Engruntled Interloper

Engruntled Interloper

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A Muppet. A trombone. Together, they fight crime.

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To be clear, this is not a comment about the content. Just noting that a staff writer working for an AI-promoting thinktank is abruptly interested in an old, obscure health policy that may be relevant to a bunch of brand new move-fast-and-break-things nuclear startups.

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I know this means killing the inner political Manichaean in all of our heads, but if you’ve ever said “why did the relatively sane republicans not simply kill Trump’s rise early on, before the party was completely lashed to him,” well…

Just want to congratulate Perry County (TN) Sheriff Nicky Weems on choosing to make his county pay $835,000 + lawyer costs for his 1st Amendment education. Perry County is home to about 9,126 people, so that's about $91.50 each. I wonder if they consider it well-spent.

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Look, folks, there is NO EVIDENCE that Jeffrey Epstein is Barron Trump’s biological father. ALL OF THESE RUMORS that Epstein is the secret father of Barron Trump need to stop right now. It’s just salacious gossip. Be better than that. Be best.

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Whip the Dem caucus, and whip it good. Given the small GOP margin, this may be passable if every Democrat votes for it.

Congresswoman Robin Kelly@robinkelly.house.gov

I am impeaching Secretary Kristi Noem, who is an incompetent leader and a disgrace to our democracy. She wreaked havoc in the Chicagoland area and has brought her reign of terror to Minneapolis. One of her rogue ICE agents shot and killed an innocent woman today. It must come to an end.

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Replying to @masnick.com

But also, I would ask that people try to have at least a little bit of grace in not immediately jumping to conclusions that someone explaining something is endorsing everything bad. Life is short. No one needs that shit. Off to do some work.

Interacting with an LLM is like talking to characters from a cheap TV drama. It enables you to ask the TV doctor for a diagnosis or the TV hacker how to break in to the Fed, and it will give you an answer that looks plausible to a layperson who is half-paying attention.

I'm late to the "Liquid Glass" party, and now wish I'd stayed away longer. This is crap. I'd be fine if I just found it ugly, but this is bad as in incompetent. Pointless, distracting motion that has no meaning, rendering text-over-text is common, legibility is way down.

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What the fuck do you mean I got a longer prison sentence than Diddy

Phil Lewis@phillewis.bsky.social

NEW YORK (AP) — Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs sentenced to 4 years and 2 months in prison in case involving sex workers, violence and ‘freak-offs’.

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After NATO’s “concern” over russian drones breaching Poland’s airspace — with some not even shot down — I’m convinced: NATO should be applying to join Ukraine, not the other way around.

I've been trying to verbalize my reaction to the "Abundance" thing for a while, and it has been difficult to nail down. The thing that I find most off-putting is the self-conscious attempt at crafting a permission structure like they're trying to focus-group a more appealing Dorito.

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The other thing is that a lot of it reads like it was lifted from Republican economics-focused speeches ca. 1995. I assume this is an artifact of the permission structure being asked for here, but I can't help but wonder if it is also a reflection of the age of the people buying it in to being.

I've been trying to verbalize my reaction to the "Abundance" thing for a while, and it has been difficult to nail down. The thing that I find most off-putting is the self-conscious attempt at crafting a permission structure like they're trying to focus-group a more appealing Dorito.

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At the ICE raid and subsequent community resistance in Paramount, California this morning, this skater kid ate dozens of munitions from Border Patrol agents, walked away slowly and flipped them off.

I really can't tell if @lynch.house.gov is more arrogant than he is clueless, or the other way around. I feel pretty confident that he is going learn a civics lesson about who decides what after demonstrating clear unsuitability for public office. www.the-downballot.com/p/morning-di...

the-downballot.comMorning Digest: 13-term Democrat could face primary after outburst at constituentsOr, why Democrats should heed progressive ire over their response to Trump

Apple's customer service is brittle and shitty these days. They're a vending machine with a smug affect, which is a really unappealing thing to deal with. I'd rather talk to a check cashing place; at least the smarm is honestly earned there. Last time I go to one.

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Folks, we're really down to the wire on this and are currently pretty far short of the funding threshold to make our game a reality. We're still hoping that we get a last minute rush, so if you'd like to support the work we do... check out our game. www.techdirt.com/2024/12/18/d...

techdirt.comDown To The Wire: Last Two Days To Back One Billion UsersTomorrow is the last day of our Kickstarter campaign for One Billion Users. We’re still beneath the funding threshold, so unless there’s a big closing rush, this campaign won’t reach our goal…

Feature Request: The block/mute lists should show the date the block happened, and accept a note, so we can remember a bit of context. I know there are people I block/will block that I may change my mind on later. Being somewhat new, I'm not sure how best to propose this to the Sky Wizards.

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