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ON TOP of the ethical reasons to not use AI, it's also 1) bad at what it does 2) literally makes you stupider 3) has HUGE environmental costs: every search is equivalent to pouring out an entire bottle of water. It's not worth it to generate a cutesy emoji or have it write an error-riddled draft.

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I'm sorry but the largest protest of my lifetime is not the 7th or 8th biggest news story in the country behind "what does Gen Z want from Instagram?" This shit is humiliating. Rearrange your layout to meet this moment. Omitting the thing happening in every American city is malpractice.

submitted 4 days ago • 678 comments

This is the slap back to Stephen Miller’s “arrest everyone” madness. And an admission that Trump is under pressure from multiple industries that rely on migrant workers. This is huge and important. Keep amplifying the harm done by the Trump/Miller zealous, cruel overreach. Don’t bury this.

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If any Chicago or Arizona people on here have tried the Lou Malnati’s buffalo chicken pizza, please share if it was worth the price in your opinion. 🍜

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Re-skeet if you’d support an anthology series titled “NOW That’s What I Call Short Fiction.” Sequel volumes get released so frequently you won’t be able to keep up, then in 15 years you’ll see they’re up to NOW 87 and get inspired to dig out your copies of NOW 2, 7, 8, and 14. 💙📚🖋️ #writingcommunity

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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.

submitted 12 days ago • 2012 comments

Let us not forget these a**holes are arguably the two most powerful people in the world as we watch them claw at each other’s fragile manhoods.

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Which is the best fake book from a Wes Anderson film? @britt-kathryn.bsky.social‬ investigates.

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We now have the details of the federal 2026 budget proposal, and it spells the end of IMLS. The request is $6,000,000 to "conduct an orderly closeout of IMLS." Whatever happens in the 2 court cases would be moot if this passes. bookriot.com/the-2026-fed...

submitted 17 days ago • 3 comments

I’d bet good money that in 10-15 years we get some type of Downton Abbey: The Next Generation, set during WW2 📺📽️🎥🎞️🎬

submitted 17 days ago • 1 comment

That Ms. Rachel is a national treasure. The Mr. Rogers comps are spot on.

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Every year on Memorial Day, I share this video of French caretakers who take sand from Omaha Beach in Normandy, and scrub them into the letters to give them the gold coloring. They do this for all 9,386 US soldiers who died. France also gave us this land as American soil.

submitted 24 days ago • 1152 comments

once again cannot stress enough that people selling generated AI stuff can't even be bothered to read their own writing but think you should pay to

submitted 27 days ago • 10 comments

GUYS. The comment period for this ends in THREE DAYS. PLEASE if you have even a little bit of time, submit a comment here: www.regulations.gov/commenton/FD... Let them know EVERYONE should be able to get COVID vaccines. They BACK DOWN when WE PUSH BACK. www.statnews.com/2025/05/20/f...

submitted 29 days ago • 559 comments

I love the bit at the end where she says that is being done in the interests of kids learning "what it means to promote freedom and liberty" it's directly ripped from Orwell, censorship for freedom

submitted 27 days ago • 25 comments

This whole thread is worth a read

submitted 27 days ago • 0 comments

Roger Ebert’s thumb is rolling over in its grave.

submitted 30 days ago • 0 comments

The ChatGPT summer book reads list in the Chicago Sun-Tribune fills me with dread about how much we’ve already lost and how much we will lose to AI slop. I think about all the little pieces of human writing I care about but maybe most people don’t—museum placards, book flaps, photo captions

submitted 30 days ago • 15 comments

holy shit

submitted 30 days ago • 338 comments

Do not fuck with librarians, people

submitted 34 days ago • 2 comments

And just to clarify further, do you wear the cross outside your sweater because it burns against your skin?

submitted 38 days ago • 72 comments

“You don’t pay for BRIBES, stupid!”

submitted 38 days ago • 47 comments

The GOP wanted to impeach Biden for a fake $5M bribe from Ukraine that was made up by a guy sitting in prison for lying about it, but they’re cool with a $400M plane from Qatar. Do I have that right?

submitted 39 days ago • 638 comments

“Grok allows users to make deepfakes depicting things like Mickey Mouse wearing a Nazi uniform. Musk has called it ‘the most fun AI in the world.’ Boxtown residents say they have been paying for the images with their health.”

submitted 40 days ago • 10 comments

This is the mayor of the largest city in New Jersey, who was just last week offering vocal and unflinching support for trans people and calling out Democrats for cowardice and inaction. This is fucking horrifying.

submitted 40 days ago • 14 comments

Our NEA grant was canceled. Here’s a letter from our development director about what’s happening.

submitted 46 days ago • 8 comments

"More than 41,000 new borrowers signed up for library cards. That’s a 16% increase." (Ohio) www.cleveland.com/news/2025/05...

submitted 48 days ago • 0 comments

Edwin Jackson (verb) the act of guessing the name “Edwin Jackson” when getting stumped while playing Immaculate Grid. e.g. “I got tired of playing so I just Edwin Jacksoned the rest of my board.” #mlb

submitted 49 days ago • 0 comments

Ciao, Duo…

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