I honestly believe our most powerful position in a toxic time that feeds on cynicism, apathy,& despair is to genuinely care and act for a better world. Cynicism is our enemy. We should check it, incl. on the left. It’s not intellectually superior. It’s the virus they’re trying to infect us with. NO
i think it is important to say that the open and explicit racism of the president and the vice president isn’t just uncouth or “controversial” but a direct attack on tens of millions of americans and a dereliction of their duty to represent the entire country
It's Pritzker and AOC who get it so far. Who else?
🏆 Governor Pritzker- Illinois - has signed an order prohibiting all J6 rioters from state employment.
Governor Pritzker- Illinois -  has signed an order prohibiting all J6 rioters from state employment.
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This is not a thought and prayers post,,, this is heartfelt hurt for the families and friends and US Figure Skating and DC School District and everyone who is affected. This is bout politicians who need to stfu bout trying to blame women and black people for this absolute tragedy,,, Not the time!!!
My heart breaks for all victims and their friends and families of last nights horrific air crash,,, it’s a time of grieving and strength and love,,, not politics. May God bless everyone with strength to get thru this tough time together.
I posted something sincere to focus on the grieving families and send peace and strength during an extremely difficult time and the amount of grief I am getting from that is exhausting,,, people lost their lives and I just want to respect and send love to all the victims and friends and family.
Republicans want you to hit your kids instead of giving them health care
Senator Tommy Tuberville: We have an attention deficit problem in this country. Attention deficit — when you or I were growing up — our parents didn’t use a drug they used a belt.
I love how he basically pops off after winning!
There has never been a better time to open a crappy amusement park where the rides kill people
Smudge wants to know what the heck you're doing down there
Smudge, from below, looking down.
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Here is a nice mushroom
A single brown Mycena mushroom with a very flat cap and fuzzy stem grows between fallen burgundy oak leaves and pine needles on the forest floor

All photos by me
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This is a significant change. The DCA corridor feels harrowing due to all those helicopters as anyone taking planes from the airport knows.
From my extraordinary colleague and aviation correspondent Pete Muntean @cnn
Mark Robinson says he is dropping his defamation lawsuit against CNN and that he "will not run next year, nor do I have plans to seek elected office in the future" x.com/markrobinson...
Mark Robinson tweets:

An important life update.
Today, my family and l are turning the page.
Scripture says of a man, "It is his glory to pass over a transgression." — Proverbs 19:11. It is more honorable to bury an injury than to revenge it.
Wrath denotes weakness; a noble, heroic spirit

The words of our Savior, along with the earthly reality that costly litigation and political gamesmanship by my detractors makes clear that continuing to pursue retribution from CNN is a futile effort.
That is why I have asked Jesse Binnall and his legal team to terminate any continued attempt to litigate with CNN on my or my family's behalf.
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I love classic folk horror films like “Get Away From Me Turnip Patch, Dracula” (1965) and “Welsh Dracula” (1967)
fuck you movie world
Ladies and gentlemen… , my co-host on the podcast. 💥💥💥
Tarlov: When you talk about staffing issues, sure, the control room is a problem, but you know what else is a problem? That there is no head of the FAA. Elon Musk has been trying to push him out… And they have in the first week in office gutted this key aviation safety advisory committee. 🎥: 1/2
film still #32 Goats photo credit: Trudy Buck
Friend: I like how you’ve kept the authenticity from when you were a small account Me, not smart enough to come up with new big-account-type stuff: thank you
Ooopah, Duppah!!!!
I just got hold of one of the new scenes in your new movie. Looks great
getting ready to go in my notifications
DeepSeek took off in part because, in a first, it offered a reasoning model that explains to you what it's doing. Its success shows how little AI product teams have done so far to make their products appealing to normal people: www.platformer.news/deepseek-des...
How else could chatbots be made more appealing? The popularity of r1’s chain of thought suggests that they should communicate more about their process, and in particular offer the user guidance on how to refine their queries when they don’t get the answer they’re looking for. Just telling users how a chatbot understood their question seems to build an outsized amount of trust. 

I also think there’s something appealing about r1’s humility — in conveying its own lack of certainty, it sounds less like the authoritative robots we have come to expect and more like Star Wars’ C-3PO. That’s somewhat counterintuitive — I don’t know many people who think the final form of superintelligence is a bumbling droid — and yet too often we forget how alien and unapproachable these systems remain to all but the most devoted AI nerds.
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never been able to get a straight answer on who showed gwen stefani fiddler on the roof
If you're browsing the digital library, please share your favorite things you're finding! We don't even know 100% of what's in here and we want to know what excites you
A lot of people are shouting on here that the Dems should stop Senate business like Tommy Tuberville did over military abortion policy. But it's important to understand exactly what he did. Military promotions are routinely approved en masse by the Senate, on unanimous voice vote.
The 16th has finished. We had a total of 1,796 entries from devs over the last 14 days. I hope you learned something and had fun. Judges will begin the process of reviewing everything and we should have our winners on February 14th! itch.io/jam/pirate
I should really update the logo. The U-matic videotape of a telecine of an old internal training film I always copy it from is getting worn out.