Errant

Nathan Goldwag@goldwagnathan.bsky.social

Look, I'm an evolutionary physiologist, ok? I believe in biology, not this sentimental feminist claptrap. Women are biologically optimized to be nurturers. They run households, they don't fight lions. That's why they're the only ones we can trust to govern our complex, industrialized civilization.

Jesse Felder@jessefelder.com

‘The truth, which Anthropic didn’t want to emphasize in the S-1, is that Q2, right at the height of tokenmaxxing was fantastic, but Q3, post tokenmaxxing and after the rise of low cost alterntive models, represented a slowing of their growth.’ garymarcus.substack.com/p/what-anthr...

Dan Mauler 🎃@meelar.bsky.social

I just think Matt's wrong about this. We're at a point in our technological development where a ton of problems spill over national borders--if Flavio Bolsonaro burns down the Amazon, that will flood houses in Miami.

Ann Leckie@annleckie.com

There was no "gifted and talented" in my grade school, I had SERIOUS problems but "I'm bored" was only the very smallest crumb of the problems I had. Being marked out as Gifted would not have helped me. At all.

Ann Leckie@annleckie.com

"But what do we do with the gifted kids, they'll just sit in class and twiddle their thumbs?" I don't know, I guess it's impossible for them to help their classmates, or work on a project in class that uses their curiosity and also teaches their classmates something. <shrug> Guess we can't!

Kate Starbird@katestarbird.bsky.social

This drives me CRAZY. I grew up playing sports w/ boys. I played on a U12 boys select soccer team, b4 switching to a U12 girls team that kept beating us. Nobody had any issue with any of it. Youth sports have never had the strict sex/gender boundaries that “XX-XY” activists are now trying to defend.

Samantha Brennan@samanthabrennan.bsky.social

A new survey of 1,000 American adults found that the strongest supporters of transgender sports bans are not the people who admire women most: they are the people who hold the most hostile views about women. www.helenwebberley.com/news/transge...

helenwebberley.comAre transgender sports bans really about protecting women? | Dr Helen WebberleyThe data says no. Those most hostile to women are most in favour of banning trans athletes.

Faytuks Network@faytuksnetwork.bsky.social

Flávio Bolsonaro refuses to concede after losing Brazil's presidential runoff to Lula. "It is impossible to acknowledge the election results. We will ask for the elections to be annulled."

Mark Histed@markhisted.org

Wait wait! In addition to all this: Real Clear isn’t some spontaneous thing, it’s a rightwing site funded by the same far-right billionaires - Koch, Uihlein, Bradley, etc - that want to tear down the govt, incl to destroy US cancer research. Real Clear is part of the Project 2025 effort.

BeshearStan@beshearstan.bsky.social

Kansas Dem Sen. nominee Adam Hamilton on trans rights: “I don’t think we should take a small group of people and bully them, pick on them, and hurt them. I understand one thing really clearly when it comes to transgender people, and that is Jesus told me I was to love my neighbor as I love myself”

brent 🌹🗽@therealbrent.bsky.social

my god

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

BASH: What's the crime? AG TODD BLANCHE: What's the crime? Well it depends. There *could* be a crime. But the real wrong here is that Alaskans are gonna be confused. BASH: The Alaskan Supreme Court ruled 4 months ago on this matter

Jay in Kyiv@jayinkyiv.bsky.social

Once again, the White House, Musk and the Kremlin all in lock-step that Ukraine must be destroyed.

The Washington Sun@washingtonsun.com

New: White House attorneys are evaluating whether to issue mass pardons to junior staffers. https://www.washingtonsun.com/whitehouse/white-house-weighing-mass-pardons-for-junior-staff

washingtonsun.comWhite House Is Weighing Mass Pardons for Junior StaffConservative groups influential with the Trump administration have pressed for the preemptive acts of clemency.

Carl Quintanilla@carlquintanilla.bsky.social

* TRUMP ADMINISTRATION SUES TO BLOCK ALASKA SENATE RACE CERTIFICATION IF REPUBLICAN LOSES, CITING CANDIDATE NAME CONFUSION -- AP REPORTER ON X @reuters.com #AKsen

Euronews@euronews.com

The UAE’s Ministry of Climate Change said teams were deployed to contain a spill affecting Umm Al Quwain’s beaches, days after a tanker was struck by a projectile off the UAE coast, causing a fire.

l.euronews.comOil spill hits UAE beaches as tanker attacks multiply near HormuzThe UAE’s Ministry of Climate Change said teams were deployed to contain a spill affecting Umm Al Quwain’s beaches, days after a tanker was struck by a projectile off the UAE coast, causing a fire.

Aftermath@aftermath.site

Electronic Arts closing BioWare, laying off hundreds: aftermath.site/electronic-art...

