Andrew Quemere

Also, Trump is in the Epstein files.

The Japanese box art for Yoshi's Island, which depicts a bunch of Yoshi's of various colors standing around. Baby Mario is in a bubble, floating above them. A painting of the island is in the background.

Yoshi's Island was first released in Japan 30 years ago today, and it remains a perfect video game.

The fun gameplay mechanics, the great level design, the cute aesthetic, the memorable characters, the massive scope—it's a work of art. Play it if you haven't!

cool, thanks

Lately I've been reading a ton of old #Batman comics and there's something I keep noticing which is that Trump is in the Epstein files.

Question for Mike Flood: With $450 million being allocated to Alligator Alcatraz, and ICE burning through $8.4 million a day to illegally detain people—How much does it cost for fascism? How much do the tax payers have to pay for a fascist country?

Prominent national Democrats ask Josh Kraft to stop using names, likenesses in unauthorized fundraising push - The Boston Globe Political and campaign finance experts called the Kraft campaign’s recent fundraising blitz unorthodox, or even potentially misleading for donors.

Were you surprised to read an email from Adam Schiff asking you to give money to nepo baby billionaire Josh Kraft’s Boston mayoral campaign? So was Adam Schiff. The Kraft campaign hits a new low—shocking even for them. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/08/04/m...

What the fuck is your problem?

Witness to testify in ex-Trooper Michael Proctor's firing appeal later this month Former Mass. State Police trooper and Karen Read investigator Michael Proctor is appealing his termination before the Civil Service Commission.

"A full hearing is scheduled for Aug. 26 - a delay from the original date set of Aug. 19. During that hearing, State police plan to call its sole witness for direct examination, Lt. Kevin Dwyer. Proctor's attorneys will cross-examine Dwyer the following day."

#KarenRead

Police oppose new plan to overhaul qualified immunity The contentious debate over qualified immunity for police officers returned to Beacon Hill as law enforcement leaders forcefully pushed back against a bill that would ease the path for civil rights…

"The contentious debate over qualified immunity for police officers returned to Beacon Hill as law enforcement leaders forcefully pushed back against a bill that would ease the path for civil rights claims against officers in Massachusetts courts."

#mapoli

Watching tech bros talk about how their little chatbots are going to end all diseases while government funding for actual medical research is being decimated by fascists is going to turn me into the Joker.

Scott Pelley: But is self-awareness a goal of yours? Demis Hassabis: Not explicitly. But it may happen implicitly. These systems might acquire some feeling of self-awareness. That is possible. I think it's important for these systems to understand you, self and other. And that's probably the beginning of something like self-awareness. But, he says, if a machine becomes self-aware, we may not recognize it. Demis Hassabis: I think there's two reasons we regard each other as conscious. One is that you're exhibiting the behavior of a conscious being very similar to my behavior. But the second thing is you're running on the same substrate. We're made of the same carbon matter with our squishy brains. Now obviously with machines, they're running on silicon. So even if they exhibit the same behaviors, and even if they say the same things, it doesn't necessarily mean that this sensation of consciousness that we have is the same thing they will have.

This dork from Google says we'll have artificial general intelligence within a decade and it will end all diseases, but he can't even give a non-circular definition of consciousness.

www.cbsnews.com/news/artific...

Palestinian children arrive in Boston for medical care in the US The families of three children from Gaza arrived Sunday as part of a medical evacuation.

... In a turn of events that will surprise no one, it was Israel.

Young Gaza victim arrives in Boston to receive medical treatment Three young girls from Gaza were welcomed with cheers as they arrived at Boston Logan International Airport on Sunday afternoon.

"Rahaf and her family took shelter at a hospital in Gaza that was later targeted in a bombing. … 'Her mother, two brothers and sister were killed," Khalil said."

Wow, who bombed the hospital, WCVB? Would really love to know since that's a war crime!

What passed also included language aimed at preventing a standoff in the future. It says bar advocates who refuse to accept new clients because of their pay may constitute a violation of the state's antitrust laws.

For some reason not every MA criminal defense atty is cheering for a bill under which, starting in FY27, they'd be paid $85/hr for appointed district court cases and subject to potential antitrust enforcement if they decide to do something else with their time. www.cbsnews.com/boston/news/...

