If the US were a geopolitical rival the headlines would be like: US Secret Police Execute Second Dissident In the Streets As Militarized Occupation Enters Sixth Week

okay so you’ve got your Gantt chart but did you remember to loop in turkey product marketing for the launch announcement and circle back with data science for sign-off on the stuffing A/B test plans? is SRE (stomach reliability engineering) up to speed with the dessert rollout schedule?

Country feed store sign CHILI FEED WITH SANTA SAT DEC 6TH 10-2

the what with who now

The arc of the moral universe was like

NYT: 'Fascist'? 'Communist'? For an Afternoon, They Were Just 2 Guys From Queens. Acid insults were set aside as New York's mayor-elect and the president promoted their shared goals.

lmao

If you had told me Mamdani and MTG would both be in the news today, and gave me eleventy thousand guesses as to why, I’d … still be guessing.

it's happening

so THAT'S what a maxed charisma stat looks like

Capitalism is good. Capitalism is right, capitalism works. Capitalism clarifies, cuts through, and captures the essence of the evolutionary spirit. Capitalism will win. If you think central planning China can compete with buggy, unoptimized Al chips that crash all the time guzzling power against American ingenuity, the smartest Al researchers in the world, and hundreds of billions of annual capex spending from the most profitable companies in history, good luck with that.

AI boosters are beginning to crash out

no I will not litigate parks and recreation the day after the biggest electoral fuck we've sent in years

go outside

hey!

boss: why do you ping like that

me:

Relieved that voters resoundingly rejected this fascist bullshit.

Angry that we still have at least another year of it, probably another three, and that we're by no means in the clear.

Livid that it all could have been avoided if we had simply not reelected the asshole who tried a coup.

does the rule of three apply if we count the death of cuomo's dreams as the second one?

It was. :)

"the genie is out of the bottle"

They are so desperate to normalize this as fast as possible.
All quotes I read from companies "embracing AI" are basically

"please just admit it's here to stay, just admit it, accept it, admit that this is the new normal now. It's here, JUST ACCEPT IT!!!!!"

guys my heart is beginning to feel a twinge of something and i think it's hope

Actively reminding myself that being Senator requires not just good political views but also actual skills like managing a team, negotiating, building partnerships, being smart enough to see things coming like understanding how people might react to your tattoos and past social media posts

me: hmm I wonder if there are any historical precedents before COVID we could look into here to see how this kinda thing goes

*checks history*

me: ...oh no

oh my god put the thesaurus down

after being forced to use github copilot at work, it's eye opening to see just how drastic the limits are on the "good" models, how quickly they're gone, and how much it feels like the entire AI business model is built on the "first time is free 😈" principal

Oh Bari Weiss is just Ms Rachel’s Wario

🚨🚨🚨 austrian economist alert 🚨🚨🚨

oh is it time to run "USA Deficit Hits Highest Number Ever" articles again

me when the jira ticket says one thing and the PM says another:

idk maybe this is a fatal flaw of mine but even if you were dumb enough to get a nazi tattoo and not know about it until literally today and you're somehow completely blameless...I *STILL* think that disqualifies you at the very least from the /current/ round of "next elections"

go take a thinker

"we're proud to proclaim THIS TIME it wasn't us!!!

...don't ask about next time tho"

Graham Platner gonna come out in three days to show he got the Totenkopf covered up with a Sonnenrad