Reposted by Tucker AllenKumail Nanjiani @kumail.bsky.social · 15/05/2025We saw every movie and read every book about robots and AI killing us and said “yes let’s make sure that happens to us for real.” 681926242
Reposted by Tucker AllenMagdi Jacobs @magdi.bsky.social · 03/05/2025I have more elaborate observations to make about ChatGPT, but, in addition to all its potentially deleterious social effects, I'll say it is just not well-designed. There clearly weren't many talented linguists involved. No corpus control & the model weights statistical frequency over all else. 911212
Reposted by Tucker AllenAdanthar @adanthar.bsky.social · 29/04/2025not sure of the full story behind Trudeau resigning, but that was a GOAT resignation, the type of thing that 3% of politicians do when 97% of them should (cf. dementia riddled man next door taking a month to gtfo way too late) yuge, bigly respect to a real MVP 1802
Reposted by Tucker AllenWalker Bragman @walkerbragman.bsky.social · 27/04/2025Uncanny how much our current reality feels like the nightmare Reagan Era sci-fi films warned us was coming. 1925621
Reposted by Tucker AllenThe New York Times @nytimes.com · 17/04/2025Breaking News: Google acted illegally to maintain a monopoly in some online advertising technology, a federal judge ruled.nytimes.comGoogle Is a Monopolist in Online Advertising Tech, Judge SaysThe ruling was the second time in a year that a federal court had found that Google had acted illegally to maintain its dominance. 18458381223
Reposted by Tucker AllenChris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 12/04/2025WHAT DO THESE GENIUSES THINK WILL HAPPEN TO MANUFACTURING JOBS IN THIS COUNTRY IF THERE IS A RECESSION !?!?!?!?!?!!? 2286396395485
Reposted by Tucker AllenChris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 10/04/2025I am but a humble cable news host with a bachelor’s in philosophy, but I feel like at some point the bond market is also going to notice that the GOP is going to pass a deficit financed 5 trillion dollar tax cut. Maybe? 878290395044
Reposted by Tucker Alleneileen chengyin chow @chowleen.bsky.social · 10/04/2025They were careless people, Tom and Daisy- they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made. -FS Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby, published 4/10/1925. 463228114708
Reposted by Tucker AllenHamilton Nolan @hamiltonnolan.bsky.social · 09/04/2025okay now that you all have gotten a taste of America's rational and predictable new trade policy, everyone who wants to build your new factories here just form an orderly line 404233224591
Reposted by Tucker AllenChris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 10/04/2025So has the WH actually formally, legally papered the tariff pause or…are they actually still operational? 706108031335
Reposted by Tucker AllenChris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 09/04/2025You set the house on fire, watched it burn, and then lost your nerve and put it out. You now have a partially burned house. Great job. 30378694416012
Reposted by Tucker AllenKeith Law @keithlaw.bsky.social · 02/04/2025the Twins are undefeated on days when Elon Musk fails to buy a Wisconsin Supreme Court election 958675552
Reposted by Tucker AllenLynda Woolard @lyndawoolard.bsky.social · 05/02/2025He wants to own Gaza as a resort destination, take the rare earth minerals of Ukraine, conquer Greenland & make Canada a state. This is just unbridled, outlandish, psychotic imperialism. Meanwhile he’s destabilizing his own country, making our data & monetary systems vulnerable. Red fucking alert. 23510
Reposted by Tucker AllenThe New York Times @nytimes.com · 05/02/2025President Trump’s declaration that the U.S. could “take over” the Gaza Strip and that its Palestinian population could be displaced was immediately criticized in the Middle East and beyond.nytimes.comTrump’s Proposal to ‘Take Over’ Gaza Sparks Immediate RebukesPresident Trump’s suggestion was denounced in the Middle East, Washington and beyond. 159710135
Reposted by Tucker AllenChris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 04/02/2025Trump just said he’s calling for the full forcible transfer of all 1.8 million Gazans out of the strip and says “The US will take over the Gaza Strip” 138076592258
