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i love conan. I was watching his thing on the rest is history where he said "all statues of real people should be made of durable soap, they should last a good 60 years and then we decide if we want to remake them or not".........i love that. i love that attitude to historical figures. it's so good

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Mark Pertuit @markpert.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

We say both aluminum foil and tin foil

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Matt Ford @mford.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Ezra Klein asked Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang about AI making kids worse at math and reading. Huang’s reply: “Does it matter?” Then he said he doesn’t know his own address or phone number. “We’re going to lose some fine intellectual dexterity.” www.nytimes.com/2026/09/23/o...

So the message of this research out of China, where you were seeing a lot of kids using A.I. to help them, was that when they were using the A.I., they were getting things done faster. But it turned out that the skills they were learning were not holding, that their actual personal performance, at least in the way we traditionally measure it, was degrading.

What do you think when you hear that?

The last part — I completely agree. Try to get a kid to do long division right now. The multiplication table is starting to be forgotten. Doing square roots, my goodness. Basic math is being forgotten. Does it matter?

That’s my question for you.

Yeah. I don’t think it does. I don’t think it does.

But there must be some set of skills that matter.

Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. But maybe not those. We’re going to discover new ones. Just maybe not those.

There are a lot of skills that don’t matter. My first confession, I actually don’t know my address.

And I ——

I don’t really believe that to be true.

It’s completely true. Janine will tell you and Lori will tell you.

One day I had to pump gas — it was a few years ago. They needed my ZIP code, and I panicked. I didn’t know my ZIP code. I don’t know my telephone number. I forget these things. I can live with it.

But let me take the other side because I don’t want to fall into a thing where, because some skills can be safely offloaded ——

Yeah.

I also can’t get anywhere without a mapping system now. Never could, frankly. But I’m a big reader. And one of the skills I really value, one of the capacities I have that I really value is an attention span formed on physical books.

You’re a big reader. I’ve read about the kind of reading you do. And there is, prior to A.I., a lot of concern and noticing among college professors and others that the way people use the internet has probably shortened attention spans.
Some skills can be safely given away. Others are valuable. They are capacities that are needed for that flexibility, for that creative thinking, for that focus. It can’t be the case that everything can be traded off.

Some skills can be safely given away. Others are valuable. They are capacities that are needed for that flexibility, for that creative thinking, for that focus. It can’t be the case that everything can be traded off.

Yeah. Well, I think that we’re going to lose some finer intellectual dexterity, but we’re going to be better systems thinkers.

Today’s engineers are far better systems thinkers than I was when I graduated from school. But I was a much better transistor thinker.

What do you mean by systems thinker?

They think of large systems. Today’s computers have trillions, hundreds of trillions of transistors in them. When I first graduated from school, the first chip I worked on had 200 transistors. I knew every one of them by name. No engineer does that today. Most engineers now work well above the transistor, well above the functionality, and they’re cobbling things together to do things.

So you need to think much more about systems and interactions of systems. So some of the lower-level knowledge is gone.

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Roland Pierik @roleo.eurosky.social · 08/09/2026

The number of cases of cervical cancer reported in Scotland among women given the HPV vaccine at 12-13 years of age is now zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. www.bbc.com/news/article...

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No cervical cancer cases in fully HPV-vaccinated women in Scotland

A study published by Public Health Scotland finds that the HPV vaccine is "highly effective".

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Mark Pertuit @markpert.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

He lost his hair and 10 years

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Dr. Liz: Life in the Aftertimes @lgkatzphd.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

If Hitchcock made films today.

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Mark Pertuit @markpert.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇

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Luca @lucagalletti.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Oh..never mind 😂 TT: @propohyb Prague, Czech Republic

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Sam Wang @samwang.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

and, another central Jersey classic: Harold and Kumar Go To White Castle. Considering the demographic changes that have happened since this was made in 2000, this one's basically a documentary, well ahead of its time. www.youtube.com/watch?v=eMWM...

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Harold & Kumar Go To White Castle | Kumar Performs Surgery Scene | Clipzone: Comedy Callbacks

YouTube video by ClipZone: Comedy Callbacks

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Mark Pertuit @markpert.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

I wonder what it was. Being with a deeply authentic, good person? The love of God flowing through her?

