We are soon going to have to come to grips with the fact that this shit is asbestos for the mind

Using AI for just 10 minutes erodes your ability to persist at hard things - Berkeley News

A UC Berkeley researcher co-authored a study that raises profound questions about how we interact with artificial intelligence in education — and daily life.

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New working paper: the Norwegian wealth tax was a huge success. The "exodus" of wealthy people never happened (less than 100 individuals left). Tax revenue increased by 71.5%. No changes in business activity or investment. www.nber.org/papers/w35854

This is clearly not acceptable

As we were saying ...

Right Wing Watch @rightwingwatch.bsky.social · 4d ago

Can't emphasize enough that "Bring Back Public Executions" has long been a fundamental tenet of radical Christian nationalists.

Six months ago:

DOJ To Bring Back Firing Squad As Means Of Entertainment

WASHINGTON—In an effort to provide some joy to the nation and boost overall well-being, Justice Department officials announced plans Monday to bring back firing squads as a means of entertainment. “Fo...

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Wow — Cook Political moves *eighteen* House district ratings in D direction this morning

I'm so tired of the constant cruelty.

Again, the last public execution in the U.S. was in 1936. It's hard to wrap your head around what we're currently accelerating toward.

AFP News Agency@en.afp.com · 4d ago

BREAKING US execution by firing squad of Fort Hood shooter to be livestreamed: Pentagon official

I think people should listen to what the administration trying to bring back spectacle lynchings, race riots, and middle passage-esque deportation voyages are trying to tell you about themselves. bsky.app/profile/bren...

Brendan Nyhan@brendannyhan.bsky.social · 4d ago

The news just since I left work: -A planned livestream of an execution by firing squad -Trump basically trying to incite a pogrom against Somalis Nothing mysterious or complicated about what's happening.

closing schools doesn't even save money! www.edweek.org/leadership/c...

Closing a School? Don't Expect to Save Money, a New Study Warns

The hope is that closing schools can reduce fixed costs. A new study looks into whether that happens.

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I interviewed one of the Independents running for Senate who could disrupt partisan control of the chamber: youtu.be/eR0OwC7pg_o?...

So it’s slave ships except they’re trying to reduce the number of laborers in this country

Aaron Reichlin-Melnick@reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 4d ago

Whoa. @haleaziz.bsky.social has the scoop on a truly insane plan to use some military training ships for deportations, with people presumably shackled or locked in cells for days at a time as they transit to Central and South America. Each journey would be staggeringly expensive — and dangerous.

david lynch more like it

Schooley@schooley.bsky.social · 5d ago

Just another day in the Presidency as directed by Fellini.

For Portland parents following the extraordinary plan to close 14 schools, the district doesn't seem to have done some very basic homework. A lot of this is being done in the name of cost savings, but the district hasn't released any projections on that front.

The 400 richest Americans are now worth a record $8 trillion. The entire bottom 50% of American households is worth just $4.27 trillion. Read that back. When 400 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem.

BREAKING: Inflation on many everyday items was entirely due to tariffs, NY Fed has said per CNBC

Man who won’t give his employees piss breaks claims many piss breaks on the horizon

"Miller did not want the facilities that were comfortable. He did not want facilities that were humane. We were told point-blank that that was not what the administration wanted." - a government contractor whose company was approached to convert several of the warehouses into ICE facilities.

ICE has quietly used this warehouse as a detention facility all summer, neighbors say

Throughout the summer, rumors have been bubbling in North New Jersey that ICE has quietly been using a warehouse as a detention center. NPR investigated.

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Really hard to think of a term more antisemitic and genocidal than Yarvin’s.

Them: You can't criticize AI unless you use it constantly. Someone who uses AI constantly: Finally a replacement for the tiresome ordeal of showing love to my child.

🎃👻🧙‍♀️ Vio the VVitch 🧙‍♀️👻🎃@viothevvitch.myatproto.social · 4d ago

this is so fucking sad

I've wondered at times whether the "Nerd Reich" framing isn't a little inflammatory. I'm not wondering any more.

So I edited this story. And I wanna share on thought on language, & telling the truth We talked about: the "government is lying to you" It may sound saucy. It may sound like opinion But it's just true And if something is true then you should just say it, clearly That's just good journalism

Eric Umansky@ericumansky.bsky.social · 6d ago

"The federal government is lying to you." "The government has said that ICE does not zip tie or handcuff children." "They’ve denied engaging in racial profiling" "They’ve said the government is not wrongly arresting U.S. citizens." *We found the truth* projects.propublica.org/american-cit....

Notes on preseason Blazers defeating the g-league warriors. Dame is still Dame. Ja looks like a below-the-rim player, but bought into being a distributor. Deni will still have feasting oportunities, especially late in the clock. Scoot looks stellar. Sochan will find minutes. Hansen still a project.

so much of modern 'conservatism' boils down to: 'it's kinda icky if you think about it'

Democrats are pushing to win power in state legislatures across the country, forcing Republicans to play defense. They could break up full GOP control in as many as six states and win unified control in as many as seven of their own, a Post analysis found. https://wapo.st/4AVFpT0

Spare me Sen. Thom Tillis’s self-interested redemption book tour. When he had the opportunity to do what was right, he failed nearly every time. For example, he drew a line on Jan. 6 apologia, and then confirmed multiple people who crossed it, including Kash Patel and Jeanine Pirro.

Republican Sen. Tillis calls his vote for Hegseth the 'biggest regret of my career' in a new book

Republican Sen. Thom Tillis says in a new book that his deciding vote to confirm Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth in January 2025 is the “biggest regret of my career.”

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Republicans are getting worried about the South Carolina Senate race. Watch my interview with the Democrat in the contest, Dr. Annie Andrews:

The Doctor Is In, and Her Sights Are Set On the Senate

Dr. Annie Andrews affirms that South Carolina voters deserve a real choice in November.

contrariannews.org

oh my GOD

Congressional candidate is raped while repairing her campaign signs

Embarrassed, she initially didn’t want to report attack. Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office's investigation is ongoing.

phoenixnewtimes.com

a little louder for the cheap seats in the back

Nicole Bedera@nbedera.bsky.social · 6d ago

I spent a year watching school administrators do their jobs—and interviewing the students most impacted. I spoke to @thecut.com in a long-form Q&A about what I saw. Mainly, a system designed to protect perpetrators and punish victims in each and every case.