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Chrome’s AI features may be hogging 4GB of your computer storage

I really wonder what the fallout is going to be because the sanitized version of history they’ve sold for a long time is “Jim Crow was a shameful moment in history but we defeated it and came out the other side a better country” and now it’s just… back it’s the end of a myth in the starkest terms

Demographic time bombs ahoy! Woah China. www.visualcapitalist.com/ranked-the-w...

“The mission of this Allied force was fulfilled at 0241, local time, May 7th, 1945.” ~General Dwight D. Eisenhower’s message announcing Nazi Germany’s surrender in World War II on this day 81 years ago. Image: Eisenhower Presidential Library.

Debbie of the day 💙

This is antisemitism. Blatant, stomach churning antisemitism. I've already sent my postal vote, but I would encourage everyone who can to get out and vote tomorrow

funniest thing i’ve ever seen

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This is so basic for keeping a community healthy that I'm sure our ancestors pre capitalism understood it. If you can spread something to others that can sicken or kill them, avoid that. So even though it may be so normalized that people are unable to do it, it's absurd we accept that as our world.

Researchers looked at whether a tried-and-true poverty alleviation effort that gives cash and coaching to households, and is typically implemented in rural areas, could work in an urban setting. n.pr/3QREdO7

Yes Reform have mismanaged budgets, raised council tax, cut vital services, sacked members for infighting, racism and misogyny, taken massive amounts of money for themselves and broken parliamentary conduct codes multiple times, but that Green party guy said he spoke for the red cross on his web bio

Have you noticed that when dictatorships provide us with weaponry, it's ok, but the EU does it for Ukraine it's warmongering?

She sounds as you would expect from an anti-elite insurgency party. "I really like ambassador’s dinners, Ferrero Rocher, that sort of thing." Course you do mate.

A century ago during the 1920s, America experienced what the historian Merle Curti aptly called a "cult of prosperity," an era that -- just like our own -- conflated "rich and powerful" with "brilliant and wise" I'm a bit fuzzy on the details, but I bet it worked out great for everyone back then.

they've gotten far too comfortable not getting guillotined

This can't, or shouldn't, be even remotely good enough, and surely wouldn't be accepted as such for any other party leader. Amongst many, many other things, it can't have been both 'unconditional' *and* 'to pay for my security'. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

At a No 10 briefing today we heard about the government's commitment to "a whole-of-society response to antisemitism”. Asked if this might involve the government leaving X, where antisemitism is not only rife but monetlised, were were told it is "something we always keep under review." So: no.

Heads up to Chrome users who prefer not to not allocate 4GB of their drives to Gemini Nano weights.

Saw someone express disbelief that people who vote for the Hugos actually did the reading and I'm like my sibling in Christ these are nerds and reading is their actual hyperfocus, they'll complete the whole assignment with weeks to spare

Low-carbon electricity sources grew faster than demand in 2025, pushing fossil fuels into decline— Solar and wind energy have grown quickly in recent years, but global electricity demand has grown faster.

Jadlam, free P&P even for 1 pot (Used regularly !)

Never met Tony Peters, don’t know who he is, but a million years ago on Facebook he posted this and I don’t think anyone’s ever put it better.

A fine is a price. Does Muck really care about a $1.5m price for breaking the law?

Ok fuck yeah disability REPRESENT People with disabilities can be fashionable and stunningly beautiful too.

Anyone else fucking sick of Brian May planting daffodils in his village www.ctvnews.ca/entertainmen...

In December, SCOTUS stayed a district court ruling blocking TX from using its new maps because the lower court ruled "on the eve of an election." That district court ruling was issued 15 weeks before the TX primaries. Callais was issued *17 days* before the LA primaries.

I love that Alan Moore occasionally says the sanest, most grounded thing imaginable, like it's just to keep the rest of us on our toes

This sounds amazing!

In the past year alone, Jeff Bezos's net worth has increased by $75 billion. That’s $205,479,452 per day $8,561,643 per hour $142,694 per minute $2,378 per second The median American’s weekly earnings is $1,235 ($64,220/yr).

The Art of Gerrymandering - visualized by Instagram user: @datastuffplus

Ridiculously happy Pigs, running in and out of the water during the recent flooding.

‘Nigel Farage Is the Architect of the Uk’s Decline and It’s Time for the Rest of Us to Rebuild Our Home in Europe’ The disastrous Brexit experiment imposed on us by the Reform UK leader and his allies must now be reversed, argues Caroline Lucas

"On Polymarket, the Journal found, 67% of profits go to just 0.1% of accounts ... casual traders are bleeding cash while a small number of sophisticated pros eat their lunch." Prediction markets are just new engines for wealth transfer to the insider wealthy class.

From the ISS to Earth Astronaut Chris Williams 🧑‍🚀shares a beautiful image he captured of the galactic plane from one of the windows of the Crew Dragon Freedom that is docked to the zenith docking port this week 🛰️🌏✨

This is a pure supervillain monologue and should be seen for the threat that it is.

Some from other countries may flee to Mexico.

An absolutely poisonous party run by absolutely poisonous people.

8 vaccines linked to a lower risk of dementia www.gavi.org/vaccineswork... "Multiple large observational studies have found that routine adult vaccines are associated with a reduced risk of dementia, with some showing risk reductions of 25% to 40%." #VaccinesWork!

Oreo is a rescue badger (Taxidea taxus) at the Northwest Wildlife Sanctuary in Oak Harbor, WA. www.northwestwildlifesanctuary.com She's being offered her favorite snack: cheese, to lure her from the safety of her dark void. Audio on for badger hissing. 🦡❤️🧀

The house always wins

I'd expect an article about Zac Polanski speaking on the relationship between free speech and the Jewish community might mention in passing that he's Jewish? Seems relevant. Or is it assumed knowledge? They bother to make it clear he's the Greens party leader.

POV: You enter the Mary Rose Museum expecting to see "just a bit of old wood" #ShipPicSaturday

Charismatic megafauna! #ShareGoodNewsToo

So much this!

Didn’t even know they were still in prison

This was my most recent conference poster.