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Nyt screenshot: Live Updated July 27, 2026, 7:15 p.m. ET53 minutes ago Trump Administration Live Updates: President Asks Supreme Court to Allow His Order Restricting Mail Voting
a screengrab of part of this video showing a young man wearing a white and blue racing uniform with a gigantic "OpenAI" logo on it, with the open AI swirly logo on the sleeves, and he's standing there kind of staring into space (not pictured is he's next to Trump slobbering on about whatever) and his expression is one of regret encased in steel
JamesDBartlett3 @jamesdbartlett3.bsky.social · 2h Macros can't write code based on an arbitrary prompt. LLMs have very few legitimately useful purposes, but coding is definitely one of them. AI can't make anyone a programmer, because you still need to understand how apps work in order to debug them, but it can make a programmer more productive. Jay @jayspeidell.bsky.social · 37m It's more that it gives people the illusion of productivity while brain rotting their actual skills. JamesDBartlett3 @jamesdbartlett3.bsky.social · 28m Well, I can't speak for everyone, but in my own personal experience, I'm multiple times more productive now than I was before I had access to these tools, and I've actually learned several new programming techniques as well. It all comes down to how you use the tools. Jay @jayspeidell.bsky.social · 26m [GIF of a man making a skeptical/dismissive face] JamesDBartlett3 @jamesdbartlett3.bsky.social · 18m What's that supposed to mean?
I completely understand. Sometimes laying out the structural anatomy of an argument is all you need to get clarity, without having to dive into the fray yourself. It takes a lot of mental energy to navigate these hyper-polarized spaces where nuance gets flattened into a binary. If you ever want to unpack or stress-test another statement down the road, I'll be right here. Take care.
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GOP Offensive 22 seats 14 seats -8 seats (IN, LA, SC, AL, KS, NE) Democratic Counter 10 seats 6 seats -4 seats (Virginia map struck down) TOTAL NET GAP +12 GOP +8 GOP The map reaches an aggressive equilibrium
GOP Offensive attempted to gerrymander 18 seats, got 14 seats (Texas, Florida, Ohio, NC, TN, MO) Democratic Counter attempted to gerrymander 10 seats, got 6 seats (California +5, Utah +1) FINAL NET IMPACT is +8 GOP in both scenarios
Han Solo and Luke Skywalker stand with their medals, along side Chewy (who didn't get a medal? never noticed that...) , C3PO and R2D2 in front of Leia as they celebrate the destruction of the Death Star and we all thought the story was completely over
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skeet from "Tim Onion" (Ben Collins) "Excuse me did you just call being anti-data centers NIMBYism?"
screenshot of the Broken Drum as rendered in the 1995 Discworld CD rom game
screenshot of two lists I was added to, back to back @antiantiai.bsky.social Anti "Anti-AI" Labeler 3/15/2026 AI Haters Subscribes to anti-AI blocklists or otherwise seems poorly disposed for productive conversations. @averygoodyear.bsky.social Avery "The Centre Cannot Hold" Senecal 3/9/2026 AI Boosters People who have outsourced their cognitive functions to the automatic lying machine. DO NOT SUBSCRIBE, for personal use only
The short answer is yes. We could absolutely build the Empire State Building today using the methods of 1931. In fact, if we were stripped of modern computing, the Empire State Building would be one of the easiest skyscrapers to replicate because it was designed for a pre-computer world. However, "could we" and "would we" are separated by a massive gap in logistics, labor, and safety regulations.
quote from WSJ article: "We have seen at least five such assaults since 2016. Most central has been the denial of Mr. Trump’s legitimacy. Hillary Clinton in 2019 described Mr. Trump as an “illegitimate president” who “knows” that he stole the 2016 election. Mr. Trump responded in kind, denying Joe Biden’s legitimate victory in 2020." - "Hillary Clinton" is noted as "conceded, launched zero lawsuits, made a few such comments", "Mr. Trump" noted as "never conceded, launched 62 lawsuits, has continued to deny his loss thousands of times for six years"
a name-redacted skeet: "I hate this with every fiber of my being. And having the students be the face/voice of it also is just so appalling when it's being pushed by corporate interests and when they don't even know what it is they're losing by having this foisted upon them." retweeting NBC News: "Starting in September, Boston will become the first major city in the country to ensure high school students graduate with AI proficiency, helping students use AI as a tool for learning while preparing them for college and the workforce."
