As Epstein gets connected more and more to Russia and Putin, it kinda makes me think that it was not a random coincidence that "the girl who kissed Putin" was Epstein's PR manager.

Also, odds are good that Trump will push to raise taxes because of this, and blame it on the "woke" courts.

Nice to see the "Bored of Peace" joke going around, so I don't have to make it myself.

There's something I don't understand about the Colbert situation: Doesn't the equal time law only kick in if Colbert REFUSED to give time to other candidates? And as far as I know, no such refusal happened?

I'm sure a lot of people know this, but Google provides no way in Gmail to turn off their new Gemini AI summaries of your mail threads. Unless you also want to turn off a whole bunch of so-called "smart" features like mail categories, and notifications from your Calendar.

The arc of the moral universe does not bend towards justice. Left to it's own devices, the arc of the moral universe bends towards chaos.

This was a carnival float in Germany. This is how the rest of the world views The United States now.

I hate it when right-wingers go on about "the natural order of things", with the implication that it is fine for the strong to crush the weak. You know what the real natural order of things is for humans? If someone becomes too big of an asshole, the tribe murders him in his sleep.

I guess Congess is just an advisory committee now? A court could reverse this, but who would bring that case? is there any other recourse? (Full disclosure: this will put me out of a job, if it isn't reversed. A trivial concern compared to all the shitcanned science.) gizmodo.com/white-house-...

Whatever else the AI bubble is about, one big result is that a handful of giant corporations now control the market for RAM and flash storage. Only a fool would bet tgat they won't exploit this. My guess is they'll push everyone into subscription computing.

Carmen Electra is probably the most famous person from my high school ( a few years after I was there.). (Also a long list of professional athletes.)

This article makes ABSOLUTELY no sense whatsoever. The underlying evidence that they link to does not in any way at all explain the missing minute.

So let me say this about section 230 reform or repeal. First, I haven't looked at the details of the proposals. This is in general terms. Some sort of general protections like section 230 (which provides legal protection for free speech providers) is critical to a functioning Internet. But...

The audience here is doing the polar opposite of getting up and boogieing. And they are doing it SO HARD. www.youtube.com/watch?v=hKGr...

Sorry Verizon, but a 100% incline is 45 degrees.

It sounds like the DOJ decision to not investigate the shooting happened BEFORE the DOJ decision to remove evidence ftom the scene and keep it away from state investigators. Or in other words this is not a passive lapse in carrying out duties; it is intentional tampering with evidence.

I've talked many times over the years, on various social media, about the Telecommunications Act of 1996 (TCA 1996) While many others have blamed the growth in divisiveness on social media, I have long argued that TCA 1996 was the original sin. It let corporations buy up news outlets.

If AI is so great, then shouldn't AI be able to tell me how to turn off AI on my new phone? I mean, it gave me answers on how to do that... ...they were just wrong answers.

What's your favorite Firefox and Chrome extensions for putting back traditional Unix/X11 editing keys for web browser UI? The specific behaviors I rely on that have in recent years changed to something else are: Ctrl-A: beginning of line Ctrl-K: kill to end of line Ctrl-D: Delete next character

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I have tested this. As described it didn't quote work. But by adding the app "Soft Lock Screen", which (at the moment) disables biometrics by default, and then having the routine run this app, tied to certain fingerprints, it works perfectly.

Can anyone explain to me like how shorter, automated certificates are an improvement in security, rather than added risk? If password aging is dumb, this is worse, because we're encouraging the creation of another, fragile, hackable system, with far less human oversight.

All right. To be fair, it is exceedingly common for Trump to not take questions after these signing ceremonies. And it is absolutely standard procedure to rush everyone out the door the moment Trump says "Thank you" to the press. But he doesn't usually freeze up and sit there uncomfortably.

So when the new phone activation instructions say you can call from any phone, they do not actually mean that. Calling from the old phone results in a clusterfuck. And these phone setup and transfer apps are... not robust. Especially when you are in a clusterfuck.

