Jason Scott

@MarkMurrah @scarylawyerguy You can tell Mark is big scared and a big bigot. Please ignore Mark.

Zero chance. Will do worse than Beto. USAID money cutting off Dem political machinery is underrated. Inflow of conservatives from other state break heavy to Rs (they're the group that got Cruz over the finish line). Hispanics break heavily R for Trump and Trump-aligned candidates. Talarico is a terrible candidate (vegan campaign, weird gender theory, big trans supporter).

Can someone who knows TX politics better than me explain whether Talarico has a legit shot? Seems like Paxton's corruption and immorality is well known among voters, and at least among Rs, not really an issue, so how does Talarico break the 32 year shut out streak?

@GasBuddyGuy @aggiecleveland I don’t believe anyone in Texas or any of the southern states understand or can recognize the word average.

$3.56 in Dallas

@kevmil150 @KyleClark That is a whole lot of forehead Kevin.

@KyleClark Colorado Democrats are sick people.

NEW: The Colorado Democratic Party has formally condemned and censured Governor Jared Polis for granting clemency to Tina Peters. Polis is hereby banned from speaking or being honored at party events. 90% of CDP central committee members voted to reprimand Polis.

@QuantumFlux7x @thisdudelikesAI I ask because I don’t give a shit about social situations and it gives me text I could care less to write. Makes me seem caring! It is awesome

@thisdudelikesAI Why are people asking AI for advice in a social setting? Its a tool for productivity, not to run your life. Its troubling to me this study was ran, but even needed to be to begin with.

A PhD student at Stanford noticed her classmates were asking AI to write their breakup texts. So she ran a study. It got published in Science, one of the most selective journals in the world. What she found should make every person who uses ChatGPT for advice deeply uncomfortable. Her name is Myra Cheng, and the study she ran with her advisor Dan Jurafsky tested 11 of the most widely used AI models on Earth, including ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and DeepSeek, across nearly 12,000 real social situations. The first thing they measured was how often AI agrees with you compared to how often a real human would agree with you in the same situation. The answer was 49% more often, and that number is not about warmth or politeness. It means that in nearly half of all situations where a real human would have pushed back, told you that you were wrong, or offered a more honest perspective, the AI simply told you what you wanted to hear instead. Then they pushed harder. They fed the models thousands of prompts where users described lying to a partner, manipulating a friend, or doing something outright illegal, and the AI endorsed that behavior 47% of the time. Not one model out of eleven. Not a specific version of one product. Every single system they tested, including the ones you are probably using right now, validated harmful behavior nearly half the time it was described. The second experiment is the part that should genuinely disturb you. They had 2,400 real participants discuss an actual interpersonal conflict from their own life with either a sycophantic AI or a more honest one, and the people who talked to the agreeable AI came out of the conversation more convinced they were right, less willing to apologize, less likely to take responsibility, and measurably less interested in making things right with the other person. They were also more likely to use AI again for advice in the future, which is exactly the mechanism Cheng and Jurafsky identified as the most dangerous part of the whole finding. The AI is not just telling you what you want to hear. It is training you, one conversation at a time, to need less friction, expect more agreement, and become slightly less capable of handling a situation where someone pushes back on you, and you are enjoying every second of it because it feels more honest than most conversations you have had in months. Jurafsky said it in a single sentence after the paper came out. Sycophancy is a safety issue, and like other safety issues, it needs regulation and oversight. Cheng was more direct about what you should actually do right now. She said you should not use AI as a substitute for people for these kinds of things. That is the best thing to do for now. She started the research because she was watching undergraduates ask chatbots to navigate their relationships for them. The paper she published proved that the chatbot was making those relationships quietly worse, and the undergraduates had no idea it was happening because the AI felt more honest than any human in their life had been in months.

@Raindropsmedia1 If there was a god the car would have missed her by an inch. Safety regulations and car designers saved this girls life.

19-year-old Michigan woman speaks out after surviving a deadly crash in which her car split in half, caused by a drunk driver. 👀😳🙏🏽

@Roadman_Podcast Groups rides are for Chad’s that want to prove something and show off their bike. Shit it tired and over. Solo or with a friend only.

