Several Chicago Public Schools lunchroom workers were arrested Thursday during a planned protest calling for higher pay, as contract negotiations with the district continue.

remember when the Dilbert guy died

I vote Jimmy Donaldson for the wicker man that will finally fix this society

really glad that half this site has become one of a rogue’s gallery of StanWill hangers-on being a huge loser with a reading comprehension deficit and making it everyone else’s problem

very normal brains on display here. definitely not a bunch of weirdos who people find it tiresome to be around freaking out and over a streamer making a joke.

Nom-nom-nom

it is devastating to notice how few benches there are in the world and how some benches have been replaced by weird "leaning" things. the world is incredibly cruel to disabled, elderly, poor, pregnant, tired, homeless, and all people. there should be benches fucking everywhere for everyone

I like how people call Trump mentally ill when he is completely consistent with who he has been since he first appeared within the public sphere, the only difference being orders of magnitude as the exact behavior he does now has been rewarded or excused by others every time.

it’s a great day for transphobes to eat shit

I can’t believe that the stunning publicity model of “AI IS GOING TO MAKE YOU ALL JOBLESS AND HOMELESS, PEASANTS” has worked out so poorly for tech billionaires hoping that it would result in worldwide seamless adoption of AI junkware. A whole mystery really.

really just need elites to fear the sword of Damocles hanging aloft for them, again. it’s really obvious they don’t

Palantir put out the most cartoonishly evil statement possible. They’re so arrogant and self-confident they don’t seem to believe their fascistic plans can be opposed. We must get rid of Palantir altogether. twitter-thread.com/t/2045574398...

The Strokes played Coachella against a backdrop listing all the world leaders that had been assassinated by the CIA, a count of the number of universities bombed in Iran, and footage of the bombing of the last university in Gaza

WHATS UP YOU WET MOTHERFUCKERS

Hey seriously, literally in the bills it says they'll also use identifying information, such as your age data for "other purposes". That means your data goes into a government surveillance database. This would be for ANY *OS*, which is the thing your fucking PC runs off of. Call your reps NOW.

I agree but regardless, my question at the end of the day is: ultimately, who cares? AI/LLMs as constructed, even if you claim they’re “intelligent” do not have an intelligence of any great worth. They are fundamentally isolated from sensory experience and context that other living beings are not.

the government dropped $85 billion dollars just on a war started by one singular man for dubious reasons, don‘t tell me the government can’t afford to do good things like healthcare instead

12 more states have bills to ban new data centers but Maine passed theirs first. The future is absolutely up for grabs. thehill.com/homenews/sta...

It's funny (not funny) how this ubiquitous symbol screams 'beware, incoming trash!' I have an instant reaction of revulsion whenever it pops up.

Everything is the worst, so if you need pictures of the fox family living in Chicago’s downtown Millennium Park, photographer Derek Nielsen has got you. www.facebook.com/share/1CKbRA...

every prominent Democrat in a position of power and influence has the backbone of wet papier-mache. none of them are coming to “save” us

The fact that Democrats seem to have largely stopped talking about ICE the second their profile dropped even a little is maddening.

“The Young Lords Speak” Tells the History of a Revolutionary Chicago Movement

Meanwhile, they're all full of shit because all western economists do is defend the existence of capitalism. And, capitalism is the pain the rest of us are experiencing.

New @stand.earth: Microsoft's 3 new gas data centres will - Increase Microsoft's emissions 160% - Have higher emissions than power sectors of each of Greece, Ireland, Sri Lanka, NZ etc... - Have higher emissions than pwr sector of 15 lowest-emitting countries combined stand.earth/press-releas...

if you would like to contribute to the “hana buys an ichiro retirement jersey for her birthday” fund it would make me smile very bigly <3

Escalate the Target boycott.

well late but an underrated part of this exchange is the guy Adam is trying to get to answer a simple question looks like Great Value Marc Maron

One thing I'm seeing proposed more and more as a prophylaxis against another Trump is to ban felons from holding public office. And this might be an unpopular opinion, but I *hate* that plan. Here's why.

fun fact: no pangolin has ever done a single thing wrong in the entire history of the world

I see someone who has never lived in a well-to-do suburb before (or they just don’t care bc when it’s your racist neighbors eyeballing and calling cops on kids riding bikes it’s not “unsafe”)

least surprising thing to hear from diplo, his whole career is just ripping off the music of various artists in a host of genres

Daniel Mate — whose father Gabor was a Hungarian Jew born into Holocaust-era Budapest — is a committed antizionist who shared some insightful thoughts a few months ago examining zionism as a maladjusted trauma response & a rigid refusal by the state to examine the disfiguring function that it serves

Did the person writing this know what the words “fully” and “complied” mean? Trying to be kind, maybe they just learned about the concept of language for the first time 10 minutes ago

Everyone here is overly familiar with the Nazi bar analogy. If 8 people at the bar are "doing fine" and 2 people are destitute and suffering then you live in a society of destitution and suffering.

Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez in China: I firmly believe it is in the interest of both Spain and Europe to strengthen ties with China.

really like this point because it addresses a truism in western (and specifically US) politics: “it’s easier to tear things down than build them” which is a nice way of saying it’s easier to do awful shit than good. which requires one to ask “uh so why did we settle on this shit-ass system then?”

Look man, you’re always gonna get children in mines or old people DoorDashing to pay for cancer treatments under capitalism. There is no fix for this that doesn’t include abolishing capitalism and class-based society.

you only decided to oppose the current crop of fascists bc they’re too gauche, tea partier

I will give the Seattle Mariners this: this "ice cream nachos" is a ridiculous dish but it's pretty good soft serve ice cream.

Seattle: there is a proposal to build five of these things in our city. Yes, really.

this is why there’s been mass revolt and opposition to data centers being built in communities. it is genuinely a health hazard to live this close to something emitting this much sound. these need to stop being built

Notably, neither of these people are in favor of an actual universal healthcare system. Politicians are more than personalities to be admired; the only way anything is fixed if people start dealing in reality and not wishcasting and fandom.

I don’t think I will ever understand people who don’t enjoy cooking. Every time I learn a new recipe (kung pao chicken this time), I feel extremely powerful

We hit Castle Valley just as the sun was going down. I'm not much for church, but this was as close to a religious experience as I've ever had.

Tailor Bird sews leaves together with plant fibre to form its nest!

He has like 4 million views rn

Here's a REAL video of a female octopus throwing things at a male. Not trash-ass AI www.youtube.com/watch?v=RN9B...

As far as I know there is literally no reason for this, it is just an incredibly lucky coincidence that we get to enjoy for free