Don Rea

Don Rea

@donrea.bsky.social

Interested in almost everything; know almost nothing

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Don Rea
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Until this past week I've trying to believe that Ramaswamy is a principled person who simply has different views than mine. But no, it turns out he's just another piece of MAGA shit.

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I'm on an Indian government newsletter mailing list. Today, for the first time, the government of India - not a "partner" or "affiliate", the government - sent me an ad for Diwali-related merch. What a time to be alive!

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I make pizza all the time, but it never occurred to me that anyone would want to see them. But lately I've noticed that people post their homemade pizza on Bluesky a lot. So in case anyone does want to see it, here's tonight's. I guess I should also mention it's celiac safe

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I'm old enough to remember when a sitting POTUS starting a war and then inviting the enemy to bomb major US cities would have been literally unthinkable. Of course, middle school students are old enough to remember that.

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TIL My shoulders are hypermobile, which means I have a larger range of motion than most people. I had no idea. "Hey, let's see how high up our own backs we can put our hands" isn't a suggestion that ever occurred to me.

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"In the view of A.I. consciousness skeptics, the fact that these models have begun mimicking deep human ideas...simply reflects how much human researchers and commentators have trained them with language that anthropomorphizes them." www.nytimes.com/2026/09/21/s...

nytimes.comAre A.I. Models Being Misled to Act Too Human? (Gift Article)A corporate spat between two tech giants last week was just the latest volley in a conflict over whether dangerous mistakes are being made in A.I. training.
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"Asked if GOP leaders were canceling session to protect members from a politically difficult vote to impeach Hegseth, Johnson said the move had nothing to do with the defense secretary." www.cnn.com/2026/09/16/p...

cnn.comHouse to adjourn early, stave off Hegseth impeachment vote | CNN PoliticsSpeaker Mike Johnson on Wednesday announced he is sending members home from Washington early for their seven-week campaigning recess ahead of the midterm elections, a move that will stave off a vote o...
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"[T]he blanket idea of screens as poison does not survive contact with the data. Screen time...should not be seen as purely harmful." spacedaily.com/b-researcher...

spacedaily.comResearchers in Finland tracked children's screen time for eight years, expecting to document the damage. The children who spent more hours on screens showed better cognitive processing as teenagers — ...A decade-long study designed to prove screens damage children's brains found the opposite instead, challenging one of parenting's most cherished anxieties.