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Normal day at the average grocery store

Riding a tiny train car with a light bulb attached to a hat? Crawling into little holes and yelling at your friends when you find a shiny rock? Swinging a tiny pickaxe at everything around you? Maybe the children really do yearn for the mines.

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I wrote about Google's bold decision to use cutting-edge error-generating technology to make its core product much worse, and why I find that decision so inspiring. defector.com/googles-got-...

Google's Got Nothing But Wrong Answers | Defectordefector.com When Google’s new Gemini AI program responded to the search query “how many rocks should I eat each day?” with “at least one rock,” it did not cite the original source for that extremely funny, extrem...

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Every time I read articles about extremely wealthy people/companies engaging in unethical behavior to become even more wealthy, I think about this excerpt from the book the psychology of money. The endless quest for more is so damaging, especially when pursed by those who already have enough.

Excellent op-ed yesterday from @andrewdessler.bsky.social on renewables already being the cheaper option and how the fossil fuel industry is trying to salt that particular bit of earth to stop their rollout. These companies are *absurdly* rich and they're not gonna stop. Gift link:

Opinion | Oil and Gas Companies Are Trying to Rig the Marketplacewww.nytimes.com Fossil fuel interests are spreading misinformation that renewable energy is harmful, unreliable and worse for consumers.

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Three days after it was revealed that this guy's license was wrongly listed as suspended due to a clerical error, none of the publications listed here (NYT, WP, NYP, USA Today, BBC, CNN, Fox, MSNBC) have issued corrections or updates. reason.com/2024/06/03/t...

The viral story about a defendant driving with a suspended license was fake newsreason.com Corey Harris' case should never have been a national news story to begin with.

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It's the Chanel sunglasses to sign a bomb that will likely be dropped on starving civilians for me

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This strike took place in al-Mawasi, which the IDF has been advertising as a safe zone for refugees for months. Hard not to draw a conclusion that Israel is intentionally trying to provoke global condemnation for domestic political reasons. There is no justification for airstrikes on refugee camps.

Israeli forces have attacked another group of tents in Gaza west of Rafah, killing at least 21 people, according to Palestinian medical officials. The area had been designated a ‘humanitarian zone.’

Israeli strike on humanitarian zone near Gaza's Rafah kills 'at least 21'www.middleeasteye.net Forces targeted al-Mawasi just days after a widely condemned Israeli attack on a displacement camp

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Not to get controversial but, after the horrors in Rafah, I'm starting to suspect that Joe Biden doesn't actually want Israel to stop its war on Gaza www.discourseblog.com/p/im-startin...

I'm Starting to Suspect That Biden Doesn't Actually Want Israel to Stopwww.discourseblog.com I know, I know, but hear me out.

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Millionaire’s Tax: Polls incredibly well, wins ballot measure despite billionaires spending huge against it, now bringing in millions more than expected for education & transit Boston Globe: SHUT UP ABOUT THE MILLIONAIRE’S TAX SHUT UP NO ONE CAN POSSIBLY KNOW IF IT’S GOOD SHUT UP SHUT UP SHUT UP

Waving my cowboy hat with abandon as I ride out this Houston storm. 80mph winds with high chance of tornado. Yehaw!

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Chefs kiss

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Faculty had raised alarms in the days before the attack on pro-Palestinian protesters at UCLA. That night, one witness called emergency services 11 times before police intervened.

Despite warnings of violence at UCLA, police didn’t step in for over 3 hourswapo.st Faculty had raised alarms in the days before the attack on pro-Palestinian protesters. That night, one witness called emergency services 11 times before police intervened.

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Mission accomplished

Man built a functional Tesla Cybertruck using wood in 100 days - Autoblogwww.autoblog.com The wooden model is fully functional and features working lights and a light-up "X" logo on the door.

