Remember when Zuckerberg tried to give a demo of his AI glasses walking him through making a fancy sauce for his rapidly-cooling steak sandwich? It started off by demanding an ingredient he didn't have and then immediately broke.
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for my friends in Western Washington, remember that the phone number for the Seattle chapter of the National Lawyers' Guild is 206-OK-TRY-ME
Ben Collins@bencollins.bsky.social · 5h agoLast year today was one of the scariest days of my life. We initially called a lawyer who wanted to work with feds to arrange a perp walk. Kat told that guy to fuck himself. Thank God for the National Lawyer's Guild, who Kat called right after. They were ready to fight the bullshit on zero notice.
Hey while we’re at it—watching a potential championship game that has now gone into extra innings—the women of the @wnba.com deserve to have their game 6 in primetime. Shame on the organizers for dropping that ball.
I’m not just talking T. rex today. I spoke to the CBC about a very cool, parrot-like dinosaur that might have been munching fruit back in the Cretaceous - the “hell chicken” Infernogallus.
Meet the 'hell chicken,' a feisty little dinosaur who feasted on fruit | CBC Radio
While other dinosaurs were crunching the bones of their prey in their powerful teeth, or slowly gnawing on leaves and twigs, Infernogallus jamesi may have been happily savouring nature's sweet delight...
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Fun fact: it takes fewer votes to impeach and remove the president than to override a veto.
Acyn@acyn.bsky.social · 7h agoKamala Harris: I think that going in the direction of impeachment is not a good idea. I was in the Senate for the last go-round, and the votes aren’t there. I think after the election, we all have to just also agree that our attitude has to be to get stuff done…
She’s 40 feet long. She weighs nine tons. Her bite crushes bone. And she’s coming to your bookshelf. Tyrant Lizard Queen My latest book art by @korybing.bsky.social poster by @emmalerae.bsky.social Out now. us.macmillan.com/books/978125...
If you've been hanging on to a NYT subscription for the recipes, this is a good time to let that go.
soleil ho@soleilho.com · 8h agothis is a real bummer. and according to their senior editor (in the comments), you can't turn it off www.nytimes.com/2026/10/23/i...
I’m so furious about this because their justification is “people need to know how to halve recipes and/or measure in metric” and, like… those are features that places like Allrecipes and Nigella have had standard on their sites for years with no AI
soleil ho@soleilho.com · 8h agothis is a real bummer. and according to their senior editor (in the comments), you can't turn it off www.nytimes.com/2026/10/23/i...
Not to rub this in, but in all the race-baiting and Muslim-baiting about El-Sayed, somehow never gets mentioned about him what was always mentioned about Bill Clinton, Bill Bradley, Pete Buttigieg, Corey Booker, Wes Moore, etc, and should be about Gina Raimondo: that he won a Rhodes scholarship.
A month after Stanislav Petrov, we honor Vasiliy Arkhipov, who refused to fire nuclear missiles at US ships during the Cuban Missile Crisis. Two individuals, twenty years apart, whose judgment and discretion saved billions of lives.
Sorcy! @sorcyress.bsky.social · 13h agoA true hero, and I am not jesting or being ironic. Vasily Arkhipov is one of the few people who can truly be said to have saved the entire world.
NEW on @zeteo.com Sources say Amy Acton's estranged mom seemed mentally unwell when Ramaswamy's ad was filmed & she had trouble keeping a coherent narrative on the past. Some wanted to vet her more, but *Ramaswamy himself* wanted to pushed ahead. From @jsweetli.bsky.social & @swin24.bsky.social:
Republicans Warned Vivek Ramaswamy His ‘Rapist Protector’ Ad Was a Terrible Idea
The Ohio gubernatorial candidate was told using Amy Acton’s estranged mother in an ad would backfire. The story of how it came together is even worse than you think.
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Yes he came back from the adversity of *checks notes* being credibly accused of sexual assault by scores of women
Tony Grossi@tonygrossi.bsky.social · yesterdaySecond thoughts: Deshaun Watson is a legitimate NFL comeback player-of-the-year candidate. Via TLOD on ESPNCleveland app. thelandondemand.com/grossi/secon...
