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An interesting hypothetical if you’re wondering if Elon Musk is a genius or not is to compare his behaviour in any situation to what a complete moron would do in the same situation

You can tell this is a product that's in high demand because they keep hiding the ways to turn it off

These researchers are shocked that Google's AI spat out a result that they worked on for years on but haven't published. My question is, did they ever email about it using Gmail? Put it in a Google Doc? The idea that Google hasn't trained its AIs on everything they have access to seems naive to me.

Guess what time of year it is in my yard 👀

I appreciate this response from Ed Yong on why he requests that people mask at his events. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/22/m...

Priest: he was best known for inventing the jack in a box, and now a short musical interlude Pallbearer: *starts winding a tiny handle on the side of the coffin*

[petting two cats] I’m so good at petting two cats at once with my two arms [a third cat approaches] fuck

second rewatch of the return and i’m already in awe once again at how amazing it is

I respect any motherfucker who can paint the hell out of light & water

The human brain is pretty bad with big numbers. Let's posit they actually have saved $7.3bn. The government spent $6.752tn last fiscal year. A trillion is a million million. We spend $18.5bn every day. We spend $12.8m every minute. Their savings so far cover 9 hours and 28 minutes of spending.

I think both this petition and the one it's a reply to are important, because if carried out (especially at the same time) they'd make a rich, Nazi-saluting asshole delightfully upset.

If you know any millennials who are having a baby, I offer the perfect gift. robsheridan.threadless.com/collections/... #bsnm

www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...

Oh my god, how are y'all still not getting this? The title of the program is using and normalizing Trump's phrasing. Before the program has even aired, it's already functioning pro-annexation propaganda. You have already demonstrated a lack of care.

every single transportation conversation ever

How is it that Facebook *still* has not learned not to take notes on a criminal fucking conspiracy

you really, really don't have to reply to every single thing with a mention of trump or musk, it's fine and even encouraged to try and talk about other things occasionally

Obviously this is not the correct answer to “what did you do last week,” but if you knew it was a bunch of junior gamergaters asking you to justify your real job in public service, it would certainly be tempting to respond “yer mom”

Measles are contagious. Measles cause 1 in 4 people to be hospitalized. Measles can be deadly especially in children. Measles can cause blindness & deafness. Measles can cause brain damage yrs later. Measles can cause "immune amnesia". Measles are preventable with MMR vaccine. #medsky #IDsky 🛟 😷🧪

Daniel Penny just got a cushy job at Andreessen Horowitz specifically because he murdered a homeless man on the subway

companies listening to what people say they want instead of making art and just giving them something has been ruinous for games, movies and more for the last 10-15 years

💥The Netherlands' largest pension fund, has sold its shares in Tesla, Meta, and Alphabet (Google). The fund with US $569 billion equivolent in assets is "directing more money to companies and projects that help to improve society and the environment." #Divest www.reuters.com/markets/euro...

I love it when a man is picking himself up a little snack at the gas station, they have such vibrant inner lives

Writer and illustrator Edward Gorey was born #OTD in 1925. Not in the drafty old rooms of a decrepit manse somewhere out on the moors, but in Chicago, of all places!

The best way to avoid wasting good money on expensive binoculars or telescopes is by simply standing closer to the object that you wish to view. Tune in tomorrow for another secret the Illuminati don't want you to know.

Me: A sandwich is a book made of bread that tells the story of the ingredients Bank clerk: *frantically pressing the silent alarm*

“Things will probably be normal again soon!” he hoped wistfully for many years

If people were really just dying from chronic diseases then how come they weren’t dying from their chronic diseases until after March, 2020?

All HP Lovecraft stories begin like “I will try and relay the events as best as I can manage, though what I encountered that September night may not be able to be expressed in human language, nor be comprehended by the human mind” and then the story boils down to ‘I saw a building that was large’.

Mexican actor Eduardo Verástegui giving the Nazi Salute at #CPAC

Elon

I understand Mr Beast is a successful businessman and he’s going to keep launching products but they got to stop putting his face on them. He’s the most off-putting person I’ve ever seen. Haunted ventriloquist doll face.