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The second part of that paragraph is even more pointed: "Why hire human writers, lawyers or doctors when AIs are not only cheaper, but also absolve employers whenever they make a mistake?"

Today's methane announcement from Trump shows why the Senate permitting bill is so terribly written. It would lock in every single environmental rollback Trump can cram into the next two years. 🧵: 1/

In Maryland, just 50 miles from DC, a sheriff has relentlessly targeted local immigrants for over 20 years. He is running for reelection next week in a county that went for Harris over Trump. Make sure to share story: boltsmag.org/frederick-co...

it feels truly insane that it’s not

This article does not discuss one major reason why chocolate in the West got worse - Ghana and Ivory Coast, the two African countries that are the biggest suppliers of cacao globally, got organised and started demanding fair prices for it. www.reuters.com/world/africa...

Sign of the times: Someone chalked “National Guard Stay Away” outside an early voting center in Columbia Heights. There have been local and national concerns around federal agents (or the National Guard in D.C.) appearing at or near polling places ahead of next week’s elections.

There is an international, well-connected network of fascists promoting far-right candidates in elections (and coups) across the world. The guy who owns the site Yglesias posted this on is one of their leaders. Be careful of people advocating for their opponents to disarm!

sorry, but it's very hard to take your warnings of existential risk seriously when you are simultaneously throwing up to $120 billion at Elon Musk

Brazil’s results tonight are a big endorsement for the idea that every country should have a second “are you you sure about that” election a couple weeks after the first one for the important stuff

Lula winning is great for the planet, great for Brazil, and great for people who aren't revanchist assholes everywhere in the world, but let's not forget that it's also going to make some of the worst people on Earth extremely sad and mad. We should enjoy that, as a little treat.

I just want to name that people overcame this. Even against a stacked deck, the good fight is worth it. Win or lose, it's worth it. And sometimes the good guys win.

this is so fucking bleak

BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Serbia’s strongman leader Aleksandar Vucic has conceded defeat to a student-led movement in a seismic political shift.

NEW: Ingram, Texas, was just rebuilding from a devastating flood when its tiny police department enrolled in ICE’s 287(g) deportation program. Within a year, cops would hand over the equivalent of 10% of the town. with @nytimes.com

Bolsonaro-friendly mayors appear to be sabotaging public transport on Election Day. Buses aren’t running in Lula-friendly areas, flights and ferries mysteriously canceled. Traffic lights have gone out and people’s power cut in Salvador, indigenous people’s travel restricted

no matter how sure you are that these guys have broken a whole bunch of laws, you aren't nearly as certain as they are

ProPublica has been publishing in-depth investigations into the Trump administration’s attempts to assert federal control over elections. 📌 Join our reporters on Tuesday, Oct. 27, for a conversation about what they found: https://events.propublica.org/voting-guardrails/bluesky

Public execution has always been a part of US society. Even now, regularized police killings and capital punishment make it so. My latest for @prismreports.org is about why, livestreamed or not, open state-sanctioned killing is already the norm. prismreports.org/2026/10/21/e...

yeh tbh if AI is so great you should be proud of it, you should disclose it everywhere and put a bunch of stickers yourself that you used it for your project showing everyone how cool and cutting edge you are, no? like, it's the future right? you love it right??

Some cities it's just not worth fucking with

Guillermo Del Toro dropping another one liner that’s exactly how I feel about AI slop, the “punishment” is built in

hey so this is insane?

This is a chilling hate rally. And, just in case you think this doesn't matter to you, the President of the United States is also mocking the idea of Constitutional liberties.

We cannot live in a world in which companies operate according to the maxim "break the law first, price the costs in later"

just idly imagining some ruling declaring governmental NDAs are nonbinding just a dream

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The first genuinely honest ad for generative AI I've ever seen, from Microsoft / CoPilot A mediocre white guy sees his non-white colleague getting praised for good work, he asks AI to *literally copy it*, and then he gets all the praise instead: www.ispot.tv/ad/SoDi/micr...

"Every time I look at a screen, politicians and political operatives are showing a sickness of heart and mind that’s truly horrifying....I don’t think the 50-year relentless upward redistribution of wealth in America is doing the trick for Ohio families." bring back shame 🤝 class war

Elon Musk threatens Congress.

i don't think we can come to a reasonable compromise with this

What an embarrassment to the United Kingdom that this statement is necessary. www.newstatesman.com/cover-story/...

Private contractors are set to cash in as millions of Americans lose health care

The IDF just detained the man who’s about to be elected US Congressman for NY’s 10th district, per his social media.

nothing better than pre-ordering a book early early, losing track of the release date, then having it show up at your door. happy pub day @parismarx.com!! can’t wait to dig in.

‘It seems men gain respect over their careers, while women continue to report “‘I have all these accolades, and I have all this stuff, and [yet], I have to keep proving myself,’” Spoon explains.’

it's honestly kind of wild to watch 50+ years of "noooo the coups and corporate malfeasance weren't part of the plannnnn we were just trying to promote democracyyyyy" liberal revisionism get one-shotted by the stupidest man on the planet

Despite Illinois’ sanctuary laws, local police in and around Chicago helped ICE investigative agents track activists engaged in First Amendment–protected activities.

Unpopularity alone does not bring down authoritarians. This is the part where they make desperate plays to maintain their power, and those moves are either successfully resisted or not.