this is just horrific...

whats so crazy to me is the only job that chatbots could actually eliminate right now is ceo, every company could save millions today right now by replacing their ceo with a computer program that just parrots what other ceos say

Someday, with luck and hard work, she will have a name too.

In the same manifesto, Palantir's owners argued that we need a national military draft, that soft power is over, and that we were too hard on Germany and Japan after World War II. I don't think that company should be allowed to exist anymore.

Boots on the Groundhog Day

a man with a party hat on his head is sitting with his hands folded . Alt: Tim Curry, as Frank N Furter in Rocky Horror, with a party hat on his head is sitting with his hands folded. Frank has wild, curly hair and is wearing the most exquisite makeup. And fishnets. Lots of fishnets. There are other party goers behind him and out of frame/focus but Frank is the center of this little universe.

Don't panic everyone.
Tim Curry is ok.
It is just his birthday.

Tim Curry in The Rocky Horror Picture Show

Tim Curry in Clue

Tim Curry in The Three Musketeers

Tim Curry in Muppet Treasure Island

Happy 80th birthday to Tim Curry who has always, *always* understood the assignment.

We live in a country where the two most dynamic, charismatic, eloquent politicians of this century have the first names Barack and Zohran. This is what bothers the white supremacists so much.

2026 (planned) Data centers vs. megaprojects Inflation-adjusted costs, billions USD SIT- 2025₽ Data center capex =$930B in 6 years $750B- Interstate Highway System ® S620B, 37yr US Railroads $550B, 71yr $500B- F-35 Program $400B, 25yr (to date) $250B - $O Apollo Program $257B, 14yr Marshall Plan $170B, 4yr Manhattan-Project -$36B,Syr- 10 20 International Space Station $150B, 27yr- 30 40 Years from start of program 50 60 70 Sources: Company reports, Epoch AI • FHWA • NASA • CRS • GAO • Brookings Al capex = estimated data-centre share of global reported capex at the big-5 US hyperscalers (Amazon, Microsoft, Alphabet, Meta, Oracle; Epoch AI+ Platformonomics). Assuming DC share scales from +55% in 2020 to =80% by 2026. Excludes Chinese hyperscalers. All costs in 2024 dollars.

Absolutely insane numbers on data center buildout. I haven’t vetted these by they’re about right based on memory/back of the envelope.

$30m an hour: big oil reaping huge war windfall from consumers, analysis finds Exclusive: Climate action blockers including Saudi Arabia, Russia and major fossil fuel firms set to make extra $234bn b

While death and destruction rained down on Iran during the war’s first month, the world’s 100 biggest oil and gas companies brought in an extra $30 million per HOUR in windfall profits.

Yes, $30 million per HOUR.

All because of the deadly and reckless decision making of one man.

It shows

Minnesota BWCA: Sen. Smith says she will hold senate floor in protest of vote to remove protections U.S. Senator Tina Smith announced her intention to hold the Senate floor to protest legislation that would remove protections for the Minnesota Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness.

U.S. Senator Tina Smith announced her intention to hold the Senate floor to protest legislation that would remove protections for the Minnesota Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness.

He's like the anti-Mamdani.

A split bar chart of YouGov polling data with the headline: "Americans are most likely to say T. Rex is their favorite dinosaur, but many don't have a favorite." The chart has the sub-headline: "Which of the following is your favorite dinosaur? (%)." The chart has the note: "Note: "Other" includes responses of archaeopteryx, spinosaurus, plesiosaur, ankylosaurus, allosaurus, parasaurolophus, dilophosaurus, diplodocus, iguanadon, and pachycephalosaurus, as well as responses of "other." We know pterodactyls and plesiosaurs aren't dinosaurs. Opinion about dinosaurs comes from the question, "How much do you like or dislike dinosaurs?""

A shocking new poll result: Many Americans somehow don't have a favorite dinosaur.

And only 6% give the correct answer (triceratops).

Check out YouGov's new polling on Americans and dinosaurs: yougovamerica.substack.com/p/whats-your...

Oh good, I can get my organ practicing in while I wait for dinner to finish in the oven.

The Deepfake Nudes Crisis in Schools Is Much Worse Than You Thought An analysis by WIRED and Indicator found nearly 90 schools and 600 students around the world impacted by AI-generated deepfake nude images—and the problem shows no signs of going away.

