This Is Just To Say

I have turned off
the AI features
that were in
the update

and which
you were probably
hoping
to monetize

Fuck you
they were stupid
so unnecessary
and so annoying

good to see that the war which isn't a war and that we've already won and will win any day now isn't having any impact on the strait of hormuz which is currently open and closed, otherwise, iran might be launching strikes from equipment that's been totally destroyed

Awesome headline! Teacher clickbait!

I've done a bunch of assemblies at schools these past two weeks. I always talk to them about "A.i." One thing I'm realizing: many elementary school kids think "A.i." = "the internet." They don't know LLMs didn't exist a few years ago. They think all info comes from them.

this is an incredible troll

That's great. You've got to email him!

Miss Mary had a steamboat
The steamboat had a bell
Miss Mary went to Heaven
The steamboat went to

Blistering barnacles!

Well, you know. They know we need time to grieve.

I feel like there's some kind of joke about Vance pontificating that I can't quite pull together.

Hey Ralph, I think you should at least put quotation marks around the posts that aren't your words.

Paying taxes this week, knowing they are going to fund concentration camps, bomb schools, and line billionaires' pockets is soul-crushing.

We could have universal healthcare. We could end poverty.
Our taxes could fund paid parental leave, college, UBI.

300 rich fucks stand in the way.

Don't you think Trump will start hurling metaphorical ketchup at Vance soon? He hates it when other people get better press than him. 🍿

Whenever I see some leftist online these days say "Al Gore was actually not that bad," my blood pressure spikes.

Yeah, no shit, Sherlock. He was fantastic. He would have been an exceptional president. Glad you finally got the fucking memo.

portland commute

This thread is hilarious and horrifying at the same time

If you want to tell me to do my own research, that would be fair, but if you're willing to summarize: is it true that the impressive gains seen in 4th grade in MS are mostly gone by 8th grade?

I got this. My district had to plug a $14 million hole in this year's budget (while simultaneously laying off people for next year), so we are furloughed that day, among others. Yay?

Thank you!! -Grateful constituent

Someone is Wrong on the Internet

You're still on X?? Gasp

Donald Trump is completely unhinged. His statement threatening to eradicate an entire civilization shocks the conscience and requires a decisive congressional response. The House must come back into session immediately and vote to end this reckless war of choice in the Middle East before Donald Trump plunges our country into World War III. For years, Republicans have enabled and excused Donald Trump’s deeply dangerous and extreme behavior. Enough is enough. Our brave men and women in uniform have been put into harm’s way in the Middle East. Over a dozen have already been killed and hundreds injured. Gas prices are skyrocketing, the cost of living in America is out of control and billions of taxpayer dollars are being wasted on a reckless war of choice. It’s time for House Republicans to put patriotic duty over party loyalty and join Democrats in stopping this madness.

After Trump wrote, in reference to Iran, “A whole civilization will die tonight,” the entirety of the House Democratic leadership issued this joint statement:

Donald Trump is deranged. He must be impeached and removed from office.

Republicans who don’t stop him will have blood on their hands, and anyone who carries out an order to bomb civilian targets will be complicit in war crimes and will be held accountable.

“A whole civilization will die tonight," is plainly threatening genocide and war crimes. Congress MUST step in.

Republicans need to join Democrats to take action.

Call Congress back into session—we should vote to end this war immediately.

Jeff Bezos has $222 billion.

If he paid my wealth tax this year, we could fund insulin in America for everyone who needs it plus free school lunch for every kid in Texas—and have plenty of money left over.

And Bezos would still have $215 billion dollars to spare.

If you're getting an electric one, consider one with an air fryer setting. We use that all the time.

Something I take at least some solace in is despite all the heinous damage of this worst-ever Administration, last year at this time the narrative was about Trump’s power and strength and now it’s clear he’s weak and flailing. The nation hates this shit.

I used to write the WaPo editorials on US-Africa policy, as well on as human rights and politics on the continent.

To describe hundreds of thousands of deaths on the continent as “messy” is an absolute abomination.

"AI Literacy" means being a good tech consumer. This is user acquisition, connecting students with products as young as possible. It is data collection and surveillance.

What will this program look like? They don't know yet. The goal is to push product. Education is secondary at best here.

This is very very big. Like a big deal and massive cuts. These can’t even be seen as budgetary since you don’t get much savings in the context of trillions budget. They want the US out of R&D out of science research.