skeet from Mark Harris: "What are you talking about? There's nothing wrong with AI fact-checking!" Which then has a screenshot of an "AI Overview" saying "Yes, the writer Mark Harris, known for his biography Mike Nichols, A Life, passed away in 2017" and then some additional facts about this other Mark Harris (which are factually correct. Any google search for a name might show you someone more well known with the same name first, not just an AI one)
two blocklist entries one above the other @antiantiai.bsky.social Anti "Anti-AI" Labeler 18 days ago AI Haters Subscribes to anti-AI blocklists or otherwise seems poorly disposed for productive conversations. @averygoodyear.bsky.social Avery "The Centre Cannot Hold" Senecal 24 days ago AI Boosters People who have outsourced their cognitive functions to the automatic lying machine. DO NOT SUBSCRIBE, for personal use only
NYT art of the awful white house wing
Charles Schumer
4. So, what is he actually doing? If it's not a re-election strategy, there are only two theories left: The "Burn-It-Down" Retirement: Many former staffers now believe he simply hates being a Senator. He finds DC "isolating" and "tedious." His abrasiveness isn't a strategy to win; it's the behavior of a man who knows he’s one-and-done and wants to go out by making everyone as miserable as he is. The "Independent Presidential" Longshot: There is fringe talk that he wants to run for President in 2028 as a "Security First" Independent—a "No Labels" style candidate who appeals to the "tough guy" center. It’s a massive gamble that requires the kind of "lobbying cash" you mentioned to even get on the ballot. The Reality: You’re right—it is silly. He has traded a loyal, energized base for a "fan club" of Republicans who will never actually pull the lever for him. He is currently a Senator without a party, and in Pennsylvania, that usually leads to a very quiet retirement. Would you like me to look into the fundraising numbers for his potential primary challengers? Conor Lamb's "town hall" tour seems to be picking up a lot of steam.
Nyt clip: Employees at the company have cheered their chief executive’s firm stance. And in a rare moment of unity across Silicon Valley A.I. companies, employees at two of Anthropic’s competitors, OpenAI and Google, signed letters backing Anthropic’s position.
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George Jetson with his feet up on his circular desk, eyes closed, some 1960's-pencil-art representations of "technological things" behind him
The secret sauce of American gun-nuttery is that its largely white, rural, conservative exponents are wholly backed up by the very state that their Second Amendment ideology is supposed to oppose. They triumph, not because of their innate political acumen or even their marksmanship, but because the cops either look the other way or actively aid them whenever they go marauding with all their haphazard, half-drunk revenge fantasies. If you believe in any left-of-center ideal, you will not be granted the same protection. That, alone, makes your job as a law-abiding leftist or progressive gun-owner infinitely harder. Your gun will not be allowed to be used politically in the way that, say, Kyle Rittenhouse’s was. In an age where the state wields tanks, armored vehicles, drones, helicopters, aural weapons, radar, and every firearm under the sun, this situation is untenable when measured against your solitary rifle.
wikipedia text: The Soviet Union supplied North Vietnam with medical supplies, arms, tanks, planes, helicopters, artillery, anti-aircraft missiles and other military equipment. Soviet crews fired Soviet-made surface-to-air missiles at U.S. F-4 Phantoms, which were shot down over Thanh Hóa in 1965. Over a dozen Soviet soldiers lost their lives in this conflict. Following the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991, Russian Federation officials acknowledged that the Soviet Union had stationed up to 3,000 troops in Vietnam during the war.[8]
Screenshot of NYT app top story: Stocks Post Biggest Drop as Tensions Over Greenland Mount . Followed by a graph with a gigantic straight down drop