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

I enjoy that the cat pushes her way in to hang out, when I’m soaking in a hot bath. I just wish she’d learn to shut the door behind.

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georgetakei@universeodon.com ("George Takei :verified: 🏳️‍🌈🖖🏽") wrote:

And notice: 11 stars—the number of states in the Confederacy. “Americanism” is the new fascism, as predicted.

Boosted by taral ("JP Sugarbroad"):
juliusgoat.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy ("A.R. Moxon") wrote:

Maybe it is the abuses that create division, not report of the abuse, not consequence for the abuse. Maybe it is bullying that causes division, not fighting the bully on behalf of the bullied. Maybe it is lies that cause division, not the telling of truths. Maybe we need to change the frame.

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juliusgoat.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy ("A.R. Moxon") wrote:

Let's try "Everything Must Go."

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:mlmouohgzbjofidukcp4pxf2/post/3m6tyxjg6w22l

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randahl ("Randahl Fink") wrote:

The BBC censors a lecture by historian Rutger Bregman to avoid offending Donald Trump.

In one line, Bregman says Trump is the most openly corrupt president in US history. Because that is what Bregman's research shows.

But the BBC values Trump's feelings over facts, and has now cut this sentence from the lecture.

https://youtu.be/9UlYdocG5Bs?si=YovKTw%5FsPCRZa83d

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juliusgoat.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy ("A.R. Moxon") wrote:

Being rejected is oppression to those who intend to be oppressors.

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:aesxmgqau5bmwvfmtd3wsex2/post/3m6snhrcpdc2i

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

everydamnedbody is a wannabe media critic

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

With the exception of the Interdependency series, every single series I've written started as a standalone novel. I think the difference here is that I always assume my novels are going to be standalones until/unless my publisher comes in and tells me they want more of them. If they don't, cool, I have other ideas. If they do, cool, there's always more about the world that I imagine than I can put into a single book.

RE: https://www.threads.com/@bydonmartin/post/DRqQH8AEQHI

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

So…

How’s the price of eggs?

https://didtrumpgolftoday.com/

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
alchemistsstudio@mstdn.social ("The Alchemist") wrote:

#SilentSunday

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
Nonilex@masto.ai wrote:

In a rare split with the #Trump admin, #GOP-led panels in the #House & #Senate say they want a full accounting in the Sept military attack.

#Republican-led cmtes in the Senate & the House say they will amplify their scrutiny of the #Pentagon after a WaPo report revealing that #Defense Secy #PeteHegseth gave a spoken order to kill all crew members aboard a vessel suspected of smuggling drugs in the #Caribbean Sea several weeks ago.

#law #ExtrajudicialKillings #Congress
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/11/29/hegseth-caribbean-strikes-kill-order-reaction/

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
gutenberg_org ("Project Gutenberg") wrote:

Esther Lederberg (December 18, 1922 – November 11, 2006) pioneered bacterial genetics, discovering lambda phage and F factor, inventing replica plating and furthered the understanding of the transfer of genes between bacteria by specialized transduction. She founded Stanford's Plasmid Reference Center. Despite groundbreaking work, she never got tenure and her discoveries are often credited to her Nobel laureate husband.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esther%5FLederberg

#microbiology #womeninStem

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
wdlindsy@toad.social ("William Lindsey :toad:") wrote:

"This weekend the Republican Chairs of The Senate and House Armed Services Committees announced probes into what sure appears to be illegal actions, and even possible war crimes, by Secretary Pete Hegseth and other senior members of the Pentagon."

~ Simon Rosenberg

#Trump #Hegseth #WarCrimes #murder #Venezuela
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https://www.hopiumchronicles.com/p/putting-the-trump-regimes-corruption

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
wdlindsy@toad.social ("William Lindsey :toad:") wrote:

"We are living through the most disgraceful episode in American history since slavery and it’s not even close. Imagine if Franklin Roosevelt had told Adolph Hitler in 1941: 'I’ll force the British and French to let you keep half of Poland in exchange for some kickbacks to my friends and family.'”

