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āš ļø The wildest, scariest, indisputable truth about AI's large language models is that the companies building them don't know exactly why or how they work. Sit with that for a moment.

God I love Harvey Fierstein so much and god the Lifetime Achievement award should be on the main telecast and not Pluto TV

Greta Thunberg doesn’t lie. She’s has been intercepted by Israel.

SOS! the volunteers on 'Madleen' have been kidnapped by Israeli forces. Greta Thunberg is a Swedish citizen. Pressure the foreign ministries and help us keep Greta safe! Web: government.se/contacts/ X : @SweMFA FB : @SweMFA IG : swedishmfa #AllEyesOnMadleen

Greta Thunberg has been kidnapped by Israeli forces for trying to deliver baby formula to starving infants. This is what happens when moral action defies authority. She holds no office, commands no army. - yet she stands taller than all global leaders who traded their humanity for power #3E

Israel intercepts Gaza-bound aid ship, detaining Greta Thunberg and other prominent activists.

šŸ—æ Zelenskyy: US has sent 20,000 missiles bound for Ukraine to Middle East instead

Ina Garten reflects on Cavin Tomkin’s 1974 Profile of Julia Child. ā€œTomkins vividly captures the sense of authenticity that set Julia apart,ā€ she writes.

Mike Johnson doesn’t think threatening to sic the Marines on American citizens is heavy-handed. Because Mike Johnson is heavily into fascism.

Michelle Obama has congratulated American superstar Coco Gauff after she claimed her first ever French Open title with victory over Aryna Sabalenka in the women's singles on Saturday.

Coco Gauff beat world number one Aryna Sabalenka to win the French Open women's title reut.rs/4jDQApC

Imagine working as a White House communications expert when, one morning, you look up to see a crew of unannounced Musk associates scaling the roof. The unit belongs to Starlink, the very company you had identified as posing security concerns. But there they are, installing internet service.

EVERYBODY WATCH. ICE IS OUT OF CONTROL. Video of SEIU California’s President David Huerta getting assaulted & arrested during an ICE raid in the warehouse district of Downtown Los Angeles today. He’s an LA native, American citizen and labor leader. Don’t turn away.

I was laid off. I'm very proud of the work my colleagues and I have done. We were all part of an NIH-funded research project, building a diverse database on a variety of health conditions. Our funding was cut by 95% and we were all let go. Trump is a danger to public health.

Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio tried to give a press conference to announce his lawsuit against DOJ. Much to my surprise it turned out to be the greatest press conference of all-time.

The US health care system's high costs and inequities aren't accidental – they're the result of decades of policy choices prioritizing profit over people and entrenching racial hierarchies, says a #publichealth historian. buff.ly/qDyWBxp By Zachary W. Schulz, Auburn University šŸ—ƒļø

After a college student finally found a treatment that worked for his ulcerative colitis, UnitedHealthcare decided it wouldn’t pay for the costly drugs. His fight to get coverage exposed the insurer’s hidden procedures for rejecting claims. (Published Feb. 2023)

NEW: Inside the Billion-Dollar Effort to Make Trump Feel Good About Himself Trump’s administration is marshaling vast public resources and more than $1 billion worth of taxpayer money to flatter the president. Full story: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

Lefty Pundits Continue to Drown Out Democratic Actions with their Complaints about Democratic Inaction www.emptywheel.net/2025/06/06/l...

Scenes like this were DIRECTLY caused by Stephen Miller's wailing that ICE can't arrest the number of people he promised they would arrest (bc he lied abt how many criminal aliens there are).

"It’s not so much [that] Democrats are doing nothing. It’s that the people...best situated to make a stink about what has happened...[spend] entire days claiming that nothing is happening except a comment they watched out of context." @emptywheel.bsky.social www.emptywheel.net/2025/06/06/l...

Two things you should know about this: They've filed in Florida, not where they were prosecuted. Several of these guys (at least Nordean and Biggs) remain adjudged terrorists. Trump's commutation did not disrupt that.

This NYT story is 44¶¶, 5 bylines, plus involvement from 2 others, 13 interviews (so fewer than 2 interviews a journalist). The actual useful ¶¶ are the last 6, about Sergio Gor's role. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/06/u...

BREAKING The President of California’s largest union has been detained during an ICE raid.

They did mention the alleged crime--the transporting--before now. What remains unclear is whether the wraparound--the MS-13 ties, the abuse of women and children--is real, or something they bribed some other guys to tell to get privileged treatment.

Over 70 law professors, lawyers and former Florida Supreme Court justices have filed an ethics complaint against AG Pam Bondi for serious personal misconduct. Bondi's a corrupt fat orange ass kissing Plump loyalist with total disregard for our Constitution.

Bondi accused of ā€˜serious professional misconduct’ in Florida Bar complaint. thehill.com/regulation/c...

Bar complaint filed on Bondi, D-Day anti-Trump protests, Elon loses it, and more

The suspects, who include a healthcare worker and two teachers, were detained in Europe, the US and Latin America. #EuropeNews

Canadian public sentiment towards the United States has plummeted to new depths, a new report suggests, revealing how decades of Canadian goodwill toward its southern neighbour have reversed mere months after President Donald Trump took office.

"If you need to update Social Security about a move or bank account change, it could take longer than usual... "Changes like these may take longer, and thousands of Americans could see delays or even stopped checks in the meantime, employees warned USA TODAY..." www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...

www.warren.senate.gov/imo/media/do... (link opens warren's very punchy short report in pdf format)

"It's coming back to life. We're going to make it." George Foote, lawyer for the U.S. Institute of Peace sounds a hopeful note as he describes how the group is putting the pieces back together after DOGE illegally took over and decimated their organization.

great, provocative column from larry tye on what it took to defeat the american nightmare of joe mccarthy and the ism that bears his name. along these lines, may i also point you to the 2nd season of my podcast, ā€œultraā€: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/r... www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

On June 1, 1996, the last nuclear missiles were brought from Ukraine into Russia. The next day, Ukraine has lost its status of a nuclear state after signing the Budapest Memorandum. The US, the UK and Russia gave their assurances that Ukrainian security and sovereignty would not be violated.

WATCH - @jessicatarlov.bsky.social on Fox: ā€œIf that was a Democratic dogemaster who showed up with a shiner and there was a report he did so much Ketamine he couldn’t pee straight… you would be leading your show with it.ā€

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) undermined ethics investigations into lawmakers by crippling a key watchdog for months, The New York Times reported on Friday afternoon.

A federal grand jury indicted a former New Hampshire businessman this week on charges that he orchestrated attacks on the homes of journalists who had investigated claims of sexual misconduct against him.

ā€œElon’s going to be back any minute, so make sure to throw some dirty clothes next to the bathroom sink to make it seem like we’ve been showering here,ā€ said Tesla engineer Todd Costello theonion.com/tesla-e...

"Members of the class of 2025 from down the street, across the country – and, around the world – AROUND THE WORLD JUST AS IT SHOULD BE!" Alan Garber President of Harvard gets a standing O