'Loving Dory,' a new theatrical short featuring Ellen DeGeneres, is on the way.

"The lawsuit also alleges that OpenAI knowingly stripped copyright management information from publishers’ work — including author bylines, copyright notices, and terms of use information — in violation of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act."

Nearly 400 local newspapers sue OpenAI, Microsoft over alleged copyright theft Coalition represented by former New Jersey Attorney General Matt Platkin’s law firm alleges AI companies used copyrighted local news reporting to train ChatGPT and Microsoft Copilot without permission or compensation

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My latest cartoon for @newscientist.com

I know the list is endless but I genuinely think trashing the legitimate congressionally chartered org for celebrating the 250th to instead hijack our national assets and taxpayer funds for his personality cult grifter crap should, in and of itself, be fully sufficient to merit removal from office.

Game over. It will NEVER get better than this. #WorldBollardAssociation

Did an amazing show in Gardiner, ME last night, and got to meet a local author!

On March 26, 2026, during a debate on violence against women in Germany’s Bundestag, left-wing MP Kathrin Gebel was repeatedly interrupted by AfD MP Martin Reichardt. She responded: “Mr. Reichardt, the clitoris has 3,000 nerve endings, and you’re still more sensitive. That’s quite an achievement.”

🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉HAPPY 100th MEL!🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂

Mel Brooks: fucking with AI before we even knew

“The ICE agent who shot and killed Renee Good in broad daylight has been identified as Jonathan Ross by the Minnesota Star Tribune. I think today is a great day for Jonathan to be indicted!”

Republicans in Congress: you can stop it all anytime. Any. Time.

Army chaplains will have 90 days to remove rank insignia from combat uniforms under new guidance implementing a Pentagon policy announced earlier this year. From Stars and Stripes' Phillip Walter Wellman:

Why did you fire him Hegseth? > Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth fired the Army's Chief of Chaplains, Maj. Gen. William Green Jr., on April 2, 2026, without public explanation. His dismissal occurred during Holy Week alongside the ousting of Army Chief of Staff Gen. Randy George & Gen. David Hodne

This week someone targeted my family for harm with a false report. We’re physically OK, but that doesn’t mean we weren’t harmed. I am beyond furious. Whatever your politics, this is awful, wrong, and can never become normal.

Reid Wiseman just dropped this photo on his Instagram page. It's our homeworld, looking at the nightside, taken from inside the Artemis II Orion spacecraft through one of the windows. There's something so casual about it, about the reflections in the window, but outside IS A WHOLE PLANET HOLY SHIT

I'm excited that a Bolts story has just received a Distinguished Coverage award from the Society of Professional Journalists (their San Diego chapter). It's our story on volunteer patrols monitoring ICE activity in San Diego. Congrats to @robcamachosd.bsky.social! Reread his piece:

This is very bad news. I've been reading Scientific American since I was 7. It has informed and delighted me, and its staff have defended scientific truth always. This is blatant union busting and a direct attack on scientific integrity. WHY is this regime so afraid of science?

Scientific American is _the_ pillar of science journalism--publishing continuously since 1845. I'm really not sure what this all means

The news from Scientific American this week has been heartbreaking. While the magazine itself will go on under its new owners, many *extremely talented* writers and editors have been let go. I do worry about the future of #science #journalism… 😔

SpringerNature has sold Scientific American to LabX corporation. The new owner is reducing staff size by one third. The NLRB was scheduled to officially announce the results of their successful unionization election with @wgaeast.bsky.social tomorrow. www.wgaeast.org/wgae-scienti...

And this one sums up the moral bar of the administration and the supine media. Vance: “If Watergate happened tomorrow, it would be like a 12-hour news story. “The idea that it would have taken down a presidency is crazy.”

