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My Gen Z employees have taught me that putting the !! sticker on a text means you agree with what the person is saying and not “omfg are you kidding me?!?” (as I had been using it frequently) and now I’m spiraling.

Every now and then someone takes a run at me along the lines of "I don't understand why you, a scifi writer, don't appreciate 'AI'," and I'm all, motherfucker, it's *because* I'm a science fiction writer I have the positions I have, how many times do we have to fucking yell "torment nexus," my dude

I know we can’t agree on much as a country but “we don’t want our food to make us super sick & potentially kill us” just seems like it should be one of the few things www.newsweek.com/cyclospora-i...

Cyclospora outbreak is just the warning—experts fear what's coming nextCyclospora has sickened thousands. But experts warn other foodborne illnesses could strike next—and hit harder.www.newsweek.com

Maddow asked #JamesTalarico about attacks on #trans people and those who think that to win, Dems must "moderate" on trans rights. Talarico answered, "I don't believe we win by selling people out." #Texas

My wife and I cried tears of relief after we got our first COVID shots. It was a scientific miracle and I’ll never forgive the people who’ve done everything they could to undermine it.

For non-WNBA watchers: The Minnesota Lynx are coached by Cheryl, and they are playing the Indiana Fever. The Fever have a transphobe on their team that has attracted a traveling circus of bigots, first to Portland, and now to Minnesota. Cheryl is doing what the WNBA as a corporation refuses to do.

Pro-tip: You don't have to listen to RFK in these clips. You can mute him and just watch his body language. Everything you need is there, flailing about wildly. He's a ungrounded, unhinged, and insecure.

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Have you ever noticed that most of the major AI company logos look like buttholes? For my Sick Burns Friday post, I judged and ranked each of them based on how much they resemble hole: www.burnsnotice.com/ai-company-l...

AI Company Logos That Look Like Buttholes, RankedFor this week's Sick Burns Friday post, we're asking the important questions like "why do all of these logos look like that?"www.burnsnotice.com

… why does the State Department need AI to make a map of Africa? They’re not particularly hard to come by.

christ if that’s not a metaphor for our times

"Dear Applicant, With deep regret, I write to inform you that Washington’s July 2026 administration of the NextGen bar exam has been cancelled. We will not continue tomorrow. . . . We do not have sufficient confidence that the technology issues have been resolved . . . . We sincerely apologize."

So, what happens if I'm a parent and I know that my kid needs highly paid teachers, a library full of books with diverse characters, trans-inclusive bathrooms and extracurriculars, and a curriculum unpacking topics like systemic racism, colonial oppression, economic inequality, and climate change?