Brian Hester (@ibehester.bsky.social) reply parent
Maybe try being less weird and misogynist first?
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Maybe try being less weird and misogynist first?
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Zero dimensional chess from TACO
Joni Askola (@joniaskola.bsky.social) reposted
1/7 The Trump adminâs plan to lure russia away from china by gifting Ukraine to russia is not just failingâitâs backfiring spectacularly. Instead of isolating china, itâs fueling a deeper russia-china-india axis. This thread breaks down the strategic disaster đ
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Brian Hester (@ibehester.bsky.social) reply parent
Have they heard of ChatGPT? With very little tuning, it can produce a decent simulacrum of a TACO rant.
Brian Hester (@ibehester.bsky.social) reply parent
You would think they wouldâve made a cursory effort to bronze him up. Also, no effort to make his tweets sound authentic. I get that these people arenât too bright, but damn
Brian Hester (@ibehester.bsky.social) reply parent
I know this isnât your point, but this was obviously not written by Trump
Brian Hester (@ibehester.bsky.social) reply parent
Showing people a photo of how to wreck their knees in an article about saving their knees is so on brand for the NYT.
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Brian Hester (@ibehester.bsky.social) reply parent
So where are you posting politics?
Brian Hester (@ibehester.bsky.social) reply parent
It helps gentility that Harris voters aren't fascist or fascist tolerant and aren't in a constant state of pique over some culture war shit.
Brian Hester (@ibehester.bsky.social) reply parent
It has to do with putting money in Trump's pocket, somehow
Brian Hester (@ibehester.bsky.social) reply parent
I get you, but its nearly impossible to anoint a 2028 nominee in the middle of a crisis. Too many variables: Candidates rise/fall, the rules themselves may shift. First priority is making sure thereâs still a functioning democracy to run in.
Brian Hester (@ibehester.bsky.social) reply parent
Way too soon. Save Democracy. Worry about this shit later.
Brian Hester (@ibehester.bsky.social) reply parent
Is all the Democratic leadership using the same poll-driven terminology now? "Unpopular?" He is dismantling the Democracy and is a de facto dictator! You guys have got to do better.
Brian Hester (@ibehester.bsky.social)
Say it ain't so Snoop!
Brian Hester (@ibehester.bsky.social) reply parent
Politics as tent revival, performance, affiliation, enlightenment, and entertainment. Can I get a huzzah!
Brian Hester (@ibehester.bsky.social) reply parent
The Romans had a handy way of dealing with his type: the âdamnatio memorae.â His name literally needs to be erased when he expires.
Brian Hester (@ibehester.bsky.social) reply parent
Thatâs a stupid comp.
Brian Hester (@ibehester.bsky.social) reply parent
Looks like the neighborhood pool
Brian Hester (@ibehester.bsky.social) reply parent
If we get a chance, Conor. I donât think itâs alarmist anymore to think we may not.
Brian Hester (@ibehester.bsky.social) reply parent
Your show should be renamed Press Submission
Brian Hester (@ibehester.bsky.social) reply parent
You are correct
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We can only hope the Calvinball Court is how this travesty is remembered.
Brian Hester (@ibehester.bsky.social) reply parent
That will be a beautiful day
Brian Hester (@ibehester.bsky.social) reply parent
But but but egg pricesâ excuse doesnât even work anymore
Brian Hester (@ibehester.bsky.social) reply parent
Powell doesn't want the FBI to raid his house next
Brian Hester (@ibehester.bsky.social) reply parent
doesn't want the FBI to raid him next
Brian Hester (@ibehester.bsky.social) reply parent
what a fucking horrible human being
Brian Hester (@ibehester.bsky.social) reply parent
You are right. I care about as much as I care for last nightâs turd circling the bowl after a flush.
Brian Hester (@ibehester.bsky.social) reply parent
Maybe name the next ones should be named Beelzebub and Cthulhu.
Brian Hester (@ibehester.bsky.social) reply parent
And the media wonât note the obvious. Infuriating.
Brian Hester (@ibehester.bsky.social)
Hard to argue with this piece. Changing the clause "vesting" executive power in the President must be changed. We don't need a "quasi-monarch" who by his or her own whim enforces the laws and regulation passed by Congress.
Brian Hester (@ibehester.bsky.social) reply parent
no one cares who you vote for whoever you are
Brian Hester (@ibehester.bsky.social) reply parent
When? Looks amazing!
