Post-rock ergo propter-rock

If I were a DC reporter, I’d consider maybe pressing Johnson on how he reconciles these two statements.

they think congestion pricing hurts the poor who drive and free buses help the wealthy who ride. i just can’t wrap my head around it.

Picture how big the Hoover Dam is. An absolute unit. The Hoover Dam has a power capacity of 2 gigawatts (GW).

The solar farm that the Admin just cancelled could have produces 6.2 GW of power. That's more than 3 Hoover Dams.

We can all agree that this didn’t happen, though, right? Like, as a story, it probably started when everyone present stood when he entered the room, and got talking-pointed into a 2 minute standing O, maybe. But it didn’t really happen.

NEW: cost to 'poison' an LLM and insert backdoors is relatively constant. Even as models grow.

Implication: security doesn't scale with LLMs.

Super interesting: Prior work had suggested that as model sizes grew, it would make them cost-prohibitive to poison. 1/
arxiv.org/pdf/2510.07192

Bored National Guard Goes Door To Door Asking If Chicagoans Have Any Order They Need Restored

Bored National Guard Goes Door To Door Asking If Chicagoans Have Any Order They Need Restored https://theonion.com/bored-national-guard-goes-door-to-door-asking-if-chicagoans-have-any-order-they-need-restored/

There was literally a big-budget movie last year about how during his one brief period of trying to be cool, Dylan got so anxious about it that he had to get advice from the coolest man alive (Johnny Cash)

By firing them, you ensure they will continue not to show up because you've fired them, and you can't hire new ones during a government shutdown. I'm very smrt.

bsky.app/profile/nbcn...

“Yes, the Little Lebowski Urban Achievers! And proud we are of all of them.”

UA faculty say Trump's funding deal is 'extortion,' as university leadership mulls whether to comply As opposition mounts from faculty, students and state leaders, University of Arizona officials are assuring the public that “no decisions have been made” on whether to sign a pledge to align with Pres...

The UA faculty senate’s resolution calls for the school and the board of regents to “reject any similar proposal compromising the mission, values and independence of the University.”

story via @azluminaria.org

Imagine studying a technology whose presence in the classroom is so detrimental to the development of writing and research skills (including even the will to know the sources behind claims!) that mitigating its effects becomes a central goal of course design, and concluding with tips on adopting it.

A striking thing about articles I’ve read claiming to “study the effects” of generative AI on student writing skills and consumption of information is that (1) they nearly always find the effects are negative and (2) most “conclusions” are still written assuming that we must use AI, for some reason.

Trump: "We took the freedom of speech away because that's been through the courts and the courts said you have freedom of speech, but what has happened is when they burn a flag it agitates and irritates crowds."

Can we call it the War of Southern Aggression yet or is it still too soon?

best uses of ACARS

This is the lesson of 2025

Pope Leo blasts economy that marginalizes poor while wealthy live in bubble of luxury Pope Leo XIV has blasted how wealthy people live in a “bubble of comfort and luxury” while the poor suffer.

Pope Leo XIV has blasted how wealthy people live in a “bubble of comfort and luxury” while the poor suffer. In his first teaching document Thursday, Leo confirms that he is in perfect lockstep with Pope Francis on matters of social injustice.

working on a new unified theory of american reality i'm calling "everyone is twelve now"

Robertson County Sheriff Terry Gray was arrested for his third DUI in less than two years last night.

Robertson County residents - including all five of the county's magistrates - have previously asked Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear to remove Gray from office.

www.courier-journal.com/story/news/l...

LMPD moved to fire an officer who wrecked a cruiser after driving 106 mph without emergency lights.

He was criminally charged over the crash, which seriously injured a detective & civilian.

Despite all that, UofL hired the officer for their police force.

www.courier-journal.com/story/news/l...

seeing otherwise smart people share the story that a south carolina judge’s beach house was burned to the ground because of a ruling against trump despite there being no evidence of that has been frustrating. just because the other side has abandoned facts doesn’t mean we can, too.

Ted Cruz picks a fight with Wikipedia, accusing platform of left-wing bias Cruz sends letter demanding answers from Wikimedia Foundation.

"[Ars Technica] asked Cruz's office to explain why a senator pressuring Wikipedia is appropriate while an FCC chair pressuring ABC is not and will update this article if we get a response."

arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...

Report: Kentucky jails contracting with ICE have 659% increase in detainees this year Data from the study shows one county jail in Kentucky had contracted with ICE to hold roughly 120 detainees in January. By August, nine county jails held more than 900.

Data from the study shows one county jail in Kentucky had contracted with ICE to hold roughly 120 detainees in January. By August, nine county jails held more than 900. www.lpm.org/news/2025-10...

and just continued to be in my frog costume after that for about another hour

and just continued to be in my frog costume after that for about another hour

and just continued to be in my frog costume after that for about another hour

give greta thunberg a gundam

The AI revolution going exactly as expected

Dunno man, seems a little misleading to write an article about Trump describing activity in Portland and Chicago as “insurrection” with a 33 year old photo of a burning donut shop taken in the 1992 LA Riots (sans caption explaining that) as the header on all your posts about it.

GOP busted using South American riot pics to justify Oregon troops: 'We're bad memers' The Oregon Republican Party is facing backlash after it shared a social media post about a planned military deployment in Portland using a fabricated image composed of photographs from South America.T...

The image they shared showed riot police and a crowd with flares and red smoke, designed to support Trump's claim that Portland's protests were out of control, but was actually a digital composite of two unrelated photographs from different South American countries.

www.rawstory.com/trump-oregon...

Fair. I think you’re right, that web searches are probably the only place unintended use is likely to happen, other than customer service chat bots. But web searches, especially if you include asking your phone a question and getting a search engine AI response, are a huge part of people’s day.

I thought it was customary to separate “I didn’t do it” and “if I did do it, it would be legal” by a day or so, not with a comma.