I brought this up at a meeting once and the response was "they wouldn't do that." YES THEY WOULD.

Wolfman's got nards, Charlie Brown!

"No matter where you go, there you are Charlie Brown."

An infomercial pitchman who made headlines for getting into a violent altercation with a sex worker? Running as a Republican? Hmm, seems like a stretch

Except, of course, it’s *not* all he can say. Cassidy could concede publicly that confirming Kennedy was a tragic mistake. He could call for RFK Jr's resignation. He could schedule hearings, haul the secretary to Capitol Hill, and demand the CDC’s public resources reflect the scientific cannon.

“The account MAGANationX—with nearly 400,000 followers and a bio reading ‘Patriot Voice for We The People’—is actually based in Eastern Europe.”

Journalist challenge: Use “Machine Learning” when you mean machine learning and “LLM” when you mean LLM. Ditch “AI” as a catch-all term, it’s not useful for readers and it helps companies trying to confuse the public by obscuring the roles played by different technologies. 🧪

This great thread makes a point I've been trying to convey for years. Calling all data-driven prediction or decision software "AI" is a huge gift to LLM hypemen, who want people to believe, incorrectly, that LLM data centers are crucial for solar forecasting or operating buildings and power grids.

So Bezos is in them too then?

Psst. Hey you - want to see a dead body?

Not me, but when my kid was small we were on the bus and she barfed down the inside of my coat. Thankfully it was an elasticized waist so it pretty much all stayed contained (as far as I'm aware). Thankfully we were at a stop and near the door, so we bailed immediately.

Some people seem big mad that Mamdani didn't bitch slap Trump or something, or maybe just ghost him. And that's cool that's good, people should push politicians. Fuck yeah. But in reality he's a goddamned Mayor, and his job is to serve NYC's interests. Today he did.

For what it’s worth, as a commander and officer it was my duty, moral obligation, and legal requirement to first question and then to not obey any illegal order I was given. The same is true for everyone who swear their oath. Hope that clears things up.

Took me too long to realize this was sports and not theatre.

/6 Also, it is the obligation of every lawyer who takes their oath and the Constitution seriously to shun from legal society every single AUSA and DoJ lawyer participating in this. Strike their names from every book and tablet, every pylon and obelisk, every monument of the rule of law.

We want to speak directly to members of the Military and the Intelligence Community. The American people need you to stand up for our laws and our Constitution. Don’t give up the ship.

Baltimore man trying to do the right thing!

My name is Fozzymandias, Bear of Bears Look on my wocka-wocka-wockas ye Muppets and despair!

Trump in a room with a very charismatic person results in like half a day of Trump agreeing with everything that person said, so this has the potential to be very, very funny.

Seriously. Before I shifted to mostly working from home this was the absolute best thing about public transit.

Really clear messaging from the NYC Department of Health & Mental Hygiene. At this point, it's not going to convince a ton of people to start masking, but it may encourage folks who already mask to keep it up - & it may remind others that masking is an expert-recommended NPI, not a weird obsession.

oh yeah the new york city subway is so fucking scary, you never know what kind of weirdo you'll have to share a train with

To quote an associate of mine "Lindsay Halligan has done the legal equivalent of noclipping through a door. It hasn't happened before because that's not how any of this works."

There are so many people working in so many places who are quietly watching this corruption cross their desks daily, but so few willing to do what prison nurse Noella Turnage just did by sharing the receipts and accepting the consequences. What an absolute hero www.kbtx.com/2025/11/18/f...

Y'all know that websites comply with subpoenas, right? That's why it's called a court *order*. And if you think they don't, yeah they do. They often don't have to tell you they've even done so.

lol I fucking knew that little shit wasn't to be trusted. Avoid the new Vine like a plague, they just want a pure dataset to scrape.

I tried debate team briefly in high school. This was part of why I didn't stick with it. I acknowledge one can better refute a viewpoint when one understands it, but to have one's chance of winning depend on one's ability to argue for a viewpoint with which one doesn't believe just felt...wrong.

"Microsoft warns that Windows 11's agentic AI could install malware on your PC: 'Only enable this feature if you understand the security implications.'" bro what-- what are we doing here, exactly, how can you--anyone be okay with this?

*Every* day is STFU Friday.

I’ve long wanted to write a piece called,“Against STEM.” Liberal arts education includes science, tech, engineering, math. STEM has become a code for excising the humanities and arts, which we need more than ever in algorithmic society.

Ooh! I forgot to set the DVR last night. Thank you!

Listening to the audiobook of Night Watch (Discworld). Dr. "Mossy" Lawn is my absolute favorite supporting character.

steam is apparently allowing "this game had AI in it that it didn't disclose" as a valid return statement, so if you or anyone you know actually paid $70 for slop, get that money back

There's no way they're not monitoring the effects of one or more strokes.

Biden has a sub-par debate performance and the planet freaks out. Trump doesn't know what part of his body the doctors looked at and nobody cares.

Here at #BaltimoreSchoolfortheArts waiting for curtains up for "The Prom."

Glad I just checked and saw my tickets for tonight are for 6PM, not 8PM. That could have been an annoying "oops."

Having shipped numerous MMOs over the course of the years, let me tell you that having and using the ‘fascistic’ power of moderation is crucial unless you want to have a 4chan style den of nazis and child porn instead of a viable business.

Heartbreaking (especially for me) but true.

"Leftists are the real fascists!"

Baltimore, I can't take credit for this, but this is a good acronym for the information you want to add if you want reports of ICE agents to be actionable or usable instead of unintentionally spreading panic: Size Activity Location Uniforms Time Equipment

I'm two days behind on sharing this, but here's a bright spot amongst the doomscrolling: new tree! The tree in front of our house had to be removed a few years ago lest it die and fall over. A new one was finally planted on the 11th. I'm really looking forward to watching this grow over the years.

Last night I wondered if the "evergreen" post implies the existence of a "nevergreen" post, a take that is useless from the moment it's published. Then I remembered that Bret Stephens, Ross Douthat, and David Brooks are all highly paid commentators.

ICE is at the Waverly Giant, Baltimore friends. Beware.

Oh I am so glad phonics was still a thing when I was in school.

"[Talking about how insulting Nazis is fine] And if I've upset you, fuck you! You're a Nazi!" - Craig Ferguson

Heh heh...vibe tubes rule!

If any other edu folks can f/u: if this is the annual review then it should be on the agenda and should have slides and should be linked to the yearly reporting process (see www.baltimorecityschools.org/page/annual-...) Schl closures/mods are BIG deal and the community deserves call AND info!