Brian Hester (@ibehester.bsky.social) reply parent
In the early Nazi years, Hitler didnât need show trials or mass executions yet: he weaponized prosecutors and judges. Opposition papers, unionists, professors got dragged into court on flimsy charges like âmalicious gossipâ or âslandering the state," using fines, detentions, "legal" harassment.
Brian Hester (@ibehester.bsky.social) reply parent
That is fantastic, Jamelle. You locate a real blind spot for Dems: just because something is lurid, inept, and transparently sensational doesn't mean it doesn't move the country towards some kind of shambolic principate.
Brian Hester (@ibehester.bsky.social) reply parent
Put a statue of him in front of the effing gold dome downtown
Brian Hester (@ibehester.bsky.social) reply parent
You were right, but donât get owned by their nihilism: ridicule, parody are all in order too!
Brian Hester (@ibehester.bsky.social)
More please!
Holly Ober (@sciwri.bsky.social) reposted
UCLA Fields Medalist Terence Tao: "This is not a routine policy shiftâit is a deliberate dismantling of the institutions, funding, and freedoms that have sustained American science for generations." newsletter.ofthebrave.org/p/im-an-awar... đ§Ș
Brian Hester (@ibehester.bsky.social) reply parent
Those looked like body spasms
Brian Hester (@ibehester.bsky.social) reply parent
At this rate, TACO will need way more seats than he can squeeze out of Texas!
Brian Hester (@ibehester.bsky.social)
It was a debacle--the magnitude of which we are beginning to fully grasp
Brian Hester (@ibehester.bsky.social)
Fascinating!
Brian Hester (@ibehester.bsky.social) reply parent
TIRED (SAD)!
Brian Hester (@ibehester.bsky.social) reply parent
A really uncool upper middle class white person?
Brian Hester (@ibehester.bsky.social) reply parent
Barely made it up those stairs
Brian Hester (@ibehester.bsky.social) reply parent
A genius
Brian Hester (@ibehester.bsky.social) reply parent
Trump looked like an addled lickspittle. Itâs gonna take a lot edits and actual CGI to make that look like good propaganda for him.
Brian Hester (@ibehester.bsky.social) reply parent
You can care about multiple things or one thing at a time, absolutely.
Brian Hester (@ibehester.bsky.social) reply parent
Itâs the incumbent partyâs fault. If the Democrats canât hit that out of the park, then god help us. If Harris were POTUS there would be no GOP handwringing in that regard.
Brian Hester (@ibehester.bsky.social) reply parent
He hurt your feels? Cause you donât make much sense.
Brian Hester (@ibehester.bsky.social) reply parent
He has his own personal mRNA lab while we peasants down here have to tough it out or die.
Brian Hester (@ibehester.bsky.social) reply parent
Altman and his ilk like to use "vision" to obscure "lack of execution."
Brian Hester (@ibehester.bsky.social) reply parent
So these motherfuckers canât even blame it on âI was drunk.â
Brian Hester (@ibehester.bsky.social) reply parent
Also: you can bet the vast team of medical professionals working on Bezos ensure he is up to date on every shot known to man.
Brian Hester (@ibehester.bsky.social) reply parent
Thatâs not even accurate. I think most people are grateful for the vaccines and took them gladly. Itâs really a vocal MAGA/MAHA minority thatâs driving the mRNA skepticism.
Brian Hester (@ibehester.bsky.social) reply parent
Almost a second Nobel
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This is an amazing resource
Brian Hester (@ibehester.bsky.social) reply parent
Only surprised we havenât seen more targeting of medical professionals.
Brian Hester (@ibehester.bsky.social) reply parent
100%
Brian Hester (@ibehester.bsky.social) reply parent
Assuming you know it is a poison. That takes some basic knowledge and a willingness to undertake a little due diligence: this is exactly the kind of personal agency chat boxes undermine.
Brian Hester (@ibehester.bsky.social) reply parent
Definitely huge to hold a sleeping infant!
Brian Hester (@ibehester.bsky.social) reply parent
Can 25 years periods suck for "normal" people. Absolutely. Let's consult history.
Brian Hester (@ibehester.bsky.social) reply parent
For how long? Do we need to retrofit everything for a potentially evanescent format?
Brian Hester (@ibehester.bsky.social) reply parent
Yup. Horrible.
Brian Hester (@ibehester.bsky.social) reply parent
Iâve got young kids too and honestly have no idea how to guide them. I used to teach and now work in elite college admissions, and still feel lost. The only thing Iâm sure of: theyâll need killer core skills plus real fluency in how they present themselves online and off.
