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Well that's an interesting way to cover the story, NYT.

Blow for OpenAI in Germany as court rules song lyrics used illegally A German court ruled on Tuesday that OpenAI violated copyright on nine popular songs in a lawsuit that marked another attempt to prevent the free use of artists' content online. The Munich Regional Co...

Open AI loses copyright case in Germany.

Judge Elke Schwager summarized the case saying that if you want to build something and need components, "then you purchase them and do not use the property of others."

From this minister's op-ed: "People wanting to experience God are more likely to meet the Divine trying to shut down the Broadview, Illinois, ICE facility than we ever were in church...God does not live in our houses of worship, but...with those who are bearing the brunt of cruelty in this moment."

I did. I was watching secret lives of Mormon wives and wanted to expand the universe. This is the first time I’m watching this sort of reality tv and I find it dark and fascinating

I started watching RHOSLC last week so this hits

That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little seriousness", as a treat. Of considering humorless thought to be insightful and brave in a world descending into self-involved mania.

Give me your MOST joke opinions. We're bringing it back.

The temps are dropping and many people in Minneapolis are prevented from accessing stable food and shelter.

Please make a donation to @supplydepotmpls.bsky.social (recurring one is best!) to help connect people with the resources they need.

The thing about cruelty and inhumanity is that the limits of who is affected keep expanding and expanding until we shove it back the other way

Not for nothing, this is one reason why we say "pregnant patient" instead of "woman." It's not just for non-binary inclusion.

“Just smile and move on” is a social skill we need to revive

what a fascinating collection of names. i wonder what the commonality between all of them is

we simply cannot tolerate collaborating on governance with these people. even if you go win a bunch of elections there can be no future where people like Trump or Gaetz or the movement behind them have even a minority role in it beyond rotting somewhere unseen

Be mindful with your posts, I dont know if Fetterman is right wing enough for people to get suspended for saying this is funny

not to be a gender essentialist but apart from generally having less muscle there is nothing about the hormonal makeup of women that would mean we need this kind of protection. we are not in fact less rational, more emotional, etc, those things aren't "feminine", theyre patriarchal

I attended a meeting yesterday and it reminded me that every single organizer needs to get training on how to facilitate meetings. Truly. You lose more people through terrible meeting facilitation than I can express.

YouTube video by Prof I Am FILLED With Christ’s Love!

the perfect line reading m.youtube.com/watch?v=j7e4...

in a normal society youd get some kind of special commendation for having documented evidence of these people hating you

Your 40th birthday was the last big party I went to before Covid and remains so iconic. I was driving people home at 4am and it was still going

Forty six in the sporty mix

Google Has Chosen a Side in Trump's Mass Deportation Effort Google is hosting a CBP app that uses facial recognition to identify immigrants, while simultaneously removing apps that report the location of ICE officials because Google sees ICE as a vulnerable gr...

NEW: Google is hosting a CBP app that uses facial recognition to identify immigrants, and tell local cops whether to contact ICE about the person, while also removing apps designed to warn communities about ICE officials.

“Google wanted to ‘not be evil’ back in the day. Well, they're evil now."

Don't Buy Starbucks! At any location, today and beyond, while workers are on ULP strike!

As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history.

Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX

As all this disgusting Epstein shit starts surfacing more and more, I hope we don't lose sight of the fact that apparently every major media outlet knew everything and instead spent their time money and energy attacking the trans community.

Personally I do not want to be part of a dark club

jd vance post: erm mom can you pick me up? liberals are trusting the word of *checks notes* jeffrey epstein??

trump post: "THE CORRECT TERM FOR THE PRESIDENT IS EPHEBOPHILE NOT PEDOPHILE" - THE GREAT MARK LEVIN ON FOX NEWS

Well, it's a little clearer now why billionaires are so invested in technology that produces better written emails.

"miles and hour" I Am Not Long For This World

one thing i hate is when the president is a pedophile

I maintain my position that white collar crime remains the most underprosecuted, and more vigilance on this would have saved us from at least two Trump presidencies before they happened. These guys are sloppy, they're just also stupidly intimidatingly rich. But not richer than the State.