What a fucking shot holy shit

i read this and it's interesting but the horrifying overhang of this story is "mrna vaccines make it relatively easy to cure cancer actually, and the main obstacle is that the FDA just banned trials of them"

macOS already ships age verification

I'm sorry the guy changing the rules on the fly is named what

Hilariously, a coyote walked behind a San Francisco reporter as she was doing a segment on the mountain lion. 🤣

idea i had

Even with everything else going on, this still sounds like a dark joke.

GOOD NEWS! Researchers have developed a cancer vaccine that has shown STUNNING results, PREVENTING up to 88% of MULTIPLE aggressive cancers by harnessing dual-pathway nanoparticles that train the immune system to recognize and destroy tumor cells. In some cases, it COMPLETELY prevented metastasis.

Anyone using this should lose their license. bsky.app/profile/davi...

The diagram for what Palantir does is like if Richard Scarry got super paranoid and did an Apocalypse picture book

ladies and gentlemen...we got him

This seems like the opposite of what you should do

New incredible detail here: ICE says a match in its facial recognition app Mobile Fortify is a "definitive" determination of a person's status, and that this overrides birth certificates. This is an app ICE is using in the field to scan people www.404media.co/ice-and-cbp-...

If you're having a rough day, remember that in 1991 Tim Berners-Lee's paper for the World Wide Web was rejected and he was relegated to the poster session.

they just slapped a surgeons general warning on RFK like he’s a pack of cigarettes

The way Comcast refers to bills as the “Monthly Extract” in their emails gives it a real parasitic vibe.

I can’t believe I’m watching interviews of city mayors talking about how they are coordinating with other mayors to discuss how to protect their residents FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES I know we are “used to it” but it is absolutely insane

Well don't I feel stupid

ohhh lightning crashes/ an old mother dies/ placentas still on the floor/ oh no the dog got the placenta/ somebody get the dog

Hey fellow authors! File your claim now to punish this AI company from stealing your work without compensation. If we punish them hard enough maybe "theft-as-business model" will stop. www.lieffcabraser.com/anthropic-au...

ax + b exists in a state of ennui. bsky.app/profile/theg...

Japan Post just announced they will no longer deliver mail to the United States, joining Germany, Austria, Denmark, Italy, France, and Sweden.

me, crawling into the ER, bleeding profusely and gasping for air: help ER nurse, not looking up, tapping the QR code on the side of a gurney: have you downloaded the app

Holy shit, they did it. They wrote the headline.

More Americans voted for Senator Alex Padilla than for 48 of the 53 red state GOP U.S. Senators combined.

heartwarming video of man who just received cochlear implant hearing the video of the lady who fell and hurt herself stomping grapes on the news for the first time

Finally I created a perfect blend of Popeye and Donald Duck:

Please update your understanding of video gen capabilities accordingly to avoid being cooked

Gavin Newsom Sits Down For Podcast With Serial Killer Who Targets Homeless

gromit but puppy

I am speechless... >> First fault movement ever filmed. M7.9 surface rupture filmed near Thazi, Myanmar m.youtube.com/watch?v=77ub...

Why is the Daddy Party allowed to rant & rave & do impulsive, stupid shit & never, ever be held to account, while the Mommy Party is endlessly scolded & lectured & second-guessed by everyone, even when it is earnestly trying to do the right thing? Gosh. What a puzzler.

also you all need to see this, because this is something I don't think *anybody* could predict for where this ad goes

CBS on the cardinals: "One thing we know they're not doing is checking Instagram because their devices have all been confiscated. I believe the kids call it rawdogging."

I have completely deleted my Duolingo. I was informed by one of my kids that the company has removed most of its employees and 70% of the company is run by AI. I urge everyone to delete their app.

At this point I'm honestly just calling my reps and bluntly saying you're old between the two of us I'm the one more likely to survive an ecoli infection. Maybe do something about this.

a train is a sideways building, it counts

I’ve found it’s more visually appealing to just paste in his head at the inflection points

Cartoon with caption by my buddy @jackhauen.bsky.social

Fueling up my gas-guzzler with a clean conscience because it’s all Chevron’s fault for selling it to me.

Not a single international cargo ship at the Port of Seattle. The port is dead. The last ship from China will dock at a West coast port on the 29th, and the last Chinese ship will dock on the East coast around May 10th. After that, there will be no more shipments arriving from China. We’re screwed.

I've been going around my house making a list of stuff we need that may get hard to find in the coming months. Alcohol, soap, paper products, laundry supplies, food staples, etc. Big shopping trip coming up. When I wonder if I'm being overcautious I think back to 2020 and '21.

Never seen it framed this way by all recent elections Wild

The student paper at the college at which I teach reports a "tsunami of takedown requests" from international students terrified of being targeted for innocuous, legitimate op-eds & opinions.. Many ask in person--leave no trace in writing. Reminds me of my father's account of studying in the USSR.