A reminder, this debate is being sponsored by Joe Biden pic.twitter.com/M4m6M91Cjs
— Acyn (@Acyn) September 28, 2023
These are the Republicans’ own witnesses!
— Ian Sams (@IanSams46) September 28, 2023
Admitting there is not evidence to warrant this impeachment stunt
Proving this is nothing more than a baseless wild goose chase https://t.co/Pzz9NAf74l
Translation: This hearing today is a shit show, Comer and Jordan are making us all look like fools again, so we need to come up with something else quick. pic.twitter.com/vtvE4ziQZx
— Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) September 28, 2023
Just caught up with Rep. Garcia who told me there was palpable surprise from GOP members in the room when Turley said this. They’re in a bit of “freak out” mode now, he said, because Turley was supposed to be one of their “star witnesses.” https://t.co/rKvFq668Rq
— Ali Vitali (@alivitali) September 28, 2023
Casar: Will members of the oversight committee raise their hands if you believe both Hunter and Trump should be held accountable for any of indictments if convicted?
— Acyn (@Acyn) September 28, 2023
Democrats: *raises hands*
Republicans: pic.twitter.com/tZ8clpgW3c
Confrontation between Desantis influencer Chris Nelson and Kari Lake. pic.twitter.com/RUxjo8n7Kk
— Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) September 28, 2023
Junior reacts to reports Glenn Youngkin may be about to enter the presidential race by calling him “another RINO stooge in a vest.” pic.twitter.com/pebeVhn75d
— Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) September 28, 2023
“There’s another issue looming, one that Youngkin and his allies are trying to downplay— the Republican-egineered government shutdown, which is going to hit Virginia worse than any other state… @downwithtyranny https://t.co/DIdNpCiREB
— 90 For 90 (@90For90) September 28, 2023
im cynical enough to be up for the comedic potential. but the real story is the sheer mix of bad faith and denial in the GOP donor class (which is a few dozen people). Grow alarmed? Trump already won. https://t.co/vIwo5HDbFg
— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) September 28, 2023
Growing up in rural Arkansas, I remember my heart going out to those the subsistence truffle farmers.
Williams is a former investment banker and he owns a nearly 70-acre truffle farm. https://t.co/OJkW07nOZq
— Jesse Ferguson (@JesseFFerguson) September 29, 2023
GOP Rep. Brandon Williams says he’ll still take pay during a government shutdown because he’s “not independently wealthy.”
— Biden-Harris HQ (@BidenHQ) September 28, 2023
He then says that millions of furloughed federal workers who won’t get paid should not expect “a huge amount of sympathy” pic.twitter.com/NsPXfvptL7
wow this new biden ad is brilliant pic.twitter.com/9zcuq9Qlp9
— MeidasTouch (@MeidasTouch) September 28, 2023
Another good ad, and one that makes a point we've been hammering.
This ad will air on the Sunday shows tomorrow in DC.@GOP4Ukraine pic.twitter.com/5C3KWBarAg
— Bill Kristol (@BillKristol) September 23, 2023
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Gen. Mark Milley is responding to comments by former President Donald Trump suggesting that Milley deserves to be executed for communications the general had with China. https://t.co/gOlcC0rE41 pic.twitter.com/pSgO9mNcEY
— 60 Minutes (@60Minutes) September 27, 2023
9.24.23 7:40 PM ET True Military Intelligence on Full Display as Jim Acosta @acosta hosts Lt General Mark Hertling (ret) @MarkHertling who speaks about the hatred and threats against General Mark Milley by a sitting congressman from his government account. A MUST Watch. Full… pic.twitter.com/BSQDynT72z
— Jeff Storobinsky (@jeffstorobinsky) September 24, 2023
As Trump responds to the legal cases against him and his supporters with ever increasing threats of violence, it is a reminder that Trump's most enduring legacy is already known. Me from @theatlantic https://t.co/rRf5STK4Fj pic.twitter.com/NYhv2YTR5d
— Juliette Kayyem (@juliettekayyem) July 21, 2023
On Trump, Drudge > NYT
Kind of wild that Drudge report is more accurately conveying the gravity of Trump's threat to USA democracy than the mainstream media. https://t.co/evx1eFSTdl
— Jeet Heer (@HeerJeet) September 25, 2023
NYT went beyond omission/ignoring to actively misinforming > pic.twitter.com/BHJuN2tfhR
— Real Benisons (@RealBenisons) September 29, 2023
Boosting this @alexnpress story again because the sloppy coverage of the Biden and Trump visits was so remarkable. The "Trump is pulling union voters from Dems" storyline is so baked in that it overwhelmed the facts about who he was speaking to. https://t.co/JL796ob2vW
— David Weigel (@daveweigel) September 28, 2023
We’re gonna need a bigger Pitchbot https://t.co/yahpvihUhm
— Frank Galton 🇺🇦 (@FrankGalton) September 28, 2023
I’m not trying to brag but, I nailed this one. Again.
— Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) September 28, 2023
Started / Going pic.twitter.com/IKL2zFlWZi
Today is the day I officially became a Swiftie. https://t.co/bBSAYymUxd
— Mark Hamill (@MarkHamill) September 26, 2023
It’s the Beatitudes & @jordanbpeterson’s take on meekness on today’s episode of the @data_over_dogma podcast! Check it out at https://t.co/Nvwb7YgM84, https://t.co/b1xzsw3Y8l, or wherever you get your podcasts! pic.twitter.com/lUbRXn9Ueg
— Dan McClellan (@maklelan) September 25, 2023
SROs would seem to be the simplest conversions and it would answer a burning need for low income housing, but I never hear those proposed.
NEW: Most US cities have a glut of vacant offices. (Vacancy rates = 20%+ of office space!)
— Heather Long (@byHeatherLong) September 27, 2023
We need to convert offices to apartments, schools, art centers, etc.
So how’s it going?
**Only ~2% of office space is currently undergoing a conversion**https://t.co/f0oy6Quai7 pic.twitter.com/9EkeEXayIr
A note to those who get all worked up about polls more that a year before the election:
Almost six in 10 Americans feel Ronald Reagan should not run for a second term as president, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll. https://t.co/O8NiKCH9b8
— Molly Jong-Fast (@MollyJongFast) September 25, 2023
And a reminder that, as good as he is with polling data, Nate Silver's track record as a political analyst is decidedly mixed.
Fair question. Here's the answer:
— Stuart Stevens (@stuartpstevens) September 15, 2023
-@VP defeated an incumbent Democratic DA in SF. Started out third in three person race. Made runoff but trailed 33% to 37% against incumbent. Won with 56%.
-Ran for AG in Ca. against LA DA Steve Cooley, strongest Republican not named… https://t.co/2YqpP3JNig
(There is an extremely overrated politician from California, but his name isn't Harris.)In 2010, Ca. Republican party realized by July their only hope for state wide victory was in the AG race with the very popular LA DA.
— Stuart Stevens (@stuartpstevens) September 15, 2023
Jerry Brown was going to crush Meg Whitman. Newsom was never in doubt for Lt. Gov. No R. was going to beat Boxer. No other races were in play.… https://t.co/9kccnAn2Ui
Today, Florida...
A Florida school district banned all books that merely featured gay characters, regardless of whether the books contained any descriptions of sexual activity. https://t.co/WsRdQr99r9
— Jason Colavito (@JasonColavito) September 27, 2023
Florida school librarians: "Are we removing books from any school, Pre K-12, if a character has, for example, two mothers or because there is a gay best friend or a main character is gay?"
— Bill Grueskin (@BGrueskin) September 26, 2023
Local school superintendent: "Yes."
Via @JuddLegumhttps://t.co/iSPjjIk5iq
Tomorrow, the world.
Just 11 adults are responsible for 60% of requests of ban books from school libraries nationwide, according to a Washington Post analysis of the 2021-2022 school year. https://t.co/DVi5zJN35S
— southpaw (@nycsouthpaw) September 28, 2023
Naomi Klein and Matt ("not Gatez") Gertz need to form a support group.
Over 60 women whom I know get menstrual-type cramps when they are just seated next to vaccinated women for an hour or so, ie at a lecture or play, or when they stay in hotels where vaccinated women have slept.
— Dr Naomi Wolf (@naomirwolf) September 27, 2023
The Great Barrington Declaration's Brownstone Institute is one of the groups pushing the "vax shedding" nonsense
— Prof Gavin Yamey @gavinyamey.bsky.social (@GYamey) September 28, 2023
In addition to Naomi Wolf (Brownstone's most famous author), here is the Brownstone Institute's paid Fellow, Simon Goddek, peddling BS (while selling supplements🧐) https://t.co/B0nYoq6aB9 pic.twitter.com/9TpEpYJTMQ
The illness is spreading. https://t.co/z0boMWe2r8 pic.twitter.com/dqfmSR6fEF
— Philip Bump (@pbump) September 28, 2023
Untroubled by any hobgoblins of consistency.
New: @RSLC is spending about $1 million to encourage New Jersey Republicans to vote early or by mail, saying VBMS are "safe and secure."
— David Wildstein (@wildstein) September 28, 2023
https://t.co/f0fkyIPO6o
Getting serious for a moment, this is an important issue.
My colleagues @JHSPH_CHS w/ partners @ Ctr for Pub Health Law ASU recently published the Model State Indoor Quality Act-a model law that gives a legal roadmap for reducing spread of infectious diseases inside buildings, and for reducing contaminants https://t.co/gzvqspuGu4 1/x
— Tom Inglesby, MD (@T_Inglesby) September 25, 2023
The funniest part is that rather than ignore this, Fields waded into the replies under the impression that the details would help.
