there is infinite money for weapons, non-educator vice chancellors of nothingness, and tech-grift corporate welfare but zero money for teachers, libraries, tuition

“Upside Down Texas is one of 10 ‘companies’ concocted by Alterman, 34, and Ross, 43, for the purpose of spoofing the real AI firms that advertise on the subway.”

There is no path to liberation that does not run through abolition.

This was a zoning review of whether to allow a data center near a MARTA station in West End. My wife went and recorded the final vote.

Finally getting around to watching widows since the a/c folks are still here

That mateta shot was pretty funny

Said “oh god” the moment the central space opened at the D lol. Oh well

He’s pretty good

Morocco, you’re gonna have a hard time scoring if you don’t shoot

The degree to which all these new kits poof at the shoulders is wild

What is Stu talking about that is is better for a right foot

Wowowowowow what a save

This Claude commercial is the worst commercial I’ve seen in a long time. Incredibly insidious lol

That was punishment from the gods for the stutter and dive combo even though it was a pen lol

I’m really enjoying this four minute check! This is fun!

He did go down before contact but calling it back would be crazy lol

You idiot lmfao. Stone cold

Not sure how interesting this will get

Did a rare morning napkin cartoon at the airport bar…

We are going to reach a point where every student is paid 50,000 dollars to take a rightwing class to turn them against the idea of government spending

This isn’t an academic exercise. The whistleblower—whose brake lines were cut and his airbag tampered with after he filed a complaint—has raised concerns about DOGE exfiltrating data. NLRB data would include sensitive and proprietary business information, the identities of whistleblowers, and more.

NEW: A whistleblower said DOGE operatives had more access to NLRB systems than the CIO did. Records of what they did with their access, though, were mysteriously deleted at least once—something experts can think of no legitimate reason for. @telliotter.bsky.social reports:

jesus christ

Couldn’t possibly have known etc etc

This sums up the frantic and coerced deployment of "AI" throughout public and private sectors. Results of even cursory audits are horrifying every time, invariably paired with forced adoption and retaliation for asserting professional norms. Colonialism is a cherry on top.

Aight, The Furious for tonight

surgeon general standing in front of a huge table with a detailed miniature hospital on it, using a big stick to move little surgeons around

thread. Big day. Final part of the reparations law broke ground today. Congratulations to everyone involved. Calling out my friend Joey Mogul in particular today because Joey has spent DECADES supporting Burge police torture survivors, authored the law, and stayed the course to get this Memorial!

So a private company is being allowed to sell cheap gas on behalf of the state with no discernible oversight? Cool. Normal shit

The cherry on the sundae is that she's a policy wonk for Heritage, so getting this sort of coverage is part of her job, but it also speaks to how the NYT's culture pieces are basically, 'journalist interviews their friend in the same elite circles.'

fixing up the TL briefly while on a call with this one weird trick, mute / block anyone that says anything complimentary about noah smith, lol

I had to take a break from the distro I run due to some health complications. Plugged back in last week and learned that we’re losing a grant that provides a lot of our funding. If you have a few extra bucks to spare, it can go a long way to providing food and harm reduction supplies. Link below ♥️

Swiss coach Murat Yakin sharing a long embrace with Xhaka before getting back to morally compromising the young pop artists he manages in 1977

yeah dude

Trent Crimm, The Independent.

Lol. I like Colombia but they are another team that just never are beating the allegations.

Think Diaz misses

Akanji looked terrified lol

Ooooweeee that was lucky for campaz. Colombia look shook

Lmfao

Obviously had to be xhaka

Can this just be a crossbar challenge?

“As part of this update, public Instagram profiles are now automatically opted into being fodder for generative AI remixes. All someone has to do is tag your account’s profile in a prompt—if it’s public—and they can use Meta AI to generate an image using your likeness.”

Well that was thoroughly anticlimactic

Lmfao. Another wild dive

Quintero’s absence of neck is pretty funny

Rios should’ve shot that

What a goddam save

How has it only been ten minutes of ET