If you own a recent Samsung, then I _think_ you can download "Good Lock" (a free Samsung app), and use it to set your phone to enter LockDown mode if you try to unlock your phone with a specific finger. I will have a new phone soon to verify this. In the meantime, let me know if it works.

This judge does the thing quoting the Declaration of Independence at the Trump regime then adds for good measure: "Observing human behavior confirms that for some among us, the perfidious lust for unbridled power & the imposition of cruelty in its quest know no bounds & are bereft of human decency."

I thought he was known as the "Love my nuts" guy. #slapchop Seriously is it any worse than "Sham wow!"? Or is that just honesty in advertising?

So I have some thoughts — many thoughts — about this thing with the BBC forgetting to mention Jews on Holocaust Remembrance Day. www.foxnews.com/media/bbc-ap...

So I have some thoughts — many thoughts — about this thing with the BBC forgetting to mention Jews on Holocaust Remembrance Day. www.foxnews.com/media/bbc-ap...

The final episode of the massively underrated series "Limitless" is about a plot to manipulate the politics of Canada and Greenland in order to get rich from controlling the hypothetical Northwest Passage. But it wasn't a long game, it was all about profiting from short-term market shifts.

I wrote this thread as a reply, which started as just a rant, and grew. And I now realize I should have quoted and hung this thread that way. Scroll up to see what I was responding to, and then please read and consider this thread.

I've finally realized that the reason people are so happy to accept Google AI summaries is that most of the time, people want AN answer and really don't give a shit if it is THE answer. Or in other words, most of the time, wrong answer from Google just won't matter.

That feeling when you are a tiny account and you get instantly retweeted, but then you realize it's just a sex worker seeking customers.

I really do hope that Homan will be more human than Bovine.

There are claims going around that MSNBC manipulated images of Alex Pretti to make him look more classically heroic (or something like that). There does some to be a hint of truth here. It looks like a few days ago someone (not MSNBC) probably ran his photo through some AI headshot service.

The "For You" feed on Xitter continues to be a hellscape, and is currently dominated by attempts at character assassination of Alex Pretti.

You can’t tell me we have a functioning economic system when the richest man in human history is one of the most profoundly stupid people in human history

Making the rounds:

We shoveled late so that we would be finished when the storm finished, but This. Snowstorm. Just. Won't. Stop. I mean it only added another couple of inches. But the forecast for the snow ending keeps getting extended. Could be six more inches by the time it stops.

IF news organizations are using AI upscaling (or any kind of unrealistic/impossible upscaling) and not telling us about it, this is an absolute disaster for living in a fact-based reality.

@washingtonpost.com I have a question concerning your video analysis in this article: www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio... Your video seems to be higher resolution than the original source materials. DId you use any upscaling techniques? Your video on the left, original source on the right:

Trained professionals.

What the fuck is wrong with @politico.com One group keeps lying and another group keeps exposing their lies. That's not a "battle over the truth". What the fuck even would be a "battle over the truth"? "Both sides" brain rot has overtaken most big media outlets.

Beware of AI upscaled "evidence". For example, there is an upscaled frame from a video, but the AI upscaling removed an ICE agent's head. (Or is that AI political commentary?) ANY detail you get from AI upscaling is fiction.

It ain't a fit night out for man nor beast.

Dear Democrats: IT'S THE LIES, STUPID. We will never convince MAGA people that the shootings were unjustified; or that Good and Pretty were not "instigators". They won't feel empathy towards "libtards". But SOME can be shown that their government is lying to them.

When the government lies to its people about violence committed by the government against the people (REGARDLESS of whether you believe that violence is justified)... Well, those lies and that violence are tyranny. It's not creeping towards tyranny. It's not a dangerous sign. It IS tyranny.

It looks like a very calm, gentle snow. Until you shovel your driveway, turn around and see there's already another inch of snow.

When will we talk about the fact thrashing around in pain with your eyes closed is a typical human response to pepper spray, and therefore it's a really bad way to try to get someone to remain still and cooperative. But a really great tactic if you want to claim your targets are uncooperative.

To the best of my knowledge, I am not related to Randy Fine.