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Banner at the top of the USDA Forest Service website. The Radical Left Democrats shut down the government. This government website will be updated periodically during the funding lapse for mission critical functions. President Trump has made it clear he wants to keep the government open and support those who feed, fuel, and clothe the American people. For information on recreation site status on National Forest System lands, please visit https://www.fs.usda.gov/visit

Holy shit this is such fucking disgusting propaganda that's just total lies.

Trump is doing all of this to abusively get his way no matter how much it hurts everyone else. The Democrats aren't doing this except to insist this is still a democracy. Yhey're being pretty spineless centrists at that!

😮‍💨 it's wack that as a Jew I've been vividly loud against this Genocide but I still have to watch my back from folks who seem against it but just likewise want to see me dead like this gal who is decently respected and just outs herself as just wanting to see dead Jews

Some new ICE recruits have shown up to training without full vetting The recruits have had criminal backgrounds or failed drug tests or were unable to meet physical or academic standards, raising concerns about the agency’s rush to hire immigration officers, sources to...

NBC News finds that:
-- ICE has shortened its training from 13 weeks to six.
-- Nearly half of recruits couldn’t pass an open-book written exam.
-- Recruits "are supposed to attest" they can pass the physical-fitness test, which requires them to run ... 6 mph.

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W/alt. Everything about this is just… evil.

They instantly jump into doing racist shit, it’s the *first* instinct.

Lead gasoline. Which was started explicitly because the lead industry wanted to sell more lead in something out couldn't be recovered from. And is similarly toxic to all life on earth. Including poisoning people's minds.

OpenAI's Sora 2 Can Generate Videos of Celebrities Appearing to Shout Racial Slurs OpenAI's Sora 2 video generation model can be exploited to push misinformation and depict public figures behaving badly despite promised guardrails.

At some point it has to become clear that this tech exists is to create a more toxic society and enrich its owners. These uses are not aberrations but rather the entire purpose.

I don’t know if there’s a more perfect illustration of the utter fucking nonsense that creative pollution by AI will produce than this choice to illustrate the power of Paramount’s new “localization” and “customization” technology by face-swapping Brad Pitt into the lead role of GET OUT

David and Larry Ellisons’ sloptastic vision for Hollywood is coming into focus:

“Paramount has reportedly signed a $200M+ multiyear deal for Higgsfield AI to use mass-use Popcorn AI model that ingests dailies and script notes, then outputs regional cuts: new leads, alternate jokes, revised endings”

yknow

You can tell how good a tech is by how little marketing they need. I've never seen a single ad for VLC media player.

This cartoon has four panels. Each panel shows a different scene with one character in it. And each panel has a caption, in large letters, at the top. A large caption over the top of the entire strip says NEW SOLUTIONS TO THE TROLLEY CAR PROBLEM. PANEL ONE CAPTION: REPUBLICANS A smiling, well-dressed woman with long blonde hair stands behind a podium, gesturing to indicate a trolley car parked behind her. The trolley car is gory with blood spattered all over the front, and we can see bodies under the car. WOMAN: Cleaning blood off a trolley car is expensive! That's why we're proposing tax breaks for trolley car companies! PANEL TWO CAPTION: LIBERTARIANS A man with a very thick orange beard, wearing a green knit cap and a plaid shirt, is sitting in his armchair at home and speaking directly to us, with an intense expression. He's holding a joint in one hand and raising his I'm-making-an-important-point-now-forefinger with the other. Next to him one one side are a bunch of LP records stored in milk cartons; on the other side is a side table with a bottle of whisky, a whisky glass, and a thick book. MAN: Trolley car companies need freedom to choose who to run over without bureaucrats getting in the way! Deregulate now! PANEL THREE CAPTION: DEMOCRATS This is the same scene as panel one, but now a frightened looking old man, wearing huge glasses, a jacket and a bow tie, is behind the podium. He is shaking and sweating a bit as he talks to us. His dialogue is split into three balloons. MAN: Something must be done! Er, someday. Maybe. If no one disagrees. Gotta stay bipartisan! PANEL FOUR CAPTION: TERFs A woman wearing a blue pantsuit, and with nicely-done short white hair, is sitting on a park bench, looking thoughtful. WOMAN (thought): One person's life versus six people's lives... Hmmm. Which choice hurts more trans people?

NEW SOLUTIONS TO THE TROLLEY CAR PROBLEM

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man on a horse he is saying I'VE BEEN THROUGH THE DESERT ON A HORSE WITH NO NAME The horse, replies IT'S FRANK AND YOU FUCKING KNOW IT

he wanted to provide us a helpful visual metaphor for what he's doing to the country, the least we can do is run on it

and unlike other Trump scandals this doesn't require you to memorize details, you can just show people a picture of the fucking half-demolished White House

Not enough of you believe me right now, but "Rebuild The White House" is going to become one of the most popular slogans in American political history

Months ago I applied as an Illustrator for a company I still can't reveal with 0 hopes of being chosen bc I felt like my portfolio was not good enough. I received a reply and I've been working in such exciting projects that this will mark a next phase in my art career.
SEND YOUR PORTFOLIOS. ALWAYS

Not that the other headlines are portraits in courage, but the New York Times' craven licking of Trump's boots is really something.

The only one to call it an "anti-drug operation"; the only one not to at least put the word "alleged" in the headline.

The company wants us to go to the office more often to make sure we don't slack off.

Anyway, I used yesterday's office hours to write the backstories of nine player characters for the tabletop RPG session I'm running later this month.

Name you fav Debut Album.

The Last Days of Oakland - YouTube

The Last Days of Oakland by Fantastic Negrito hit me like a truck when I first heard it. Incredible rendition of In The Pines.
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What the frick frack was that!?!?! #criticalrole #criticalrolecampaign4 #digitalart #criticalrolefanart #c4

Keyleth and Vax'ildan from Critical Role stare annoyed at something off screen. It's clear someone said some real stupid shit.

Someone on the Council apparently said something objectionable #criticalrolefanart #criticalrole #voxmachina #art #fanart

"Sir, you can't bring 20 pounds of putrid animal flesh onto the flight. You'll have to leave it behind."

"Oh, that?" said the vulture.

"That's just my carrion."

anyway it is just fascinating that this has somehow become some proxy battle over “men” and “identity politics” where the critics represent “woke overreach” but as far as i can see it the strong attachment is pure identity politics! and i think the discourse would be better if people just said that

one of the interesting thing i have seen in the platner discourse is a refusal to confront a thing on its own terms. to his pundit supporters, platner isn’t a novice candidate with perhaps questionable judgment to be evaluated on his ability to win, but a symbol to wield against rivals

The RW outlets that spent years caterwauling about statues of dead traitors being relocated aren’t even covering this shit.

oh this is a REALLY GOOD cis opinion though. I had no idea where this was going for the first half but it's really good. Thank you op-op

a digital sketchbook page of gund and tater drawings (a pair of white bears). gund, a polar bear, is pictured eating a banana, then dancing while watching great British bake off, then texting tater (small dogbear), and also being told a story by tater

fall day

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A James Madison #sculpture in downtown Everett we missed in the past. This #Tulalip #artist has amazing #art throughout the #PacificNorthwest.
#indigenousartist #indigenousart