he kicked me on our first date tonight was officially one of the worst nights and dates of my entire life. i made the stupid decision to go to a guys' place the night of our first date and ultimately paid the price. we were sitting on his couch watching the television and i mentioned i didn't want to do anything sexual because he was alluding to it by saying things like how he hadn't been laid in months and he wished i could help satisfy the urge. once it became apparent to him that wasn't going to have sex with him, he then proceeded to move further away from me and began sulking on the opposite side of the couch. shortly thereafter he lifted his legs up and kicked me, pushing me all the way towards the edge of the couch. he murmured something to the effect of "i'm doing you a favor" so i finally got up and left. i spent the whole 30 minute car ride bawling my eyes out. i was terrified, i felt like an idiot, i was in shock. i'm still reeling over the whole situation. i'm so tired o

First , never go to anyone's place on the first date, second the fact he kicked her and called it a "favor" means he wanted to and would be more violent.

Thank goodness she got out.

Social media was once a great global conversation. Now it’s just individuals locked into their own private worlds | Tom Whyman I met the mother of my children on Twitter – and made lasting friendships. But now social media isn’t so social, says academic philosopher and writer Tom Whyman

Social media was once a great global conversation. Now it’s just individuals locked into their own private worlds | Tom Whyman

Deere settles US right-to-repair lawsuit with $99 million fund, repair commitments U.S. agriculture equipment maker Deere on ​Monday agreed to pay $99 million into a settlement fund for ‌farms and farmers that are part of a class action over costs and access to repairs.

John Deere has to pay farmers $99 million to resolve a class action right-to-repair lawsuit.

The company will also provide farmers with access to repair materials for 10 years.

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Your article about AI doesn’t need AI art Should we be mad about David Szauder’s New Yorker illustration?

Human artists have designed creative parodies of AI slop, but AI lacks the necessary self-awareness to parody itself, even with a human behind the wheel.

Read more from our art director Cath Virginia:

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if you’re a dude reading this like “gawrsh this is awful what can i do” it is 100% to shut down your cousins / friends / bros when they do shit like this. Shame them. Impose social stigma for them lesser weevils who think harassing marginalized people in creative industries is OK

There's a metal band called Glyph that kicked out their lead singer when they found out he was beating his now ex-wife. That same ex-wife is now the lead singer of Glyph. I think a lot of men could learn from their example.

Google says Polymarket bets showing up in News was an ‘error’ Technical error or an error in judgement?

Google says Polymarket bets showing up in News was an ‘error’

I can see why some people might have gotten excited about LLMs, and these people are victims of a con. The only ethical way for this technology to be sold — and that’s assuming environmental and intellectual property issues were solved too — was to exclusively offer it through the API, at rates that reflected the ultimate cost of serving its users. Selling access to LLMs via heavily-subsidized subscription was a mistake. Sadly, too many people in the Valley are intellectually stunted by years of hypergrowth, believing that any business idea that they like should get license to burn as much money as they want if there’s even a shred of a chance that they’ll reach “scale.” While they were conned by Sam Altman, they were also conned by the larger Valley mantras of “fake it til you make it” and “grow until you scale then jack up the prices,” ideas that have only worked a few times and have failed thousands more. I also believe they wanted to be conned — to be told what to think, told what to invest in, told what to be excited about, and told how to feel about a world growing increasingly-tolerant of well-moneyed and demanding elites that LARP as disruptive garage-dwelling coders.

Every con has an expiry date, and Altman clearly sees OpenAI's approaching at high speed. Years of hypergrowth and worshipping venture have created a culture of wish-casting that rationalizes waste and empowers con artists at scale. It's a disgrace.

www.wheresyoured.at/hatersguide-openai/

Why high oil prices are good for oil companies — until they aren't Yes, higher crude oil prices mean a multibillion-dollar cash infusion to the oil industry. But volatility is bad for business, and sustained high prices come with very serious drawbacks.

Yes, higher crude oil prices mean a multibillion-dollar cash infusion to the oil industry. But volatility is bad for business, and sustained high prices come with very serious drawbacks.

Jubilant return of Artemis II shadowed by ‘extinction-level’ cuts to Nasa: ‘It’s discordant’ Even as a triumphant moon flyby primes agency for a 2028 landing, Trump’s proposed budget cuts cast pall on US space program The astronauts on board Artemis II were “almost poets”, Nasa’s administrator, Jared Isaacman, declared on Friday, referring to their inspiring words as they swung above the lunar surface. They were, he said, “ambassadors for humanity” as they became the first humans to travel to the moon and return safely to Earth since 1972, on a mission that broke a distance record. Continue reading...

