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@jain_harshit Yes, and 1. It's probably good advice. 2. Chat GPT started doing it to me at 3pm today.

🚨Claude is telling users to go to sleep mid-session, and nobody, including Anthropic, seems to fully understand why it keeps doing it.

"...until it repeatedly shoots itself in the foot because it's gotten tired of winning"

@VlynnQ "I call this next trick: Ghostridin the whip. Watch close!"

We apologize for the abrupt ending to the show… for all of those worried and praying we appreciate you. Our son went out with some friends in the neighborhood, fell out of a golf cart at 20mph and ate concrete with his face. Chipped a tooth, maybe a broken nose and knee. We’re at the hospital now- he’s in CT. It’s amazing how fast they walk you back when you come in with a broken bloody face… Thank you for your prayers.

@kwiens @BradCLemley You, and your organization, have saved me a LOT of money. Thank you!

@BradCLemley This is why we built iFixit!

Here is a huge positive to modern life that gets no press. I have an old 2009 Toyota, and the AUX port crapped out about a year ago. Went to YouTube. Young, enthusiastic guy explains how to fix it. It is not obvious - involves taking the dashboard apart in a counter-intuitive way, but once you see it, it's a 15 minute fix. There are actually dozens of videos showing how to do this, and they collectively have well over 200k views. Had this happened in 1995, I would have just lived with it. But the combo of the replacement AUX jack available from Amazon and the video of the simple (but not obvious) fix, I fixed it. I HAVE DONE THIS DOZENS OF TIMES. Replaced the control panel of my dishwasher. Replaced the ice maker in the fridge. Fixed a wonky sanding head on my drill press. Mastered a bandsaw technique that I use for my sculpture. On and on and on... I think it is likely no exaggeration to say billions of fixes and skill upgrades have been performed worldwide that would not have been performed if it were not for the instruction freely given peer-to-peer on YouTube. Take a moment to be happy about this. The busted item keeps performing, rather than going to the landfill. The person learning and doing the fix gains a sense of mastery and saves money. It's an unmixed blessing. Stop doomscrolling. Think of what is busted in your house, find the YouTube video on how to fix it, and fix it.

@emzanotti Congratulations!

Oh, hey. I have a very unexpected life update!

You only get: a few years of them crawling into your bed a few years of them running to the door when you come home a few years of them asking for one more chapter a few years of them needing your help so read the book one more time, push the mower together, lie in bed until they fall asleep, stay for the slow morning because the days of being needed this completely do not last forever.

@janecoaston @mckaycoppins It's pretty wild how smoking, drinking and teen pregnancy have all declined *dramatically* along with crime and violence from 30 years ago and basically no one seems happy with those accomplishments

@BrianHKiley1 Congratulations!

I just had a grandson born about 20 minutes ago.

@SpeakerJohnson I wonder if that phenomenon could be a reaction to something.

There are little Mamdanis popping up all around the country, and they're openly avowed socialist Marxist ideology. This is something that we have never seen before in American history.  This is about moving away from a constitutional republic to a communist utopian ideology, and that's a dangerous thing for the future of the country.

@moseskagan @ChrisWillx .@bryan_caplan has discussed that question in some detail in his book, Selfish Reasons to Have More Kids. Good book. There's a couple of YouTube videos out there where he recaps the book's arguments, too.

@ChrisWillx The ? no one wants to ask is whether this is actually producing better kids (In some ways, I think so. In others, not sure.)

Modern fatherhood would be unrecognisable to a 1950’s dad. “Compared to their Boomer parents, childcare time among Millennial dads has more than doubled. Compared to their Silent Generation grandparents, it’s nearly quadrupled. You will be hard-pressed to find any part of day-to-day modern life that has changed more in the last half-century than the way today’s parents—and fathers, in particular—spend their time. The new American dad is more present and more exhausted—but also, more satisfied with life.” — @DKThomp

@bairdk I also had my first colonoscopy at age 41 with zero symptoms. They removed 8 polyps, and one was pretty advanced. Should have pathology reports back next week. Get screened!

Since this post is being seen, let me take a second of your time to promote early cancer screening. Marissa’s cancer was found only because of an early colonoscopy. She was 41 with zero symptoms. Her dad was first diagnosed with CC at age 50 - hence early screening. If you have a family history of colorectal cancer - start screening early. It saved her life.

