Posts by quasi@peister.org
(DIR) Post #B1v59zlrn3GRj230r2 by quasi@peister.org
2026-01-03T20:44:58.281075Z
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Quillette's verdict, before reaching the paywall...> A Story Spikedhttps://quillette.com/2026/01/02/a-story-spiked-60-minutes-bari-weiss/> Bari Weiss’s eleventh-hour cancellation of a 60 Minutes exposé on migrants imprisoned in El Salvador raises troubling questions about editorial independence at CBS News....> Even so, the defences of Weiss on the 60 Minutes story miss the mark. A close look at the timeline and substance of her decision suggests that the segment was spiked without a valid journalistic reason—and, very likely, to avoid angering Donald Trump.
(DIR) Post #B1xDbz1fLGlNTKDKkK by quasi@peister.org
2026-01-04T20:21:51.986941Z
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Neanderthals are Homo sapienshttps://whyevolutionistrue.com/2026/01/04/neanderthals-are-homo-sapiens/> For a long time I’ve maintained that Neanderthals, which most anthropologists seem to think are a species different from Homo sapiens, in fact constituted a population that was H. sapiens. That, at least, is a reasonable conclusion if you use the Biological Species Concept, which defines populations as members of the same species if, when they meet under natural conditions in nature, can interbreed and produce fertile offspring. And we know that’s true of Neanderthals and “modern” H. sapiens, because we carry some Neanderthal genes (I have some), and that means the two groups hybridized and that the hybrids backcrossed to our ancestors—and were fertile.
(DIR) Post #B21YEmDgLJ13oglXUG by quasi@peister.org
2026-01-05T20:38:16.905502Z
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(DIR) Post #B22evPQ3mctURCE9Wi by quasi@peister.org
2026-01-07T12:29:06.717259Z
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What expert forecasters are predicting in 2026https://unherd.com/2026/01/what-the-superforecasters-are-predicting-in/> Collectively, as we look forward to what 2026 may bring, we see rapid technological advancements matched by growing geopolitical tensions. Yet the dawn of genuine stability across the Middle East may be breaking on the streets of Tehran.
(DIR) Post #B26NtKnL5KXGvYNehk by quasi@peister.org
2026-01-09T02:48:44.794503Z
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12 degree drop within one hour this afternoon. Love the #Melbourne weather
(DIR) Post #B29amnBd0aCBplpei0 by quasi@peister.org
2026-01-10T20:51:58.381303Z
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Ghent University rector Petra De Sutter uses fabricated quotes in speech, AI gets blame | VRT NWS: newshttps://www.vrt.be/vrtnws/en/2026/01/08/ghent-university-rector-petra-de-sutter-uses-fabricated-quotes-i/> De Sutter, who for the Green Party earlier served as Europe's first trans cabinet minister in PM De Croo's federal government, spoke at Ghent University on 19 September 2025 at the start of the academic year. She quoted philosopher Hans Jonas and psychologist Paul Verhaeghe, among others. She also attributed the statement ‘Dogma is the enemy of progress’ to Albert Einstein. Apache's investigation shows that the three quotes used are fabricated. They appear to be hallucinations of an AI tool.
(DIR) Post #B29qAg4OcNxS1aISlU by quasi@peister.org
2026-01-10T21:35:52.727395Z
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UAE cuts UK from scholarship funding over extremism concernshttps://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/uae-cuts-uk-scholarship-funding-over-extremism-concerns> Students encouraged to study elsewhere owing to concerns about the influence of the Muslim Brotherhood on UK campuses
(DIR) Post #B2AWiegOThHFdvxDyi by quasi@peister.org
2026-01-11T00:32:53.106480Z
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Would be nice if public libraries could facilitate meetups of people who borrow the same books because I never come across local people with similar reading interests. I know they exist because they reserve my copies
(DIR) Post #B2CzYiCHqIv8dMP1iS by quasi@peister.org
2026-01-12T05:55:53.874564Z
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Why I stopped donating to Doctors Without Borders (MSF)https://whyevolutionistrue.com/2026/01/11/why-i-stopped-donating-to-doctors-without-borders-msf/> Years ago I was a big fan of Doctors Without Borders (originally MSF for “Médecins Sans Frontières”, since the group’s origin is French). Supposedly apolitical, MSF, provides medi…
(DIR) Post #B2HKpatJ8QwcZDFxAm by quasi@peister.org
2026-01-14T04:52:32.459322Z
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SOTA On Bay Area House Partyhttps://www.astralcodexten.com/p/sota-on-bay-area-house-partyQUOTEA man in an OpenAI t-shirt introduces himself as Andreas, and raises his hand bashfully; he hasn’t joined the trend either. “Yeah,” you say. “I guess it would be awkward to use Claude at OpenAI.”“Nah,” he says, “The only reason I don’t use it is because I’m not a coder. I work on the Arson & Burglary team.”“I didn’t know OpenAI had an Arson & Burglary Team.”“It’s pretty new. In June, a court ruled that adding books to AI training data only counts as fair use if you destroy the original copy. But sometimes this is tough. If you’re going to use the AI for law, you have to have the Constitution in there. But the original copy is heavily guarded in the National Archives. That’s where we come in. We slip in, destroy it, and slip out before the guards are any the wiser.”“I don’t think that’s what they meant by ‘destroy the original - ’”“Our big problem is the Bible. It would be hard enough to get the Dead Sea Scrolls; Israeli security is no laughing matter. But our lawyer says we have to destroy the original original. What even is that? Altman is pushing for us to find the Ark of the Covenant, but you can bet he’s not the one who’s going to have to open it afterwards.”Lucy shrugs. “Why don’t you just use Claude Code?” she asks, and everyone in the conversation nods along.
