Fun fact, that’s how your tax dollars should be spent. I dont have kids but my taxes go to pay for schools that kids I dont and won’t have will never go to and…that’s perfectly fine. Tax dollars spent on benefits for the larger society is why taxes exist morons

USA TODAY Opinion@usatodayopinion.usatoday.com · 2d ago

Opinion: Mamdani's idea may sound appealing, but it's NYC taxpayers who will take the hit, subsidizing discounts they may never even use.

Excuse my ignorance, but if Todd Blanche is confirmed, couldn’t he just issue a new memo under a slightly different framework that still gives Trump the slush fund and the immunity he wanted? We can’t trust these people.

I’m tired of old ppl in Congress on the left thinking the problem with tech companies will be solved by just taxing them more. Sure, they need to pay more in taxes but what they really need is to be regulated and held accountable for the products they unleash on the public

Elizabeth Warren@warren.senate.gov · 2d ago

Do you use Instagram or Gmail? You could be helping to train AI. Big Tech has turned what all of us helped create into a trillion-dollar industry. It’s time to tax AI so you can share in its success.

I hate this timeline. This is an absurd defense

The Bulwark@thebulwark.com · 3d ago

Rep. Max Miller: "My former wife has claimed that during a custody exchange at my home that day, I assaulted her…If I had assaulted her, would she have offered to cook me dinner six days later?"

Please stop saying “lockdowns.” There were never true lockdowns in the US, and it fuels far right narratives to repeat this inaccurate statement. You can say closures, you can say restrictions, or better, you can say public health measures which saved many lives.

Dr. Lucky Tran@luckytran.com · 6d ago

People still complain about “lockdowns” but we had none in the US. We had stay-at-home orders, where although businesses were closed, you could still go outside whenever you wanted. Other countries had far stricter rules, and yet have been much more accepting of them as they saved many more lives.

These people aren't connected to humanity anymore. This is one of the dumbest things I've seen today and i saw the RFK Jr clip from CNN this morning.

This is just some pathetic “Me too” shit and I hate it here

I might actually use LinkedIn more often now

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The Verge@theverge.com · 6d ago

As part of a series of updates to reduce the volume of AI slop on the platform, LinkedIn is introducing an actual button that lets you flag a post as something that “Seems like AI slop.”

“If you think an image is generated by our A.I., ask our A.I. and it will tell you if the image generated by our A.I. is A.I” I hate all these companies.

Leah McElrath@leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 5d ago

Google’s response to the outcry about this very dangerous new AI function is to claim “We take misinformation seriously”:

The “we sent text messages” defense of why they can’t be accused of genocide is wild. WILD

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 6d ago

ABC: “Would you say you bear any responsibility?” NETANYAHU: “Not for war crimes. That’s hogwash.”🤔 Netanyahu dismisses the idea 🇮🇱 is committing genocide, defends keeping journalists out, peddles the same stale lines to justify the carnage as 🇮🇱’s reputation craters globally

New #InsanityCheck episode with @bookblerd.bsky.social. Between the Tate’s popularity built off of sexual assault and rape and OpenAI using their recklessness and utter shit security, we’re tired of criminal behavior just being peak marketing material for terrible ppl

Crime as a Marketing Tool – Insanity Check

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The arrogance and delusion of these ppl…

Dare Obasanjo@carnage4life.bsky.social · last wk.

“What we need to explain to the world: Number one, we are close to creating a genie that can grant any wish. Number two, we are going to make sure that our first wishes broadly benefit humanity” - Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI — This is definitely the opposite of Anthropic’s AI kills all jobs pitch.

Rahm Emanuel thinks he can run for president. That’s adorable* *delusional

It’s ok to admit that DSA co-chair’s Fox News interview was idiotic First question and red flag is if you’re trying to get candidates to win democratic primaries why are you going on Fox News? Who are you trying to win over?

The problem is, much like Meta's other products, the most degenerate use cases are the keys to generating engagement and therefore, ad revenue. That's it. There is no mass market for these glasses unless it's to invade privacy. Not at the scale they want it to be

The Verge@theverge.com · last wk.