Reposted by Tucker AllenChris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 05/02/2025I know we can’t run around on fire every time Trump says something but he appears to have just announced the new US policy on Gaza which is to take ownership of it, ethnically cleanse it of the 1.8 million Palestinians there and maintain a long term ownership stake as it’s “developed.” 1517140903138
Reposted by Tucker AllenMark Cuban @mcuban.bsky.social · 28/01/2025PROP - PR Over Policy. Don't confuse them. He is flooding the zone. He knows that media will cover everything he does. Getting people upset. Which helps give him more coverage of the upset people. All just talking about him. Dems need to be strategic. 42007507011420
Reposted by Tucker AllenJay in Kyiv @jayinkyiv.bsky.social · 28/01/2025Ukraine now the last line of defense as a global fascist takeover spearheaded by an alliance of Russia and American billionaires takes root, Zelensky is cheered as he places a candle at the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz. 17662132
Reposted by Tucker AllenChris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 28/01/2025Great to see President Trump draining the swamp by finally taking on Big Missing And Exploited Children special interests. 31391261826
Reposted by Tucker AllenSenator Ron Wyden @wyden.senate.gov · 28/01/2025NEW: My staff has confirmed reports that Medicaid portals are down in all 50 states following last night's federal funding freeze. This is a blatant attempt to rip away health care from millions of Americans overnight and will get people killed. 1963209568351
Reposted by Tucker AllenMark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 28/01/2025#NeverForget 10525067710911
Reposted by Tucker AllenThe New York Times @nytimes.com · 27/01/2025Breaking News: Stocks fell sharply as investors worried that China’s A.I. advances would threaten the power of big tech companies in the U.S.nytimes.comStock Markets Drop as Investors Worry About DeepSeek and China’s A.I. AdvancesPremarket trading implied steep declines for U.S. markets, with the pain concentrated at companies at the forefront of the artificial intelligence boom. 7039777
Reposted by Tucker AllenLynda Woolard @lyndawoolard.bsky.social · 27/01/2025By the way, a key thing about China’s DeepSeek AI is that it requires much less energy than US AI. So… energy sectors are also feeling a pinch. 032
Tucker Allen @nellallen13.bsky.social · 28/01/2025It doesn’t have to be an objective bad to have a Chinese LLM as competitive as the leading U.S. model It’s all the more impressive considering the efficiency gains, in spite of the export restrictions on the most valuable Nvidia chips and the Chinese having less computing power 000
Reposted by Tucker AllenDavid Pakman @davidpakman.bsky.social · 27/01/2025Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth. Tragic, humiliating, terrifying stuff. 85181190
Reposted by Tucker AllenKumail Nanjiani @kumail.bsky.social · 24/01/2025What goes on down there is none of my business 854991276
Reposted by Tucker AllenChris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 24/01/2025www.vanityfair.com/news/story/c...vanityfair.comChris Hayes on Why Donald Trump and Elon Musk Thrive in the Attention AgeThe MSNBC host’s new book, ‘The Sirens’ Call,’ explores how attention became an “endangered resource” in today’s screen-addled society, further fracturing American politics and supercharging the news ... 3387980
Reposted by Tucker AllenLynda Woolard @lyndawoolard.bsky.social · 19/01/2025#TikTokIsBack I don’t trust it. Full clip here: www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8Fq6QJb/ 1104
Reposted by Tucker AllenDavid Pakman @davidpakman.bsky.social · 15/01/2025The Pam Bondi hearings confirm our instinct that, while (possibly) less cartoonish than Matt Gaetz, she's just as dangerous and incompetent 711392127
Reposted by Tucker AllenKumail Nanjiani @kumail.bsky.social · 11/01/2025I’m sick of living through Wikipedia entries. 22213134912
