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winn 1 point ago +1 / -0

I'd say the same thing about Catholics but I'd get burned at the proverbial GAW stake 🪵

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winn 2 points ago +2 / -0

I hate to be devil's avocado here but this isn't a slam-dunk, because Portugal decriminalized drugs and it resulted in a massive reduction in OD deaths.. https://transformdrugs.org/blog/drug-decriminalisation-in-portugal-setting-the-record-straight

I'd say the problem is an 'Oregon problem' rather than a drug problem. Whatever they're doing over there, it ain't workin

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winn 2 points ago +2 / -0

like, I can understand if someone is so arrogant and depraved that they give zero shits and just consume ungodly amounts of a drug and OD. But this is different. They're pressing pills that are sold as completely different drugs with the stuff and people take 1 pill expecting a Percocet but get poisoned to death by these Frankenstein opioids. This is an attack on the country.

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winn 3 points ago +3 / -0

you got me kekking hard 😂

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winn 1 point ago +1 / -0

Good bit of nuance, thx. The theory very likely still applies though, since the traffickers mostly use those low-tier establishments to save money. A pimp's gotta eat, mang

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winn 1 point ago +1 / -0

I wonder if this could be it?

JUST IN: One of Alaska's most populated cities is bracing for potentially catastrophic flooding as a basin dammed within the Mendenhall Glacier has started to release water downstream, according to officials — ABC

https://x.com/TheInsiderPaper/status/1955723902312722457

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winn 3 points ago +3 / -0

You forgot your other disclaimer: This comment is relentlessly based, wise, and gives no fucks about your feelings at all whatsoever. Surface-dwellers need not engage.

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winn 1 point ago +1 / -0

moar:

Chain-of-thought falls apart the moment it leaves familiar territory. The output sounds sharp but the logic is hollow.

https://tildes.net/~tech/1pkl/is_chain_of_thought_reasoning_of_llms_a_mirage_a_data_distribution_lens

“Garbage in, garbage out.” Mount Sinai fed six LLMs fake clinical data. Hallucination rates hit 83%. https://www.healthcareitnews.com/news/garbage-garbage-out-mount-sinai-experts-compare-hallucinations-across-6-llms

“LLMs are just better tape recorders or better Google search.”

Ford’s CEO warns half of all white-collar jobs are at risk. Anthropic’s CEO says unemployment could hit 20% in five years.

https://en.as.com/latest_news/white-collar-jobs-in-jeopardy-heres-what-ai-will-do-to-half-of-them-according-to-ford-ceo-n/

The models don’t think. They interpolate. They mimic the shape of reasoning. Put them under pressure and they crumble.

No one’s explaining how this tech made it into medicine, finance, and law. No one’s naming the teams that tuned hallucination rates down from 83% to 50% and called that “safe.” No one’s asking why “chain-of-thought” was marketed as reasoning when it’s just a formatting trick.

The talking point is loud: “LLMs will replace entry-level jobs.” But they can’t pass basic logic tests. They fabricate citations. They miscalculate leap years.

One voice nails it: “Soon all these LLMs will have to make money. I don’t trust humans to do the right thing.”

The neural network era isn’t refined. It’s barely holding together. And public trust is already shot.

https://wallstreetsuntzu.com/market-marco/ai-models-praised-for-reasoning-now-exposed-as-brittle-simulators-researchers-say-they-collapse-outside-training/

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winn 3 points ago +3 / -0

the sudden, lock-step adoption of DEI after George Floyd, the total submission to COVID 'recommendations'... all direct results of these super-entities. They are the hub at which the world's corporations are connected.

Any sane person knows you don't get all the world's companies to do the same exact thing all at the same time. There's a whole hidden 'government' over them

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winn 2 points ago +2 / -0

I'm not sure banning it would be a good idea but passing it off as human should be banned for sure. If an article or account on social media is a bot it should be required by law to self-identify as such. And claiming that videos or images made by AI are real should be on the same level as counterfeitting currency.

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winn 2 points ago +2 / -0

Yes in essence what it does is allow the State to decide who is a valid journalist and who needs to shut their mouths. Tommy Robinson for example

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winn 2 points ago +2 / -0

It’s almost too stupid to report. Check out von der Leyen’s Orwellian remarks. Some twitter feedback —

🇪🇺 The “Freedom of the Media Act” has come into force in the European Union and is now valid in all EU member states.

This law is aimed at protecting “freedom of the press.”

But the law allows the arrest of journalists if it is justified by the “public interest.”

The European Media Freedom Act:

If the unelected leaders decide that “it is justified” for “REASON OF PUBLIC INTEREST”, they can “oblige media … “to disclose”… “journalistic sources or confidential communications”… … “detain, sanction, intercept or inspect”…

Translation: The EU has adopted the European Media Freedom Act. Officially, it’s to protect media freedom. But since August 8, 2025, Brussels decides who is recognized as a “media”… and who is not. A major shift for the future of information in Europe.

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winn 7 points ago +7 / -0

it's on by default. Turning it off allows you to downvote posts ⬇️

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winn 10 points ago +10 / -0

Technocratic feudalism... good name. This is what concerns me about Musk, Thiel, Vance etc. I'd like to repost a snippit of something I read elsewhere for consideration:

The Bypass of the Constitution

Here’s where the merger of the 'private sector' and the government becomes dangerous:

Private corporations aren’t bound by the Bill of Rights. That means government can outsource unconstitutional acts to the corporate sector.

  • Federal agencies “suggest” content moderation, but platforms enforce it.
  • Financial institutions de-bank individuals based on political views.
  • Tech giants can silence speech, block transactions, or throttle reach — with zero due process.

The government says, “We didn’t do it — it’s a private company.”

The company says, “We’re just following guidelines.” And your rights vanish in the ping-pong of plausible deniability.


Some may cringe at my "dooming" over certain aspects of the Trump admin. The wise will understand. It's all well and good if Tesla and Twitter are actually DoD projects funded by taxpayer money...until it's not. Until they come under new ownership and suddenly Teslas require Wifi video and audio surveillance 24/7 to operate, until Twitter requires you to upload your ID to use the platform... they will claim "but it's a private company, they can do what they want!" to which I say BULLSHIT

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winn 2 points ago +2 / -0

maybe his ridiculous feud with Trump in 2016 was kayfabe? remember the little hands and glass of water? kek

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