At this point, I think any arguments that “mythos is useless” are *at best* cope

Does this make one iota of sense to anyone?

Amen & Amen

"The cable’s directive to tell America’s story provides guidance that is already part of the charter of Voice of America and similar U.S. government broadcasts. Shutting down these broadcasts ... is self-defeating and ultimately inefficient." www.fdd.org/analysis/202...

"Rubio's memo instructs [embassies and consulates] to coordinate their work with the Department of Defense's psychological operations unit. ... but the Department of Defense does have very different goals from the State Department." www.lawfaremedia.org/article/amer...

NYT: “Justice Dept. Charges Prominent Civil Rights Group With Financial Crimes” Republicans have accused the Southern Poverty Law Center, which is best known for investigating hate groups, of unfairly targeting conservative and Christian organizations.

Aside from the facial absurdity of the charges themselves, one of the funny things in the S.P.L.C. indictments is that doj seems to change its mind in he charging documents themselves abt whether the hate groups are the oppressed good guys or not.

IF YOU’RE IN LINE TO GET CONTROL OF THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ, STAY IN LINE

The Justice Dept’s theory of the case— that the group that single-handedly disassembled the Ku Klux Klan defrauded its donors by concealing that it was using paid informant to do that work and more— has about as much merit as the now-dismissed charges against Jim Comey.

SPLC indicted on federal fraud charges related to its past use of paid informants to infiltrate extremist groups. apnews.com/article/southern-p...

Social media and group chats have microwaved the brains of the ruling and media class. They set that shit to POPCORN and let it go until it smelled like burning.

BREAKING: DOJ announces charges against the Southern Poverty Law Center based on allegations of paid informants in an indictment in the Middle District of Alabama. "This investigation is very much ongoing," FBI Director Kash Patel said.

Just caught the tail end of the presser about indicting SPLC for fraud calling them a funder of extremism. I suppose I need to accelerate protective measures. This is getting really, really weird.

First reaction: JFC, *McClatchy* is doing this? <brief Googling> Ah. Bought in bankruptcy by a hedge fund in 2020.

yiiiikes

Well, I keep seeing life produce things that I heard about first on @nolatency.bsky.social in the strangest of ways. youtu.be/JFEOFTZtm1o?...

But I thought the US had *plenty* of these weapons. *Plenty*! Oh.

Iran going after Bsky is a genuinely funny waste of resources.

The Kids Are (Mostly) Alright: New Pew Study Deflates The Social Media Panic A couple weeks back, Jonathan Haidt published another entry in his ongoing campaign to convince the world that social media is inherently ruining kids' lives. This one was a victory lap titled “Seven Lines of Evidence…

Two new products up on the shopping cart tonight! The first is Abbreviated Architect of Worlds for Traveller! This 8 page PDF takes the highlights of Architect's world building process tunes it for Classic and Mongoose Traveller!

It’s Getting Harder to Spot AI in Contemporary Publishing. And That’s Very, Very Bad. “The word salads that we might identify as AI today may not be the kind of machine-made writing that we will see tomorrow.” [lithub.com]

I'm hoping this is more because they're rolling out the M5 across the product line and less because of "AI" supply chain bullshit.

Base model Mac mini: 1½ months lead time High-end Mac mini: 3+ months lead time Base model Mac Studio: 1 month lead time High-end Mac Studio: entirely unavailable It was easier to buy toilet paper during the height of COVID than to buy a Mac now. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

German central bank chief calls for wide access to Anthropic's Mythos reut.rs/4cSkKFz

🇺🇦 While Ukrainian combat medic Anastasia Podobailo cleaned blood from a wounded soldier's arm and called him "little bun", her colleague and husband Mykola Yasinenko checked the patient's intravenous drip was flowing. ➡️ u.afp.com/SEVe

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Fantastic work, tech industry

We’re going to be in Iran for fucking years

Someone pointed out that all the tech billionaires are doing steroids now because they think AI will fix whatever health problems it causes in a few years

Sorry!

One problem with concentration camps—and wars, too—is that they tend to take on a life and momentum of their own.

Friendly neighborhood financial markets knower here to remind everyone that index futures are trading at 8:30a ET, and in fact trade 23/5 from 6:00p ET to 5:00p ET. Large, liquid stocks trade extensively in pre-market/after hours ~2h before/after regular hours. “The market” is not 9:30a and 4:00p.

We are currently not expecting any cuts to the social safety net or any tax cuts to be part of this, but we’ll know that part when we see the text.

We’re expecting to see text of a budget resolution tomorrow. That would be the first of many steps in enacting a reconciliation bill, which can be passed even with all Democrats opposed. We’re expecting it to be a slush fund for ICE and CBP, but we’ll have a few more details tomorrow. Follow along.

There’s a great new podcast out it’s just Alex Jones crying with periodic ads for DraftKings

ASAN wants to change the conversation that we, as a society, have about gun violence and people with mental health disabilities. Misinformation and stereotypes hurt some of the most marginalized people in our society. We can do better. autisticadvocacy.org/policy/brief...

It remains notable that The Onion — The Onion! — has had a stronger moral compass and more clear set of values in this moment than nearly every powerful and well-funded institution in American life.

Something to share with my “Ethical Practices in Computing” class tomorrow

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.

Today in Hell Yes, Research: U.S. Federal autism guidance not only wrongly stigmatizes autistic people themselves, but endangers public health with vaccine misinformation, & endorses worrisome pseudoscience autism "treatments." From @kbottemabeutel.bsky.social: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

we've noticed and i'm glad he's getting help

Yes, Jerry Cirino made our state poorer and dumber. But at least he ate shit on becoming Senate President.

It’s awesome because, conspiracy trash aside, InfoWars is a helluva brand name.

It’s finally happened. After 18 months. Finally, a media merger you can root for.

Fun fact: The Onion's acquisition of Infowars was an almost 2-year long process that cost a shit ton of money. Much more fun fact: You can show your appreciation by subscribing to the Onion for $9 a month AND get a print copy delivered right to your doorstep. membership.theonion.com

SCOOP --> Paramount, Meta, and X are refusing to say what happened to their huge contributions to Trump's presidential library after Sen Elizabeth Warren raised questions about its fund getting dissolved. Ds say tens of millions remain unaccounted for. Details here: newrepublic.com/article/2092...

I’ve never accused Professor Krugman of being an optimist before, but

New: President Donald Trump said it’s “highly unlikely” he would extend the two-week ceasefire with Iran if a deal is not reached before it ends, and said the Strait of Hormuz would remain blocked until an agreement is finalized

So we’re not reopening the strait until there’s a deal, but that it’s highly unlikely we will extend the cease-fire that is a negotiating condition for the deal?? sounds like this all goes hot again midweek

Glatisant is up for a Groundbreaker Award!