NEW: Teenage boys are pulling classmates' photos off Insta and running them through cheap nudify apps and the fallout has now hit nearly 90 schools across 28 countries with 600+ known victims since 2023, per a WIRED/Indicator analysis.

UNICEF estimates 1.2M children were targeted last year alone.

Senate will vote today to destroy our public land protections. Please call your senators now!

This is urgent!! The vote will happen this afternoon!!!! Call your senators and every senator NOW!! They need to vote NO on HJR 140 to save the boundary waters and protect our public lands!! Please share and call!!

AI Use Appears to Have a "Boiling Frog" Effect on Human Cognition, New Study Warns A new study claims to offer the first causal link between AI dependency and cognitive erosion. Researchers warn of long-term implications.

NEW: A new pre-print study offers the first causal evidence that outsourcing reasoning tasks to AI can rapidly erode users' independent performance AND their will to persist despite difficulty.

"People’s persistence drops... they’re also not willing to try without AI.”

futurism.com/artificial-i...

A picture of a library shelf with a small rolled up note on it. The note says “read this” in child’s handwriting.

A picture of the note unrolled. In the same child’s handwriting it reads “beware of the future!!”

Still thinking about this note I found in the children’s section of the public library when I worked there back in 2018. This kid tried to warn us…

She reportedly parted ways with Bezos with a jaw-dropping $38.3 billion in Amazon stock. Their divorce settlement included a 4 % stake in the online retail giant or 19.7 million shares. Under the agreement, Bezos kept 75% of the couple's Amazon stock, along with voting control of her shares. Jan 11, 2023

MacKenzie Scott has given away over $19 billion in the last 5 years and experts say she's 'changed entire fie... MacKenzie Scott acknowledged another $2 billion in donations as 2024 comes to a close.

MacKenzie Scott, worth $41.1 billion, is on a philanthropic tear and has donated an estimated 46% of her net worth.

Just to give a sense of the insane scale of billions of dollars…MacKenzie Scott got about $38 billion after divorcing Bezos in 2019. She has become the world’s most generous philanthropist, giving away over $19 billion…and she’s currently wealthier than she started.

Just. Tax. Them.

All You Had to Do Was Pay Us Enough to Live The Kimberly-Clark warehouse fire isn’t just a crime story. It’s an economic injustice story. And corporate America wrote every word of it

Chamel Abdul Karim allegedly burned a Kimberly-Clark warehouse in Ontario, CA. $750M in damage. Ironically, the cost of paying their 38,000 workers a living wage.

We criminalize Chamel's response to structural violence. The corporation committing it faces nothing.

came here to make this reference!

Do people ever ask themselves, why, on this beautiful planet, they are spending time defending a system where 12 billionaires have the same amount of wealth as 4.5 billion people

It's the 7th month of the US bombing random ships in Latin American waters they claim are drug smugglers (reminder that two survivors who were rescued were repatriated, not charged), and the death toll is 150+, and it barely gets discussed.

the evil emperor cozying up to the pope’s idiot brother is so fucking renaissance, man. it’s so funny. the emperor is forming an alliance against the papal states and there is war in the holy land. there are rumors of plague.

It's 2026. Liberals love Bill Kristol and the Pope, and have a big problem with JK Rowling and the guy from the Apprentice

“We’re Better Than This” — Pope Leo XIV’s Top Three US Cardinals on 60 Minutes Cardinals Cupich, McElroy, and Tobin sat for their first joint interview — and credited Pope Leo XIV with inspiring them to speak out against the Iran war and mass deportations.

NEW: Cardinal Cupich tells 60 Minutes that Pope Leo’s decision to spend July 4th on Lampedusa instead of in America is deliberate.

“He's sending a message that his top priority right now is to be with those who are downcast and marginalized.”

Hormuz has that MAIN CHARACTER ENERGY

"Heavy rainfall on Hormuz Island washes iron oxide rich soil into the sea, turning the coastline blood red."
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Ppl are accountable for their shit opinions but I do think the narratives on social media rebranded conservatism so well that people can't even define their beliefs anymore. half these Gen X voters don't even realise they're right wing. Political illiteracy is such an effective tool for the right

Every single one of the astronauts who went to the moon and back on Artemis II was educated at a public school.

Thinking of the teachers who poured into Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch, and Jeremy Hansen tonight. You helped send a kid to the moon!

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