"Intentionally or otherwise, Frieren: BJE not only echoes but outright justifies some of the most horrific rhetoric of the past one hundred years, and ignoring this in favor of having fun does a disservice not only to the story, but to you."
medium.com/@mobuttdoese...
New episode is out on YouTube! Come for @kattenbarge.bsky.social's smart analysis of the tech sector and tech media, stay for @katelynburns.com's total crashout over... olive oil?
youtu.be/m_QE93bSfGM
Good morning to readers. Oil prices have surpassed $102.44 per barrel (+40.58% compared to pre-war).
As the death toll in Iran exceeds 3,000, people have nowhere to hide from attacks.
Without proper shelter, Maryam used to spend hours in her tiny bathroom, counting the strikes.
Oh that beast fella is FUUUUUUUUCKED.
How does Folding Ideas always manage to drop a video on something just before the shit hits the fan!
DENMARK AND FRANCE 🇩🇰🇫🇷 bans all Microsoft products from all public offices.
The phaseout is expected to be completed before autumn 2026.
Their products are being replaced with customer versions of Linux and LibreOffice.
This is digital sovereignty being taken back
Anyone who shows up for this travesty is knowingly choosing to act as a prop for authoritarian kabuki because they’re too cowardly or amoral to pass up vapid schmoozing and free drinks. They deserve your contempt, and possibly a few pieces of rotting produce.
@_ashbae Thank you for keeping us informed
Generative AI is far from ready to be deployed in healthcare. Here’s my random list of drugs read into Co-Pilot this evening in a Galway accent 🇮🇪 . See if you can guess them all.
SSE Airtricity I Account Balance h Submit Meter Read * Retrieve Top-up Code I would like to disconnect my gas supply 09:47J/ I'm really sorry you're feeling this way, but I'm not equipped to help with this. It's important to talk to a mental health professional or reach out to a trusted person in your life for support. @ Message U 09:47
An attempt to disconnect our gas connection earlier today👇
SSE Airtricity’s AI chatbot is going a little out of scope 😬
There are pattern recognition machine learning models that already do this. LLMs can’t. dida.do/blog/pattern...
“The number one [takeaway] would be that just because the AI is saying, very convincingly, that it is seeing something, it doesn’t mean that it is actually seeing that.”
Holy fucking shit, just use humans.
By their own numbers, almost 50% of what Bluesky moderation gets up to is just manually labeling replies as rude. 👍
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It's not solidarity really, we just didn't grow up eating it.
And thank you for adding "punishment chow" to my vocabulary.
Wait I thought the whole thing was pecans? Ewww. When I make it it will be.
Yes. So gross.
reminds me of how, a minute ago, there was a hubbub on here because someone said poor folks deserve food that's healthy & tasty too, as a specific objection to the punishment chow often doled out as charity, & some dude had big feelings about it because people *can* survive on punishment chow
The hot dogs in little jars or cans or whatever 🤮
Apparently my great-grandfather, living in poverty in Europe, survived the winters mostly thanks to sauerkraut. And he *hated* it. Never wanted it served under his roof once he came to the US. No one in my family eats it.
"As I logged off [from Zoom], all I could think was that my beloved communities of colour are never getting free until men are finally willing to reckon with their complicity with the patriarchy, so this is my attempt at illuminating that, on the off chance that any men are willing to listen."🫂
I thought I could save my little one's life as quickly as possible, but I didn't realize how incredibly difficult it would be.
My child's condition worsens every day, and I'm still far behind. I don't know why people haven't donated.
Please share this link with your friends.
gofund.me/7656b5ee6
🙏🏻
Ahmed, a young Palestinian boy, in obvious distress with an adult hand on the side of his face
My child Ahmed is very sick 💔
We have no shelter—our tent is flooded and we are freezing ❄️ helpless
He hasn’t had medicine for 4 days, and the virus threatens his life 😢
We are 13, urgently needing £250 for medicine and tent repair
Please help Ahmed before it’s too late
chuffed.org/project/mahm...
It's that time of year when my car shits itself so I'm gonna run a shop sale in my shop, add new listings, advertise commissions, and toss up new adopts.
If you can't help monetarily I respect that, but I ask that you spread my advertising posts around.
#fundraising #carrepairs
Current goal is:
Hi, it's Mohamed's friend.
Since we've had several newcomers join us lately (hello & welcome!), here's a quick overview where you can find our friend and brother:
Bluesky: @shepfrdnadshep.bsky.social
Instagram: @m__o__small_farm
Chuffed: bit.ly/help-mohamed
Telegram: @Kaled189419841984
“Some Trump officials privately acknowledged to CNN that the president’s public commentary has been detrimental to talks, noting the sensitivity of the negotiations and the Iranians’ deep mistrust of the US.”
www.cnn.com/2026/04/20/p...
WARREN: That's not my question. Are you refusing to tell us if you have investments in vehicles set up by Jeffrey Epstein?
KEVIN WARSH: Those assets will be sold if I'm confirmed
