not to call out alex but the one thing i dont see mentioned enough: the immense amount of real life human suffering that goes into making these bots. is it worth it to make our lives slightly easier? i will always say no

Christopher Wslken saying "Grogu" with a heavy emphasis on the last syllable.

the author of Common Sense, Thomas Paine, didn't speak a word of French when in 1792 in France he was elected as a deputy to the National Convention during the French Revolution

BREAKING from Brendan Lyons: DOJ will seek the death penalty against Ed Leon, charged with starting the deadly 2013 Schenectady house fire that killed a man and three small children, and left a 5-year-old critically burned.

This is an easily prosecutable crime lol. This is the sort of mob corruption you can get a small town mayor on.

it’s so tight that in 1996 I could turn on a basketball game on tv and it would appear in real time with concurrent sound and it never froze or buffered and in 2026 none of that is the case

Want to take the opportunity to call out the State Department for replying to my question on whether the dead Americans were CIA with "Off the record, we have nothing to add at this time..." Off-the-record is not achieved by unilateral decree, it requires a negotiation between source and reporter.

Got to be on bear watch today www.timesunion.com/news/article...

Decades before New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani pushed for fast and free buses, the city of Albany had ... the Freewheeler. From 1978 to 1980, the feds used Downtown Albany as a testing ground for free buses.

“SECRATARY”

The viral meal slop trend. Can anyone hear themselves

Ominous signs coming from City Hall on the state of Albany’s finances -Total city hiring freeze - Department heads told to submit budget reduction plans of as much as 15% -Travel canceled -City budget director leaves, no replacement named www.timesunion.com/news/article...

A really nice Remember Some Guys prompt in Tim Kurkjian's little note that if Kyle Teel is hurt Italy can add another catcher to their WBC roster. But which Italian-American backup will it be? Is a red landline phone ringing in Sal Fasano's home right now?

This is thorough and merciless and more applicable to American domestic affairs than you might expect. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

this series is up there with the best things jon has ever done

The Bills are hiring for a staff photographer that isnt quite full time hours but theres no way you could have another job. You'll be going to home and away games, covering training camp, mini camp, preseason and regular season games, taking player portraits, etc etc etc. 17.50 an hour. Lol. Wtf.

interesting to think that revolutionary era americans understood themselves as making a break with the “old world” and establishing a new civilization. and crucially, this new civilization rested on republican self-government, not “sovereignty.”

It’s crazy the sheer number of supposedly rational people who were like “ok but it’s good at health stuff” early on.

Leon Botstein’s name appears in the Epstein files more than 2,500 times, including arranging travel to Epstein’s island and a visit with “girls” to the college.

An excellent, lucid profile of one young man’s journey through the digestive system of an ICE detainment. Maria Silva reports.

I'll be excited to hear if JLC's consciously pursuing different roles after A Fish Called Wanda and how having a baby is changing priorities for Kate.

they really beat you over the head what type of people designed your phone

the administration wants to frame this (bizarrely) as law enforcement. but if law enforcement conducted a raid for a suspect and killed 40 people, including an unknown number of unarmed civilians, it would be treated as a clear disaster like Waco.

Moving out of the city and up into the Hudson Valley was so good for me and my wife. We have great nature trails, quaint shops, and now we live 5 minutes from the kidnapped leader of a sovereign nation

“It’s kind of like a big, oversized lawnmower,” a Capital District YMCA Zamboni driver said.

Afghans have become the latest targets of Trump’s immigration crackdown at the end of a year with a record number of ICE arrests.

Here’s the U.S. government being officially religious in a country with no official religion.

“.. We need to get better at treating this like a business,” ICE acting director Todd M. Lyons said .. as efficiently as Amazon moves packages: “Like Prime, but with human beings.” @washingtonpost.com www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

Since 2021, data investigations editor Matt Rocheleau has worked on some of the Times Union’s most impactful journalism. For more than three years, he’s done that work while dealing with the onset of ALS. Read his story:

All 9 episodes of the newest @timesunion.com true crime podcast "The Girl in the Pond" are now available! Perfect binge for a holiday road trip 🎧 open.spotify.com/show/5kAgqv7...

NewsNation, Nexstar's right-wing "unbiased and neutral" news network, is now doing sponcon for Qatar

The fire on Western Ave that killed 2 people occurred in a building that had not had a residential occupancy permit for almost five years. The codes dept. said the city never brought legal proceedings against the landlord: www.timesunion.com/news/article...

Shoutout to the Hyde Park Marriott which has a channel playing the Ken Burns Roosevelt documentary on loop 24/7.

This doesn’t happen without Maria’s intrepid reporting on this policy change, which USCIS tried to keep quiet.

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you hit mid november and all of a sudden the angle of the sun at 2:30PM on a weekday becomes an act of violence

Breaking late on Monday: a man has died mysteriously in upstate New York after “striking” two state police troopers with his vehicle. More when I know it. www.timesunion.com/hudsonvalley...

The late Glenn Burke, who hit .340 for the Spokane Indians in 1972, was born on this day in 1952. A talented outfielder for the Dodgers and A's, Burke was the first openly gay player in MLB and is also credited with inventing the high five. He tragically died from AIDS-related complications in 1995.

Well, it's a little clearer now why billionaires are so invested in technology that produces better written emails.

Really wild how all these Harvard scientists and mathematics guys constantly talked about how Jeffrey Epstein was this brilliant, "misunderstood" man and then you read his emails and he's clearly a barely literate lecher, extremely easy to understand

Inbox immediately filled up with DG horror stories after this went online

“Unfettered” is out today, I read it and am working on a follow-up story/book review. Of note: Buzz Bissinger is not mentioned at all, nor is he credited on the copyright page/acknowledgments.

pre-writing a devastating obituary for your enemy is god-tier hating of a kind you don’t often see anymore. renaissance haterism. beautiful stuff.

“woke” is when you acknowledge that black people have contributed to the united states

Perfect Albany evening celebrating the celebrated William Kennedy. A true honor being present to hear him read.

I've seen enough: The city of Albany — chartered in 1686, the capital of New York since 1797 — has elected its first Black mayor, Dorcey Applyrs. Photo by the Times Union's Lori Van Buren.

this will be the sagrada familia of sports documentaries an architectural marvel that will never be truly finished

A downstate hospital protested the bidding process for grants supporting victims. A $125 million program is now in disarray, though officials say funding for most recipients will continue.