empiricalskeptic 8 months ago

I suspect this number is high for new technological innovations. Original post:

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Carissa Véliz (@carissaveliz.bsky.social)

Only a quarter of AI initiatives have delivered the expected return on investment, according to a survey of 2,000 CEOs. Companies are struggling t...

empiricalskeptic 8 months ago

Interesting premise for an #etf (not an endorsement). Amateur investors infected by #conspiracy mind viruses could eat this up. Original post:

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Subversive ETFs (@subversiveetfs.bsky.social)

Congressional trades are public. But let’s be honest—most people aren’t reading 30-page disclosures. That’s why we built #NANC and #GOP. �...

empiricalskeptic 8 months ago

Umm, yeah, sure, what could possibly go wrong? #skepticism #criticalthinking

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ChatGPT Convinces Greek Woman to Divorce Husband

ChatGPT told the woman her spouse would cheat on her in the future with a woman named "E" leading to the wife filing for a divorce

empiricalskeptic 8 months ago

OMFG US$2B for eight of these POSs that the Houthis are swatting down like flies. This deal reaks of corruption. #qatar #usa Original post:

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empiricalskeptic 8 months ago

This final hero’s homecoming of USMC veteran who died in Ukraine is visual proof that normal Americans support Ukraine and its struggle for freedom against Putin’s imperial ambitions. Now if only the broligarchs would catch up…

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UNITED24 Media (@United24media) on X

🕯️ U.S. Marine vet killed fighting for Ukraine returns home. Corey Nawrocki, a decorated hero from Lansdale, gets full escort.

#ukraine #russia

empiricalskeptic 8 months ago

Whenever objective reality became heterodoxy. Original post:

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Church of Jeff (@jeffowski@mastodon.world)

Attached: 1 image #ShitIFind

empiricalskeptic 8 months ago

“Regrets collect like old friends.” - Florence + The Machine

empiricalskeptic 8 months ago

Otherwise lost in the chaos and noise is the opening of the 2025 World Expo. Original post:

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The Japan Times (@japantimes.co.jp)

Challenges and hopes marked Sunday's opening of the 2025 World Exposition in the city of Osaka. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/14/japan/...

empiricalskeptic 8 months ago

Putin’s Palm Sunday Sumy Massacre in #ukraine was despicable, even by #russia standards. Trump can no longer rely on wishful thinking to end the war.

empiricalskeptic 9 months ago

Dumb question about Instagram’s UI. Is it now completely impossible to see a timeline feed without any algorithmic ranking? #meta #enshittification

empiricalskeptic 9 months ago

Well, that PagerDuty conference in Tokyo was a dud.

empiricalskeptic 9 months ago

Okay, Trump Slump it is. #trumpslump

empiricalskeptic 9 months ago

I prefer the anime stylized versions of my (real) photos.

empiricalskeptic 9 months ago

It’s that season again (AI rendering of real personal photo). #sakura #spring #ai

empiricalskeptic 9 months ago

Once again the S02 finale of Severance has defied my ability to guess where it’s going. #severance #appletv #scifi #sciencefiction

empiricalskeptic 9 months ago

“Slowly. Then suddenly.” How authoritarians creep up on a population. usa #oligarchy #authoritarianism

empiricalskeptic 9 months ago

“Then, a premium awaits those who, instead of blandly following tradition, or trying to foist their preferences onto the physical or social universe, are open to what the Universe teaches.” - Carl Sagan #science #mindfulness

empiricalskeptic 9 months ago

I’m a few fucks short of the necessary fucks to give at the moment.

empiricalskeptic 9 months ago

Blah blah, manufactured autopen controversy, blah blah… #biden #trump #propaganda

empiricalskeptic 10 months ago

It’s immediately clear that Putin is slow-walking the US proposal for a 30-day ceasefire in Ukraine. He has no intention of accepting the proposal, but Putin needs to avoid saying “no” directly to Trump. And he needs only a few days to invent a provocation that makes the proposal unacceptable.