Life lately

"Scam culture makes everyone a mark. The moral economy of a scam culture says that everyone deserves to be a mark."
–@tressiemcphd.bsky.social

The Enshittificator Digital products and services keep getting worse. In the new report Breaking Free: Pathways to a fair technological future, the Norwegian Consumer Council has delved…

Criminally funny, but also I'm crying inside

Norway comes for the #TechBros

www.forbrukerradet.no/breakingfree

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These visual breakdowns of everyday objects by Bryan Macomber are super satisfying mechanical-pencil.com

"An illustrated celebration of the engineering around us"

Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlue

Truthfully, if you're going to mix with the services in that area, the Zoomies are your best bet, lol.

Absolutely oozing false empathy & sincerity. (for the baby, ofc)
Fuck those guys.

Saving lives the world around, Morty.

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Twin Cities number stations! Sky King!

All governments rely on cooperation and obedience for their very existence. When people choose to withhold or withdraw that cooperation, governments are left without any pillars to support their weight.
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another robot highlight for 2025: man wearing humanoid mocap suit kicks himself in the balls

That toxic work environments can be corrected by cooperative labor action

I like whatever is wrong with my algorithm over there

One for her, one for Cory. Can't expect two affair-havers to actually fly together, can you? People would talk...

guy bravely taking a stand at town hall meme

if a real estate listing has a dog in the photo that dog should come with the property

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everyone's talking about Cracker Barrel but I'm still mad about the Worst of the logo crimes

look what they did to my beautiful boy (before/after)

How Are You Supposed To Get The COVID Vaccine Now? An Explainer | Defector As the muggy malaise of summer winds down, you might find yourself interested in taking advantage of one of several safe and proven vaccines to help protect you from the inevitable brumal surge of res...

We took the paywall down on this one. defector.com/how-the-fuck...

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Search For Self Called Off After 38 Years

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Motherfucking wind farms…

I Can't Stand My Filthy Hippie Owner Jesus Christ, do I ever hate my filthy fucking hippie owner, Zach. You have no idea the hell I go through, living in this disgusting house with him and his hordes of skank-ass hippie friends.

One of my favorite commentaries. Maybe you had to be there...
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INTRODUCTION

Modern-Day Oracles or Bullshit Machines?

Jevin West (@jevinwest.bsky.social) and I have spent the last eight months developing the course on large language models (LLMs) that we think every college freshman needs to take.

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The problem is: they've mistaken correlation for causation. They think their parents and grandparents had a good life *because* of manufacturing jobs. When, in reality, their parents and grandparents had a good life *despite* manufacturing jobs, because of unions, high taxes, and social policies.