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Solidarity
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Daily bunny no.3447 was born at the wrong time
September 20, 2026 at 4:45 AM
Daily bunny no.3447 was born at the wrong time
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does saying "damn that's crazy" and then doing nothing count as solidarity now
News Outlets Express Solidarity After Trump Bars Some Reporters
Some Democrats said President Trump’s ban was an attempt to control the press and distract voters as Republicans face deep challenges in the midterm elections.
www.nytimes.com
September 20, 2026 at 4:45 AM
does saying "damn that's crazy" and then doing nothing count as solidarity now
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I’m concerned that the election is weeks out and there is no strong vision/plan for an immediate agenda to rein in the fascist authoritarianism. It needs to be articulated so that the election functions as a clear mandate for accountability. Who is getting impeached first?
September 20, 2026 at 3:48 AM
I’m concerned that the election is weeks out and there is no strong vision/plan for an immediate agenda to rein in the fascist authoritarianism. It needs to be articulated so that the election functions as a clear mandate for accountability. Who is getting impeached first?
Are you a silly enough adult to still snicker at "Aer Lingus"
September 20, 2026 at 4:13 AM
Are you a silly enough adult to still snicker at "Aer Lingus"
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Happy Batman Day!
September 20, 2026 at 3:34 AM
Happy Batman Day!
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The Hermetic Order of the Golden State
i think the closest analogy to 'what is going on at AI companies' is 'what was going on at JPL in the 1950s,' where communists, Satanists, swingers and adherents of a bizarre Russian Orthodox-adjacent techno-optimist microsect ended up doing a tremendous amount of important rocket science
September 19, 2026 at 1:06 AM
The Hermetic Order of the Golden State
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Well done to the picture editor who captioned this delightful snap of a black pig swimming off the west coast of Greece “swine-dark sea” www.theguardian.com/environment/...
September 18, 2026 at 10:52 AM
Well done to the picture editor who captioned this delightful snap of a black pig swimming off the west coast of Greece “swine-dark sea” www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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I interrupt your timeline to bring you a wood duck wearing a leash.
September 19, 2026 at 4:32 PM
I interrupt your timeline to bring you a wood duck wearing a leash.
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NEW!
How MPD Built a Police Surveillance Operation Around Renee Good’s Memorial — and What It Cost the Community
MPD dedicated 101 personnel to a memorial deployment where just seven people were holding vigil. It was part of a four-day MPD operation that generated $1.92 million in overtime.
How MPD Built a Police Surveillance Operation Around Renee Good’s Memorial — and What It Cost the Community
MPD dedicated 101 personnel to a memorial deployment where just seven people were holding vigil. It was part of a four-day MPD operation that generated $1.92 million in overtime.
How MPD Built a Police Surveillance Operation Around Renee Good’s Memorial — and What It Cost the Community
Records reveal a coordinated system of drones, city cameras, command-post intelligence, body-worn and helmet cameras, person and vehicle checks, and evidence preservation around the memorial site as p...
www.thisisbydesign.com
September 17, 2026 at 3:19 PM
NEW!
How MPD Built a Police Surveillance Operation Around Renee Good’s Memorial — and What It Cost the Community
MPD dedicated 101 personnel to a memorial deployment where just seven people were holding vigil. It was part of a four-day MPD operation that generated $1.92 million in overtime.
How MPD Built a Police Surveillance Operation Around Renee Good’s Memorial — and What It Cost the Community
MPD dedicated 101 personnel to a memorial deployment where just seven people were holding vigil. It was part of a four-day MPD operation that generated $1.92 million in overtime.
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Finally getting ads for shit that actually MATTERS
September 19, 2026 at 3:24 PM
Finally getting ads for shit that actually MATTERS
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I truly, deeply, sincerely do think the guy flipping burgers at McDonalds should be able to afford rent, bills, and groceries with his paycheck alone. That's kind of the whole point of having a job and I can't believe this is considered a radical position.🤷🏽♀️
September 19, 2026 at 1:38 AM
I truly, deeply, sincerely do think the guy flipping burgers at McDonalds should be able to afford rent, bills, and groceries with his paycheck alone. That's kind of the whole point of having a job and I can't believe this is considered a radical position.🤷🏽♀️
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Moose hips flip drips
September 19, 2026 at 4:06 PM
Moose hips flip drips
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Rumor has it that this is the story that got Politico banned from the White House.
Hill investigates after F-35 parts diverted to Hong Kong
The incident raises the possibility that top secret weapons technology may have been exposed to a foreign adversary — including China.
www.politico.com
September 19, 2026 at 1:43 PM
Rumor has it that this is the story that got Politico banned from the White House.