This you, child abuser? pic.twitter.com/ZBxqQfVAl0
— Kaylan_TX (@Kaylan_TX) September 28, 2023
Big week for Elon.
“This is no exaggeration…”.
— TalesFromTheFuture (@talesftf) September 26, 2023
Teslarians are a funny bunch of people. $TSLA $TSLAQ pic.twitter.com/TgCERZ7vOb
I don’t suppose this is what anyone had in mind when discussing men thinking about the Roman Empire. I guess we all overthought the “thinking” part. https://t.co/2G6rCOMCTj
— Jason Colavito (@JasonColavito) September 28, 2023
Musk also got a margin loan commitment letter from Morgan Stanley for $12.5 billion in margin loans. Musk also got $21 billion through equity financing.Morgan Stanley keeps promoting Tesla stock because they have a huge conflict of interest $tsla $tsalq https://t.co/ENnxN3fb6T
— Commentator (@Commuternyc) September 28, 2023
From Forbes:Forbes confirming what I've been saying for a while: "As it stands right now, Cybertruck doesn’t appear to meet safety regulations for pedestrians and cyclists in the European Union and probably can’t be sold there in its current form." $TSLAQhttps://t.co/4qeychdIW6
— Sabertooth 🇪🇺 (@seybertooth) September 26, 2023
Potentially, it could cut carbon emissions by about 50% over a lifetime of use, assuming a buyer replaces a similarly sized gasoline truck, said Nick Molden, CEO and founder of Emissions Analytics, an independent automotive research firm based in the U.K. But if an owner uses it less frequently than the gasoline truck, “that would undermine the climate benefit because the manufacturing emissions to make a Cybertruck would be amortized over too few miles,” he said.In other words, you could get a much safer appropriate-for-your-needs hybrid with the same carbon footprint, you'd save a ton of money, and you wouldn't look like a complete dick driving around town.
Started / Going pic.twitter.com/gHDwn38yvP
— Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) September 29, 2023
[When @elonmusk's business model seems to be promoting disinformation...] X/Twitter scraps feature letting users report misleading information https://t.co/HonQihnmLE
— Roy Poses et al (@healthcarerenewal on Threads) (@HealthCareRenew) September 27, 2023
As we were saying twelve years ago.
A big problem charter schools bring is not only their own shady financials but also their introduction to the public a sprawling network of contractors that often operate with little accountability or transparency. HT @mickster60 https://t.co/ol4WYFWHzI #CharterSchoolFail
— Jeff Bryant (@jeffbcdm) September 27, 2023
Tech notes
Just had a quite emotional, personal conversation w/ ChatGPT in voice mode, talking about stress, work-life balance. Interestingly I felt heard & warm. Never tried therapy before but this is probably it? Try it especially if you usually just use it as a productivity tool. https://t.co/9S97LPvBoS
— Lilian Weng (@lilianweng) September 26, 2023
The capabilities of ChatGPT don't even closely resemble those of a trained therapist. Treating it as such is not only sad but dangerous.
— Karl Martin (@KarlTheMartian) September 26, 2023
Before they "fixed" it, the math reasoning section of the SATs relied heavily on rewriting problems with new notation so that students who hadn't had much math wouldn't be at a disadvantage. Similar principles should apply to tests for LLMs.
Can you find the pattern?
— François Chollet (@fchollet) September 26, 2023
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This is not a complex problem, but it's an unfamiliar problem.
— François Chollet (@fchollet) September 26, 2023
"#Microsoft increased worldwide water consumption by... 34% [to almost 17 billion gallons] ... last year, which... is most likely due to increased #AI training. That's dwarfed by #Google, which used 5.6 billion gallons last year, a 20% jump": https://t.co/ynah6kIhms #ethics #tech
— Internet Ethics (@IEthics) September 26, 2023
And misc.
Tautochrone
— Fermat's Library (@fermatslibrary) September 22, 2023
The tautochrone curve has an interesting property: a bead sliding without friction and under the effect gravity will take will always take the same amount of time to reach the bottom independently of its starting point. pic.twitter.com/f2UKA8BDTH
You never know where you'll fidn a history nerd.
Cardi B talking about her love for FDR and Eleanor Roosevelt https://t.co/mntr12gW5A pic.twitter.com/T0rff8aMXN
— Zito (@_Zeets) September 28, 2023
Not actually a mole, but I still love this clip.
A mole has been stealing a farmer's crops and eating them in front of the security camera for about 4 years. 😂😂pic.twitter.com/uMYB18AcRR
— The Best (@ThebestFigen) September 25, 2023