Every weirdo on here who has called me ableist for being critical of AI should read this; and tell me how they justify the chatbot making things up, as it convinced this young immigrant to taper off anti-convulsants, with such devastating consequences. Tell me how we shouldn't be critical of AI
Dan Nguyen@dancow.bsky.social · 12h agoGut punch of a story about an Amazon engineer who trusted ChatGPT-4o to manage and reduce her seizure med dosages. You'd hope someone who made it into a top engineering position would have known the limits of AI circa May 2024 www.nytimes.com/2026/10/27/w...
Motion to rebrand DIY domestic sustainability and autonomy practices as anything other than fucking "homesteading"
Bolosonaro is being investigated for being on honest to God Brazilian crime lord who was running to do for him and his crime family what our President did for his, lost, then fled Brazil illegally, and if Dems aren’t running this story 24/7 for the next week they are leaving real votes on the table.
Axios@axios.com · 8h agoBREAKING: The U.S. government is granting visas to Flávio Bolsonaro and his family following his defeat in Brazil's presidential election.
Oh fun, I've had two separate MCAS reactions in two days to food/drink that has not previously caused any issues. My mast cells just randomly decided they don't like things now. Bodies are infuriating.
Why, package of batteries, we don’t even know each other! 👀
“protein enriched chocolate chip cookie” is kinda the perfect synthesis of the conflicting american male desires to be a spartan warrior and also five years old
Yeesh. The targeted wells, the ones nearing end of life, produce about half of the methane releases. Methane is an even more important greenhouse gas. 🌎 www.nytimes.com/2026/10/27/c...
E.P.A. to Loosen Methane Rules for Oil Firms (Gift Article)
The Biden administration had sought to crack down on methane leaks, a big driver of climate change. Those rules are now being scaled back.
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THIS. I had to renew my driver's license on short notice earlier this month. "Save time, make an appointment!" NO appointments until *December*. Had to get there at 7:15 AM and stand in line, hoping to get in & prepared to spend most of the day. Absolute absurdity.
Tressie McMillan Cottom@tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 10h agoi know it's the age of immediacy and frictionless and what-have-you but *everything* takes longer to complete now than it did even two or three years ago. it's stunning.
Sure seems like ICE had three deaths in 24 hours, knew how bad it would look, and are trying to draw it out so people won’t notice.
Today's a great day to support some creators. Writers and artists and creatives of all sorts: reply with a link to one of your works, if you'd like. And feel free to tell us about it. Everyone: let's check through the replies and buy some creations and support some human beings.
Tennessee Republican Brent Taylor, running to flip a House seat his party radically gerrymandered, reportedly sent unsolicited nude photos as recently as 2021. Taylor faces Democrat Justin Pearson for a seat that Trump won 60-39 under the new lines. www.the-downballot.com/p/the-downba...
Brent Taylor's Sexting Problem
State Sen. Brent Taylor (R-Memphis) has sent unsolicited nude photos as recently as 2021, dismissing past sexual advances as “youthful indiscretions” that marked his 30-year marriage.
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🚨 BREAKING: The UK police watchdog is investigating whether child sexual abuse material seized from Andrew Tate's home in 2015 was properly investigated. Police allege the devices contained 66 Category A images/videos - the most serious classification. Charges weren't authorised until 2026.
Cheesecake Factory is also a rerun of the Cracker Barrel thing because, as always, the only way Americans are supposed to express our values is through brand loyalty and consumption. What we order off the dessert menu is who we are.
It appears DOJ has, for the first time in history I believe, made the argument that criminal information can be filed without probable cause.
Anna Bower@annabower.bsky.social · 13h agoMJ: But you agree an original complaint would need PC finding? Could that be issued without PC? DOJ: I think that whenever I have sought an initial open complaint, there is generally an arrest warrant.
the WNBA finals game 6 being bumped to an early day game for a regular season atlanta hawks game is a perfect example of this.
Mallory Moore@sexabolition.blog · 20h agoThe real unfair competition women are being forced into with men is having women's sports constantly separated off as a distinct event which is made to compete commercially with much better funded and socially and institutionally enfranchised men's sporting events & found inadequate by that standard