media when maga wins an election: we must travel the country and speak to these voters and extend empathy to them and give credence to their bigotry and false beliefs media when the left wins an election: is this the end of the american experiment

incredible futurism.com/artificial-i...

Google's AI Is Telling Users That Flock Cameras Are Filled With Valuable Gold and Copper

Google's AI Overview is spreading misinformation about hidden treasure inside another AI-company's surveillance cameras.

futurism.com

this is legitimately a huge problem that i don’t know how they will resolve, either from an executive or legislative standpoint, and it’s going to be the case across a lot more than just defense

"Online Rent-a-Sage" Bret Devereaux@bretdevereaux.bsky.social · 9h ago

I fundamentally do not know how to square the politics whereby Democrats will essentially have to tell the American people that because they (the voters) made an extremely stupid decision, they need to lower their expectations substantially for the foreseeable future, but here we are.

"We love our troops don't we folks support the troops our brave men and women in uniform stand for them stand for the troops their sacrifice inspires us" it was all bullshit this entire time. A joke to all of them

FinTwitter@fintwitter.bsky.social · 12h ago

TRUMP IMMIGRATION CRACKDOWN DETAINS 50+ FAMILY MEMBERS OF U.S. TROOPS: AP

can I drop this here or

the whole 'nothing has gotten better' discourse is of course fucking stupid in a million ways, but I just wanted to note that average dog lifespan in the United States has increased by two years since 2000.

Missouri elections be like: Hitler (R) 79% - Christ (D) 21% And then the ballot initiative: Amend the Missouri constitution to require the state to own the means of production and work towards full communism? Yes 92% - No 8%

my total speculation is that the social media panopticon has made social desirability bias insurmountable, and so people just don't tell the truth (this is not a dunk on the poster) bsky.app/profile/sarw...

Nicholas Sarwark@sarwark.org · 12h ago

Do you think respondents are falsifying responses or that pollsters are not contacting a representative sample?

The only thing that intrudes on Trump's fake alternate reality is high gas prices so any resolution that lowers gas prices let's trump, reporters and voters slip back into the simulacrum and resolve the uncomfortable dissonance

Nicholas Grossman@nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 12h ago

I can’t believe Iran saying they think they’ve got Oman on board with their plan to thwart US war aims is being treated as successful peace talks or an American accomplishment, even a little. That is crazy-making to me.

Diahann Carroll The first Black woman to win a Tony Award for Best Leading Actress in a Musical, No Strings (1962) 🎼

Check out the toe beans on this little kitten who was trapped by Sister Kitten in Asheville yesterday. SO MANY BEANS!!!

Nice.

People are dismissing this piece too lightly I think. Will is very good tech reporter and the story cites multiple instances of work apparently duplicative of other ebooks. This isn’t him feeding the book into an AI detector.

Is This What Comes After AI Slop?

Daggermouth could be the first best-selling novel partly written by a chatbot.

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I somehow do not think "my ex-wife is the bad guy because she took the kid to the emergency room for a broken collarbone" is gonna go the way he thinks.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · yesterday

Rep. Max Miller: "When I was reported for child abuse of my daughter for a broken collarbone, my daughter was in my ex-wife's care 9 out of the last 11 days and she took her to the emergency room, which is a contempt violation from our shared parenting plan."

or this

BREAKING: Sen. Dick Durbin accuses Todd Blanche of lying under oath. He says Blanche told him in his office — with witnesses — that the slush fund was a mistake. In his confirmation hearing, Blanche denied that remark.

"Meanwhile, we’re losing a war because folks with gender dysphoria forgot to order more Patriot missiles and forgot where the Strait of Hormuz is, or so I’m told."

Lawyers, Guns and Money@lawgunsmoney.bsky.social · yesterday

Hegseth’s Catch

This is the Millennial Retirement Home Microblogging Website you maniacs. We love Wikipedia here but we are older than Wikipedia here!

Wikipedia@wikipedia.org · yesterday

Wikipedia's homepage changed over time.

After Limbaugh died I loved asking people who said he was funny what their favorite joke of his was

Euan@euan.bsky.social · 2d ago

as we saw with Charlie Kirk it’s extremely notable that no fans of Rod Liddle include any of their favourite quotes from him in their tributes

No one in public life talks about red states this way.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2d ago

Trump: "Look at the blue cities. What do they have in common? They're all dirty. They're filthy dirty. Their streets are dirty. Their streets smell. Their storefronts are broken. Their trees are all gross. Everything about the place is dirty. It's really all of them."

Every attorney and employee who touched any version of this agreement, on both sides, should be indicted for bribery on January 21, 2029, and have their personal assets seized.

Kyle Griffin@kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 2d ago

FLAG: Trump gets to keep tax immunity for himself, his sons, and the Trump Organization under the new 'deal' struck by Todd Blanche. The new order also reaffirms that Trump won't have to pay any taxes he might have owed the IRS.

they want something more like roman religion, where the empire has its state gods you must respect and which their symbols of power are linked to

James Austin@jamesdaustin.bsky.social · 3d ago

A huge issue for the populist right in adopting Christianity so heavily as a identity marker against Muslims, is that the core theology of Christianity very explicitly rejects their ideas.

“There's an old saying in Clausewitz—I know it's in Jomini, probably in Clausewitz—that strategy is the use of battles for... for... battles get you the thing you want.”

James@gravitysra1nbow.bsky.social · 2d ago

It's like what that German guy always used to say. Sustained kinetic strikes in lieu of a cessation in hostilities are negotiations by other means

"Liberal bubble" has only ever meant anywhere where right wing perspectives aren't artificially elevated and forced into everyone's feeds.

Khazad Dum ass architecture

Luca@lucagalletti.bsky.social · 2d ago

Carved out in the 17th century, this Slănic Prahova Salt Mine in Romania, has become one of Europe's largest, plunging more than 200 meters below the surface. IG: @ romania

nintendo shall see valhalla www.ign.com/articles/the...

Nintendo Going Head-to-Head With GTA 6 With The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time Remake in November, Fans Believe, After Amiibo Release Date Revealed

Nintendo will launch its The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time Switch 2 remake head-to-head with GTA 6 in November, fans believe.

ign.com

I ran a "debloat your PC" app people had recommended, and it uninstalled both Slack and Microsoft Teams, and like, look, I love the enthusiasm, and I'm not saying you're WRONG, but I do still gotta get paid.