On Friday, April 10, as FBI Director Kash Patel was preparing to leave work for the weekend, he struggled to log into an internal computer system. He quickly became convinced that he had been locked out, and he panicked, frantically calling aides and allies to announce that he had been fired by the White House, according to nine people familiar with his outreach. Two of these people described his behavior as a “freak-out.”

Oof, what a lede.

This is so funny. It's like a sidebar in a textbook "Did you know? In order to do his job, an FBI director must be conscious"

OpenAI: We’re burning money like the Joker. A miracle needs to happen for us to turn a profit

Microsoft: Please please use our AI systems, we’re teetering on the edge here

Anthropic: I wonder what’ll kill us first: lawsuits, regulations or model collapse

Media and universities: AI is here to stay

They're probably a bunch of mopes who thought Tom Malinowski is more electable

Americans will say "We should run the govt like a business" but they don't actually mean it because if it was done like that ever it would mean the feds would nationalize every single business in the country and bend them to their will and scrape every single loose dime from them to its own budget.

I could see them doing this

I had to turn off the automatic input switching on my smart TV because it kept randomly going black while I was watching something because it incorrectly believed another device was being powered on (it wasn't)

Now I have to change my shit manually like it's 2005 or something

He's also not up for re-election, so he is "safe" to be the rotating villain this time. Such predictable bullshit from Democrats. Is it any wonder why 2024 turned out the way it did?

Maine Lawmakers Pass Ban on Large Data Centers The bill, which blocks centers that draw over 20 megawatts of power until late 2027, is headed to the desk of Democratic Gov. Janet Mills.

Maine lawmakers passed a ban on large data-center construction, making it the first state to enact such a measure as communities around the U.S. deal with fallout from the AI boom.

I tried six times to get this post up so you better like it

they’re calling it the fakest economy of all time

Worth thinking about how Schumer voted against the supermajority of his party in two back to back votes just now because he agrees with the Trump administration that Israel should be given unlimited, unconditional, essentially free military assistance.

Think about this: The leader of the Senate Democrats just voted against 85% of his caucus all to keep sending bulldozers to Israel, so it can continue to demolish Palestinian and Lebanese people's homes.

Frame #4979 from E56 Young Granny

MEDICARE FOR ALL IS A FILM STUDIO RETENTION ISSUE

"We had a good thing going you stupid son of a bitch. You had the sheep, you had the shears, you had the plain, sleek eco-friendly merino wool shoes and it all ran like clockwork. You could've shut your mouth and made money. But you just had to blow it up! You, and your pride, and your ego."

Hochul Proposes Tax on N.Y.C. Second Homes That Are Worth $5 Million

We will be taxing the ultra-wealthy and global elites.

Poll: Majority of voters say risks of AI outweigh the benefits In new NBC News polling, the only topics that were less popular than AI were the Democratic Party and Iran.

Majority of voters say risks of AI outweigh the benefits

A majority of registered voters, 57%, said they believe the risks of AI outweigh its benefits, compared with 34% who said the opposite.

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please mr godzilla my country america yearns for freedom

I knew a guy who said he'd rather lose $1000 to a friend than $100 to a casino and I think he was on to something

Ok so there’s this pedophile with a cult following who thinks he’s Jesus and he lives on a compound surrounded by armed security and he wants to usher in the apocalypse via holy war. It’s like America killed David Koresh and then he came back as president

Since the 1980s, the Small Business Survival Act (which attempted to do something similar) had been introduced in the NYC Council but never received a floor-vote.

The SBRSA, however, is a state-level effort being led by NYC-DSA electeds who see that the external conditions are ripe for a new push.

Insane. My experiences taking public transit from Queens to MetLife were always pretty poor so I still drove to games but I thought the point was to incentivize people to take the train, not make it worse? Clearly there's a misalignment of goals here.

Man, what are we even doing here?

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Again, I remind you that Gen X is their highest earning years, while being whiter than Gen Z or Millennials, and not yet dependent on Social Security and Medicare like Boomers. As always, it comes down to white people and money.

Steamed Hams full transcript Well, Seymour, I made it- despite your directions. Ah. Superintendent Chalmers. Welcome. - I hope you're prepared for an unforgettable luncheon. - Yeah. Oh, egads! My roast is ruined. But what if I were to purchase fast food and disguise it as my own cooking? Delightfully devilish, Seymour. Ah- Skinner with his crazy explanations The superintendent's gonna need his medication When he hears Skinner's lame exaggerations There'll be trouble in town tonight Seymour! Superintendent, I was just- uh, just stretching my calves on the windowsill. Isometric exercise. Care to join me? Why is there smoke coming out of your oven, Seymour? Uh- Oh. That isn't smoke. It's steam. Steam from the steamed clams we're having. Mmm. Steamed clams. Whew. Superintendent, I hope you're ready for mouthwatering hamburgers. I thought we were having steamed clams. D'oh, no. I said steamed hams. That's what I call hamburgers. You call hamburgers steamed hams? Yes. It's a regional dialect. - Uh-huh. Uh, what region? - Uh, upstate New York. Really. Well, I'm from Utica, and I've never heard anyone use the phrase "steamed hams. " Oh, not in Utica. No. It's an Albany expression. I see. You know, these hamburgers are quite similar to the ones they have at Krusty Burger. Oh, no. Patented Skinner burgers. Old family recipe. - For steamed hams. - Yes. Yes. And you call them steamed hams despite the fact that they are obviously grilled. Ye- You know, the- One thing I should- - Excuse me for one second. - Of course. Well, that was wonderful. A good time was had by all. I'm pooped. Yes. I should be- Good Lord! What is happening in there? - Aurora borealis. - Uh- Aurora borealis at this time of year at this time of day in this part of the country localized entirely within your kitchen? - Yes. - May I see it? No. Seymour. ! The house is on fire. ! No, Mother. It's just the northern lights. Well, Seymour, you are an odd fellow but I must say you steam a good ham.

Today is officially the 30th anniversary of Steamed Hams. On April 14, 1996, "22 Short Films About Springfield" aired for the first time!

Kind of on you for not expecting to be disappointed by the Knicks or their fans

This woman is a handpicked Trump supporter from Arkansas and she is less anti-trans than the median Atlantic columnist