Looks like Trump’s preparing to spend another long, lonely night with his 32% approval rating.

This is why, 4 years into AI bullshit, I'm not willing to believe people tripped and fell onto their keyboard and used it by accident. This is a deliberate choice at this point, it's not "oooo what a fun toy" we are WAY past that.

They don't want the smoke again. LOONS UP

RIP to the legend who saved and/or improved on a heap of classics - Star Wars, Raiders of the Lost Ark, The Godfather, and more

🚨BREAKING: The U.S. Postal Service (USPS) said in a yet-to-be-published proposed rule Friday that it’s drawing up plans to radically crack down on mail voting by sending ballots only to voters who are registered with the federal government. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Lately Trump has been peculiarly indifferent toward what we assume are very important things: Americans’ financial situation, terrible polling from inflation to the Iran war, and the looming midterms. The media is treating this like it’s nonchalance, but that’s a mistake. It’s just a shell game con.

Trump bought stock in the UFC’s parent company while promoting fights set to take place at the White House on his birthday, HuffPost has learned

The 15 year old trans girl suing Idaho over their bathroom ban took her own life and they had to drop the case because of it. It's not a myth, you fucking ghouls!

🚨 “THEY’RE ATTACKING PROTESTERS… FOR NO REASON AT ALL.” 🚨 Pepper spray is now being deployed during chaotic clashes between ICE agents and protesters outside Delaney Hall ICE prison on Day 7 of the hunger/labor strike. @jordanchariton.bsky.social⬇️

i don't want it now i don't want it when it looks better i don't want it even though celebs shill for it i don't want it despite the billions spent to push it i don't want to look at it, read it, talk to it, deal with it i just don't want to interface with it in any way, simple as

What's happening at Delaney Hall should be major news with 24/7 coverage. People have been linking arms and protesting for 6 days straight. Don't let the regime bury this story. ALL EYES ON DELANEY.

Miller lies. SNAP requires verification of household members' identities through birth certificates, school records or other documentary proof. It does not take just an applicant's word for it. Sheesh.

The incredible power of a Trump endorsement: the voters all decide to stay home... except for a whopping 0.002% of them.

I would also appreciate it if a bunch of nerds helped me iron out any bugs in this: andrewblair.co.uk/apps/who-tit... #doctorwho

Hating how my future may be decided in one meeting tomorrow... >_<

Sad seeing some voice actors look at the news about HoYoverse investing 14 billion dollars into AI and say “well as long as it doesn’t affect voice actors” It affected you when they started firing voice actors for striking against a contract that said “we can do whatever we want with your voice.”

My blood runs cold. The victim was just ten years old. Ken Paxton freed a pedophile. Paxton freed a pedophile.

"Talarico is a vegan." "Paxton pardoned a pedophile." "Uh, well, Talarico says God is nonbinary or something?" "Paxton pardoned a pedophile." "Um, Talarico is, uh, low T?" "Paxton pardoned a pedophile." "Talarico is going to institute sharia law!" "Paxton pardoned a pedophile."

Oh-wee-oh-wee-NO

This is exactly the type of story we are less likely to see reported if the Trump administration succeeds in implementing its plan to have NDAs for all federal employees: clear wrongdoing that the Trump administration is trying to cover up. donmoynihan.substack.com/p/trump-want...

Let everyone know you're rolling with pride with our Happy Jack RPG pride tee! #ttrpg happy-jacks-rpg-shop...

“Creative breakthroughs happen when visionary storytellers are given access to transformative tools”-- Actually, creative breakthroughs happen when people don't have to drink brown water from data center waste. This is not cool or accessible, this is disingenuous & disappointing.

I'm with Blade here.

Today, Harlan Ellison would have been 92. Eight years on, scores of new readers are discovering your words every day. Eight years on, the journey continues, and the work still matters. Rest easy.