Urban Land Rent 🇸🇴🚰@urbanlandrent.bsky.social

Haven’t thought about this until Bouie brought it up in a video yesterday but it is legit so strange how Elon/ and so much other PAC money is going all in on trans issues in ads when 1. It’s not that salient for voters and 2. It’s not clear it’s *that* much of a loser for democrats?

Alejandro Montenegro@aemonten.bsky.social

QIAGEN has announced an agreement to be acquired by EQT Private Equity through an all-cash public takeover offer at €46.50 per share. lnkd.in/p/dgtptXTb

lnkd.inQIAGEN has announced an agreement to be acquired by EQT Private Equity through an all-cash public takeover offer at €46.50 per share. EQT Group shares our view of QIAGEN’s long-term potential and… |...QIAGEN has announced an agreement to be acquired by EQT Private Equity through an all-cash public takeover offer at €46.50 per share. EQT Group shares our view of QIAGEN’s long-term potential and br...

The Associated Press@apnews.com

BREAKING: Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine denounces fellow Republican Vivek Ramaswamy's campaign ad featuring the estranged mother of his Democratic opponent.

bit.lyRepublican Gov. Mike DeWine denounces Ramaswamy ad featuring Democrat Amy Acton's estranged motherRepublican Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine has denounced a controversial ad featuring the estranged mother of Dr.

NBC News@nbcnews.com

A Florida man was found dead in his home during a welfare check in July 2022. Weeks later, one of the officers who discovered his body moved into the home and spent years impersonating him, according to investigators.

nbcnews.toOfficer who found man dead in Florida home allegedly moved in, renovated and assumed his identity for yearsBrian Louis Sguros, 35, had responded to the Lauderhill home in July 2022 for a welfare check.

Denny Carter@dennycarter.bsky.social

I would like to once again remind folks I am not vampire billionaire Bryan Johnson

Jennifer Ouellette@jenlucpiquant.bsky.social

United Airlines CEO is calling for a wealth tax and near-100% inheritance taxes qz.com/united-airli...

qz.comUnited Airlines CEO Scott Kirby calls for national wealth taxScott Kirby said wealth inequality endangers society, drawing criticism from Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry and calls for a boycott

WarTranslated (Dmitri)@wartranslated.bsky.social

It is reported that Witkoff met with Putin in St. Petersburg.

ElectionCord@electioncord.com

Statement from ElectionCord on Wedgewood Polling.

Agatha Chocolats@agathachocolats.bsky.social

In six words or fewer, write a story about this photo. #sixwordstory #WritingCommunity #Halloween #cats

Mallory McMorrow@mallorymcmorrow.bsky.social

As one of the candidates featured in these polls - the infamous one in late June that showed me plummeting into single digits (which was at odds with our internals) - here's the impact of this "experiment"

William B. Fuckley@opinionhaver.bsky.social

your strategy of actually solving the issue pales in comparison to my strategy of having meetings about it. fuck you!

The Rooster@rooster.info

Wrote last week on The Rooster about Conman cutting an ad with Amy Acton's estranged mother as his "October surprise." Well, here it is. Polling on it just went out.

Matt Novak@paleofuture.bsky.social

"I was just asked to leave this event, and I did nothing wrong. I was told that Ken Paxton's campaign manager didn't want me here. I drove two hours to get here. And I have done nothing but support everyone on the Republican side. And this is how I get treated?" www.tiktok.com/@iamthelmalo...

The Bulwark@thebulwark.com

Rubio: "I saw somebody associated with the Ukrainian government say that people in Ukraine are dying because the U.S. is denying them information. That's scandalous. That's outrageous. That's just simply not true."

FinTwitter@fintwitter.bsky.social

US TREASURY SECRETARY BESSENT: THERE'S VERY LITTLE A DEMOCRATIC CONGRESS COULD DO TO STOP AGENDA - REPORTS

JW Mason@jwmason.bsky.social

The big question, it seems to me, is not whether we’ll see a major tech company fail in the near future. It is what happens afterward. giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...

Chronicle of Higher Education@chronicle.com

Opinion: If AI is now part of academic writing, what should institutions actually evaluate? This essay argues that analytical writing should be judged by evidence, structure, argument, and accountability not by guesses about how each sentence was produced. https://chroni.cl/4eDRdjg

chroni.clOpinion | Who Cares Whether Academics Use AI to Write?We should judge analytical writing by its quality, not its source.

Roger Parloff@rparloff.bsky.social

SW: i'm going to instruct attys not to answe. J: i'm ordering you all to come to the podium and sign it. i'm giving them a direct order. if they want to disobey ... you've made filing ... officer of court ... you signed it. i'm entitled to know what other DOJ attys willing to sign it. /7