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can't stop watching this clip of a tesla Optimus teleoperator taking his headset off before properly logging out the robot

Waymo will recall software after its self-driving cars passed stopped school buses Waymo is issuing a software recall for its self-driving cars after reports the company's autonomous vehicles failed to stop for school buses.

Waymo is issuing a software recall for its self-driving cars after reports the company's autonomous vehicles failed to stop for school buses. n.pr/4iGUYWf

Can’t tech a joke: AI does not understand puns, study finds Researchers say results underline large language models’ poor grasp of humour, empathy and cultural nuance

Microsoft Excel also does not understand jokes

Genuinely, it is such a serious problem that academics and media outlets are presenting text processing software as if it could ever "understand" anything. All this does is misinform the public and do supply free PR for tech companies

i love living in LA!!!!!!

I occasionally see people online being like, "We were fooled by him" - no the fuck you weren't, he told you exactly what he'd do, you just chose not to listen

those of you who are afraid of aging, please understand that one of the huge blessings of middle age is arriving at this exact station

Hey man everyone here liked your shirt

Americans are losing spending power, say researchers: Most can no longer afford a 'minimal quality of life' Published Fri, Jun 13 2025 12:18 PM EDT The 10 richest Americans got $365 billion richer in the past year. Now they're on the verge of a huge tax cut By Matt Egan, CNN Updated 6:23 AM EDT, Wed May 21, 2025

Hmmmmmm

"Trump is going to invade American cities and bulldoze the White House" would have been seen as an alarmist liberal fever dream thing to say a year ago

the moment NSPM-7 comes up, CNN anchor laughs nervously and ends the segment.

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US Marshal shot during immigration enforcement operation in LA, reports say A U.S. Marshal was shot while assisting an immigration enforcement operation, according to several reports.

"US Marshal shot during immigration enforcement in LA"

* article explains he was shot by an ICE officer whose weapon discharged when he used it to smash a car window

being a good christian woman my whole life only for god to tell me at the pearly gates that my afterlife depends on how much of her cock i can fit down my throat

What I find so curious is why white men have such a bottomless font of forgiveness for other white men. And why pundits consistently tell us we are being too rigid to expect the BARE MINIMUM. If you think this guy is the future of the Democratic Party you have no imagination.

Screenshot of table with USDA farmer wealth & income statistics.

This is a great time to remind everyone that US farmers are a lot wealthier than we think they are.

Most *small family farmers* are millionaires. And no, it's not "just because they own land." Their income is much than average- yes, AFTER you take out farm debts and expenses.

This is doing numbers on social media right now and it's so depressing how people truly yearn for this shit and want to preserve that feeling indefinitely like a mausoleum of false memories.

adding the Tactics Ogre OST to anything instantly transforms it into high art, a thing of aching, poignant beauty. here it is over images of Taco Bell

thank you for your feedback 30 internet strangers i hadn't considered the less funny version of my joke

german universities were once at the forefront of science before the nazis destroyed them to eliminate the "jew science" that would lead to the atomic bomb; the nazis eugenic beliefs were based in several ways on weird, occult, medieval beliefs

fascism rhymes and adapts. america's is not unique

Btw Biden signed a bill allowing the guard to use lethal force on protestors so his lil “remember your oath” thing is a little weird in hindsight

Straczynski expressed the highest regard for Trias and ABC, but he said that he believes "network paranoia" has led them to use Q5. "It is a truly insidious organization, I make no bones about it at all. A lot of their research and theories are strictly from voodoo, Straczynski continued. "I think they reinforce stereotypes--sexist and racist. I think they are not helping television, they are diminishing it."

In addition to Janine's new look, described in notes on one DIC character drawing as "generally less harsh & "slutty," she will have a warmer, more nurturing relationship with Slimer, a childlike comic character who sometimes dissolves into slime.

The show also will contain less satire and less subtle, sophisticated verbal humor. "I've written a few shows for this season, and they weren't as much fun as last season," lamented "Real Ghostbusters" writer Michael Reaves. As one of numerous examples of this change, the Q5 report notes that some jokes that writers had included about college days and "no intelligent life in New Jersey" would go over the heads of young children. A phrase such as "create the proper ambiance," the report suggests, could be phrased more simply: "Make this room look like a little boy's.

A remarkable 1987 article about “Q5”, a consultancy that, i’ve now learned, seems singularly responsible for the mass bland-izing of cartoons when i was a kid. I remember the sudden and mysterious Jeanine swap-out in The Real Ghostbusters! this explains so much.

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I hope Mamdani keeps making the Cuomo ads after he wins

For all the talk about the progressive left supposedly being agents of the CCP, the most pro-China politicians have been rich people like Mike Bloomberg who liked the idea of doing business in a large market with generally poorer labor laws. Now Trump’s gotten in on the action too.

Marie is making a really important point. But... one thing I was struck by doing focus groups at the start of the pandemic was the immense hunger people had for a single version of truth about the pandemic, and they expected and wanted the government to provide it.

I think the really important thing about the "trans sports debate" is that it's NOT REAL, the things that people are fearmongering about are NOT REAL and are NOT HAPPENING. Cis women are not competing at a disadvantage against trans women, cis men aren't transitioning to win at sports, IT'S NOT REAL

it’s important to be as humorless as possible, otherwise people won’t know you Care About the Issues

i think a lot about how zotero is actually one of the technologies academia actually should be pushing on students and faculty versus the lake-guzzling, town poisoning, and labor exploiting chatbots

Reports of an uprising inside Delaney Hall immigration detention center in Newark NJ. I was here with people trying to visit family when we all started choking due to tear gas used inside.