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I could write an entire essay about the absolute complexity of the reaction on his face to the most crazytown bananapants batshit answer I’ve seen in a hot minute

Grammarly Is Facing a Class Action Lawsuit Over Its AI ‘Expert Review’ Feature The feature, which Grammarly shut down Wednesday, presented editing suggestions as if they came from established authors and academics—without their consent.

I'm suing Grammarly over its paid AI feature that presented editing suggestions as if they came from me - and many other writers and journalists - without consent.

State law requires consent before someone's name can be used for commercial purposes.

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every piece of paper is the beaten flesh of a slaughtered tree

PS Googling suggest this is a real person, not Neil Gaiman in Groucho glasses

oh a little jab to set up the chin breaker

a neil gaiman defender contests a response of 'no' to a link to a substack, and is told 'I see that like Neil Gaiman, you don't understand that no is a complete sentence'

you want to see a murder

Apparently this is "finishing salt." IDGAF, I like it. And now it's "finishing this relationship" salt, too.

I once dated someone who was disappointed that I did not have nine kinds of salt. I kid you not. It didn't work out.

What do you think of "May your bowels thrive" as a new sign off? Just workshopping some ideas here.

Trump: “I thought you said MIMES!”

you were pokemon going to panopticon dystopia, whether you realized it or not

every piece of paper is the beaten flesh of a slaughtered tree

out of touch (which may not be a bad thing) unless you plan to print Blue-ski before reading it in which case you would be out of toner

Opinion | By killing schoolchildren en masse, we are giving Iranians the freedom and liberty that Americans have enjoyed in Littleton, Newtown, Parkland, and Uvalde.

Alabama governor commutes death sentence of inmate whose accomplice fired fatal shot Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey has commuted the death sentence of a 75-year-old inmate who was set to be executed this week even though he was not in the building when the victim was killed.

Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey has commuted the death sentence of a 75-year-old inmate who was set to be executed this week even though he was not in the building when the victim was killed.

In 1972, the US had more metro lines per capita than Canada, France, or Germany. Now, it's below all of them. It only has 50% of Canada's per-capita metros.

In 1990, 4 of the world’s 14 longest metros were in the US. Today, not a single US network sits on that list.

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"Blueskee"

being hydrated is fucking annoying

why did we even domesticate peeves

I like how Aragorn has different names for himself in different places in Middle Earth because he bounces checks or something

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last week it was the youth wasting their buy-a-house money on rotisserie chickens

"Human writing often includes some clunky phrases, like this passage from Cormac McCarthy's Blood Meridian, caused by the author's aversion to punctuation: 'As well ask men what they think of stone.'"

This is the stupidest g.d. thing I have read all day.

oh for fuck's sake

For Mahmoud Khalll, this past year has been marked by profound hardship-and by profound courage. A year ago, Mahmoud was walking home through our city after sharing an iftar with his wife Noor when he was detained by federal agents, flown to Louisiana, and then held in an ICE facility for months. In that time, he was forced to miss the birth of his first child. All of this for exercising his First Amendment rights in protesting the ongoing genocide in Palestine. And yet, even in the face of that cruelty, there has also been beauty. New Yorkers raising their voices in solidarity. A city refusing to look away. Mahmoud won his freedom, and a father was finally reunited with his child. Last night, as we marked the one year anniversary of his detention, Rama and I were honored to welcome Mahmoud, Noor, and their son Deen to Gracie Mansion to break our fast together. Mahmoud is a New Yorker, and he belongs in New York City.

In a dining room, five people eat, chat and smile around a table of food.

Iftar, Day 19

or bi men

Funny obituary

So that's what happened to my sister-in-law! Beware, she's evil AF!

U.S. Military Refuses to Endorse Trump Claim That Iran Bombed Girls' School "It would be inappropriate to comment given the incident is under investigation," CENTCOM told The Intercept.

"'This is another instance of Trump lying and just talking out of his ass,' said a U.S. government official."

"This clearly was not a failed rocket from the IRGC base."

"[T]he girls' school [..] was deliberately targeted."
#USA #Iran #Israel #Education #Military

I can't compete with this.

It's just one story, one illustration of all the terrible things that have happened. It's been a week since the very great noise/drone artist Siavash Amini posted this, from where he lives Tehran. There has been no update since. It could be for any number of reasons. We just don't know.