In writing up my post about this, I bent over backwards to make sure no one would think we were launching a memecoin cryptocurrency nonsense thing... this is a real, physical coin. RE:
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They're putting Grok in charge of national security investigations. What could go wrong? RE:
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emptywheel (@emptywheel.bsky.social)
Dan Bongino just posted a list of shitty things (like shifting FBI away fr public and corruption to hunting migrants, releasing details of criminal...
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Corey Rayburn Yung (@coreyryung.bsky.social)
I generally share @astronomers.bsky.social's skepticism of generative AI use for slides. But, I decided to run a test using NotebookLM and now, I'm...
Is there any chance that Donald Trump could locate Somalia on a map? RE:
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Brendan Nyhan (@brendannyhan.bsky.social)
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I filed a comment with the USPTO today about their attempt to make it way harder to invalidate bogus patents. RE:
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Our Founders Would Abhor What The USPTO Is Doing With The Patent System Last week I wrote about how the US Patent and Trademark Office is pushing...
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Prem Thakker ツ (@premthakker.bsky.social)
Hillary Clinton blames TikTok and “totally made up” videos for young people’s views on Israel and Palestine. She says social media influence...
Gotta say that that Lowry's insistence last year that he didn't actually say a slur on Megyn Kelly's show is looking more dubious every day. [www.npr.org/2024/09/17/g...](https://www.npr.org/2024/09/17/g-s1-23411/rich-lowry-national-review-haitian-migrants-racial-slur ) RE:
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Mike Masnick (@mmasnick.bsky.social)
The GOP used to at least pretend not to be so blatantly racist, and would get angry if you accused them of being racist. Now people like Rich Lowry...
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The GOP used to at least pretend not to be so blatantly racist, and would get angry if you accused them of being racist. Now people like Rich Lowry just don't give a shit any more and will proudly tell you how racist they are. RE:
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Bill Grueskin (@bgrueskin.bsky.social)
In case you were wondering, this oped is even worse than the headline