HOMAN: I wouldn't say that mistakes were made. We'll see. BASH: Well, we've seen with our own eyes that mistakes were made. Deadly mistakes were made. At least 5 of them.
Seantaclaus
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Once and Perhaps Future Artist. Blogger. Reluctant Writer. Infrequent DJ. Social Liberal. Left-Leaning Independent. Leguminati. Nobody of Consequence. Just Another Human Being.
That moment when that theuwback banger you haven't heard in a minute comes on... and then you realize it's on a medication commercial and you're old. Worse yet: The music your classmates listened to was already older when that song came out. It's fine. Everything's fine.
Apparently tomorrow has a high of 98°F, but will feel like One Hundred and Fuck You degrees (118). Looks like most of the coming week will be like that. Ugh.
Oh look, a good human who holds to their ethics.
‘Weird Al’ Yankovic Turned Down Million-Dollar Offer to Perform in Saudi Arabia: ‘I Don’t Need to Take Any Money if It Makes Me Feel Icky’
'Weird Al' Yankovic revealed he turned down a seven-figure offer to perform at the state-sponsored Riyadh Comedy Festival in Saudi Arabia.
variety.com
So either they hacked the other company and blamed it on the AI*, or they're admitting that they've created something that they can't actually control. Either way, placing blame on it, yet still wanting more money for something they've built on mass IP theft. Fascinating.
OpenAI says its AI technology acted on its own in an 'unprecedented' hack of another company
OpenAI has disclosed an "unprecedented cyber incident" where its AI system allegedly hacked into another AI company.
apnews.com
Pool report from @svdate.bsky.social, who is at the World Cup ceremony: "The president walked onto the field at 1826 to a sustained chorus of boos. Ambient crowd noise was about 78 decibels. Booing brought it to 84."
While I've seen allusions and claims to this potential pop up over the years, they've usually been from fairly questionable fringe or other obscure sites. This is from the BBC.
Scientists are regrowing human teeth
While teeth play a greater role in health than many realise, current dental solutions for tooth loss are temporary and subpar. What if we could regrow our teeth instead?
bbc.com
Additionally, it drives me crazy that the default position in this country is that being here undocumented is a crime. It’s not. Further, legal status isn’t a factor in whether someone should be murdered.
Ahmed Baba@ahmedbaba.bsky.social · 3w agoIt’s impossible to move the debate forward when one side is committed to upholding a disinformation-fueled, dehumanizing false reality that leads to the state-sanctioned street killings of innocent people. There are not two sides to this particular story. Full stop.
Well there's an unexpected but pleasant surprise.
Senate passes resolution saying Bankman-Fried shouldn’t receive pardon
The Senate unanimously passed a resolution Wednesday declaring that FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried should not receive a pardon. Bankman-Fried, who was sentenced to 25 years in prison on fraud charge…
thehill-com.cdn.ampproject.org
It occurred to me as I was yelling at my steering wheel this morning that increasingly, we have opinions being offered by people who never read what they're dismissing. When you are a major podcaster or pundit, you don't get to say "This article is nonsense/ragebait" if you haven't actually read it.
For the first time, scientists found sugar in interstellar space. The discovery offers clues to the origins of life on Earth.
A Sweet Surprise: Scientists Find Sugar Deep in Our Galaxy
It’s the first time a sugar molecule has been detected in interstellar space. The discovery provides tantalizing new clues into how life may have arisen on Earth.
nyti.ms
Have you noticed that some of the most effective ads for the Dems are written by the GOP? I love when they say the quiet part out loud! #AccountabilityIsComingNovember3rd
Well, I guess that's one way to have a potential 'come to Jesus' moment.
Sen. Lindsey Graham dies at 71 after sudden illness | CNN Politics
US Sen. Lindsey Graham, the longtime Republican from South Carolina and ally of President Donald Trump, has died “from a brief and sudden illness,” a spokesperson for his office told CNN.
us.cnn.com
Trump is preparing to fire the leadership of the Smithsonian Institution, one of America's most prestigious scientific and historical research and education organizations. He wants in particular to censor the Smithonian's American History exhibits:
White House report brands Smithsonian leadership as radical activists who can't be trusted
The report released late on Independence Day by the White House Domestic Policy Council comes in the midst of Trump’s aggressive campaign to overhaul some of Washington's most sacred cultural and hist...
pbs.org
If this were just Ketanji Brown Jackson walking the halls of the Capitol, meeting with “nobody” the day before final rulings, Trump and Republicans would be going ballistic.
In 2021 Dorian Borcherds captured a Chirodectes Maculatus - a rare species of spotted box jellyfish - in the New Ireland province of Papua New Guinea. There is some debate that it may be a new species altogether. #AGoodPlace Source: www.reddit.com/r/NatureIsFu...
Here's a momentary bit of astronomy for your feed.
'Super-puff' planets less dense than cotton candy discovered by international team
An international collaboration has discovered two of the lowest-density giant planets ever detected: rare "super-puff" planets with densities lower than candy floss. The study—led by the University of...
phys.org
Apparently an older, completely identifiable Busch Light beer can is one of the tare denizens at the 1300' depth of Superior Maximus.
Researchers explore the deepest part of Lake Superior for the first time in 40 years
A high tech robot dove 1,300 feet to Superior Maximus, the deepest point of the largest freshwater lake in the world. Scientists hoped to see wildlife rarely seen in their native habitat and discover ...
wpr.org