acrowley

acrowley

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(Dude suddenly stops pushing his broom across the floor of the Death Star) Does this look like a big laser to anyone else

Katie Drummond@katie-drummond.bsky.social

Palantir employees are pressing company leadership over its work for ICE in internal company Slacks obtained by @wired.com "In my opinion ICE are the bad guys. I am not proud that the company I enjoy so much working for is part of this." Scoop from @makenakelly.bsky.social

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"can you tell the difference between a meaningful and serendipitous moment in the real world and the howl of 1000s of gpus trying to optimize for you lingering on your phone for 0.5s longer?" "can you?"

just briefly enjoyed an ai slop video before realizing it was ai slop someone plz help convince me my life is still worth living

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KIM KITSURAGI - "What is it, detective? Can you make it out?" BULLET - "if you read this you are gay lmao" 1. "It, um, doesn't say anything." 2. "Transgender ideology. My old foe." 3. [Espirit de Corps - Medium 10] "I think you should read it for yourself, Kim."

NYT is hyping this up because they know how well it sold subscriptions last time. Why bother with journalism for a 12 month election cycle when you can milk it for 4 years?

Eric Lipton NYT@ericlipton.nytimes.com

FYI, folks from Bluesky. Reporters at The NYT, among other news organizations, are now generating a giant wave of accountability stories about the new Trump era. Reading these stories, sharing them, is a form of accountability as well. It is a form of participatory democracy too. Substance matters.

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When the clock strikes midnight on January 1, creative works from 1929 & sound recordings from 1924 will enter the public domain in the US, like: ⚓️ Popeye 🕵️ The Maltese Falcon 📖 The Sound and the Fury 🇮🇹 A Farewell to Arms 🏠️ A Room of One's Own 🙌 Hallelujah 🎺 Bolero and many more! 🧵👇

There is a right way and a wrong way to deal with criminals, and Kevin McCallister chose the wrong way. When we allow vigilantes to act as Judge and Jury, we undermine our system of law. His use of force is illegal under Illinois law and he should be made to pay for his crimes.

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"Panasonic has turned down a second multi-million dollar deal to open a battery plant in Oklahoma. This marks the third company to stray away from the state, as lawmakers work to figure out why Oklahoma can’t land these large deals." Weird. Such a mystery. www.news9.com/story/658632...

Me (waiting for elevator downstairs): oh boy I can’t wait to drink this beer My neighbor (waiting for elevator upstairs): I hope my daughters pneumonia won’t kill her before we get to the hospital

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