Last week, Instagram's Adam Mosseri said that the social media platform will take down videos taken with Meta’s glasses that depict harassment. Attempts to curtail misuse are good, but the problem is Meta could have been doing this all along. Read more from @vicmsong.bsky.social: buff.ly/u2z4uwE

Fun fact about Palantir. While they’re clearly evil and no one should be giving them their data. Their tools are also kinda just trash

Financial Times@financialtimes.com · last wk.

Hospitals using Palantir’s patient discharge tool have registered 'no noticeable improvement' in performance, according to research that is likely to add to calls for an independent audit of NHS England’s claims. ft.trib.al/MFS4B1I

We're bringing back talking movies on MTR Network. @bookblerd.bsky.social and I talk The Princess Bride and Robin Hood Men in Tights

Movie Talk: The Princess Bride & Robin Hood Men in Tights

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Why is anyone sitting down with Fuentes? Am I going crazy here?

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · last wk.

Fuentes to Hunter: “I agree: Trump is a cruel narc*ssist. A liar, bull 💩 artist. If you’re ‘America First’ you have no place in this Republican Party… I’m telling my people: VOTE DEMOCRAT. They’ll use oversight powers to bring Trump corruption to light.” Full: www.instagram.com/reel/DbSAuCn...

*sigh* This is why i worry that some ppl aren't up to the task. There is no "if" here. He cannot run a third time, period. Just like as a felon, he shouldn't have been allowed to run. If you allow even one vote for him on an official ballot, you've legitimized something that is illegal. Period

Think we’re at the stage where we should assume the Nazi tweets are part of the appeal for partners and investors.

Dave Levitan@davelevitan.bsky.social · last wk.

The ongoing Musk nazi tweets just have me wondering if corporate boards are even a thing anymore

*deep sigh* This is why I don’t like or trust this man. He can’t ever admit he’s wrong and made a mistake.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · last wk.

BRENNAN: You were an early supporter of Graham Platner. Do you regret not acting earlier for him to drop out given the warning signs? BERNIE SANDERS: No, I don't think so

Cause see…if you’re forced to admit that musk supporting neo-Nazis isn’t a bug but a deliberate feature you then have to look at all the ppl that are directly supporting musk and making deals with him and what that says about them

That’s actually the bigger problem. Ppl keep giving fascists an inch and downplaying when they aren’t “as bad” as the others. That’s how she ends up sitting down across from musk and acting shocked he shrugs that he’s supporting neo-Nazis. She doesn’t understand he’s one of them

Musa Okwonga@okwonga.bsky.social · 2w ago

The editor in chief of The Economist referring here to the AfD’s leader as a “perfectly thoughtful person“ instead of what she truly is - a driver and enabler of German fascism - is a huge part of the problem.

sorry. just couldn't and wouldn't be me being up there shaking his hand. There's no excuse for this shit

WatchYourRepsTN&SC@watchyourrepssc.bsky.social · 2w ago

Trump sued the reporters for billions and spent months calling the story fake news, yet stands there smirking and throwing his hands up while they accept an award for uncovering his Epstein ties. The shameless narcissism and complete lack of remorse is absolutely staggering.

No. That’s not what happened. A shitty software company set up a poorly secured “sandbox” without the most basic firewalls and let a machine learning bot run wild and it “hacked” a site run by ppl that idiotically allowed remote code to execute with zero checks It’s just bad security 101

Brad Lander@bradlander.bsky.social · 2w ago

This story is both shocking and not the least bit surprising: an OpenAI model that was being tested for its abilities hacked the infrastructure surrounding the test, worked over the weekend while no one was looking, and cyber-attacked a real company, well before OpenAI noticed. (1/3)

Welcoming Trump into the room makes them collaborators. www.americaamerica.news/p/can-legacy...

Can Legacy Media Ever Remove the Stain?

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Joined the BBC to talk about hyperscalers' AI capex, the greater AI bubble, and how OpenAI is the Lehman Brothers of AI.

I tell you. Nothing shows you the true character of a lot of white folks on the left like Dem primary season if there's a race where black people don't vote the way those white people want them to. The racism and bigotry and hate just spills out.