Duolingo's quality has been getting worse and worse since they started their "AI-first" approach a few months ago, firing employees and replacing them with AI systems to generate new content. In this example from tonight, I correctly translated the sentence given to me. (1/4)

If CBS won't show the CECOT segment from 60 Minutes, there are other sources, such as this one.

Where do the commas go in the title "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen"? Ramses the Pigeon explains through song!

Sometimes AI gets it right (by accident)

Sen Hickenlooper (D-CO) issues a four-word response to President Trump's claim that he has pardoned Tina Peters on state charges: "Look! Felons helping felons."

“Have Yourself A Merriam Little Christmas” Merriam, a career-oriented lexicographer from the city, returns to her small town for the holidays and meets Webster, a ruggedly handsome librarian, who shows her the true DEFINITION of Christmas.

My new music video goes out on YouTube at 3pm UK time today. To every developer out there who has ever been asked to do something really, really simple that turns out to be impossible because there is Too Much Architecture in the way: this one's for you. 🤘 www.youtube.com/watch?v=p03o...

BREAKING: This is huge news, the EU's equivalent of the 🇺🇸Supreme Court's 2015 Obergefell v. Hodges ruling. 🇪🇺Court of Justice just ruled all 🇪🇺countries must recognise same-sex marriages granted in other member states. This effectively legalises gay marriage across 🇪🇺

Always follow your local pond's rules. They're there for your protection!

The risk-limiting audit of the 2025 election in Jefferson County, Colorado was a complete success, with no discrepancies found.

I'll admit, I didn't see this one coming. This bumps me up the list of "First they came for..."s higher than I'd expected.

Page One: “Run” (2020), written by Aneesh Chaganty & Sev Ohanian Read the screenplay here. gointothestory.blcklst.com/page-one-run... #movies #screenwriting

Not the first time. In 2017, the case Pavan v. Smith came to them, from a Arkansas Supreme Court ruling that said same-sex married couples could receive inferior rights to opposite-sex married couples. In a 6-3 decision, Roberts joined Kennedy and the liberal justices in upholding Obergefell.

Hawaii bans "banned book" displays in public libraries. The irony is apparently lost on them.

One of my sudoku variant puzzles has been featured on BremSter's channel on YouTube! He had a lot of fun solving, and had many nice things to say about the puzzle. Ghosts have been spotted roaming the halls of Pac Manor. Can you help them move on?

For anyone who needs respite from the news, I highly recommend Taskmaster, an extremely silly long-running UK show in which five comedians compete at absurd tasks. Low-stress, high-pleasure, lots of laughs, utterly disconnected from reality. As your doctor, I hereby prescribe one episode minimum.

I wish more local media would call things what they are. Instead, they represent their corporate overlords and are afraid to rock the boat. So proud of @kylec.bsky.social and @nexton9news.bsky.social here in Denver!

Nice to see furries in the news for a positive story!

News Blast: PA Sen. Carolyn Comitta has introduced SB 434, the Marriage Equality Act, which would codify marriage for same-sex couples under law in PA regardless of what happens with the Obergefell decision. Rep. Malcolm Kenyatta introduced a related bill in the PA House.

If you don't have anything nice to say, why not think harder about whether you might have anything nice to say.

A TWO WORD PERFECT JOKE. That's lsome zen minimalist elegance right there

He said he'll break my legs if I dont get twenty people to repost this. And I need my legs. For walkin' Please help. #StarTrek

Just one reason I'm skeptical of AI coding tools.

I watched Star Trek reruns with my parents starting at a very young age, so I have no idea what my first episode was. It's quite possible that I became a Trekkie in utero.

June 26 is a big day in LGBT history at the Supreme Court. ⯈ June 26, 2003: Texas may not ban same-sex couples from having sex (Lawrence v. Texas) "[T]hose who drew and ratified the Due Process Clauses of the Fifth Amendment or the Fourteenth Amendment… knew times can blind us… (1/7)

This lets me bring out this meme that left me laughing a few weeks ago!