Brian Hester (@ibehester.bsky.social) reply parent
Building one too at Cumming/Coal Mountain too off exit 18 on 400.
Brian Hester (@ibehester.bsky.social) reply parent
Yeah thatâs the reasonâŠ
Brian Hester (@ibehester.bsky.social) reply parent
I continue to wonder why these fools agree to an interview with Chotiner, who will bring the receipts.
Brian Hester (@ibehester.bsky.social) reply parent
Another poll from the Economist paints a very different picture concerning party preference on issues. This suggest that the Democrats need to keep their powder dry but be looking carefully at the leadership strategy, which seems to be entirely too passive. www.economist.com/interactive/...
Brian Hester (@ibehester.bsky.social) reply parent
Same here in Forsyth County, and Iâm loving it for my kids and everyone else.
Brian Hester (@ibehester.bsky.social) reply parent
Youâre treating Trump-era tariffs like a neutral revenue stream, but theyâre regressive, inflationary, and distort trade. Framing Dem choices as âkeep tariffs or raise taxesâ just bakes in bad policy. We should be debating better optionsânot GOP leftovers.
Brian Hester (@ibehester.bsky.social) reply parent
He should definitely not be president
Brian Hester (@ibehester.bsky.social) reply parent
His whataboutism argument regarding the George Floyd protests is ramblingâand to the extent it makes any sense at all, it amounts to a textbook tu quoque fallacy
Brian Hester (@ibehester.bsky.social) reply parent
Has she ever heard that probable cause cannot be established by mere association?
Brian Hester (@ibehester.bsky.social) reply parent
Why surprising? Cuaron is one of the best directors working.
Brian Hester (@ibehester.bsky.social) reply parent
Cf, Kim K2, DeepSeek culture emerging in China. How can Meta justify its approach?
Brian Hester (@ibehester.bsky.social)
This isnât controversial, but I frequenty hear people post versions of Noemâs confused claim on the internets.
Brian Hester (@ibehester.bsky.social) reply parent
Needs to read Stephen King On Writing or Fenimore Cooperâs Literary Offenses by MT
Brian Hester (@ibehester.bsky.social) reply parent
Itâs a very good score, actually. It was average for people applying to Columbia (a high bar), and anybody who knows anything about admissions to Ivy League schools knows that can get you rejected.
Brian Hester (@ibehester.bsky.social) reply parent
Itâs a sharp observation
Brian Hester (@ibehester.bsky.social) reply parent
This was clearly not written by him. There are some nods to his styleâthatâs it.
Brian Hester (@ibehester.bsky.social) reply parent
Did you ever consider doing anything from the Silmarillion?
Brian Hester (@ibehester.bsky.social) reply parent
Iâm afraid we will be seeing too many of these types of stories going forward.
Brian Hester (@ibehester.bsky.social)
Acrylic on paper. Mirielle (left) and Johanna (right). Kidsâ art is the best.
Brian Hester (@ibehester.bsky.social)
This is insane footage
Brian Hester (@ibehester.bsky.social)
Apposite historical perspective from Yaleâs great historian of the American Revolution Joanne Freeman.
Brian Hester (@ibehester.bsky.social) reply parent
Looks great and timely!
Ted Underwood (@tedunderwood.me) reposted
This post tries to explain why I find language models exciting. But it doesn't try to persuade skeptics that they should agree. It's aimed more at people already working with AI, and its goal is to sharpen our collective sense of what the upside potential might be. #MLSky đ€ đ§Ș
Brian Hester (@ibehester.bsky.social) reply parent
One of my favorite audio books ever
Brian Hester (@ibehester.bsky.social) reply parent
Even the stalest wonderbread centrists are fed up with the centrists.
Brian Hester (@ibehester.bsky.social)
Everybody needs one
Brian Hester (@ibehester.bsky.social) reply parent
Peoples actually do that?
Brian Hester (@ibehester.bsky.social) reply parent
J.M. Coetzee too
Brian Hester (@ibehester.bsky.social) reply parent
Keep your powder dry about the âsuccessfulâ part
Brian Hester (@ibehester.bsky.social)
This: âThatâs why critical thinking education isnât optional, itâs foundational. If verification now happens at the level of the individual, then the individual needs the tools institutions once provided, rigour, scepticism, and the ability to challenge their own assumptions.â
Brian Hester (@ibehester.bsky.social) reply parent
Come on. Two weeks means it wonât happen. Itâs not a clarion call for creativity.