just finished writing a column on something else but if i hadn't been, i'd have been writing about this, because if you think AI chatbots are an issue (fair) then meet 'allow Pete Hegseth, an idiot, to use your not that stress tested AI as he sees fit in weaponry' www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

If Bodø Glimt continue like this, I might have to start watching fotball again. That's amazing. #bodoglimt

This is frankly quite scary.

So I just realised panda was actually trending on Bluesky. For good reason, that performance got instant legend status. Landing a jump in that costume is amazing. #Olympics #figureskating

Yesterday, those who teach Intro to Sociology at Florida colleges (as opposed to universities) received a ready-made curriculum from the state and were ordered to teach it. Yes, you read that correctly. The *state* is enforcing a curriculum on college profs, complete w/ the following restrictions:

In 1975-1977, the Swedish Government carried out an official investigation into the future of electronic music. Where is this kind of leadership today I ask

Kjenner eg nokon som kunne tenka seg å henta ein bil I Grimstad og køyra den til Oslo? Me dekker diesel og billigaste reise til Grimstad. Elles så kan du sitja på med meg når eg køyrer frå Oslo og forbi Grimstad på fredag. Bilen skal klargjerast til Ukraina.

One cannot help but wonder, is Waltz a very good actor or does he actually believe what he says... ?

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Curious how this will eventually end up.

Grunnen til at Epstein kunne holde på så lenge er at det er veldig mange som synes det er helt greit å holde på sånn. Av samme grunn som bygdefolk aksepterer voksne menn med 14 år gamle "kjærester". Unge jenter, særlig den "sårbare" typen, er absolutt nederst på folks beskyttelsesliste

Ok. How is it possible for 41% of people with college degrees to vote Republican with the current administration?

I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good. Stay free

Interesting moment in the post-Trump succession struggle. 1/

As there are no penguins on Greenland this must be the Penguin from DC universe. This somehow makes more sense...

Thought provoking while this also leaves me with a sense of dread, as it is difficult to see a path out.

Carney's speech sure was one for the ages. m.youtube.com/watch?v=flsg...

yikes.

Wait, I thought they closed the Education Department. Its so hard for us outsiders to keep up with all the preparations for war and all.. <_<

"I’m talking about overthinking so intense that it could power a good-sized factory building. Throw in a giant hamster wheel and a steady source of caffeine, and your electricity bills are a thing of the past."

"We have checked our inventory thoroughly, and we no longer have any shits left to give. We only had a small amount of shits left at the end of last year, and now we’ve found that the most recent news cycles have completely emptied us out." www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/faq...

Multi-layered “look what you made me do” lie. Because Norway didn’t give a him prize (it doesn’t decide winners) for ending wars (he didn’t end) the US won’t be peaceful anymore (bombing multiple countries) and will take Greenland (part of Denmark, not Norway) to stop Russia (it’d help Russia).

Dang, the first time in ages the Norwegians make it to the World Cup and now there are very good arguments for dropping it.

Dear Trump. Here’s a deal. Back off from Greenland and Norway will not destroy your economy by unloading the 180bn usd of your debt owned by the Oil Fund

Deutsche Bank here with the good stuff. Game on.

Starting to think ita time to get prepared I suppose.

WTF?! 🫣 Is this a joke? www.nature.com/articles/s41... A religious quote, "primitive languages", and nonsense everywhere. Is Nature Humanities and Social Sciences Communications a scam journal?

This should not be difficult.

👀From 2024... "If you’re an academic who is still using X, I would gently suggest to you that it is time to let go. The platform will either fold ~ or complete its evolution into the central engine of a politics, that compromises your professional credibility through association." #X #AcademicSky

What can history teach us about what happens when a populist strongman with an idiosyncratic taste for low interest rates undermines central bank independence?

Those still active on X, how many more red lines does one need?

Given that neither the security nor mineral explanation make a lot of sense on the case of Greenland, the only remaining explanation has a lot of small hand energy to it.

Greenland is happening. Not a joke, not trolling, not a distraction. He has already made up his mind and nobody who matters in the inner circle will try to talk him out of it. Some of them want it precisely because it will destroy NATO. There are no adults in the room. They really mean to do it.

amazing how the entire machine can pivot within 24 hours. no need to slowly upsell the argument; just issue new marching orders

At least something stays the same in the world - Man United firing coaches on a frequent basis. With all the instability and change in the world, some things staying the same is to be appreciated.

So. One year of four done. Where will we be in three years time? Whoever didnt vote for Harris because "yeah she is as bad" or something in those lines and thus enabled this. I hope your reasons were big enough because this is only going to get worse.

I feel bad for comedy because reality has topped it all.

So, trying to think how to explain to genZ why they should ditch LLMs on occasion. How about: even if the world out there is full of LLMs, we need to train our own brains to be able to think and function. A bit like it's quite good for you to exercise to keep a healthy body. Corny? #highered

The third paragraph reads as if the Russians wrote it. Maybe they did. In any event, it is an atrociously big lie; 1984-grade, as Aaron Rupar rightly says.

Insanity.

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All research is exploratory if you’re confused enough

In an Athens hotel today, there was a meeting of pro-Russian far-right groups that featured, among others: former Golden Dawn 🇬🇷, PSN 🇷🇸 , FN 🇮🇹, DN 🇪🇸, Heimat 🇩🇪, 'Brotherhood of Academists' 🇷🇺, Breitbart, and Steve Bannon's 'War Room' podcast, among others

This is fucking grim. Somebody invented a white guy, an "IT professional" named Edward Crabtree, who stopped the Bondi shooting and spread it all over the internet, which was picked up by AI agents and slop aggregation sites. The real hero is a fruit stand owner named Ahmed el Ahmed.

The European Commission and UNESCO conference on scientific freedom in Brussels today. Important and thought provoking presentations and a marvellous location. #ChooseEurope #EUresearchArea