The diff between millionaires and billionaires: Millionaire: Hey did you see the yacht races? Let me introduce you to my new trophy wife. Billionaire: Here's my 800 page manifesto on eugenics and on why corporatism is the best form of democracy.

Scams all the way down.

Once more, and with intensity! theconversation.com/how-ai-is-hi...

An actual good discussion regarding AI :-)

This is the difference between a criminal regime that still fears prosecution, and an openly criminal regime that no longer fears the law. This is what open criminality looks like. This is when the wheels come off the wagon.

We can do this, NY.

Flashdance but instead of Jennifer Beals it's a turtle

This right here.

National Women's Health Week - Be a Well Woman! Eat Well

Any Dem who voted yes needs to be primaried and fired.

Author, bookseller, and publisher friends: Please keep posting your positive stories about selling books through Bluesky, and I'll package them up and show them to publishers so that we can get more book publishers and even more authors and book conversation here!

Research funded by big bamboo, probably: A new method for creating high-strength bamboo molecular plastics with exceptional mechanical strength, thermal stability, and biodegradability that outperforms most commercial plastics and bioplastics while being cost-competitive and recyclable.

I got an email from someone to attend a webinar on "AI and the future of work" and I'm like: My brother, I already know what future with AI looks like: deskill, devalue, and depopulate the human workforce, because that's the standard pattern for any tech that's supposed to change how we work.

A reminder that movement conservatives are always telling you their plan. It's to do what they complain the Dems are [not actually] doing. EAIAC with these people. Without fail.

Alabama House speaker said he hopes SCOTUS “will overturn Amendment 14,” the one that made Black people citizens and guaranteed equal protection under law. It wasn’t just a slip. Today’s newsletter. 👉 link.al.com/public/45636...

This may be a hot take, but imho the world is a better place when there's more rock flutes in. All the flutes, rocking all the ways. A revolution without rock flutes is a revolution not worth having :-)

Global warming is real.

Was listening to Pinball Wizard on the way to work today, and it occurred to me that we're probably two generations removed now from people who grew up with a tactile understanding of this.

Irreverence is just such a beautiful, beautiful thing.

Amazon: If you purchase the item in the next 5 hours you can have it delivered tomorrow. Or you can elect to have it delivered the next day. Me: I need it tomorrow, so I'll buy it now. Amazon: Thank you for your purchase. It will be delivered the day after tomorrow.

Just after the United Kingdom monarchy visited the Trumps, Banksy threw up a statue in London that is the best tribute to the worst world leader ever. “He’s not just walking, blinded by his own patriotism; he’s walking right off the edge into the abyss.”

Walgreens email: We need you to log into the portal to request a refill. Me: Ok, logging in now. WG: We need to text you an authentication code. Me: Ok, send it. WG: Sorry, that service is currently not available. Use email. Me: Ok, send it WG: Sorry, that service is currently not available.

'Illegals' don't get free healthcare, but they do pay billions of taxes to Social Security they will never receive.

No, T-Mobile, I don't want to load more of your apps to track me by, stop showing the splash screen when I log into my phone.

Reddit for some reason now requiring me to use their app to use Reddit, so I guess it's goodbye Reddit.

2-hour marathon barrier has been broken! Both 1st and 2nd were under 2 hours! apnews.com/article/mara...

Switching to Linux in 2026: What New Users Need to Know #Linux #SwitchToLinux #LinuxForBeginners #OpenSource #Privacy

Initial impression of Armored Core 6: 1. Childish dialog. 2. Good visuals. 3. Addicting gameplay. That first boss fight was a challenge, so be prepared!

The headline says it all, which is why I'm guessing highly paid Dem consultants are already triangulating this to mean the Dems need to more decisively show leadership by reaching across the aisle and seeking bipartisan compromise.

Filed under "you've got to be f'king kiding me"

Fun fact: Women's sports are segregated not to protect women, but to protect *men* from losing *to* a woman. Don't believe me? Look up Jackie Mitchell. Struck out Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig. Then suddenly women were unfit to play baseball.

This is the @ainowinstitute.bsky.social's North Star Data Center Policy Toolkit, a set of policy and action recommendations for fighting against "AI" data centers at the local, state, and federal level. datacenters.ainowinstitute.org

Reading the FT front page story about a Chinese company introducing a battery with a 1500 km range & six minute recharging time & about how two Chinese companies own more than half of the global EV battery market & I am struck by the different realities the US and China occupy. We’ve lost the plot.

I made the list. Yay!

I maintain that the only reason to vote for the overt white supremacist running a Nazi themed platform was because he's an over white supremacist running a Nazi themed platform, and anyone saying otherwise is either outright lying or lying to themselves.

And how much did we pay in tax cuts for the rich?

Yet another reason Chuck must go.

The richest 10% of Americans own roughly 87% of stocks. The richest 1% alone own roughly half of all stocks. It's worth pointing out once again that the stock market is not the economy.

Ok, this is ridiculous. I mean, I love Bluesky, but for the site to have been barely limping along for basically all day means it doesn't really consider itself a serious social media site, not quite ready for prime time.

FFS how the shit am I supposed to get my snark on when this site is bouncing every couple of minutes?

Read an article this morning about how Allbirds is pivoting to become an AI company and goddamn if a company turning from eco-friendly shoes to water- and power-guzzling AI doesn't feel like a metaphor for this entire era

Bluesky seems very unstable this morning.

This right here.

Great.

To all my peoples out there who are struggling through these difficult times. Be strong. m.youtube.com/watch?v=9Jhs...

"I just attended the parties for the free drinks and cocaine."

Filed under 'profiles in cowardice'

When it can survive in an average city park setting for as long as an average city squirrel I may consider entertaining the possibility that it may be something of a new species. But we're still a long, long way from that.

Trump still confused on the difference between a mutual defense pact (an attack on one is an attack on all) vs a mutual agression pact (an attack by one is an atrack by all). Greenland is protected by NATO treaty. An attack on Greenland is an attack on NATO.

“Regarding VeraCrypt, I cannot publish Windows updates. Linux and macOS updates can still be done but Windows is the platform used by the majority of users and so the inability to deliver Windows releases is a major blow to the project,” he continued. www.404media.co/microsoft-ab...