Goodhart’s law never dies:
“When a measure becomes a target, it ceases to be a good measure".
In this case measuring the proportion of research active staff has encouraged behaviour where the non research active are no longer classified as staff.
The Senate has agreed to the House's changes on SB 5855, Sen. Valdez's bill to bar law enforcement from wearing face coverings.
That means the next stop is my desk.
What's happening in our country and our state with ICE is horrific, unjust, and it needs to stop — now.
democrats still seem to be laboring under the delusion that they can introduce stuff to pass while trump is president and they, not trump, will somehow get credit for it. they learned nothing from trump taking credit for covid stimulus checks
leaders like trump are why sun tzu had to write a bunch of advice like "don't write your enemy a letter detailing what tactics you really don't want them to do"
JUST IN: Democrats flip a seat in the New Hampshire state House.
Dem Bobbi Boudman has won today’s special election, NHJournal reports.
(Boudman was the Dem nominee in 2024 & lost by 14%; Trump won here by 9%.)
This is Dems’ third legislative flip so far this year, after Texas and Arkansas.
I guess Lockwood, Nimitz, Spruance, and Farragut are all woke heroes now, because they could read maps, logbooks, and actually comprehend rudimentary logistics.
I don't pretend to be a military expert, nor do I play one on TV, but goodness I've watched a lot of movies and read many books, and when they talk about the Pentagon they always make it sound like people are ALWAYS running war games and scenerios. NO ONE EVER THOUGHT OF THIS!! This basic thing? WTF
CENTCOM is a fundamentally unserious command for a fundamentally unserious country
mandating that DoD be banned from naming the operations anything other than numbers in the next NDAA
We've reached the point where you actually have to opt OUT of an author impersonation feature.
Let me tell you the weekslong process my company just went through just to be able to send marketing texts to people. But monetizing a product you're pitching as author coaching? Ok!
This is a great reason to boycott:
white knight in the woods with a dragon hunting him
a collection of my landscape paintings
character concepts from the last of us part 2
character concepts from a catan expansion
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I tried a bland paraphrase of something I'm writing right now and 3/4 authors I cite and know personally popped up right away. I'm not well known enough to be in this, but Jesus I hope they get sued into oblivion for identity theft.
So apparently grammarly stole my fuckin identity
As for this, no thank you. But I do hope someone else has the time to look at your unverified translations and find all the howlers for you.
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Idiot plot
I talked to dozens of experts in government, academia, cybersecurity, and industry about exactly this scenario last year and not only did not one of them think I was being alarmist, many brought it up unprompted and many said there was zero chance it hadn’t already happened
The richest Americans saw their net worth soar 120% from 2017 to 2025.
The top 1% now control $55.8 trillion in assets — more than the G.D.P. of the United States and China combined.
Meanwhile, millions of Americans live paycheck to paycheck.
Still wondering if inequality is out of control?
We can afford to house people.
We can afford to feed people.
We can afford to give people healthcare.
The money is there. We just need to put people in office who will do it.
WHAT THE FUCK @baldwin.senate.gov 😡 You work for us!! Don't give these assholes cover!!!
Holy shit - this would be very, very bad:
"The databases, called “Numident” and the “Master Death File,” include records for more than 500 million living and dead Americans, including Social Security numbers, places and dates of birth, citizenship, race and ethnicity, and parents’ names."
Don’t stop talking about the Epstein files.
Don’t stop talking about the Epstein files.
Don’t stop talking about the Epstein files.
Don’t stop talking about the Epstein files.
Don’t stop talking about the Epstein files.
Don’t stop talking about the Epstein files.
Don’t stop.
Welp. Today in embarrassing DOJ hearings ...
Give it up for @randyhermanlaw.com. He gives us this wonderful thread on the hearing for the fed'l prosecutor who used AI to write his filings, filled w/ fake quotes and citations.
You will each have your own favorite post in the thread, but this Princess Bride knockoff ranks right up there for me
Trump's got about 39% support right now. How is that possible?
two things:
1. fascism has a constituency
2. partisanship is powerful
I talk about both at some length here. www.everythingishorrible.net/p/why-isnt-t...
You want to know how you can tell that Anthropic aren't the good guys here?
They literally named the "Department of War" as the defendant.
Even DOD concedes that it's just a "secondary" name and the real name is the Department of Defense.
Anthropic is still trying to stay on Trump's good side.
Ouch.
worth remembering, David Lynch directed “fix your hearts or die” specifically at transphobes. it wasn’t a generic “no mean people allowed” statement, it was said by his Twin Peaks character in defense of a trans woman he cared for and deeply respected.
