The Times here, telling us that if you think boozing of a morning is a bit worrisome-slash-a-public-health-issue, you're *check notes* the "fun police", "puritantical" and, yes, un-British ("Is there anything more unifying, more thrilling, more British than the preflight sharpener?"). Uggh.

This artwork, titled Moonshine (also known as Moonlight), was created by the Swiss-German artist Paul Klee in 1919.

it took me too long to realize that this was "horseshit" censored and not new slang i didn't know about yet where "horses" meant bad

I see no lies here

A Harvard study just published estimates Elon Musk's destruction of USAID has already caused 600,000 deaths 2/3 of them children. That is his legacy in this world.

I think about this comic all the time.

One political leader made hissing noises behind his Jewish classmates; another is actually Jewish. Guess who our billionaire owned press accuses of anti-Semitism? (Hint: it's the one who wants wealth taxes.)

A limerick. Based on a true story.

Today there's a big, company-wide "ai is good and here is how to use it" session. I am very much looking forward to asking annoying questions that will never be directly answered, but will at least show people that they're not wholly alone in disliking this shite.

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WHEN THE Bird in your room represents all your gloom Nevermoré When you're trying to grieve but that corvid won't leave Nevermoré

It's amazing to me to think that there was once a time—two times, in fact—when you could just buy a ticket to go see Audrey Hepburn on Broadway.

@schiff.senate.gov, please directly address the reports that LLMs have encouraged kids to kill themselves and shoot up their schools AND that "A.i." decreases cognitive abilities AND the companies are run by right wing billionaires AND the environmental and economic damage the industry causes.

Wes Anderson’s TOP GUN, where all the jets are paper airplanes.

Me (being caught in bed with an optical illusion): it’s not what it looks like.

“My project will be complete when the Labour party learns to love Peter Mandelson.” - Tony Blair, 1996

OpenAI's attorney mentions term sheet Altman sent to Musk in 2018 or '19 (I'm not positive on year) about creating capped-profit company. Trying to establish Musk knew for-profit was coming, didn't object then “I did not read the fine print,” Musk said. Attorney counters: “It’s a 4-page document.”

Luckily nobody said anything or came up to us, but I could see those looks - like he was lying about being disabled All of this is entirely on politicians and the media, who have deliberately stoked suspicion that lots of people are just cheating the system, it's disgusting

The way the outfits here create flashes of blue and white is very mesmerizing.

AND, when you pay humans, they spend the money, it ends up going back into circulation. When you pay for AI, that money gets hoarded by a billionaire. Zero financial upside to AI at all.

> someone tries to kill you in a very public botched effort > everyone hates you 2% more

Peter Thiel and JD Vance are strong arguments against Christianity as well as great names for reasonably priced retail outlets

Lottie Fitzgerald, 27, was deeply shaken after an interaction at her local coffee shop, where a barista described her with ominously poetic language.

I've said this a million times: you can't "fix immigration" as an issue by getting numbers down because the people you are trying to appease are using totally different metrics, where a brown face equals an immigration. the only way to "fix immigration" is to challenge that attitude.

I hear Iran are just weeks away from developing a ballroom.

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you're gonna have to be more specific

The early bird catches the train.

📌Barack Obama was targeted 11 times in assassination attempts during this two terms. I bet you don't remember any of them because they were handled through proper channels, professionally, and he isn't a whiny bitch.

Omg he did the meme lolol

"Would I become known as a “difficult” coworker for pushing back on AI use? ... I don’t blame people for opting to use tools that promise quick, convenient solutions to problems. We all operate under capitalism... The whole system is broken; AI alone didn’t break it, but it is widening the cracks."

Anyway. I’m glad nobody was hurt and I’m sure the journalists who attended the WHCD will not center themselves and their personal experiences and instead remain focused on holding the powerful accountable and informing the people about their government.

I left these dogs after a 7 day house sitting and they did this when I left. Wrecked me. 😭💔

Nora Ephron: “Don’t write what they want, they don’t know what they want, just make it GOOD.” #screenwriting #scriptsky

OR JUST WRITE THE THING YOURSELF FOR FUCK'S SAKE IT WILL TAKE LESS TIME THAN WHATEVER THE FUCK THIS IS mashable.com/article/sinc...

They go for the hammer metaphor, but it's not like the hammer maker can control what you do with the hammer. It's disingenuous that they never mention the money and power on the line for the owners of AI; maybe it's a hammer if the hammer company demanded control over all information and thought.

I remain, Sir, Ever yours,

Me: I'm going to get out more, socialise, meet new people. Also me, whenever I leave the house:

OK, but what if *three* men were raising a baby and two of the men were Tom Selleck and Ted Danson?

Happy anniversary of this not happening

Wonder what first attracted them to the multitrillion dollar industry in need of lobbyists

Can't believe there might be a place in AI for massively overconfident self-proclaimed geniuses who believe you can data-logic your way through any complex societal problem if you just reject complexity, empathy, morality and legality as obsolete weaknesses.

depends on how hard his grip is

Good morning! Here is a three-day old sea-otter pup, snoozing on their Mama. The image is by one my favourite wildlife photographers, Suzi Eszterhas, who runs girlswhoclick.org - an organisation that mentors girls and young women interested in nature photography. Feel free to share.

how tall are the bosses, are they replacing the sign without needing ladders

I know I’m taking a risk that my entire feed this afternoon will be people posting their annoying scores. But if you are a saddo map nerd like me, this is a very good game! Changes daily. No cheating. Cheating is for losers maptap.gg

Not knowing what the worst people in the world were thinking every fucking day

Fuck all the way off. Every one of these articles always rattles off the cons like they're chores they gotta get out of the way. They insist we have to use it regardless of the harms and when pressed basically comes down to "because I wanna." 2/