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Its funny how every time genAI is actually implemented in a consumer product, like DLSS5 or that auto dubbed Banana Fish anime Amazon put out, it's a laughable failure that embarrasses everyone involved and yet the market still pretends this tech is gonna change the game

something i've noticed about these statements is that the point seems to be getting lazy/mediocre people who are *already* predisposed to abandon their cognitive function to be comforted in their decision to do so. it's normalization by giving folks who use chatbots "permission" for their degeneracy

Netanyahu sucks, AIPAC sucks, but "we started this war due to pressure from Israel and its powerful American lobby" is just code for "blame Jews." Trump wasn't forced to do this. Trump's supporters—like Kent—weren't forced to elect him and embolden him. They're not absolved of any responsibility.

1/ Paul Ehrlich died this week at 93. The takes split into hagiography and dismissal. But the interesting question isn't whether he got it right, he didn't, it's why he got it wrong, and who was asking the right questions instead 🧵

BREAKING: Arizona authorities have filed criminal charges against Kalshi for allegedly operating an illegal gambling business and unlawfully ‌allowing people to place bets on elections.

See this is what happens when you not only do the "Only read non-fiction" thing but also assume that "non-fiction" also means "This is the ENTIRE story and also nobody IN the story is LYING."

They didn’t need to cool that pie on the windowsill, the counter would have been just fine. But they had to show off to the neighborhood, and when their pie got eaten I didn’t feel sorry for them at all…their vanity and pride did this to them, not me.

Gavin Newsom vetoed a 2023 bill that would have stopped the unscrupulous practice of county governments using foster children's benefit checks (e.g. social security survivor benefits) to reimburse themselves. The bill was sponsored by @ib2real.bsky.social, himself a former foster child.

I know some disagree but someone like Stephen Fry changing his mind and doing a complete 180 after supporting She Who Must Not Be Named, is a good thing and is evidence that attitudes are changing.

“BYD is a beautiful reminder of what Tesla could have been if it had kept grounded. If it ensured its direction was set by reason, reality, and science, not by a greedy billionaire oligarch snake-oil salesman.” No paywall wlockett.medium.com/you-have-no-...

Saturday Pauper Challenge 14-Mar; 50 Players. White Weenie gets the win over Elves. Walls comes from obscurity to get 3rd. 2 Different UB Terror decks also make top 8. R Madness was most played in top 32 (6). Best deck against it today was U Terror who went 4-0 from known pilots. #MTGPauper

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The thing you should ask yourself before either starting or engaging with ANY "liberalism versus leftism" discourse is whether whatever difference/split/etc you're observing is ACTUALLY just between a person or persons in their 40s versus a person or persons in their early-20s 👍

TOMORROW! See Steam Powered Giraffe in Mesa, Arizona! Tickets are still available 🤗 Tickets: bnds.us/plh8k3

“But, as you see, it's a beautiful day, the Strait of Hormuz is open and people are having a wonderful time.”

I don't care one way or another, but something has to explain how the Spurs went from "hey, if they finish in 9th that's a nice sign of improvement" to "hey, they might win the Western Conference." If not Wemby and not coaching and not team-building, then what?

Weekend plans

Exceptionally blackpilling list of endorsers and consponsors on Booker et al's tax cut bill www.vanhollen.senate.gov/news/press-r...

Retire Katie, no adult in the room is asking for tax abolition "He that does not like civil Society on these Terms, let him retire & live among Savages. He can have no right to the Benefits of Society who will not pay his Club towards the Support of it." -Ben Franklin

I'll admit it: I was genuinely a guy who, when murphy vs ncaa was decided, thought sports betting legalization would be basically fine and not cause any major problems and I was wrong about it.

I know actual war crimes trials are a pipe dream but if they ever brought in Pete Hegseth I’m getting front row tickets. What an absolute piece of shit.

One thing I think is bad is when a single corporation controlled by a single malicious billionaire is permitted to become a foundational aspect of society. This makes me a radical.

Good news that the digitised Beowulf manuscript has survived the digital equivalent of the Cottonian Library fire, the British Library cyberattack of 2023

An effective long term strategy for those who care about independent and credible news would be to fund nonprofits to enable nonpartisan journalism. We can see where CNN is going, we need more ProPublicias.

Defense secretary openly states that a pro-Trump billionaire taking over a news network (following regulatory help from the administration) will result in coverage more favorable for the administration.

I just backed Diceocracy: Power to the Pips on @Kickstarter www.kickstarter.com/projects/all...

My ongoing generic opinion re: "STARFLEET ACADEMY" is that it remains 'fine' and that any serious problems it might have would probably get ironed out by letting them figure sh-- out with a higher episode count over a few more seasons because that's how *television* works.

Felt cute today, might delete later. 💅 #OmArt #art

Ok let's do it: "Can this be a solution?" A thread.

Saturday, April 4- see the band in San Diego county! VIP tickets are available to meet band after the show! Tickets: bnds.us/plh8k3 Opening the evening is special guest Dyna Staats, the mad-scientist magicienne, known for her appearance on Penn & Teller: Fool Us!

Laker Fans Furious As Bam Adebayo Dies In Even Worse Helicopter Crash

رَمَضان كَريم

Could this be a solution?

Fly, you fuels!

can this be a solution?

I haven't been online much today. Is anyone yet talking about how Peter Thiel and Palantir's Maven product was primarily responsible for us bombing an elementary school in Iran? Not "AI." PETER FUCKING THIEL. The guy with the apparent anti-christ obsession & friends with Epstein. Palantir. 🔨

The Magic 8 Ball people have left a lot of money on the table by not partnering with a pharma company for a fun twist on the traditional pregnancy test.

Speechless.

it must be hard to run a country when the whole population gets hit with the men in black memory erasing device every 4 years

@ltuhura.bsky.social 👀

Hansel & Gretel, Witch Hunters, should have been a franchise.

Nekima on the Target boycott.

I've started investing in stocks. Beef, Chicken, and Vegetable. One day I hope to be a bouillonaire.

It's not really remarked enough upon that BEFORE Trump's brain was fully gone (decades back, when he was a literal child) the nearest thing his family - and millions of others - had to religion wasn't really Christianity so much as "THE POWER OF POSITIVE THINKING;" a then mega-popular self help cult

Lozenge Composition with Red, Gray, Blue, Yellow, and Black https://www.wikiart.org/en/piet-mondrian/lozenge-composition-with-red-gray-blue-yellow-and-black-1925

THIS SUNDAY! 🤖 See the robots in Mesa, Arizona! Tickets are still available👉 bnds.us/plh8k3 #steampoweredgiraffe #liveconcert #livemusic

Hegseth drove himself this morning, I see

Often the avant-garde things are the most exclusive and expensive. Like if you want to go to a restaurant where a chef makes “cotton candy” out of foamed tunafish, that will cost more than McDonalds. But it’s the opposite with music, where an experimental concert costs 20x less than 60 year old rock