Diagnosed with cancer 18 months ago. Beat it, but lives with the effects every day. Today rode her bike 85 miles (up 7,200 feet), starting in Slovenia, crossing into Austria & Italy, before returning to Slovenia. Finished with a smile. One bad Mother of our kids! 😍

@StanTheMan7105 I will pray.

I’m going to call on all my friends here. Please pray for my son. He was in an ATV accident yesterday and is in intensive care today. Surgery to stop bleeding on his brain. It went well from overnight. He is cognizant and in better than expected state. Still not out of the woods though. Appreciate any and all prayers you can do. Thank you all who see this. 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

@SamesVegasss Congratulations! She's perfect!

@aspiringpeasant I was in OIF and OEF, including a very kinetic deployment to Sangin & Helmund Province. I think I'm the most anti-war person I know.

I've been to war. Nobody should ever go to war. - a combat-decorated Navy SEAL who is sick of soft-handed douchebags pretending they aren't pissbaby little cowards

@adamtaggart @Mdcodered05 You are dismissive of material context, with the evident aim of restricting conversation to a carefully framed interrogative that affords you rhetorical advantages.

@adamtaggart @Mdcodered05 Adam, you are consistently demanding that others hold themselves to conversational standards you ignore in your own conduct.

I'm sure I'm going to regret wading back into the fray, but here goes... I'm hearing a lot of people say, "The US attacked Iran unprovoked, so of course Iran has the right to seize the Strait of Hormuz. Iran is just defending itself." First off, "the shipping lanes in the Strait of Hormuz...are governed by international maritime law and the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS)" britannica.com/question/Who-o… Second and more important, since when has it ever been acceptable to attack or hold hostage neutral parties, in war or otherwise? Spoiler alert: NEVER Your enemies are fair game in war. But NOT neutral parties. Again, NEVER. If I'm wrong here, please some one show me historical precedent. But Iran's attempted taking hostage of the Strait and the ships of neutral nations held captive there, threatening them with deadly violence should they attempt to transit, flies in the face of this. Honest question: why do so many people see this as acceptable?

@pastorlocke I'm sorry for your loss, sir.

Today, words fail us. It’s been a long, hard battle the last few years. In times like this, the sacrifices and the struggles don’t even matter. A few hours ago we received the most earth-shattering news that our 20 year old son, Evan Roberts Locke, could not be revived after his heart stopped due to an overdose. His struggle was very public. It was used as a warning to many, a punchline to the haters but an overall reminder that even in our deepest pain, the grace of Jesus will sustain us. I’ll address the church family with arrangement details this Sunday. Please respect our privacy. He has 5 heartbroken siblings and a world of people that helped him along his journey.

parenthood is hard. not for the usual reasons but because it feels impossible to adequately savor it. i know i'm in the days i will achingly miss one day but try as i might i still can't commit every moment to memory. that determined look on her face when she is carefully inspecting a new toy, will i remember it in ten years? the way she giggles during peekaboo, am i going to be able to call that sound to mind? her babyhood is slipping away as i desperately grasp for it, all of it at once, catching only the slivers that i record in journals and pictures and the collective memories of those who love her. what a gift to catch any of it and still i yearn for it all

@pitdesi @marcorubio This would be an excellent response, if he meant any part of it. I do not believe he does.

Incredible response by @marcorubio when asked his hope for America “My hope for America is what it’s always been. It’s the hope I hope we all share.  We want it to continue to be the place where anyone from anywhere can achieve anything, where you’re not limited by the circumstances of your birth, by the color of your skin, by your ethnicity, but frankly, it’s a place where you are able to overcome challenges and achieve your full potential.  I think that should be the goal of every country in the world, frankly, but I think in the U.S. – we’re not perfect.  Our history is not one of perfection, but it’s still better than anybody else’s history.  And ours is a story of perpetual improvement.  Each generation has left the next generation of Americans freer, more prosperous, safer, and that is our goal as well.  But it is a unique and exceptional country, and as we come upon this 250-year anniversary I think we have a lot to learn and be proud of in our history.  It is one of perpetual and continuous improvement where each generation has done its part to bring us closer to fulfilling the vision that the founders of this country had upon its founding.”

@monkofjustice I'm so sorry, sir.

Pls pray for me and my family. My daughter Kim passed away yesterday. She was just 42, struggling with a bout of the flu, and her passing was very unexpected. Please pray especially for Isobel, her 7-yr-old daughter, who discovered her mom "asleep" as she prepared for school. Minimal posting for a while. 😢