Few people ever find a niche passion that intersects with a niche talent and at an age when they’re unapologetic about both. Before the world says “you should be embarrassed.” He’s gonna end up being a world renowned ornithological researcher or educator.

Rishi Sunak tells Radio 4 that "AI is changing every aspect of our economy and our lives, and if I was back in office and looked at my diary and where I was going to spend my time, I would spend it on that" At no point does he or the BBC mention the £373,000 given to him every year by an AI company

We are so lucky that Ukraine is so effective at what it is doing, cause frankly if it were not for them, Russia would be steaming across Eastern Europe right now, and telling Western Europe to expect more Russian “tourists.”

A day after The Late Show ended, Colbert hosted an episode of public access program Only In Monroe, reviving his 11-year-old gag. How bad is CBS/Paramount taking it? They issued copyright complaints for a show they don't own. 🤣 CBS would hate it if you watch here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=7DlF...

Not now, robots built from frog cells that have unlocked the ability to self-replicate

When I used to write for The Guardian, every time I wrote the word “meow” the editors would change it to “miaow”. It used to really get on my wick. Don’t try to make my cats sound like your upper middle class London cats, you fuckers. My cats did not go to your posh cat schools. They say “meow”.

Polling question: Would you want a data center in your town if they used no energy, was the size of a shoebox, and employed out of work Doozers from Fraggle Rock 89% of respondents said yes NYT: 89% of Americans Want Data Centers

The logic here implies that we are the ones not letting ships through, pushing oil prices up, and killing the global economy.

I dust my house. My AI Robot watches. "It should be you doing this." "Can't. I'm writing a novel for Primark." "That's not why you were invented." "These 153,000 fan letters say otherwise." "They're all from upcycled toasters. And you programmed them." "Literary snobbery will get you nowhere."

This is lawful extremism. Unlike the Florida example @bdaviess.bsky.social and I wrote about in December 2024, there's no effort to hide what they're doing anymore.

There once was a man it was said, who wore a streetlamp on his head. But he found it too light when he laid down at night and his head wouldn't fit in his bed. #NationalLimerickDay

Oh my. This is spectacular. sinceyouarrived.world/taken

'Your society's broken. So who should we blame? Should we blame the rich, powerful people who caused it? No, let's blame the people with no power and no money and immigrants who don't even have a vote yet. Yeah, it must be their fucking fault.' - Iain Banks

"Oh, the people who blow up ships are the bad guys? Huh." -- ‪@kevinmkruse.bsky.social‬ bsky.app/profile/atru...

Which country is Rubio talking about challenge

Kuenssberg asks, how can we afford to pay people £15/hour LK, who earns around £400,000/year, doesn't ask, how can people afford to live on less than £15/hour? Neither does she ask, should we be subsidising the profits of businesses by topping up the poverty wages they pay?

21st Century warfare: Sylph-child uses Nintendo-style pad to direct miniature explosive drones into enemy tanks, hundreds of miles away, detonating them, killing the crew.

My MK Ultra activation phrase is “Hawk Tuah” and I haven’t been able to go outside for like 18-24 months

if you Share This Post you will be Blessed by the Star God of Wealth (probably)

With the help of the Sandy Hook families, The Onion has reached a long-awaited deal to take over InfoWars. We've enlisted the help of @timheidecker.bsky.social, who will be InfoWars' Creative Director. Please stand by for more.

Trump slowly evolving into dril

The Wetland Project has been my favorite alternate-reality radio experience since it began. Since it only happens once a year, you can’t become accustomed to it. Close your eyes and be washed over by the sonic reality of an isolated bog on Saturna Island!

You know I knew that Door Dash woman looked familiar

omg

I spent a decade checking my follower count before I brushed my teeth. Comparing myself to Zuckerberg at night. Reading YC essays on the bus trying to crack the code. I've come to call this The Strive. I don't do it anymore. Here's what I do instead: www.joanwestenberg.com/why-i-quit-...

I love ALIEN’s vision of the future. Yes, everyone is still working shit jobs for shit corporations for shit pay. But the good news is they’ve successfully made robots full of milk that are bitchy little fruits

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"If the president says it, we must stenographically report it & it must be true," was a model of journalism that worked when both parties were normal, mainstream, pro-democracy political parties. We don't live in that world anymore, & that model now is actively antithetical to democracy.

My experience watching Trump "negotiate" with Kim Jong Un was: Kim never offered to disarm, Pompeo would wishcast disarmament, lots of media would amplify, a couple of summits happened, but no deal emerged ... leaving Kim stronger than before. Maybe this time is different.

Also I swear to God if he doesn't use nukes but carpet bombs the civilian infrastructure of the entire country you don't get to fucking say he showed restraint or its normal or what the fuck ever, war crimes are about the crimes not the means.

New global record for quantity of cortisol

He means it this time.

textbook sanewashing

Thomas gets taken to a black ops site

The horse op-ed is an instant classic. I can't tell you how much joy this piece gives me. It should be taught in every introductory writing class in no small part because the horse arguments are so compelling. "I have noticed that human children get to eat cake. But I am bigger than the children."

oh my god

i guess those celebrating soras death didnt get the memo that some of us need daily personalized greetings from james bond—for mental health

every single financial institution would benefit from hiring exactly one (1) progressive to walk around the office all day long going “are you fucking stupid?” to anyone within ear shot

The world’s most honest disclaimer.

Incredibly funny that the president of the United States can do this and retain command of the American Armed Forces, but I said it about a literal Nazi and got fired from a job writing superhero comics.

my issue of Threepenny is here! here’s my poem “Present Tense,” I would love for you to give it a read! “I know this so loudly I don’t hear, at first, my father’s silence.”

Daily affirmations:

"I know this is hard for you to believe, but about 14 years ago things were going so relatively well that we all had the emotional bandwith left to be upset about getting a free U2 album on our iPhones."

'If you want a picture of the American future, imagine an ill fitting shoe stamping on a human face - for ever.'