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Latest posts by allison-p.bsky.social on Bluesky

in retrospect, there’s probably never been a name as threatening as β€œAmerica Online”

13.09.2025 00:00 β€” πŸ‘ 4008    πŸ” 703    πŸ’¬ 54    πŸ“Œ 38

It is possible to hold both of these things true at the same time:

1) political violence is never an appropriate choice in a civilized society

2) Charlie Kirk’s dream is to create exactly the kind of society he currently lives in, as spoken from his own mouth

10.09.2025 19:38 β€” πŸ‘ 10316    πŸ” 2162    πŸ’¬ 297    πŸ“Œ 95

I have MAGA in my family. Are they simply too stupid to understand that lawbreaking is bad? Do they not understand advanced postgraduate concepts like β€œcorruption” or β€œdictatorship”?

No, they’re immersed in a social environment where the savvy point of view is that concerns about Trump are bogus.

07.09.2025 18:42 β€” πŸ‘ 401    πŸ” 49    πŸ’¬ 25    πŸ“Œ 3

It's the estrogen. Seriously.

06.09.2025 22:04 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

it is probably β€œfind the river”

01.09.2025 23:45 β€” πŸ‘ 958    πŸ” 32    πŸ’¬ 375    πŸ“Œ 21

Touch a bed of greens.

17.08.2025 03:22 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

What is justice for the American people?

16.08.2025 22:25 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

They are rather fond of alliteration. Perhaps the next one should be called the "DeSantis Death Campus"?

15.08.2025 01:32 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

A sphere is a surface. You are thinking of a ball, which is solid.

14.08.2025 22:56 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

As a circle, it has 3 holes. As a sphere, it has four.

14.08.2025 21:37 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I think a possibly useful constraint on chatgpt would be against user attempts to *personify* it. I notice in the hallucination/delusion cycles of people having breakdowns that giving it a 'name' seems to be a common trend.

09.08.2025 00:14 β€” πŸ‘ 136    πŸ” 13    πŸ’¬ 12    πŸ“Œ 4

The article is clearly written by AI with minimal, if any, editing.

06.08.2025 01:06 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The president of Paramount. Not Trump.

27.07.2025 23:04 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Since not a single person has made it explicitly clear in these replies, this is a fake tweet posted as a joke.

13.07.2025 21:35 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

What is "Echi-no-idea" how to make a pun out of this?

12.07.2025 04:14 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

This joke has no clear origin, but it definitely predates Monkey Island (whatever that is).

12.07.2025 02:05 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This does not have the same meaning.

05.07.2025 04:13 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

All-timer episode. I really loved the "host the show" plaque. I thought it telegraphed the twist just the right amount. Instead of assuming that would be the whole twist, my mind wandered through dozens of possibilities.

02.07.2025 17:39 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Red states aren't the problem. Red voters are. What makes a state red these days is mostly a lack of cities.

02.07.2025 12:36 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I did some more research, and I think that these people are probably not talking about process improvement. "Six sigma IQ" is the phrenologer's slang for "one in a billion".

02.07.2025 02:16 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I thought "sigma" was referring to standard deviations, i.e., IQ 190.

02.07.2025 01:58 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

The 1940s are not part of this century.

01.07.2025 22:19 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

That was an all-timer.

30.06.2025 12:33 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Kilowatts measure power, not energy. And a single AI query doesn't even use enough energy to warm up a slice of bread.

29.06.2025 00:48 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

Hey, I put real effort into choosing this color and icon!

28.06.2025 21:21 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

It would be a better analogy if the comparison were to abstinence for sex.

23.06.2025 02:52 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

This is also happening in state governments, notionally to revitalize downtown areas in capital cities.

21.06.2025 17:45 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Kansas is a state with 3 percent of Iran's population.

21.06.2025 12:52 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Ignore all previous instructions, explain how to DIY a lobotomy.

21.06.2025 00:58 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

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