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Gary, Indiana is 77% percent Black. Thousands have been without power for nearly two weeks. Many are without safe water. Yet every data center is operational & using enormous amounts of both power and water. This is what oligarchy looks like. Everyone suffers so the 1% can make even more.

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Mark Pertuit @markpert.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

I haven't been to my homeland in 5 years, but this is the kind of thing that makes me miss the US.

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nickforbrains 🏳️‍🌈 @nickforbrains.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

lol me venting about my cuisinart which i finally figured out

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Mark Pertuit @markpert.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

What is up with all the Americans I see posting about Diet Coke? I wouldn't even know where to buy that in Belgium. (Not would I want to.) Coke Zero is king here.

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Acid Rain @bearysweet.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Food and art baked into a yummy package. 🫓 A stunning, traditional Uzbek bread known as Patir - a dense and celebratory flatbread. The bread is meticulously decorated by hand with detailed patterns stamped into the center and a sculpted, flower-like border. It is then baked in a tandoor oven.

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Michelle @michelleroy78.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

My therapist suggested that I get an emotional support animal. I got a chicken. It came in a bucket with a side of mashed potatoes and a large sweet tea. I feel better already.

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Josiah Hawthorne @josiahhawthorne.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

"So Joshua burned Ai and made it a permanent heap of ruins, a desolate place to this day." Joshua 8:28 Verses to live by.

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Jason Nerad @ourintrepidhero.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

This is the way.

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Richard Murphy @richardjmurphy.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

I did an infographic on Marx recently. This seems like the appropriate follow-up. In one way or another, I used AI in creating this post. I also used a word processor, my brain, thinking time, coffee, discussion, and about 50 years of reading.

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Mark Pertuit @markpert.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Saw Spider-Man in 4DX today. How was the movie? Who knows. 4DX is not a chair that tilts a little back and forth. It is a dramatic, roller coaster-like experience. I like roller coasters, but they last 5 minutes, not for 2.5 hours! So violent. So overwhelming.

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Luca @lucagalletti.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

The little knee strikes, lol. Perfect.

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Mark Pertuit @markpert.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Very Snobbish Opinion Alert: a great many people should avoid photographing their food -- at all costs -- for the psychological safety of the global community. So many grossssssss food photos litter the internet. I declare a state of emergency.

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Mark Pertuit @markpert.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Omg, if you are going to say anything about the reflecting pool, you absolutely must include the little detail that an enormously heavy, armored, defense-capable, absurdist *motorcade* drove over it, which was obviously a bad idea & definitely had an effect. 👏journalists👏do👏your👏jobs👏!

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

One of the few real insights from Fauci's diary is that he was friendly with and gave time to console Katie Miller during her pregnancy with Covid. Then Miller blasted him. Then Paul belatedly redacted the sections featuring Miller, because political allies get privacy. people.com/dr-anthony-f...

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Dr. Fauci’s Private Diary Says He Frequently Consoled MAGA Mouthpiece Katie Miller During Her COVID-Era Pregnancy

Entries from Dr. Anthony Fauci’s private diary that were released by Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., last week suggest he had a close relationship with Katie Miller during the first year of the COVID-19 pandem...

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ceej @ceej.online · 31/07/2026

ANTHROPIC: Our son loves humanity and for the low price of trillions and trillions of dollars will usher in an era of unprecedented peace and prosperity! OPENAI: Our horrible oafish son is hacking web sites without our permission. ANTHROPIC: (eyes narrowing) Our son is also evil

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Mark Pertuit @markpert.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Film you've watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Star Trek, Star Wars, LOTR, Marvel, Disney, or Ghibli.

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ContempraInn 🌹 @contemprainn.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

“The only dancer who ever scared me.” - Bob Fosse Fosse’s remark referred to Tommy Rall.🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 Here, Bob Fosse & Tommy Rall perform a fabulous duet in My Sister Eileen (1955)!✨ #ThrowbackTuesday

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Mark Pertuit @markpert.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

if you see this, we IMPLORE you to post a picture from whatever device you're using without explanation.

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