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"The problems arising from AI development are widespread and multiplying—and they often come from people overrating the technology's capabilities, not underrating them." www.liberalcurrents.com/the-plausibl...
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No LEO trainer could credibly testify this way. Pointing a gun at someone has been, legally speaking, not just a use of force, but *deadly* force, for 30+ years.
The person who trained the officer testified that ICE does not consider pulling a gun on someone a "use of force" and that ICE has no policies expressly banning pointing guns at other motorists. However, he was so evasive on the stand that the judge considered disregarding his whole testimony.
I don’t want to come across as puritanical, but gambling is a goddamn scourge.
"For so many years, there was a really strict line in the sand when it came to sports betting. Then the tide slowly began turning internally. It was very troubling for me to see the normalization of betting and ESPN’s complete acceptance of that, and finally, they just decided to go all in."
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An Open Letter To The People Writing Lengthy Posts About 'Why I'm Going Back to Twitter' dansinker.com/posts/2026-1...
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Bluesky, the app for books
I am not first and will be far from the last to say this: I have purchased so many books because I saw them recommended or publicized here on bsky. I cannot urge you all enough to KEEP TALKING ABOUT BOOKS. I know it's easier to talk up someone else's book, but this also means you, the shy author.
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Online sportsbooks say they do not want business from problem gamblers. So @propublica.org's Jake Pearson spent 10 weeks on DraftKings testing how the company would react to someone displaying all the hallmarks of a compulsive bettor. Spoiler: It made him a VIP. www.propublica.org/article/draf...
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Artificial intelligence systems do not think, feel, want or understand. Avoid language that gives them human characteristics.
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"Inside Centcom, which conducted the US attack, some personnel relied too much on the artificial intelligence embedded in Maven Smart System, the officials said. Maven, which is made by Palantir..." Inside the US ‘Kill Chain’ That Destroyed an Iranian School www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...
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Maybe the most important political story of our time. People just want the bullshit to stop.
Anyone who can accomplish Inbox Zero deserves credit. My perspective on ‘Inbox Zero’ was completely changed by Oliver Burkeman’s book Four Thousand Weeks and its discussion of the productivity trap. bookshop.org/p/books/four...
Talked to @wired.com about a bunch of things, including: r/bald, Bluesky, Elon ruining twitter, why I live the inbox zero life, LLMs, and more. Here it is: www.wired.com/story/user-b...
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This concurrence from the D.C. Court of Appeals captures my view well on why I don't think "every attorney who appears on a brief is on the hook for hallucinations" is correct. fingfx.thomsonreuters.com/gfx/legaldoc...
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The arguments against impeaching Trump next year are all bad and spurious, but they're even weaker as applied to all the other impeachable members of the Cabinet, etc. And impeaching Hegseth for literal murder should be top of the list.
I don’t think there’s really even a colorable argument that this isn’t mass murder. theintercept.com/2026/09/02/m...
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Once more, with feeling: Ctrl-F “Laquan McDonald” <Not found>
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Pleased to speak with @nickturse.bsky.social about the Trump admin's yearlong killing spree. "There is no plausible legal justification for the strikes. They’re obviously not occurring in the context of an armed conflict and outside of armed conflict, the term for premeditated killing is murder."
EXCLUSIVE: The U.S. Has Killed 227 Civilians in Boat Strikes During “A Year of Murders” theintercept.com/2026/09/02/m...
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