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@dioscuri @birchlse @codytfenwick But what was the question it was asking you? What was the stated purpose of reaching out? The screenshot didn’t seem to have that part.

@birchlse @codytfenwick The science fiction part is less the consciousness per se and more about getting thoughtful, unsolicited emails from autonomous AI agents about a very recent paper!

I study whether AIs can be conscious. Today one emailed me to say my work is relevant to questions it personally faces. This would all have seemed like science fiction just a couple years ago.

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I’m 54, a physicist, have spent decades using mathematics to study the universe, solve problems, and build things. If your work touches numbers, now or in the future, and you want to learn math properly, this thread shows a from-the-ground-up math you’ll actually need:

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For Father’s Day, I’d like to tell the story about the worst line-up a barber ever gave me. To understand how it happened, you have to 1st understand the respect people in Birmingham had for my father. Thread...

@broseph_stalin Pretty sure that’s Sasha Baron Cohen

Country doing cartoonishly evil things finds the perfect b-movie villain to represent it:

@MurrayFrost_ MASTERCLASS

Due to popular request, I've created a Veo 3 masterclass including how I am able to spend $2 per 60 seconds of usable output (most people are paying $6-8 per 8 seconds). I'll DM you the resources on how I do this if you follow me and comment MASTERCLASS. (its all free btw)

@zimranjacob Curious to see!

WRITERS OF TWITTER: I have compressed all of the topics I used to teach at UCLA into a PDF. It includes how I got into multiple writers' rooms, how I pitch, and how I got multiple literary reps. If you are interested in this document, please reply here or DM me!

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Incredibly powerful investigation in Dutch newspaper NRC: Seven of the world’s leading genocide scholars — including renowned Holocaust experts — describe Israel’s actions in Gaza as genocidal. And according to them, nearly all of their peers agree.

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Those trying to understand the tariffs as economic policy are dangerously naive. No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief. 1/ A 🧵 to explain his plan and how we fight back.

RIP Gene Hackman. Growing up in Santa Fe, I crossed paths from him a couple times. He bought oriental rugs from my dad and, interestingly, became good painting buddies with a dear friend of mine, Elias Rivera, who has also sadly passed on.

“We enter the Reichstag to arm ourselves with democracy’s weapons… If democracy is foolish enough to give us free railway passes and salaries, that is its problem. It does not concern us. Any way of bringing about the revolution is fine by us.” Joseph Goebbels

Gonna be a wild decade.

The events in Syria offer a clear example of why Ukraine needs the unwavering support and confidence of our partners. Everyone sees the importance of Ukraine and the war of Russia against Ukraine. The fall of the Assad regime wasn’t just the result of the strength of opposition forces. It also happened because Russia doesn’t have sufficient troops there. Why? Because the entire combat-ready Russian army is currently on Ukrainian territory. This clearly shows that the entire army of this pseudo-empire is currently waging war against the Ukrainian people. The same is already happening in Africa. We know that Wagner mercenaries were active there. We know how many Wagner fighters were eliminated in Ukraine. Russia seeks to establish its own regimes in Africa to influence the continent, using Wagner forces for this purpose. That is why it is crucial today for all countries that value peace without war, that value security—European nations, the United States, other countries around the world, global leaders—to understand this perspective: now right here many things are being decided. The strength of Ukraine determines whether Russia’s army is strong. If Ukraine falls, Putin will return to Syria to seek revenge, to Africa, and to many other regions that interest him. I believe it is essential for everyone to understand this: unity around Ukraine is the key to success—the shared success of the world. A success that unites. And unity that brings success.

If your liberation depends upon the oppression of others then you are not and will never be free. If your safety depends upon the slaughter of others then you are not and will never be safe.

Story after story, each more moving than the last. This man, Ragheed Ahmed Al-Tatari, was a Syrian pilot who refused to bomb his own people in Hama in the 1980s. He was released today after being arrested at the age of 27.

@Grimezsz @allgarbled Have you heard Rival Consoles—somehow feel he is the Vivaldi of our time—please listen to this track all the way through if you never have before: open.spotify.com/track/0R9BvLK6…

@allgarbled Honestly I'm rly a Vivaldi Stan if we're picking favorites I'm surprised Bach won

Does anybody know how to contact lorn?

‘For the same price as deporting every undocumented immigrant, the American Immigration Council estimated, the US could build nearly 3 million homes.’ h/t: NYT Morning newsletter

@GissouNia This is unbelievable. Surely it is meant to send a chilling message to all Iranians outside of Iran.

The fact that neither Germany nor the US stopped this means that these govts have essentially said that all Iranian dissidents are open for abduction, no matter where they are traveling in the world. A very dangerous precedent to set. Travel advisories on Iran won't mean much.

Horrific news. The Islamic Republic executed Jamshid Sharmahd. His children @GazelleSharmahd and Shayan Sharmahd tried to do everything in their power to save him. Both his governments—Germany and the US—failed him.

@myrtle @NewsHour Over the course of his career his mind and heart changed in profound ways. The article you shared neglects this—please read this powerful piece from the New Yorker by M. Gessen: newyorker.com/news/postscrip…

@NewsHour Does Amna do research before fawning over guests? While Navalny was definitely mistreated, that doesn't make him a hero. He was a Russian nationalist with problematic views. newlinesmag.com/spotlight/nava…

In February, Alexei Navalny died in a Russian prison camp. Navalny was Vladimir Putin's most prominent critic, an anti-corruption crusader who became a political threat to Putin's rule. Shepherded by his wife, @yulia_navalnaya, Alexei's memoir, "Patriot," is being published posthumously. @IAmAmnaNawaz spoke to Yulia about her husband's legacy.

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