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Substack Mar 3, 2026 at 07:02 AM
www.astralcodexten.com/p/mantic-monday-groundhog-day
- As written, the SAVE Act does not accept a typical REAL ID as standalone proof of citizenship. It only accepts a REAL ID that specifically indicates the applicant is a U.S. citizen (which most states’ REAL IDs do not).
LessWrong Mar 3, 2026 at 05:27 AM
www.lesswrong.com/posts/dnJauoyRTWXgN9wxb/near-instantly-abo...
- Sumatriptan’s chemical (molecular) formula is C14H21N3O2S, not “5-(Methylsulfamoylmethyl)-DMT” (which is a chemical name/synonym, not a formula).
Substack Mar 3, 2026 at 02:06 AM
expertwitness.substack.com/p/fast-scan-lawsuit-trauma
- Acute bleeding (acute hemorrhage) is a recognized cause of acute anemia. While hemoglobin/hematocrit can be normal immediately after sudden blood loss, that does not mean acute bleeding “does not cause anemia.”
X Mar 2, 2026 at 11:51 PM
x.com/CHRISF0GLE/status/2027084390833012838
- BAFTA and multiple contemporaneous reports say the audience was explicitly warned in advance (and again during the show) that John Davidson’s Tourette’s tics could be heard, contradicting the claim that they “had not” been briefed.
X Mar 2, 2026 at 11:36 PM
x.com/allTheYud/status/2028351784251511062
- The publicly released contract language does not say the government can do whatever it “declares” legal; it limits use to “lawful purposes” consistent with applicable law and includes specific prohibitions and legal constraints.
X Mar 2, 2026 at 11:26 PM
x.com/edgefills/status/2028403996214640888
- This is incorrect: long before television, mass entertainment existed in widely consumed forms such as radio broadcasting and motion pictures (movie theaters/nickelodeons).
LessWrong Mar 2, 2026 at 11:10 PM
www.lesswrong.com/posts/5aKRshJzhojqfbRyo/unless-its-governa...
- The RAISE Act’s scope is not limited to models trained with over $100M in compute cost; it also includes an additional FLOP threshold and separately covers certain distilled models with a $5M compute-cost threshold.
X Mar 2, 2026 at 10:57 PM
x.com/rastokke/status/2028499786647605459/photo/1
- Math education is not taught “identically” across countries; official standards and common classroom practices differ (e.g., some systems emphasize contextual interpretation and strategies, while others emphasize chanting/drilling times tables).
X Mar 2, 2026 at 10:56 PM
x.com/TetraspaceWest/status/2028600319186190657
- DHS/ICE deportation operations and ad campaigns target non‑citizens (people in the U.S. illegally), not natural-born U.S. citizens. DHS has explicitly stated that ICE does not arrest or deport U.S. citizens.
LessWrong Mar 2, 2026 at 09:46 PM
www.lesswrong.com/posts/4ftQmSDujzgiEujwA/epstein-and-my-wor...
- San Francisco authorities said the OpenAI whistleblower Suchir Balaji died by suicide and reported no evidence of homicide.
- Police said Boeing whistleblower John Barnett died by suicide and that his injuries were self-inflicted.
LessWrong Mar 2, 2026 at 09:40 PM
www.lesswrong.com/posts/CpiF7QBvcs2fiysfD/my-personal-apolog...
- The post itself is dated March 1, 2026, so the statement “Now that it is 2025” is inconsistent with the document’s stated date.
X Mar 2, 2026 at 08:47 PM
x.com/adamascholl/status/2018833783349547122
- This overstates IPO underwriting fees: not every company pays 7% of gross proceeds. For example, Facebook’s 2012 IPO prospectus shows underwriting discounts of about 1.1% of the offering’s total value, not 7%.
Substack Mar 2, 2026 at 08:34 PM
blog.sentinel-team.org/p/us-and-israel-strike-iran-iran-reta...
- U.S. arms sales are generally not "approved" by Congress; under the Arms Export Control Act, the executive branch notifies Congress and Congress may block a sale via a joint resolution of disapproval.
LessWrong Mar 2, 2026 at 08:06 PM
www.lesswrong.com/posts/K9p6xyyX2RB4thakc/war-claude
- FEC-based reporting indicates Greg Brockman gave $12.5M, while his wife Anna gave a separate $12.5M; $25M is the combined total, not Brockman’s individual donation.
LessWrong Mar 2, 2026 at 08:00 PM
www.lesswrong.com/posts/Z2RWoyJp9j2yEfbHN/the-hessian-rank-b...
- This exponent appears to be a typo: after the stated change of variables, the prefactor should scale like n^{d1/2 + (d−d1)/4}, not n^{d1/2 + (d−d1)/3}.
LessWrong Mar 2, 2026 at 07:36 PM
www.lesswrong.com/posts/FijbeqdovkgAusGgz/grey-goo-is-unlike...
- This is incorrect: at least some bacteria can grow without requiring iron (e.g., Borrelia burgdorferi), contradicting the claim that iron is needed by all known life.
LessWrong Mar 2, 2026 at 07:31 PM
www.lesswrong.com/posts/amLbdiP9sTutJQdHA/openai-employees-n...
- Sam Altman does have a child: multiple outlets report he welcomed a son via surrogate in February 2025.
X Mar 2, 2026 at 07:26 PM
x.com/RichardHanania/status/2027864982151684254
- Reporting after the U.S.-Israeli attack describes an interim leadership council that includes Iran’s President and Chief Justice—showing that at least some top ("upper echelon") Iranian leaders were not killed.
Substack Mar 2, 2026 at 07:16 PM
www.richardhanania.com/p/womens-tears-win-in-the-marketplace
- Published death-count analyses of Game of Thrones do not support a “hundreds of times” male-to-female death ratio; they suggest men account for ~94% of deaths (about 16:1).
Substack Mar 2, 2026 at 06:40 PM
www.richardhanania.com/p/labor-freedom-is-the-best-explanati...
- Heritage’s 2025 Index of Economic Freedom ranks the United States 26th overall, not 27th.
- German law generally does not grant an automatic legal entitlement to severance pay upon dismissal; severance is usually negotiated and only becomes a statutory entitlement in limited cases (e.g., if offered under §1a KSchG).
- In Germany, works councils can be formed once an establishment meets the employee threshold, but forming one is not mandatory and employers are not required to create one; the initiative must come from employees/unions.
- In April 2025, Waymo’s commercial driverless ride-hailing service was operating in four U.S. regions (San Francisco, Los Angeles, Phoenix, and Austin), not “five cities.”
- Audi’s electric SUV was introduced as the “Audi e-tron”; the “Q8 e-tron” name was introduced later (revealed as a rename in 2022).