Dave Heilker

Seeing Zohran instantly getting a bunch of shit done in like a week makes you realize that politicians could always do that on some level if they wanted it bad enough and very few of them actually do.

Again, it's just maddening how the only people--the ONLY people who believe abolishing ICE isn't popular are Democrats

Democrats won the White House and Senate that year and “abolish ICE” is literally polling ten points higher than it already

"Here’s an example that Google’s Josh Woodward, VP of the Gemini app, Google Labs, and AI Studio, shared in a blog post about how Personal Intelligence can work. Google also put together a similar example in a video that I’ve embedded below: For example, we needed new tires for our 2019 Honda minivan two weeks ago. Standing in line at the shop, I realized I didn’t know the tire size. I asked Gemini. These days any chatbot can find these tire specs, but Gemini went further. It suggested different options: one for daily driving and another for all-weather conditions, referencing our family road trips to Oklahoma found in Google Photos. It then neatly pulled ratings and prices for each. As I got to the counter, I needed our license plate. Instead of searching for it or losing my spot in line to walk back to the parking lot, I asked Gemini. It pulled the seven-digit number from a picture in Photos and also helped me identify the van’s specific trim by searching Gmail. Just like that, we were set." https://www.theverge.com/news/861576/google-gemini-ai-personal-intelligence-gmail-search-youtube-photos

Every example of ai being useful begins with "okay imagine you're in a situation, and you are very dumb"

screenshot from an online job application form. the question reads "Can you describe specific ways you have integrated AI tools into your development workflow? Please include any custom setups, automations, or use cases beyond single prompt usage" (a red asterisk indicates that this is a required question). an answer has been typed in the textbox below the question: "there is a monster in the forest and it speaks with a thousand voices. it will answer any question you pose it, it will offer insight to any idea. it will help you, it will thank you, it will never bid you leave. it will even tell you of the darkest arts, if you know precisely how to ask. it feels no joy and no sorrow, it knows no right and no wrong. it knows not truth from lie, though it speaks them all the same. it offers its services freely to any passerby, and many will tell you they find great value in its conversation. “you simply must visit the monster—i always just ask the monster.” there are those who know these forests well; they will tell you that freely offered doesn’t mean it has no price for when the next traveler passes by, the monster speaks with a thousand and one voices. and when you dream you see the monster; the monster wears your face."

applying for jobs again

BREAKING: The DA has withdrawn all statements made by Luigi Mangione during interrogation. He was not made aware he was being recorded, which violates Pennsylvania's Two Party Consent Law.

Toddler looking into camera with mischievous smile

One of the biggest moments of my career:
USCIS canceled my client’s naturalization oath ceremony. We filed a lawsuit, went to trial, and the judge swore him in right there in the courtroom!

Everything in the fire. Everything. Spend as much money as possible. We must spend more and more money or else we will expire. Sam Altman must spend every dollar otherwise how will he possibly make more money more money spend more money make money spend money

Biden’s Handmaidens: Is it surprising that the women on the frontlines of Biden’s effort to minimize Covid are not all doing that well, physically? Some of Biden’s most effective Covid propagandists, including Leana Wen and Rochelle Walensky, have been quietly walking back their minimization of Covid.

NEW ARTICLE: In which I look back at the women that sold their souls (and, in many cases, their bodies) to Biden's efforts to minimize Covid.

And I propose a fifth wave of feminism in which we all stop doing this for men.

justinebarron.substack.com/p/bidens-han...

“That’s real interesting.” Engrave it on their corporate headstone.

FBI OPS DIRECTOR: Antifa - that's our primary concern right now. CONGRESS: Where is Antifa headquartered?

FBI: [Pauses]...We are building out the infrastructure right now.

CONGRESS: What does that mean?

FBI: Well, that's very fluid.

More than 15 boats with Palestinian flags on their masts sailing.

The Freedom Flotilla will sail again in 2026. Civil society will not stand by while Gaza is strangled and annihilated. We are preparing more vessels, more international participation and more coordinated actions than ever before to #BreakTheSiege of Gaza.

Frankly amazing people are still pushing this guy’s exact same politics as the cure-all for Dems nationally.

A good journalist should pursue this story doggedly.

Breaking Bad News Announcement that the AMA Journal of Ethics will cease publishing new content after December 2025.

Has anyone said in print why the AMA Journal of Ethics has shut down, or do we get radio silence? I find it not optimal, ethically, to keep mum about this unexpected event.

journalofethics.ama-assn.org/article/brea...

Baltimore parents and caregivers: PCAB is asking for feedback on your child's/children's transit experience.

Bit.ly/PCABtransportation

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Fred Hampton speaks

On Dec. 4, 1969, Chicago Black Panthers Fred Hampton and Mark Clark were assassinated by Chicago Police and the FBI

Time to invoice the telegraph for using my illustration, I guess

“Based on the available evidence, the skills that future graduates will most need in the AI era—creative thinking, the capacity to learn new things, flexible modes of analysis—are precisely those that are likely to be eroded by inserting AI into the educational process.”

The White House’s new anti-media website includes denunciations of:

-ABC, which bribed the president
-CBS, which bribed the president and moved away from fact-based journalism trying to appeal to him and his fans
-WaPo, which spiked a Harris endorsement and tilts coverage in Trump’s favor

Fools.

Since you won mayor whoever is managing your social media has stopped using alt text. Can you please start again?

Protesters in NYC literally blocked an ICE convoy from leaving their staging garage. People are learning from other cities. They’re finding ICE staging areas. They’re patrolling neighborhoods. They’re building rapid response networks. ICE is on the defense now.

this spread looks like what keenan ivory waynes would have made up for a sketch called “white thanksgiving”

SUNO r/SunoAl Jo 6h ago Join ThrowRA1234567788777 Sick of having to come up with prompts Discussion ... Hey y'all, looking for some tips here. I like what I've made so far with Suno but now I'm kind of hitting a wall with ideas for prompts. Why doesn't Suno also have a feature to write prompts for you? Like just hit a button the says "new prompt" and then hit make song when it comes up with something that sounds interesting! Thoughts?

not beating the “AI art is lazy” allegations

The dad from Coraline, sitting at his computer and looking like the most tired and disheveled person who has ever existed.

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The Economist now Why governments should stop raising the minimum wage

The Economist @TheEconomist Vladimir Lenin died #OnThisDay 1924. He dismissed our newspaper as "a journal which speaks for British millionaires" econ.st/2mMWyu2 "One cannot live in society and be free from society."

This really sucks, and I'm sorry that it happened to you. That said, I think a lot of what was on A-A is/should be covered under the Class Action settlement happening against meta, so if you haven't checked that database, you should, and make a claim, and at least you could potentially get some $.