The mother of a USNA midshipman was detained by ICE AT HER GREEN CARD INTERVIEW and is now being held in a concentration camp and I find it insane that people don’t understand how THAT is a bigger national security threat than any undocumented immigrant.
don't suppose I know anyone London/UK based who wants to be a senior shopify dev? I feel like I should...
OH NO DOLLY blessed is the true judge NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO ok who just got born we like need you TODAY ok
Gutted to hear about Dolly Parton. She did so much to make the world a better place. Whatever good she got in this world, she deserved better
Well, planned to migrate my account to a Cirrus pds while I was at @atproto.nyc today and... I think I did?
attending my first in-person atproto meetup tomorrow in NYC. First in-person tech event in years. Be gentle, folks
This is obscene www.npr.org/2026/08/13/g...
U.S. ambassador calls settler siege of Palestinian homes a 'horrific act of terror'
The U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee condemned the actions of Jewish settlers who are besieging the home of an American Palestinian family in the Israeli-occupied West Bank.
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just had a fun chat with the head of HR. Apparently she posted 2 jobs last thursday - "cg director" and "developer". The former got 30ish applicants so far, but the dev position has gotten 1600 so far
Shame on the cabal of top scientists who mocked me and other dissidents for challenging their sordid Covid origins cover-up. It is now beyond doubt that they betrayed both humanity and science - and there should be retribution. My MoS column mol.im/a/16005037
Scientists mocked my Covid leak theory but I was right: IAN BIRRELL
Like many others, I was struck by the strange 'coincidence' that Covid erupted in the city with a secretive lab containing the world's biggest repository of bat coronaviruses.
mol.im
every now and then I get reminded that it is possible for art to be both skillfully executed, fun, poignant, and timely and it makes me sad that more of the art that I see achieving success is not like that. Anyway, Operation Mincemeat (the musical) transcends its medium and is very worth a watch
I enjoyed a NYT opinion piece - it has very little opinion (no grand "and that's why it's critical that Jews Do/Not Support Israel"), but a LOT of useful and directly relevant historical context to understand where a lot of folks are at www.nytimes.com/2026/07/06/o...
Opinion | A Profound Question Haunting Jews Today
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Never pass up a chance to share this story. There's always someone who hasn't heard it, always someone waiting to experience the joy of reading about it for the first time.
Doug Mack@douglasmack.bsky.social · 3mo agoOne of my favorite Cabo Verde facts is that it has a genre of music that arose after an abandoned ship washed up in 1968, carrying hundreds of keyboards and synths
“Scots discovering tailgating” could be a real Prometheus stealing fire moment
My wife wrote and produced a play! It wrestles with fate, and faith, and destruction. And it's clever. Showings are next week (Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday) at thetanknyc.org, tickets at bigtanandteresh.com!
Bigtan & Teresh Are Dead — The Tank
When tragedy strikes, will you let fate define you? Or will you shatter the narrative to write your own story?
bigtanandteresh.com
Some fucking "It's not impossible. I used to bullseye womp rats in my T-16 back home, they're not much bigger than two meters" nonsense here
TW@twesq.bsky.social · 4mo agoAbsolutely bonkers footage of Ukrainian soldiers shooting down Russian drones in prop planes with shotguns. Not ai, came from an official Ukrainian account and verified by the WSJ.
Anisota.net feels like it was made specifically for me and I'm surprised I've never heard of it.
I find this interesting, but also limited. The major finding is: "Relative to baseline accuracy significantly rose when AI was accurate and fell when it erred (+25/-15 percentage points), the behavioral signature of cognitive surrender". I find the conclusion much too broad, however.
Matt Seybold@mattseybold.bsky.social · 5mo agoThe. Rise. Of. Cognitive. Surrender. Study finds that people who use GenAI chatbots rely on them 80% of the time, and develop almost no capacity to recognize when a chatbot is feeding them faulty information. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
“We found that using AI assistance led to a statistically significant decrease in mastery.” Props to Anthropic for studying the effects of their creation and reporting results that are not probably what they wished for www.anthropic.com/research/AI-...
How AI assistance impacts the formation of coding skills
Anthropic is an AI safety and research company that's working to build reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems.
anthropic.com
It's not often Youtube's algo serves me up something interesting, trustworthy, and important. Psure that's what this video is tho. www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZLj...
YouTube
Share your videos with friends, family, and the world
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it's sad that the ADL has turned into such a trash organization, like far too many other Jewish "public institutions". Just disgusting. Too easy just to say that they don't speak for me, too difficult to know what else to do about it.
If you live near New York, NY and would like to watch Wagtail Space with other people, thelab is hosting a live watch party at their office! They'll be meeting October 8-10 from 9AM - 2PM each day. Their office is on 14th W, 25th Street on the Fifth Floor.
Hey all! If you're in NYC and interested in Wagtail Space 2025, stop by Thelab! We'll be streaming the whole thing live. 16 W 25th street, floor 5. There will be snacks!
This is an absolutely fascinating article about a very bizarre event. Obviously from my perspective the most interesting angle here is the fact that ChatGPT is clearly just spinning SCP-esque containment documentation at Lewis
joe a wilkins@joeonhere.bsky.social · last yr.I wrote about how Geoff Lewis, one of OpenAI’s long running investors, has sparked concern among peers who believe he may be facing a public mental health episode brought on by ChatGPT. futurism.com/openai-inves...
Do I know anyone who does Shopify work? My co is gonna be looking for someone to help with a bunch of it soon
Thought about this again today. More than 15 years ago, still haven't seen anything like it on TV. A gentle admonition for all of us to do better www.youtube.com/watch?v=yGLz...
Craig Ferguson Speaks From The Heart
YouTube video by q2q4me
youtube.com
Wow: after 15 years, YouTube has taken down the original 'Rick Roll' video due to a "licensing issue," likely due to the acquisition of Astley's record lable. The metadata remains, but if you click through it goes to 'video not found': www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4...
Rick Astley - Never Gonna Give You Up (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by Rick Astley
youtube.com
@cloudflare.social Hi! Hate to do this but I've had a ticket open for a week with no response about getting back superadmin access to a cloudflare account - we need it to pay our bill so our access to services will no longer be restricted. We're coming up on a launch date and getting nervous. Help?
just went to see the Dylan movie and wtf was up with those previews... I don't fault them for the two marvel movies, but FOUR horror flicks back-to-back?!? Are those really for the same target audience as a nostalgia romp through folk music?