(DIR) Post #B2IhNeyopbQ3FBRXBQ by quasi@peister.org
2026-01-15T03:59:59.564006Z
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U.S. Freezes Visas to 75 Countrieshttps://www.kenklippenstein.com/p/trump-freezes-visas-to-75-countries> Read the leaked diplomatic cable
(DIR) Post #B2Ir06hP7UMFnxhn9M by quasi@peister.org
2026-01-15T08:02:46.262609Z
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Constitutionally flawed: Why Australia’s proposed hate groups listing framework threatens democracy — and in particular, womenhttps://womensadvocacy.net/2026/01/15/constitutionally-flawed-why-australias-proposed-hate-groups-listing-framework-threatens-democracy-and-in-particular-women/> The Australian government has proposed sweeping new legislation in response to serious terrorist threats. But a critical examination of the Combatting Antisemitism, Hate and Extremism Bill 2026 rev…#auspol
(DIR) Post #B2LLU20EWyPMrscLPE by quasi@peister.org
2026-01-16T12:03:57.981494Z
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Social media ban backfiring a bit (headspace is trans captured and potentially harmful for kids)> One in 10 teens seeking mental health support from headspace cite social media ban as an issuehttps://www.crikey.com.au/2026/01/16/teen-social-media-ban-headspace-mental-health/> Early data from Australia's national youth mental health service shows that the teen social media ban emerged as a prominent factor in why 12- to 15-year-olds were coming to them.#auspol
(DIR) Post #B2My2X2NdrpqNlSZJg by quasi@peister.org
2026-01-17T04:44:13.874147Z
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Masih Alinejad’s speech to the UN Security Councilhttps://whyevolutionistrue.com/2026/01/16/masih-alinejads-speech-before-the-un-security-council/> “When a regime turns off the Internet during mass killings, and at the same time the leaders of the same regime [use] the privilege of freedom of speech on social media to mislead the rest of…
(DIR) Post #B2Q7ARIAMwvlwRZJjs by quasi@peister.org
2026-01-18T20:18:06.647777Z
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(DIR) Post #B2UGpNQN3Jn7m7OLa4 by quasi@peister.org
2026-01-20T20:22:04.753431Z
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What Iranians Want From Trumphttps://www.theatlantic.com/international/2026/01/trump-khamenei-iran-protests/685680/> I asked Iranians whether they wanted U.S. intervention. The answers surprised me.
(DIR) Post #B2VoriQTWydP5bgfkO by quasi@peister.org
2026-01-21T09:25:03.817973Z
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University of Austin: The anti-woke University circles the drainhttps://whyevolutionistrue.com/2026/01/19/university-of-austin-the-anti-woke-university-circles-the-drain/> The University of Austin (UATX), not to be confused with the University of Texas at Austin, was founded in October, 2021 as a sort of heterodox university, one where all viewpoints could be represe…
(DIR) Post #B2WbNQMwzrmO9aDxtA by quasi@peister.org
2026-01-20T23:21:09.603541Z
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The Dilbert Afterlifehttps://www.astralcodexten.com/p/the-dilbert-afterlife> For Adams, God took a more creative and – dare I say, crueler – route. He created him only-slightly-above-average at everything except for a world-historical, Mozart-tier, absolutely Leonardo-level skill at making silly comics about hating work....> Adams and Elon Musk occasionally talked about each other - usually to defend one another against media criticism of their respective racist rants - but I don’t know if they ever met. I wonder what it would have been like if they did. I imagine them coming together at some Bay Area house party on copious amounts of LSD or MDMA. One, the world’s greatest comic writer, who more than anything else wanted to succeed in business. The other, the world’s greatest businessman, who more than anything else wanted people to think that he’s funny. Scott Adams couldn’t stop frittering his talent and fortune on doomed attempts to be taken seriously. But someday Elon Musk will buy America for $100 trillion, tell the UN that he’s renaming it “the United States of 420-69”, and the assembled ambassadors will be as silent as the grave. Are there psychic gains from trade to be had between two such people?
(DIR) Post #B2Zx8OnNLYwhOWhkK8 by quasi@peister.org
2026-01-23T08:14:05.132571Z
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State sponsored event> Top Surgery Tips: Ballarathttps://events.humanitix.com/top-surgery-tips-ballarat-84p9ku6j> About the session: Are you about to get top surgery to flatten your chest, have your surgery planned or thinking about top surgery? Our guest speaker Luka will talk about their lived experience of top surgery and provide tips about how to prepare for the experience. This session is for folks who want to understand more about the experience, what to expect and want to hear someone's first-hand experience. #auspol
(DIR) Post #B2eiEIUwrVslOemlAO by quasi@peister.org
2026-01-25T02:08:35.787629Z
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From this analysis it does seem like trump will lose support if dems stop being woke> The Four Types of Trump Supporterhttps://www.theatlantic.com/politics/2026/01/trump-roles-supporters-categories/685706> The president’s political power depends on his ability to play different roles for different parts of his coalition.