🔗 This is Your Brain on ChatGPT
Is ChatGPT Rotting Our Brains? New Study Suggests It Does
“As demonstrated over the course of 4 months, the LLM group’s participants performed worse than their counterparts in the Brain-only group at all levels: neural, linguistic, scoring,” the team said. “The LLM group also fell behind in their ability to quote from the essays they wrote just minutes prior.”
There is a link to the study in the link shared above
Stark Warning About NWS cuts
The chief meteorologist for NBC6 in Miami went on the air to tell the viewers what the current cuts to NOAA and the National Weather Service from the Trump administration mean. It’s important for people with megaphones to explain to people what is happening and how it will impact them.
Cuts have consequences, illustrated. As seen on TV 📺
— John Morales (@johnmoralestv.bsky.social) 2025-06-03T00:45:03.121Z
🔗 No, NYC is not the Hellscape Fox Portrays
NYC sees fewest reported murders, shootings in modern history to start year: mayor
New York City has recorded the lowest number of murders and shootings in modern history through the first five months of the year, Mayor Eric Adams announced Sunday.
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Yes, there was an uptick around COVID from the historic lows. No, it never became the unsafe place that the right wing portrayed. I know they say “never read the comments”, but if you see them It will make you depressed that these people live amongst us.
🔗 Some Economic Reality
Opinion | Can We Please Stop Lying About Obama? - The New York Times
As the economics writer Noah Smith has noted, top marginal tax rates were significantly higher in 2016 than in 1992. Federal spending on social programs went up, not down. Government policy became more progressive (favoring those down the income scale), not less. Much of the economy grew more regulated, not less. U.S. tariff rates were basically stagnant.
The era between the start of the Clinton administration and the end of the Obama one was not a libertarian/globalist free-for-all. It was an era of mainstream presidents who tried to balance dynamism and solidarity.
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I never thought I’d be sharing David Brooks, but this was a compelling read. While individuals will naturally have their own experiences, it’s important to step back and look at the bigger picture. This was one of the aspects of the 2016 Democratic primary that frustrated me most. Every policy creates winners and losers, but global trade produced far more winners than losers. Yet from 2016 until now, pointing this out seems to automatically earn you the label “neoliberal shill.”
The Fight for the Larry O’Brien
Eastern Conference
Round 1
Cleveland 4 Miami 2
Boston 4 Orlando 1
New York 4 Detroit 1
Milwaukee 4 Indiana 3
Conference Semifinals
Cleveland 4 Milwaukee 2
Boston 4 New York 2
Conference Finals
Boston 4 Cleveland 1
Western Conference
Round 1
Oklahoma City 4 Memphis 1
Golden State 4 Houston 2
Los Angeles Lakers 4 Minnesota 2
Los Angeles Clippers 4 Denver 2
Conference Semifinals
Los Angeles Clippers 4 Oklahoma City 2
Los Angeles Lakers 4 Golden State 3
Conference Finals
Los Angels Clippers 4 Los Angeles Lakers 2