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All of the LLMs stole from me. Most of the big "A.i." billionaires are horrifying right wingers. Consumer-facing generative "A.i." "writing" and "art" tools deskill people, cheat kids out of real education, spread falsehoods and disinfo, and violate privacy. So no, I ain't using that shit.

What gets me about these sorts of incidents is that they illustrate how many people are using AI for COMPLETELY USELESS purposes. There are already a million US maps and periodic tables! You can get them anywhere! What conceivable reason is there to have an LLM make one? It doesn't even save effort!

Doris Miller was raised on a farm outside Waco. During the attack on Pearl Harbor, as the military was still segregated, he was a mess attendant assigned to laundry duty. When the attack happened, without any gun training, he shot down Japanese planes and carried his commander to safety.

Nancy By Ernie Bushmiller August 20,1946

tired of the liberal nanny state dictating what americans can eat

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Nancy By Ernie Bushmiller August 20,1957

“He’s gonna be fine” is so strangely sweet

I have decided to quit my already extremely easy job to become a wealthy Professional Racist who does posts.

Nancy By Ernie Bushmiller August 20,1945

I feel like screaming.

This is beyond disgusting. If you're a Democrat in Brooklyn, PLEASE call your D electeds and tell them to publicly speak out against Bichotte Hermelyn's anti-democratic power grab. Find your reps here: reps.fyi

Okay I'm gonna start a thread for my thoughts about AI. Will add to it occasionally as thoughts come to me. (Via my organic brain!) First, "AI" is a marketing term. Silicon Valley uses it because it sounds cooler than "machine learning" or "enhanced algorithms."

@rikiwilchins.bsky.social 2026 Jul ErinReed KS judge rules invalidation of trans woman's driver’s license likely violated her Due Process rights and returns her gender-correct one, paving the way for others to contest anti-trans ID laws. www.erininthemorning.com/p/kansas-wom...

Heist of the century was convincing people that universities and the media were leftwing. Really got our asses with that lie.

'"Because every Polymarket trade is visible on a public blockchain in real time, an insider betting on confidential military information is effectively broadcasting that information to foreign adversaries [.. ] Copycat behavior amplifies these signals, making them virtually impossible to contain.”'

It’s Sluggo’s Beatnik Thursday!

Perfect Bluesky interaction, 10/10, no notes

ban this entire industry

Friend shared a screenshot with an incredible update: Yesterday, Bichotte Hermelyn said she was working "hand in hand" with Jeffries. Today, Jeffries says he was "surprised" and DOESN'T support her plan to pack the Brooklyn Democratic Party's executive committee! (This is good - the plan is bad!)

lol

Pack of gutter racists.

A bunch of admins bought into this trash without doing due diligence and now they're making it everyone else's problem. Shameful.

apropos of nothing, here's a terrific feature about a meaningful, life-saving use of artificial intelligence, which I have been thinking about for over a year. it's just extremely stupid to say that AI has zero benefits even if you don't think it should be used in writing (which I don't)!

Gaza has been laid to waste. An estimated 1.98 million Palestinians in Gaza, 94 per cent of the population, need shelter and basic household assistance, according to a new report by the Shelter Cluster, led by the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC). www.nrc.no/news/2026/ga...

A friend sent this video a neighbor took of a tornado on Long Island.

My favorite X-Men storyline is when we meet Emma Frosts father, Robert. And it turns out the X in X-Men is actually a crossroads bc of the time when Robert came to two roads that diverged in a yellow wood — and both roads led to SENTINELS.

I support the FBI being weaponized against rapist politicians & I look forward to this precedent being continued under a future democratic administration

Him getting fired would be him getting off extremely lightly and I think this should not stop until he knows it

lol and also inexcusable for Gayle King to get her facts wrong like this in an attempted gotcha

Jesus www.middleeasteye.net/news/jason-a...

You should be able to get fast food eel in America.

still furious about the plums tbh

The only reason to put this malevolent, incompetent clown in charge of the US military was to destroy it.

you know trump absolutely did not read these

I met my wife on Bumble, so I have a natural soft spot for it and I always appreciated that it was a space where women had to make the first move. (It's very tiring having to initiate all the time!) But a lot of my female friends who've used it admitted to me that they didn't actually like doing it

could have had a sad bagel for dinner but remembered i had some pork belly in the freezer so

🧵Let's think about this for a minute. Teen boys are, obvs, boys. If they're in middle school, they may be as young as 11 or 12. And *these* boys have already internalized & are acting on the message that IT IS FUN/FUNNY & NBD to dehumanize girls for their entertainment, sexual or other.

