The brief discussion of the Hebrew is also just not true. It treats the prepositional כנגדו (comparative prepositional prefix; נגד, also a preposition meaning opposite, corresponding to, in front of, facing, etc; then the third person possessive suffix) as if it were a noun without any citations

Former US military lawyers speak out: "The Former JAGs Working Group unanimously considers both the giving and the execution of these orders, if true, to constitute war crimes, murder, or both." Statement on Media Reports of Pentagon “No Quarter” Orders in Caribbean Boat Strikes 1/2

I also feel the need to note that the idea that God created men in the image of his strength and women in the image of his beauty is, uh, extra-Biblical, let's say. That's not what Genesis says, a Christian is not obligated to believe that. Male *and* female are created equally in the image of God.

While birds and bats both developed adaptations for flight, the way they went about it is so fundamentally different it affects their possible ecological adaptation. Specifically, birds can easily shift to a walking lifestyle, bats can't. 🧪 Link: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

The Slave Labor Scam Complex

AI Data Centers are the new pollutant factories to put into black neighborhoods that they pretend wont kill us. Gotta love that old school environmental racism.

What impressed me most about "One Battle After Another" was the DNA test. Improbable DNA testing has become the norm on crime shows, so it was satisfying to see something realistic I'm pretty sure the centrifuge was balanced(!), the micropipetting looked realistic, but mostly...they just ran a gel!

Fuck. What’s wrong with these people? This adds a level of awfulness

This is gonna be SO GOOD #BookSky www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/724036...

Pondering different extremes in systems of ownership. The Packers are the only collectively owned team in the NFL. The Lions ownership represent the inherited privilege of ownership that stems from a fortune made over a century ago.

Mapping Deportations: What 58 Million Removals Reveal about the History of the U.S. Immigration System New deportation data project shows that immigration control is not neutral but a racial boundary-making system built across years of policy decisions. austinkocher.substack.com/p/mapping-de...

The future: www.smbc-comics.com/comic/fine-2 #smbc

Guessing this stems from @kristadb1.bsky.social's thread from a couple days ago, which says: "A bunch of you are steal[ing] from my poor friends who are struggling to buy groceries, too." Blaming techbros for "creat[ing] the conditions that devalue artists" doesn't force you to join in.

I once asked a bookseller at a large indie store how many people would have to buy a book for it to get the attention of the store buyer and cause an additional order and they said: Three.

One of my favorite editor facts is knowing that my beloved Samuel Clemens would not have been Literary Hero Mark Twain without editors, including his wife Olivia, riding very close herd on him. Without editing, his writing tended toward "sprawling mess." Editing matters!

Breaking: Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, has died. She was 111 years old

Chomsky had deeper ties with Epstein than previously known, documents reveal

Oh no. What a sad loss. RIP Jimmy Cliff

Twitter accounts are based in Russia. BlueSky accounts are based in homes with, frankly, too many books, plants, obsolete cables, and pieces of rustic pottery, that could do with a bit of a tidying up, to be honest.

Mostly sharing this to remind myself once the moment has slipped away

I don't understand how anyone can watch how blatantly Grok is manipulated to answer the way ownership desires it to and then act like the other LLM chatbots couldn't possibly be similarly but less obviously compromised to produce responses in whatever way corporate interests and priorities dictate.

Notwithstanding the Trinidad and Tobago government's sycophantic support for Tump, can you imagine what actual war would mean for the country in terms of refugees?

I think a lot of people think of LLMs this way - "thinking" people can use LLMs despite their flaws, because they're smart enough to see through the errors. In 2023 that might have been true, but LLMs have gotten past the obvious hallucinations, which makes it harder and harder to find the errors.

