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why is it that your old computer finally starts acting normal AFTER you order a new one ?!

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Tech CEOs never say they’re developing AI’s to replace tech CEOs..

www.reuters.com/sustainabili...

My journey from 2015-2025. Your story isn’t over.

Let's not do the whole Melania is missing thing again, please. She's not Princess Toadstool hidden away in Koopa Tower. I know some folks really need the white lady to be an innocent victim in all this, but she's not. She's stood by his side all along and helped spread the racist birther lie.

Lord I see what you have done for others…please let Rankin County be next?

You really don't want a surgeon general who believes in social Darwinism.

I sounded the alarm on burn pits — now I see smoke at the VA www.militarytimes.com/opinion/2025...

Besides the immediate relevance of plane stuff, the feeling described here is really at the heart of this season of Nathan Fielder’s “The Rehearsal” - how much risk are we willing to endure to avoid an uncomfortable interaction with an authority figure? And the entire world is on the plane

at the end of the day our billionaires mostly want to be plantation aristocrats

This was a wild-ass guess 😂 Wordle 1,419 3/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

besides everything else, man what a fucking dork

“DOGE doesn’t care what we do and will treat us the same as all other agencies: with contempt,” an Energy Information Administration staffer emailed her bosses this year. “Shame on you for falling in line and giving up without any perceptible effort to fight.” By @peterelkind.bsky.social

Happening now! Eastern end of the Mall, in front of the Capitol

Eventually most of this LLM-based stuff is likely to collapse of its own weight. It simply cannot ever do the things people want them to do with the reliability we would want of them. Billions of dollars thrown at a content slot machine that will only ever be a slot machine.

Looks like there won’t be a vote on the budget from hell until June. Sounds like it’s not going well for MAGA Mike. Turns out gutting healthcare for sick kids, cancer patients & seniors—just to hand tax cuts to billionaires isn’t playing well in red districts. #ProtectMedicaid

But imagine if there was some super-genius as president. Such a hypothetical person still wouldn't have the comprehensive knowledge that the Unitary Executive would seem to require.

Ben Meiselas at Milken Institute: They want to hear: Why are you bullying a marginalized community? Why are you punching down at human beings? We are the United States of America—why are you treating people like this?

SCOOP: Elon Musk's DOGE has started rolling out a dedicated website and other digital infrastructure for Trump's $5 million gold card program, which he said would allow wealthy people to buy US residency. From me & @zoeschiffer.bsky.social www.wired.com/story/doge-t...

New Yorkers rely on their libraries for high-quality programs and materials, all for free. But NYC’s libraries are facing rising costs, along with growing demand for our services. That’s why we’re asking you to send the message: #InvestInLibraries! queenslibrary.org/support/take...

BREAKING: Denmark says it will summon the US ambassador to respond to reports that US intelligence was ordered to step up espionage in Greenland. Danish Foreign Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen told Ritzau: “It worries me a lot, because we don’t spy between friends.”

"What did PBS shows teach you?" Mister Rogers taught us feelings are mentionable and manageable. Reading Rainbow taught us discovering books is joy. Sesame Street taught us learning through the kindness of community by way of our friends. Bill Nye taught us to observe wonder through science.

Per @thorbenson.bsky.social, I will now be calling her "the Vanna White of shitters"

What a perfect encapsulation of where we are as a country.

Actually, there is a law that would cover almost all of what is happening. It’s called RICO. Feel free to ask me (or anyone else who also specializes in white collar crime) about it anytime.

My new one @theatlantic.com: When judges act as partisan hacks, it is important to condemn their conduct. But just as important is lauding the Republican judges who stand up against election subversion, including the Trump-appointed federal judge Myers www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

the real AI story.

Fun fact of the day: the biggest importer of cars into the US is . . . General Motors

THE NEW YORKER COVERS THE MEMPHIS VS. MUSK FIGHT: “In Tennessee, Elon Musk is running into forces seasoned by several generations of struggle.”💪🏾 www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...

She NEEDS $580 more dollaes, please boost this folks

Merriam-Webster's dictionary is my favorite subversive troll.

NEW: Whistleblower records show that the NIH axed research grants – even after a federal judge blocked the cuts with an injunction. www.propublica.org/article/trum... 🧵

The Susan Collins energy here ...

MassArt put two sculpture studio managers (Peggy Wang and Isaac Watts) on admin leave "for attending a demonstration in support of divestment from weapons and against the genocide of Palestinians." 6 students who attended were sent disciplinary letters www.change.org/p/stop-massa...

"Trump is acting like a king because he is too weak to govern like a president. [...] He is trying to overwhelm you. He is trying to keep you off balance. He is trying to convince you of something that isn't true. Don't believe him." www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8QL...

If there’s money for billionaires to joyride in space, there’s money for Medicare. We need care, not luxury escapes for the ultra-rich.

Are we sure the planes aren't doing all of this as a protest against Defense Secretary Tipsy McStagger?