"Good news: They found him. His name is Jonah. And he is indeed a good boy." 😄🫶🐶 Miami Marlins Find The Pup Who Just Wanted a Hot Dog

Federal agents demand Syracuse woman remove Instagram post about ICE (Good Morning CNY)

The FCC’s proposal to require IDs for a phone plan will not decrease the amount of unwanted calls. All it will do is set up a data collection regime that harms everyday, law abiding Americans. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...

Public comment ends today. "If adopted—a likely outcome given the FCC’s current Republican majority who support it—the rules would effectively outlaw burner phones, devices that aren’t specifically tied to identifying data, allowing the privacy-minded to maintain their anonymity."

RT @marlins.com Wanted: A very good boy Reward: a dream day at @loanDepotpark

'Watch the Movie. That’s My Voice Coming Out of Rachael Leigh Cook’s Mouth.' "I’ve received less than $1,500 for Josie and the Pussycats. My last payment for it was in 2009." ~Kay Hanley No paywall archive.ph/GIBAH

😃📚🫶 #library

New 'Stuart Fails to Save The Universe' trailer offers quick glimpse of a few familiar BBT faces, incl. Christine Baranski (Beverly Hofstadter), Riki Lindhome (Ramona Nowitzki), and Teller (Larry Fowler). Jon Cryer also is pictured in the kaleidoscope graphic #SFTSTU 😄 1 month!

1) Good use of 'credulous' 2) Excellent point ... 99) Anybody who gives this 'vandals cut up my pool' BS the time of day should go into another line of work.

A credulous media will be the death of the republic

All Orange County cities must permit residents to give public comment via phone or Zoom during city council meetings, starting July 1.

"Globally, thousands of glaciers have disappeared in recent decades and by the middle of the century, up to 4,000 glaciers could vanish each year if humans continue to drive climate change" In Antarctica, a frozen vault holds the secrets of the world’s vanishing glaciers www.cnn.com/climate/anta...

Describing the rip current, "like a monster" pulling him underwater. "...I couldn't swim anymore. If he would have got to me maybe five seconds later, I probably wouldn't have been above water because I was just exhausted. I couldn't breathe. I couldn't catch my breath. It was very overwhelming."

Make stuff. Do your hobbies. Geek out with your weird friends. Practice arts and crafts. Every society that ever burned to the ground left behind only the handicrafts, and every society saved from the brink was saved only by arts. Do not give up the joy of creating.

My latest books cartoon for @theguardian.com

New Laws Going Into Effect in July 2026 Across California "California will ring in the new month with a wave of wage hikes." Others include: how food and beverages are labeled, school cellphone use, streaming ads, and driverless cars www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/n...

Custom made tarps just so the tangerine baby doesn't have a tantrum that his name has been taken off a building (which shouldn't have been there in the first place)?

A Monolith Designed to Record Civilization’s Downfall Is Finally Taking Shape https://gizmodo.com/a-monolith-designed-to-record-civilizations-downfall-is-finally-taking-shape-2000773685

"changes include a switch to external ballistic vest carriers that say 'police federal officer' and the introduction of rank insignia, symbolic sleeve patches like stripes or stars that denote a hierarchical ranking as seen in the military." And, some vehicles rangers drive will be marked "police"

In honor of Juneteenth and America's 250th anniversary, California State Parks is offering a free Historian Passport to explore the history that shaped this state and nation. Visit our blog to learn how you can acquire yours today: https://ow.ly/VZuj50ZeGNH

🚨 California residents: Get into our state parks for free for the rest of the year! The pass normally costs $50, gives free admission for up to 4 people at more than 30 historic state parks. Thru July 6, CA residents can claim free passes: reservecalifornia.com/passes/advan...

NEW: The attorney general, Richard Hermer, has told his office to no longer post on X, making it the first UK government department to stop using the Elon Musk-owned platform amid increasing worries about its use to incite violence and racism. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

Allowing the Confederates to write the story about the Civil War is why we ended up with so many monuments to traitors. Letting Trump MAGA-ify Black history will yield similar results. www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...

Only bollards can deliver this much happiness. #WorldBollardAssociation