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Hey, Republicans! You know what would really make Elon Musk super mad? If you restored science funding, foreign aid, and thousands of government jobs. He’d be so owned.
June 5, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Hey, Republicans! You know what would really make Elon Musk super mad? If you restored science funding, foreign aid, and thousands of government jobs. He’d be so owned.
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Some of y'all can't handle 2 high agency males going at it and it really shows
June 6, 2025 at 2:47 AM
Some of y'all can't handle 2 high agency males going at it and it really shows
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The most corrupt president in history does his corruption right out in the open.
Trump draws global crypto investors with $148 million meme coin dinner reut.rs/4j8keTH
Trump draws global crypto investors with $148 million meme coin dinner
Buyers of President Trump’s meme coin are converging from around the globe on Thursday for an exclusive dinner at his private country club, overlooking the Potomac River, just outside the nation’s capital.
reut.rs
May 22, 2025 at 12:11 PM
The most corrupt president in history does his corruption right out in the open.
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This gets the story wrong on a fundamental level because it assumes DOGE was about what Musk claimed.
DOGE was about stealing data, getting Musk contracts, shutting down investigations and regulations of Musk’s companies, and terrorizing federal workers. On that front, it succeeded.
DOGE was about stealing data, getting Musk contracts, shutting down investigations and regulations of Musk’s companies, and terrorizing federal workers. On that front, it succeeded.
“Musk came to Washington all Cybertrucks and chain saws, ready to destroy the bureaucracy,” write Ashley Parker and Michael Scherer. But as he winds down his service, “he has found himself isolated within the upper reaches of the Trump administration”: https://theatln.tc/ckySMUOS
May 22, 2025 at 1:24 PM
This gets the story wrong on a fundamental level because it assumes DOGE was about what Musk claimed.
DOGE was about stealing data, getting Musk contracts, shutting down investigations and regulations of Musk’s companies, and terrorizing federal workers. On that front, it succeeded.
DOGE was about stealing data, getting Musk contracts, shutting down investigations and regulations of Musk’s companies, and terrorizing federal workers. On that front, it succeeded.
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I always think of this when someone says they do everything with AI now
May 16, 2025 at 5:04 AM
I always think of this when someone says they do everything with AI now
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Surely we all know that Trump’s life-long grifting was why he was recruited by authoritarians to run the country. Self-interest is his only principle and they showed him how their governance scheme could work for him.
New in PN: The bribe in the sky
"Trump flouts the rule of law and basic ethics because he believes no one will stop him, and a leader’s brazen self-enrichment is a hallmark of authoritarian regimes. The grifting isn’t a distraction. It’s part of the fascist package."
"Trump flouts the rule of law and basic ethics because he believes no one will stop him, and a leader’s brazen self-enrichment is a hallmark of authoritarian regimes. The grifting isn’t a distraction. It’s part of the fascist package."
The bribe in the sky
The Qataris make Trump an offer he refuses to refuse.
www.publicnotice.co
May 16, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Surely we all know that Trump’s life-long grifting was why he was recruited by authoritarians to run the country. Self-interest is his only principle and they showed him how their governance scheme could work for him.
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DOGE took control of the FAA, fired hundreds of air traffic employees—and then our air traffic control system mysteriously started shitting itself.
Probably just a coincidence!
Probably just a coincidence!
Pilots flying into Denver International Airport on Monday couldn’t communicate with air traffic controllers for about six minutes after multiple radio transmitters failed, according to reporting from Denver7.
Denver airport air traffic control went out for 6 minutes on Monday, report says
Pilots flying into Denver International Airport on Monday couldn’t communicate with air traffic controllers for about six minutes after multiple radio transmitters failed, according to reporting fr…
www.denverpost.com
May 15, 2025 at 10:04 PM
DOGE took control of the FAA, fired hundreds of air traffic employees—and then our air traffic control system mysteriously started shitting itself.
Probably just a coincidence!
Probably just a coincidence!
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I reckon if you've been a writer for 15 years and you can comfortably replace part of your process with ChatGPT, it speaks volumes about your writing
May 16, 2025 at 1:35 PM
I reckon if you've been a writer for 15 years and you can comfortably replace part of your process with ChatGPT, it speaks volumes about your writing
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the year is 2027. america is collapsing. the economy has cratered. planes are falling from the sky. and voters everywhere demand to know: what about joe biden’s mental acuity.