I'll be honest, folks. I didn't even KNOW there was a Nobel Prize in Epic Meltdown. He might deserve it.

Going to a @chucktingle.bsky.social tribute drag show tonight! facebook.com/events/s/pou...

I told you we’d be back

Suppose that Pete Buttigieg is the Democratic nominee in 2028 and wins the presidency. (I know, I know. Humor me.) Further suppose that he runs for reelection in 2032. If that happens, I'll be very disappointed in the Democratic Party if in 2032 they don't choose the campaign slogan RE-PETE!

Midlife crises were invented by Big Old to sell more young.

A high school freshman takes transphobic Maine politicians to task for bullying the trans girl who beat her in a race. Kudos to you, Anelise Feldman.

My vows, which included: "As we stand here today, I look at how far we've explored together. We've traveled from Earth to the distant reaches of the Gamma Quadrant, from the horrors of Arkham to the beaches of Fort Joy, and from the werk room to the main stage. In all of this, we explored together."

If Winnie the Pooh had a law degree:

I've published a sudoku variant at Logic Masters Germany! It's a 6x6 sudoku with two variants: renban lines contain a set of non-repeating consecutive digits, and little killer clues show the sum of digits along a diagonal. You can read more and play here: logic-masters.de/Raetselporta...

Movie you've watched more than six times, using GIF's

NEW: A federal judge raised alarm Friday that the Trump administration appeared to have deported a 2-year-old U.S. citizen to Honduras with "no meaningful process" — even as her father was fighting to keep her in the country. Details w/ @joshgerstein.bsky.social www.politico.com/news/2025/04...

Here's my first sudoku puzzle. Enter the digits 1-6 once each in each row, column, and box. Digits in a green circle represent the total of the digits along the attached arrow (which may include repeats, if allowed by other rules). The puzzle is called "Whirled Peas". sudokupad.app/2k5kmbiry6

The very best How To Make A Film Trailer trailer, EVER. :) youtu.be/KAOdjqyG37A...

The Roads Both Taken xkcd.com/3076

In 1933, the (bad German)s "deleted" research on topics they didn't approve of, such as gender and sexuality. Back then, deleting involved fire; now it takes a mouse click. Apropos of nothing, Mississippi just ordered libraries to delete research they don't approve of, such as gender and race.

The government responded to a court order to describe what steps they have taken to bring a wrongly-deported man back to the US, claiming that it's simply not humanly possible to them to describe those things. They're apparently unable—or unwilling—to say "We've done absolutely nothing, and won't."

Nearly all of them look good, but if I had to pick just three, I'd go with R+Y, B, and U.

SB14 removes the last statutory restrictions on same-sex marriage in Colorado. (They had been blocked since 2014 by state and federal court rulings, but the text was still on the books.) The Senate voted 29-6 in favor of SB14, and the House voted 45-14. The bill was signed by our governor today.

the more you think you’re not dreaming, the deeper in a dream you are. that’s what’s known as the Dunning-Freddy-Krueger effect.

🚨Georgetown University Law Center students are detailing which law firms have caved and which have stood up to the Trump regime. They have created this spreadsheet: docs.google.com/spreadsheets... Please share widely.

I saw a reference to Bryan Cranston in relation to Star Trek, and I thought to myself, "He was never in Star Trek, was he?" So I went to Google to find the answer, and got this: It should be noted that no Star Trek series, Discovery or otherwise, had an episode called "The Epilogue"; ... (1/2)

English weather is wet But German weather is Wetter   English children are kind But German kids are Kinder   English mothers mumble But German mothers Mutter   The English shout the word people But Germans just quietly Menschen it   And English sausages can be bad But a German sausage is the Wurst

"is this kling on?" — star trek mic check

For the March special election to fill a vacancy on the #LakewoodCO City Council, I'm voting for Bill Furman. He serves on the city Planning Commission, and sees the anti-growth policies supported by others on the council as harmful to the city's economy. I agree with his view. (1/4)