Retired MD. “Avid” cyclist, CrossFit. Familiar with cognitive disability. Curious. TrueName John Faughnan (not the actor). Intergalactic Antifa Coordinator. Not as normal as I may seem. Also mastodon - https://appdot.net/@jgordonhttps://bsky.app/profile/johngordon.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/johngordon.bsky.social/post/3mlnwhvenuc2eAbout 1/5 kids under 75k hh income *admit* to cheating extensively with ai vs 1/14 for over 75K/y. It appears ai will further widen educational gaps, much as COVID did. Having ai do homework is a disastrous coping strategy. [contains quote post or other embedded content]12 May 2026 13:47 +0000at://did:plc:jad45rbikwtuydb4u7hamj5n/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlnwhvenuc2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/johngordon.bsky.social/post/3mlnvtmb4fs2ePerplexity deleted everything in “Spaces”. All chat hx gone. Probably due to a support ai misinterpreting a feedback request. Next another support bot initiated a partial and defective restore. (Turns out they don’t do backups.) Makes me happy I switched to $5/m student plan! Lessons from this …12 May 2026 13:36 +0000at://did:plc:jad45rbikwtuydb4u7hamj5n/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlnvtmb4fs2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/johngordon.bsky.social/post/3mlnsqiwquc2eWould be good to have some numbers. Is this a 1%, .1%, 5%? Is it all boys? Is it an effective strategy for finding girlfriends? [contains quote post or other embedded content]12 May 2026 12:41 +0000at://did:plc:jad45rbikwtuydb4u7hamj5n/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlnsqiwquc2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/johngordon.bsky.social/post/3mlns3da65s2eDeSantis turning on data centers is a marker for a growing fear among the MAGA. https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eenews/2025/12/08/desantis-calls-for-restricting-data-centers-00679832 [contains quote post or other embedded content]12 May 2026 12:29 +0000at://did:plc:jad45rbikwtuydb4u7hamj5n/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlns3da65s2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/johngordon.bsky.social/post/3mlnrs7wfbs2eStarting to fear Mamdani’s supernatural powers. How does he make these fools serve the cause of justice and compassion? [contains quote post or other embedded content]12 May 2026 12:24 +0000at://did:plc:jad45rbikwtuydb4u7hamj5n/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlnrs7wfbs2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/johngordon.bsky.social/post/3mlnrnjppsk2eIn some dementia removes what has been learned and leaves the early core. Most people are racist-ethnist-tribalist at core. Wisdom is learned. Dementia strips the learning. And Trump is much more racist than most. [contains quote post or other embedded content]12 May 2026 12:21 +0000at://did:plc:jad45rbikwtuydb4u7hamj5n/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlnrnjppsk2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/johngordon.bsky.social/post/3mlnr5s6hrs2eIt’s pretty good. “Commerce Department announced that it had designated the Center for AI Standards and Innovation (CAISI) as the agency … CAISI is run by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), which had been gutted by Elon Musk’s…” [contains quote post or other embedded content]12 May 2026 12:12 +0000at://did:plc:jad45rbikwtuydb4u7hamj5n/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlnr5s6hrs2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/johngordon.bsky.social/post/3mlnqt7rpbk2eCredit to SK for leading [contains quote post or other embedded content]12 May 2026 12:06 +0000at://did:plc:jad45rbikwtuydb4u7hamj5n/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlnqt7rpbk2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/johngordon.bsky.social/post/3mlmo7jg5zs2lTrump billionaires similarly mainstreamed wealth taxation. [contains quote post or other embedded content]12 May 2026 01:47 +0000at://did:plc:jad45rbikwtuydb4u7hamj5n/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlmo7jg5zs2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/johngordon.bsky.social/post/3mlmkl7qvns2bIf there really are asymptomatic carriers then I would be surprised if this strain is found to be contained to a cruise ship. [contains quote post or other embedded content]12 May 2026 00:42 +0000at://did:plc:jad45rbikwtuydb4u7hamj5n/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlmkl7qvns2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/johngordon.bsky.social/post/3mlltudippc2tI