Amy Lively

The looks that everyone else gives this asshat tell you all you need to know. How this man still has a job is beyond me. The suicide crisis line is 988. Please use it if you need to.

This is a good illustration of how so much of AI theft isn't indirect (ie, data sucked into a model to train the chatbot) - it's actually **direct** copying, but *enabled* by GenAI. Of course it is: chatbots absolutely suck at creating good, new stuff.

Freddie Jackson, the RnB legend known for multiple hits, including “You Are My Lady,” has died. He was 70

San Diego is full of walking MAGA hats. I wonder how they feel about their leader just casually suggesting their city be blown off the map.

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Forget AI. The innovation of the century is that someone finally invented a technology that could fact-check Donald Trump at scale: gas pumps.

Trump's Net-Approval On The Economy In: 🔴Texas: -18% 🔴Kansas: -18% 🔴Alaska: -19% 🔴Ohio: -27% 🔴Iowa: -28% Siena / Oct 1, 2026

October 17

Successful festivals produced by Olivia Rodrigo and Brandi Carlile are debunking the myth that women can't headline or lead concert lineups.

Reincarnated DAWG.

Have we discussed the Astros winning their division at 81-81 and then having the unmitigated audacity to do a bullpen game in Game 1 of the postseason? That's disgusting. A bigger affront to baseball than the trash can thing

Not only are the Astros cheaters, their fans have got to be the most lifeless crowd I have ever heard at a playoff game. I have heard more energetic spring training crowds. 🥱

I always enjoy when Obama gets in on the imagine if Obama did that game

Ok so Trump is *promising* that he will pay every American adult $5,000 if Republicans win the House & Senate. And as I’m sure other astute observers are noting, that’s essentially a taxpayer-backed, congressionally unapproved $1.3 trillion bribe. He’s bribing the entire country—with our own money

“I assume you’re saying literally you believe A.I. could kill us all by the end of the decade.” “Yeah.” 😕 Jacob Coxon tells CNN why he decided to leave Anthropic, says he was shocked his warning about A.I. maybe killing us all went viral.

"Hi there! I'm the Secretary of Agriculture in a nation where just about every single kind of food has been recalled because it will give you explosive shits and then kill you dead. Well, I'm here to tell you about how government regulation and oversight is baaaaaaaad."

I see the Seahawks and the Patriots are running back their scintillating Super Bowl performance.🥱

Shout out to journalism and a big middle finger to those who really seemed to want Torre to be "wrong." It would be cool to see journalism be in vogue again.

@jonbois.bsky.social watching baseball

Unlike cowardly google, who now show this in Canada. Thank you mapquest

This is why no decent person or their kids will go unvaccinated. It KILLS BABIES. www.nbcnews.com/video/an-inf...

Fun fact: Dolly Parton spent decades quietly funding band uniforms and instruments at Black high schools across the South - never once putting her name on it. No headlines, no fanfare — just help, given because it was needed. Wonderful Heart ♥️ RIP Dolly ❤️

my wife has a friend who sent Dolly Parton a painting she made & a letter explaining how much Dolly's music meant to her while she was transitioning. Dolly responded to it personally & paid for her top surgery. Sounds like an urban legend but it's real. I think we're going to more stories like this.

My relationship with this game that was such a part of my youth (born and raised on Husker football) gets more complicated all the time.

Here are a series of essays I wrote about Dolly tied to albums at the beginning, middle and end of her vast, prolific career, if you're looking for a little themed reading. www.dontrocktheinbox.com/on-dolly-par...

I have really enjoyed the experience of reading story after story about how good and selfless and beloved a recently deceased famous person was

Dolly Parton invested the royalties she earned for writing ‘I Will Always Love You’ in Nashville’s Black community www.washingtonpost.com/arts-enterta... "This is the house that Whitney built" - DP 🥺🙏

One of the best-selling musical artists of all time, Parton had 25 singles top the Billboard country music charts. She starred in blockbuster movies and beloved Christmas specials. Her theme park, Dollywood, is one of the most popular in the United States. She was also a champion for literacy.

every billionaire & tech mogul, they all want to be adored & celebrated without doing the things Dolly did with a fraction of the power & money. What she had, she gave away. I'm sure she was comfortable (& that's good!). But she just relentlessly helped. It's not that difficult. Love. Care. Help. 💚🌸

The press release could be titled WNBA TO KANTOR: FUCK OFF

It ain’t about trans people. It’s about middle aged men’s egos.

It isn’t about being trans. It’s about silencing strong women — especially gay women and/or women who are not white. This should be obvious.

Head coach of the Chicago Sky 🫡

Let’s be honest. MAGA doesn’t want women to play in the WNBA or do anything that isn’t sex or child rearing. There aren’t any trans people in the WNBA so a big part of this is just to intimidate and harass women.

Loser behavior from a guy who’s clinging like a shriveled old barnacle to a sport he doesn’t actually care about in a desperate bid for relevance. Do not cede one inch to him or anyone who acts this way.