People who adore the LLM-machine, that by design has no concern for truth, must have no concern for truth

Stop this is too cute 😂

Enrollment by international students from China dropped by 3 percent, from India by 4 percent, and enrollment from students from Mexico has flatlined. Here are the likely consequences for Texas' education and economy:

I don't know which paper this is an extract for. But, it's just a lossy database essentially. There's no learning in any sense other than metaphorically, but the anthropomorphism is to sell products not to help explain. 1/n

You will never guess what this is in reference to.

This is a really good discussion on the importance of process. If you drive me somewhere a dozen times, I won't know how to get there. But if I drive myself once, I know. Similarly, if I missed class and got someone else's notes, they weren't much help.

I’ve always loved this story. And the fact that “macadam” and “tarmac” have the same root.

This is from a few months back, but still. One more reason why Mallory McMorrow is a much better choice than Haley Stevens to run for the MI senate seat.

donald trump endorsed zohran mamdani before chuck schumer lmao

A reporter asks if Mamdani stands by calling Trump a fascist. Mamdani starts to give a delicate answer. Trump (smiles, pats Mamdani's arm): "That's OK, you can just say yes. It's easier. I don't mind."

⚠️ The US Federal Aviation Administration has issued a NOTAM for airspace over Venezuela and nearby areas. (NOTAM = Notice to Air Missions) The notice cites as cause: “WORSENING SECURITY SITUATION AND HEIGHTENED MILITARY ACTIVITY IN OR AROUND VENEZUELA”

JC is an amazing city on the rise due to NYC Nimby's pushing growth across the river. Journal Square is booming with many new skyscrapers rising around the PATH station. I like that the transit commute rate exactly matches households without cars. This area also has a large Asian Indian population

two weeks apart

U.S. District Judge Sara Ellis just handed down the written opinion version of her preliminary injunction order, regarding use of force by federal agents in Chicago. It's the one already put on hold by the 7th Circuit. It's 233 pages. Here you go: cst.brightspotcdn.com/49/34/daecfb...

The US accidentally invaded Mexico on Monday, storming a beach and planting DoD “restricted area” signs claiming the land for “the commander,” triggering a standoff w/ armed Mexican security forces, all because Trump’s government can’t even identify a border on a map www.cbsnews.com/news/warning...

one thing about this is that in the wake of all of this kirk is basically forgotten. he was barely cold in the ground before his allies — before his *wife* — started scheming over what they could take for themselves. a real life parable.

It’s interesting how deregulation — which was supposed to breed competition — instead led to consolidation. It’s almost like we were lied to.

This is fascinating. And not in a good way.

Museums should stop displaying their collections as if patrons will view them, and start designing them for robbers who will be stealing them.

The SciArt Feed 🐡 is NUMBER 4 in both science and art Feeds on Bluesky! Pin & Like here:

This is a great (and depressing) article. It strengthens my belief that all knowledge post-2022 is likely to be contaminated by AI fabrications, and increasingly likely to be as we go forward, because our sources are.

The Wikipedia Signpost republished this Grokipedia essay today (from @techpolicypress.bsky.social last week). Signpost is the unofficial (but sorta official) newspaper of the English Wiki community, and is reliably useful for all things Wikipedia "Inside Baseball." en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikiped...

Key points in new Cornell Tech research: 56% of Grokipedia entries carry the Wikipedia CC license, suggesting wholesale ingestion Grokipedia’s top 100 sources include fewer news outlets and more UGC (e.g. LinkedIn scraping) Grokipedia has fewer citations overall, making it harder to check sources

@antisomniac.bsky.social Did you ever stay in that wing at La Luna? www.ktvu.com/news/car-cra...

After 10 years, if Tesla hasn't figured out how to torque lugnuts on one of their signature models, assume any Model X on the highway might lose a wheel and slam into you at any moment. Exercise more caution than passing an 18 wheeler on the right sight.

I want to highlight one critical chunk of a brilliant summary piece on Larry Summers by my colleague @dylangyauchl.bsky.social. This bit concerns the revolving door and scuzzy businesses relying on made men with government experience. theintercept.com/2025/11/18/l...