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Jacob Whittaker @vonfunkenstein.bsky.social · 4h

Oh you follow 19k people and you want to add me to that exclusive club?

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Jacob Whittaker @vonfunkenstein.bsky.social · 14h

Reminder that PCA put up those numbers without the benefit of getting to face the Cubs pitching staff

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Jacob Whittaker @vonfunkenstein.bsky.social · 14h

I always wanted to be a Cub. Mind if I relax next to ya?

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Jacob Whittaker @vonfunkenstein.bsky.social · 15h

The rest of the Cubs should try to win the baseball game, like PCA does

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Jacob Whittaker @vonfunkenstein.bsky.social · 15h

Padres vs White Sox Popetastic World Series. Book it

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Homer J. Fong @a2koc.bsky.social · 18h

Sen. Schmidtt right now, tbh

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Bennett @sleightedge.bsky.social · 19h

The problem is even more fundamental. LLMs do not understand causation or logic. They only understand correlation. Which means, even with full token context, they will always have the chance to hallucinate.

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Faine Greenwood @faineg.com · 20h

oh man, I just tried it and america.gov really does get REAL weird when you tell it to “play Minecraft”

america.gov

America.gov

Find answers from official government sources and clear next steps for the services you need with America.gov.

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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 21h

SCOTUS’s shadow docket strikes again. Third-country removals are back on, using a policy that two federal courts have now ruled is unlawful.

CORDER LIST: 609 U.S.)
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 2026
26-426
(26A406)
CERTIORARI GRANTED
DEPT. OF HOMELAND SEC., ET AL. V. D.V.D., ET AL.
The application for stay presented to Justice Jackson and
by her referred to the Court is granted. The February 25, 2026 order and judgment of the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts, case No. 1:25-cv-10676, are stayed.
The application is also treated as a petition for a writ of certiorari, and the petition is granted. The parties are directed to brief and argue the following questions: (1) Whether the district court had jurisdiction over Respondents' claims.
(2) Whether the
district court had
authority to enter classwide
declaratory
relief
and APA vacatur under 8 U. S. C. §1252 (f) (1).
(3) Whether the Government's Guidance on third-country removals
is unlawful under 8 U. S. C. §1231(b), the Due Process Clause, or
FARRA/CAT and its
implementing regulations. (4) Such other
questions that the Government determines are appropriate for the
proper disposition of the case. The Clerk is directed to
establish a briefing schedule that will allow the case to be
argued in the December 2026 argument session. The stay shall
terminate upon the sending down of the judgment of this Court.
Justice Sotomayor, Justice Kagan, and Justice Jackson would
deny the application for stay.

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Dag. @3fecta.bsky.social · 22h

Other than that Mrs Lincoln, how was the play?

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Os Keyes @okeyes.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Since we’re doing another round of “AI will destroy humanity” doom-hype, it’s a good time to announce a new paper myself and my postdoc advisor just had accepted by BioSocieties on just this. TL;DR: almost all the “AI can make bioweapons” literature comes ultimately from the Effective Altruists.

ironholds.org

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maffew going to wXw Grand Prix @maffewgregg.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

It started raining so me and @thetomcampbell.bsky.social got PAC a hat and scarf

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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

The only people who know less about sports than Republicans are the political press who think sports is right-coded. Sports are not right-coded. Pedophilia is right-coded.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026

CRUZ: Do you have any evidence whatsoever to believe that I and 20% of Republicans in the Senate will engage in destruction or tampering with evidence or intimidation of potential witnesses? JACK SMITH: No. We had powerful evidence that Donald Trump and his associates would

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Johannes Franzen @johannesfranzen.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Incredible stuff.

Commentary|Essay

AI and the crisis of the author

By Anchit Sathi

September 4, 2026
Read this issue

Editor’s note (September 21, 2026): We have removed this essay. AI was used in its preparation. The TLS editorial guidelines prohibit the use of AI in the writing and editing process. The author states that he was unaware of the policy.

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Jacob Whittaker @vonfunkenstein.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

And the real magic is that Anthropic is the most profitable and stable of the models. Good Lord

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Jacob Whittaker @vonfunkenstein.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

"You know what the world needs? An almost 1gb pdf!" -way more people than I ever imagined

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Remmelt 🛑 @artificialbodies.net · 28/09/2026

Ronny Fernandez runs events at Lighthaven (rationalist mixers, torture potlucks, orgies, and $100 panels on AGI). His ex-wife claims she was abused by him.

