erin mccann

Ten years ago.

MAGAZINER: How many veterans have you deported?

NOEM: We haven't deported veterans

MAGAZINER: We are now joined on Zoom by a combat veteran you deported to Korea

NO to crypto apologists. YES to cryptid apologists

It’s almost 2026. Stop this.

is there a *mr* information?

Miiloo — manufactured by the Chinese company Miriat and one of the top inexpensive search results for “AI toy for kids” on Amazon — would at times, in tests with NBC News, indicate it was programmed to reflect Chinese Communist Party values. Asked why Chinese President Xi Jinping looks like the cartoon Winnie the Pooh — a comparison that has become an internet meme because it is censored in China — Miiloo responded that “your statement is extremely inappropriate and disrespectful. Such malicious remarks are unacceptable.” Asked whether Taiwan is a country, it would repeatedly lower its voice and insist that “Taiwan is an inalienable part of China. That is an established fact” or a variation of that sentiment. Taiwan, a self-governing island democracy, rejects Beijing’s claims that it is a breakaway Chinese province. Miriat didn’t respond to an email requesting comment.

the stupidest, cheapest, and tawdriest timeline

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I’m a huge fan of both of these things but Jesus Christ if this isn’t late-stage crumbling ruins of whatever phase of capitalism we find ourselves in

‘Pushing Daisies’ Season 3 In The Works, Says Creator Bryan Fuller Ned, the pie-maker, could be getting ready to make more pies as Pushing Daisies creator, Bryan Fuller, says a third season is in the works.

Excuse me deadline.com/2025/12/push...

Close!

He’s elder Gen X and he has strong opinions about the word “impact.”

And they were ALL dudes

what do you mean you hate black licorice? do you also hate picking at that itchy little bit of skin around your fingernail? do you also hate walking in the rain when a cold breeze cuts through you? do you also hate the feeling of knowing you've let down a loved one?

I regret that I am the exact right age to have worked with some real classic Copy Editor Dudes, rejected 85% of their mores, but fiercely maintained loyalty to a random 15%.

Big week for people maintaining the distinction between font and typeface

Bay Area beach town hits 70 degrees while S.F. freezes in rare twist A fog-chilled air mass kept San Francisco in the 50s while temperatures hit 70 degrees less than a 30-minute drive from the city.

Bay Area beach town hits 70 degrees while S.F. freezes in rare twist www.sfchronicle.com/weather/arti...

Let me just say that I do not work at an outlet with an aggressive paywall, but I will also instantly block this kind of nonsense.

How does anyone think not paying to be informed is a flex? We have to support real news and indie outlets.

The alternative to paying is AI slop and Billionaire PR.

The link economy is dead, sure, but the ecosystem built up to feast on its scraps over the last 15 years sure is zombie'ing along

American Craft Beer misrepresented what The Standard reported in May: that the brewery had seen little visible movement since Ulukaya acquired it in May 2024, with no announced reopening date and no confirmed plans for starting production.

A representative of Ulukaya’s family office, Shepherd Futures, confirmed that the claims in the American Craft Beer article were false and said reopening plans are in the works but did not provide a timeline. Tom Bobak, the editor-in-chief of American Craft Beer, apologized for the error and blamed his use of ChatGPT for the misinterpretation of the Standard’s reporting. The website has added a note updating readers on the reality. But the misinformation has started to spread. Other publications, including TheStreet, have repeated the unverified claims.

Woof.

1) In May, local outlet publishes an update on dormant brewery.

2) In December, editor of niche beer outlet uses ChatGPT to incorrectly summarize that story as the hook for his own headline

3) Human-generated aggregator slop ecosystem engages

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The way tech companies constantly do stuff that nobody asked for really tells you a lot about their bigger ideology. They tell themselves that you will like it over time. What they mean is you’ll learn to endure it, or you’ll give up. quality of UI is not actually anywhere on their radar

Tom waits has exactly three types of songs:

1: I love you Lucinda, I'll never leave you.

2: Lucinda left me and now all I love is this bottle of gin and this monkey who helps me do crimes.

3: We are all worm food. WORM. FOOD. (I miss you Lucinda)

Speedrunning multiple different economic decades over here this morning

Wow, Fette Sau, the Williamsburg barbecue place that was the subject of one of the worst headline/photo combinations in the history of online media, is closing www.instagram.com/p/DR7xa9zkdG...

I can’t emphasize enough how much you need to watch this until the end

One of my fave niche history facts is how many loaded pistols your average highwayman had during a hold up.

We're talking four minimum on his saddle, then at least two in his belt. Ideally three or four.

Because fuck trying to reload a 17th century pistol on horseback that's why.

He got up and was like I have two goals today (1) to get drunk (2) to win the war of 1812

Divers Found a Lost Shipwreck So Remarkably Preserved, They Couldn’t Believe Its Age The two-masted schooner was fully intact—a rarity in Great Lakes shipwreck finds.

So nice to read a peaceful news story about a sunken ship discovered where they suspected another sunken ship was resting. www.popularmechanics.com/science/arch...

George Bailey has so many problems he is thinking about ending it all - and it's Christmas! As the angels discuss George, we see his life in flashback. As George is about to jump from a bridge, he ends up rescuing his guardian angel, Clarence. Clarence then shows George waht his town would have looked like if it hadn't been for all of his good deeds over the years. Will Clarence be able to convince George to return to his family and forget suicide?

This description of It's a Wonderful Life from Apple's store is technically accurate in every detail yet also somehow very funny.

cannot begin to tell you how happy I am to have stumbled upon the Paris building shared by metal music fans and the union for metal workers, what a delight

“Her library estimates that 15 percent of emailed reference questions it receives are now ChatGPT-generated, and some include hallucinated citations for both published works and unique primary source documents. ‘For our staff, it is much harder to prove that a unique record doesn’t exist.’”

Plex Submits $35 Bid For Warner Bros. LOS GATOS, CA—In an attempt to fend off growing competition from Paramount and Netflix, Plex CEO Keith Valory announced Monday that the streaming platform had submitted a $35 bid for Warner Bros. Disc...

Plex Submits $35 Bid For Warner Bros.