I think the most illustrative example of why AI is so terrible are those fake animal videos. Sure, let's drain the fucking oceans to create videos of animals being funny, something you can easily experience by being near any given animal for 5 seconds

We have moved beyond the need for Vox.

the right attitude

"In a corner conference room, it was time to party. They traded congratulatory speeches and cut into a sheet cake."

New from me! After we reached out to the owner of these deepfake porn sites, they were removed offline and he deleted his socials. Each time a site goes down, it's a win for me. Hopefully this guy never tries to get them up and running again. Check out our investigation!

The human cost of Trump's gutting of USAID: By the time Tor Top’s mother was sick with cholera, the nearby clinic had been shuttered for weeks. He bundled her into a canoe & paddled toward the nearest hospital, 8 hours away. Less than halfway into the journey, his mother died. New, @propublica.org

The vast vast majority of ethnic Somalis in Minneapolis are American citizens, having either arrived as refugees in the 1980s and 1990s with the fall of Siad Barre, or been born in America. The number who are undocumented is almost certainly vanishingly small. There's no immigration enforcement here

Zoe Weissman survived the Parkland shooting. Now she’s at Brown, and it happened again. “Honestly, I'm really angry that this is happening to me all over again, and I'm just in shock.” We’re failing our kids. A gun-sick nation. 🇺🇸 www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...

Russia destroyed 100% of Odesa’s energy infrastructure. All substations were destroyed by missiles and drones. The city has been completely left without electricity, hot water, and heating for over one million people, including all critical infrastructure.

Ethan Hawke says there’s a ‘great lesson’ hidden in the noise surrounding Quentin Tarantino’s comments about Paul Dano: “I don’t think Paul Dano ever knew that so many people loved him.’

So, El Fasher looks like one of the worst single event atrocities to happen this century so far, but the evidence has come in such a trickle it seems to only now be getting verified

Dermatologist Recommends Not Caring So Much What Other People Think https://theonion.com/dermatologist-recommends-not-caring-so-much-what-other-1828995941/

Reupping this. Hello, midwestern snow of my childhood. its good to see you again.

This drove me crazy about my kids’ MS & HS education — & it was a trend that seemed v clearly driven by the standardized testing emphasis on learning to “solve” fictional passages like puzzles, instead of immersing yourself in whole works of literature

Immigration advocates fear the Trump administration is conducting family separations far from the border for the same reasons as before: to deter new immigrants from coming and to terrify those who are here into leaving.

LOL... Pentagon released a new AI military chatbot and it immediately pointed out that Pete Hegseth is a war criminal. abovethelaw.com/2025/12/pent...

The lawsuit argues the approval violates the Naval Petroleum Reserves Production Act, a 1976 law that mandates environmental protection in the reserve, and the Administrative Procedures Act, which concerns the public process for government decision and actions. (via Alaska Beacon)

No.

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Dave Willard has spent over 40 years documenting migrating birds’ deadly collisions with buildings in Chicago. “There’s a sadness about it,” Willard conceded, but it’s also fulfilling to give purpose to the birds, to ensure they didn’t die in vain. https://to.wttw.com/3XMH1MT

Kristi Noem has attacked Sister Norma Pimentel, a leader of Catholic Charities serving immigrants in the Texas Rio Grande Valley, after she spoke out bravely criticizing DHS deportation projects, echoing the words of Pope Leo. www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/268391/...

Hey BlueSky folks! Just a reminder you should follow @brettknight.bsky.social, who is not just my awesome colleague, but an incredible source all things going on in the sports business industry.

Ah, to be a 1930s riverboat gambler, suddenly & inexplicably devoured by a 33-foot mosasaur

It's fitting that the cover on AI mindlessly apes an earlier creation and also displaces workers while elevating Silicon Valley plutocrats.

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A planned rule to set new silica exposure limits—and finally address Appalachia’s devastating black lung crisis—has been under continued assault by coal bosses and the Trump admin. Now, it looks like it’s off the table entirely. New for @inthesetimes.com: inthesetimes.com/article/the-...

Handing back student work that’s been written by ChatGPT with a 0 followed by the comment “This essay will never stand in authentic wonder before the Beauty of God’s creation.”

'Let it Snow' with all the positive lines removed

Trump Calls Groceries ‘A Hoax’

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana Senate Republicans reject new congressional maps in defiance of Trump’s redistricting push.

M23 consolidates control over Congo town in blow to peace talks reut.rs/44ToVfS

Measles outbreaks are growing along the Utah-Arizona border and in South Carolina, where hundreds are in quarantine.

“To put it frankly, old white people have a lot of time, and they’re really angry,” Stauss said. “Having somebody that looks like your grandmother out there, shouting ‘shame’ or out there blowing her whistle, is really important.”

Congo’s hidden victims: Child survivors recount gang rape, sexual slavery by M23 forces reut.rs/3MVc5re

the truth is out there

Magnitude 5.7 quake strikes off Japan's Honshu, EMSC says reut.rs/4iTLR4y

Watching the light change on my fence and garage - headlights and taillights from the streets and the parking lot.

NEW: Christopher Dawson won hundreds of millions in federal contracts, promising to help Native Hawaiians. Documents suggest he pocketed the profits to invest in a beachfront horse farm and luxury homes. With @civilbeat.bsky.social

mood

When Illinois closed its prison in Dwight more than a decade ago, the transfer to Logan Correctional Center left incarcerated women traumatized. Now, as the state is pitching to close Logan, advocates want to ensure that history is not repeated. https://to.wttw.com/4pRE4qe

You will be visited by three spirits.

NEW: Four sources tell @mzeff.bsky.social that OpenAI has become reluctant to publish research on the negative economic impacts of AI, including job displacement. At least two members of OpenAI's economic research team have recently quit over that perceived pullback.

oh no

imagining an all night diner in a redwall world. little rat smoking while cooking on a flaptop. burned coffee in an acorn mug. the whole thing is inside a pumpkin

Reporters Without Borders said on Tuesday that Israel was responsible for nearly half of all journalists killed this year worldwide, with 29 Palestinian reporters slain by its forces in Gaza ➡️ u.afp.com/S7fB

Orangutans at risk as Indonesia floods devastate habitat reut.rs/49Zlk3n

There's a spider on the ceiling

They're using the confinement box, one of the most horrific methods of CIA torture in the post-9/11 black sites, against migrants now. This is the direct result of the lack of consequences for the architects of the torture program. Either there will be criminal penalties for this or it will expand.

“It confirms what we already knew — this was not about public safety, it’s about stoking chaos and fear and terrorizing communities,” said state Sen. Royce Duplessis.