pennycollins

Proud NOLA girl, wife of Tom, mom of 3 + 1, grandmother of 6 + 1, middle school teacher. Always moving forward.

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@AsteadWH Louisiana just got rid of our jungle primaries. No voters were asking for this change. It came directly from Republicans at the Capital. They have to narrow voter participation, otherwise they may lose.

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@theliamnissan Wrinkled suit and saggy pants at no extra charge.

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@pgreensoup @ImprintPayments Obviously they don’t know who they’re dealing with.

[Popular Liberal 🇺🇸 @PopularLiberal]

BOOM! SAY IT LOUDER:
Gary Chambers Jr. just dragged Louisiana Republicans — while Speaker Mike Johnson wears holes in his kneepads for Dear Leader.

Louisiana ranks dead last in economy and crime, 46th in education, 48th in infrastructure, 49th in environment, 46th in opportunity, with 18.9% poverty — worst in America.

But they're stripping power from a Black-majority New Orleans instead of fixing any of it.

This isn't reform. It's racist reconstructionism.
Gary said it plainly: "You lost every constitutional amendment you proposed, even in your own districts."

They don't ask the people because they know they'd lose. No choice. No vote. No voice.

[Anatoli Kopadze @AnatoliKopadze]

Godfather of AI: "If you sleep well tonight, you may not have understood this lecture."

This 47-minute lecture is the best thing I saw about AI in the last few months.

It will definitely help you understand how it actually works and where it's going.

Geoffrey Hinton built the neural networks behind every AI alive, then quit Google to warn the world about it.

The part nobody wanted to hear:

> AI is already developing abilities its creators didn't intend
> in most cognitive tasks it's already ahead of us
> the question is no longer if it surpasses us but when
> the only decision left is which side of that line you're on

Right now the average person opens Claude, types something, gets an answer, closes the tab.

They think they're using AI. they're using maybe 10% of it.

I went through his entire lecture, built a practical system from what he was describing.

18 steps to actually use Claude the right way, with copy-paste prompts that work today.

Full guide in the post below.

[Rock'n Roll of All @rocknrollofall]

Kashmir, a classic of Led Zeppelin. Written by Robert Plant and Jimmy Page, the song that Robert Plant mentioned like ''I wish we were remembered for Kashmir more than Stairway To Heaven'' in an interview.

Originally titled Driving To Kashmir, the song had begun as a lyric Plant had been inspired to write in the autumn of 1973 after a long, seemingly never-ending drive through “the waste lands”, as he put it, of southern Morocco. It's meaning had nothing to do with Kashmir, in northern India, at all.

As Plant explained Kashmir's meaning to Cameron Crowe, it was about the road journey itself rather than a specific geographical location: “It was a single-track road which neatly cut through the desert. Two miles to the east and west were ridges of sand rock. It looked like you were driving down a channel, this dilapidated road, and there was seemingly no end to it.” Hence, Plant said, the opening lyric: ‘Oh let the sun beat down upon my face, stars to fill my dreams.’

Musically, the juddering rhythm had erupted out of a late-night session involving Page and drummer John Bonham during one of the band’s regular stays at Headley Grange, the haunted mansion in East Hampshire where they recorded so many tracks in the early 70s.

“It was just Bonzo and myself,” Page said. “He started the drums, and I did the riff and the overdubs, which in fact get duplicated by an orchestra at the end, which brought it even more to life. It seemed so sort of ominous and had a particular quality to it. It’s nice to go for an actual mood and know that you’ve pulled it off.”

Robert Plant and Jimmy Page performing 'Kashmir' with the Egyptian orchestra leaded by Hossam Ramzi.

This song is already something that has so much power in itself but with an orchestra, with the notes of all that instruments, it became something extraordinary.

Please enjoy.

Thank you for background information, please visit their website: @ClassicRockMag

[Swig 🇺🇸 @OldRowSwig]

A great nuanced breakdown of the South by architecture

[LanaQuest aka RosaSparks @LqLana]

This is what happens when you normalize pedophiles.

The fact that the other board members didn't stop that meeting immediately is egregious.

If they were uncomfortable, how the fuck they think the teen felt. #DemsUnited

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@LqLana It would have had a positive impact on her for the rest of her life had one board member spoken out. Instead, she just learned that the adults charged with protecting her won’t, even when they admit she was in a terrible situation.

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@samtips19 @CalltoActivism It also works well in Louisiana, as Mike should know.

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@FordJohnathan5 @_GuitarCat_ Not AI and also not recent.

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@deloisivete Anime. If he could just stop telling me all about everything and every character in Anime all the time.

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@alt_w_v_g I will always remember 3/13/26 as the day I discovered the best post AND most reasonable and succinct comments in the history of X formerly known as Twitter. You, sir, are a gem. Thank you for your service.

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@MMOX991 @warden1962 @PaulDMauro Correct. I don’t know if it is possible for the company monitoring the receiver to be able to track the Pacemaker, but I would guess not.

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@Natenute @poopswag34 Still funny, though.

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@Natenute @poopswag34 Haven’t seen a jumper cable reference in years.

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@cxbmike @historyinmemes 1974: Teachers and students smoking together in the school sanctioned smoking area.

[Kerry Kennedy @KerryKennedyRFK]

“ Rivers do not drink their own water; trees do not eat their own fruit; the sun does not shine on itself and flowers do not spread their fragrance for themselves. Living for others is a rule of nature. We are all born to help each other. No matter how difficult it is… life is good when you are happy, but much better when others are happy because of you.”

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@AccidentalCajun So it's a light dinner, then? Sounds great. Would never have thought of adding the coffee.

[👩🏼‍💻Allison Curry👩🏼‍💻 @AllisonETEC]

2002: Student finishes work 8 minutes before class ends. Turns in paper, grabs their book and reads

2025: Student finishes work. Asks what to do with it (has been the same place for 28 weeks) and then wanders around the room, ignoring the list of things to do on the board (has not changed in 28 weeks), then sits down and stares at a wall. Asks to go to the bathroom. Argues when you say no because the bell is about to ring.