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Same. It became “this isn’t a problem, unless your lack of sleep makes it a problem for us” in our family.

MN-1, Tim Walz old district. I’m biased because it’s local, but Walz was the first to flip it from its typical republican representation, and Jake Johnson (another teacher) has a good opportunity to do it again.

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Jaymes @jaymesrs.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Trump has been hanging out with Other Mother?

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Jaymes @jaymesrs.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

@lexfri.xyz I have a request for the App. As someone that has a big backlog, I’d like a button to jump to a random unfinished puzzle with 1 click instead of choosing a specific day. Ideally, if all the ones in recent history are done a button jumps to the front for that random puzzle. Thanks a ton!

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Jaymes @jaymesrs.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Is it me or is Joe Buck slowly morphing into Trey Gowdy?

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Jaymes @jaymesrs.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Down to the outfit…. Wow

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Dominique Baker @bakerdphd.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Writing something where I will be liberally citing @lilymasonphd.bsky.social's latest and realizing that I can't cite every single thing I would like to because then I'm just reprinting her work. So, I've gotta thread about it instead. muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/articl...

Screenshot of the article website. Title is: Polarization Is Not the Problem. Author is Lilliana Mason. Journal is the Journal of Democracy, Volume 37, Number 4, October 2026. From Johns Hopkins University Press.

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Jaymes @jaymesrs.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

What does this mean for the pressed penny souvenir industry? Why is Trump destroying another industry? /s

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Jaymes @jaymesrs.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I am a proud Minnesotan and while she was not my 1st or 2nd choice of a gov to replace Walz, there’s no denying she is a talented political machine.

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Jaymes @jaymesrs.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I’m amazed that it’s not even just “a Midwest guy” it’s one whose state shares a border with the state of the team he was confused about.

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Jaymes @jaymesrs.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Senator, I cannot recall and please stop calling me Shirley.

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Jaymes @jaymesrs.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

@annaleen.bsky.social I’m even aware of spouses that maintain the vous forms with each other. That’s probably the safest bet without a special request from them.

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Jaymes @jaymesrs.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Yeah, I’ve been watching him go back and forth for days and realized this was the fundamental weakness in his argument and watched others get wrapped around the axle of language. That’s why I offered this example 2x and he hasn’t acknowledged it yet though it avoids the metaphysics he disdains.

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Jaymes @jaymesrs.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

It doesn’t help to muddy the waters to use a word in one context with one set of criteria (eg “a mind”) and then use it again with different criteria and context eg (an LLM) and equivocate their meanings.

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Jaymes @jaymesrs.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

I would need to know how we are defining “Understand” then. I’m Working from a definition of “being aware of the nature of [a thing].” And the nature of a thing includes it’s relational sub-components. And then requires you understand how those relationships work without specifying each example.

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Jaymes @jaymesrs.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Yes, it’s more an argument that is a limitation of current models that are stuck rooting their understandings to the forms and order of the training data, so current models can’t be said to ”understand” in a way that is indistinguishable from humans as Will said was difficult outside metaphysics.

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Jaymes @jaymesrs.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

That’s why I Immediately attached more modern references as a reply to my original post that you clearly didn’t read. That recent link was only to get you up to speed where the original issue originated.

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Jaymes @jaymesrs.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

That’s not applicable to the Reversal Curse argument.

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Jaymes @jaymesrs.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

So that example is based in a specific prior known example from the research where both “John” and “Mary” are based in specific individuals whose genders are known (Tom Cruise and his mother). That’s why I emphasized that the examples were unique enough that was knowable. arxiv.org/pdf/2309.122...

arxiv.org

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Jaymes @jaymesrs.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

I’m sorry if I’m not understanding your point. But presume that for my example the limits of microblogging is making this less clear. Assume “John” and “Mary” are stand-ins for unique or rare identifiers.

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Jaymes @jaymesrs.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Is it reasonable to say that understanding simple inversion is a non metaphysical concept. Eg. John is Mary’s son therefore Mary is John’s Mother. Because historically AI models have an issue with this when “John is Mary’s son” is in the training data and “Mary is John’s mother” is not.

