The thing about looking for a job is that it's almost impossible to look for a job HARDER -- there are only so many jobs posted in a day, you're either qualified for them or not, you send off a couple of applications, do a little networking, and then... what? 😔

HP reveals first Google Beam 3D video conferencing setup, priced at $25,000 The giant 3D video chat system also requires a Google Beam license for cloud processing.

Setting aside my cynicism, this is incredibly cool and represents Google at its absolute best.

arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025...

It’s completely insane that US troops are illegally deployed to suppress domestic opposition and it’s not uniformly condemned by the press and political elite.

My favorite thing on the internet is when influencers post incredibly specific things that nobody has ever thought about in their lives like it is extremely controversial like “everyone told us that we were absolutely crazy to put floral wallpaper inside our RV but we did it anyway!!!!!”

Kennedy Removes All C.D.C. Vaccine Panel Experts

When people asked early in the administration how we could lose access to vaccines -pediatricians were most worried about the dissolution of the ACIP.

This is very, very bad news.

www.nytimes.com/2025/06/09/h...

a photo of sly stone with text that says “It is with profound sadness that we announce the passing of our beloved dad, Sly Stone of Sly and the Family Stone. After a prolonged battle with COPD and other underlying health issues, Sly passed away peacefully, surrounded by his three children, his closest friend, and his extended family. While we mourn his absence, we take solace in knowing that his extraordinary musical legacy will continue to resonate and inspire for generations to come.”

RIP to the great Sly Stone. A monumental loss. His PR just sent this out.

The word “login” comes from throwing a log attached to a rope with knots overboard a ship to see how many knots go by over time (see also, knots as speed). You’d then put that info in the “log book.” You’d “log in” on a regular basis. This wasn’t from 1959, it was likely from 1689! Etymology baby!

Pope Leo signals he will closely follow Francis and says AI represents challenge for humanity | CNN Pope Leo XIV indicated on Saturday that his papacy will follow closely in the footsteps of the late Pope Francis, telling church cardinals that they should take up that “precious legacy” and identifyi...

Pope Leo XIV says he choose his name to follow the path of Pope Leo XIII who headed the Catholic Church during the Industrial Revolution. Now we have the AI Revolution.

Pope Leo XIII wrote a famous open letter which reflected on the havoc wrought by the Industrial Revolution on the lives of workers

Here's a video of Dutch cops silencing a woman shouting "free Palestine." Yaaay freedom!! Yaaay democracy!! Look at the good little piece of shit storm troopers defending their "liberal democracy." I mean, it's "not" North Korea, right? They said North Korea and China are "dictatorships", right?

X-ray reveals ancient Greek author of charred first century BC Vesuvius scroll Ink traces show text is part of work by Epicurean philosopher Philodemus, burned during AD79 volcano eruption A charred scroll recovered from a Roman villa that was buried under ash when Mount Vesuvius erupted nearly 2,000 years ago has been identified as the influential work of an ancient Greek philosopher. Researchers discovered the title and author on the Herculaneum scroll after X-raying the carbonised papyrus and virtually unwrapping it on a computer, the first time such crucial details have been gleaned from the approach. Continue reading...

X-ray reveals ancient Greek author of charred first century BC Vesuvius scroll

"They want obedient workers. People who are just smart enough to run the machines and do the paperwork and just dumb enough to passively accept all these increasingly shittier jobs with the lower pay the longer hours the reduced benefits the end of overtime and the vanishing pension" ~George Carlin

PhD Timeline xkcd.com/3081

i’m learning a lot about the trade war

Carl Sagan when asked, "Are you a Socialist?"

Can’t believe I blagged an exclusive interview with Katy Perry!

The future sucks. No flying cars, no self drying clothes and no hoverboards. Instead we’re debating pasteurizing milk, polio vaccines and innocent until proven guilty.

"Tesla Inc. employs an odometer system that utilizes predictive algorithms, energy consumption metrics, and driver behavior multipliers that manipulate and misrepresent the actual mileage travelled by Tesla vehicles," reads the lawsuit. "In so doing, Defendants can, and do, accelerate the rate of depreciation of the value of Tesla vehicles and also the expiration of Tesla vehicle warranties to reduce or avoid responsibility for contractually required repairs as well as increase the purchase of its extended warranty policy."

It seems Tesla is detecting vehicles that may have problems, and artificially running their odometers faster so the warranty expires before they have to do any service

Just incredible grift

My partner got weirded out by how much my new calathea plant wiggles during the day, so of course I had to capture an 11 hour timelapse of it wiggling.

Woke up to read that the US tariffs on China are now up to 245%, because the 145% yesterday just wasn’t high enough.

Hopefully this will be short term, but the consequences will be felt long-term as many small businesses may not be able to wait it out.

WSJ Editorial page welcome to the resistance?

Austin FC goalkeeper Brad Stuver just CAUGHT A MOUSE ON THE FIELD in Vancouver

I love this league.

Ya han llegado a la etapa: delata a ese vecino/ compañero de trabajo/ conocido que te cae mal.

This part

Fernando Alonso's steering wheel has come off 👀

The Spaniard is back in the pits now as Aston Martin investigate the issue

#F1 #BahrainGP

Am I depressed because of what's happening or am I depressed because of the people who somehow didn't see it coming?

Both. It's both.

Empiezo esta belleza. Algún día fui a El goce pagano en Bogotá y creo que fue una de mis mejores fiestas salseras, junto a mí noche en Changó de Cali. No sabía que César Pagano escribiría este libro.

FBI Uncovers Al-Qaeda Plot To Just Sit Back And Enjoy Collapse Of United States WASHINGTON—Putting the nation on alert against what it has described as a “highly credible terrorist threat,” the FBI announced today that it has uncovered a plot by members of al-Qaeda to sit back an...

FBI Uncovers Al-Qaeda Plot To Just Sit Back And Enjoy Collapse Of United States

List of countries not subjected to tariffs:

Russia
Belarus
North Korea
Cuba

They apparently took the time to impose tariffs on several uninhabited islands, so the omissions are extra noteworthy. If you spot others please flag!