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A ProPublica investigation found Musk paid less than $70,000 in federal income tax between 2015 and 2017 and paid $0 in 2018. “Elon Musk reposted.”

Seems good

"bold yet practical" is what they're afraid of

we're doing dream surveillance now dreamrecorder.ai

A man in Ohio has been arrested and charged after allegedly threatening US Republican Rep. Max Miller during an incident in which Miller says he was driven off the road, a source familiar with the investigation told CNN. cnn.it/3FMK6Hp

This is horrifying.

New rule: if you're in your 80s, I don't want to hear a damn word about whether someone will play a "role in the future of the Democratic Party." You're not going to be around for it!

Who wants to bet that contracts with 👮‍♂️ are coming soon. What, you thought integrating face surveillance was for when you forgot a coworker’s name?

Happy Juneteenth

wild since according to US law workers are entitled to a minimum of 0 holidays per year what’s his plan? -1 holidays per year?

"Was it really this dumb in 2003" guys they renamed french fries

Seriously everyone needs to watch Mountainhead if they've not already

“Unfortunately, and perhaps unsurprisingly, models that are more accurate tend to have the biggest energy costs…some studies have suggested that training ChatGPT used up to 30 times more energy than the average American uses in a year.”

But also how can ice set a "policy" that overrides the law

To be really clear: The reason members of Congress can't just walk right in is because of the guns. Armed DHS personnel won't allow entry. In other words, DHS is using armed force to *break* laws. Democrats need to wrap their minds around that. Accept that the frog is boiled.

So, a Fox personality calls for ICE to go to Dodger Stadium and then it happens a couple of days later. Our leaders now just getting their marching orders from right wing media.

Let's put the lead back in paint while we're at it

This is shocking. Pure totalitarianism from DHS, and also blatantly unconstitutional. www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...

NEWS: In one of the first major federal prosecutions of an LA protester, the DOJ has moved to dismiss the case. Jose Manuel Mojica was accused of assaulting officers, but came forward to Guardian to recount how he was brutally attacked by agents. “I feel a huge relief. The truth always comes out."

What does OpenAI and Sam Altman's "Gentle Singularity" look like in practice? Great rundown from @bcmerchant.bsky.social: • Fund raising from Saudi Arabia and UAE • Major partnerships with US military • Working with fossil fuel companies to hyperscale AI www.bloodinthemachine.com/p/this-is-th...

the non-answers are just stunning

The cavalcade of comically rotten villains crying about Zohran continues while he’s (checks notes) out playing kickball with children today

uh... that's not spain derailing. it's the other guy

Sam Altman has made a habit of penning new manifestos every time he wants to raise cash. This time, he's promising that "gentle singularity" has already begun—as part of a play to raise billions from the Saudis and the Emiratis. Here's what the "gentle singularity" looks like in reality:

Hey NYC Democrats, you’re very good friend Bill Ackman, who’s always looking out for your best interests, is urging you not to vote for Mamdani. Be sure to vote like Smart Good Person Bill Ackman says!!!

please, someone, tell me again how these platfrorms are supposed to eventually create a magical utopia of abundance for all

Just know that once this happens (shiddd it’s probably already happening) companies will be able to have influence on what information you receive from ChatGPT, there’s already no regulation on what it feeds you, you could be getting nothing but propaganda and advertisements in every response

The billionaire Palantir CEO —the company building a database to track Americans, and helping ICE abduct immigrants, who proudly admits that his company kills people… … is a Big Money Andrew Cuomo donor. You won’t be an opposition leader when you’re owned by the opposition.

It's just astounding these AI companies are like "This next software update may end up allowing idiots to accidentally create unstoppable bioweapons that could destroy humanity, but we're under a lot of profit pressure, so we're going to release it anyway." www.axios.com/2025/06/18/o...

These people aren’t afraid Mamdani would be a bad mayor. We have a ridiculous, corrupt, incompetent mayor right now and the city is hanging in OK. They’re declaring all-out war because they’re afraid Mamdani (or Lander) might be a good mayor.

The NYT published a piece on AI this week in which two of the country's highest paid technology columnists demonstrated they have zero understanding of this foundational concept outlined by Katie below

The NYT decided to kick trans people in the teeth the day after Skrmetti. They wrote a hit piece blaming trans people for their own oppression and attacked the people who have fought hardest to stop this effort to eradicate us. They turned to Brianna Wu to further their narrative.

You can really smell the elitism

Oh that's gonna end badly

*dj khaled*

since younger people are asking how shockingly stupid things were in 2003, may I present to you this circa-03 sign that I bought from a local restaurant and their (unrelated) going out of business sale a few years later

Like I've said before, if you have any doubts about climate change, just go to a super-boring insurance conference and listen to the super-boring panels where they dryly talk about the growing threat of disasters so catastrophic and unpredictable in scope they simply cannot be insured at any price.

Vinay Prasad was named as both the FDA’s chief scientific officer and chief medical officer TODAY. He immediately fired Nicole Verdun, who was in charge of cell and gene therapies. “Now, there will definitely be concerns and questions about what this means for the division under Vinay Prasad”.