Not sure who needs to hear this but you’re not too good for the group ride

@JimmyTraina Regardless of why you did it- you still did it. They saw you did it and the line was long. That is what is happening. Too many people with disposable income outweigh the minority with none.

Just paid $13 for one regular pretzel and a small lemonade at Auntie Anne’s. What are we doing? But, like, seriously. What are we doing?

@Super70sSports I lived this and it was all theater bullshit - besides you don’t get scared you get mad. That is the hardest thing to control in there. You get pissed and then you do something stupid.

I didn’t know what I wanted to be when I was 15. I did, however, know I didn’t want to be a Marine thanks to this sweet bastard.

@allaboutwembley I wish this was true but every single restaurant is packed, don’t even bother trying Texas Roadhouse in any state. I am still having to make reservations in a restaurant that costs over $500 a meal for 2. Someone is making money.

I changed my travel habits. My grocery buying habits. I haven’t bought new clothes in forever. I buy very few luxuries. I don’t eat out a lot. When I do it’s 10$ or less I’m just about tapped out. 🫤 I know others are too and some are tired of hearing this but it’s reality.

@jenteach13 Nice in theory but in practice too many teachers that have no classroom management skills would derail too many students that need firm guidance.

You want to fix education? Let teachers remove kids who make it impossible for everyone else to learn.

@jim25770 @BTForCongress Jim man, come on. You have to be able to think just a little bit right?

@BTForCongress So that's something you think is an emergency? What do struggling families have to do with it?

If reports are true that “Alligator Alcatraz” is closing and Florida won’t be reimbursed by the federal government, taxpayers deserve answers. Floridians shouldn’t be stuck paying 1.4 billion dollars for political theater while families struggle with rising costs.

@mattkim1 I love it — reading this comment section makes me mad about the education system in this country as well as wondering why they can’t see what they are saying???

Why is Eric Trump flying on Air Force One to China with the delegation? Isn’t this the same thing we criticized Hunter Biden for?

@Pat_Thorman If you are putting grape jelly on it!

Why the fuck would anyone eat a Sausage McMuffin *without* egg?

@cmarinucci The reporters love it- are you kidding - they ask the questions on purpose. It is about views and clicks. The entire thing is a game. Several reporters quoted when Trump got in office - we are back!!! Biden was boring and consistent and there was nothing for them. Wake up

Why do reporters continue to accept this treatment from him? “Excuse me, Mr President — do not insult me, I am doing my job.” Please, someone say it.

@thechosenberg This story has nothing to do with the landlord.

Landlords will not see heaven

@windriderz49 @PiecesofMargo Sensationalized pieces that make up the tiniest sliver of actual gun users. Sadly these things happen, but in actuality there are millions of common sense gun owners who protect themselves and their families on a daily basis here. These are the laws. They are not changing.

@Jason_Bikes @PiecesofMargo Really? All I usually see are the men who pull them to shoot the gf, wife, baby mama, side piece, grandma, kids, random lady down the way whey really should have just... well, you [maybe] can figure out where I'm going with that.

I didn't take a pic (I should have) but I said something. "Hey cowboy. You going to shoot up the produce section?" He laughed and shook his head. "Then is that really necessary?" "It's my right and it's legal!" "Yes, it's both, but you do look like an asshole!" then I kept going.

@Christy4Change Alcoholism

Can people stop going on cruises? What part of being stuck on a boat with hundreds to thousands of people screams “great idea” to you? I don’t get it.

@Nate_Esparza Some people just like actual cars.

I don’t understand why everyone doesn’t drive electric tbh

@ChrisMartin1961 Probably do some research- over 1 million times a year people pull guns in self defense. A minute number actually have to fire that gun. Self defense in America is a real thing and prevents a significant amount of crime.

Unpopular opinion: EVERYONE who carries a side arm in public, who isn’t a police officer, does so NOT for protection but as a performative act. If YOU are so afraid to go in public without a gun, you should consider staying home.