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SJP Columbia reports a zionist extremist drove his car into a crowd of protesters, striking one and sending them to the hospital. The attacker “received calm and friendly treatment” from the cops while “the person who was hit was arrested and handcuffed to the bed while in the hospital.” Per IG:

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feeling unsafe | patreon.com/lubchansky

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when you're on the same side as tom cotton , you should consider the 'are we the baddies' question

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Meanwhile today in Madison. That’s a UW professor on the ground with blood on his face.

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I was watching the CCNY instagram live feed and they filmed riot cops badge numbers and viewers looked up and shared their complaints/settlements history then asked the cops face to face about it I'm fucking dying

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Someone brought up the way these same forces stood around outside during a mass shooting in Uvalde and if that really doesn’t say it all I don’t know what does.

A hell of a photo by Lily Kepner of the Austin American-Statesman

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They charged this Emory professor with battery for asking an officer “what are you doing?” when they were brutalizing a student protester. Just viciously threw her on the ground and then charged *her* with a crime.

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BREAKING: Arizona grand jury indicts 11 Republicans who falsely declared Trump won the state in 2020

Arizona grand jury indicts 11 Republicans who falsely declared Trump won the state in 2020apnews.com Eleven Republicans who submitted a document to Congress falsely declaring Donald Trump beat Joe Biden in Arizona in the 2020 presidential election have been charged with conspiracy, fraud and forgery.

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Kids on USC campus have surrounded a cop car chanting "let him go" for like ten minutes and they forced a dearrest because the cops are so totally outnumbered and physically surrounded incredible scenes

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This is a big reason I left private sector IT years ago. The only thing the people running it now are interested in advancing is juicing the stock for another quarter, no matter the long term cost.

The Man Who Killed Google Searchwww.wheresyoured.at This is the story of how Google Search died, and the people responsible for killing it. The story begins on February 5th 2019, when Ben Gomes, Google’s head of search, had a problem. Jerry Dischler, ...

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Does this sound antisemitic to you? www.columbiaspectator.com/news/2024/04...

Reporters covering the college protests against Israel’s war in Gaza have adopted an overwhelmingly negative tone about something they should be celebrating: the peaceful free expression of college students understandably devastated by Gaza. presswatchers.org/2024/04/the-...

The media should be celebrating college protesters instead of demonizing them | Press Watchpresswatchers.org Too many reporters have embraced the toxic assumption that any anti-Gaza-war protest is inherently antisemitic.

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On 4/20, Ken Paxton's bid to remove Austin's elected DA for running on a platform of not prosecuting marijuana offenses has gone through. Who says irony is dead.

Petition to remove Travis County DA José Garza grantedwww.kxan.com A petition filed in the 455th Travis County District Court on Apr. 8. calling for the removal of Travis County District Attorney, Jose Garza, was granted this afternoon by Dib Waldrip, the 433rd Di…

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Columbia Students for Justice in Palestine says the university has circulated documents with photos of some of the arrested protesters to prevent them from entering Barnard dorms. One is Rep. Ilhan Omar’s daughter. www.instagram.com/p/C5_AjMjO1Z...

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"There’s a lot of anger with the national media, the New York Times and the Washington Post in particular. People feel that they have allowed the Fox News kind of media to set the agenda." My interview with Chris Quinn. presswatchers.org/2024/04/an-i...

An interview with a newsroom leader who speaks the truth about Donald Trump | Press Watchpresswatchers.org I talk to Cleveland Plain Dealer editor Chris Quinn about his clarion call against dishonest both-sidesing in political journalism.

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A few too many higher education leaders have raced right past "do not obey in advance" to "please, sir, may I have another?"

Breaking News: The police arrested dozens of pro-Palestinian protesters who had set up an encampment of about 50 tents at Columbia University. The arrests came a day after university leaders pledged to Congress that they would crack down on unauthorized student protests related to the war in Gaza.

Live Updates: Police Arresting Pro-Palestinian Protesters at Columbiawww.nytimes.com Officers began arresting students on Thursday, a day after university officials testified about antisemitism before Congress.