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It Turns Out Waymos Are Being Controlled by Workers in the Philippines During a Congressional hearing, Waymo's chief safety officer, Mauricio Peña, was grilled over the company's reliance on overseas workers.

Once again, it turns out “fully autonomous” means “a guy in the Philippines.”

I think it's best for everyone to understand that the unified class project of billionaires right now is to do to white collar workers what globalization and neoliberalism did to blue collar workers.

someone showed up, so we're rolling. not counting my chickens til we're in the air tho.

there's nothing better than calling cell phones cuz you have no idea where your crews are?

American airlines boarded our entire flight, already delayed by a day, before figuring out they're missing a crew member and can't yet fly.

They blame these problems on weather, but much of it is self-inflicted by antiquated systems and poor mgt.

hahaha... I have two of his books going as I type.

None of it is a surprise.

On one road trip here, I once saw two cars on fire, one of which was flipped over. Guy was watching it burn while sitting in palm tree. Very Hiaasen-esque

I lol'd at CNN's headline the other day that was about their "new analysis" of the footage... c'mon!

I've spent like an hour out in the public here in Florida and have seen more anti-social behavior than I see in a month of my regular life.

This place is... different.

1/???

Another fun fact: I could screenshot this chat, so I had to photograph it. Anyone know if there is a technical reason for this?

No joke. I was "on hold" (on chat) for almost an hour waiting for a person (they told me it'd be 35 mins)... that gave me time to research other options and then book with AA.

Screenshot of chat... S: What are your departure date? me: 1/26/26 S: To clarify, is that December 6, 2026? me: January -- 1 means January S: Okay, so you're looking to fly on January 6, 2026. Is that correct?

I fly Spirit airlines for a specific leg. They're having tech problems today so I used their bot.

Maybe I should've re-stated the date, but c'mon... bad grammar, past dates, can't read dates, can't double-check.

Artificial non-intelligence.

I booked with AA. No wonder Spirit is bankrupt.

#ai

NOW IS THE TIME FOR THE PATENTED CARSON BECK BAD PICK

I CAN FEEL IT

Posted last year, but appropriate for today...

photo with open door about 20 feet from the ocean as the sunsets over the hills.

I took this photo as I stepped out of a restroom yesterday.
#stcroix #usvi

Chart of weekly reported measles cases in the U.S. Large spike in recent weeks.

Wow. #measles

matthew mcconaughey has successfully registered a 7-second video of himself & a separate 3-second video of himself as "motion marks" with the @uspto

the videos are trademarks for entertainment services & AV content, incl. personal appearances, acting, & film & tv production

Interesting read...

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*released

I follow both closely and they're definitely out of their songwriting prime. Neil recently release Big Crime... let's just say it's no Ohio.

To be fair, Neil Young actually wrote that song — and I bet he or Dylan could've made Minneapolis work. :)

shipping container storage unit with a peace sign, ham bone, and heart painted on it's side

This is a message I can get behind.

I wish it had the 30-day mute or similar... gives a pause in case it's not a regular thing. Can always nuke if it is too much.

Done. They asked me why, then gave me the email because "corporate is handling these issues."

Willy Nelson knew really got this back in the day.

The east end of St Croix, USVI — looking SE.

The view from my perch tonight...

screenshot of headline and subhead from Wall Street Journal: Parents Are Going Broke From Their Kids’ Sushi Obsession Raw fish has replaced pizza as a birthday party staple, prompting plenty of regret; ‘They are like savages.’

Are articles like this simply click bait? Or are they written to soothe subscribers by normalizing ridiculousness? Or is this just a joke I'm not in on?

I keep hearing that journalism is in crisis, but how could it not be if this is what the WSJ is covering?

cropped view of the information box at the bottom of the screen during the post-game interview of Dan Lanning at the Orange Bowl. the text below "Dan Lanning" reads: ORE: first shutout in a bowl game since 1917 (Rose Bowl vs. Penn)

fun fact about that Rose Bowl in 1917:

UO didn't have money to send the team to Pasadena, so they sold the campus bookstore.

The company that ran it was so awful that in 1920 students, faculty, and staff raised money to buy it.

The Duck Store is the nonprofit co-op they established 105 years ago.