This is really good

Number 4 is spot on, as is the vital corollary

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How AI Reverses the Political Logic of the Internet AI governance is ultimately a question of democracy itself, writes Konstantinos Komaitis.

The fundamental protocols of the internet were democratic—TCP/IP didn't care who you were. But artificial intelligence is designed to care, writes Konstantinos Komaitis. He says AI is a technology built to make democratic agency obsolete.

“A Punch in the Gut”: After Years of Waiting, Many Opioid Victims Will Be Shut Out of Purdue Settlement Nearly 140,000 people filed claims against the company for the harm they said its drugs caused. Fewer than half of them will get any compensation.

Despite all of the noise about holding the Sacklers accountable, it’s shocking that this is where we have ended up.

After Years of Waiting, Many Opioid Victims Will Be Shut Out of Purdue Settlement. “A Punch in the Gut”
w/ @inquirer.com

The U.S. government altered its tally of American casualties — inexplicably scrubbing 15 wounded-in-action troops from the count.

It follows long-running efforts by Donald Trump to mislead the American people about U.S. military casualties.

theintercept.com/2026/04/22/i...

Thanks!

Another Star Wars one for you from 2022.
#mandalorian #starwars #PumpkinCarving

Any guesses on total wins?

Fuck you for enshittifying NBA games by scattering to tons of platforms.

I've been watching NBA playoffs nonstop since the 70s. But I'm NOT going to pay for every streaming service in existence to support your money grab.

Now I'll just watch less and care about your enshittified product less.

Yay Fairfax County!

The afternoon rains are my favorite time of day at Paraíso Quetzal Lodge #CostaRica

When the temp drops, the little beasts get hangry. I think these are all Fiery-throated Hummingbirds, but I think there is a single Talamanca behind.

#birds #hummingbirds #nature

I love that scene - really every scene. Its the perfect match of cast to screenplay and Director.

Other people have noticed this, but it's really weird how many raging alcoholics are in Trump's cabinet given how much he personally despises people who drink too much.

Bezos has a limp dick rocket company.

Its been grounded until it can perform better.

Maltese Falcon is in B&W.

Neither one of those two in the photo above are in it.

Screenshot of a tweet by Senator Mark Kelly (@SenMarkKelly) pointing out that George Washington prioritized smallpox vaccination for his troops as key to winning the Revolutionary War, concluding that "a founding father from 250 years ago had a better understanding of science and military readiness than Pete Hegseth." He quote-tweets a Washington Post breaking news report that Hegseth has ended the military's annual flu vaccine requirement.

Victory favors those who follow the science.

Bribes, bribes, bribes, bribes...

Trump's latest budget is the culmination of 40 years of increasing social control in America.

Remember that over half of defense spending flows to private contractors, like the drone manufacturers Trump's sons are now major investors in.

All of this is absurd.

Absolute best luck in your new location and home.

Reporter: What do you make of Republicans saying that Virginia—

AOC: Wah wah wah.

We have asked Republicans for 10 years to ban partisan gerrymandering. And for 10 years, Republicans have said no.

What they’re just mad at is that they have been accustomed to a Democratic Party that rolls over.

It's all just overtly blatant.

With their grifting there are NO COINCIDENCES.

a man in a captain 's uniform is holding a microphone in his hand ALT: a man in a captain 's uniform is holding a microphone in his hand

Looks like Kash Patel choose a bad day to quit drinking!

Journalists who attend the White House Correspondents' Dinner to party with Trump, Hegseth, Carr etc. are telling the regime that it's perfectly OK if they sic the FBI on them for doing their jobs.

I do like the original as well. But yeah, that's a super rare thing to say about a scifi movie.

I carved that. From 2019.
#PumpkinCarving #starwars

I carved that scene... from 2021
#PumpkinCarving #Halloween #starwars

I carved that scene... from 2021
#PumpkinCarving #Halloween #starwars

I carved that. From 2019.
#PumpkinCarving #starwars

DENMARK AND FRANCE 🇩🇰🇫🇷 bans all Microsoft products from all public offices.

The phaseout is expected to be completed before autumn 2026.

Their products are being replaced with customer versions of Linux and LibreOffice.

This is digital sovereignty being taken back

This is insane, tinpot authoritarian shit.

www.nytimes.com/2026/04/22/u...

I carved that! Scifi Buff extraordinare Marshall Julius asked me to.

From 2020, the Thing spilling his guts.

#PumpkinCarving #horrorArt #horrosky