The thing frustratingly not talked often about with AI is what its true costs will be. Companies are operating at such a GARGANTUAN loss right now, that even if they got AI working 100%, the cost to break even could prevent common implementation by a generation or two. It just may not be feasible.

Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage

When you desperately want to starve Americans:

THIS

Watch @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social's inspiring victory speech. This is the future the Democratic Party must embrace. Turn the volume up.

Last chance to turn it off. On Monday, November 3rd, Microsoft will start using your LinkedIn data for AI training. And remember, you're opted in by default. To toggle it off 👉 Account - Settings & Privacy > Data privacy > Data for Generative AI Improvement.

COMMENTARY: Sixteen years after the Balloon Boy hoax, I'm nostalgic for those simpler lies and real consequences for the liars

my latest investigation for @consumerreports.org is based on months of reporting and 60+ lab tests of leading protein supplements we found that most protein powders and shakes have more lead in one serving than our experts say is safe to have in a day (🧵) www.consumerreports.org/lead/protein...

The federal government can stay shut until at least Inauguration Day 2029 for all I care. Democrats in Senate and House should not cave to Republicans. Cave & the next 3+ years will be even worse than the hellscape we’re experiencing. @degette.house.gov @bennet.senate.gov @hickenlooper.senate.gov

“I’m worried about my community… I’m out here in a frog costume to show how ridiculous the notion that we’re violent terrorists is, and showcase how that narrative is wrong…” Serious Q: is it too late to give this dude the Nobel Peace Prize? 🐸 🏆

Ok, I'm popping out of my NatSec hole because I see people passing this around and hyperventilating and going "this is so bad" and like, you know how a people are always saying "you can't really do a whole lot with an executive order?" Take that and multiply it by about ten for a NSPM.

reposting with alt text because this feels incredibly significant. the right-wing disinfo machine means a lot of the people grieving Charlie Kirk never heard any of the things he said that would have tarnished his brand as Guy Who Just Wants to Have Dialogue Across the Aisle

“It’s just a tool! People used to hate on photoshop too.” Take away my photoshop, take away my tablets, I can still draw. Take away your plagiarism machine and what are you gonna do? Shout prompts at me?

I've seen this on Bluesky and had to try it myself. The image below was the response to the prompt: "Show me a diagram of the US presidents since Herbert Hoover, with their names and years in office under their photos" Bravo, OpenAI, bravo.

The annoying spam texts destroying the Democratic brand: $678M raised through those spam tactics $282M to one consulting firm: Mothership Strategies. $11M to actual campaigns (1.6%) The party isn’t just treating donors like marks—it’s being fleeced itself yet continues to back Mothership.

Amazon Ring is introducing a new feature that would allow police to request live-stream access to people’s home security devices. Helllll no. If you have one of those things, get rid of it. Kill it with fire

This young sage speaks the truth.

BYD is testing solid-state EV batteries in its Seal sedan with nearly 1,200 miles of range

and on the other hand there is Honda just coming out of nowhere, launching it's reusable rocket for the first time and already landing it again within just 37cm. 🤭 interestingengineering.com/space/honda-...

Chatbots — LLMs — do not know facts and are not designed to be able to accurately answer factual questions. They are designed to find and mimic patterns of words, probabilistically. When they’re “right” it’s because correct things are often written down, so those patterns are frequent. That’s all.

a nation on edge holds its breath as the former host of celebrity apprentice huddles with his advisors, the wrestlemania ceo and the former co-host of fox & friends weekends

Trump is sending ICE to blue cities to enact the "largest mass deportation program in history" and Chicago is at the top of the list. I'm calling for every Democratic leader and candidate to stand against ICE, to call for its abolition, and to materially support immigrants. Inaction is complicity.

It is really really sinking in for me the degree to which LLMs are the ultimate expression of right wing anti-intellectualism. Its proponents are literally mocking the idea that anyone would ever want to learn anything, know anything, develop any actual skill, or have a thought of their own.

Data Centres

Insect art, flight paths being filmed. This is grainy as I'm trying different lights that they can't see. I don't want to disturb them, just film them. 👍

It's my birthday today! 🎉🎉🎉 No big words or dramatic insights — just quiet gratitude. Thank you for being here, for seeing what I create, and for letting me be part of your feed. If you'd like to make my day, a repost would be the best gift! Thanks, everyone! 💖💖💖 Let's keep going!

Y’all may want to check to see if you are following Jake Tapper @jaketapper.bsky.social here on Bluesky and if you are then unfollow him. He has 291,000 too many followers. Then pass it on.

Home of the Alchemist

I don’t mean to alarm anyone, but the orcas now have two F/A-18 Hornets

an under discussed aspect of the “birth rate decline panic” is that young people keep voting for politicians and agendas that never win in america and feel like the world is doomed, while older generations keep reiterating that doom cycle and forcing agendas on younger generations that fuck us

Happy #MayThe4th. I have no Star Wars art to share, so I'm just going to leave Nemick's Manifesto here. youtu.be/-asb8zTiuZ4?...

Dear god let this man cook.

me: writing is my place of peace me writing:

HAPPENING NOW: Hundreds of protesters have now gathered outside a federal courthouse in downtown Milwaukee to support Judge Hannah Dugan

Right Now, most of the American can relate to this message from the 90's.

I said my main goal of this trip was to meet with Kilmar. Tonight I had that chance. I have called his wife, Jennifer, to pass along his message of love. I look forward to providing a full update upon my return.

Let’s be clear. When the President defies the Supreme Court, it is the role of Congress to remove him from office. Full stop.

WOOF. 10-year yield above the yip line

Trump Boasts About Strong-Arming Trump Into Pausing Tariffs

Watching CNBC is like a fireplace screensaver with money burning instead of wood.

Inspired by @mark-carney.bsky.social and Canadians everywhere. We’re all fighting back on our home ice!

We take tariffs on our beautiful Heard Island very seriously. We will be consulting all mammals and flightless birds and will make an announcement in the near future detailing our response. #heardisland #tariff #mcdonaldisland #trumptariff

1. We should talk about the prevailing reaction to Signalgate – utter disbelief. People who know something abt national security, military affairs, gov't secrets & the law appear stunned by the clowns, idiots & buffoons who “accidentally texted” classified war plans to the editor of The Atlantic.

if, ten years ago, your entire understanding of politics was that the right wing wanted to destroy everything because they were evil, you had a more accurate and more predictive analysis than functionally the entire American media and political apparatus

This letter appeared in the Bloomsburg PA Press Enterprise this morning. I am assured the writer is who he purports to be, an Air Force veteran.