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Jaymes @jaymesrs.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Theres always a relevant XKCD topic. In this case, XKCD 927. imgs.xkcd.com/comics/stand...

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Jaymes @jaymesrs.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Does the reversal curse in AI “Understanding” provide evidence against LLMs being able to think in a way that’s equivalent and indistinguishable from a sapient being?

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Jaymes @jaymesrs.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Hit semeth a frend, for-thi hit mot be a frend

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Jaymes @jaymesrs.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

To be fair, something like “Choose the appropriate military target” and the grid is mostly elementary schools; that would probably trip up LLMs based on relatively recent events.

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Jaymes @jaymesrs.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

First Clorox, now soap…

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Chaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

A sadde thinge that we have to worke arounde alwayes ys that the quiet, steadye, patient labor and kyndenesse required to holde up the worlde and keepe us all goinge ys nevir a newes item. Unshowye, ordinarye, hard-won skill at the job you must do for othirs to get on. The greatest honor ys ther.

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Jaymes @jaymesrs.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

That’s not a true comparison because dogs already have a sapient mind and we don’t have that in LLMs. They have sapience in the same way one would say a pothole is exactly shaped to fit the puddle. If you want a good explainer, check out 3blue1brown: www.3blue1brown.com?topic=neural...

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3Blue1Brown

Mathematics with a distinct visual perspective. Linear algebra, calculus, neural networks, topology, and more.

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Jaymes @jaymesrs.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

My wife just finished tetraforming her new fish tank.

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Jaymes @jaymesrs.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

There’s a story about this told by Jim Butcher. He was arguing that good writing was more important than ingredients, and let a challenger choose the lame story tropes to prove his point. He combined Pokémon and the Lost Roman legion and got Codex Alera and it made the NYT best seller list.

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Jaymes @jaymesrs.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

I can’t say I’ve ever seen someone solicit Hugh G Dick pics in public like this before…

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Jaymes @jaymesrs.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

“Sure, if you’ll just give my ‘associate’ your name…”. (This line works best when your “associate” is a fairy….)

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Luke Ontario @coolhand.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

A few years ago I saw someone say that dating someone with ADHD is like microdosing Wikipedia and I’m still recovering from that wound

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Jaymes @jaymesrs.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

It seems like you perhaps inferred a criticism or critique where none exists.

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Jaymes @jaymesrs.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Pages with “this page intentionally left blank” printed on it therefore not actually blank.

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Jaymes @jaymesrs.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

A comedian as head of state of a country opposed by Russia? It would never work.

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Jaymes @jaymesrs.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

My own interpretation: My hometown is where I currently live (or larger city in proximity). I would say “where I’m from” and “where I grew up” are different though. “From” is born through pre-k (prioritizing most time spent) and “grew up” is where I lived is childhood through HS graduation.

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Jaymes @jaymesrs.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

When Michelle Tafoya said she should leave, she walks out the door and gets in her car.

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Jaymes @jaymesrs.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

If you ask Michelle Tafoya to bring a salad to the pot luck, she would bring a Spring Mix.

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Jaymes @jaymesrs.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Michelle Tafoya eats the entire last bar in the tin.

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Jaymes @jaymesrs.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

It’s quite affordable for a metropolitan area too.

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Jaymes @jaymesrs.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

You can always add layers when too cold. The reverse isn’t always true.

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Jaymes @jaymesrs.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

As a Minnesotan, I refuse to speak poorly of Iowa. It’s beneath me.

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Jaymes @jaymesrs.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Minnesota has for a long time had a strong “you always help your neighbor” mentality that is honed by winters that would get harsh. If someone is stuck in the snow you stop to push them out. Unfortunately, some people forgot that “neighbors” aren’t just people that look like you and live nearby.

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Jaymes @jaymesrs.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

And the ICE guy that was a pastor made a big deal about their safe space being invaded by outsiders. At least they had the balls to do it without hiding their identities.

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Jaymes @jaymesrs.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

The only source of information these people believe is from people they “know”. This includes para-social relationships like 24 hour streaming news pundits that they watch all day.

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