Jackbooted Thot

I would simply like one (1) music streaming service that isn't complete ass

On this artist's page, 100% of the albums shown are not their albums. It looks like they removed most of the AI slop (not all, look at the first two singles) but they still can't figure out "multiple guys have the same name". The credits page throws an error when you click it.

Mr mayor now may not be the time to get catty about Condé Nast rankings

Police Said They Surveilled Woman Who Had an Abortion for Her 'Safety.' Court Records Show They Considered Charging Her With a Crime Court records show that the narrative Flock and a Texas Sheriff's Office has told the public isn't the whole story, and that police were conducting a 'death investigation' into the abortion.

NEW: In May, a Texas police department said they used the powerful Flock surveillance network against a woman who had an abortion "for her safety"

Newly obtained court records show it was a 'death investigation,' and they considered charging her with a crime

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Donald Trump, welcome to the resistance

this is our cracker barrel moment

i think the disconnect with the bluesky team and the userbase is that the userbase, the people who occupy this place, think of bluesky as purely a twitter alternative and the bluesky team thinks of it as purely a coding foundation for others build off of

More startling still is the distinct lack of undeniable hooks and nailed-on melodies. The songs are well turned, but in terms of genuinely memorable moments, Showgirl evinces just one killer chorus (Elizabeth Taylor), some impressively unexpected key changes on Wi$h Li$t and the authentically heart-tugging Ruin the Friendship, which finds Swift returning to her home town for the funeral of a high school boy she regrets not dating.

she is THIRTY FIVE

the entire bluesky team seems very surprised that people get mads at the mods which is extremely confusing to me as someone who has been on any social media site prior to this

Apple removes ICE tracking apps after pressure by Trump administration Apple said on Thursday that it had removed ICEBlock, the most popular ICE-tracking app, and other similar apps from its App Store after it was contacted by President Donald Trump's administration.

tim apple folds

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I got a tiktok complaining about how a cocktail bar is going to gentrify the neighborhood. (Avondale)

“I want electricity and if i ever see an electric utility pole near my home i will threaten to kill the power company” =

the power company is obviously evil for trying to trick them into giving up land for $1 but come on

every time someone complains a power pole is blocking their view or positioning them with EMF we should build build a huge concrete wall on their property blocking the view. for their benefit, of course www.pcmag.com/articles/ai-...

just realized I used "hey team" instead of comrades/folks in an email to other leftists. if you need me I'll be sharpening my macbook into a sword and falling on it

* two years I can't count, but still

Sora 2 is here Our latest video generation model is more physically accurate, realistic, and controllable than prior systems. It also features synchronized dialogue and sound effects. Create with it in the new Sora ...

this is an insane improvement in under a year. I can't wait until the videos of people breaking glass bridges with rocks get even better and nobody can trust anything they see anymore openai.com/index/sora-2/

Google search result for "why are they all saying warfighters now": The term "warfighter" is a relatively modern military term, popularized in the late 20th and early 21st centuries to emphasize that all service members, not just those in combat roles, are engaged in or preparing for fighting. It aims to instill a fighting spirit and create a unified sense of purpose across different military branches. However, the term has been criticized for oversimplifying the military's diverse roles and for its potentially aggressive connotations, leading some to prefer broader terms like "service member" or "personnel".

"huh" meme cat

I love the american voter

nice try, but I'm not going to risk a late fee from the wallet inspection agency

as the scientist Dr. Jones at the University of Austin Texas famously said: "they're putting chemicals in the water" www.nytimes.com/2024/08/31/c...

Opinion | Autism Has Always Existed. We Haven’t Always Called It Autism.

this is a good article but I also think it's a mistake to imply that the increase in autism (especially the very mild kind) is only a classification problem. we didn't suddenly classify food allergies differently and those have doubled every decade I've been alive
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/24/o...

Jimmy Kimmel’s return was great to see. However, it was weird when his face fell off halfway through, he collapsed convulsing on the ground, and the camera turned to face the audience as they all pointed to the screen and said “tomorrow, you” in unison over and over

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we let the british get away with so much shit. what the fuck is a michaelmas term

going down this rabbit hole (and one the other day about comics metadata) made me appreciate why metadata matching for almost everything sucks ass. we should all be thanking thetvdb for being the only successful metadata store for an entire medium

okay librarians are way ahead of the rest of us on this, they have this fixed. "manifestations" beats the hell out of "editions".

"which MANIFESTATION of Capital did you read" incredible sentence, no notes

apparently this isn't a standard in the computer way though, no IDs for any of this

"what audiobook applications use the ISBN instead of the ASIN" oh none of them! they don't even have a field for it

jk there was an ISBN but it was, of course, different than the hardcover book ISBN

If you've ever wondered how well ISBNs work, here's a fun fact: they don't work. at all. there used to be 160. yes, I had to add the edition I read (listened to). what was the ISBN you ask? There wasn't one, only an ASIN