Jubilant return of Artemis II shadowed by ‘extinction-level’ cuts to Nasa: ‘It’s discordant’

🌏 Footage of Earth's atmospheric entry before landing, taken by the Artemis II crew from aboard the lander.

Despite Apocalyptic Warnings, California Fast Food Wage Hike Didn’t Kill Jobs UC Berkeley study finds employment held steady — and only pennies were added to menu prices.

So it turns out paying people a living wage doesn’t collapse the economy; it’s almost like the rich have been lying to us to maintain their power over our lives.

Astronauts Victor Glover and Christina Koch in their orange astronaut suits as they sit inside the side of a helicopter after it has landed

LOL, trying to stay offline and do my work, and friends are sending me

"LOOK AT THIS NEW PIC!" texts ....

This one is worth it.

First PoC and first woman to go around another world. Don't stop talking about this point. It's important.

#ArtemisII

don’t forget that wilson thinks black people should be enslaved!

The richest 1% will get $117 billion in tax cuts this year, thanks to Trump.

That’s more than the combined budgets of eight federal agencies, including the Department of Education and the EPA.

Meanwhile, the bottom 95% will see their taxes increase.

It’s clear who he governs for.

Pete Hegseth is a disaster of a defense secretary. It’s no surprise | Margaret Sullivan The former Fox host has misled the public, prayed for violence and clashed with the press. This is not a serious military leader

"With his bloodthirsty utterances, his fierce loyalty to Trump and his appalling inability to manage this huge moment in world history, Hegseth is every bit the disaster that anybody sensible could have seen coming," writes @sulliview.bsky.social.

Everytime there's talk about #joshi & #AEW crossover events I think about my "Forbidden Dream" idea of an all #Stardom vs AEW event. I have struggled a bit to find AEW wrestlers to complete the best card, but I found ways to make it work. Which updates of my card would you expect in '26?
#wrestlesky

Amanda Ungaro is the reason Melania is doing press. She is the deported wife of Melania’s modeling agent.

online article screenshot. msn butterfly logo. headline: Nearly half of US data centers planned for 2026 canceled or delayed and it's expected to get worse. Story by Jordan Carlton 1 day ago. image shows aerial view of a large construction site with a new data center under development and surrounding land preparation. Approximately half of the new U.S. data centers planned for 2026 are likely to face delays or cancellations, according to a Bloomberg report.

hell yeah
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Basically every free piece I do now comes with a big free intro as I like to provide a lot of value while also making the most important stuff accessible (hence the big threads). It's a weird business but people like it, and you will too!

This piece features a generous (3000 or so) word free introduction, and is one of my favourite things I've ever written, pulling together 3+ years of research and analysis. If you were ever on the fence about subscribing, this is the one to do it for. I really love it.

Syuri and Maki have really great dynamics through this entire match (2026-03-28)
#Stardom #wrestlesky

A Message From Amanda: The Epstein Survivor Who Was Deported By The Trump Administration Speaks Out "My paperwork and history of work for The United Nations did not stop the government from treating me like an animal."

Amanda Ungaro was on Epstein's jet when she was just 16. I don't know if Amanda's tweets prompted Melania's pre-confession yesterday, but you can read more about Amanda on @bekahdayyy.bsky.social Substack. END/ bekahdayyy.substack.com/p/a-message-...

‘Sam Altman is an historic con artist’ | Ed Zitron YouTube video by The Tech Report

I joined the Times Tech Report to talk about the Hater's Guide To OpenAI, Sam Altman's long history of lies and con artistry, the larger OpenAI con, and the disingenuous PR campaign behind Anthropic's Claude Mythos.

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“Supreme Court remade by Trump ushers in historic defeats for civil rights The court is the first since at least the ’50s to reject claims in a majority of cases involving women and minorities, an analysis conducted for The Post shows. April 9, 2026 at 5:00 a.m. EDTToday at 5:00 a.m. EDT Members of the Supreme Court in 2022. (Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post) By Justin Jouvenal The sharply conservative Supreme Court that President Donald Trump’s three appointees remade is the first since at least the 1950s to reject civil rights claims in a majority of cases involving women and minorities, according to a detailed analysis conducted for The Washington Post.”

1)Republicans lost the popular vote in 7 of last 9 presidential elections

2)more than 2/3 of Americans had not even been born yet the last time the Court had a majority appointed by Dem. president.

The Post left these 2 points out of this #scotus story.

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Paraphrasing: “The pipe bomber isn’t covered by Trump’s pardon because we’re the DoJ and Trump’s the president and you have to do what we say.”

Joe Kernen comes close to having a coronary on air as Pete Buttigieg dogwalks him all over the Squawk Box studio about Trump's economic mismanagement and inflation

Chart shows the success of Biden's Inflation Reduction Act to combat post-pandemic inflation and the subsequent failure of Trump. #Trumpflation