Reposted by Tucker AllenJustin LaLiberty @jlalibs.bsky.social · 10/01/2025If you don’t have a local library card, it should be your New Year’s resolution to get one. It’s an easy resolution to keep and you’ll actually use it, trust me. 344163332518
Reposted by Tucker AllenAlex גדעון בן װעלװל @jewishwonk.bsky.social · 07/01/2025It's a good spin because their useful idiots repeat it, but removing content moderation doesn't empower free speech. It empowers loud morons to shout lies over everyone else speaking. 2164
Reposted by Tucker AllenDavid Pakman @davidpakman.bsky.social · 07/01/2025So Trump is threatening to take Canada, Greenland, and the Panama Canal by force? Got it. 3782102213
Reposted by Tucker AllenAlex גדעון בן װעלװל @jewishwonk.bsky.social · 02/01/2025In addition to being questionable, it's also nonsense to explain it this way. Tariffs are a tax! What Republicans are doing is shifting the burden of who pays for taxes from the ultra-wealthy to everyone else. 1143
Reposted by Tucker AllenDavid Pakman @davidpakman.bsky.social · 02/01/2025I do not expect to get invited back for quite some time 2675432253
Reposted by Tucker AllenThe Whimsical Muse @whimsicalmuse.bsky.social · 02/01/2025All I want is a cottage in the Scottish Highlands, a freshly-fallen snow, a crackling fire, a riveting mystery novel, a kettle on the stove, and a healthy supply of emotional support scones. 841173771232
Reposted by Tucker AllenThe New York Times @nytimes.com · 02/01/2025President Biden is expected to permanently ban new oil and gas drilling in large sections of the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, as well as other federal waters. The move relies on a 70-year-old law that could make it difficult for the Trump administration to reverse it.nytimes.comBiden Expected to Permanently Ban Oil Drilling in Some Federal WatersThe move, expected as early as Monday, relies on a 70-year-old law that could make it difficult for the Trump administration to reverse it. 1043312660
Reposted by Tucker AllenMagdi Jacobs @magdi.bsky.social · 30/12/2024Trying to move over here, more. It can be hard not to get sucked back into "X." I'm also a little bit shy? Part of it might be that the standards seem higher here. I yammered off as an anonymous account on twitter for ~5 years before having to give my actual name when I was asked to write pieces. 201424
Reposted by Tucker AllenDavid Pakman @davidpakman.bsky.social · 30/12/2024Donald Trump made the courageous decision today, after sitting on the sidelines for days hemming and hawing, to stand behind Elon Musk's position on HB1 visas, despite clearly not knowing what they are based on his New York Post interview 1061844149
Reposted by Tucker AllenMelissa Baker @melissabaker.bsky.social · 30/12/2024Sitting at Costco eating my $2 lunch while a person at the next table is ranting about higher ed & how professors are super pretentious & highbrow. They also suggested professors are rich. So tempted to tell them. 953191931144
Reposted by Tucker AllenGod @thegodshow.com · 23/12/2024Thou shalt pay Amazon workers fairly, for they are as close as it gets to being Santa’s elves. Without them, Christmas doesn’t happen. 380229253409
Reposted by Tucker AllenKumail Nanjiani @kumail.bsky.social · 23/12/2024My favorite sequels of all time: Gremlins 2 LOTR: The Two Towers Before Sunset The Dark Knight Batman Returns Fury Road GotG 3 Blade Runner 2049 Indiana Jones & the Last Crusade Paddington 2 Spider-Man 2 Toy Story 2 Addams Family Values Kill Bill Vol 2 Nightmare on Elm Street 3 153114429
Reposted by Tucker AllenNick Knudsen @nickknudsenus.bsky.social · 21/12/2024Rest in Peace, Ricky Henderson - one of my favorite ball players of all time. A true GOAT. Probably the most dynamic player I ever got to see play live. And what a personality! A sad day for the baseball world. ⚾️ 1383983428
Reposted by Tucker AllenMike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 20/12/2024This. This. This. And that message carries across a huge range of circumstances. 220214013222
Reposted by Tucker AllenDavid Pakman @davidpakman.bsky.social · 20/12/2024Pro-life Republicans cut funding for child cancer research from their latest spending bill, which also failed to pass. Pathetic and even more pathetic. 1553269473
