“I’m a Republican, but I don’t like what Trump’s doing,” they say. Not ONE Republican is fighting to stop this grifting rapist chud. Not ONE is out there saying “my fellow Republicans, let’s ditch these fuckheads and INSPIRE!” They’re all MAGA now. The ones above are just being cowards about it.

Casual question: When stepping by someone, do you prefer “pardon me,” “excuse me,” “beg your pardon,” or some other phrase? Why or why not? I was chatting with a friend about this and they felt one was polite and the other very rude. What do you think? What do you practice?

I’ve been kinda astonished at how few nested IF-THEN loops get interpreted as “AI.” No, buddy, it’s not “AI,” it’s just that I think through a lot of conditions.

Dr. Phibes took it upon himself to specifically target every single doctor that did him dirty and murder them all in unique ways. We need that kind of energy at Cornell, apparently.

Kitty-cat says “miaow!”

Remember when we universally agreed Hitler and Nazi was super bad? And then some folks started some shit, and people told them “Nazis started the same way”? They were supposed to realize they were heading down the wrong path. Instead, they’d rather claim Hitler was okay. We needed to hit harder.

News media in the US finally has the excuse they need to start reporting on the secret takeover of the US by a domestic terrorist group with cells secreted all over the US. “When will patriotic Americans dig these terrorist cockroaches out, try them, and convict them?” the media should be asking.

I wanted to write a gentle story about two people having a meet cute while working in a jalapeño factory, but oh dear lord “Extra-Spicy Romance” was an overly awkward title choice!

Nobody Really Wins: Living Amidst Ruins of the Broken Past Without Listening to the Warnings That Created Them.

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What’s your fake starwars academic paper

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The way some people aggressively embrace “AI” image-stealing tools reminds me of toddlers screaming when you try to wash their saliva-encrusted teddy bears, because “Bingbong is the only bear who TALKS to me!” Reminds me of how they vote, too, now that I think about it.

This penguin is GOING PLACES!

This here is my 18-book series “Terror Stories from the Territories,” a magnum opus bringing more than 200 weird tales all together and weaving them into a 25-year cross-country adventure of bizarre Americana. Vol. 1-4 are out now, vol 5 lands October 1.

If your boat doesn’t have eyes, why even bother?

Alan Turning proposed that a machine could be considered Artificial Intelligence if a human interacting with it doesn’t know thinks it’s alive. But Turning should have specified the human’s level, because there are some absolutely unvarnished hiney-potatoes out there typing on social media.

I feel like this is the sign future archeologists will place over the graves of antivaxxers.

Mark Strong cast as a good guy will ALWAYS TRICK ME! What about you? What casting choice will ALWAYS trick you?

The louder someone whines about how they “love patriotism,” the angrier they get when encountering people who are patriotic to other countries. Statistically, these people actually HATE patriots, they just love their own personal club.

It’s safe to say that, historically, once someone claims they value “purebloods,” they are 100% a villain. An astoundingly stupid villain, at that!

It still baffles me how an entire generation raised knowing that Russia posed a specific direct nuclear existential threat to the US now have happily placed themselves on the ground in hopes of licking the waddling boots of an entire political party devoted to riding Putin’s dick.

Simple philosophies have a tendency to be brutal for inapplicable cases. Be aware. The world is necessarily complex and nuanced and filled with adventure.

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The ultimate dick-punch to Republicans would be videos of them raping children, so that’s probably why they don’t want anyone looking into those Epstein documents. On the other hand, their supporters probably wouldn’t believe such videos, even if it spunked ‘em in the face. Or wouldn’t care.

Did the FBI just admit that they would gladly hire people who fuck animals? The Trump administration has decided they’ll give guns and badges to animal fuckers. Do we really WANT animal fuckers to have guns and badges?! Call your representative today. Tell them to oppose hiring animal fuckers!

I know a guy. He needs someone who can build him a website on Wix. He needs it to integrate with printify. He’s looking for someone right NOW. I can introduce the two of you, but I’m not negotiating rates or anything. Lemme know right away. Fell free to share this.

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This is not the time to listen to advice from people who have absolutely no clue what they are talking about. www.bbc.com/news/live/cm...

Trump criticises AI boss who called for slowdown and says only guardrail needed is a 'smart president'

Stock markets fall in the US, Europe and Asia as Anthropic boss Dario Amodei says AI development should be slowed "to reduce the risk that something goes seriously wrong".

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Math nerds, I’ve been hobbyin’ a bit. Exploring JavaScript led me to writing this. A high-precision calculator can handle very large numbers. It doesn’t bork around with Reals. It’s superfast, but certain functions will still take a long time because they are crazy. calculator.petting-zoo.org

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