Obviously using chatbots makes you more dumb, everyone is skipping over the funniest part: the study authors are such dedicated LLM haters they set up traps to expose AI users lol

I say this because people often wrongly refer to "low-yield bunker busters" that don't exist. EPWs are high-yield weapons that produce significant fallout capable of killing tens of thousands of people. References to "tactical" nuclear weapons may reinforce that misperception.

Over a year later, I'm almost finished with my fanfic rewriting the Stars Wars prequels, and I've discovered 1) Palpatine now weaponizes bad table manners as a power move 2) I want to write dramatic ANDOR-style monologues but my characters WILL NOT STOP INTERRUPTING EACH OTHER

Re-upping this now that the U.S. has struck targets in Iran. We’re entering another emotionally charged information cycle. Signal and noise will blur. Fear will be monetized. Stay grounded. Discernment matters more than ever.

Operation Midnight Hammer: How the US conducted surprise strikes on Iran breakingdefense.com/2025/06/operat…

Wrote over 7,000 words this weekend of my version of "Revenge of the Sith" (wife & kids out of town), including the first meeting of a cranky Palpatine and a young, less confident, but equally insufferable Orson Krennic, which was hilarious except for, y'know, all the genocide.

He almost captures what it feels like to sail a large ship into a storm under god. Almost. But not quite. I was a devout Catholic before I went to sea. After? Not less faithful, exactly but profoundly changed. My belief didn’t vanish. My perspective shattered. I still attend