An August 3, 2025 post on X the Everything App by the Mass GOP that says: "Noncitizen police officers are already here in Massachusetts. The city of New Bedford hired them despite stating (falsely) on its website that only U.S. citizens may apply." It links to another post that says: "New Bedford Police have hired two non-citizen police officers according to WBSM 1420. The permanent legal residents "will be pursuing U.S. citizenship" a police spokeswoman said."

The #Massachusetts Republican Party has finally discovered a reason to criticize the police—and it's not being racist enough.

#mapoli

Police oppose new plan to overhaul qualified immunity The contentious debate over qualified immunity for police officers returned to Beacon Hill as law enforcement leaders forcefully pushed back against a bill that would ease the path for civil rights…

"The contentious debate over qualified immunity for police officers returned to Beacon Hill as law enforcement leaders forcefully pushed back against a bill that would ease the path for civil rights claims against officers in Massachusetts courts."

#mapoli

still sick, still not lovin' it :(

"In five to 10 years, we're all going to live in a sci-fi paradise and have flying cars and robot maids like on The Jetsons."

No, we won't!!! Shut the fuck up!!!!!!

Watching tech bros talk about how their little chatbots are going to end all diseases while government funding for actual medical research is being decimated by fascists is going to turn me into the Joker.

They did this on 60 Minutes tonight too.

Scott Pelley: But is self-awareness a goal of yours? Demis Hassabis: Not explicitly. But it may happen implicitly. These systems might acquire some feeling of self-awareness. That is possible. I think it's important for these systems to understand you, self and other. And that's probably the beginning of something like self-awareness. But, he says, if a machine becomes self-aware, we may not recognize it. Demis Hassabis: I think there's two reasons we regard each other as conscious. One is that you're exhibiting the behavior of a conscious being very similar to my behavior. But the second thing is you're running on the same substrate. We're made of the same carbon matter with our squishy brains. Now obviously with machines, they're running on silicon. So even if they exhibit the same behaviors, and even if they say the same things, it doesn't necessarily mean that this sensation of consciousness that we have is the same thing they will have.

These systems aren't exhibiting actual signs of intelligence yet despite billions of dollars of investment... but they totally will in a few years, I think.

Scott Pelley: But is self-awareness a goal of yours? Demis Hassabis: Not explicitly. But it may happen implicitly. These systems might acquire some feeling of self-awareness. That is possible. I think it's important for these systems to understand you, self and other. And that's probably the beginning of something like self-awareness. But, he says, if a machine becomes self-aware, we may not recognize it. Demis Hassabis: I think there's two reasons we regard each other as conscious. One is that you're exhibiting the behavior of a conscious being very similar to my behavior. But the second thing is you're running on the same substrate. We're made of the same carbon matter with our squishy brains. Now obviously with machines, they're running on silicon. So even if they exhibit the same behaviors, and even if they say the same things, it doesn't necessarily mean that this sensation of consciousness that we have is the same thing they will have.

This dork from Google says we'll have artificial general intelligence within a decade and it will end all diseases, but he can't even give a non-circular definition of consciousness.

www.cbsnews.com/news/artific...

Democrats need to understand the anti-trans backlash is almost entirely about shifting anger away from the oligarchs and onto a powerless minority.

Dems response should be: the most powerful people in the world are robbing from you and want you to blame someone else. Trans people deserve freedom.

Standing up for the smallest of minorities is important because when you accept the premise that one group are expendable because small or ‘insignificant’, you have accepted the idea of the expendability of human life in general, and the enemy will use your acquiescence to pick off yet more.

Screenshot of a dorky-ass Alan Dershowitz talking to a West Tisbury police officer at a farmers' market. Dershowitz is recording the interaction with his phone.

OH MY GOD there's a video lmao

www.instagram.com/reel/DMvVG1S...

It's wild how there's overwhelming circumstantial evidence that Donald Trump is a pedophile and not a single Dem has called him one in public.

Just do it! Shift the Overton Window! Make the sonuvabitch deny it!

Doesn't account for the fact that you'll be much more likely to have brain damage from getting punched in the face all the time if you wear these.

Call Trump a pedophile on CNN and I'll stop calling you useless for a week or so.