Verge headline: Silicon Valley has forgotten what normal people want by Elizabeth Lopatto Illustration of a brain melting in the sun

"In the place of problem-solving technology, companies have jumped on successive bandwagons like NFTs, the metaverse, and LLMs. What these all have in common is that they are not built to really solve a market problem. They are built to make VCs and companies rich."

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That's why I'm voting for him!

In 2020, Becerra and other CA officials filed a lawsuit against the BLM to stop new lease sales for
fracking and drilling along California's Central Valley and Central Coast, touching eight counties and including 400,000 acres of public land.
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Good first step. Ban all prediction makets and the theives who run them.

Coachella performers are funding the MAGA movement Following the money from Sabrina Carpenter, Justin Bieber, and Karol G to the politicians advancing Trump’s agenda

Coachella supports and funds RW MAGA Terrorists

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George Takei
born Hosato Takei
April 20, 1937
American actor, author, and activist. He is known for his role as Hikaru Sulu, helmsman of the USS Enterprise in the Star Trek franchise

Show Me the Money Where is the Venezuelan Oil Money?

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Yeah...we know.

Temba, his arms open...

While it sucks that Reese Witherspoon is backing AI it feels like a much bigger/more important story that she also uses her famous podcast to pressure authors into giving her their movie rights for cheap. Predatory behaviour is synonymous with AI boosting!

Will voters EVER understand the big lie about "scary democratic (small D) socialist policies?!" Bernie has told us for decades, and Mamdani is showing us now. We can instantly fund a WAR but have TO DEBATE for decades about healthcare for all - GEEZUS!
They've LIED TO US FOR PROFIT for decades.

And degrades the Presidential Seal of the United States. That tracks with TPUSA...

May all AI implode leaving no billionaire survivors...

Tried to tell you, we did.

Can't help but wonder if all of the Marvel art being posted now are by creators who no longer have a job...

Nancy Mace is such a dick. Great response from Zoe, though.

Can't help but wonder if all of the Marvel art being posted now are by creators who no longer have a job...

Enough to survive a Ballroom Blitz???

Young people in this country are losing their minds with frustration and having nervous breakdowns because they simply can't afford the cost of living in Trump’s America.

"I kill myself working and I can't even pay the bills. All of this is pointless."

Teens births being down isn't the flex she thinks it is.

This is good news. The 8th Circuit here is saying that while the plaintiffs (who want to bar this trans athlete from playing) have standing to sue, they do not meet the burden of proving intentional discrimination against their one cis plaintiff under Title IX. 1/

Marvel Suffers Layoffs in Wake of New Job Cuts at Disney - IGN Layoffs have reportedly affected most departments.

Bloodbath at Marvel Comics today. Disney is axing over 1000 people. Unclear how many at Marvel. The number being talked about is 8% of the staff was cut, which is jawdropping.

CEO scumbag Josh D’Amaro-- salary this year of $45M-- ordered the layoffs. Disney had a gross profit of $35B last year.

Very interesting.

Oh, so *now* Johnson pays attention...sort of.

Demand Representatives to Say No to AI Warrantless Mass Surveillance | Indivisible War on Terror-era legislation that authorized decades of civil liberties-eroding mass surveillance expires on April 19. Let your Representatives know you expect them to reject reauthorization without ...

TODAY: The House is expected to vote on reauthorizing a little-known law that lets the government sidestep the Constitution and spy on US citizens.

Tell your representative to vote NO and stop the regime from gobbling up mass surveillance data to punish Trump’s enemies and round up immigrants. 👇

Meanwhile, the typical American will pay a federal income tax rate of 14.5%

This is what a rigged system looks like.

[Via @itep.org]

And as soon as he steps down Dems need to say it's too close to an election.

Is there anyone who listens to this Russian ass hat?

Could have saved money and rented a middle school gym...

Yeah, but look how apocalyptic things had to get for them to..."do something."