Was gonna be like "huh?" but I guess the federal govt was partially shut down then. Feels like a long time ago.
September 19, 2026 at 3:30 PM
Was gonna be like "huh?" but I guess the federal govt was partially shut down then. Feels like a long time ago.
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We already have an AI kill switch: cut power to servers.
Really want to talk existential threat? Fine. We humans have many ways to blow things up. Like data centers.
Panicky discourse assumes the first priority is protect tech company investments and expand their businesses. But why should it be?
Really want to talk existential threat? Fine. We humans have many ways to blow things up. Like data centers.
Panicky discourse assumes the first priority is protect tech company investments and expand their businesses. But why should it be?
September 19, 2026 at 12:04 PM
We already have an AI kill switch: cut power to servers.
Really want to talk existential threat? Fine. We humans have many ways to blow things up. Like data centers.
Panicky discourse assumes the first priority is protect tech company investments and expand their businesses. But why should it be?
Really want to talk existential threat? Fine. We humans have many ways to blow things up. Like data centers.
Panicky discourse assumes the first priority is protect tech company investments and expand their businesses. But why should it be?
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saying shit like that does not make you the laser focused fascism opposers you think it does
every time some reactionary centrist dipshit says uh but it's just a tiny minority, guess what
September 19, 2026 at 4:51 AM
saying shit like that does not make you the laser focused fascism opposers you think it does
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The fact they trusted AI to do it makes them MORE culpable, it makes it clear people's lives are worth that little to them. They wouldn't have trusted it if their own house was nearby, but ensuring foreign civilians didn't get hit was worth less to them than saving time to post or jerk off
September 19, 2026 at 3:24 AM
The fact they trusted AI to do it makes them MORE culpable, it makes it clear people's lives are worth that little to them. They wouldn't have trusted it if their own house was nearby, but ensuring foreign civilians didn't get hit was worth less to them than saving time to post or jerk off
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Today’s Baseball Name is Jocko Munch
September 19, 2026 at 12:33 AM
Today’s Baseball Name is Jocko Munch
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The most generous assessment is that this was shitty, lazy engineering; the more in-character scenario is that the sandbox was intentionally breakable because of the story it would generate. Whichever you believe, the story is not "OMG, they made AGI!"
September 19, 2026 at 3:49 AM
The most generous assessment is that this was shitty, lazy engineering; the more in-character scenario is that the sandbox was intentionally breakable because of the story it would generate. Whichever you believe, the story is not "OMG, they made AGI!"
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"grandpa what was it like living through the collapse of the United States?"
September 19, 2026 at 1:20 AM
"grandpa what was it like living through the collapse of the United States?"
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why not just cite Preußen contra Reich (1932). nazi legal theorist carl schmitt made basically the same argument, only more eloquently.
September 19, 2026 at 2:00 AM
why not just cite Preußen contra Reich (1932). nazi legal theorist carl schmitt made basically the same argument, only more eloquently.
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Regulation looks intractable if you’re acting like AI is a bear that acts on its own and that nobody has the right or ability to restrain or control.
September 19, 2026 at 1:54 AM
Regulation looks intractable if you’re acting like AI is a bear that acts on its own and that nobody has the right or ability to restrain or control.
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Someday we will learn to stop listening to these people and we’ll be better off for it
September 17, 2026 at 4:45 PM
Someday we will learn to stop listening to these people and we’ll be better off for it
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Insurers sometimes deny coverage citing lack of progress, labeling patients’ conditions as chronic.
Yet if they do make progress, insurers have also used that to argue patients no longer need treatment.
Doctors are left to walk a tightrope.
(Published Dec. 2024)
Yet if they do make progress, insurers have also used that to argue patients no longer need treatment.
Doctors are left to walk a tightrope.
(Published Dec. 2024)
Her Mental Health Treatment Was Helping. That’s Why Insurance Cut Off Her Coverage.
Providers, patients and even some federal judges say progress-based insurance denials harm patients at key moments of mental health treatment.
www.propublica.org
September 19, 2026 at 2:57 AM
Insurers sometimes deny coverage citing lack of progress, labeling patients’ conditions as chronic.
Yet if they do make progress, insurers have also used that to argue patients no longer need treatment.
Doctors are left to walk a tightrope.
(Published Dec. 2024)
Yet if they do make progress, insurers have also used that to argue patients no longer need treatment.
Doctors are left to walk a tightrope.
(Published Dec. 2024)
WTF is going on
It looks like the EU is seriously preparing for an attack by Russia. A lot of senior defense officials came out of briefings spooked. Since then, various governments including the Swiss! have issued defiant statements.
September 19, 2026 at 3:12 AM
WTF is going on