appreciate the candor. I think. [contains quote post or other embedded content]11 May 2026 17:55 +0000at://did:plc:jad45rbikwtuydb4u7hamj5n/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlltudippc2thttps://bsky.app/profile/johngordon.bsky.social/post/3mlls5xem422tAt U where I freeload the social science students say they hate AI and use it extensively. This is not hypocrisy. It is possible to hate the tools one uses. I kind of hate Word. In the case of ai they have abundant reason to hate — even if the concerns they identify are not valid. [contains quote post or other embedded content]11 May 2026 17:25 +0000at://did:plc:jad45rbikwtuydb4u7hamj5n/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlls5xem422thttps://bsky.app/profile/johngordon.bsky.social/post/3mllplwwu3k2zThis is a noteworthy clarification. It does suggests he's now failing the dementia tests. [contains quote post or other embedded content]11 May 2026 16:39 +0000at://did:plc:jad45rbikwtuydb4u7hamj5n/app.bsky.feed.post/3mllplwwu3k2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/johngordon.bsky.social/post/3mllpgahko22zWe should have stuck with Gopher.11 May 2026 16:36 +0000at://did:plc:jad45rbikwtuydb4u7hamj5n/app.bsky.feed.post/3mllpgahko22zhttps://bsky.app/profile/johngordon.bsky.social/post/3mllp7nqv2223It is truly impressive to see the American establishment media pretending the President is not a lunatic. [contains quote post or other embedded content]11 May 2026 16:32 +0000at://did:plc:jad45rbikwtuydb4u7hamj5n/app.bsky.feed.post/3mllp7nqv2223https://bsky.app/profile/johngordon.bsky.social/post/3mllkxauflc2vI complained to the chat support that all my content was gone from all my Perplexity spaces. A few minutes later the chat agent said the content was back. PART of it is back, but not all. I think something kind of awful might be happening here ... [contains quote post or other embedded content]11 May 2026 15:16 +0000at://did:plc:jad45rbikwtuydb4u7hamj5n/app.bsky.feed.post/3mllkxauflc2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/johngordon.bsky.social/post/3mllj76uazs2zHe sold his soul when he joined the Louisiana GOP. [contains quote post or other embedded content]11 May 2026 14:44 +0000at://did:plc:jad45rbikwtuydb4u7hamj5n/app.bsky.feed.post/3mllj76uazs2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/johngordon.bsky.social/post/3mllj36wjz22zI complained to Perplexity support about their weird authentication/email limitation. A few minutes later, when I logged in, all my spaces content was gone. I'm sure it's just coincidence. [contains quote post or other embedded content]11 May 2026 14:42 +0000at://did:plc:jad45rbikwtuydb4u7hamj5n/app.bsky.feed.post/3mllj36wjz22zhttps://bsky.app/profile/johngordon.bsky.social/post/3mllhdlf7z227TIL that one cannot change the email associated with a perplexity account. Pro users need to create a new ID and go through some process to move data to the new ID. Annoying world.11 May 2026 14:11 +0000at://did:plc:jad45rbikwtuydb4u7hamj5n/app.bsky.feed.post/3mllhdlf7z227https://bsky.app/profile/johngordon.bsky.social/post/3mllbqccmjk25We have established that a large majority of Americans, and a vast majority of conservatives, don’t care much about democracy. Our only hope is … [contains quote post or other embedded content]11 May 2026 12:31 +0000at://did:plc:jad45rbikwtuydb4u7hamj5n/app.bsky.feed.post/3mllbqccmjk25https://bsky.app/profile/johngordon.bsky.social/post/3mllbbn74ec25I want a 1-2 clicks tool that lets me request a Perplexity/Claude summary from any web page in Safari or iOS. Claude estimates we can do this in an hour or so but claims routinehub.co/shortcut/17513/ does this. Anyway, will be good to have. [contains quote post or other embedded content]11 May 2026 12:23 +0000at://did:plc:jad45rbikwtuydb4u7hamj5n/app.bsky.feed.post/3mllbbn74ec25https://bsky.app/profile/johngordon.bsky.social/post/3mllaoawcas25It’s paywalled so a good test of something I’ve been tracking. I asked Claude to summarize via Claude app (pro) and via Perplexity … [contains quote post or other embedded content]11 May 2026 12:12 +0000at://did:plc:jad45rbikwtuydb4u7hamj5n/app.bsky.feed.post/3mllaoawcas25https://bsky.app/profile/johngordon.bsky.social/post/3mlla47wgis25The demographic cliff is reached [contains quote post or other embedded content]11 May 2026 12:02 +0000at://did:plc:jad45rbikwtuydb4u7hamj5n/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlla47wgis25