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No, i thought about buying them, but then remembered that every single time I've had regular Reese's chocolate lately I've pretty much hated it. Their dark chocolate is okay, tho, so if they start making them with that, I'll give them a try

…Also, in as-yet unconnected news, i made brownies today.

I mean, you can get down like that if you want to, but I'm fully aware of what that'll do to me, and I thank the resealable bag for its service

Going to have to try theirs next

Little choco banana coins, just for your face

Little choco banana coins, just for your face

Oh do they have the slices, too?? That's dope, I'd only ever seen the whole ones there, so far.

… Actually damn near, for the big bag; Lucille got it on this one

Did you know they make frozen chocolate covered banana slices you can just buy in the store? Like in a resealable bag, and everything.

Well now you do.

"…rather than abstracted representations of the statistical correlation between (usually English) words". Which: Yeah…?

And for this he gets a billion fucking dollars? JFC.

As is so often the case, Yann LeCun has said something that *sounds* like I should agree with it— i.e., LLMs are a garbage paradigm for "AI" & we need something better— but then follows it up with a "plan" that doesn't actually go anywhere beyond "models should be embedded in/entangled w/ the world…

Specifically talking about the "expert review" bullshit, and the suit doesn't yet exist, so fat as I know, but it's only a matter of time

I really can't wait to see how big the lawsuit against grammarly gets and I hope the plaintiffs sue them into complete and fundamental nonexistence. Like, "the company has to scrap their code rather than sell it as assets, and then also dissolve" nonexistence.

I really can't wait to see how big the lawsuit against grammarly gets and I hope the plaintiffs sue them into complete and fundamental nonexistence. Like, "the company has to scrap their code rather than sell it as assets, and then also dissolve" nonexistence.

Grammarly declined my request to interview CEO Shishir Mehrotra today. But it told me that in response to criticisms, it will allow experts to opt out of the feature by emailing expertoptout@superhuman.com. The company gave me this statement over email: We’ve heard the feedback about this tool and appreciate the engagement from those who have taken the time to raise thoughtful questions about the functionality and the experts surfaced. We agree that the product experience can be improved for both users and experts. The agent was designed to help users discover influential perspectives and scholarship that add value to their work. We want the people behind those perspectives to have greater control over whether their name is used, while providing new ways for influential voices to reach new audiences. Our goal is to improve Expert Review to deliver this outcome.

NEWS: Grammarly tells me it will let "experts" like me opt out of having their names used against their will and for no compensation as part of its "expert review" feature www.platformer.news/grammarly-ex...

an email with the header "Opt out" from me to expertoptout@superhuman.com. Body text: Hi there. No idea if I am one of your experts, but I’d rather not be. You see, I do actually edit people and I don’t need your hallucination machine ruining my bad reputation. Thanks Liz

I write emails! thanks to @caseynewton.bsky.social for embarrassing Grammarly into doing the bare fucking minimum www.platformer.news/grammarly-ex...

Grammarly declined my request to interview CEO Shishir Mehrotra today. But it told me that in response to criticisms, it will allow experts to opt out of the feature by emailing expertoptout@superhuman.com.

I've decided that instead of wasting my own time to see if Grammarly has stolen my name and writing for use their business, I'd just email them to opt out and make them waste some time cleaning up their own goddamn mess.

www.platformer.news/grammarly-ex...

which news agency still has the fucking guts necessary to just play his words on air and then have their anchor silently stare directly into the camera for 30 solid seconds

which news agency still has the fucking guts necessary to just play his words on air and then have their anchor silently stare directly into the camera for 30 solid seconds

I just… What are we doing? What the fuck is wrong with these people.

Failures of “AI” Promise: Critical Thinking, Misinformation, Prosociality, & Trust So, new research shows that a) LLM-type “AI” chatbots are extremely persuasive and able to get voters to shift their positions, and that b) the more effective they are at that, the less…

This is to answer one question so I couldn't go too deep, but I'm reccing @wolvendamien.bsky.social article: afutureworththinkingabout.com?p=6422 and Justin Brown's siliconcanals.com/sc-d-i-spent...

Yesterday, Washington became the 13th state to pass and sign into law a ✨Domestic Workers Bill of Rights✨ #ShareGoodNewsToo

Two pairs of beavers released in Cornwall by wildlife trust Wildlife experts say the release is a "landmark" for nature recovering in Cornwall and nationally.

Enjoy a full minute of beavers being released into the wild in Cornwall. These little fluffbutts are the first to swim in these waters in a very, very long time - the last official records of beavers in the wild in England are from the 1300s. BBC buff.ly/BnMwCOx
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Jello Biafra is currently hospitalized but stable. Speaking for the Alternative Tentacles family, we are all just very thankful he is okay and getting the care that he needs.

We will update you all as we are able.

Mmmm… okay, i could agree with that. But that's still like… a 92 vs a 100

I'm gonna take this moment to admit i was wrong about the scrubs continuation and I should have trusted Bill Lawrence. In fact i should have trusted specifically Based On what he's done with Shrinking. New Scrubs is actually pretty good.

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Yes. Strong Disagree about Shrinking tho. bsky.app/profile/wolv...

They spent your tax money on killing children. I think it's worth us spending our tax money prosecuting and punishing them all. No one will argue against it. It is a popular stance. Don't be a pussy. Stand up for those girls who were killed in our name.

Run on prosecuting war criminals and show ads with the missile hitting the school and show photos of the girls when they were alive. Make it a point to arrest and prosecute Hegseth and go from there. Trump won't protect him. He'll either be dead by then or cashed out.