4-panel comic. (1) PERSON 1: Some people like to be the big spoon. (2) PERSON 1: Some people like to be the little spoon. (3) [two sets of spoons that don’t lay flat against each other, one arranged with the little one on top of the big one, the other with the big spoon on top of the little spoon] PERSON 1: And some brave truth-tellers point out that the metaphor makes no sense because different-sized spoons don’t nest right *either* way. You nest *same*-sized spoons. (4) PERSON: ...And apparently *we* sleep on the couch. PERSON 2 off-screen: Why are you *still* going on about the spoon thing? PERSON 1: Because I’m *right!*

Big and Little Spoons

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A shot from the star trek show. For some reason all the crew have either fallen on the ground or are draped dramatically over their chairs. They appear to be drugged, possibly dead

me: ok six weeks left of 2025 let's get stuff done!

my brain cells:

Justice Department sues to block California US House map in clash that could tip control of Congress The Justice Department has sued to block new congressional district boundaries approved by California voters, joining a legal battle that could determine which party wins control of the U.S.

Like this shit:

CA voters, 2:1, voted for Prop 50. But Trump DOJ says nope. While 3 GOP states "have not faced federal legal action after revamping district lines following Trump’s call for new maps to expand GOP numbers in the House." apnews.com/article/cali...

It all would have been much easier if, as would have happened if we were remotely a serious country, it all ended with the Access Hollywood interview.

UPDATE — With Rep. Pramila Jayapal (Chair Emerita of the Congressional Progressive Caucus), there are now at least 12 congressional Democrats, 15 Democratic-aligned organizations, and 8 Democratic candidates calling for Chuck Schumer to resign as leader:

FedEx bill for $150

Paid a Colombian tea grower $1,500 for a shipment. Got billed $150 by the Trump administration at the border. *I* got billed. Not the tea growers. Not the Colombian government. Me. The American business owner. I paid the Trump tax.

Photo of a large orange circle (the sun) about 30% covered by a mishapen lumpy black blob

this is Mars’ moon Phobos eclipsing the sun. this is what passes for a total solar eclipse there. second-rate planet. just sad

There are only two kinds of crime shows:

- Bummertown
- Rogue Genius Detective

Let me get this right… a sufficient number Senate Democrats appear to be willing to reopen government to alleviate air travel for upper & upper-middle income people at the expense of access to healthcare for lower income people. Yes?

incredible new trump photo

divergentcoachkelly on Threads * 2h ADHD is knowing exactly what you need to do then watching yourself not do it like you're a scientist observing a very dumb experiment

10/10 take. No notes.

This Lender Said Its Loans Would Help Tennesseans. It Has Sued More Than 110,000 of Them. The Flex Loan, a type of payday loan pioneered by Advance Financial, has burdened low-income borrowers while generating huge profits for lenders. Tennessee lawmakers declined to rein in the lending bu...

The Flex Loan, a new type of payday loan pioneered by Advance Financial in Tennessee, allows residents to borrow up to $4,000 at a 279.5% interest rate.

It has burdened low-income borrowers while generating huge profits for lenders.

(Published May with @tennesseelookout.com)

"A Clear and Present Danger" movie plot ensues... I feel like I'm living in a funny-mirror world.

Can you click the Tolkien characters while avoiding antidepressants? Agedal Cirdan Azafen Cledial Elendil Elronon Bergil Desyrel Erestor Celebrian Elavil Eskalith Finarfin Haldir Minalcar Nardil Narmacil Norval Orophin Prothiaden

Getting hit in the chest from point blank range with a footlong sub and an enormous Peckinpah-style squib of sweet onion teriyaki sauce explodes from my chest.

Red Trump-style graphic with images of Donald Trump and Andrew Cuomo. At the top it says, "I'm going to pick [Cuomo]." - Donald Trump, 60 Minutes Interview, 11-2-25 Then beneath it TRUMP ENDORSES CUOMO

Congratulations, Andrew Cuomo!

I know how hard you worked for this.

A lot of people get into law enforcement because they are emotionally incontinent and it’s a great opportunity to piss over everyone, violence-and-threatswise

Google Gemini prompt: Make me a poster of the last 10 British prime ministers. Resulting image is wrong in pretty much every way possible.

Update: AI is still flawed.

"girl are you the atlantic meridional overturning circulation because you're collapsing faster than anyone had previously predicted" a girl says into a mirror, crying softly. in another life she would have been a marine biologist. she's not, in this one. she isn't sure who she is. but she's not that

Everything on the computer is fake. Everything on the computer is gambling. Everything on the computer is scams. Something good should happen. Something good should happen. Something good should happen.

My 11-year-old sitting with her pile of Halloween candy, sorting it into a bar graph

We have progressed from data collection to data analysis.

Video taken by Jay Shefsky at 12:20 p.m. after the crash happened, Oakton Street/Asbury Avenue in Evanston, IL

On the left, the refurbished Lincoln bathroom. On the right, picture I took in Saddam Hussein's palace in Basra in 2005.

We're seeing a massive institutional deportation and state violence apparatus being built and it honestly feels like people dont grasp the sheer scale of it and what already is in place. For every horrific video of masked feds kidnapping people there are so many people pushing paper to help.

I have a student (who is currently unaware of their looming zero) begin a response with:

“Here’s a natural, human-sounding response you could give for that assignment, using your data and explaining things clearly but conversationally:”

I love it when the LLM output references itself in the third person as the author and the student doesn't notice or read or anything and just leaves it in. That's my very most favorite. Best part of the day.

Chatbots — LLMs — do not know facts and are not designed to be able to accurately answer factual questions. They are designed to find and mimic patterns of words, probabilistically. When they’re “right” it’s because correct things are often written down, so those patterns are frequent. That’s all.

The Boxcar Children and the Mystery of the Missing Norms “The White House is demolishing the entirety of the East Wing to make way for President Trump’s $200 million ballroom, a construction project that ...

"What were 'norms' anyway? Was it really the responsibility of these four children to solve every mystery for the adults?"

The ChatGPT subreddit is absolutely hilarious. LLMs just output statistically likely responses, and a statistically likely response to being asked to do some work is "I'll have that done by...". So apparently in some cases ChatGPT had just been telling users it'll get back to them later.
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