ICYMI. Here are some questions that Meta contractors posing as teens asked rival chatbots 🧵:

jesus christ NO! NO!!! FUCK

Dudes with hobbies rock.

we don’t talk enough about how Chicago is the most gorgeous city in the country

this is the indomitable spirit of america

Look at your own dumb state. Does the same shit. Pot meet kettle.

There's a good chance your zone shifted when the USDA updated its plant hardiness map in 2023. Zoom in on what that means for your garden. From the NPR archives.

Leslie Jones can’t take men's podcasts, synthetic girlfriends, and masturbation marathons anymore

The horse op-ed is an instant classic. I can't tell you how much joy this piece gives me. It should be taught in every introductory writing class in no small part because the horse arguments are so compelling. "I have noticed that human children get to eat cake. But I am bigger than the children."

OK for fun: top funniest tweet ever? I am torn between "moon's haunted" and "Denise I was at your wedding."

When somebody sends you a document as an attachment, don't just open it. Use the free tool Dangerzone to scrub it clean of any malevolent code. Here's how it works. www.wired.com/story/danger...

This 👇🏼 is how you use your fame and power. Compare this to CEO/tech company leaders, none of whom has as much (back)bone as The Boss has in his pinky. The people who showed up for #NoKings are regular people- not Trump’s fortunate sons sending American to kill and die in illegal wars.

A message from the CEO of Greyhound: We are ALL bus people now

“I am political,” Ms. Rachel told me of her new effort to free kids from ICE detention. “It’s political to believe that children are worthy of love … and that our care shouldn’t stop at what we look like, our family, at our religion, at a border. Mr. Rogers was very political.”

Rep. Himes: “The Heritage Foundation found only 77 instances of non-citizen voting in the last 24 years…Does that number surprise you?” Patel: “That number’s low.”

In case you haven't seen it yet, there's solid data showing that politicians accused of crimes against children are far more likely to be Republicans. Earlier thread: bsky.app/profile/matt...

A voter in Pennsylvania shares her thoughts on the war with President Trump.

Khanna on Fox News: "There was no imminent threat. Now there's a threat to the United States. We've created a threat."

important

Polymarket, Kalshi and all the rest of these prediction markets need to be wiped off the face of the earth. They provide absolutely nothing of value and are corrupting everything they touch.

MONEY PLANE (2020) predicted polymarkets and kalshi

A minor league hockey team had a wiener dog race. Zero thoughts, just vibes and absolute chaos. A thing of beauty

James Talarico: Jesus gave us two commandments: love God and love neighbor. There was no exception to that second commandment regardless of race, gender, sexual orientation, immigration status, or religious affiliation.

Mandatory viewing

Filming federal agents in public is legal, but avoiding a dangerous—even deadly—confrontation isn’t guaranteed. Here’s how to record ICE and CBP agents as safely as possible and have an impact. www.wired.com/story/how-to...

Grim timeline, good moment to remind people a car is not a flar.

The Vichy would be proud.

This is the mood.

Very proud to call Joanna a colleague (though we've never met), for both her talent and her bravery, and I agree with everything she says here. StandwithMinnesota.com

Kare 11 local news just read, in full, this statement from Michael and Susan Pretti, the parents of Alex Pretti. "Please get the truth out about our son."

No one’s trying to injury a law-enforcement officer you dumb fuck. Fuck these motherfuckers.

We need a proper term. I vote for twice baked potato.

The obsession with this stuff is just beyond ridiculous. Let the parents the children and the doctors decide what is right for them and keep government the fuck out. Is it really this difficult?

Friday TikTok thread lets go

This is incredible.

FA/FO Leopards do indeed eat faces

Dying at the first time Swedish Chef sees Big Bird

$160 raised tonite - can we keep the momentum going? paydayreport.com/help-a-broke...

Child: “What does it mean to have fun?” Mazzula: “Fun is bullshit, kid. A cop out. Don’t talk about fun when you get older.”

FACTS about SNAP: -35% to white people (largest share) -90% to people born in 🇺🇸 -86% to households with kids -70% work full time but aren’t paid a living wage (aka corporate welfare)

Glad they’re giving some of this money to charity. It’s a nice gesture. The line in here, though about not being driven by possession is total crap. If that’s really how he felt, $1 billion worth of stuff is insane and secondly wouldn’t you put this in something like a museum for the public? Fake

DC has been saying this for years

Just once, can they ask Johnson why he isn't allowed to criticize Trump?

Didn’t get a chance to joogle it yet.

Folks they're calling it The Mario.