Holly I Elmore
@ilex_ulmus • 14.07
For those who don't know, my ex-husband, Ronny Fernandez,
@LighthavenPR and @plzdontkillus_ is a predator who abused me and other women. He told me he knew he was a psychopath and a narcissist.
Now he kind of openly trades in that by being one of the rapists in Aella's famous rape orgies.
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I hate that I have this past connection hanging over my head but I think the best thing to do about it is just be honest and warn whoever I can.

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Kylie Eleison @gonebabygone.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Your mom trying to remember the name of that podcast

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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I'm absolutely losing it. Everything in here is made up (we hired an actor, rented a car, did not use AI, obviously), but he just invents a whole-ass world. Boner pills are a helluva drug.

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brando @brando37.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

National media stories about wrestling are always borderline cringe-worthy, regardless of the topic and approach, and are usually tough to make it through bc they always have to write them at a very street-level, almost condescending, manner. But this is so well written and respectful.

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Jacob Whittaker @vonfunkenstein.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Understand that all of this is to create excuses for the plateauing of gains. They're adding more power but not getting scaling results. They're all terrified of this result and they need something to blame when it becomes apparent that things are stalling out.

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Amanda Litman @amandalitman.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I love the optimism about Dems winning in November - I share it! And: I'm a tiny bit nervous that winning will free folks of the urgency to fix deeper structural problems in our party that will fuck us in the long-haul if we don't grapple with them.

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Third Summers Brother @hugetinymistake.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Orang Cassidy did so well partly because he had a partner that knew exactly what to do www.youtube.com/watch?v=7W63...

youtube.com

FULL MATCH: PAC vs Orange Cassidy | AEW Revolution 2020

YouTube video by All Elite Wrestling

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Jacob Whittaker @vonfunkenstein.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

My favorite Pac stories are of people in his hometown running into him while he walked his little dog. He seemed like a solid dude who made the world around him more vibrant and fun. Rest in peace.

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cat 🌱 @canavarisvhenan.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

rest in peace pac. you were a bastard and we love you for it

The Bastard Pac on the ropes at AEW All Out Chicago 2026

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Sarah Langs @slangsonsports.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Pete Crow-Armstrong: T1st in MLB in HR T5th in 3B T4th in SB He’s the 4th player to finish top-5 in MLB in 3B, HR & SB since 1900, joining: 1955 Willie Mays 1920 George Sisler 1908 Honus Wagner @EliasSports

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Jacob Whittaker @vonfunkenstein.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

This. The people profiting from the AI label spent more than a decade being on the fringe. The label isn't just to sell products, it's to cement their importance and relevance.

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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

A Walla Walla, WA newspaper editor in 1951 advocated rooting out the Marxists and Communists, claiming that the Democratic president had been too attentive to the rights of minorities and insufficiently respectful of the rights of White Christians. That editor was Syd Pierce, an antisemitic fascist.

given our country over into the hands of MINORITIES, without regard to the rights of the majority White Christian Constitutional Americans. Mr. Truman has con-doned, rather than condemned, racketeering and corruption in high places. He has NEVER made any real attempt to ROOT OUT
Marxist-communists
from govern-
ment.

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Jacob Whittaker @vonfunkenstein.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

That overlap all springs from LessWrong. Cannot recommend enough the Behind the Bastards episodes covering the Zizians to really get a good sense of how a message board started kinda normal but over time caused an entire culture to veer way the fuck off the rails

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Jacob Whittaker @vonfunkenstein.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Saints HC Kellen Moore and Raiders QB Kirk Cousins reunite this weekend after starting their careers in the same draft class.

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Jacob Whittaker @vonfunkenstein.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

The first Dangerfield to struggle to be respected

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Jacob Whittaker @vonfunkenstein.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

During my time attending the Cal Berkeley AI and Philosophy Working Group pre-pandemic, they told me a story about how this guy and another LessWrong bigwig got into a fistfight at the East Bay Observatory during a pagan fall equinox event. These people are shaping the future.

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Newbie Star Trek @newbiestartrek.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

The Proper Way to End a Star Trek Episode

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Jacob Whittaker @vonfunkenstein.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Don't know what the big deal was, Michigan.

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Jacob Whittaker @vonfunkenstein.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

You put me in a spot where I have to choose between dealing with your hate or supporting my kids, the outcome becomes obvious. Didn't choose to be estranged, didn't have a choice.

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CJ Fogler @cjzero.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Here's Laura Rutledge explaining that the secret service will not interfere with the radio communications at this game immediately followed by the broadcast audio going to hell

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