Nicholas Campiz

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Cartographer. Florida Man. Formerly in Kyiv.

Tallahassee/Jax. 🐊

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Oh my god

Jesus H. Christ. Predictable yet somehow shocks you still

This whole excerpt tells you multitudes about our current political moment.

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This summer I will be supporting the Mongolian Olympic team because this is their uniform and it is a thousand times better than anything Nike has ever made.

There's a certain dictator who justifies his invasion of a neighbor by specifically calling his actions de-Nazification, when it's really just him calling anything that opposes him Nazi. Funny enough it's the dictator Vance has taken the side of many times before. No question where he learned this

A fun fact about JD Vance is that he's openly backed purging anyone who disagrees with him from the government, comparing it to "de-Nazification," and illegally defying court orders to do so.

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There was a dude in 1812 named Jared.

OK, I've done the math (aided by existing online tables), and the Trump-Vance ticket will have the largest age gap in US major-party history

It's all gone Pete Tong

Okay, that was a nice one

I might be in a bubble, but my impression being out right now to a variety of places is that the average person not terminally online ... doesn't care are all that much? It's definitely not the topic of conversation. Feel like that was the same the last couple of weeks after the debate.

Mattress Firm is a massive money laundering front that occasionally accidentally sells beds.

I know people are saying not to spread conspiracy theories right now, but I would like to read them.

Management using tech as a more "objective" decision maker as cover for egregious choices is a tale as old as time AI being such a black box is especially perfect for them to plead ignorance on how it works, "it just does", but now it just may just speedrun us to the facade finally falling apart

it's important for outlets to explain that when we talk about AI "posing a threat to humanity," we're talking about the rushed implementation of half-cooked automation killing your grandma with an auto-rejection of her medicare claims, not sentient industrialized planet-scouring murderbots (for now)

UnitedHealth uses AI model with 90% error rate to deny care, lawsuit allegesarstechnica.com For the largest health insurer in the US, AI's error rate is like a feature, not a bug.

I try not to post too much about daily games, but the OEC now has 3 good different games based on exports, so if you have an interest in econ and geography, check them out My first and probably last 100% Pick5 #67 - Olive Oil 🫒 🥇 100.00% 🟢 🟢 🟢 🟢 🟢 5/5 Play #oecGames today oec.world/en/games/pic...

Pick 5 | Have fun with OEC Data | The Observatory of Economic Complexityoec.world Guess the top 5 exports given a product in this new daily challenge | In OEC we work hard and also party hard.

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Pancho kindly requests you all to have a good weekend.

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This confirms my priors—there's no clear answer, and I don't know shit.

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After mixing up "predecessor" and "successor," Stipe has been asked to take a cognitive test

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It annoys me, apart from anything else, that colonising Mars gets treated as some grand, majestic vision. It's so *boring*. You might as well spend a couple of years in orbit and then colonise Antarctica. We've *done* rocky planets. Show some bloody imagination!

very chill stuff, very chill stuff indeed www.nytimes.com/2024/07/11/t...

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can i just say kudos to Reuter's photography team for this piece, which is not only really wonderfully shot but by not including faces makes even more of a statement www.reuters.com/investigates...

Why LGBTQ couples in Japan opt for 'photo weddings'www.reuters.com Unable to get married legally in Japan, LGBTQ couples are celebrating their special bond by donning traditional kimonos and fashionable formal wear for elaborate

An offensive backing up of l'Asse

Un renfort offensif pour l’ASSE

Un renfort offensif pour l’ASSEwww.sports.fr L’AS Saint-Etienne a annoncé ce jeudi l’arrivée de l’ailier géorgien Zuriko Davitashvili en provenance de Bordeaux.

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Drep meg, Herre Konge, men ikkje med amerikansk politikk-synseres West Wing-fetisj

My GP left the state so I'm on that long, demoralizing search for a new one Surprisingly, the popular GP I had a decade ago when I last lived in Tallahassee is finally taking new patients again Quick google search pops up with a video of a tribute song to DeSantis he helped write Time for a drink

ACAB except for tax cops. Also props to the IRA and those that passed it for funding this.

IRS collects milestone $1 billion in back taxes from high-wealth taxpayers

IRS collects milestone $1 billion in back taxes from high-wealth taxpayersapnews.com The IRS has collected $1 billion in back taxes from high-wealth tax cheats — a milestone meant to showcase how the agency is making use of the money it received as part of the Biden administration’s signature climate, health care and tax package signed into law in 2022.

Surprised by some of the reactions to the backlash against overtourism in Barcelona. Tourism counterintuitively mirrors many of the dynamics of extractive export economies and can surely be viewed as one. If improperly managed many of the same economic and social pitfalls of overmining can spring up

It's upsetting that American announcers do not describe tackles as cynical

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If this is carrots it might be the thing that finally breaks me

This one day will be one of those museum interactives that the kids are disappointed didn't do more.

Very funny that the Times was so certain about the panic they were causing that they set up a little live update election-season scoreboard for it

I remember seeing speculation on him and his reasons a week or two ago when he tendered his abrupt resignation. Trump appointed, young, still short of a lifetime pension, and let's just say congrats Occam, your razor is as sharp as ever.

Trump judge in alaska lasted 4 years before having to resign for sexual harassment cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/ce...

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Russia is still committing war crimes pretty much every day.

A Russian missile attack on multiple cities throughout Ukraine has reportedly killed at least 20 people. In Kyiv, at least seven people were killed and a children’s hospital was hit, according to the Ukrainian authorities. meduza.io/en/feature/2...

Russian missile attack on cities throughout Ukraine kills at least 20, hits children’s hospital — Meduzameduza.io Russian forces carried out a massive missile attack on Kyiv and a number of other cities throughout Ukraine on Monday. At least seven people were killed and 25 injured in Kyiv, according to preliminar...

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French left parties—which won about 1/3 of all districts nationwide in yesterday's vote—won the majority of districts in all large cities... except Nice, where the far right dominated. In Lyon, Nantes, Rennes, & Strasbourg, left parties won all the seats.

A map of the French results — with a dot per district: lemonde.fr/politique/ar...

Some political relief, from France this time. In the face of a snap election and a far-right surge, the broader Left quickly formed a common front and worked with Macronist liberals in the 2nd round to cordon off the far right The Left looks to be the largest block with the far right down to third

Yes!!!!!

Does anyone remember Willie Nelson's haunting take on The Scientist - commissioned by Chipotle for an ad campaign? Rare capitalism W in the arts.

Other than Hurt by Johnny Cash and any version of The Sound of Silence, what are your favorite cover versions of famous songs?

Announcer just called Turkey's unexpected run in the Euros as a "magic carpet ride" and Alexi Lalas is raging in the studio that only he's allowed the dumb takes around here