I have the original LCD Steamdeck and love it. Fantastic device. But at these prices it's a much harder sell. I'm sad to see gaming become a luxury. PC gaming should be available to everyone. And this isn't Valve's fault, the consumer electronics market has been fucked by 'AI'.

Now THAT’S a career in comedy! Rest In Peace, Howard Storm. www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/h...

Well holy crap. Erin Brockovich (yes, the same one the led the Hinkley, CA toxic groundwater lawsuit in ‘93) launched a website tracking AI data centers across the US and the ecological impacts to the environment and drinking water. MN is riddled with them. www.brockovichdatacenter.com

Thank you very much for the love, @pcgamer.com! Take a look at writer Fraser Brown's breakdown on why STO is still going strong, and why it's the best Star Trek game out there. https://www.pcgamer.com/games/mmo/after-outliving-6-star-trek-tv-shows-star-trek-online-deserves-more-love/

Hey, Texas: You could have James Talarico instead! Choose well this November.

THIS. Casey is right on the money with this. There are so many games, and stories, and worlds waiting for you that don't come from (or pay) hateful bigots. Be bold and brave and go love more stuff.

And there you have it. The anti trans campaign in Maine was never some "grassroots movement." It was bankrolled by billionaire Richard Uihlein, who poured over $800,000 into targeting trans kids over sports and bathrooms.

Uber’s COO has said that it’s getting “harder to justify” its AI costs because there was no way to show a link between AI spend and any meaningful increase in useful features. This is the first time I’ve seen a company say this directly. www.businessinsider.com/uber-coo-and...

~42% of florida's voters are registered republicans, but gop majority districts now make up 85.7% of the state. to match the voters, fl would have 15 red majority districts, 12 blue majority districts, & 1 third party majority district.

“the pope wrote a 42,000 word manifesto declaring war on AI. we are so freaking back.”

The First Amendment still matters.

Dear United States, Have you had enough of being governed by a deranged, demented dolt and his entourage of callous, corrupt criminals? Canada

You will own nothing and like it.

Hoyoverse has confirmed they are investing $14.6 billion into AI over the next 3 years. They aim to make their own internal AI ecosystem including its own training and servers to fuel future development of its games. #Hoyoverse www.gamingonphonebiz.com/hoyoverse-pl...

I think there's a contingent of people who happily harass individual artists over corporations that are objectively worse because they don't care about the right thing. They just care about feeling like they made an impact. Any impact. And they'll come up with any reason to justify it.

Fucking prophetic line

Finally, a clear repudiation of the brain-dead “it’s just a tool” argument that gets floated cynically about every new technology:

NEW: An "independent label" is publishing huge amounts of AI slop featuring AI-generated "viking" rappers and Christian rockers and blasting it across social media + streamers, where it's raking in views/listens. The guy behind the label claims the artists are real: futurism.com/artificial-i...

But that can't be! Reese Witherspoon said women need to use AI to avoid getting left behind! 🤔

The intelligence illusion seems to be based on the same mechanism as that of a psychic’s con, often called cold reading. It looks like an accidental automation of the same basic tactic. But those answers are in fact statistically generic. softwarecrisis.dev/letters/llme...

The right people will get it. 😏 #AEW #AvatarTheLastAirbender

I'm gonna need screenshots for this.

Keep seeing "More than half of you wanted Trump, so this is what America is." Particularly from people who don't allow any replies/quotes Here's the deal though, sweetie, only 22 percent of the US voted for Trump. The overall vote between Harris and Trump was 44% of the entire US population.

Made on that nifty Star Trek Title Card Generator.

Todd Blanche, Epstein survivors stood up during my line of questioning to confirm they wanted to give information to the DOJ but have been denied. Ms. Bondi said she’d follow up with them, but that never happened. Is there a reason you continue to stonewall them other than covering up for Trump?

Covering up a child sex trafficking ring is not a crime, but bringing medical supplies to sick children is, in Trump's America. #Cuba #dumptrump