Dean Madden

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Former science type person now just getting by. He/him

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Make a band milder: Aluminium Maiden

Make a band milder: Vaguely Amused Division

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Remember these words by Joan Didion over the next few weeks.

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Sam Altman: Yeah, we're pretty sure Iran used our product to generate anti-American propaganda but in our defense it was such trash that no one engaged with it www.npr.org/2024/08/17/n...

OpenAI says Iranian group using ChatGPT tried to sow division ahead of U.S. electionwww.npr.org OpenAI said it banned several ChatGPT accounts that generated fake online articles and comments, adding that the content gained little to no reach.

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YOU CAN'T ADD BREAK DANCING TO THE OLYMPICS WITHOUT ALSO ADDING AN EVENT FOR SLEAZY DEVELOPERS WHO WANT TO TEAR DOWN COMMUNITY RECREATION CENTERS.

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With alt-text cause it is darn good. 🔥🔥🔥 Everything in here is extremely on point. Everything.

elon musk's daughter is amazing

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it will never stop being funny that we invented a kind of computer that's bad at math, the entire thing computers exist to do

Oh! Well then

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You are failing at Journalism. Again.

Donald Trump said late Friday that he agreed to debate Vice President Kamala Harris on Sept. 4 in an event moderated by Fox News. According to his post on Truth Social, the debate is to take place in Pennsylvania, one of the most consequential battleground states.

Trump Agrees to a Fox News Debate With Harris on Sept. 4www.nytimes.com According to Mr. Trump’s post on social media, the debate will take place in Pennsylvania, a crucial battleground state.

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I saw this posted on twitter but I don't think that user is on BlueSky and I wanted to share it here... This interview with Ethan Hawke perfectly describes the importance of art.

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so which one of batman's parents was it that fucked the bat?

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the raw poetry of news people trying not to call a racist candidate “racist”, we’ve got racial components, racial elements, problems, overtones, overtures, accordions, chandeliers

According to AP, Trump claims he will 'probably debate Harris but 'can also make a case for not'. Perhaps news detective should sit back on this one apnews.com/article/trum...

No, that's not true according to Lead Stories: Trump said the opposite, that he wants to debate Harris. Harris is the presumptive 2024 Democratic nominee for president. leadstories.com/hoax-alert/2...

Fact Check: Trump Did NOT Announce He Won't Debate Kamala Harris As Of July 23, 2024 | Lead Storiesleadstories.com Did former President Donald Trump state that he won't debate Vice President Kamala Harris in a presidential candidate debate? No,...

Donald Trump says he 'probably' will debate Kamala Harris but 'can also make a case for not'apnews.com Donald Trump has backed away somewhat from his earlier commitment to debate Vice President Kamala Harris, questioning the value of a meetup and saying he “probably” will debate but he “can also make a...

Trump backing out if the debate with Harris, he really is scared

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Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg

The Nile will swarm with frogs; they will ascend, they will come into your house, into your bedroom, upon your couch (Ex 7:28) I am weary with groaning; every night I drench my bed, I melt my couch in tears. (Psalms 6:7)

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WBD's stock price has tanked ~78% since David Zaslav was announced as CEO— $32.68 on 05/19/21 to $7.32, today— to say nothing of the brand loyalty, goodwill, & creative talent he's destroyed. It is amazing & genuinely horrifying that anyone could fail this badly, & remain in a position of authority

David Zaslav has failed at literally everything he was hired to do and he should have every cent he's earned garnished and used to compensate all the people he fucked over in his pursuit of this unmitigated disaster of a result. variety.com/2024/tv/news...

Warner Bros. Discovery Stock Price Plummets After Q4 Earnings Reportvariety.com Warner Bros. Discovery shares fell sharply in the first minutes of trading Friday following the company's Q4 earnings report.

Clearly. It has ears. Pretty sure that makes it, like, a mammal or something

Getting kicked out of the farmers market for getting into fights with people about whether corn is a vegetable (it's not and you won't convince me otherwise)

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Well this is grim

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I made a Meme

For real, the only way I can parse this is via something like

As a non-American, I'm having real trouble getting past the phrase "school police chief" edition.cnn.com/2024/06/27/u...

Former Uvalde school police chief, officer indicted in 1st-ever criminal charges over failed response to 2022 mass shooting | CNNedition.cnn.com A grand jury has indicted two former Uvalde school police officers in the botched law enforcement response to the 2022 mass shooting at Robb Elementary school that left 19 children and two teachers de...

As a non-American, I'm having real trouble getting past the phrase "school police chief" edition.cnn.com/2024/06/27/u...

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LARRY DAVID [leaning, smiling]: You, uh...you kinda cheated. BILBO BAGGINS: What? LARRY: The riddle game..."What have I got in my pocket?"...It's not really a riddle. BILBO: Uh-huh. Gollum agreeing to answer doesn't mean anything to you? LARRY: He's not all there. Mentally, he's not all there.

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Reminder that Aaron Swartz was facing 35 years in prison and financial devastation for trying to programmatically download and open the contents of JSTOR, which led to him taking his own life. But OpenAI is going to scrape all of academia and make billions by plagiarizing it.

New version of chatbot reaches level of function where it responds to all queries by making a little twisty-wrist gesture with pinched fingers and saying “But isn’t it more *complicated* than that?”

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i've always loved the Terry Pratchett Boots Theory of socioeconomics but it's really striking now how it's slowly becoming inaccurate bc so many companies straight up do not make good products anymore. not even rich people can buy things that aren't designed to break in 3 years bc they don't exist

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Lol check the date. “Party That Was Unable to Build Commuter Car Park Unveils Plans to Build 7 Nuclear Reactors” (20 Sep 2023) theshovel.com.au/2023/09/20/p...

Party That Was Unable to Build Commuter Car Park Unveils Plans to Build 7 Nuclear Reactors — The Shoveltheshovel.com.au "When it comes to implementing six dozen high-tech enriched uranium reactors and then safely storing the waste, we’re the guys for the job"

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It's pretty incredible to think they somehow spent fifty BILLION dollars on this as of a year or two ago and not only can I not fathom where that money went, but we barely even talk about it because it's overshadowed by even stupider wastes entirely by guys named Sam.

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This story is horrifying on multiple levels. (1) It very likely cost lives in Philippines and around the world, including here in the US due to diminished trust in vaccines. (2) When democratic govs employ this kind of info operation, they undermine the values and trust that sustain democracies.

Pentagon ran secret anti-vax campaign to undermine China during pandemic www.reuters.com/investigates...

Pentagon ran secret anti-vax campaign to incite fear of China vaccineswww.reuters.com The covert effort began under Trump and continued into Biden’s presidency, Reuters found. Health experts say it endangered lives for possible geopolitical gain.

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The purpose of stickers is to Never Use Them so that when you die your friends can put them on your coffin

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It's the actual lede of the article, too apnews.com/article/trum...