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can’t lie the texas democratic party are cooking with this, this is insanely good news

Drawing of the Fantastic Four -- but as cats! Reed is stretching and scratching Four Freedoms Cat Tower, Sue is cozied up and napping in an invisible bubble, Ben is about to pound a dangling cat toy, Johnny has the flaming zoomies and Doom thinks they're all fools.

Have a FANTASTIC Caturday! 💙😺

69 Years Ago Today: Supreme Court Rules U.S. Fathers Should Not Be Disturbed During Dinner Hour

69 Years Ago Today: Supreme Court Rules U.S. Fathers Should Not Be Disturbed During Dinner Hour

A house that looks like a giant smoke alarm on an otherwise normal street. The text reads: They finally did it! Your dream home made entirely out of a smoke alarm. You can't live inside a smoke alarm, but you can make sure there are working ones in every bedroom, outside sleeping areas, and on every level of your (normal) home. Check to make sure your smoke alarm isn't expired.

Home sweet home

Our (@malte.the100.ci, @ianhussey.mmmdata.io) commentary "cognitive dissonance in large language models is neither cognitive nor dissonant" has just been accepted for publication at PNAS!

Check out the thread below for a summary of our arguments.

osf.io/preprints/ps...

photo of Mr. Rogers that looks almost exactly like The Onion sickos meme guy

Obsessed with this photo of Mr. Rogers that looks almost exactly like The Onion sickos guy.

the left is responsible for the sexual revolution, maybe the most important development for guys trying to get laid in human history. the right opposes it to this day.

burt's shrimp lip balm parody ad in an onion newspaper

really appreciating the onion as physical media.

A silver SUV has crashed into the side of a brick building marked "Drive-Thru Pharmacy."

i think both sides are to blame here

Sometimes I wonder what the value of having a correct theory of larger political and economic forces is. Say you have a much less rosy picture of AI than the typical hype machine, and you think that’s basically right. What good does that do you? It feels like narrative overtakes facts frequently.

Your periodic reminder that the estimated cost to end hunger in the U.S. is $25 billion.

Enough AI copilots! We need AI HUDs

A case for improved Heads Up Displays: “routine predictable work might make sense to delegate to a virtual copilot / assistant. But when you’re shooting for extraordinary outcomes, perhaps the best bet is to equip human experts with new superpowers.”

www.geoffreylitt.com/2025/07/27/e...

Opinion | I Watched It Happen in Hungary. Now It’s Happening Here.

“After years watching Hungary suffocate under the weight of its democratic collapse, I came to understand that the real danger of a strongman isn’t his tactics; it’s how others, especially those with power, justify their acquiescence.” (gift article)

www.nytimes.com/2025/07/23/o...

Every news outlet that reports on US stocks "surging" should be required to note that the wealthiest 10% of Americans hold more than 90% of all the value of US stocks.

Rebooting AI: Building Artificial Intelligence We Can Trust Rebooting AI: Building Artificial Intelligence We Can Trust [Marcus, Gary, Davis, Ernest] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Rebooting AI: Building Artificial Intelligence We Can Trust

Any thoughts on Gary Marcus' Rebooting AI? Feels like a lot has changed in 5 years, but it does seem like an interesting read.

www.amazon.com/Rebooting-AI...

#AI

About 1 in 4 U.S. adults worry they or someone close to them could be deported About four-in-ten immigrants (43%) say they worry a lot or some, up from 33% in March.

About 1 in 4 U.S. adults worry they or someone close to them could be deported.
https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2025/06/27/about-1-in-4-us-adults-worry-they-or-someone-close-to-them-could-be-deported/

When you throw a dead fly in the trash you’re laying it to rest amongst a great fortune like a pharaoh

I really wish people had better ideas for what to do with Disney characters going out of copyright than shitty horror movies.

RONALD ACUÑA JR. with the best throw I’ve ever seen. You won’t see anything better.

An absolute middle from deep right field 💣

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I saw Flavor Flav in the mirror

you're gonna wanna see this

Not really an overstatement to say that the test of a free society is whether or not comedians can make fun of the country's leader on TV without repurcussions.

Yes, I suppose the thing that enables this is the near limitless resources and capacity of the minds. In our own time it feels like the opposite lesson is relevant: tolerating intolerance is unsustainable and can lead to bad outcomes for society.

I’m excited for Excession. I have been going through an Esquire list of top sci-fi books of all time that has had surprisingly good recommendations. Excession was their representative as the best of the Culture series.

I also find it more fun when the Minds are challenged, not just pulling strings.

New meat just dropped at Kroger

A momma cat curled up with there baby safety in the middle with the caption: This is my cat guarding her first and only baby. She's extra protective of him

Banks is definitely coming from a left-wing tradition, and he provides a narrative frame in which even having a sort of space communist utopia generates uncomfortable feelings of restriction. That's a valuable intuition to be able to feel.

Banks was writing in the 80's, 90's, and 00's, and it really feels like he captured the coming anti-elite sentiment in society--and how left wing critiques of the "official liberal order" might feel. I think often of David Graeber's comment that the left needs a critique of bureaucracy in society.

This really gives me empathy for people in our society who are "anti-elite" or who feel boxed out of having any real power--or responsibility--for how society works. These people, like the protagonist of Consider Phlebas, might actively choose religious fanaticism in leadership over antiseptic good.