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Team Mencius vs Team Xunzi

Panel 1: Text: “Imagine an alternate universe in which people don’t have words for different forms of transportation, only the collective noun ‘vehicle’.” Illustration: a stick figure stands next to a much more detailed motorcycle, which a speech bubble saying “Woah! Sweet vehicle!” Panel 2: Text: “They use that word to refer to: cars, buses, bikes, spacecraft, and all other ways of getting from place A to place B.” Illustration: A car, a school bus, a bicycle, and a space shuttle, all with a stamp that says “vehicle” on them.

Panel 1: Text: “Conversations in this world are confusing.” Illustration: A speech bubble coming from the left: “Can you drive a vehicle?”, A speech bubble coming from the right: “Definitely!”, A illustration of a car crashed into a tree. Left speech bubble: “I thought you said you could drive!” Right speech bubble: “I can! I’m just used to ones with two wheels!” Panel 2: Text: “There are furious debates about whether or not vehicles are environmentally friendly… even though no one realizes that one side is talking about bikes and the other is talking about trucks. Illustration: Left speech bubble: “Vehicles produce so much pollution!” Right speech bubble: “That’s an exaggeration! They are actually very green!”

Panel 1: Text: “There is a breakthrough in rocketry, but the media focuses on how vehicles have gotten faster so people call there car (‘car’ is crossed out and replaced with ‘vehicle’) dealer to ask when faster models will be available.” Illustration: A TV news report with a picture of a rocket ship and a chyron saying “Breaking: Vehicles reach 1000 mph!”. Below that is a drawing of two stick figures talking at a car dealership. One says, “So I can take this to space, right?” Panel 2: Text: “Meanwhile, fraudsters have capitalize on the fact that consumers don’t know what to believe when it comes to vehicle technology, so scams are rampant in the vehicle sector.” Illustration: A stick figure with a mean smile and a sparkle next to his eye pats a car that has plane wings taped to it. A speech bubble says, “Oh yeah! You can fly this baby across the ocean!”

Panel 1: Text: “Now replace the word “vehicle” with “artificial intelligence” and we have a pretty good descriptor of the world we live in.” Illustration: One crowd of people say “AI is bad for the environment!” Underneath them is a large box that is labeled “Size of AI people are concerned about”, another crowd of people says “AI is used for climate research!” Underneath them is a much smaller box saying “Size of AI used for climate research”. In the foreground there is a person watching the debate with several question marks above it. Panel 2: Credits. “Text from AI Snake Oil: What Artificial Intelligence Can Do, What It Can’t, and How to Tell the Difference by Arvin’s Narayanan and Sayash Kapoor. Art by Ayla Taylor. www.aylataylor.com”

A silly little comic based on the opening section of AI Snake Oil by @randomwalker.bsky.social and @sayash.bsky.social.

Half of Americans back abolishing ICE amid Trump crackdown, poll finds YouGov poll shows 50% support as Kristi Noem defends ‘terrorist’ claim and shutdown drags on

Repeat after me; “abolish ICE” is the mainstream position.

Taoism is 100% "IDGAF" / "divorce him" / "cut shit off now" / "why give up tomorrow when you can give up today" / "What if you just said 'fuck it'?" of life philosophies & the bigger picture shit ("war is bad" / "don't chase riches" / "nature is important" / "humble desires") is a little too radical

Five-year old: The stinky children monster has ten eyes but he can't see because he keeps them closed. He can only hear.
Five-year old: It's very stinky and it lives in closets.

(Also the reason that she cannot put on her pajamas for bedtime.)

just thinking about how USAID was dismantled under the rationale of cost savings but there's an unlimited budget for war

World Central Kitchen head José Andrés confirms Israel has closed Gaza’s borders indefinitely and warns the NGO will run out of food this week. The group is currently cooking about 1 million hot meals a day.

World Central Kitchen head José Andrés confirms Israel has closed Gaza’s borders indefinitely and warns the NGO will run out of food this week. The group is currently cooking about 1 million hot meals a day.

