Massachusetts is perhaps the bluest and most politically corrupt state in the union
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Stop offloading cognitive tasks to "generative AI." Stop using systems w/ "AI" features either inextricably woven through them or prominently displayed at the top to nudge you into their use. Stop Designing "AI" tools & integrations that way. Stop building or using "AI" like this. Fucking Stop it.
AI Eroded Doctors’ Ability to Spot Cancer Within Months in Study
Artificial intelligence, touted for its potential to transform medicine, led to some doctors losing skills after just a few months in a new study.
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Absolutely not
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"So I actually like the deep state. I think that any functioning political system has to have a civil service that meets these basic Weberian requirements of being non-partisan, expert, professional, and the like."
- @frankfukuyama.bsky.social at #LibCon2025
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Had a very wide-ranging conversation with Ross Douthat about the book and the place democracy should occupy within left politics now. This was the part I'd like to emphasize, I think. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/14/o...
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Pete Ricketts ruled Nebraska like a mob boss. If you were a State Senator who didn't vote the way he wanted, he'd spend hundreds of thousands trying to tarnish your name with dishonest mailers and dirty tricks.
Let's shake up Washington by replacing a billionaire with a mechanic.
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Postal service should buy it
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Wesley bell to bring back @coribush.bsky.social
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On a slightly related note, if you revisit circa 1940s/50s film noir, they often function as a celebration of the bureaucracy. Heroes often include career civil servants at the Department of Treasury, IRS, and Secret Service.
A reissue of Shin Godzilla releases in theaters today at an interesting moment: The movie is primarily about the halting bureaucratic response to the monster in Tokyo Bay. Yet after DOGE, a working civic ecosystem looks pretty good. We got A.A.Dowd to write about it:
‘Shin Godzilla’ Will Make You Nostalgic for a Working Government
Back in theaters, this clever sequel pits the radioactive reptile against a flawed (but functioning!) bureaucracy.
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