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Also, the old tale rings true: if you are an incredibly productive worker, you will get more work assigned to you. AI runs the risk of making it too easy to get a day’s work done early. People don’t want more work, they want the same as now or less. AI doesn’t lessen workload.

Bodycam video shows feds’ aggressive tactics in vivid detail: ‘Deploy f---ing gas’ The videos, released weeks after U.S. District Judge Sara Ellis’ historic order limiting agents' use of force, offer a firsthand look at flashpoint incidents from suburban Broadview, and Chicago's Lit...

From @chicago.suntimes.com on the now-public body-cam footage that was relied upon by Judge Sara Ellis.

H/t to @sophiesherry.bsky.social, Kade Heather, @vimiller.bsky.social @angelamassino.bsky.social and Kaitlin Washburn for taking on a holiday evidence drop: chicago.suntimes.com/public-safet...

Man Who Thought Fleetwood Mac’s ‘The Chain’ Was Over In For Thrill Of His Fucking Life BOSTON—Prematurely assuming he had reached the end of the 1977 rock masterpiece, local man Peter Verran, who thought Fleetwood Mac’s “The Chain” was over, was reportedly in for the thrill of his fucki...

Man Who Thought Fleetwood Mac’s ‘The Chain’ Was Over In For Thrill Of His Fucking Life

I know posting excerpts from 1984 is passé but this is literally the fifth page of 1984

"But I'll just show them my ID." Why do you think they'll believe you, father-in-law? Because you're white?

Estimated FY2026 tariff revenue: $207 billion.
Estimated FY2026 individual income tax revenue: $2.6 trillion.

Seeing an AI avatar is enough for me to question every single post, even if I've been a fan of past work or politics or whatever.

Earlier this week, a district court judge dismissed the case against James Comey.

@benjaminwittes.lawfaremedia.org and @katherinepomps.bsky.social created a choose-your-own-adventure game which reflects all the moves Lindsey Halligan may make next. www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-...

What could be more American?

I am grateful for
Work and play
For backyard cardinals
For movies and music and good food
For snow days and sledding hills
For quiet and peace
For boisterous noise
For justice and compassion
For love
For friends and family
For my wife and son

Why stop there? Put the entire military in DC. Every solider standing 2 feet from each other, on every street.

“AI democratizes art but it turns out that lack of talent or skill wasn’t the reason I didn’t make art; it was my lack of creativity all along.”
Look, most people have, like, 5 good ideas. That’s ok. But 5 good ideas does not a successful creator make.

What? No jump to conclusions about the shooter’s political affiliation or motive?
Is Trump ok?

Seems fair. Even if it was a ✨light✨ doxxing.

I just want to know if we’re mad or not.

Dogs are sick.

Trump Administration Slammed After EPA Approves 'Forever Chemical' Pesticides On Food

More broken promises.

So do some people deserve to be bullied?

The Situation: You Get To Play Lindsey Halligan’s Hand She made her bed. Now you get to lie in it.

In The Situation, @benjaminwittes.lawfaremedia.org and @katherinepomps.bsky.social create a choose-your-own-adventure game for Lindsey Halligan which reflects all the many, many ways she can lose the James Comey case if reinstated.

This is the scandal. Trump isn’t targeting dangerous people. He’s targeting peaceful immigrants. Almost exclusively.

Like UberEats, but your shopper is a cook and also doesn't leave after delivering your groceries.

In short, people can be talented, skilled and "good" at things without being prodigious or uniquely gifted beyond all comprehension.

Is it improv when you tell an entire orchestra which notes to play based on chords and a melody in your head? Thats improv, right?

At least when he “improvises” with an audience (something Bobby McFerrin did 16 years ago in a TedTalk, btw), the audience’s ability to intuit the notes in a chord without being trained musicians is impressive. Jacob, unfortunately, is not.

YouTube video by Sor Hands Jacob Collier “Improvises” With an Orchestra

This video really demonstrates that Jacob Collier is just a smart musician for dumb people.
He gets applause for telling 9 sections of an orchestra what notes to play… but any musician can name notes in a chord.

youtu.be/8fdEMcMs6D8?...

He didn't want to be a team player. You wanna cluck your own way too, buddy? Maybe we'll see how well you fly too. No? You're gonna play ball?

I wish I could write half as eloquently as Charlotte about things I’m passionate about.

Please take the time to read this, and subscribe to her writing.

Takeaways:
1. AI is a funny toy, not a tool. The goal is entertainment, not intelligence.
2. The ideal future of tech is to remove autonomy and curiosity from the user, only displaying what it thinks you want to see.

I can see that with my eyes.