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It will be interesting to see how many of them shift to using LLM chatbots as their confidantes/therapists instead.

The world turns on its dark side.

Feminism not mentioned?

The front of a barber shop called Fibonacci Barber

The barber said, "Didn't I cut your hair just yesterday?" "Good point," I said. "I'll leave it two days next time."

But why did the news site publish his name, image and address?

It seems that "foreseeable harm from image sharing" doesn't universally act as a moral brake.

Elon Musk saying: Teaching people to hate America fundamentally destroys patriotism and the desire to defend our country. Such teachings should be viewed as treason and those who do it imprisoned. This is a quote tweet of someone saying: In 2022, 45% of high schoolers polled say they were taught that "America is built on stolen land" in class at school, and another 22% heard it from an adult there.

Elon Musk: "I'm a free speech absolutist!"

Also Elon Musk: "Anyone who teaches students that America was built on stolen land is guilty of treason and should be imprisoned."

Look, some of us tried to warn people that Elon Musk doesn't care one bit about free speech. But did anyone listen?

Berlin, 1933.

This aspect seems underreported... "lesbian women showed levels of specificity... similar to, or even higher than, gay men. This suggests... exclusivity observed in straight men might be a unique characteristic of that specific group. It may not be a universal trait of male sexuality."

The planet is drunk.

Social media callouts are worth trying if you believe

(a) they'll pass enough people's seeing-and-caring threshold

(b) via outcry, some higher authority will be ashamed by injustice and act.

But the highest authorities now pursue injustice and the public no longer share digital public spaces.

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Stunned by how wrong almost every opinion I've seen on both sides of the Grok scandal is.

Boy, do some of us got obstacles.

the idea that we will ever devise a technology that can automatically sort true statements from false ones and factual ones from “hallucinations” is a lead-to-gold fantasy

🧵Feels like im throwing a frozen turkey into a pot of hot oil w/ this take but:

Having a paraphilia is morally neutral. It's a feeling, and feelings don't have an inherent morality. Lust, anger, joy, fear. None if these are "good" or "bad" on their own, they simply are.

It's actions-

Possibly you need a #badmaybegays combo tag here?

Benjamin Britten's birthday.

Another year in which his lack of cancellation becomes more conspicuous.

Is it a matter of time, or does it make a difference that there's no evidence of an offence?

#BenjaminBritten

Therapy for us is like renting an igloo in the tundra by the hour.

we've now seen multiple generations raised in the post-AIDS landscape that are simultaneously terrified of and obsessed with sex. and this is causing some wild cultural distortions, especially in the generation raised on the internet that saw goatse when they were in kindergarten

Did you mean this to be a DM?

No. He showed up on the forum but was not there to hear the advice of the community, only to tell us of his exploits after they happened. He didn't indicate he had this particular action in mind and never mentioned a weapon.

The UK Online Safety Act is here to help you.

normal person: i just want a place to hang out with my friends
tech weirdo: and shitheads
np: no just my friends
tw: but what about hearing alternative views on race and gender?
np: we just want to hang out and goof around
tw: so where do the shitheads fit in then
np: no shitheads
tw: not following

The policy he was protesting is kind of nonsensical, to be fair.

Update: the plan is now to eschew the distractions.

What's the point of even being happy?

tfw your only plan for the future is to keep yourself distracted from the fact there is no plan for the future.

Yes. Exclusively so.

Yes, often and exclusively.