New Credit Blowup in London Has Wall Street Chasing Billions As Market Financial Solutions Ltd. hurtled toward collapse in London, the setting was new, but the themes felt familiar.

Post-financial crisis, stricter standards forced major banks to leave certain opaque, illiquid trades. Three of the nonbank financial institutions that stepped into the niche have now collapsed — MFS, First Brands Group, Tricolor Holdings. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Illinois prisons were ordered to improve health care for inmates. They've spent seven years failing.

Even though the Illinois Department of Corrections has been under a consent decree since 2019, the state continues to fail to provide adequate medical and dental care to incarcerated people, according to reports from an independent court monitor, legal experts and people held in Illinois prisons.

Re-upping just because all the Discourse I could possibly engage in is less useful than this confidential, encrypted legal and peer support line for military members who believe their orders are illegal or immoral and want to know the best way to resist them.

MAGAZINE John Bolton Sounds the Alarm on Trump's Iran Gamble In an exclusive, Trump's onetime national security adviser warns the strike on Iran may deepen conflict, create a dangerous power vacuum — and plunge the region into turmoil.

Wait. Who? What? Huh?

www.politico.com/news/magazin...

I'm so happy this exists. Thank you for sharing!

My pre launch page for the Build A Boy is live on @crowdsupply.bsky.social crowdsupply.com/natalie-the-nerd/build-a-boy

The only kit that will turn your Lego kit into a real working Game Boy - no emulation

The elder millennial existence consists entirely of alternating geopolitical and financial crises

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Ooh thanks for the heads up!

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This Little-Known Appeal Could Force Your Insurer to Pay for Lifesaving Care. Here’s How to File It. When a health insurer refuses to pay for your treatment, you may have the right to have the denial reviewed — and potentially overturned — by an independent provider. Here are six steps experts sugges...

Few patients appeal a health insurance denial, but a little-known process that requires insurers and plans to seek an independent opinion can force insurers to pay for what can be lifesaving treatment.

Here’s what experts say you need to know.

I know some places will fill it for you on the spot, so maybe you can request a half-fill?

That's who I'm leaning towards as well! Good to get some consensus!

what a crazy night for sam altman to be like "yeah we got that dept of war deal, and there's no moral concerns here"

That's a very good insight. It reminds me of those "Friend" ads. Everytime I see one I end up ranting that the whole point of a friend isn't that they're always there to listen and support you but that you listen and support them too! If it's unidirectional, it completely undermines the whole point.

Heal Minds Gaza: empowering Palestinian children who were in detention Palestinian children in Israeli occupation prisons face severe psychological violence that deeply impacts their sense of safety, identity, and community after their detention. The Heal Minds Gaza…

Research-informed mental health and community-building activities for kids who've faced extreme trauma in occupation prisons!! And YOU can make it happen.

Heal Minds Gaza will bring dozens of these kids workshops & more. Absolutely anything helps: chuffed.org/project/hmg

I really believe this human tendency to anthropomorphize everything is what gives us empathy and creates social cohesion! But I don't know why it's easier for some people to treat computers as people but not...actual fellow human beings. 😞

I’m very upset, but I’ve got nothing of substance to contribute to the conversation on this platform. When you see me posting through it about random stuff, don’t confuse it for apathy.

A Cookie for Dario? — Anthropic and selling death - Anil Dash A blog about making culture. Since 1999.

Everybody is (understandably) very excited that Anthropic isn't selling their AI for Hegseth to use to automate his war crimes. But I would gently suggest that we not accept setting the bar quite so low. www.anildash.com/2026/02/27/a...

free note to everyone: you can just say we shouldn’t be bombing Iran rather than pretending this would be fine if Trump explained himself better

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"You cannot accept funding from the architects of ICE’s data infrastructure, vote to commend the agency, and then rebrand yourself as an opponent once the political winds shift."