I like how full text search of every book and human thought ever was a SOLVED PROBLEM in 2001, and now dicks at search engines and my own phone – a piece of silicon faster to respond than God was ever imagined in scripture – prevent it from working, _as a retroactive infantilizing design choice_.

You know what would have fixed this? Universal healthcare and UBI. Plus supportive housing for at least homeless CHILDREN. And this is why rich and powerful men don’t want us to have those things. Poor young people are prey to them.

We are living in a Wag the Dog script with Idiocracy characters

Lots of people say that science is why we have phones, and air travel, and antibiotics, but I think it's more important to recognize that science is why we have repeatable results.

a “Space Force”, if you will

Y'all I need you to focus on one thing... Please Elon Musk admitted he knew Trump was a paedophile when he bankrolled and won him the presidency. Elon Musk knowingly put a paedophile in the Whitehouse. Please. As one hive voice project that out here, and on X. As Loud as you fucking can. That.

again i am perfectly fine with locking every one of Jeffrey Epstein's friends in prison, Democrat, Republican or Whatever.

This deal to reopen the government is fucking disgraceful. Tens of millions will lose their healthcare. Trump will be emboldened. This is exactly what’s wrong with Democratic Party leadership and why we need more people in Congress who will actually hold the line.

IT WAS WORKING UNTIL YOU CAVED YOU STUFFED SHIRT! Remember "TACO?" Trump Always Chickens Out? Congrats, YOU chickened out and now that's going to be a millstone around your neck. Food banks were stepping up, they were feeling the pressure and you just handed them EVERYTHING they wanted!

Your are three times more likely to have a "cardiac event necessitating medical attention" from a COVID infection then from vaccination. www.ctvnews.ca/health/artic...

The double splitscreen shot from 1:13-1:42 is one of the most insane shots created during the photochemical era. You’ve got a real woman fondling Maroon and Valiant at both ends of the shot, with the woman’s body hidden by splitscreens that run along the edges of the fluted columns in the BG…

I'm 100% on board with young women becoming a powerful, influential demographic, and if Newsmux finds that terrifying, well that's just gravy.

Delightful. This & Primitive Technology make for a very relaxing escape, if only for a little while.

"Do not be kind to the less fortunate in your community. It's illegal, we are watching." And so we lose a little bit more of our humanity. It hurts for a bit but we get over it... and eventually forget it was ever there. The cruelty is the point.

It seems like billionaires are using the idea of AI to try to threaten everyone who isn’t rich, “I don’t NEED YOU anymore, puny human, you don’t SERVE ME anymore, so begone” And that’s funny to me, because: we don’t NEED billionaires! We never have, and they don’t serve US. They’re what needs to GO

time to issue my monthly reminder that in addition to providing oxygen—spacesuits aren’t there to keep you warm, they’re there to keep you cold

JD Vance claims that diversity weakens unions, as people end up distrusting each other and not organizing. Let me tell you two menswear stories related to this claim. 🧵

With SNAP benefits going to shit because of rich assholes and corruption running rampant through politics I'd like to point your attention to a Clinton. No, not one of those Clintons. This Clinton. Clifford Clinton.

From the Miranda warning: "Anything you say can and will be used against you in a court of law." Note the word "against." Anything you tell the police can be used AGAINST you, but it cannot be use FOR you because *that* would be hearsay. Linked to the relevant portion. Whole video is worth it!

It's about dam time to announce this. 💣 Learn more 👇 store.steampowered.com/news/app/106...

Proposal: You can serve as an elected representative in state or federal government until you reach ¾ of the average national lifespan, rounded to the nearest 5 years. Currently , this would mandate retirement for Congress & the President at 60 and motivate them to make healthier decisions.

I live 100ft away from a retired House rep in his 80s who I see at least monthly at our neighborhood social; he has said to me almost verbatim what Duncan said here. Older members are terrified of walking away from the 20-person 24/7 support network you can't even get in a high end nursing home.

Great idea. Let's expand it so places like bakeries are incentivized to donate their leftovers / day-old stock instead of tossing them in the trash!

I saw someone call Ai a Thneed and I can't stop thinking about it. It's a PERFECT analogy. The Thneed was an all-purpose tool that didn't do anything really useful. It was a fad that did major damage to the environment to make the Onceler a billionare. It left no real lasting impact, only damage.

TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO we had Clippy and the other Office Assistants that tried to help... but were either annoyances or window dressing. Now we have "Copilot" *actively interrupting you while you try to work.* Microsoft, real talk: Stop. Get help. You are hurting not-techie people.

GOOD NEWS! A new cancer vaccine has shown progress in triggering POWERFUL and LASTING immune responses in patients with pancreatic AND colorectal cancer. The vaccine, known as ELI-002 2P, targets mutant KRAS proteins AND had a huge impact on PREVENTING or DELAYING cancer recurrence in patients.

I have one more kitten to rehome, and she's going tomorrow.

The problem is devs want to treat data as a property rights issue when personal data are actually observations of behavior to be used as evidence—primarily for social surveillance and control. It is rendering people in your community into relationships with power outside of their control or consent.

Evil. I approve

Updating my LEGO White House

I will repost this forever.

If only there was a political party that was willing to LEAD us, to say, "You matter, your country matters, you matter to your country. We will do everything we can to make life better. We will not compromise on life, liberty, or the pursuit of happiness, no matter who you are."

Let me get this right. Someone, frequently a minority, is the victim of a crime *in their home.* The place we most want to feel safe. Or they have, or care for someone with, a chronic health condition and [feigned shock] no health insurance... so calling 911 happens more than average.

Reminder: The United States added 56GW of power generation, 92% of it wind and solar, to its grid in 2024. China added 90GW of power generation, 100% of it wind and solar, to its grid in May. I don't know if China even needs us anymore.

So... Bosc pears if you're going to cook them. Guess I have some recipes to test, the pear-walnut upside down cake looks interesting. Figure it'll go over well with the sweet-tooth nephew.

If AI ran on zero resources then none of the companies would be interested in it. The point of the exercise is to build, control and profit from a massive infrastructure. Expanding the use of AI (or any other effectively centralised system) is the means to the end not the end itself.

"journalist" should be a protected title, like "engineer". that if you misrepresent things, you lose your practice

Okay, but hear Tom out: www.youtube.com/watch?v=vNvm...

‘Equipment makers are reducing polysilicon layer thickness to ~80 nm’ This means silicon cell thickness will have dropped by 80% since the year 2000. Means 80% less poly cost, 80% less energy usage - before considering other technological advances. taiyangnews.info/technology/p...

This is a really nice sign!

1. Self care is best care 2. Scolds / rage farmers / engagement bait can fuck right off 3. Blocking should make a "plonk" sound.

I want who ever runs against Mike Johnson to run ads with clip after clip of him saying, "I haven't seen that," or "I haven't heard of that," or "I don't know about that." You could string about 40 of them together and then say, "Don't you want a congressman who's paying attention?"

This stands SO WELL all on its own...

Ouch.

"We are seeking to have the Constitution of the United States thoroughly and completely enforced." Yes, I would very much like to see that. The problem is all the "well, ACKSHUALLY..." court decisions. "First Amendment Zones?" I believe the founders would have had KITTENS at the concept!

I just ran across the phrase "vertical morality." It explains a lot... but it's also "thanks, I hate it."

Oh, wow... this is another @funranium.bsky.social-esque thread, just on a different topic. "I reject your reality and substitute my own" is *really* going strong tonight! First lasers, now weed... what *HAS* gotten into the internets?!?