Photo of 5 dog figurines in profile facing to the left in a staggered line. The closest one is reddish, the three in the middle are beige, and the furthest is dark grey. Each one has a cuneiform inscription on their side.

For anyone wondering, some possible dog names have survived from cuneiform sources.

On tiny dog figurines found buried under a palace in Nineveh, Iraq are inscriptions that seem to be names.

dan rigiššu “loud is his bark”

munaššiku gārîšu “biter of his foe”

mušēṣi lemnūti “expeller of evil”

Donald Trump et son obsession pour le prix Nobel de la paix Soutenu par plusieurs dirigeants, dont Benyamin Nétanyahou qui a proposé sa nomination au comité norvégien, le président américain se rêve en lauréat du prestigieux prix à quelques jours de sa rencontre avec Vladimir Poutine, en Alaska, où il espère obtenir un cessez-le-feu en Ukraine.

Donald Trump et son obsession pour le prix Nobel de la paix

A screenshot of a ChatGPT conversation reading: "can you write something about robert e. lee in the voice of washington post staff writer gillian brockell?" "Certainly! Here's an excerpt written in the voice of Gillian Brockell, a staff writer at The Washington Post, reflecting on Robert E. Lee's legacy: The Complicated Legacy of Robert E. Lee: A Figure Divided by History By Gillian Brockell When Robert E. Lee's name is invoked, it is often as a symbol of Southern pride military brilliance, or a tragic, doomed cause. But history has a way of shifting its lens, and in recent years, the image of Lee -- the Confederate general, the hero of lost causes -- has become increasingly more fraught. The man who stood as the face of a rebellion that tore the nation apart now stands at the center of an ongoing reckoning over the Confederacy's legacy, and our struggle to reconcile memory with reality."

When I left the Washington Post in 2023, my colleagues and I were worried AI would hoover up our work and enable "zombies" to churn out stories based on our reporting and writing styles.

Today WaPo announced a partnership with OpenAI. And here it is: Zombie Gillian Brockell. I DID NOT WRITE THIS.

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Murderbot is about to become my whole personality. I adore the books and can’t wait for the series!! Anyway I made some fanart, please enjoy… it’s up on my Redbubble! Link in bio!

New on my Redbubble!! Let everyone know you’re Rebel Scum! Link in bio!

Column | Delete your DNA from 23andMe right now The genetic information company declared bankruptcy on Sunday, and California’s attorney general has issued a privacy “consumer alert.”

DELETE YOUR 23ANDME DATA

I never used it, but I know a lot of folks who have. Gift link to WaPo article below.

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‘Hamilton’ Cancels Kennedy Center Run Over Trump’s Takeover “We’re not going to be a part of it while it is the Trump Kennedy Center,” said its creator, Lin-Manuel Miranda.

“Hamilton” is canceling plans to perform next year at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, citing President Trump’s moves to impose his values on the venue. “We’re not going to be a part of it while it is the Trump Kennedy Center,” said its creator, Lin-Manuel Miranda.

Mark Rothko, "Untitled", 1954.

Once again Endora had a lot of feelings about the speed with which I served her breakfast this morning. She often comes very close and yells at me while the rest of the coven gathers nearby and shouts support. I love them all so much! 🖤🖤🖤

realized while emptying the dishwasher that Yoda is precisely wrong. not malevolently so. but there is no do and there is no do not. there is only try. this is clear to a man in his mid-fifties and so should be clear to a 900-year-old Jedi knight

Photo of a female Yorkie on a rocky beach next to a lake. She’s looking into the camera with a serious expression and she’s slightly damp. The lake is on the left, and there are bare trees in the background with the sun filtering through them.

Went for a walk to the park and Sammy splashed in the water a bit!

Mountain’s out! ❤️🏔️☀️

Don’t buy stuff on February 28. Money’s the only thing these dicks understand.
#resist

Here’s my “Heroes of the Rebellion” series paired with Karis Nemik’s manifesto from the final episode of season one of Andor.

Les séries de la semaine : «Paradise» et «Common Side Effects» «Libé» vous guide dans la jungle des sorties séries. Cette semaine, le créateur de «This Is Us» élabore une dystopie parano à double-fond tandis que Cartoon Network invoque le spectre de «The Big Lebowski» dans un thriller pharmaceutique.

📺 Les séries de la semaine : «Paradise» et «Common Side Effects». Libé vous guide dans la jungle des sorties séries

A 4-panel meme with screenshots of the tv show Andor. They are of the character Karis Nemik talking with the main character, Cassian Andor. Text of his dialogue appears under each picture. “So much going wrong, so much to say, and all of it happening so quickly. The pace of repression outstrips our ability to understand it. And that is the real trick of the Imperial thought machine. It's easier to hide behind 40 atrocities than a single incident.”

“So much going wrong, so much to say, and all of it happening so quickly. The pace of repression outstrips our ability to understand it. And that is the real trick of the Imperial thought machine. It's easier to hide behind 40 atrocities than a single incident.” — Karis Nemik, Andor

Screenshot of the tv show Andor from the scene at Maarva Andor’s funeral. Her projection gives a speech and a portion of the speech text is printed on the screenshot: “There is a darkness reaching like rust into everything around us. We let it grow, and now it's here. It's here and it's not visiting anymore. It wants to stay. The Empire is a disease that thrives in darkness, it is never more alive than when we asleep. It's easy for the dead to tell you to fight, and maybe it's true, maybe fighting is useless. Perhaps it's too late. But I'll tell you this, if I could do it again, l'd wake up early and be fighting those bastards from the start! Fight the Empire!”

Looking at you, NSF.

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Federal Agencies Ordered to End Initiatives That Support ‘Gender Ideology’ NYT > Politics, Jan 29, 2025 8:36 PM by Erica L. Green The directive was another step in the Trump administration’s campaign to root out “woke” ideology from the federal government.

Resignation Push Deepens Worries About Effect on Government Services NYT > Politics, Jan 29, 2025 6:13 PM by Campbell Robertson, Erica L. Green, Maya C. Miller and Madeleine Ngo The Trump administration’s effort to get federal workers to leave their posts could lead to an exodus of experienced employees, some warned.

R.F.K. Jr. Tries to Distance Himself From Past Vaccine Skepticism NYT > Politics, Jan 29, 2025 1:23 PM by Sara Ruberg Many Democrats repeatedly cited his past remarks questioning the safety of vaccines and their effectiveness.

RFK Jr. Appears Unfamiliar With Key Elements of Medicare and Medicaid NYT > Politics, Jan 29, 2025 11:09 AM by Sarah Kliff and Reed Abelson In testimony to the Senate Finance Committee, Mr. Kennedy seemed to confuse the two government programs that cover more than 150 million Americans.

Part of acquiescing in advance is agreeing that there are no facts, just things that "could appear" to "suggest" things.

These are all from the NYT today. The line about "rooting out woke ideology" is a reference to the new official US policy denying trans people exist.

🧵3/3 BUT that’s VERY different from a gallery purposefully obfuscating the artist’s intent. Yes, a piece becomes a new thing when it’s consumed vs when it’s created but this is shameful erasure that destroys the natural conversation between artist & viewer, to say nothing of the inherent homophobia.

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As an artist the reality is that once you put a piece in front of an audience it no longer belongs to you… the viewer brings their own baggage and your piece becomes what it means to them, not just what you intended.

The Smithsonian's queer erasure of an AIDS artwork should alarm us all By omitting the tragic story behind Felix González-Torres "Untitled" (Portrait of Ross in L.A.), the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery is setting a perilous precedent, warns art scholar Ignacio Da...

This is deeply upsetting.
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