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Sandwich-throwing remains legal in the United States of America

Honestly the minifigures are cute but the ship is disappointing - the organic curviness is kind of the whole point - and it doesn't look like it would be enjoyable to build in the same way that Rivendell e.g. was.

He should just resign and let Jumaane run things until then, would be a smoother transition anyway

This is hot garbage and a complete abdication of responsibility by Epic - a 9% fee for an external purchase means no benefit for a transaction you'd be paying 15% on and only a modest one with 30%.

This remains the biggest downside case for AI - "good enough" open-source AI will be something everybody gets and nobody controls and so will be relatively useless for Big Tech lock-in / profit purposes

Wonky neighborhood politics: despite being a bunch of largely homogenous rent-stabilized apartment buildings, Stuyvesant Town ranged all the way from 63-32 Mamdani in the southern part to 49-46 Cuomo in the north.

THEY GAVE LINA KAHN A MUNICIPAL GUNDAM

Not the biggest result from last night, but my former hometown in Connecticut - a rich suburb that was literally the model for the Stepford Wives and played a leading role in the fight against school desegregation a few years ago - just had a complete Democratic sweep, including their zoning board.

according to @jessyedwards.bsky.social of @hellgatenyc.com Curtis Sliwa just said on stage that he was offered $10 million to drop out of the race

Looking like yes on 2-5 and no on 6 (1 there are a lot fewer votes in because it's statewide)

ZOHRAN MAMDANI

If anybody’s got a bored kid on Election Day, there’s a new free Minecraft adventure world that should occupy them for a few hours: www.minecraft.net/en-us/articl...

This bit from Meta's earnings call highlights a fundamental problem with AI spending; we don't know a) if/when a big breakthrough will come, b) whether the infrastructure they're building will still be worth anything by then, and c) whether it will even use the same sort of infrastructure at all.

9% of respondents to a poll said 'yes' on something -> "nearly a million New Yorkers ready to flee"; if you did a survey of New Yorkers asking if they would survive a jump off the Empire State Building I bet that 9% would say 'yes' to that too

Crap this is going to be another 18 inning one isn’t it

Reconstruction II: The Wrath of King

Really suffering from that external links injunction, boy, I don't know how Apple's services business will survive if they can't squeeze every penny out of their precious APIs or whatever

Has anyone ever attempted a Mandarin transcription system alignment chart? 🍿

Two vast and trunkless Legs of Stone - Stood in the desert sand - A Visage sat among them with - A sneer of cold command.

Shifting the second row of candidates to the right clearly elevates the D/R nominees, and I can only assume that practice is a product of machine politics which is now ironically working against the machine candidate

This is a good piece and has convinced me to vote no on 6 - local politics are interesting and ought to get their own coverage, and given the quality of the average low-frequency voter, the last thing we need is more of them involved in local races

If this actually works I could seriously complicate things for the Beach Boys

this is also a really evolving problem in China analysis that I keep meaning to write up; translation software is tremendously useful, but it's also causing big issues with 20-somethings not learning any of the *context* or *norms* of Chinese writing or recognizing errors.

Everyone responding “negative” should have to spend a day working in a farm or a factory

Yeah, this is just plain outstanding, both the initial quick cuts so he can reproduce whatever he's been prompted with semi-accurately and then the second bit where they break the fourth wall and admit earnestly to the whole game

BRB driving up to Lake George to escape from Johnny Law

Google Play joining the external links party, woot woot!

"FAILING TO USE THE PORTAL AWAY FROM AZURE FRONT DOOR" did they try casting Detect Magic on it?

They got mad at the holodeck for making a Sherlock Holmes story that was a mash-up of other Sherlock Holmes stories and demanded it create an original story instead and accidentally made the holodeck sentient in the process

Should be wearing a Greinke jersey as a show of solidarity between guys who got a 9-figure deal in LA after abandoning the Royals

Crusader Kings III China/Japan expansion is out today, if anybody wants a grand strategy game with a realistic Dynastic Cycle simulator and imperial exams

Bert: "When you're with Mary Poppins, suddenly you're in places you've never dreamed of. And quick as you can say 'Bob's your uncle,' the most unusual things begin to happen." Andrew Cuomo, jumping out from behind a bush: "FILTHY LIAR, BOB IS NOT YOUR REAL UNCLE"

I continue to feel like the best pushback on this is to simply deny the legitimacy of any sporting event that excludes trans people, and demand any institution you have any pull with does likewise; for college admissions purposes, your swimming medal from CA is a worthless piece of tin.

Fun new Gemini fail on a question that Google definitely would have been able to answer correctly pre-Gemini

Post a witch

Once again jealous of Ireland

It looks like Mamdani can remove any member 'for cause' and I suspect that several Adams appointees will be easy to find causes for.

Once again: the reason you give free stuff to rich people is that then it's politically impossible to charge for it again; the rich old ladies on the UES riding the bus 3 blocks will absolutely scream bloody murder about having to pay $1.50 after they're accustomed to the bus being free

Old Soviet joke: Why do ICE agents travel in groups of three? One can read, one can write, and the third keeps an eye on the two intellectuals

I've been thinking about this, and I'm still weirdly unbothered because fundamentally I think the historical office of president is done and Trump killed it and whatever comes next is not going to be anything remotely like the Aaron Sorkin version.

Apple v. Epic video is up at www.ca9.uscourts.gov/media/ and to be honest it's... not great; I think there's a strong chance they go back and let them try to set a stupid high commission. (if this does happen, I plan to address it through a punitive price increase specifically on iOS IAP)

Honestly, I’m coming around to the idea of parliamentary government for the US - despite the many downsides - because I don’t see any other way to fix the decades-long trend of increasingly sclerotic, useless Congresses

The funniest outcome would be if Platner runs as an independent and takes more votes from Collins than from the Democratic nominee

FWIW my 7th grader has no social media but belongs to like 70 group chats - the other day she emerged from the first meeting of a theater class with 3 different group chats specifically for that theater class

It occurs to me that owning WB would be *incredibly* valuable to a big Chinese tech/media company looking to increase its global footprint, and that the Trump administration might actually be bribe-able into allowing it

Big day for the future of app development and indeed the US tech industry in general: