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Friday Open Thread: Tweets From This Week That Won't Make You Feel Bad

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Friday Open Thread: Tweets From This Week That Won't Make You Feel Bad

introducing a weekly list of tweets that pirate wires staff enjoyed, all mercifully non-political or culture-warry (most of them, at least), with comments open to all

Brandon Gorrell
Mar 24, 2023
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Friday Open Thread: Tweets From This Week That Won't Make You Feel Bad

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Big stories in tech, AI, and crypto this week on Pirate Wires. Here’s a recap of what we published. Open thread in the comments below.


GPT-4 Prompt Tries To Generate Fundamentally New Knowledge (March 19)

By asking for an explanation for any poorly understood phenomena that humans have a hard time explaining, GPT is forced to create novel hypotheses.

"Ethics" and "Society" (March 20)

Tech press hysterics for "AI ethicists" (professional political censors), everything you need to know about GPT-4, and the TikTok war accelerates.

The Tradwife Craze Is About Envy (March 21)

Tradwifes aren't about patriarchy, white supremacy, sexual fetishism, or indoctrination — it's about women staying home, a luxury most can't afford.

You Can Run Alpaca Locally, Even If You Can't Code (March 21)

Run Stanford's language model on your Mac with a relative few simple steps — you don't need to be a developer to do it.

The Yaoi To Trans Pipeline (March 22)

The Taoi to trans pipeline exists, the real debate is over why.

Did The Government Start A Global Financial Crisis In An Attempt To Destroy Crypto? (March 23)

Six weeks later, Operation Chokepoint 2.0 has brought crypto to its knees… along with America’s entire financial system.

Coinbase "Willing To Do Anything" To Be Regulated By SEC (March 23)

A recap of Coinbase's Twitter space on the Wells notice.

TikTok’s Congressional Disaster (March 23)

Amidst growing bi-partisan support of a ban, summary and analysis of TikTok’s first Congressional hearing.


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Mike Rutherford @CardChronicle
Fake arguing with your coach to distract the defense before throwing a half-look pass for a reverse alley-oop to break a 92-92 tie in the final minute of OT in a Sweet 16 game at MSG might be the coolest shit I’ve ever seen
1:06 AM ∙ Mar 24, 2023
116,350Likes15,943Retweets
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Neeraj K. Agrawal @NeerajKA
ripple gave $5 million to greenpeace and all they got is a cool statue that associates bitcoin with nuclear power
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Von Wong @thevonwong
Avalanche of DMs from the Environmental Bitcoin Crew giving me a lot of hope! Need some time to reply, reflect and summarize. 🙏 Excited about the discussion I was hoping for! Sorry if I haven't replied yet. https://t.co/HgYHzLksBB
1:42 PM ∙ Mar 24, 2023
174Likes15Retweets
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Howling Retard @retardoan
Lmao @ this quote from Roald Dahl’s wife about their first date.
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6:54 PM ∙ Mar 23, 2023
3,426Likes322Retweets
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Chris Betts @mrchrisbetts
THEN WHY IS HE WEARING A BOWTIE? I WANT TO GIVE HIM SPAGHETTI
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7:27 PM ∙ Mar 21, 2023
114,220Likes13,128Retweets
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celibate princess @evilratperson
me: i would never turn into a cunty clock for a man him: what time is it me:
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11:06 PM ∙ Mar 19, 2023
11,752Likes1,570Retweets
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Sofiia Shvets 🇺🇦 @Sofi_Shvets
I’m screaming 😂 Balenciaga Harry Potter with Midjourney
5:43 PM ∙ Mar 22, 2023
506Likes63Retweets
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Barstool Sports @barstoolsports
Reverse basketball is the future
4:19 PM ∙ Mar 22, 2023
20,013Likes1,699Retweets
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Lorenzo Green 〰️ @mrgreen
This Reddit post made me smile. Time period selfies 📸 (AI-generated) 1. Polynesian Warriors:
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5:01 PM ∙ Mar 20, 2023
6,381Likes873Retweets
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Brian Roemmele @BrianRoemmele
Members of the wearable computing club, 1996.
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1:37 AM ∙ Mar 22, 2023
694Likes83Retweets
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Jezebel 🌑 @Jessifris
Never looked closely at this peninsula before. Fuck this. Fuck you.
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1:37 AM ∙ Mar 19, 2023
53,117Likes3,480Retweets
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Veterans of Forum Wars @EricSmallman3
this is what happens when black autists are denied access to Dragon Ball.
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Joel Berry @JoelWBerry
Congratulations Robin DiAngelo and Ibram X. Kendi! You did it!✊🏿◼️ https://t.co/TO2KkmvCAt
7:53 PM ∙ Mar 21, 2023
21Likes1Retweet
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ð @DarkwebShaman
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1:04 AM ∙ Mar 22, 2023
2,256Likes213Retweets
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wyatt @martsharter
this really is the most racist image of the year so far i love it
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9:50 PM ∙ Mar 20, 2023
8,931Likes511Retweets
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