So, how long until Mr. Beast just straight-up turns into Jigsaw?

Waymo has been offering rides for half a decade now. The fact that *this* entirely predictable situation completely broke their service is a pretty good sign that we might not actually get to 100% autonomous cars ever.

It was also*very* enjoyable to watch two of the worst men on the planet get clobbered. Couldn't have happen to a nastier pair of schmucks.

Oh, hey, turns out AI recreates biases that it finds in its training data, resulting in racism. Which is to say it's a day ending in Y.

The name "Popular Science" doesn't mean we shift our coverage depending on public opinion. It means we cover relevant subjects that are rigorously researched, reliable, and grounded in reality. And trans lives are grounded in reality. We see y'all. No matter what. www.popsci.com/science/tran...

Jesus christ. If you have kids, you should seriously consider moving to another country. This *will* kill a lot of kids, and not just unvaccinated kids.

If you think that a Harris Administration would have called for turning Gaza into a beach resort community or that a Harris FDA would be sending legal threats to the makers of undergarments, you are a deeply unserious human.

The federal fucking government is trying to stop companies from selling products that allow people to make their breasts less prominent. There is no freedom of expression, no freedom of gender nonconformity, no bodily autonomy for any of us if they win.

Spanish Prime Minister Sánchez has announced a nationwide train ticket costing €60 per month. For those under 26, it will cost €30. The Spain Ticket is intended to encourage environmentally friendly travel.

"These are not very bright guys and things got out of hand" but basically for white voters as a whole in the US.

It really is amazing how *insanely bad* Sinema is at everything she does. It's not a stretch to say that, in this case, she actively influenced the city council *against* the position she wanted them to take

My boss has started responding to me noting the technical questions I am going to investigate by sending me the results of him asking an AI those technical questions. It would be funny how wrong the AI answers are, if I didn't have to debunk the bullshit he's had generated. Behold, productivity!

The only way Trump has contributed to government transparency in a real way is I'm fairly sure we don't know anything secret about aliens because Trump would have released that to distract from Epstein by now.

These are the "good and decent people" who didn't survive the Reagan presidency.

median asking rent in the US per the Census Bureau (data is through 9/30) JD Vance lies as he breathes

surreal www.ochaopt.org/content/west...

It's insane how, as recently as 2012, mass shootings just weren't a common thing in the US; it was still a "we're clearly doing much worse than our peers on this" thing, but it wasn't an almost *daily* affair like it is now.

Israel is a very small country which has spent its existence alienating its neighbors and, for three years, has alienated its allies while also going to bat for authoritarian far-right *extremely* antisemitic governments. When they're left alone with no support it will be entirely their own fault.

It really is madness that so many companies do not understanding their users. This is going to cost Mozilla *a lot* of money and is going to actively lose them users. At some point in time companies are going to start branding products as "AI-free" and they'll eat a who lot of people's lunches.

Yup. Young liberals are basically indistinguishable from their elders when it comes to rates of antisemitism. As with almost all bigotry, the outliers are on the far edge of the right wing.

There is an opening for a pro-immigration party in this country. Democrats just have to seize it.

I still remember the night they banned smoking inside NYC bars and restaurants. So many articles claiming it would be the end of NYC nightlife. It was 2003. Things can change. Faster than you might think.

I'm impressed by the statements from the Palestinian Action Group. Anti-semitism & anti-islamism, in word & in deed are both toxic to our society & our democracy. Contrast the soothing word of the PAG with those of the IZraeli PM & his fangirl Lillian Segal. They should both be censured! 🇭🇲🦘🤠 🇵🇸🇵🇸

When we talk about people who are unable to drive safely, most of the time we're thinking about children, the blind, the elderly, etc. But that category *definitely* includes people who have basically no control over their temper. Paul Doyle should not have been given a driver's license.

a wealth tax is a winning issue.

"Dispatchable solar energy" is the death knell for most legacy generation technologies, and probably will kill off *all* competition between the tropics.

"ICE and CBP must be abolished" is the only reasonable position. We can debate the specifics of new agencies for immigration functions, but these agencies are simply too infected with a culture of impunity, racism, and fascism to continue. They're gangs with badges.

American Horror, a sequel to American Canto

This fucking country, man.

Every one of these pieces comes down to “what if ai was useful”

I've been saying since before MAGA, that the Republican party will do one of two things in my lifetime: 1) achieve a fascist state or 2) disappear for trying to achieve a fascist state I think we're at that precipice. And "America first" as Nazi adjacent isn't new. Dr. Seuss saw it:

Another mass shooting—this time at Brown University. When Bill Clinton’s assault weapons ban was in place, mass shooting deaths dropped by 43%. After George W. Bush and Republicans let it expire, deaths skyrocketed by 239%. It’s the guns. No more thoughts and prayers.” They don’t stop bullets.

the only way I think “extra time on tests” gets misused is as a way to “accommodate” students who would actually benefit from a completely different set of accommodations the university is unwilling to provide. so they can say “there, you’re accommodated, stop complaining.”

There are many things which have contributed to the debasement of our Republic, but the fact so many of our elites have conflated "cynicism" with "savviness" is a biggie.

My least popular (and most correct) view is that cars should be automatically limited to the local speed limit. Put the pedal to the floor and you still can't go over 25mph in a residential area. (15 in Manhattan btw)

One of the cool things about transit is that, when you build it, it doesn't generate traffic that slows *everyone* down - as opposed to roads and highways which do. And, honestly, that's only the tip of the iceberg of the damage that roads do.

It really is amazing how quickly drivers jump to ableism whenever any of the negative externalities of cars are brought up, particularly because cars are one of the most ableist and classist modes of transit. *Far* more people are able to safely ride bicycles than are able to safely drive cars.

We’ve done from #StrangerDanger to “Get in the van or else, kid” in 1 generation. What are we doing here? #ICEMonsters #SeeYouInNuremberg #HandsOffKids #MoreOfUs #RiseUp #FightBackDamnit

This is what happens when we treat driving as a right rather than a privilege. The simple fact is that there are a large number of people who *SHOULD NEVER DRIVE A CAR* because they cannot do so safely, and we need to accept that and rebuild cities so they can get around without endangering others.

Deliverism was always a nice fantasy: "if we do good things for the voters, voters will reward us forever!" which just isn't how it works, and that's actually good! You *want* the good things you've done for voters to become normal, uncontroversial, and just past of life - that's how they persist.

Modem American Conservatism is, fundamentally, an ideology without love.

insofar as any one person is responsible for the outcome of a presidential election, i think you can make a very good case that nuzzi got trump elected this time

This is really good work.

No see if Dems had held out just a *little* longer Republicans would have abolished the filibuster & then used their newly minted powers to pass the bill that just failed, that among other awful things, would have banned trans-people from existing. Obviously a better outcome.

Fucking hell. This is insanity. Even China isn't this nuts with their borders control - and I won't visit China because of how invasive they are. Tourism in America is dead.

Having polluted air is a policy choice that is made at the municipal level. And likewise having clean air is a policy choice.

If you listen to this, you will want to punch every single person who parrots Nazi ideology or sports Nazi symbolism in the goddamn face.

Excellent piece by the always amazing Corey Doctrow. I've been tinkering around the edges of similar ideas, but this lays out a cohesive vision of what's going on and why, even if it's *very* vague on the prescription.