I was so disappointed to see that DuckDuckGo also added AI to their search. Then I was very happy to discover I could actually turn that one off.

if you take the extra step and add to each search -ai it does turn that function off. but who hits 3 extra keys if they want fast results

Such a waste of resources and we can't even turn it off.

Garbage In, Garbage Out is one of the core principles of computing. It wasn't *quite* coined by Charles Babbage, but he is on record telling an interested businessman that the engine can't correct for bad inputs.

The fundamental problem with an algorithm that gathers all information is that the world is full of idiots and the machine gathering their stupid ideas as well.

no it doesn’t. it depends on each individual package. some seemingly identical packages are, some aren’t. even purity protocol oats have been proven to have gluten in them.

In 25 years, every business school in the country will be doing case studies about how a long defunct company known as “Google” once had an unbeatable lock on online information retrieval and then started doing shit like this.

He wanted to ban it constitutionally. I'm not looking at it with modern eyes I lived through the Bush years. This was after don't ask don't tell. ICE was always terrorizing immigrant communities and escalating it's operations. That's why people wanted to abolish ICE.

😂😂😂 #OWLKITTY

They're actively trying to make us unemployable, the next step in their campaign to eradicate us entirely

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Imagine a world where you have to airdrop aid and rescue starving children from a situation an allied nation has created, whilst simultaneously supplying them arms and twisting yourself in political knots about whether or not to condemn them for it. You don't actually have to imagine it, kids.

So many of these are happening at home depot, and I am just not buying a thing from home depot. I have not seen a word coming out of home depot management opposed to what's happening in their parking lots.

Police officers don’t wear masks. Judges don’t hide their identity. Why does Trump’s immigration force hide who they are? It’s just a mechanism to get away with illegality and immorality. A tactic of authoritarianism.

The Incredible Hulk is my favorite Marvel characters Captain America is my second favorite Marvel character. Dale Keown is one of the best Hulk artists ever. I was not aware that this cover existed but I am now better for knowing that it does. #captainamerica #incrediblehulk

#Superman has politics baked into his DNA. From being a champion of the weak and the oppressed to fighting for truth, justice and the American Way/for a better tomorrow sociopolitical issues are part and parcel to the character. This is a hill I will fight on.

In 2025 James Gunn rebooted Superman for the screen and made it more like a Marvel movie and it was the best thing for the character. 2/2

Slightly spoilery but without giving anything away about the new Superman film. In 1986 DC rebooted Superman & made him more like a Marvel character, which was the best thing for the character at that time. 1/

#Superman  is canonically polyamorous. I don’t make the rules.

Every time I see people post this kind of thing it reaffirms my resolve to never be in a political coalition with them again

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The steady deterioration of First Amendment rights and the conflation of violence with dissent is a result not just of an authoritarian regime but of a press culture that is feckless at best and authoritarian-fluffers at worst. The New York Times is beyond redemption.

And as one of our hosts is teaching the class, you can be sure #Blakes7 will be represented too. #Firefly #Browncoats After all, both shows adapt The Magnificent Seven line as “I was aiming for his head”.

You want me to give a criticism of the pro-union side of the Hoyoverse debate? I've seen "gambling addict" used as an insult WAY too much. Gambling addiction is not a moral failing and does not deserve to be used as a way to denigrate people.

Everybody's boycotting places I haven't been to for like 6 years, just in the natural course of my everyday life 🤷🏾‍♀️.

After calling 77yo Black Dem Al Green “boy”, @RepHarshbarger (who lied about protecting Medicaid) refuses to apologize — and taunting those who think she should. Reminder: not having enough humility and grace to apologize is a weakness, not a strength. www.thedailybeast.com/al-green-res...

You know how the Borg always say resistance is futile? They're just making that up. Like a bunch of lying jerks.

The very first paragraph of AG Bondi's new anti-trans memorandum says "the solution is... to root out and eliminate the underlying condition". Even when they're trying to sound like high-minded professionals they instantly revert to outright Nazi rhetoric. www.lawdork.com/p/read-ag-bo...

Trump still hasn’t paid the $500 million he owes from the defamation case. Every day he delays, it racks up another $175,000. No one’s touching his income or assets. Meanwhile, his administration just decided that unpaid student loans will be taken straight out of regular Americans’ paychecks.

Pedro Pascal showed up to the Thunderbolts premier in the UK wearing a pro trans "Protect the Dolls" shirt.

How exactly are these schools going to ‘resist’ Trump when they are gleefully carrying out his project of their own volition?

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Ok i've been trying not to say it but i can't anymore. #AutisticBIPOC exist. Ask us to speak about issues affecting our communities. Show us in the media. Our people need to see faces that look like theirs. We face a host of additional marginalizations that are overlooked when ONE STORY is repeated

ICE harassed a lawyer who provided advice to an undocumented family about their immigration case, including *shutting off his wifi so his Ring camera couldn’t record the interaction.* radleybalko.substack.com/p/the-courag...

There are only a few days left in #IndieApril so let's make them big days for indie authors! Pitch your most recent book + share a link and I'll give you a boost! I might even grab a few 😉 (No AI shit and also please use alt text for images)

"Trump can't be antisemitic, he's got Jewish grandchildren!" "Stalin had Jewish in-laws and grandchildren. Some of Stalin's close associates were also Jews or had Jewish spouses, including [list of names]. Many of them were purged...."

anyone have the artist on this?

I never declare my frog embryos at the border. Because they're delicious and I don't wanna have to share. (But seriously: if Petrova is sent to Russia, Putin will jail/kill her.) www.wonkette.com/p/yes-were-n... #Harvard #DHS #ICE #Russia #Ukraine #SlavaUkraini #Putin #Trump #uspoli #sciencesky

this is just an extension of the GOP Healthcare Plan: #GetSickAndDie it's just that they view us as mentally ill, and thus worthy of death... such a hotline is literally 'anti-Darwin' or something (which is an odd flex for Christofascists).

I’m autistic. My brain is magical. It just wasn’t built to tolerate capitalism. Figuring out “what was wrong with me” my whole life changed everything for me; I stopped trying to be their version of myself. Never be ashamed to be exactly who you are, and never stop standing up for others

The Assassination of Jesse Pope by the Coward J. D. Vance

It's called 'slave labor' and we do it here too.

the mass deportation machine could not run without regular cops doing regular cop stuff they have been doing for years

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The new GOP chair of the 7th Congressional District has posted about “satanic chemtrails” in the skies above the state. www.truthdig.com/articles/min...

Just to add: The number of people who have acknowledged their own hearing loss to me but believe they’re not bad off enough to see an audiologist is staggering. Seeking aid may also show you that you’ve been neglecting an actual disability.

Something I learned from interviewing survivors of abuse and institutional betrayal is that by being willing to identify a problem, you are often treated as the problem. The institution will try to get rid of you instead of the problem. To me, this also speaks to the way the left is treated broadly