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New prize launches for books co-written with AI
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That would almost be appropriate, except they're not even participating. They're just prompting LLMs to do the participating for them.
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New prize launches for books co-written with AI
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That would almost be appropriate, except they're not even participating. They're just prompting LLMs to do the participating for them.
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Top Democratic Leader in Redistricting Fight Arrested
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Yeah, but to be fair, the idea of arresting people on marijuana charges in 2026 is absurd.
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Top Democratic Leader in Redistricting Fight Arrested
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Not nearly as absurd as the illegality in the first place.
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Top Democratic Leader in Redistricting Fight Arrested
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True.
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Amsterdam, Netherlands 🇳🇱
When I visited Amsterdam, it blew me away how bicycle-friendly it is. There are some cars on the road, but not many, and the laws heavily favor bicycling over driving.
In the U.S., bicyclists have to be very wary of cars and make room for them. It's basically the opposite in Amsterdam.
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Anthropic unveils Claude Duet AI agent app
Oh boy! Another app that might randomly delete important files or send fake tips to police departments because it's driven by a statistical token generator! I can't wait to never install it! Yippee!
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Political Candidates Spending An Obscene Amount of Money on AI-Generated Election Slop: "I think what we're seeing with AI has surprised even us."
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If we ever manage to get the country back, we need to immediately ban AI-created political advertisements, and put teeth into the law.
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Microsoft CEO warns that we must 'do something useful' with AI or they'll lose 'social permission' to burn electricity on it
"Cognitive amplifier?" Bullshit. It demonstrably makes people who use it stupider and more prone to believing falsehoods.
I'm watching people in my industry (software development) who've bought into this crap forget how to code in real-time while they're producing the shittiest garbage I've laid eyes on as a developer. And students who are using it in school aren't learning, because ChatGPT is doing all their work - badly - for them. The smart ones are avoiding it like the blight on humanity that it is.
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Ohio GOP Senator Says 'Civil War' Needed If Trump Loses.
Suggesting that a war should be waged against the democratically-elected government of the United States seems... Well, it seems kinda treason-y to me. Just a smidge.
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Donald Trump says he'll revoke Joe Biden's protections for trans people 'on day one'
My son is trans. Please vote for Joe Biden so he can have the protections he needs and I don't have to stay up at night worrying about him.
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German Thru-Hiker Detained, Deported, and Banned From US - The Trek
The message is clear: Do not come to the United States as a tourist. Do not spend your money in the United States. Do not support businesses that operate from the United States. Our borders are closed, our economy crumbling, our government falling to fascism, and our culture dominated by a relatively small minority of aggressively ignorant morons.
Don't come. We've gotten unfathomably stupid over here, and it's no longer safe.
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EU elections 2024 live: Emmanuel Macron dissolves French parliament and calls snap elections after huge far-right gains
Hey, uhh, Europe? Can we talk?
Look, I know the way the left has been handling immigration has you upset, but could you please take a closer look at the absolute freaks you're electing today?
I mean, just take a good look at the United States, circa 2017 through 2020. Did we look like electing an absolute freak worked out for us? Did it fix our own immigration problems? Did it make electing your own Donald Trumps look like a good idea?
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Donald Trump's approval rating collapses with Gen Z
The fact that he ever had an approval rating with Gen Z is mind-boggling.
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Nebraska teen sent to 90 days in jail over abortion
Revolting that this is now a "crime."
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Hundreds dead in Israel and Gaza, thousands injured after Hamas launches rockets, Israel declares war
This is awful, and there are no good sides to it. Hamas are terrorists, and the Israeli government's actions have made this kind of thing inevitable.
A lot of innocent people on both sides will die, nothing will get resolved, and both sides will continue to do horrible things to each other.
This sucks.
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Court agrees to block collection of Trump's $454 million civil fraud judgment if he puts up $175M
Miscarriage of justice. Hopefully the DA is ready with an immediate appeal.
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After ChatGPT disruption, Stack Overflow lays off 28 percent of staff
Great. So once Stack Overflow is dead, where will ChatGPT get actual, correct answers from?
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Donald Trump gets bad news about his tariff plan from Americans in new poll
Are we going to pretend he gives a shit? He doesn't. He got what he wanted, and he can't be elected again (barring him fucking our systems so severely that he manages to force a third term on us). He's going to wreck the justice system to avoid any consequences for his actions after his term, and he could very well kick the bucket while he's in office anyway (dude's got KFC gravy for blood).
He doesn't care. He no longer has to. He can play his country-destroying games with impunity. He has no reason to give a single fuck what the American people want.
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Left Politicians Are Showing How to Respond to the Horrors in Israel and Palestine
I will never understand why that's so difficult for some people. Calling on Israel to stop the illegal "settlements" in no way indicates support for Hamas.
To be 100% clear, the horrific murders and mutilations they've committed are inexusable and Hamas should be utterly dismantled, with every surviving member put on trial for war crimes. That can be true at the same time as it's true that Israel's illegal annexation of territory and treatment of Palestinians is wrong.
Please, can someone tell me they understand that? Am I taking crazy pills, here?
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How Musk helped keep Kamala Harris off Joe Rogan’s podcast
I am disgusted to live in a world where Joe Fucking Rogan is king-maker, and it's a legit political strategy to keep your opponent off his stupid podcast.