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jscalzi@threads.net ("John Scalzi") wrote:

Justice is on a roll

https://www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/politics/sean-dunn-dc-sandwich-thrower-verdict

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cgervasi@fosstodon.org ("Charles J Gervasi ⚡🛡️🥥") wrote:

TIL that aliquot just means "some of" a sample. I've been working as an electronics engineer at a #chemistry company for 7 years, and until now I thought taking an aliquot was some complicated chemistry procedure. 😂 But it just means taking a little bit of something. It comes from Latin. I'm going to think of it like Spanish "alguna cantidad," which probably is etymologically related.

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
spenot@mas.to ("Spenot") wrote:

@justvanrossum Me too, however... "Beyond proving hallucinations were inevitable, the OpenAI research revealed that industry evaluation methods actively encouraged the problem. Analysis of popular benchmarks, including GPQA, MMLU-Pro, and SWE-bench, found nine out of 10 major evaluations used binary grading that penalized “I don’t know” responses while rewarding incorrect but confident answers." https://www.computerworld.com/article/4059383/openai-admits-ai-hallucinations-are-mathematically-inevitable-not-just-engineering-flaws.html

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
ndw@toot.wales ("Norm Tovey-Walsh") wrote:

Hey, accountants! Suppose I have two accounts A and B. A is a 32 day notice account. On Jan 1, I move $100 from A to B. That’s recorded as a withdrawl from A on Jan 1. On Feb 2, a $101.23 deposit is recorded to B. Thats $100 plus 32 days interest. How on earth does one reconcile this in double-entry bookkeeping? Where do I get/put the extra $1.23?

jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

okay, this is seriously screwed up

https://globalnews.ca/news/11485001/russian-snipers-canadian-rifles-sanctions/

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rbreich@masto.ai ("Robert Reich") wrote:

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paninid@mastodon.world ("Coach Pāṇini ®") wrote:

This is a good example of the power of #language to reframe positions.

#GeorgeLakoff would be proud.
https://journa.host/@stevebenen/115503806067079411

Boosted by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻"):
blogdiva ("your auntifa liza 🇵🇷 🦛 🦦") wrote:

as an early adopter and with the 250 character limitation, i was part of a cohort of people pushing the boundaries on how much meaning ―not just information, but meaning― i could pack into a tweet.

in digital anthropology this is called a folksonomy and every single Twitter feature came out of how people like me were using the platform to create meaning.

the first example of this was the HASHTAG. its “invention” is attribited to Chris Messina, but it’s use was created in community… 🧵

jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

NYTimes: “The boldest move so far is a push by the major food companies for federal legislation that would take power away from states that have been adopting tough new rules and would place it solely under the authority of slower-moving federal regulators.”

this fight is going to be interesting 🍿

fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻") wrote:

Okay I need to share my workout smoothie with yall because I think it’s pretty good:

Spinach
Almond Milk
Water
Chia seeds and flax seeds
Frozen berry mix (and frozen cherries)
Protein powder
Greek yogurt
Cocoa powder
A little Splenda

It’s pretty, pretty, pretty good.

jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

"Ethnonationalists also ruled this country in the 1910s and 1920s… Wilson… segregated the federal government. Confederate statues were erected. “The Birth of a Nation”… was all the rage. The 1924 Immigration Act imposed racial quotas to defend the Anglo-Saxon character of the country.

Americans like to think of our country as one of the oldest democracies in the world. But we only truly became a liberal democracy in the 1960s, in the living memory of many Americans."

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/03/opinion/jd-vance-blood-and-soil-america.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=highlightShare

jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

"In 2024, the Americans who decided the election voted for lower prices and a lower cost of living. What they got instead were soldiers on the streets, masked agents leading violent immigration raids, arbitrary tariffs, new conflicts abroad, dictatorial aspirations, endless chaos and a president more interested in taking a wrecking ball to the White House to build his garish ballroom than delivering anything of value to the public."

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/05/opinion/trump-mamdani-spanberger-sherrill-democrats.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=highlightShare

db@social.lol ("David Bushell 🎮") wrote:

https://adactio.com/journal/22235

☝️ wise words in this link

fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻") wrote:

It's interesting that YouTube has adopted a bastardized version of Markdown for comments. One asterisk on either side of the word indicates bold on yt, but the standard md says that's italics.

