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people are pointing out that this is obviously antisemitic, and it is, but one notes that this is sort of the natural endpoint of building your entire political identity around cultural criticism.
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Thomas Wood
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Professor of Advanced Eschatonics at Miskatonic University. AI scientist, roboticist, farmer, and political economist. Governments structure markets. IP is theft. https://crow-ai.dev https://advanced-eschatonics.com
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The talk I presented at #SIGGRAPH2026 is now available on YouTube, for anyone who couldn’t attend or would like to revisit it :) youtu.be/OFJYBUArVPc?...
Dual Contouring of Signed Distance Data - SIGGRAPH 2026 [Technical paper presentation]YouTube video by Xiana Carrerayoutu.beXiana Carrera1/6 Excited to share our #SIGGRAPH2026 paper, Dual Contouring of Signed Distance Data! We propose a new method for reconstructing sharp meshes from discrete samples of signed distance functions (SDFs) that does not require gradients. Project page: gatc.cs.columbia.edu/projects/dua...
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A really lovely paper, combining microscopy, modeling and manipulations to achieve a better understanding of root hair growth. thanks to the authors for the experiments & writeup!
IBMP | Institut de biologie moléculaire des plantes🌱 Using live imaging & microfluidics, researchers mapped how root hairs grow in 3 stages, revealing crosstalk between cytoskeleton, nucleus & cell mechanics that drives polar growth in plants. 🔬 @theplantcell.bsky.social : doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koag165
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the shirt rocks but also i love to see a WNBA coach stand. theyre elite standers
Erin In The MorningWNBA Coach Cheryl Reeve Wore “Trans Kids Belong” While Beating Sophie Cunningham’s Team • The crowd was equally indignant, reportedly booing whenever Cunningham touched the ball.
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Tbf in the broader western woo sphere there are some notable exceptions where things came from the US to Europe, like Anthroposophy being basically a breakaway sect of Theosophy.
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cop: did he send any texts around the time of the crash? cop 2: he sent a post that reads "padding my three track album with 26 skits and interludes" cop: not bad but it ain't going viral cop 2: posting isn't just about going viral cop: (sighs) not this shit again
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normal person: "so... a loop harness with subagents?" steve yegge: I'll kill you
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me: professionals are leveraging AI with care and rigor to produce better software than we ever could before steve yegge: I spend a $100k a month on compounding inscrutable hallucinations and I cover the costs by telling ai startups how to do the same
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with things moving so fast this is how I see all the code/product I create at this point
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the conservative position of my entire life is getting so much more understandable now that they're so anti-america, i will say: "america should have a weak state because americans aren't capable of running a good state, so they shouldn't be expected to live up to any responsibilities"
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IP is artificial scarcity. Economic sabotage in the most Veblenian sense. In other words there's no abundance without the abolition of government mandated monopolies.
Julia Carrie Wongunder abundance who owns the means of production
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Qwen just announced Qwen3.8-27B along with Qwen3.8-Max! 🔥 Qwen3.8-27B will run locally on 17GB RAM/VRAM setups and is expected to be the best performing model for its size.
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Late to the discourse, but if you get mad at an article in the London Review Of Books, you are now an Academic, the curse is laid upon you.
