Will Cross, Ph.D.
@thatn3rd.bsky.social
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Physicist by education. Storyteller by profession. Opinions my own. He/him
The sound track omg
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about 4 hours ago
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Podcast with the family of a boy who killed himself after ChatGPT gave him coaching on how to do it, how noble it is, how his family sucks, and (in rare instances when its safeguards were triggered) how to get around its own safeguards to get the answers he wanted.
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Did ChatGPT Encourage a Teen Suicide? The Parents Suing OpenAI Say Yes
Podcast Episode · On with Kara Swisher · 09/25/2025 · 1h 4m
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/did-chatgpt-encourage-a-teen-suicide-the-parents/id1643307527?i=1000728369768
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Smoked and (moderately) drank. And my mom was kind of a hippie: gave birth at home, breast fed me, raised me in a small community. Times were weird.
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7 days ago
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Will Stancil
12 days ago
Guys you really can just spit in their faces. 99% of the time nothing will happen. They’re relying on you being too afraid to do so. Call their bluff. And sign up for the stupid email lists.
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Sarah Birnbaum ❌👑
12 days ago
The beard is not my jam but I get the sense that's 30 years of accumulated "I am tired of shaving every day to get on camera"
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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌
12 days ago
Looks like the cis girls are getting some amazing new opportunities to be trained to be barefoot and pregnant in the kitchen 😵💫
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It was never about protecting girls' (or women's) sports
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12 days ago
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Laura Burkhardt
13 days ago
In front of the Sybergs in Arnold, MO earlier tonight. Dark car with licensce plate # JL8 V4D See, I can do it too.
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Your annual reminder that Popeyes has chicken sandwiches so good that people fight over them when they run out of them. No need to go to Chick fil A.
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12 days ago
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Nature
13 days ago
There is increasing interest in using AI tools not only to listen in on animal speech, but also to potentially talk back
go.nature.com/4pqGYCP
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AI is helping to decode animals’ speech. Will it also let us talk with them?
The complexity of vocal communication in some primates, whales and birds might approach that of human language.
https://go.nature.com/4pqGYCP
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It was never about free speech
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
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More employers fire workers over Kirk posts as pressure from right mounts
Actions by employers have stirred a debate over employees’ speech rights, the role of pressure campaigns and what is appropriate public debate after an violent event.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/09/16/employee-firings-charlie-kirk-shooting-social-media/
14 days ago
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Karen Attiah
15 days ago
Some personal news: I've been fired from the Washington Post in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk shooting. Thread incoming.
substack.com/@karenattiah...
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The Washington Post Fired Me — But My Voice Will Not Be Silenced.
I spoke out against hatred and violence in America — and it cost me my job.
https://substack.com/@karenattiah/note/p-173531760?utm_source=notes-share-action&r=2bz6j
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Books on how to parent recommend that when your kid misbehaves, you take away their doctor. /s
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27 days ago
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So I was on Highway 3 east bound going from Montclair to Hoboken and suddenly there was a bunch of mud on the lanes, everyone was slowing down.
27 days ago
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Sharon
29 days ago
area man incapable of separating the Roma vs the Romanians
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Union organizers call this "horizontal recruitment."
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29 days ago
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Brett "Solidarity 2025" Banditelli
29 days ago
Happy Labor Day
#WorkersDeserve
#SolidaritySeason
#WorkersOverBillionaires
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JLRoberson
about 1 month ago
Nonono. This guy is who you want
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trofim_...
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Trofim Lysenko - Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trofim_Lysenko
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Fena 🐺
about 1 month ago
Prepared for Silksong
#silksong
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Michael Hobbes
about 1 month ago
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I grew up in a town where the tap water was phenomenal and there are days when I would absolutely spend $19 a bottle for it
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about 1 month ago
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The Onion
about 2 months ago
Alan Dershowitz Sues Farmers Market Vendor For Refusing To Sell Him Child
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Alan Dershowitz Sues Farmers Market Vendor For Refusing To Sell Him Child
WEST TISBURY, MA—Following through on his threat of legal action, civil liberties lawyer Alan Dershowitz confirmed Monday that he had filed a lawsuit against a Martha’s Vineyard farmers market vendor for refusing to sell him a child. “This is an affront to the principles of the free market,” said the 86-year-old attorney, who can be […]
https://theonion.com/alan-dershowitz-sues-farmers-market-vendor-for-refusing-to-sell-him-child/
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This was on a saTURDay
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about 2 months ago
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thousands from injuries and thousands more from reduced air pollution each year
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about 2 months ago
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OK, so basically all of our cars have been pwned
www.rtl-sdr.com/flipperzero-...
