It shouldn’t be hard to empathize with the pain of the Israeli victims, or the pain of the Palestinian ones. But paradoxically, it seems almost impossible to empathize with both sides at the same time
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kmaasrud OPML is underrated As a response to the general enshittification of major platforms, I would say we are seeing a resurgence of the old web’s ethos, with personal blogs gaining traction and th
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Long ago, in a parallel universe three doors down and one to the left of our own, OpenAI headquarters found itself in chaos. A klaxon blared overhead as red lights began flashing. A message played ove
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