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FROM THE ARCHIVES: Judge Gives Trump Administration 3 Days To Return Her From El Salvador Prison

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PhD Timeline xkcd.com/3081

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Analysis | You may not like Elon Musk, but you must admit: Who else could father 35 children and still be the avatar of incel culture?

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Right Now, most of the American can relate to this message from the 90's.

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This is an obvious point, but cannot overstated. There is an enormous difference between deporting someone - where they get off a plane as a free citizen in their home country AND FUNNELING THEM INTO A BRUTAL PRISON FROM WHICH THEY HAVE NO CHANCE OF EVER EMERGING!!!

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I've had to talk in public about AI recently, for reasons I barely understand. I always ask, "raise your hand if you've read something funny created by AI?" No one does. That's because AI is inherently a mediocrity machine. It tries to find the middle of everything. It might be fine but never good.

submitted 13 days ago • 76 comments

Oof. We’ve fallen so far, so fast.

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The plumbing

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Breathe

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How much do you think it costs to make a pair of Nike shoes in Asia? Before you open this thread, take a guess. Settle on a number and then compare it to what you'll learn in this thread. 🧵

submitted 20 days ago • 235 comments

The Great Trump vs Penguins Golf Match Cartoon this week for @dailymaverick.co.za #tariffs #TrumpTariffs #PenguinsAgainstTrump #ICE

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The problem with most machine-based random number generators is that they’re not TRULY random, so if you need genuine randomness it is sometimes necessary to link your code to an external random process like a physical noise source or the current rate of US tariffs on a given country.

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Tariffs xkcd.com/3073

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Hands off the Penguins!

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This embroidery in Evanston, IL, isn’t the quickest-reading sign of the #HandsOff protests, but it sure does capture the public mood.

submitted 26 days ago • 85 comments

Gotta correct the media again on something. The administration is not sending migrants to a mega prison in El Salvador. They’re sending human beings to a concentration camp.

submitted 26 days ago • 326 comments

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A big part of the problem is stupid people have been convinced by rich people that AI is God, when AI is closer to an automatic dog food dispenser.

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Clearest proof yet that the Trump admin uses "DEI" to mean "nonwhite people doing something impressive and getting credit." Navajo Code Talkers made a big difference in WWII. The Axis had more trouble translating their language than cracking codes. And it's not like the Navajo owed the US anything.

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Out of all the bullies and monsters in the administration, Marco Rubio seems like the purest specimen of how Nazism happened—not a sincere bigot or ideologue, just an empty shell who has literally no limits on what he will agree to do or pretend to believe, embracing brutality to fill his weakness

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Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage

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Trump Outlines Bold Vision For Golden Age Of China theonion.com/trump-o...

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From the man who backed out of a fight with Mark Zuckerberg and an appearance on the Daily Show: "I literally challenged Putin to one on one physical combat". This is "my dad works for Nintendo" level stuff.

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"She regrets her choice. A tiny step in the right direction. I celebrate. But even as I do, I am dissatisfied. It's not enough, her progress is too slow, her empathy so self-centered. "There's a tension here, and a balance." Losing our religion, finding our faith. www.the-reframe.com/defiant-jazz/

submitted 57 days ago • 1 comment

inaccurate headline. absolutely no proof he welcomed this baby. chances that he's seen this baby longer than how many seconds i looked at the last eclipse are ~4%.

submitted 59 days ago • 1014 comments

Netanyahu again orders a complete ban on food, medicine, and other emergency humanitarian aid for people in the Gaza Strip. This is not only an openly acknowledged war crime, it is the exact same one that made the ICC issue an arrest warrant for him and Gallant last year. jpost.com/breaking-new...

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Grovel. The word you're looking for is grovel. When you come before Trump, it's not as an equal, it's as a peasant, a serf, a prole, hat in hand, touching your forelock, and you grovel and kiss his ass and tell him how great he is, or you are guilty of criminal disrespect against the State. 1/

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Which English?

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18F, the federal government’s technology shop, was just demolished by Musk’s team. It was a cost-recoverable org, charging agencies for their expertise, using a consulting model. Its cost to government was negligible, its benefits huge. My team there once saved DoD $500 million. A thread about 18F:

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I've seen three different articles on this, because the guy who owns the company that makes this stuff reached out to the press. He's got 400,000 boxes of life-saving goo sitting in a warehouse, and if USAID won't accept it, he's going to have to throw it out.

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There has been a lot of chatter today about Zelenskyy's meeting with Trump, some regarding this moment when White House correspondent Brian Glenn asked if the Ukrainian president plans to wear a suit. I want to address idea in this thread. 🧵

submitted 62 days ago • 491 comments

Dear Volodymyr Zelenskyy, dear Ukrainian friends, you are not alone.

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In the capitalist system we live in, taking action by withholding spending is an important tool. But! Please remember that local micro businesses are not the same as the corporations and oligarchs harming our country. A bad Friday of sales would cause actual harm to small shops like ours.

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