest Thing A Man Can Do Is Read
Both men and women say reading is a "green flag," and now, to attract dates, men are sharing photos of them with the books they're reading.
www.bustle.com
October 11, 2023 at 3:12 AM
for the last time: i don't read to be seen. i don't read to flirt. i don't read to celebrate libraries or support indie bookstores. i read so that when the CIA uses their telepathy ray on me i'm thinking about some made-up guy in 19th century Russia
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Over the next two weeks, I'll be publishing a series of four big posts about Meta's role in the genocide of the Rohingya in Myanmar.
Part I is up now, along with a little meta-post with notes on terminology and sources.
erinkissane.com/meta-in-myan...
erinkissane.com/meta-meta
Part I is up now, along with a little meta-post with notes on terminology and sources.
erinkissane.com/meta-in-myan...
erinkissane.com/meta-meta
September 29, 2023 at 6:22 PM
Over the next two weeks, I'll be publishing a series of four big posts about Meta's role in the genocide of the Rohingya in Myanmar.
Part I is up now, along with a little meta-post with notes on terminology and sources.
erinkissane.com/meta-in-myan...
erinkissane.com/meta-meta
Part I is up now, along with a little meta-post with notes on terminology and sources.
erinkissane.com/meta-in-myan...
erinkissane.com/meta-meta