1/ At bargaining yesterday, @propublica.org management said that they should have 100% discretion to replace workers with AI and would not commit to labeling future AI-generated content.

Hi Internet! I'm Drew and THIS IS MY FACE.

If this GIF has ever brought you joy in the past, I humbly ask you to consider making a donation to the National MS Society. It would mean a lot to me and to those I know affected by the disease!

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There’s a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for people to build on the rubble of what’s being destroyed before our eyes. Private corporations bending over to forcefeed everyone government-approved speech is evil and amoral, but more than anything this creates boring, inauthentic, unwatchable shit.

Becoming increasingly clear we’re gonna have to build a parallel infrastructure for all the media we really love. The reason all of this is happening under the color of law is hyperconsolidation, dissent being traded straight up for merger approval, or fear of harassment.

enshittification | noun | when a digital platform is made worse for users, in order to increase profits

Holy shit.

A government-sanctioned "truth arbiter" will soon arrive at CBS. Their role will be to ensure that journalists do not criticize this Administration or express views that conflict with its agenda.

This is a betrayal—not just of journalistic independence, but of the public trust. 🧵

Ya I'm into NFTs

Not
Fast-forwarding through the
Twin Peaks intro

It is pretty noticeable that even as mainstream opinion on Israel and Gaza finally shifts, you don’t hear the Responsible Adults apologizing for punishing all the college kids protesting the atrocities. Quite the opposite in fact!

Just had the unfortunate realization that SeaLab is in the past.

What a tragedy:
Indiana Public Broadcasting Stations, which has 17 public radio & television stations, is eliminating its entire team of reporters and editors at the end of the year. The move comes after the IN General Assembly removed state funding for the organization
www.wvxu.org/local-news/2...

Genuinely has anyone *ever* been owned so badly as a man who converts to a new religion as an adult and sorta makes it his whole thing only to see the literal head of that religion rebuke his entire deal and then they choose the NEXT head of the religion specifically because he doesn't like you

Rep. Steven Doan, R-Erlanger, filed a floor amendment yesterday to a Dem-backed bill that would put marijuana on the ballot. Doan's amendment would only allow "odorless" cannabis "because some of y'all 'Puff mad lye to get high as a kite.'" #kyga25

PBS is now live on Prime — ad-free — and you don't need a subscription to watch.

This marks the first time this programming will be available *free* on a major streaming service.

Channels include PBS Drama, Documentaries, Kids + live feeds for 150 local stations

www.pbs.org/articles/str... #TVSky

Love to ban trans women from capitol restrooms in order to “protect women and girls” while suppressing a report about the incoming attorney general paying for the statutory rape of a minor while in congress and showing women’s nudes on the House floor

A lot of folks are waking up today and wondering how the hell we got here—again.

There will be many attempts to explain it in the coming days, but I figured I’d offer my take.

Like many of you, I’m horrified. I supported Harris over Trump and am terrified of what’s to come—esp with baby on the way

Latest comic: Weirdo Welfare

effective altruism is the funniest philosophical movement possible. a justification to get as rich as possible at anyone else's expense under the premise that you will give it away "later" in a way to "do the most good" as judged by a guy who got preposterously rich at everyone else's expense.

i wish i could be "dougie jones"