dr.kwittman

Challenge for people who believe Claude *is* conscious and use it anyway: Explain how you’re not a slaver.

The U.S. economy lost jobs in 0 of the 48 months Joe Biden was president. It has lost jobs in 6 of the 14 months of Trump's second term.

This is not good.

What the fuck is wrong with America. That his approval is anywhere near 40 is madness. He should be closer to 20.

Fuck sake the dems and others are not making the case that he is STEALING democracy from under their noses. In plain sight.

Something must be done.

Robert De Niro delivers Lincoln’s civility warning at a Carnegie Hall benefit Robert De Niro was a featured guest Tuesday night at Carnegie Hall, where he recited Abraham Lincoln’s warning against mob violence.

haven't found video of this - but might use it in class if I could

Standing on the Shoulders of Termites Or, how we learned to stop worrying and love AI (scientists)

I saw we were fighting about what AI will do to (social) science.

I have some thoughts (originally written for a book on scientific inquiry) and decided to turn them into my first substack article. Co-written with Nat Rabb!

tomstello.substack.com/p/standing-o...

FT comments section this morning - saying what everyone else is thinking, right?

The degree to which narco organizations are the utter opposite of communism, and more accurately described as the end point of unregulated capitalism… is such a dead giveaway to how much this is all just scary word salad.

Quietly, calmly and forensically, BBC just dismantled the Trump communications shitshow on Iran.

No hyperbole, just laying out an unprecedented military, diplomatic and reputational shambles.

Worth a watch.

(🎥 BBC News/BBC Verify)

Edit: TO MIRDER PEOPLE

Jesus. Write clearly. What do they think “strike Iran” means?

Alt text is important for accessibility but what we don’t talk about as much is that it’s also a great opportunity for joke density

President Macron: "The United States of America and Israel decided to launch military operations. They were conducted outside international law, which we cannot approve of. That said, history never weeps for the executioners."

When we talk about Baby Boomers not getting off the stage: In 1997, the US president was born in 1946.

In 2007, the US president was born in 1946.

In 2017, the US president was born in 1946.

And next year in 2027? The US president will have been born in 1946.

Screenshot of a warning to Americans to "depart now via commercial means due to serious safety risks" from Bahrain, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Israel, the West Bank, and Gaza, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, United Arab Emirates and Yemen.

Warning American citizens to evacuate over a dozen countries three days into this war, when commercial flights are already shut down, demonstrates the Trump Administration’s lack of planning or coordination.

Holy crap! Senator Richard Blumethal says Trump regime just briefed them on sending US troops to fight in Iran!!!

It's like they read a book about the Gilded Age and thought, wow, we should do all of this again -- tariffs and trade wars, massive corporate power, white supremacy and immigration fights, a creepy sex panic and, of course, unlimited acts of brazen corruption and graft.

A folk logic about it is starting to develop. People may not understand the monopolies and geopolitics of renewable energy at a gradual level. But they can see data centers, hear data centers, and read their electric bill statements. They are angry.

Would you be comfortable with another DM? My campus is hosting an AI & communities series of panels next month, w/ folks from the gov’s council on AI, and it sounds like your work would be an excellent addition to what I’m reading for question prep.

If (and when) John Cornyn is eliminated tonight, will he:

1) Go full Tom Massie DNGAF
2) Retire
3) Continue on sucking up to Trump

Yep and given that our folks here in NC overcharged us and get to keep it…

I’ve been asked to curate some sources on #environmental and #publichealth issues with #ai. Hit me with your favorite peer-reviewed, preprint, public interest, and community-engaged reads, please! #sustainability #research #communityhealth

On an easel, a painting of priest in a dark temple

The painting

Detail of the priest

New Rembrandt discovered.

The painting depicts Archangel Gabriel (not shown) announcing to the high priest Zacharias that despite his and his wife’s advanced age, they will have a son: John the Baptist. Rembrandt would have been 27 when he painted this in 1633.

www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/press/pre...

It must be nice to be a sociopath, because all the new products are for you. The smart glasses will give you that woman’s address, the betting apps will finally let you make bank on war crimes.

Just pruned my mountain mint this morning. Last year (its first), I had around a dozen different native bee species who loved it!

I am not going to defend the entirety of the Nonconformist tradition by any means, but at times you really feel the lack of politicians who can speak like they're the guest preacher at the Sedd Fawr in Bethesda Chapel

If America still had the rule of law, this would be the easiest prosecution ever, but we all know absolutely nothing will happen.

It’s far too easy to call this Orwellian but that is precisely what it is.

Did they bomb a school because Claude told them it was a military target???