Rich Burroughs

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Developer Advocate. I’ve worked in tech for many years and have seen some shit. Creator and host of Kube Cuddle, a podcast about Kubernetes. He/him.

Links - https://linktr.ee/richburroughs
Kube Cuddle - https://kubecuddle.transistor.fm/

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So much better from England. Saka’s scored that same goal so many times but it’s so difficult to defend. Seeing him jump into Ramsdale’s arms after he scored made me very happy too ❤️

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I will say it again: When the fascists tell you they want to murder you, believe them.

NEWS --> Mark Robinson, the MAGA extremist GOP nominee for governor in North Carolina, appeared to endorse political violence against unnamed foes in a recent speech. "Some folks need killing!" he shouted. "It's a matter of necessity!" Video and story here: newrepublic.com/article/1834...

MAGA Gov Candidate’s Ugly, Hateful Rant: “Some Folks Need Killing!”newrepublic.com Mark Robinson, the GOP nominee for governor in North Carolina, has a long history of incendiary comments. But he may have topped himself this time.

Just gutted for the German team and fans. What a way to lose.

Wow this is from 2014. True then and now.

Wallace Shawn on Gaza: “The Anger of the Palestinians Cannot Be Ended by Killing Their Children” The playwright, actor, and member of Jewish Voice for Peace challenges the notion that all Jews support Israel's actions Via THR

Wallace Shawn on Gaza: “The Anger of the Palestinians Cannot Be Ended by Killing Their Children”www.hollywoodreporter.com The playwright, actor, and member of Jewish Voice for Peace challenges the notion that all Jews support Israel's actions

I thought Germany were done until that equalizer. What a game. Such a shame that it’s happening in the quarterfinals.

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Oh, Trump pulling the "never heard of them" thing again? How unusual.

Let’s go, Germany 🇩🇪

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some of those that burn crosses are the girls who love horses

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Goodness knows we need more treatments for resistant depression. www.sciencealert.com/ketamine-pil...

Ketamine Pill Appears to Alleviate Severe Depression, Early Trial Showswww.sciencealert.com With no psychedelic side effects.

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One of my favorite things to do, paraphrased: Me (to "AI"): Recount the plot to [one of my books] and name five major characters and their roles. AI: [Generates bad plot, correctly names only the protagonist, all other characters and their roles made up] Me: That's wrong, you know. AI: I know.

A lot of people don’t understand that Generative AIs will just make things up. They’re more like Mad Libs than what we used to think of when we said “AI.”

I continue to be shocked that people are taking this idea seriously. It would be an absolute shitshow. I’m sure that Trump (who is only 4 years younger and has huge cognitive issues) is ecstatic that this is being discussed.

i think @adamserwer.bsky.social has the best case for Biden's resignation www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

Biden Must Resignwww.theatlantic.com If the president wants to protect American democracy, he should hand over his office to Kamala Harris.

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Found yet another site with AI-created summaries for my books; those summaries are both inaccurate and hopelessly bland. Please, folks, if you have kids of book report age, tell them from me that these summary sites are just complete bullshit. Don't trust them and don't copy their blandness.

I haven’t watched this yet but Ed is one of the people consistently nailing it when it comes to AI. We already had a huge bubble with blockchain and we didn’t need another one.

Was awesome to join @adamconover.bsky.social on the Factually show to talk about the AI bubble and the general state of the tech industry. youtu.be/T8ByoAt5gCA?... podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

The A.I. Bubble is Bursting with Ed Zitronyoutu.be Big tech is betting tens of billions of dollars on AI being the next big thing, but what if it isn't? ChatGPT burns obscene amounts of cash daily with little return, Google's AI dispenses useless and sometimes dangerous advice, and a recent study showed that tech companies will soon run out of new training data to improve their AI models. If AI is really so costly, unreliable, and limited, what happens to the industry that has bet so big on it? This week, Adam talks with journalist and influential tech critic Ed Zitron of wheresyoured.at to discuss the impending burst of the AI bubble, the hubris of Silicon Valley, and how we suffer under big tech's "Rot Economy." SUPPORT THE SHOW ON PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/adamconover SEE ADAM ON TOUR: https://www.adamconover.net/tourdates/ SUBSCRIBE to and RATE Factually! on: » Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/factually-with-adam-conover/id1463460577 » Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0fK8WJw4ffMc2NWydBlDyJ About Headgum: Headgum is an LA & NY-based podcast network creating premium podcasts with the funniest, most engaging voices in comedy to achieve one goal: Making our audience and ourselves laugh. Listen to our shows at https://www.headgum.com. » SUBSCRIBE to Headgum: https://www.youtube.com/c/HeadGum?sub_confirmation=1 » FOLLOW us on Twitter: http://twitter.com/headgum » FOLLOW us on Instagram: https://instagram.com/headgum/ » FOLLOW us on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@headgum » Advertise on Factually! via Gumball.fm

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capitalism is that thought experiment where pushing a button gets you $10,000 but kills a stranger and every CEO on earth is mashing that shit like they're someone's kid brother playing Street Fighter

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YOUTH DISPATCH: Young Brits find the Labour/Tory meme war “pathetic” and “embarrassing,” wish parties would stop trying to be relevant www.wired.com/story/the-me...

