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Failing and flailing up

Evangelist Whitney Lynn says she preaches on planes because she loves “a captive audience.” She's not alone. It's becoming a trend. If spreading your message requires listeners who can't escape, maybe it's not as compelling as you think. www.friendlyatheist.com/p/christian-...

Data Centers are not "job creators." They are resource extractors, siphoning off our water and power.

Internet hall of fame

Thanks Obama

At libraries around the country, "Avoiding AI" workshops have elicited unprecedented demand.

ok reasonable

Laughing so hard, but into my blanket so as to not awaken my bedmate

Complete enshittification of the show. And a betrayal of journalism.

Me in 6th grade: What do you mean he fiddled while Rome burned?! Me since 2016: Oh. Oh nooooo

Other end of the vector from the Midwestern craving of ice cream in winter

"All the sexual assault guys are in a secret society together where they prop each other up" sounds like a really insane conspiracy theory, and yet

#RIP Betye Saar Black Girl’s Window, 1969 Museum of Modern Art Saar was inspired by Joseph Cornell's shadow boxes. "They were beautiful and funny and fascinating. I saw his work and realized that it was OK to make art out of anything."

Offer them water. Ask if they need something with sugar but ALSO ask if they need something with salt. Electrolytes like LMNT or Liquid IV are very helpful. Don’t try to get them to stand. Ask if this has happened before. If it hasn’t, ER. If it has, stay with them until someone can take them home.

Liz Oyer says she's received deaths threats since testifying against Todd Blanche's nomination for Attorney General — and that Missouri's Josh Hawley and Eric Schmitt have helped fuel the violent threats against her.

Stephen Miller said just the other day that all asylum claims are "fake." A couple deported from the U.S. to Guatemala were gagged, bound, and shot dead. Their 14-month old found crying next to their mother's body. People like Miller don't care though because this is the point: ethnic cleansing.

Police arrested a teacher for clapping during a city council meeting last week. They went to the meeting of Emporia, Kansas City Commission to speak out against a proposed hyperscale data center that would sit on 1,000 acres of rural land. @mjgault.bsky.social reports www.404media.co/person-oppos...

Wet Hot American Summer

You gotta watch the video for the noise. It's insane. Every time I see somebody ask "hey, why the backlash against data centers?" I'm puzzled because those people don't seem to understand data centers are *bad faith neighbors*. gizmodo.com/this-viral-d...

"Buying food to eat at home has gotten 33% more expensive in U.S. cities since the beginning of 2019, according to government figures. In the 7.5 years before that, prices rose 6.4%." (via @apnews.com) apnews.com/article/groc...