May 16, 2025 at 3:06 PM
the year is 2027. america is collapsing. the economy has cratered. planes are falling from the sky. and voters everywhere demand to know: what about joe biden’s mental acuity.
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the first real litmus test of the 2028 campaign, sure
This is far-right propaganda masquerading as journalism. Biden is an 82-year-old retiree who has no formal role in the Democratic Party. Meanwhile, the current president's brain continues to glitch over the word "groceries."
May 16, 2025 at 3:00 PM
the first real litmus test of the 2028 campaign, sure
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I think that it is deeply irresponsible for tech publications to obfuscate agency around AI systems in this way. A chat bot owned and controlled by a promoter of the white genocide conspiracy theory is promoting the white genocide theory. There’s no “can’t stop” about it.
Elon Musk’s Grok AI Can’t Stop Talking About ‘White Genocide’
In response to X user queries about everything from sports to Medicaid cuts, the xAI chatbot inserted unrelated information about “white genocide” in South Africa.
www.wired.com
May 14, 2025 at 10:28 PM
I think that it is deeply irresponsible for tech publications to obfuscate agency around AI systems in this way. A chat bot owned and controlled by a promoter of the white genocide conspiracy theory is promoting the white genocide theory. There’s no “can’t stop” about it.
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"So even after Trump’s “climbdown” we’re still looking at a shock to the economy 7 or 8 times as big as Smoot-Hawley, the previous poster child for destructive tariff policy." paulkrugman.substack.com/p/the-trade-...
The Trade War Isn’t Over
Look at the numbers, not the vibes
paulkrugman.substack.com
May 16, 2025 at 12:40 PM
"So even after Trump’s “climbdown” we’re still looking at a shock to the economy 7 or 8 times as big as Smoot-Hawley, the previous poster child for destructive tariff policy." paulkrugman.substack.com/p/the-trade-...
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reality undo button
May 16, 2025 at 4:22 PM
reality undo button
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the result of 9 years of this guy in the political spotlight has been that now nobody even comments that a sitting US president is on social media openly threatening US citizens when they enter his jurisdiction because they said a thing he didn't like
If this person sat next to you on a bus or train and started ranting about Bruce Springsteen in this way, you would get up and move to a different seat.
In the United States, we have him the nuclear codes.
In the United States, we have him the nuclear codes.
May 16, 2025 at 4:31 PM
the result of 9 years of this guy in the political spotlight has been that now nobody even comments that a sitting US president is on social media openly threatening US citizens when they enter his jurisdiction because they said a thing he didn't like
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GK Chesterton might be the pound for pound champ of banger lines in the history of the English language
G K Chesterton on point:
“You will hear everlastingly, in all discussions about newspapers, companies, aristocracies, or party politics, this argument that the rich man cannot be bribed. The fact is, of course, that the rich man is bribed; he has been bribed already. That is why he is a rich man.”
“You will hear everlastingly, in all discussions about newspapers, companies, aristocracies, or party politics, this argument that the rich man cannot be bribed. The fact is, of course, that the rich man is bribed; he has been bribed already. That is why he is a rich man.”
May 16, 2025 at 4:42 PM
GK Chesterton might be the pound for pound champ of banger lines in the history of the English language
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there are 1,100 words in this article and zero of them are "bus"
Uber to introduce fixed-route shuttles in major US cities designed for commuters
Uber to introduce fixed-route shuttles in major US cities designed for commuters | TechCrunch
Ride-hail and delivery giant Uber is introducing cheap, fixed-route rides along busy corridors during weekday commute hours in major U.S. cities -- one
techcrunch.com
May 14, 2025 at 7:05 PM
there are 1,100 words in this article and zero of them are "bus"
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Bugs makes this case accurately and eloquently. what happened is not "man speaks from beyond the grave" what happened is "they showed an expensive cartoon in court"
no he didn't that's not him what the fuck is wrong with you freaks
May 7, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Bugs makes this case accurately and eloquently. what happened is not "man speaks from beyond the grave" what happened is "they showed an expensive cartoon in court"
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i think the biggest public relations coup AI boosters scored was calling it “AI.” people genuinely think it is an intelligence, and that when they query it, it is providing reasoned answers
it's jolting how little AI skepticism has reached the general public. i've had many acquaintances ask whether i use AI for research and seem shocked when i tell them it's completely useless for that purpose. my wife recently told her colleagues about hallucinations and it was news to all of them.
