Any and all scientists and engineers that built the running robot: I curse you. May the bread you eat taste as ashes in your mouths

🎶 some of those who wear masks whenever they're in public
🎶 are the same that don't wash their hands after using the bathroom

BREAKING: Maryland is about to become the first state in the nation to ban the use of surveillance data and dynamic pricing at grocery stores.

The Maryland House has just passed the Protection from Predatory Pricing Act.

Governor Wes Moore plans to sign the bill.

way too many people i talk to about starting a small business are scared of managing financials bc they tell me they are "bad at math." i need people to understand that using financial software has nothing to do with being good or bad at math. it has to do with how patient you are with bad software

if you're in an elevator about to crash. just jump at the last second and you'll be fine. that's science, babe

its hes just playing markets to make personal gains, he doesn't actually care about some sort of strategic win for the USA. he knows when markets swing because they swing on his words

the status quo sucks and people are energized by people willing to rattle it; whether populist progressives or populist fascists. i think progressives tend to win out in the rare instance there is the option

no, we should make a giant adminsitrative apparatus to keep track of what each parent in new york city is eating and how much they pay for it, and create arbitrary threshholds for whats allowed based off the new york times style section, along with intense reporting requirements

dementiarchy

it is a damp, drizzly November in my soul

i love the small print “because the regulators won’t let us :(“

100%, especially the complaining part

this is because this is how cunty russians are in how we talk to each other

Seven Million Songs a Day Take the Cannoli

oops meant to link the post: dadadrummer.substack.com/p/seven-mill...

this is a real good one and very reassuring to all us meat and blood musicians out here.

Russia plans to illegally annex lands it invaded, even as its military falters. Israel Plans to Control Large Parts of Southern Lebanon, Defense Minister Says

The difference between these two is racism

THE DREAM SHOW! Friday and Saturday at Le Mondo plus, Grudge album out and tour!

next couple weeks gonna be nuts come see a puppet show this weekend
inokentiy.substack.com/p/the-dream-...

Average Bsky poster: "We must inaugurate a Second Reconstruction with blood and fire."

Average Democratic politician: "We are in a war for the Republic, which is why I propose a 23.7% tax cut."

Average liberal columnist: "For too long the transgenders have blocked research into the racial IQ gap."

there should be a 100% vacancy tax. if you're sitting on buildings and not actively working on fixing them for use you should not be allowed to write it off as a loss but instead pay out the nose

i had a coworker who would always insist on saying "eastern standard time" out loud whenever we were scheduling things, even when it was daylight time, and it was the pettiest pet peeve i couldn't get away from. just say eastern dear god

Sun Tzu (D-NY) - “When your enemy is making a mistake, fix it for him at great cost to yourself.”

went out to the bar at 1am and im just researching which linux distro im gonna try next on my laptop bc im bored w mint

(itll be opensuse tumbleweed)

This is the end and you could not guess in a million years the start

not kidding "You gotta look the burrito man in the eye" is a key part of my politics and would be on candidate statements

It’s crazy to think how much money Fugazi left on the table by only charging $5 for tickets. One of the most boneheaded business decisions of all time 😂

the fuck kinda name is markwayne

Sorry I'm not more open-minded about LLMs, it's just some fucking maniacs shoveled out a bunch of useless bloatware featuring that technology, did not give me any chance to opt out, reorganized the entire economy around it, zeroed out gains made by green energy, and made it impossible to buy RAM

Strike on Iranian primary school kills 148, authorities say Girls’ education facility hit as US and Israel launch joint military operation

The death of possibly more than 100 little girls in a primary school. How is that not a central news story today across all serious outlets?
And thank you, FT, for being one of only a few newsrooms driving attention to what happened there.
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If Iran had nuclear weapons the United States wouldn’t be bombing them.