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Tech guy who mostly rambles about politics and random news here.

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New Apostolic Reformation - Wikipedia

It’s a frothy mix of centuries-old Calvinism, post-WW2 Christian Reconstruction, and 21st century fascism.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Apo...

08.03.2026 01:15 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Wasn't that what CNAS and a couple other projects were supposed to be, but they all got borged by the Blob?

07.03.2026 00:08 πŸ‘ 12 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1

If you're not willing the kill the filibuster and expand the Supreme Court, you're not really willing to fight back.

06.03.2026 22:43 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Yikes. Although I'm sure increases like this in states that have gone out of their way to keep gas prices artificially low won't have any political ramifications, right?

06.03.2026 18:04 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

A noticeable share of the top of our decision-makers population developed visible physical aggro tendencies and some wild risk taking tendencies at the same time as they developed bodybuilding physiques, that's a weird coincidence, and I have no further questions

05.03.2026 19:13 πŸ‘ 87 πŸ” 25 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0

Yeah, but they build a lot more when idiots get all het up and burn through all our munitions stockpiles in a week and are willing the pay a premium for emergency restocks, and/or the Pentagon and allies that buy our stuff start breaking things that need repair or replacement.

05.03.2026 22:16 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

He represents a San Diego district that's heavily Navy and Navy defense contractors.

05.03.2026 22:02 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

She committed the cardinal sin of looking bad on TV. One of the very few things that can get you fired under Trump 2.0.

05.03.2026 19:13 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

And they punch way above their weight in motorsports

05.03.2026 05:27 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Too many decades of banked turns and dogfighting in space to change now.

Anything else wouldn’t scan as Trek.

05.03.2026 02:45 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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New Yorker cartoons don’t miss.

05.03.2026 00:57 πŸ‘ 74 πŸ” 30 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

Wait. We canceled Wooden? When and why?

05.03.2026 00:28 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Definitely messed up, although depending on whether "best hope" refers to "best odds" or "best outcome," both Newsom and Pritzker would be a fit.

05.03.2026 00:24 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Thiel would demand a name from Tolkien for it and be the first investor.

04.03.2026 21:39 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

It's going to be funny as hell when he either switches to Paxton or unendorses a day later after the inevitable right-wing freakout.

04.03.2026 19:39 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Boeing Slack must be a fun place right about now.

04.03.2026 01:41 πŸ‘ 13 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Sounds like they've got things under control. Nothing could possibly go sideways with this brilliant new plan. Especially in places like Turkey, Syria, and on the ground in Iraq.

04.03.2026 00:39 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

He and Caitlin Flanagan are going to be SO confused.

04.03.2026 00:06 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Ash saying "Good, bad... I'm the guy with the gun." in Army of Darkness

Ash saying "Good, bad... I'm the guy with the gun." in Army of Darkness

03.03.2026 22:29 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Kylie Minogue - Midnight Ride (Official Video) ft. Orville Peck & Diplo
Kylie Minogue - Midnight Ride (Official Video) ft. Orville Peck & Diplo YouTube video by MTV GLOBAL

Someone wrote about disco country and didn't mention Orville Peck?

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jxed...

03.03.2026 21:20 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Great band name.

03.03.2026 19:24 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

"Clear, achievable goals" like, uh, eliminating all terrorism and insurgents with any tenuous connection to Iran?

Cheney is blushing in hell.

03.03.2026 01:28 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Yep. There were tons of reports ahead of time we were planning in conjunction with Israel for weeks. This is just a lame attempt at post facto justification from Rubio.

03.03.2026 01:10 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

"Honoree?"

Did they have to make up a fake award to give him like FIFA?

That would make the humiliation complete.

03.03.2026 00:57 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
Lunch Discussions #145: The Crazification Factor John: ... I mean, what will it take? That last speech literally made no sense . It was crazy drunken bar talk! Islamic radicals are lik...

Original here:

kfmonkey.blogspot.com/2005/10/lunc...

03.03.2026 00:51 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

So many possible stupid options, but give me a few bucks on β€œNetanyahu has been selectively sharing intel based on conflicting agenda.”

02.03.2026 04:03 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Weak. Get up for the fight or get out of the way.

02.03.2026 00:35 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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GitHub - petergpt/bullshit-benchmark: BullshitBench measures whether AI models challenge nonsensical prompts instead of confidently answering them, created by Peter Gostev. BullshitBench measures whether AI models challenge nonsensical prompts instead of confidently answering them, created by Peter Gostev. - petergpt/bullshit-benchmark

The difference between models, and variants of models in the same family, is dramatic right now.

But overall I’m largely in the same place in a different profession. The tools can be a decent starting point, but I can’t take any of their research as gospel.

github.com/petergpt/bul...

02.03.2026 00:09 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

How do you validate quality of the results?

I’ve been exploring some of these models and asking them to research topics on which I have direct expertise. In most cases they produce results that would read as plausible to an educated layperson, but are inconsistent or incomplete.

01.03.2026 23:06 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Robocop-ass country.

01.03.2026 19:15 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0