#EpsteinClass republicans applauding Jeffrey Epstein's best friend extolling "young beautiful girls" this is a pre-made campaign ad
Christopher Webb@cwebbonline.com · 7h agoAn old man repeatedly saying “young beautiful girls” is a sentence that should make everybody’s skin crawl.
Kapital is winning it really is as #simple as that #Labour can organize and #Labour can be #politically active to #resist this trend
Justin Wolfers@justinwolfers.bsky.social · 22h agoThe decline in labor’s share isn’t just an American story. Workers across industrialized countries are getting a smaller share of the economic pie. Technology and the rise of superstar firms may help explain why. https://newsletter.platypuseconomics.com/p/if-ai-does-your-job-who-gets-paid
I have a $10 camera that notifies me if there is any movement.
The New York Times@nytimes.com · 21h agoIt took thieves less than three minutes, police said, to make off with three artworks by Cézanne, Renoir and Matisse worth millions of dollars during a heist in March. Italian officials announced on Friday that they had arrested five people in connection to the theft. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/14/w...
Hanaia has expressed a lot of racist views that he has not retracted and I guess that is fine with @theatlantic.com
Adam Gurri@adamgurri.liberalcurrents.com · yesterdayIt has been less than a month since The Atlantic write a puff piece about this creep. www.liberalcurrents.com/editors-note...
I am not "using up" all of my tokens on my $100/month codex plan and yes that's "on me"
Ultimately it's the "indies" that are important
Greg Sargent@gregsargent.bsky.social · yesterdayFox finds Trump's favorability ratings absolutely cratering in states he won: Ohio -14 Texas -9 Iowa -13 NC -19 Folks, in several of these states he’s at least 50 points underwater with independents. I'm not kidding. It's that bad. newrepublic.com/article/2143...
I am strongy opposed to this. The default option should have Gemini turned off. For select activities it can be turned on.
Dana Goldstein@danagoldstein.bsky.social · yesterdayImportant reporting from @natashanyt.bsky.social : Google turns on AI tools for young children in Google Classroom - some districts are caught unaware www.nytimes.com/2026/08/14/b...
On the one hand I agree with Chris but on the other hand let's be totally #Honest with ourselves if the "Discourse" was getting more #PageViews from reporting on the murderous actions of U.S. military on unknown and unverified small vessels in the ocean, then they would give more of a "shit"
Chris Hayes@chrislhayes.bsky.social · 2d agoI’m on vacation but I gotta say, as much fun as it is to debate woke1 and Hasan Piker, the Trump administration is currently engaged in mass murder on the high seas as surely as any serial killer or lynch mob. And viewed from the distance of vacation, The Discourse doesn’t seem to give a shit.
An interesting randomized controlled trial of guaranteed income. Authors conclude with a peculiar framing: "Overall, our results suggest a moderate labor supply effect that does not appear offset by other productive activities." #EconSky The basic goal of guaranteed income to low income is
The Quarterly Journal of Economics@qjeharvard.bsky.social · yesterdayRecently accepted by #QJE: “The Employment Effects of a Guaranteed Income: Experimental Evidence from Two U.S. States,” by Vivalt, Rhodes, Bartik, Broockman, Krause, and Miller: doi.org/10.1093/qje/...
It is quite #simple
John Kennedy@micefearboggis.bsky.social · yesterdayAll else being equal even a simple increase in the mean of the temperature distribution will lead to extreme heat above a particular threshold that's more frequent, more intense, lasts longer and covers a wider area (you'll have to imagine that third dimension).
Conor "gets it" summer is over days are getting shorter #Good
Conor Sen@conorsen.bsky.social · yesterdayOnly *checks notes* 24 more days until Labor Day.
Nigella Lawson@nigella.bsky.social · yesterday#RecipeOfTheDay comes in cocktail form today with a drink of Prosecco and strawberries that I call a Fragonard, but you may know as a Rossini. It’s the taste of lyrical, wide-skied, blossom-scented summer, hence my (re)naming of it. www.nigella.com/recipes/frag...
Greg Sargent@gregsargent.bsky.social · yesterdayFox finds Trump's favorability ratings absolutely cratering in states he won: Ohio -14 Texas -9 Iowa -13 NC -19 Folks, in several of these states he’s at least 50 points underwater with independents. I'm not kidding. It's that bad. newrepublic.com/article/2143...
Michael Greshko@michaelgreshko.bsky.social · 2d agoBREAKING: Mutations found in Colombian families raised hopes for new Alzheimer's treatments. Altered patient data and suspect images call these mutations' benefits into question, a major new @science.org investigation reveals. www.science.org/content/arti...
Internal incoherence is a fundamental problem with LLMs that is major challenge to overcome. Do you know what is #Honest and coherent that's rite a deterministic #Python program.
Yoshua Bengio@yoshuabengio.bsky.social · 2d agoThis suggests a form of internal incoherence which enables goal-biased beliefs. This risk also motivates our Scientist AI approach at @law-zero.bsky.social, where honesty and internal coherence of beliefs are central to the training process.
This is a warning to any teacher before they perhaps unjustly accuse a student of using AI based on Pangram.
Pangram is excellent at detecting 100% AI generated "slop" but its accuracy is much much much lower for mixed AI-assisted or perhaps more accurately Hu-man editted "slop". In other words if it says "80% AI generated" you #actually have no idea.
Sean Carroll@seanmcarroll.bsky.social · 2d agoPangram is surprisingly good. Teachers and graders should check it out. (And journal editors .) www.pangram.com
"No known transgender woman has ever played in the WNBA. Two known nonbinary athletes have played in the league: Layshia Clarendon and AD Durr. Both players' birth sex is female." The #simplest rule is women who were born female, which excludes women who were born male www.espn.com/wnba/story/_...
WNBA task force discusses transgender athletes amid furor
A task force of team presidents and general managers met Wednesday and discussed transgender athletes but did not arrive at any eligibility rules.
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One of the most important roles of a teacher is to motivate and encourage. It really is as #simple as that.
