Broken Press

The Post is literally red-baiting. Eat it, Rupert.

Per NYPost's scoop, some of the ways Mamdani's wife has "quietly steered" his campaign are weighing in on his logo design, being "a major source of support for him in private" and once posting on Instagram, "Couldn't possibly be prouder."

He has already chosen, what the fuck are we doing here

OMG: students discussing critical race theory and engaging in activism in college. I'm feeling faint. The reactionary #BrokenTimes hides behind a "charged debate." It's not Peters who calls college a "feckless workshop for leftist political ideology." It's "critics."

I'm sorry, but the NY Times is a disaster zone. I know there are good reporters there, but there's so much of... this. Constantly.

For the love fuck, this is meaningless. LLM models can't shut themselves off. They're never "on" in the first place. They don't have physicality or permanence.

It's an algorithm that transforms one state of data into another, and for each invocation needs to be fed the whole conversation again.

Perpetuating the unhinged bullshit that LLMs are somehow sentient is harmful.

Dear journalists, for the love of Carl Sagan's sweater vest get some actual experts to vet claims from the industry or indusry-adjacent sources and clarify your reporting.

The "theory" is "I've got big guns and the Supreme Court said I'm immune from any criminal prosecution, and Congress lets me get away with everything, so I'm gonna murder brown people with big explosions and tell the public I'm saving them from drugs."

Saved you a click.

Fucking Douthat. Saved you a click; that's all you need to know.
Better Trump’s Ballroom Than Obama’s Tower

I’m sorry, why are we using “critics accuse” language here? These are factually, unambiguously, extrajudicial killings. It’s not an opinion. It’s not a disputed or disputable claim.

The #BrokenTimes cannot bring itself to label and thus explain the reality of today: a fascist dictatorship. It is failing America.

The #BrokenTimes bothsides everything, including even the broken East Wing:

Washington Post editorial board: Right-wing idiots who also cannot spell.

Ah yes, the cop tense. “The agent’s weapon discharged.” I have never seem any news outlet describe it this way when a civilian shoots someone.

hm. i wonder what this may cause

Remember when the @nytimes.com had a public editor? And remember how they said they no longer needed one because "social media" would function as one?

Didn't seem to work out...

I wouldn't normally devote 5k+ words to a single podcast, but I'm hoping Reed will read it and think carefully about what he's doing. He has tremendous, well-earned respect among journalists. And I don't understand why he appears to be lighting it on fire.

Perhaps I'm crazy, but I tend to think that it's a bad thing when the President lies about things we can all see. And it's *not great* that many in the media are so eager to let him play up those lies.

A few people in colonial costumes complaining about immigrants was novel to NYT editors. Their friends don't do that. A running narrative would be exciting, especially after Obama won big.

Millions rallying against Trump's authoritarian abuses? Bor-ring. NYT editors have heard that argument before.

This “appeared to be” takes CYA caveating to the next level. If the New York Times is doing it here for an obvious authoritarian propaganda fantasy, they may as well stick it into every headline from here on out as AI videos of plausible events become more prevalent and realistic.