BlepBork

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Interacting on the interweb re: writing, books, politics, pop culture, and above all dogs.

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People who push the idea that vaccinating pets against rabies is a scam should be hunted down like the monstrous vermin they are.

The Big Scam: Rabies Vaccination - Dogs Naturallywww.dogsnaturallymagazine.com Let's talk about the truth about required vaccinations, particularly the big scam around the rabies vaccination ... and keep your dog safe.

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It’s the last, best shot at the project, the apotheosis of everything they’ve worked for since Massive Resistance popped off. If it doesn’t happen now, it’s not going to.

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No shame in feeling scared, overwhelmed and not knowing what to do. To me feeling one's feelings doesn't preclude taking action. These are confusing times. Give yourself some grace.

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The Silvered Spherical Ideal Median Voter

This is the only good thing anybody has said so far

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The New York Times

The greatest public service the NYT editorial board can now perform is to resign immediately so they can be replaced by someone with a single brain cell.

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The New York Times

perhaps I missed the recent New York Times editorial calling for Donald Trump to step aside for the good of the country in the wake of his 34 felony convictions. could you share a link here please?

We needed this good news. Everyone.

YAYYYY gothamist.com/news/nyc-lib...

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Phil Lewis

This was supposed to be a funny article about AI sucking shit, then I got to the part about surge pricing ice cream when it's hot outside and now I think everyone should take turns throwing bricks through corporate windows.

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Link is coconut-pilled. 🥥 🌴

Capitalism breeds misery.

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the planet is on fire and people can’t afford air conditioning, surely this is the time to come up with a technology nobody asked for and nobody wants then dedicate all the electricity to maintaining it

New AI data centers are coming online so fast that the electricity demand is straining global power grids and threatening clean energy goals. Read The Big Take ⬇️

AI Is Wreaking Havoc on Global Power Systemswww.bloomberg.com New artificial intelligence data centers are coming online so fast that the electricity demand is straining global power grids and threatening clean energy goals.

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This is untenable.

“In the US, power demand is expected to grow by 40% over the next two decades, compared with just 9% growth over the past 20 years…” “Data centers are the biggest reason for that demand boom…”

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A super PAC supporting Sen. Ted Cruz’s reelection campaign has received nearly $800,000 in receipts from the company that distributes the Texas Republican’s podcast, an arrangement that is attracting scrutiny from campaign finance experts and Democrats.

Pro-Ted Cruz group draws scrutiny for receiving money from his podcast’s companywapo.st Critics have questioned whether the arrangement runs afoul of a ban on candidates directing money to super PACs that can raise unlimited amounts of money.

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what the Dino nuggets in my microwave see at 3am:

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So sorry political candidates texting me links, all my money has gone at last to every gofundme and mutual aid for what the government will not pay for.

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The new CEO of The Washington Post and his hand-picked news chief come from a tradition of rough-and-tumble British journalism that plays loose with ethics, compared to U.S. media.

New 'Washington Post' chiefs can’t shake their past in Londonwww.npr.org The new CEO of The Washington Post and his hand-picked news chief come from a tradition of rough-and-tumble British journalism that plays loose with ethics, compared to U.S. media.

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spooky spruce tree

That's why worthless pundits like Kristoff keep getting published, to slowly radicalize liberals into frothing-at-the-mouth reactionaries

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Reposting every day until he's gone. presswatchers.org/2024/06/will...

Will Lewis must go. The Washington Post publisher’s actions cast doubt on his newsroom’s credibility. | Press Watchpresswatchers.org Publishers are not supposed to interfere with their newsrooms’ coverage of issues in which they have a personal conflict of interest. Lewis crossed the line.

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Tom Nichols is spot-on here. We have to pressure the media to own-up to their duty and start making at clear that Trump’s mental gears are missing a lot of teeth. Let’s Talk About Trump’s Gibberish - by @radiofreetom.bsky.social

Let’s Talk About Trump’s Gibberish - The Atlanticarchive.ph archived 13 Jun 2024 12:19:58 UTC

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I don't mean to be repetitive but "AI" is being abused by the brunchlord extraction class to replace real truth-to-power journalism with hollow automated, engagement-chasing infotainment simulacrum in a bid to make money and distract the public from widespread corruption and societal decline

Writers are losing their jobs after false positives from ai detectors.

AI Detectors Get It Wrong. Writers Are Being Fired Anywaygizmodo.com AI is already stealing writers’ work. Now they’re losing jobs over false accusations of using it.

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Sometimes I meet a white guy whose name is like Jornakynn and it takes everything I have to keep from asking him “so what’s it like to be the youngest in a Mormon family”

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Creatives are constantly told there's so little demand for our work they can't employ or pay us, but they turn around and invent ways of harvesting our work to get it for free so they can make even more money without us. There's demand, and money, otherwise they wouldn't be doing it.

I like how every day I wake up and publishing says "books are worthless, you're worthless, we're putting all manuscripts into a shredder and firing our staff" and my brain scabs over and I go "time to write :)"

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Jonathan M. Katz

You just add rocks and glue, right?

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'Justice Samuel Alito spoke candidly about the ideological battle between the left and the right — discussing the difficulty of living “peacefully” with ideological opponents in the face of “fundamental” differences that “can’t be compromised.'

Justice Alito Caught on Tape Discussing How Battle for America ‘Can’t Be Compromised’www.rollingstone.com Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito in a new recording says the battle for America "can't be compromised," and that one political party will "win."

In other news www.usmagazine.com/entertainmen...

Is there a single man 'canceled' by MeToo who has not either returned to public life or been convicted of rape? www.nytimes.com/2024/06/10/o...

Matt Lauer Feels He's 'Owed an Apology' Years After Misconduct Scandalwww.usmagazine.com Matt Lauer, recently seen with girlfriend Shamin Abas at Don Lemon's wedding, is ‘planning a comeback’ years after his 2017 sexual misconduct scandal

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On the brink of the most fraught election in US history, our media is being hamstrung by oligarchs. Must-read by @Marisakabas.bsky.social. www.thehandbasket.co/p/washington...

The Washington Post is in fascist-guided free fallwww.thehandbasket.co Former Murdoch employees have taken over. Now corruption and scandal abound.

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The Washington Post's new publisher offered NPR an exclusive interview if they agreed to kill a story about his legal troubles. NPR refused. Absolutely outrageous, disqualifying behavior. www.npr.org/2024/06/06/n...

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Blue Heron Farm

Everyone involved should be fired. Police, school administrators who agreed to this... Everyone.

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Libraries are one of the most radical social institutions we have, because they’re based on the idea that *everyone* has the right to information, for free. It’s also what makes them crucial to democracy. I will never stop yelling about this!

Poor people use libraries. Rich people shut them down because they don't *want* poor people to read.