'“The promise of Israel is that it’s going to be a refuge and a home for Jews everywhere in the world, not just for Jews with certain political opinions,” said Jacobs. '

Random photos from last night's walk to the train station

It is hard to overstate how scummy Valnet and the men who founded it are, because when you try you're actually just describing their incredibly exploitative and rapacious business practices

Every minute the old man spends getting print outs from Harp is a minute he’s not helping you manipulate the Kalshi mentions markets. Time is money, baby!

Graham isn't the only Tuesday race where Trump's influence is being put to the test. He's backing former state Sen. Mike Mazzei for Oklahoma governor over Attorney General Gentner Drummond, and Trump just blasted Drummond and his wife as “Radical Left Dumocrats.”

Today was the first time we failed to anticipate the capricious nature of our local public transit. We dragged our bodies out of the ocean at about 5:15, hiked to the bus stop only to learn the last bus of the day in our direction had already gone. There were still three more going the other way.

“How to Report ICE” Los Angeles edition. @meganpiont.bsky.social and two other zine makers were interviewed for a piece on zines against ICE.

The thing I don’t get about this whole “learn AI or you’ll be left behind” is most LLMs don’t seem particularly complex to navigate. This isn’t learning Excel. Get on or get left behind” feels less threatening when the people I know on the train don’t know how to attach a pdf to their emails.

Thank you for rejecting Bichotte Hermelyn's undemocratic power grab, @jumaane.bsky.social and @newyorkstateag.bsky.social. @agounardes.bsky.social also shared and supported this on X. I'll add to this thread as more New York electeds speak out against Bichotte Hermelyn's plan!

Well, the thing is that these people understand that the process is the punishment, which is why it is a crime when they are subjected to the process

So you're saying he fucked a monkey

Found this picture D took recently of me taking my little nephew climbing and it's a bit...Renaissance?

The scandal-ridden Brooklyn Democratic Party is trying to make June's regime-changing elections meaningless. hellgatenyc.com/rodneyse-bic...

@rikiwilchins.bsky.social 2026 Jul WashPo Sarasota FL school board at epicenter debates over trans issues ,book bans, etc. and led by co-founder of rabidly anti-trans Moms for Liberty has flipped Democratic as voters tire of Rep culture war. [gift] wapo.st/3Sdzvvf

I’m struggling with how much this upsets me since it’s so close to work I did for years. Part of moving on is acceptance about what I can and can’t control and another part of it is choosing to not give it psychological space despite living in a society.

Okay a few things. 1) homeless Angelenos are still Angelenos, your neighbors and constituents. 2) i have never seen a taco stand deter restaurant business. 3) tacos stands rule. 4) dont demonize vendors or unhoused people

always amused by the stan lee tribute outside of the battery park tunnel

Karen Bass is trying to win over the Republican voters of Orange County

i mean I MEAN "forgive me they were delicious" isn't an APOLOGY - it's a demand of emotional work on MY end to FORGIVE his ass and then "so sweet and so cold" is just RUBBING IT IN WCW is not a man who is sorry

New from me at @theamscho.bsky.social: on The Odyssey, Vietnam, PTSD, moral injury, and why I ended up thinking it was folly to ask for narrative coherence from a film about war made in 2026.

Nathan Cofnas, the academic who made plagiarism allegations against Prof Jason Arday before his death, has been suspended by Ghent University.

You know how it's a common joke in media with oily viziers that they just sort of continually turn up unannounced behind the king offering their services? The AI experience in user tech is a lot like that these days

Give @ginafortexas.bsky.social a follow, y’all! Could be Texas’ next governor!

“I don’t really know him” is the most normie take I’ve ever seen on Piker.

Logging off for the rest of the day. Possibly also a lot of tomorrow as well. (Deadlines!) If you respond to something I wrote, I'll get to it when I get back.

Spreadsheet people Livin' just to find emotion Hidin' somewhere in the night

I found the used kimono holy land today, but am glad I bought an old, wrinkled one from a little grandma, instead.

@rikiwilchins.bsky.social 2026 Jul Advocate Ohio abruptly blocks transgender people from changing gender markers on their IDs, forcing them to first update their birth certificate. www.advocate.com/politics/sta...

Sen. Darline Graham's "I’m not that informed on national security" debate gaffe came on the same night that three of Trump's other picks were losing their primaries. Her loss next week would cap off a tough month for Trump's "Complete and Total Endorsement."

This is what Dems should be doing messaging wise. Make them own this.