UK’s Labour Is Winning the Meme War, but Young Voters Think It’s All Incredibly Embarrassingwww.wired.com “Although conversation provoking, it reads as infantilizing,” says one young voter about the meme campaigns waged by the Labour and Conservative parties in the UK. “They’re trivializing a very serious...

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George Lucas REALLY wanted to impress Spielberg, Coppola, et al, but the first time he showed them Star Wars they laughed him out of their little boys’ club. He then gave it to his ex-wife to edit, and she is the only reason it became a hit. She did not work on the prequels. Take it as you will.

This would be an absolute shitshow and I’m stunned that anyone is suggesting it. I’ll still take Biden over the alternative any day. Trump’s not much younger and completely unhinged. Plus, Biden surrounds himself with competent people.

I sure hope all the Dems calling for Biden to step aside have gamed out the fuckery that the Heritage Foundation is planning www.notus.org/2024-electio...

I’m very cynical and would have bet everything I own that this was going to happen.

I really thought I was cynical enough about the utter corruption of the right-wing bloc on SCOTUS, but it turns out I was still giving them too much respect.

If you like soccer and didn’t get a chance to see that Austria vs Yurkiye match, it was amazing. Try to see it.

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I don't know how many years of my life I've been writing Close-Guantanamo-Before-It's-Too-Late stories and while this would be a highly ironic end for Liz "The al-Qaeda Seven" Cheney the joke won't be funny for very long

Trump Amplifies Calls to Jail Top Elected Officials, Invokes Military Tribunalswww.nytimes.com A post that Mr. Trump circulated on Sunday called for Liz Cheney to be prosecuted by a military court reserved for enemy combatants and war criminals.

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when i was 8 my family moved to cleveland and i spent months writing my parents letters asking to be sent back to korea WE ARE NOT THE SAME

watching people suddenly talk about wanting to leave the country makes me nostalgic for literally any conversation i've ever had with any person of color ever

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File under "Stuff That Shouldn't Need To Be Said, But Somehow Does"

Y'all need to dig deep. Biden is the Dem nominee- not changing. Cry about it all you want. Decide if holding your nose for a slower moving fascism you can still fight against with a chance that SCOTUS goes 5-4 liberal w retirements etc and a decent VP who can take over w death is better than evil.

I can’t remember ever seeing a keeper save the first three penalties in a shootout. Incredible performance by Diogo Costa.

Oh wow, they’re taking the players off of the pitch in the Germany vs Denmark match because of lightning. There was some very visible lightning and loud thunder before play was suspended.

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Catastrophic. The fact that most watchers and of course most of us who work on regulation knew this was coming doesn’t soften the blow a bit. The modern administrative state is critical for health & social policy. Undermining it promises to worsen overall health and expand health inequalities.

Well, Chevron getting overruled is really bad. www.cnn.com/2024/06/28/p...

Supreme Court overturns 1984 Chevron precedent, curbing power of federal government | CNN Politicswww.cnn.com The Supreme Court significantly weakened the power of federal agencies to approve regulations in a major decision Friday that could have sweeping implications for the environment, public health and th...

This is such a huge issue. The other federal judge appointments are very important too. We’re already super fucked from the appointments Trump made last time.

I’m absolutely not watching this mess lol. We’ll be inundated with clips for days anyway.

We know Joe Rogan will be watching. Possibly other people.

Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will hold an alternate debate Thursday night after failing to qualify for CNN’s. Kennedy will answer the same questions as President Biden and former president Donald Trump in real time.

Live updates: Trump, Biden arrive in Atlanta in first 2024 presidential debatewww.washingtonpost.com Donald Trump and President Biden are set to take the debate stage at 9 p.m. Thursday for the first time in 2024.

I expect this is just bad faith arguing on Stephens’s part instead of ignorance or stupidity. But I could be wrong and those things aren’t completely mutually exclusive.

What I particularly love about this Bret Stephens piece is that its opening premise is a complete lie