tangentially: can we be done with the fantasy that progress is inevitable and young people are proof of this?

The Supreme Court says we can and MUST

I'm prepping a new grad course on the credibility revolution in psychology - focusing on challenges and best practices in methods and measurement - and I'm looking for exciting new papers to add to the reading list. What have you got for me, Bsky? Self-promotion is highly encouraged!

In fairness to Pete Hegseth, the texts may have been sent four drinks into Happy Hour, so it's not like he meant to share highly classified information about war plans in a text chain. We've all been there.

The fact that a reporter was inadvertently given access to this in real time shows that Pete Hegseth & the rest of this crew are bumbling incompetents who are going to get a lot of intelligence officials and others killed at some point. www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

kind of #DarkWoke of pete hegseth to get drunk and text trump admin/state secrets to a reporter

truly one of the freakiest things i've ever seen

humans are the most common and widespread species of primate, and the last surviving species of the genus Homo. They are great apes

don’t forget that having everyone drive is much more profitable than having everyone walk, bike, or take transit

conservatives aren’t actually afraid of subways and public transit, they have a very specific goal. they want big cities to seem scary so that less people to move to them / leave them so they’ll move conservative states instead, and so that they can privatize public transit

No way….

And as the aristocracy develops, government tends more and more to act exclusively in the interests of the ruling class

school of dickcraft and big dickatry

remember stuff like this when they tell you that diversity means a lowering of standards

The DeepSeek inspired sell off is recognition the market is prioritizing investment over innovation.

DeepSeek jailbreak

If AI is so smart how come it still hasn't defeated Data

This is what happens when profit is placed above people. #Rent #Capitalism #LAFires #ProfitOverPeople

For one listing, rent jumped nearly 86% since September. In an interview with LAist, the agent said she told her client, “People are desperate, and you can probably get good money.” via @laist.com

The ancient Sumerians counted by 60s rather than 10s, and this is the reason an hour has 60 minutes, a minute has 60 seconds, and a circle has 360 degrees (60 x 6) today. #counting #linguistics #language #Sumerian #Babylonian #math

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau finalized a rule on Tuesday that will bar medical debt from being included in credit scores. Disabled adults are disproportionately impacted by medical debt.

Critical support to the CIA-trained Mormon Theocracy of Boring People in its struggle against Crackhead Former Walmart Megachurch Evangelism.

o meu amor me deixou 🚶‍♂️🚶‍♂️🗣 levou minha identidade 💳🗃📃 não sei mais bem onde estou ❓️🤔 nem onde há realidade 😱🤒💭 ah se eu fosse marinheiro👮‍♀️🛳🌊 era eu quem tinha partido 🏊‍♀️🧳🚢🚢 mas meu coração ligeiro ❤️‍🔥😉😳 não se teria partido 💔 e se partisse colava ❤️‍🩹 com cola de maresia 🌊🌊🌊 eu amava e desamava 🫣🤭

An Album a Day 2024: Day 157, Jun 5 Mokhov - Halcyon Days (2011) Electronic, Downtempo, IDM, Trip hop YouTube link: youtube.com/playlist?lis...

Do not be trapped by the need to achieve anything. This way, you achieve everything.

this book basically explains the crisis of political economy in the 21st century tbh

"Lying never did nobody no good no how, no how So why am I lying now?" 🎧 Labi Siffre - Crying, Laughing, Loving, Lying From "The Holdovers" (2023) OST Playlists: #Oldies, #Melancholic, #MovieSoundtracks, #MusicSky

Kafkaesque

“What if I slept a little more and forgot about all this nonsense.” — Franz Kafka, The Metamorphosis, 1915. My interminable, overwhelming vibe since November 5th. ⏰🛌🏼🕊️ 📷 A.D. Stranik | Practical Existentialism

Inaugurating my arrival in this new space with a slightly creepy cover 😂🦟 Here is my latest signature classics cover illustration for The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka

"I can not make you understand. I can not make anyone understand what is happening inside me. I can not even explain it to myself." Franz Kafka, The Metamorphosis 🖌 Manu Fine Art

One of the unused Kafka covers where Williamson Italic was first intended to appear, thanks to David Pearson.

#BookWormSat “The shine of the electric streetlights lay pale here and there on the ceiling and on the higher parts of the furniture, but underneath around Gregor it was dark.” ― Franz Kafka, The Metamorphosis Art by José Hernández

Just be nice to everyone (genuinely nice, not selectively nice and not nice in a way that thinly veils you expect something in return). If you want extra credit, show some humility, openness, and self-awareness occasionally. Doors will fly open, you won’t even have to do anything.

THIRTEEN TWENTY-EIGHT DAY MONTHS. 364 DAYS. THE 365TH DAY IS A GLOBAL CELEBRATION. #FIXTHEMONTHS

I think I’d prefer my chatbot to interact in the style of Chinggis Khan, if I had the choice.

characters most susceptible to the One Ring who would be destroyed and twisted beyond recognition the most quickly

Heroin too was initially developed and marketed as an alternative to morphine without the harmful side effects

she was so real for this

Getting KPIs ready for my end-of-year performance review

Consider it is all I'm saying

Rules are pointless when you can't even get punished for breaking them unless the US gives you a thumbs up on it

Never lose sight of the reason for the season during Davemas

Shout out to all the local Pakistani and Chinese restaurants and their staff who will be working Christmas. As the manager at Royal Kabob told me, "Brother, we're always open. Even on the Day of Judgement, we'll be open." Respect.

... someone appears to have drawn entirely the wrong lesson from Dune.

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