What's interesting to me -- not about the article, which, being by David Frum, I see no reason to trouble myself with -- is that many of the Never-Trump civilians who came over have basically reconciled themselves to Democratic positions. It's the Never Trump pundits that demand the party change

I had some very nice fajitas and a mezcal they did way too much with in the presentation. Thank you.

birthday's coming up. thinking i might be old enough to call literally everyone "kid"!

“You can use an LLM to do your research for you!” You want me to delegate the thing I do as an excuse not to write?!?

Doing monumental work. Changing the game, completely! A moment that will alter the future of cancer treatment in incredible ways. Things dreams are made of. ✊🏼👏🏼👏🏼🔬🧬🧪

I think it’s perfect that our soggy brained diaper president’s closest aide and confidante is a googly eyed bunny boiler who single white femaled his own daughter’s whole vibe to make herself attractive to him. Nothing more befits the dignity of the office.

"A Forward analysis of the attacker’s social media and statements from his family paint a very different picture of Montes: a pro-Israel Republican who wanted to convert to Judaism."

You might not believe it, but, truth, can set us free. “The only path out is that each of us, individually, makes seeking the truth our top priority, and skepticism our constant ally. We must seek out reliable sources of info and reject those who deliver anything less.” @djrothkopf.bsky.social

Intersex kids are getting caught in the crosshairs of the Trump administration’s quest to deny gender-affirming care to minors.

'As an example, [specialized bettors] made a series of longshot bets around Feb. 16, 2025, and again 48 hours before the U.S. began its March strikes on Iran.' New from @pattynieberg.bsky.social

Please get the hell off Substack.

This from Mary Radcliffe at @fiftyplusone.news is key. Pollsters aren't restaurant reviewers: If they're not disclosing their identities, much less their professional background, that's a big red flag.

@rikiwilchins.bsky.social 2026 Jul Guardian Transmasc Harvey Zielinski’s plays both parts in his self-directed film Sweet Milk Lake in which a twin returns to his small Aussie town to see his terminally ill estranged father, who mistakes him for his identical twin w/o realizing he is a transman.

MO Supreme Court sets expedited schedule for congressional redistricting referendum case. Oral arguments on Sept. 2.

““The Israeli government and the settlers share the same goal of maximum land and minimum Palestinians, with the authorities not only failing to stop settler violence, but actively enabling it”

"A canvasser for Susan Collins threatened to call ICE on me." #Maine

House Republicans, definitely a very serious group of federal lawmakers

This is your brain on Christian Evangelicalism. That’s it. “Thank you for being my Guardian and Protector in this Life”

Doris Miller is a war hero who deserves the Medal of Honor. One of the best people to name a major ship after. This would be a giant about face

You don’t hear national level figures say this out loud often enough: their job is to persuade. The underlying story is cold comfort, but it is part of how candidates can reduce the power of bigotry.

@saulelbein.bsky.social's climate watchdog @futureheist.bsky.social turns public data into (very cool) tools the public can actually use. This map shows the sheer extent to which Texas has been penetrated by the fossil fuel industry. It's a visual primer on oil power you have to see to believe

I’ll be honest, the aspects of my life that needs improving are markedly not the services the likes of OpenAI offer. Lemme know when this thing can potty train my kids, make salads safe to eat, fix my dad’s insomnia, hell maybe just get the stains out of the guest bathroom tub

Someday I'm gonna name a comic book character Agar Agon. He will look like @mckelvie.bsky.social.

my name is greg pak and i rock the wok

There are ancient sources of power underground, for which we've delved too greedily and too deep — and which can spread their poison long after the delving's done. My brother @saulelbein.bsky.social's new climate outfit, @futureheist.bsky.social, just launched with an investigation into them.

karen bass bb whatchu doing

Incredibly embarrassing. On network TV news. CBS News used to be the best among the three networks. It's shocking they got this wrong. They had the photos of Piker queued up! During her live interview, Piker had 3/4s of the screen! Fact: I don't really know him either. If I see him I scroll. IDGAF.

"It’s long overdue for Post-Incarceration Syndrome to be classified as a distinct psychiatric disorder, deserving of compassion and treatment." Story via Inquest.

This is a good idea but would require major democratic donors to be willing to fund it, something they have consistently shown no interest in doing

From our magazine: Molly Ivins is back to take us on a tour of some of the oddest Lone Star news. Read more from the July/August 2026 issue: www.texasobserver.org/issues/july-...

I keep thinking what’s next on these gloves is a journalist experiencing them For Content. For most police depts, officers must experience the non-lethal types of force before using them on civilians. (Occasionally, local reporters would do this too for a story.) www.nbcnews.com/video/nebras...