May 7, 2025 at 4:57 PM
i think the biggest public relations coup AI boosters scored was calling it “AI.” people genuinely think it is an intelligence, and that when they query it, it is providing reasoned answers
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Trump shrugs off fears of shortages due to his China tariffs, saying, “Well, maybe the children will have two dolls instead of 30 dolls.”
“Oh, the Golden Toilet Guy is now preaching minimalism?�€� says @chrislhayes.bsky.social.
May 1, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Trump shrugs off fears of shortages due to his China tariffs, saying, “Well, maybe the children will have two dolls instead of 30 dolls.”
“Oh, the Golden Toilet Guy is now preaching minimalism?�€� says @chrislhayes.bsky.social.
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Say it after me: Chat GPT is not a search engine. It does not scan the web for information, it just generates statistically likely sentences. You cannot use it a search engine, or as a substitute for searching.
Now. Please never use an LLM for information searches ever again.
Now. Please never use an LLM for information searches ever again.
April 30, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Say it after me: Chat GPT is not a search engine. It does not scan the web for information, it just generates statistically likely sentences. You cannot use it a search engine, or as a substitute for searching.
Now. Please never use an LLM for information searches ever again.
Now. Please never use an LLM for information searches ever again.
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Worth noting Trump's popularity is cratering but the vast majority of people still have not felt much, if any, impact from tariffs. Same for DOGE; systems are cracking but lumbering along on the resilience built into them, which is deteriorating.
The storm isn't even here yet.
The storm isn't even here yet.
April 26, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Worth noting Trump's popularity is cratering but the vast majority of people still have not felt much, if any, impact from tariffs. Same for DOGE; systems are cracking but lumbering along on the resilience built into them, which is deteriorating.
The storm isn't even here yet.
The storm isn't even here yet.
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It was never just about schools, it was never just about libraries, and it isn't actually about the books.
It's about finding a way to banish entire people, entire ideas, out of society, back into the closet or worse.
www.chron.com/politics/art...
It's about finding a way to banish entire people, entire ideas, out of society, back into the closet or worse.
www.chron.com/politics/art...
Texas bill could punish bookstores for 'obscene' books
A new bill in the Texas Legislature, authored by Rep. Nate Schatzline, would allow businesses to be held liable if a minor reports damages from "obscene" books.
www.chron.com
April 25, 2025 at 11:21 PM
It was never just about schools, it was never just about libraries, and it isn't actually about the books.
It's about finding a way to banish entire people, entire ideas, out of society, back into the closet or worse.
www.chron.com/politics/art...
It's about finding a way to banish entire people, entire ideas, out of society, back into the closet or worse.
www.chron.com/politics/art...
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When I use Google now I just automatically scroll past the AI summaries like they’re banner ads
This is really important. Do NOT use the AI summaries at the top of google searches. Ignore them. This is especially important if you don't have any prior knowledge about the topic, but also a good general rule.
Search sources, scrutinize them carefully and double-check with other sources.
Search sources, scrutinize them carefully and double-check with other sources.
Google’s AI Overviews will not only confirm that a gibberish idiom is a real saying, it will also tell you what it means and how it was derived -- often including reference links.
www.wired.com/story/google...
www.wired.com/story/google...
April 26, 2025 at 10:59 AM
When I use Google now I just automatically scroll past the AI summaries like they’re banner ads
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As longtime readers know one of my favorite quotes is “The cemeteries are full of irreplaceable men.” The same is true of nations.
The long-term damage Trump is doing that doesn’t get enough emphasis is: He has very rapidly convinced the world that it can no longer AFFORD for the U.S. to be the “indispensable nation,” and other countries are in the process of restructuring their affairs accordingly. www.ft.com/content/c2eb...
Trump discovers the US is no longer indispensable
America cannot offer enough aid, green technology or new market access to mould the world trading system
www.ft.com
April 24, 2025 at 7:50 PM
As longtime readers know one of my favorite quotes is “The cemeteries are full of irreplaceable men.” The same is true of nations.