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Kirkland-Yutani

Look, I know all the reasons we got here, but we really need to start seriously thinking about what we do in a world where The Markets punish whole countries for voting for decency, compassion, and fairness. We must stop pretending the capitalist machine is an objective, value neutral force.

Hey Gemini what is my kid's name and what does she look like, I'm at her school play and I can't figure out which one it is

I don't know that there is a definitive line to cross that makes you say, "I live in a police state now" but when masked gunmen can routinely brutalize the public, citizen or immigrant alike, with impunity, you have reached that point.

Honestly don’t know how we continue functioning as a society with such a small number of people vacuuming up this much wealth. Basically the equivalent of the US defense budget was rerouted to 500 people in just the last nine months.

Regretful Man Realizes He Would Be Rich By Now If He Had Invested In Rice 7,000 Years Ago https://theonion.com/regretful-man-realizes-he-would-be-rich-by-now-if-he-had-invested-in-rice-7000-years-ago/

Huge kudos to @milesklee.bsky.social & @wired.com for referring to Norwood as “it.” “The virtual character, which is promoting its upcoming movie Misaligned, tries to evade politics by repetitively commenting on the clothes you’re wearing.” Well done! @katie-drummond.bsky.social

let's see what dr. sbaitso thinks about all this

Have seen this Nature piece about the effects of X's algorithm mentioned again and it bears repeating; exposure to a right wing algorithm makes you - measurably and predictably - more right wing, even after you stop using it. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Coyote vs Acme was real real good

This is Kubrick’s last “Hmm, interesting, this guy has promise” film. From his next, “The Killing,” on, it was promise fulfilled, mostly masterpieces all the way.

Don't forget to vote in your primaries today folks.

This is bonkers

You can be hyper-wealthy, insanely hot for decades, and the kindest person on earth. No need to just pick one.

Good job, California!

This

Siskos

Hell yeah. Gtfo Moulton

It's grand and a long time coming. Two operant changes: Current state's attorney doubled the number of successful prosecutions for violence and guns in three years. Safe Streets undertaking community-based interventions in vulnerable cohort. Both should be credited and continued.

I look eastward today, over the frothing sea, and think of Binface

www.pv-magazine.com/2026/08/11/b... nearby plants boost solar panel production. earth just reaaaaaally wants us to chill out and thrive on free power from the sky and free food from the ground.

"Fuck him up, Socrates!"

thinking about what one trillion dollars of investment in clean energy would look like and getting so mad i need to lie down with the lights off

Ford’s new AI assistant can now do a thing a gauge has been able to do since the model t but we’re announcing it as a new feature to desperately distract you from the 24/7 in car surveillance that uploads your familys images and your driving history to any data broker who pays

Warning for the Gen Z and Alpha crowd, you may observe signs of the Original Brainrot strain in Millennials and Xennials over the next few weeks. Don Hertzfeldt's entire collection of animated shorts and films have been collected on Dropout and...

It sometimes feels like we're living in a ridiculously exaggerated folk tale with wildly implausible villains. For example, as the president takes billions for himself and his family and *coats his things in gold,* the soldiers fighting his war can't get toothpaste, hot water, or a clean toilet.

Excellent work here. www.inverse.com/input/cultur...

One of the best little moments in Jurassic Park is when Lex is freaking out going, "He left us! He left us!" and Sam Neill says, "But that's not... what I'm gonna do."

this is my new favorite diagram

If I won the lottery I would hire an interior designer and just say “Columbo murderer” while waving my hand around my home office.

if andy weir writes a new book about ai, we probably shouldn't let ai read it right?

@weatherishappening.com is something transpiring?

In America today, the wealthiest 1% is now worth more than the entire American middle class. That never happened before.

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Frog put Claude in a harness. "There," he said, "now Claude can no longer delete files." "But Claude can edit the files" said Toad. "That is true," said Frog.

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/ THE BIG BOOM WAS A METEOR / A FIREBALL / A BOLIDE / U CULD SEE IT STREAM ACROSS THE MASSACHUSETTS COAST / CAUSING A BIG BOOM / THE BIG BOOM THAT U HEARD IN BOSTON / THE BIG BOOM THAT U HEARD IN PROVIDENCE / THE BIG BOOM THAT U HEARD IN LOWELL / & EVREWHERE ELSE / REPENT 2 UR WEATHER LORDS

"Polish can be taught, so it’s less interesting to me than that which can’t be. I like when I can sense how someone really talks, feels, and thinks. I mean consciously so, but also unconsciously so. Every choice communicates. Even the “errors.” I embrace the errors."

It's weird there are other Jurassic Park movies than the first one.

Are there any Scumm click adventures I will still enjoy here in my 40s?

oh no it's midnight

☎️L is for landlines - and learning to share! You're not a real family, unless you have a landline!

We're on a roll with popes recently

and they only passed this law because video stores were going to out the porn-rental habits of Supreme Court justices!