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I hate how absolutely fucking predictable this was

sick feeling in my stomach that they’re actually going to try this with Cuba too even after Iran has turned into an abject disaster and I really, truly do not want to be right about that

Sure sounds like somebody at DOGE took the Social Security numbers and personal information of every American on record, and put it on a thumb drive to bring home to Elon Musk’s AI company.

He’s probably already 40% heavy metals by volume.

I actually think that part of the reason kids don't know this today is the lack of physical media. My parents had those records. I saw them, I heard them being played on the stereo & radio

Spotify through headphones is walled garden that is a huge cultural problem.

last time we were in the thick of a war-induced energy shock, @henrygrabar.bsky.social had to remind everyone why suspending the gas tax is a boneheaded idea: slate.com/business/202...

You should also just read the article on disability dongles. The framework it lays out could be valuable for pushing back against a wide array of proposed "AI" use cases.

I mean yeah the DoD is now run by people who think war crimes are “cool” and “based” and there need to be court martials at the end of all of this

bombing a bunch of kids is likely only the beginning of what they’ve done

It’s true my GP has, after 44 years taking estrogens and been prescribed them from this surgery for the last 4 years, has referred me back to the gender clinic ‘because they have no expertise in prescribing these hormones’ I was signed off from the gender clinic in 1990.

And he doesn’t realize the heartbreak that came with the shift from food stamps to EBT cards. With food stamps, you’d get cash change when you had to break a dollar, and that could buy a bar of soap or maybe toilet paper. But with EBT that can’t happen. (Some states do give a small non-food stipend)

This sounds like somebody who grew up rich trying to imagine what poor people sound like.

We know how cash money works FAR BETTER than you do. You might know systems like stocks & IRAs & bonds & trust funds, but we do know cash money. We know SNAP doesn’t buy EVERYTHING at the grocery store.

We've reached the point where you actually have to opt OUT of an author impersonation feature.

Let me tell you the weekslong process my company just went through just to be able to send marketing texts to people. But monetizing a product you're pitching as author coaching? Ok!

This 18-year-old Afghan girl nearly escaped the Taliban – then we took her visa away She resisted a forced marriage and studied in secret, winning scholarships to leave Kabul and attend a British university. But now the home secretary’s ban on study visas has removed her one chance of...

This 18-year-old Afghan girl had offers from York and Reading – thanks to Shabana Mahmood, she will now never escape the Taliban | The Independent www.independent.co.uk/news/people/...

The reflections of the light bulbs gives it a Cheshire Cat/void cat kind of eyes look.

what i've learned from teaching people how to us ai - the guardian

it doesn't even appear to be able to spell 'use' correctly on your link, but okay

Nasdaq is changing its rules to "entice" the SpaceX IPO to its exchange, which will fast-track the stock's inclusion in index funds... this effectively dumps Elon Musk's unprofitable garbage on vulnerable passive investors, and ensures new retirement accounts have to buy in.

David Ellison Visits Warner Bros., Concedes “Turbulent” Start In Meeting With Execs (Exclusive) The CEO talked to the Warners' executive leaders but left some feeling unsatisfied. "We were hoping for more," says one insider.

I say this for every merger because all media consolidation is pointless layoff producing anti-consumer bullshit, but this shitshow is going to be something SPECIAL

Seriously glad everyone’s okay, and the guy with all the head hardware didn’t panic at the sight of the weird hairless primates.

Said it out loud.

Yup. He’s in BAD shape.

He has her locked in his basement, most likely.

I challenge this man to a shop off. Feed yourself on $72 for a month. Pretty sure I and every other EBT recipient can do it better, faster, and more nutritionally soundly, and can stretch that buck til it screams.

Airbnb Says More Short-Term Rentals Will Boost L.A.’s Budget. Opponents Say It Won’t Work. Stricter enforcement could bring in millions as Olympics approach, housing advocates counter.

I'm sure the short-term rental industry only has the welfare of the economy and housing affordability in mind when proposing that the best policy fix is *checks notes* more short-term rentals.

Oh, an honest person would be totally able, because a disability or a frailty are parts of being human and we all start and end disabled (barring tragic, sudden death). But the GOP and honesty have not only never met, the GOP has a permanent restraining order against it.

Loafers are fine for people as assistive aids — back problems, proprioception issues, etc — but that would be admitting a frailty and glord knows Donnie can’t do that!

This #Ramadan, WCK teams in Gaza are adjusting our meal distribution to ensure people can break their fast with a hot meal. We’re delivering meals from our kitchens closer to sunset, giving families the opportunity to share a hot iftar meal together with dignity, comfort, and hope. #ChefsForGaza

I knew I loved Denmark. First the coffee and cardamon buns. Now the ability to copyright myself to protect against deep fakes.

Tiny murder fluff! 😍

The articles have been… iffy (not shoe people, clearly! and being black and below suit pants, are hard to photograph) but I know they are not loafers, they’re some version of oxford, because they tie.

Pedantry is one of my least favorite attributes.

I think there's a neurodivergent factor here that comes in, but if the spirit of a message is there and you are choosing to ignore it so that you can correct a small point where it's obvious a person misspoke, you are not a helper.