Nat Purser
@NatPurser
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telecom / ai @publicknowledge
Washington, DC
Joined April 2009
anyhow i tweeted this bc before being homeschooled, i went to a christian school with two guys who are apparently now Bright White Veneers Real Estate Agents
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i get that many elite prep schools are Ivy League feeders, but it’s wild how many $20–50k/yr evangelical private schools offer virtually no academic edge, or underperform public schools. insular faith environments are great, but you could just … get more involved in church.
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What they promise vs. what actually happens: the difference will shock you.
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fried chicken, corn muffin, sweet tea, mashed potatoes, and mac and cheese at the OK Cafe in atlanta.
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blood and soil nationalism is cope for idiots.
This is the great lie of mass migration. You are not just importing individuals. You are importing societies. No magic transformation occurs when failed states cross borders. At scale, migrants and their descendants recreate the conditions, and terrors, of their broken homelands.
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I think it’s good that people can actually see that this is how ridiculous Katie Miller sounds when she’s actually challenged. I don’t imagine her husband or Vance or the rest of them would do better, which is probably why they rarely leave the MAGA media bubble
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People aren't focused enough on the word "denaturalize" here The President says that he will revoke the *citizenship* of Americans who weren't born here if he and @StephenM determine decide they need to go. Denaturalization is a rare and legally difficult process that Miller
Trump: “I will permanently pause migration from all Third World Countries … denaturalize migrants who undermine domestic tranquility, and deport any Foreign National who is a public charge, security risk, or non-compatible with Western Civilization. These goals will be pursued
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kinda grimly funny. i asked chatgpt whether this insane state dept tweet about mass migration causing rape and murder was “true” to see what it’d say. it thought i meant “is the tweet real?” and confidently said no, it’s too fringe-nationalist to be the official US gov position.
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It's annoying that a lot of instinctive 'no AI in art' reactions come from crowds who barely engage with art, or when they do it's just occasionally going to Cafe Oto and buying some cringe candles from a Bushwick shop. I sympathise with the disgust at boring one shot prompted
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Indigenous actress Elaine Miles of "Northern Exposure" was detained by ICE at a Redmond bus stop. When she showed them her Tribal ID, they told her it was fake.
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Indigenous actor Elaine Miles of "Northern Exposure" was detained by ICE at a Redmond bus stop. When she showed them her Tribal ID, they told her it was fake.
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best secular christmas songs: karen carpenter’s merry christmas darling, dolly parton’s hard candy christmas, jose feliciano’s feliz navidad, the pogues’ fairytale of new york, bing crosby’s white christmas.
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Permitting reform structurally advantages clean. Fossils trade in global markets so impact of blocking fossil on global consumption is less than 1-1; REs displace fossil (dispatch first when built) so even if enviro reforms benefited each equally, expect it to reduce emissions.
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Alleged shooter Rahmanullah Lakanwal worked for the CIA in Afghanistan out of Kandahar base, according to CIA director John Ratcliffe. Multiple sources tell me he was vetted before working with the CIA by the NCTC (National Counterterrorism Center) and the CIA. I am told that
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I asked Leo if he had done Wordle yet today. He had (despite our ridiculously early wakeup time today). He got it in three.
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this one is honestly crazier than most
A very Happy Thanksgiving salutation to all of our Great American Citizens and Patriots who have been so nice in allowing our Country to be divided, disrupted, carved up, murdered, beaten, mugged, and laughed at, along with certain other foolish countries throughout the World,
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This NYT article on the "golden age" of air travel is an amazing example of an unthinking journalist failing to make contact with reality. The narrative: air travel used to be much better, but less affordable. 1/
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After this trading week was cut short due to Thanksgiving, all major U.S. indices ended the week in the green: + S&P 500 gained 2.88% + Nasdaq is up a huge 3.93% + Dow Jones gained 3.18% September’s producer price index (PPI) data reported that wholesale prices rose 0.3%. Core
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You've got to come to Thanksgiving dinner prepared to debate AI, and I'm doing my part to have you covered. @ENERGY has said "speed to power" in the AI industry is not happening as quickly as it should. I offer 3 reasons for why that might be. 1) uncertainty of demand:
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two totally innocent young people attacked by a terrorist with no agenda other than perpetrating a violent act against individuals unknown to him except as symbols.
@PeteHegseth UPDATE: The names of the two National Guard members who were shot yesterday are Andrew Wolfe and Sarah Beckstrom. Each of them had surgery and remain in critical condition. Picture: Screenshot from @AgendaFreeTV. #NationalGuard #DC
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i don’t believe all of your uncles are starting debates on thanksgiving. i see y’all on here, some of u are the instigators.
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Robotaxis will tranform cities more than we yet realise: my latest for @TheEconomist — The tech will get much cheaper. Dire traffic jams unless cities learn to love congestion taxes — Denser city centres (few parking lots), but also more sprawl — Cycling gets safer Link below
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Can your birthday candles do this? Lotus Candles® open like flowers and light up, rotate, and play the Happy Birthday tune! Birthday party guests will be amazed.
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