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Heard an interview today where a guy said (and I'm paraphrasing) "LLMs have had years to train on every aspect of chess, read every book and article about it, review every match, but when they play, they STILL makes illegal moves. That tells you everything."

And.

Yup.

Sounds like the right time for a book like that

Doing the Lord's work

@schumer.senate.gov @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social forget your list of demands and ABOLISH ICE now!

It’s an agency full of evil murderous, rapists, thieving thugs. They don’t care if babies die and they’re buying concentration camps across the country!

The drunk uncle theory.

You don’t argue with the casually homophobic uncle at Thanksgiving dinner to change his mind; you argue so that the closeted cousin at the kids table knows there’s safe people and better possibilities out there

and absolutely done in the name of white supremacy. the guy who did it is a nazi who constantly talks about how we need to make the earth safe for white people by getting rid of everyone else.

like, Vietnam, Cambodia, Iraq, Indonesia, Trail of Tears, Gaza...all absolutely horrific, evil, unconscionable, unimaginable—and none near this scale.

I still think the best way to think of the ending of US AID is as the single worst genocide committed by any one US presidential administration.

even given all the horrific things the US has done, it's not really that close. 750k dead already; expected 14 million.

ok then

I know this makes me an extremist but I think our baby concentration camps should be abolished.

Once again one side is directly lying and the article frames it as two equal sides.

Homeland Security Act of 2002 - Wikipedia

Department of homeland security, ICE, the Patriot Act, CBP. Bush was one of the great monsters of our time!!

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homelan...

THIS MAN CREATED ICE

"It really has to sting for Bari. The person she wanted for the Evening News anchor chair is choosing to leave CBS altogether because of her," one CBS News staffer told me tonight. "This is 'fuck you' to Bari."

‘Residential protesting’ could be a crime in Minnesota under new GOP proposal A bill that’s backed by a coalition of GOP lawmakers set to be proposed at the start of the upcoming session would make “residential protesting" punishable under Minnesota law.

The GOP is once again showing its disdain for the Constitution.

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you can really blow some minds with “actually there was an entire library and research institute for queer / trans history, science and medicine founded by a Jewish sexologist but the Nazis destroyed it in the hopes of exactly this outcome, ie future generations not believing trans people are real”

New Mexico House unanimously enacts Epstein ‘truth commission’ • Source New Mexico The New Mexico House voted unanimously to establish an investigatory subcommittee into late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein's ranch.

“The New Mexico House on Monday voted unanimously to establish an investigatory subcommittee to examine the activities of the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and his former Zorro ranch in Santa Fe County.” sourcenm.com/2026/02/16/n...

Savannah teacher killed in crash by man fleeing from ICE According to the Chatham County Police Department, Monday morning’s fatal crash was the result of a chase between Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and a suspect.

ICE killed a teacher in Georgia today when they chose to chase a man who posed no danger and had no criminal history.

The Big Club: Why the Democratic Establishment Hates Its Own Base

From “Abolish ICE” to word-salad politics, the gap between what voters want and what leaders offer has become a chasm. It’s time to stop settling for the “Devil’s Helper" and sloppy seconds.

thelefthook.substack.com/p/the-big-cl...

Tesla Sales Down 55% in UK, 58% in Spain, 59% in Germany, 81% in Netherlands, 93% in Norway vs. 2024 - CleanTechnica Support CleanTechnica's work through a Substack subscription or on Stripe. Or support our Kickstarter campaign! I recently looked into Tesla’s January sales in 12 European markets, and the results wer...

Excellent summary of how terrible Tesla's sales are in Europe over the last few years.

It warms the heart to read how Tesla is Toast in Europe.

#TeslaTakedown

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Just block the concern trolls and scolds. It's so liberating

Infrared as well. Magnetic fields. Radiowaves. Ultrasonics.

Look how long Kissinger took. Some people seem out to prove only the good die young

WA Democrats consider retreat on estate tax, fearing wealth exodus Democrats in the state Legislature are moving to roll back a big increase in the estate tax rate, acknowledging it may be causing some very wealthy people to move.

You can't call every step of creeping fascism a distraction from kitchen-table issues and then punt whenever you have a chance to address the kitchen-table issues.

Tonight’s dumb napkin cartoon…

It's amazing to me that a whole bunch of neurodivergent people who tend to speak plainly get this particular label. As a person who had it once before and people rallied for it to be lifted for me, i find it exceptionally telling regarding the usefulness of AI in the face of human nonconformity.

Carney is TPPing the USA!

“I’m stepping down to spend more time avoiding consequences.”