Anyway, I love #Markdown, don't love the creator so much, but think md should flourish across the web, even the corporate web. Just keep the standard for goodness sake.

jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

‘“Jesus says very clearly that at the end of the world, we’re going to be asked, you know, ‘How did you receive the foreigner? Did you receive him and welcome him or not?’” the pope said’

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/us/trump-bishops-communion.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

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xankarn@mastodon.online ("Alexander Karn") wrote:

Go fuck yourselves, NYT.

pzmyers@freethought.online ("pzmyers 🕷") wrote:

Untangled!

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2025/11/06/untangled/

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kottke ("kottke.org") wrote:

Australia has so much solar that it’s offering everyone free electricity. “The program would require electricity retailers to provide free electricity to everyone for at least three hours a day…” https://electrek.co/2025/11/04/australia-has-so-much-solar-that-its-offering-everyone-free-electricity-3h-day/

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briankrebs@infosec.exchange ("BrianKrebs") wrote:

Meta, Meta, Meta. So Meta. This Reuters report is 🔥

"Meta is earning a fortune on a deluge of fraudulent ads, documents show"

"Meta projected 10% of its 2024 revenue would come from ads for scams and banned goods, documents seen by Reuters show. And the social media giant internally estimates that its platforms show users 15 billion scam ads a day. Among its responses to suspected rogue marketers: charging them a premium for ads – and issuing reports on ’Scammiest Scammers.’

https://www.reuters.com/investigations/meta-is-earning-fortune-deluge-fraudulent-ads-documents-show-2025-11-06/?utm%5Fsource=substack&utm%5Fmedium=email

jscalzi@threads.net ("John Scalzi") wrote:

Good

https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/06/operation-midway-blitz-injunction/

pzmyers@freethought.online ("pzmyers 🕷") wrote:

Avi Loeb continues his desperate search for credibility.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2025/11/06/kim-kardashian-news/

jscalzi@threads.net ("John Scalzi") wrote:

Why in 2025 is anyone surprised Tucker Carlson is buddy-buddy with a fucking white supremacist, what do you think Tucker Carlson is

https://www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/politics/nick-fuentes-tucker-carlson-heritage-foundation-kevin-roberts

fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻") wrote:

Nancy Pelosi will retire after historic 20-term career in Congress:

"The 85-year-old Democrat will be remembered for her bruising style and her willingness to take on all foes, most recently President Donald Trump, with whom she still regularly trades insults."

She will be remembered for overstaying her welcome, obstructing the progressive movement, her unnecessary feud with AOC, and padding her stock portfolio. ... https://micro.fromjason.xyz/2025/11/06/nancy-pelosi-will-retire-after.html

jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

hmmm, I am going to have to think some about how best to understand and interpret this graph. I have only an idjits understanding of economics.

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CNN@flipboard.com wrote:

The shutdown is dragging on. But Americans aren’t tiring of Democrats’ demands.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/politics/shutdown-poll-democrats-leverage?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Posted into Politics @politics-CNN

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SouthDakota ("South Dakota Dep. Propaganda") wrote:

jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

Sen. Chris Murphy of Connecticut:

“It would be very strange for the American people to have weighed in, in support of Democrats standing up and fighting for them, and within days for us to surrender without having achieved any of the things that we’ve been fighting for.”

https://flipboard.com/@cnn/politics-17jf08kfz/-/a-N%5F4JT7l4SFuapEYmSPRFVA%3Aa%3A132361178-%2F0

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mattblaze@federate.social ("Matt Blaze") wrote:

Manhattan Bridge, NYC, 2023.

A dozen pixels for every story in the Naked City at https://www.flickr.com/photos/mattblaze/52841667763

#photography

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
macrumors ("MacRumors.com") wrote:

Chipmaker TSMC Reportedly Informs Apple of Further Price Hikes https://www.macrumors.com/2025/11/06/tsmc-informs-apple-of-price-hikes/?utm%5Fsource=dlvr.it&utm%5Fmedium=mastodon

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dyckron@mstdn.ca ("Ron Dyck") wrote:

Europeans recognize Zohran Mamdani’s supposedly radical policies as ‘normal’
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/nov/06/europe-zohran-mamdani-policies-normal