hated landlords until I became one - tenants are just ungrateful Rhiannon Picton-James
I hated serial killers until I got that first rush of my hands squeezing tighter and tighter around a helpless delicate neck
launch matt mahan into the sun btw
(ty @wafoli.bsky.social for raising this!)
I still can’t get over the NYT unwillingness to say without qualifiers that routine news gathering is protected by the first amendment.
It’s not widely considered protected, it’s universally considered protected.
Anyone who says otherwise is simply anti-1A and that’s not the same thing!
Every system that was regulated, either explicitly or implicitly, by the fact that they were effortful for humans (letters of recommendation, government filings, essays, or, as this paper finds, lawsuits) will break under a wave of AI.
If you like what happened in Virginia, you’re gonna love DC statehood
(picture of three tumblr posts) writing-prompt-s: "In a game with no consequences, why are you still plaing the 'Good' side?" raphaeliscoolbutrude: Because being mean makes me feel bad. everybodyilovedies: 23 fucking hundred years of philosophy and this mother fucker on tumblr gets it in a meme
This statement is based on the CTO of Mozilla (an AI company by now).
This deep analysis goes through the Mythos docs available and shows that that model is really not a bit advancement at all www.flyingpenguin.com/the-boy-that-cried-mytho...
the thing about our current moment is that yes, the anti-AI and anti-big tech people are getting very reactive nowadays - but have you seen what they’re *reacting* to?
the foundational concept of Bluesky was to create a space for tech bros by using invite only for a span
the foundational reality of Bluesky is that invites became life rafts for queers fleeing Twitter by way of furries
nobody working for Bluesky has ever forgiven this
the only redistricting energy i will accept, at this time
this is how Utah's Congressional map deals with Utah's largest city, cracking it through to the middle into 4 different districts in order to deny it Congressional representation to make sure Dems get 0 seats
I would say every person living between the Mediterranean and the Jordan has the right to be governed by a sovereign government for which they have the right to vote. I am agnostic on whether that takes the form of one state, two, or a confederation. It is clear who has that right and who does not.
Christie Brinkley in a got milk ad that says drink well live well
Alas trebek in a got milk ad that says your bones may be in jeopardy
Serena and Venus Williams in a got milk ad that says make ours doubles
Stone cold Steve Austin in a got milk ad that says it better be ice cold for stone cold
So crazy how the 90’s had an ad campaign for sucking dick. Better time, ya ask me
we all know I have no life, so:
You know the Supreme Court be playing fast and loose with the shadow docket but I'm telling you, qualified immunity cases? Some of the fastest and loosest
Let a lower court spell out why cops should stand trial, & the Supreme Court lifts it without explanation
ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/smith...
Really really wish American media was covering the profound effects this is having in places like Bangladesh and Vietnam. It's much easier to sell this as a "high gas prices" problem than it is as a "mass starvation due to the inability of poor people to cook food" problem.
I think the "you need to use this or get left behind" messaging is imported from crypto where it was based on crypto being hyper deflationary so early adopters are rewarded. GenAI is fundamentally a technology that gets easier to use as time goes on, if the value prop doesn't appeal don't use it.
Yeah, I’ve never quite got over the profound moral injury aspect of watching so many Americans absolutely refuse to even mildly sacrifice to help others during Covid - watching MAGAs somehow become even more evil was radicalizing.
And now the bastards are trying to destroy MRNA research.
Also it’s very funny to say this when democrats lost in 2024 and two years later are finally Finally FINALLY beginning to oppose the Israeli genocide in Gaza.
People just love inventing completely alternate realities to live in
There's actually a fun story behind this: the guy who was NYC superintendent of school buildings from 1891 to 1923 was an architect who believed in holistic learning, and wanted to inspire kids to rise out of poverty by giving them a sense of the possibility of granduer through construction.
“Move fast and break things” as an ethos was always going to run into “laws are a hinderance to xyz” and while people may cheekily call it ‘cyberpunk’ or such the reality is it’s nothing more than white collar criminality and should be prosecuted as such
“Their main goal is not to scare us away. They're shooting to kill”
Palestinian villager, Akram Abu Ali, who lives in the occupied West Bank witnessed Israeli settlers shoot and kill a boy who was trying to save his friend from being beaten.
Read Theia Chatelle’s report: zeteo.com/p/israeli-se...
I can’t believe the company that’s founded by a fascist vampire and named after an evil wizard‘s all seeing stone has some fucked up ideas about politics.
the two positions i hold simultaneously based on my mood
optimist: things can't continue in politics like this
doomer: things can't continue in politics like this
like, this is part of the story of the modern ultrawealthy, too — they have been able to very rapidly and very effectively transform the entire system into one which socializes risk and privatizes gain without, so far, any real penalty
Reviews keep coming in and they all demand that you buy my book.
whats so crazy to me is the only job that chatbots could actually eliminate right now is ceo, every company could save millions today right now by replacing their ceo with a computer program that just parrots what other ceos say
The average person doesn’t give a fuck if AI has some niche use where it actually excels if used properly. In fact, that is what a tool is *supposed* to do and none of us will have a problem if it is used like that. What we see is AI fucking up real life in a massive way.
passkey is imho one of the most important security developments that touch consumers and also one of the worst consumer rollouts i ever witnessed because every company involved treats everything like an enterprise customer solution
