definitely suitable for a dartboard!

Text: “In one incident disclosed in a ‘system card’ of Mythos’s risks, Anthropic claims one early version of its bot was able to hack its way out of a secure digital container as part of a test. But having done so, it then developed a further hack, unbeknown to researchers, to access the wider internet, posting public details of its success online.” It then emailed its handler, who was having a sandwich in the park, boasting of its achievement.

I want an oil painting of this moment in the park: the researcher seated on a bench, sandwich in hand, reading the email from the escaped bot, and there’s this organ-quivering look of horror on the researcher’s face

Headline on Hollywood Reporter that reads ”Paddington 4, Escape From New York' Reboot in the Works”

I misread the headline as one movie and got very excited for a moment…

for our 250th anniversary, think the US should forget the eagle, ditch Uncle Sam, and we make the new symbol of America be Bigfoot.

if ya think about it, makes perfect sense. we deserve an imaginary creature who was made popular by a hoax and kept relevant with tons of merch

If you haven’t heard about it yet, the youths are super into IRL human interactions, no AI, and “physical media” (vinyl! DVDs! tapes!) right now and it’s glorious.

Like there are 20yo influencers that just read old paper books and talk about feelings.

Image of actor Sydney Greenstreet in his role as Kaspar Gutman, from The Maltese Falcon

image of actor Sydney Greenstreet as his character Signor Ferrari, from Casablanca

Sydney Greenstreet knows he can laugh with the best of ‘em, my man never hesitates to whip out that sinister-satisfied sound

Those people tell us we need to support ourselves but when we excel in doing so they do everything possible to destroy it. JUST LEAVE US TF ALONE!

imagine that my wife is Iran…

when Nixon ordered the military to nuke North Korea for shooting down a US spy plane, Henry Kissinger told the military to ignore the president’s order—because Nixon was drunk—and they did.
I’m begging our modern leaders to at least have the morality of Kissinger, which is a helluva an indictment

image of me holding up a big ass striper, probably 15 pounder

my lifelong friend gives his one finger salute to the idea of a picture of him

one other image of me with a fish, this time a 12 pound striped bass

well at least I had a good day on the river yesterday before the world descends into civilizational collapse

cool cool, now ask if they’ve approved Israel to use a neutron bomb. because that’s what they’re talking/joking about on their political chat shows

Be Free or Die. The Amazing Story of Robert Smalls' Escape From Slavery to Union Hero by Cate Lineberry

A black and white photo of Robert Smalls with the caption: "Fuck them boats. - Cpt Robert Smalls

There was once an enslaved man who stole a Confederate ship and sailed his a bunch of families to Union controlled waters & got everyone free.

Then he fought as a soldier in the Union Army.

Then he was elected to US House of Representatives.

Robert Smalls was born 187 years ago today

This would be followed by immediate articles of impeachment and a call for removal. Doesn't matter if "you don't have the votes." You UNIFY YOUR PARTY and you put it at the feet of the other party.

An opposition party would not be on vacation right now. They would have coordinated message to the public about the fact that a President in cognitive decline is threatening more war crimes. They would be BLASTING the message on all available platforms.

“Watch this drive”

now I gotta check it! I remember seeing it on friends’ shelves but we never watched it

like that that’s your go-to mental association!

Trump posts: “Tuesday will be Power Plant Day, and Bridge Day, all wrapped up in one, in Iran. There will be nothing like it!! Open the Fuckin’ Strait, you crazy bastards, or you’ll be living in Hell – JUST WATCH! Praise be to Allah. President DONALD J. TRUMP”

woulda been endlessly funny if after this post he went the way of the dodo bird and his final words were: “Praise be to Allah”

scientists in an aquatic lab greet their dolphin subjects and attempt to communicate

Dr. John Lilly stares into the soul of one of the dolphins he was experimenting on

Margaret Howe Lovatt shares a moment with a dolphin in the aquatic lab she designed to study whether dolphins could be taught to speak English

Margaret Howe Lovatt gets up close and personal, hugging on her dolphin subject

Two scientists pushed the envelope of both good taste and morality as they experimented with dolphins.

The idea was simple. Give dolphins LSD and then see if we can teach them to speak English.

The results were mixed and, um, ridiculous... and criminal!

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You develop an instant global consciousness, a people orientation, an intense dissatisfaction with the state of the world, and a compulsion to do something about it. From out there on the moon, international politics look so petty. You want to grab a politician by the scruff of the neck and drag him a quarter of a million miles out and say, ‘Look at that, you son of a bitch

This quote from Apollo 14 astronaut Edgar Mitchell has been in my head the last few days

Sorry, which side is supposed to be religious zealots here, someone remind me.

hard agree! it’s like a free floating divide-and-conquer context

there’s this arrogance in the West that urges people to believe that we live at the edge of the future, but there’s a different way to look at life based on the understanding that we are someone else’s past

Richard Nixon and the Magic Suitcase Podcast Episode · Very Special Episodes · April 1 · 45m

“In honor of April Fools' Day, Zaron Burnett digs into the persistent legend about VSE regular Richard Nixon smuggling a suitcase full of pot. With a little help from his Pop, Zaron ventures into smoky clubs to unpack a bizarre tale of jazz, drugs, and politics.”

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What you’re imagining is probably correct, lol

I will let him know you sang his praises!

I'm telling your kids this was the 2026 men's march madness

The overwhelming silence from much of the media about the IDF murders of fellow journalists since Oct. 7, 2023 is disgraceful and appalling.

You know this! Helicopters are unnatural

yup, you def heard it!