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Flipper Zero DarkWeb Firmware Bypasses Rolling Code Security
Over on YouTube Talking Sasquach has recently tested custom firmware for the Flipper Zero that can entirely break the rolling code security system used on most modern vehicles. Rolling code security w...
https://www.rtl-sdr.com/flipperzero-darkweb-firmware-bypasses-rolling-code-security/
about 2 months ago
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William Cross
about 2 months ago
Suddenly, the Trump Administration Tightens the Vise on Wind Farms
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/07/c...
These idiots not only are destroying the present, they wish to destroy the future. They must be stopped at all cost.
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Suddenly, the Trump Administration Tightens the Vise on Wind Farms
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/07/climate/trump-wind-solar-power-projects.html?smid=bs-share
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Lostcatdog
about 2 months ago
Washington Post: “Is fascism bad? The answer may surprise you” Teen Vogue: “Here are three fun tips you can use this summer to disable an armored personnel carrier”
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MarkH
about 2 months ago
Almost like firing statisticians who tell you numbers you don’t like.
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You can't be obsequious enough to avoid the fascists
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Reddit - https://i.redd.it/nhx8p17g74hf1.jpeg
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about 2 months ago
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Zeroing in on what happened here
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about 2 months ago
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Let's just fire the people who tell the truth I' sure this will end well
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
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Trump fires labor statistics chief after large revision to jobs report
Trump orders firing of Erika McEntarfer, the commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, after release of large revisions to employment data
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/08/01/trump-fires-bls-chief/
about 2 months ago
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Mark Cuban
2 months ago
We need to make it illegal for AI models to offer advertising. And, we need to really examine referral fees as well. The last thing we need is to have algorithms designed to maximize revenue driving LLM output and interactions. We need to have learned our lessons from algos in social media
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They think data is the plural of anecdote
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3 months ago
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Marxist-Glonzoist
3 months ago
poor and facing eviction? repo gone wrong? looking for a restraining order against your abusive SO? state of New Jersey doesn't care about you! I quit my job and I'm still so fucking mad my former employer got cut, they deserve everything BUT defunding
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Jay Willis
3 months ago
Thinking about the tut-tutting Democratic politicians who spent their two years in power warning that Supreme Court expansion was too radical an idea to even think about taking seriously. You absolute fucking rubes. You gigantic, credulous losers. I hope you are ashamed of yourselves today.
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Keith Fitzgerald
3 months ago
Worth a watch: Head of Signal, Meredith Whittaker, on so-called "agentic AI" and the difference between how it's described in the marketing and what access and control it would actually require to work as advertised.
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There's always a tweet
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3 months ago
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Good morning from Montclair, on what'll be a 95-degree day.
3 months ago
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pork, cheese, broccoli rabe
3 months ago
amtrak’s marketing team gets it
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Happy Juneteenth!
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3 months ago
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The Cola Corporation
3 months ago
Of course he drives a dodge charger
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New Jersey Transit: a rant in one photo
3 months ago
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PSA: The Burger King at the Connie Chung Service Area in New Jersey is OUT OF HAMBURGERS. It is not clear how they ran out of their signature sandwich, nor when they will be able to restock. They are still offering fries, onion rings, and chicken sandwiches.
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Prisonculture
4 months ago
Respectfully, if you're a white person with a lot of privileges I think posting publicly that you are scared to attend a rally is some real bullshit. It has to be said.
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Working as designed
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4 months ago
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SFGATE
4 months ago
Overruling Newsom, National Guard troops arrive in LA on Trump's orders
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National Guard troops arrive in Los Angeles on Trump's orders to quell immigration protests
The members of California’s National Guard were seen staging early Sunday at the federal complex in downtown Los Angeles that includes the Metropolitan Detention Center.
https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/national-guard-troops-arrive-in-los-angeles-on-20367031.php
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Maybe she'll oppose the bill this time
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4 months ago
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hell yes
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4 months ago
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J. Offir, PhD
4 months ago
Up is down. The ghost of George Orwell is undoubtedly demanding royalties from the afterlife. "After the state forced a Long Island school district to abandon its 'Chief' mascot, federal education officials said the policy discriminated against Native Americans."
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/n...
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Trump Administration Says New York Mascot Ban Violates Civil Rights Law
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/nyregion/native-american-mascot-massapequa-trump.html?smid=nytcore-android-share
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Elon is getting pushy when called out on his incompetence
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Bannon Spills on Secret Physical Brawl Behind Musk’s Demise
The Tesla CEO allegedly “got physical” with Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/bannon-spills-on-secret-physical-brawl-behind-musks-demise/
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