Charlie Sherpa

(this is why DS9 is so great and worth watching in this era because Major Kira goes from being a resistance fighter/terrorist to being an official in the new government and is absolutely punched in the gut and torn in all directions by how hard and complex that is.)

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I want Anthropic to survive long enough to be destroyed by paying out billions to the artists and writers it stole from.

Anthropic Hits Back After US Military Labels It a 'Supply Chain Risk' Anthropic says it would be “legally unsound” for the Pentagon to blacklist its technology after talks over military use of its artificial intelligence models broke down.

Anthropic says it would be “legally unsound” for the Pentagon to blacklist its technology after talks over military use of its artificial intelligence models broke down. www.wired.com/story/anthro...

In a single statement, Pete Hegseth has declared Anthropic a supply chain risk while *also* insisting it must continue to directly supply the Department of Defense for up to six months.

He's also claiming that designation has powers it doesn't (to cut Anthropic off from all business to suppliers).

This is amazing.

www.getyourfuckingmoneyback.com

Wrote about how the incredibly thin-skinned leadership of Palantir sued a small Swiss publication for publishing a deeply researched article that was only mildly embarrassing for the company (about why the Swiss gov't keeps ghosting them).

Cutting the head off the Soviet chicken "By Dawn's Early Light" (1990): a contrived, late-Cold War, made-for-TV nuclear thriller

This week I watched HBO’s 1990 made-for-TV nuclear thriller “By Dawn’s Early Light” so that you don’t have to. You can make my sacrifice of 100 minutes of a finite life feel worthwhile by reading my DOOMSDAY MACHINES post about it: doomsdaymachines.net/p/cutting-th...

Were you that "rules lawyer" at your TTRPG / D&D session who wants to discuss the fine points of implementaiton of everything?

THIS IS YOUR TIME

Use that arcana / hyper-fixation for good

"Philip K. Dick but lacking any capacity for subtlety"-ass future.

US military uses laser to take down CBP drone, lawmakers say The case of mistaken identity prompted the FAA to close additional airspace around Fort Hancock, about 50 miles southeast of El Paso.

The case of mistaken identity prompted the FAA to close additional airspace around Fort Hancock, about 50 miles southeast of El Paso.

The White House Correspondents' Association:

This workshop has led to some powerful, generative conversations here in MN that go far beyond what we usually get to talk about in "arts + activism" contexts. Hopefully there's interest for a @netrootsnation.bsky.social version. Thanks to Na Eng and @peoplefor.bsky.social for the invite.

As a veteran-owned business, Middle West Press is proud to administer and underwrite The Aiming Circle—an on-line community of practice that serves writers of themes and topics related to war and military service.

Members include poets and playwrights, scholars and soldiers, essayists and analysts!

'Staggering' Incompetence: Critics Rip Trump Admin After U.S. Shoots Down Its Own Drone The military reportedly used a laser weapon to take down a drone operated by Customs and Border Protection.

www.yahoo.com/news/article...

To the people who have said this bill has no chance of passing: it is moving to committee!

I DO NOT care if you think it’s impossible to pass! I live in a state where a law like this DID PASS! DON’T BE COMPLACENT AND CALL!!!

A simplified illustration of Hal 9000 from 2001. With a speech bubble saying Thanks for calling that out. That was bad advice on my part.

These major issues have brought together Democrats and Republicans in states Across the country, Republicans and Democrats have found bipartisan agreement on regulating artificial intelligence and data centers. But it's not just big tech aligning the two parties.

Across the country, Republicans and Democrats have found bipartisan agreement on regulating artificial intelligence and data centers. But it's not just big tech aligning the two parties. n.pr/4tYMTBc

White House to pause $259M in Minnesota Medicaid dollars in fraud crackdown It’s the latest in a growing list of fraud-focused threats and probes from the Trump administration.

This is about political retribution.

Trump is weaponizing the federal government to punish states like Minnesota that didn’t vote for him — ripping away funds from pregnant women, seniors, and people with disabilities.

You don’t fight “fraud” by hurting the most vulnerable.

Seized Art, Eavesdropping Guards: Parents Describe a Clampdown at Dilley Detention Center as Kids Shared Their Stories Detainees told ProPublica that art supplies have been removed in room searches, immigrants have lost access to Gmail and staff hover within earshot during video calls.

NEW: Guards have taken away crayons, colored pencils & paper during recent room searches at Dilley, according to detainees and others. After one inspection, the children just “cried and cried and cried,” a mother said. The facility denies the claims.

By @mckenziefunk.com @micarosenberg.bsky.social

A White House Staffer Appears to Run Massive Pro-Trump X Account A popular right-wing account that called a video depicting Barack and Michelle Obama as apes "a masterpiece" appears to be run by a White House staffer, according to records reviewed by WIRED.

ICYMI: A popular right-wing account that called a video depicting Barack and Michelle Obama as apes "a masterpiece" appears to be run by a White House staffer, according to records reviewed by WIRED. www.wired.com/story/a-whit...

This is what I need cis folks to understand.

It's been a decade.

Imagine living TEN FUCKING YEARS watching as a blatant, artificial campaign to erase your personhood, your identity and your safety chugs along, increasing in power every single day, and most people don't care or dismiss it

And if you'd like to delve even further into how Judge Dredd predicted where we are in 2026... shop.2000ad.com/catalogue/XB...

To do this, anti-trans lawmakers in Kansas moved fast to change the law, overrode the governor’s veto, and pushed for the legal changes to go into effect nearly immediately. That kind of power—to void gender on official documents, to compel gender conformity—is terrifying and it will not stop here.

I don’t think people understand what’s this means: MEDICARE AND MEDICAID ARE BLOCKING ALL WHEELCHAIRS, WALKERS, CANES, INSULIN PUMPS, GLUCOSE MONITORS, CPAP MACHINES, NEBULIZERS, BEDS, CRUTCHES, COMODE CHAIRS, BED SORE PRESSURE PADS, CHAIR LIFTS, OXYGEN TANKS, BREATHING EQUIPMENT, to name a few.

“Words to Meet the Moment”, a 42-page chapbook poetry anthology centered on community trauma, resilience, and healing is now available via Content Bookstore in Northfield, Minn. Proceeds benefit Northfield Community Action Center.

Book link here:
www.contentbookstore.com/browse/filte...

I finally gave in to peer pressure and made an award eligibility graphic (two months late 😂). Nebula nominations close in less than a week and Hugos in a month! Would love if you considered my poems or short stories.

Erika is one of the most innovative and skilled horror comics creators working today, do not miss her work!

Apple quietly removes environmental metrics from executive pay Apple dropped an 'ESG modifier' from its 2025 pay packages for CEO Tim Cook and other executives. The move follows similar decisions at dozens of companies.

“Two years ago, many of America’s largest companies began stripping diversity targets out of executive pay packages. Now, environmental measures—including goals tied to climate emissions—are beginning to face a similar fate.” (Just proving they never cared about it.)

www.latimes.com/business/sto...

The Trump Administration Can’t Kill Black History Month We don’t need permission from the government to commemorate a complex past.

Last week, my mother took me and my kids to see the school where, 60 years ago, she was among the first wave of Black students to integrate a previously all-White school. We wanted to remind my kids that Black history is not just famous people in textbooks, it is often the people right next to you.