Sayin' it now: if Amazon thinks that this is going to lead fans to say "this is the future," they have another thing comin'. Our community was born in the old ways, and enough of us who were there from the pre-boom days are still around to the point that we can very feasibly return to them.

Back in my day, 69 was the funny number.

I hate generative ai so much! Just die already! It truly is the biggest insult to humanity and life

Why do you appreciate unions? I’ll start: Weekends off Paid vacations Work breaks Sick leave Paid holidays No child labor Safer working conditions Health care and retirement benefits

This is all true but 1) under no definition are we currently at war with Venezuela under domestic US law 2) since we aren’t, the initial strike was just as much a murder as the follow up The failure to understand this by a huge range of actors is really driving me up the wall.

And that’s how Calvin got a degree in physics at OU

Just a reminder that the Salvation Army is a very anti-LGBTQ organization and you shouldn't be giving cash to them.

"Strong floor, no ceiling" is very literally the basis of like every Gilded Age political cartoon

Shortly after this, Kermit found out that Andean Bears are not actually fond of marmalade sandwiches in real life...

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And, it has been all downhill for those not a millionaire or billionaire since.

Queen Liliʻuokalani says what?

Nov 29, 1880: the railway war between the Grand Trunk and Credit Valley Railways over the latter’s route into Toronto reaches its conclusion. The CVR had reached as far south as Parkdale in 1879 but the GTR was determined to prevent its rival from getting downtown. 1/3

FEELING THANKFUL!!!!!

What we want from big tech: - stable communication, art, and entertainment programs - reliable electronic appliances we can depend on (inc. computers) What we got: -endless surveillance, theft, manipulation, and worst of all, unreliable crap tech designed to break. They deserve the ire!

The essay is actual shit. It does not read at all at a college level.

I’ve reviewed this and cannot find any error.

Images that make you say "Hell yeah".

The merger my 4 year old self dreamt of...

UP 2906, a 3,000 horsepower C630, is sitting on the west load box track. The C stands for the Century Series locomotives made by Alco. They are rare visitors to Salt Lake City. UP Diesel Shop. Salt Lake City, Utah. March, 1973. Photo by Warren Johnson.

Entrusted isn't exactly the right word...

I went to the North Pole today, very underwhelming.

this should be played on bullhorns at every ICE gathering www.tiktok.com/t/ZTrkV3BDH/

Big Tech needs it's safe space.

Cartoon by Michael de Adder

Young people in the U.S. have been priced out of their dreams. Stop acting like it’s their fault.

C A P I T A L I S M

Russia has released its latest peace plan by u/Chewie83

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Lines @Molson_Canadian | #LeafsForever

This boat, now in IWM London, came from a vessel that was attacked by a German naval raider in 1940. The raider's captain ordered his men to fire on survivors in other boats. He was later convicted of war crimes and died in prison. Something certain people might like to reflect on.

I don’t know if anyone else notices or cares, but when I see a presentation in which the speaker uses obviously generated-AI images to illustrate their slides, it makes me immediately less confident in whatever other content they’re presenting.

Satire is dead.

The President is the only one to blame for the national guard shooting. Occupy a city and strip away people's due process and you will get a response. Keep pushing for nonviolence but dont forget who is blame for the violence.

Nov 27, 1910: the Pennsylvania Railroad begins using Pennsylvania Station as its New York City terminal. Before this date, PRR trains to New York City terminated in Jersey City, NJ, and passengers were ferried over the Hudson River to and from Manhattan. 1/3

After 10 years of hard work she's finally alive. Our 52 532 had another succesful testdrive last Saturday. It's really rewarding to see all the work you put into her come to fruition at last. 🧵

🎉NEW VIDEO! 🎉 youtu.be/h9ty5hYMC_o

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This is very interesting (and yeah, I also had an initial “oh come on, that’s nuts” reaction to the first part of this article, but as I read on, I realized he was making some pretty compelling points)

#1930s #trains #history #Pennsylvania Reading G1 Pacifics at Reading Terminal c 1937, This building is now the RDG Terminal Market and Pennsylvania Convention Hall

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No fan, but when they’re right they’re right. Venezuelan Minister of Interior Diosdado Cabello: “It is very difficult to find a more stupid American Secretary of State than Marco Rubio."

one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.

After the Armenian Genocide, the Armenian diaspora got together, rich, poor, influential, nobodies, political, apolitical, left, and right, and agreed to kill those who committed the genocide. During the 1920s Armenians tracked down and killed all of them in what is known as "Operation Nemesis"

Railroading Heritage of Midwest America, the non-profit restoring two Union Pacific steam locomotives at the former Rock Island shop in Silvis, Ill., has broken ground on a new roundhouse and turntable. railfan.com/rrhma-breaks...

I’ve been running around asking tech execs and academics if language was the same as intelligence for over a year now - and, well, it isn’t. @benjaminjriley.bsky.social explains how the bubble is built on ignoring cutting-edge research into the science of thought www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...

I really wish we'd stop calling them climate "skeptics" or "vaccine skeptics", if you jump off a cliff we don't call you a "gravity skeptic"