~ Julie Roginsky

#Trump #Putin #Ukraine #Russia #PutinsPoodle
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https://saltypolitics.substack.com/p/the-dangerous-thieving-crooks-selling

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
SeanCasten ("Sean Casten") wrote:

Trump will deport an Afghani living in the US with Temporary Protected Status if he is *accused* of stealing $1000. But he’ll set a white dude free who was *convicted* of stealing $1.6B from American citizens to go commit more crime. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/us/politics/trump-david-gentile-commutation.html?smid=url-share

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
georgetakei@universeodon.com ("George Takei :verified: 🏳️‍🌈🖖🏽") wrote:

He’s letting white collar criminals walk free:

More than 1,000 people submitted statements attesting to their losses…‘hardworking, everyday people,’ including small business owners, farmers, veterans, teachers and nurses.

“I lost my whole life savings,” one wrote, adding, “I am living from check to check.”

baldur@toot.cafe ("Baldur Bjarnason") wrote:

Muting this conversation because it's taking off and it's Sunday.

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timbray@cosocial.ca ("Tim Bray") wrote:

Amazon Employees for Climate Justice strike again! https://www.wired.com/story/amazon-employees-open-letter-artificial-intelligence-layoffs/?emci=8691f2d4-53cb-f011-8195-000d3a1d58aa&emdi=1d2dafc8-a1cb-f011-8195-000d3a1d58aa&ceid=1503948

[disclosure: Former member]

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jschauma@mstdn.social ("Jan Schaumann") wrote:

What comes first?

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

Advent of Code begins tomorrow!

https://adventofcode.com

I'll be attempting it in TypeScript, Zig, and Rust!

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

"give me 1500 words on a tired stereotype"

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c2465lndrnno

quality stuff from the Beeb here

baldur@toot.cafe ("Baldur Bjarnason") wrote:

LLMs are not automation. That would have economic value. The generated text artefacts look coherent and we, as a society, don’t even value the coherent kind. We underpay most forms of writing. Even code has no inherent value (see open source) outside of the associated integration and expertise

baldur@toot.cafe ("Baldur Bjarnason") wrote:

More and more, generative models are looking like productivity tobacco. Promoted by biased research, it’s addictive, harmful, and the little benefit it has (nicotine is a somewhat effective ADHD drug, for example) cannot outweigh the fact that it’s hurting us all, directly and indirectly.

This shit is already turning out to be one of the most harmful tech innovations of the 21st century. It needs to be regulated at least as much as tobacco, if not banned outright from most economic spheres

baldur@toot.cafe ("Baldur Bjarnason") wrote:

But, unfortunately I don’t see that happening. If we’re lucky, a bubble pop will clear it out of education and the economy, but if we’re unlucky, governments in charge will use public funds to try and rebuild after LLMs with more LLMs, baking this shit into the foundation of our economy for a generation

baldur@toot.cafe ("Baldur Bjarnason") wrote:

Between diffusion models and LLMs, tech has inflated a trillion dollar bubble around automating activities that have immense social and cultural capital—writing, art, photography—but little actual capital. It’s harmful to education, culture, and society with minimal overall benefit

baldur@toot.cafe ("Baldur Bjarnason") wrote:

“AI sceptics” who work on policy and education continue to overestimate the utility of LLMs—portraying it as a potential revolution even as they warn against overhype—simply because they can’t see that generating seemingly coherent text has very little economic value

baldur@toot.cafe ("Baldur Bjarnason") wrote:

“You can support Pivot to AI’s work! – Pivot to AI”

https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/11/29/you-can-support-pivot-to-ais-work/

baldur@toot.cafe ("Baldur Bjarnason") wrote:

“‘What makes something data?’ by Emily M. Bender”

https://medium.com/@emilymenonbender/what-makes-something-data-f6d9f498f312

> As a general rule, you can’t reason about the results of some scientific study based on data without clear information about the data itself

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

new visual regression tester just dropped

https://onemillionscreenshots.com/dbushell.com/screenshot

baldur@toot.cafe ("Baldur Bjarnason") wrote:

“Jim Nielsen’s Notes”

https://notes.jim-nielsen.com/#2025-11-29T2054

> Say that again? The costs for operational software failures in the US were more than the defense budget?!?

Back in the day, this was called the Software Crisis (capitalised) but today it's just business as usual