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@thetnholler.bsky.social
He was pardoned. That means he is a criminal. That means he can’t collect.

@thetnholler.bsky.social
Government of the criminals, by the criminals, for the criminals…

@Nonilex
Either you support fair maps in all states or you don’t — they should take it to #SCOTUS ….

@Nonilex
Either you support fair maps in all states or you don’t — they should take it to #SCOTUS ….

Investigator: Works years to establish novel effect.
Reviewer: “That won’t replicate.”
Investigator: Works years to establish replicability.
Reviewer: “That’s not novel.”
( #ScienceIsHard )

A graph showing incidents of elective wild wheel-running by species (mice is the vast majority, then slugs, rat, shrew, frog, snail" and photos of a mouse, a frog and a slug wheel running

Breaking news (to me): "If wheel running is indeed caused by captive housing, wild mice are not expected to use a running wheel in nature. This however, to our knowledge, has never been tested. Here, we show that when running wheels are placed in nature […]

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New #neuroforecasting #megaanalysis suggests that effective messages recruit #reward and #mentalizing circuits -- in individuals and at scale!
Though there's much yet to learn, this collaboration (headed by Christin Scholz and Hang-Yee Chan, and guided by Emily Falk) offers encouraging support […]

@ai6yr "Pray for rain" is not a viable strategy in the 21st Century 😞

@nicholasgrossman.bsky.social
#TrumpShutdown

@jonburkeUK You can’t afford a coal mine. You can’t afford a gas turbine. You can’t afford an oil rig. Only fossil fuel states and billionaires can. But you can afford a solar power station on your roof. Now, ask yourself why you encounter so much anti-renewable energy propaganda.

Someone put this "blue plaque" on a London Tesla showroom to mark his becoming the world's first trillionaire. “World’s first trillionaire Elon Musk. Could have solved world hunger but funded fascists instead. Bellend.” […]

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One trilion dollars is a lot of money.
To put it in context, it's about 2,857.00 per American (with ~350 million Americans).

@ai6yr
Not fretting enough, apparently…

@w7voa
#why

@Holberg
#RealChristians

@stevevladeck.bsky.social
#why

How well can large language models predict the future? We’ve just released an updated version of ForecastBench, our LLM forecasting benchmark. Here’s what the new results reveal about the accuracy of state-of-the-art models.

"Superforecasters still outperform leading LLMs, but the gap is modest..."
(HT Phil Tetlock):

https://forecastingresearch.substack.com/p/ai-llm-forecasting-model-forecastbench-benchmark

@davidho
Also : Notice the significant divot in 2020 …

We are all Turing testers now…

@juliusgoat.bsky.social
#antisignal

@xankarn
Turms out those 7 million plus (and likely more) were pretty unhappy with the current state of affairs…

@xankarn
#crybaby #soreloser

After a tremendous community effort, Santa Clara County voters have passed Measure A to protect our local public health and hospital systems from Trump & MAGA Congress's efforts to destroy it. So proud of my county and my state! #MutualAid #Elections #democracy #PublicHealth #CaliforniaStrong […]

Dirty Dancing Movie Dirty Dancing GIF - Dirty dancing Movie dirty dancing Dirty dancing movie - Discover & Share GIFs Click to view the GIF

We dancin' ( #California )

https://tenor.com/view/dirty-dancing-movie-dirty-dancing-dirty-dancing-movie-patrick-swayze-johnny-castle-gif-12967308355940186581

Relieved to note that some of my fellow Americans are still able to learn from experience … ( #ETTTTS )

@youranoncentral.bsky.social
#crybaby

The most important lesson for Democrats from Mamdani's victory is this: abandon the decades-old practice of triangulating to win the center. Instead, grow the base with a positive, joyful vision for what government can do when it gives up on being shackled to a Republican base.

Whoever at the IRS managed to get the code for Direct File posted to Github before it was inevitably smothered in its crib, I salute you.

https://github.com/IRS-Public/direct-file

@w7voa
Cue sore losers claiming it was rigged — we’re onto your schtick.

@heidilifeldman
They pay the same taxes and should receive the same benefits ( #illegal ).