Jeffrey w/3 Fs

Jeffrey w/3 Fs

@jefffal.com

Artist, dog-lover, and avid reader

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I will not make predictions on EV data I will not make predictions on EV data I will not make predictions on EV data I will not make predictions on EV data I will not make predictions on EV data I will not make predictions on EV data I will not make predictions on EV data

BeshearStan@beshearstan.bsky.social

Democrats are up by 8.2% with Texas primary voters, a near 20 point swing left (!!!) from 2022

It's barely yours on loan, what you think you own

Politico@politico.com

“I’m old. I’ve paid my home off,” said Ray Warner, a 72-year-old Akron resident. “Why would I pay property tax?” Across the country, homeowners are asking the same question and revolting against property taxes at a scale not seen in a half century.

Jeffrey w/3 Fs reposted

this shit makes me so mad MAKING MUSIC HAS LITERALLY NEVER BEEN MORE ACCESSIBLE IN HUMAN HISTORY. I camped ONE cymatics stream and they gave me like seventy fucking plugins that I don't even know what to do with. If you are currently on the computer you can make music!!!!!

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They give us 3 guys dressed up like Beatles and don’t think we’ll notice the random beardo among them?

DiscussingFilm@discussingfilm.net

Sony is considering releasing all 4 ‘BEATLES’ biopics on the same day in April 2028. Another idea being considered is offering a 4-pack of tickets to encourage fans to buy tickets to all 4 films at once. (Source: www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...)

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They took Ilhan’s PASSPORT?! Um

Pat Thompson@pattho.bsky.social

DHS investigators not only took Ilhan’s cell phone, they took her computers, notebooks and her passport! These seem like important details. (You can tell who doesn’t read the full Wall Street Journal article: me.)

Oh hey, time to tell Polis to eat shit again.

Aleksandra Vaca@transiticsnews.com

Colorado & Michigan have become the latest blue states to end Medicaid coverage for trans youth. Solidly blue Colorado will also be IMMEDIATELY shutting off care for all trans kids receiving puberty blockers—despite Trump's rule allowing a 6 month ‘tapering’ period. This is a complete betrayal.

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CO Rep Brianna Titone@briannatitone.bsky.social

When people come with questions about these topics, they generally reach out to their state reps/senators. But the Polis administration didn't think it was prudent to give us a heads up on this change. If the people of Colorado want to ensure we can cover the costs, vote YES on 87 & NN and NO on 136

Jeffrey w/3 Fs reposted

Let's go, Sam Forstag! That's how you stand up for trans people on the national stage. If congressional candidates in western Montana—one of the most competitive House races in the entire country—can stand up for trans folks in every aspect of our lives, democrats everywhere should take note.

Jeffrey w/3 Fs reposted

I’m ok. Make no mistake: this is an attempt to target political enemies and weaponize federal law enforcement. For ten years, Trump has targeted me with baseless lies and smear campaigns. This is just the latest escalation in his campaign of political intimidation. I will not be silenced.

Jeffrey w/3 Fs reposted

Replying to @propublica.org

4/ Fernando Vasquez, an 18-year-old citizen, was on break from work when agents chased and handcuffed him, then put him in their truck. After realizing their mistake, the agents left the teen alone in the woods, with no way to get home. Then they threw his ID out of the truck.

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remarkable piece of journalism. really worth reading.

Mr. Dan Zak@mrdanzak.com

A Haitian man legally immigrated to Ohio, then was given an ankle monitor bc Trump withdrew his status. He threw himself in front of truck. The trucker, who voted for Trump, is haunted. “Pierre was doing what he was supposed to do. We did not do right by him.” www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...

I was raised to think this shit is the opposite of the American Idea... by people who went on to become Trump voters.

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Replying to @hurricanexyz.bsky.social

I think this is a thing folks often forget in the modern era, but the purpose of constitutions is to lay out the social contract by which government functions, it is not a word/logic puzzle box for clever lawyers to do linguistic gymnastics on to get to the right result.

I feel just a little more strongly about anthropomorphizing LLMs than I do about calling yourself your dog's parent.

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to me the vibes of AI safety feels like it's about externalising the problem of evil to an uncontrollable force to distract from the fact that evil is still mostly within us humans, including the people in the tech industry themselves

Faine Greenwood@faineg.com

I have no problem with devoting SOME funding and effort to understanding the risk of AI killing us all. But I think it's insane that in 2026, as we're watching AI cause right-now harms to right-now people, that the ethical tech space has been almost entirely taken over by these galaxy-brain fears.

Suppose I told you that white male conservatives had a lot of thought-provoking ideas. Seems wrong? That's because it is. Really makes you think.

Maris Kreizman@maris.bsky.social

LOL, the gotcha part in the second paragraph is truly hilarious. Who will think of the straight white rightwing men in the literary world? WHO? WHO?

Jeffrey w/3 Fs reposted

If a computer can’t be jailed for vehicular manslaughter, then in a legal sense, it cannot be allowed to drive, even though it physically can.

e.w. niedermeyer@niedermeyer.online

the question "can computers drive?" is vastly superior to "can computers think?" because it disarms all the dorm room bullshit and reduces the question to its pragmatic implications, while also revealing that the underlying problem is one of vocabulary rather than anything metaphysical

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Replying to @tylerfromtheinternet.com

"I don't take sides" is taking the side of the oppressor, every time, and pretending you're not. You fuckin choad. Ed Sheeran do you know how fucked up it is to make me have to hand it to fucking Macklemore

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I saw a woman with a WOKE IS OVER shirt this weekend that had Cartman on the back, and it made me remember that I don’t think it’s very cute when the South Park guys try to act like they don’t hold some responsibility for society’s regression because they “go after both sides” or whatever.

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just absolute fucking cowards everywhere you look in U.S. tech leadership

Oliver Darcy@oliverdarcy.bsky.social

“Everyone considers it fucking nuts.” Inside Apple, I'm told "not a soul" supports Donald Trump's Lake Ontario rebrand to "Lake America," but the company is also resigned to making such concessions to avoid the White House's rage. Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/apple-maps...

Look, Trump isn’t even a real billionaire. Okay, sure he is now, but that’s just because of evil and corruption. *looks at other billionaires* Wait a minute…

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I would like ask JD Vance about Pierre Damas Bel.

Tom Joscelyn@tomjoscelyn.bsky.social

“A Haitian immigrant who had grown increasingly distraught after losing his protection from deportation and being outfitted with an ankle monitor was run over and killed Monday in what his family believes was a suicide.” www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...

Jeffrey w/3 Fs reposted

The Lake Ontario name change is insanely unpopular: just 14 percent support it. By point of comparison, 14 percent of Americans also believe that the moon landing was fake.

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Trump's executive order directing federal actors to change the name of Lake Ontario to Lake America isn't just stupid and petty. It's also illegal. In my new column for @justiaverdict.bsky.social, I explain how NYS and affected businesses could successfully sue under the APA to block the change 👇

verdict.justia.comRenaming Lake Ontario is Not Just Stupid and Petty. It is also Illegal.Cornell Law professor Michael C. Dorf discusses President Trump’s executive order to rename Lake Ontario “Lake America,” explaining its political symbolism, historical ignorance, and legal limits. Pro...