Andrew Sparling

No part of that statement is rigorous or fact based.

a bald man with a red bow tie is making a stop sign Alt: The Giant from Twin Peaks is mouthing no and gesturing stop

Yes, it's outré. When you ask yourself, "What sort of person would DO that?" it opens an abyss of sorts.

#pocketsquaregate

Wow. Do you happen to have a source for this?

Oregon's stubborn resistance to Texas National Guard troops invading reflects the elitist and closed-minded belief that the people of Portland have nothing to learn from the people of Texas

--Ezra Klein, tomorrow in the New York Times

This is an EU proposed policy with the benign-sounding name "Child Sexual Abuse Regulation" which proposes to screen private online communications using sketchy image-scanning algorithms. It is technically unworkable, and would be a privacy catastrophe, especially for those in authoritarian states

There's a lot of junk on Amazon. Look for 3M or another major manufacturer if you want the real deal in respirators of any description.

Doing some back of the napkin math on the Free Press acquisition, I've determined The Onion is worth $2 trillion.

OpenAI promises more ‘granular control’ to copyright owners after Sora 2 generates videos of popular characters Company behind the AI video app says it will work with rights holders to ‘block characters from Sora at their request’

These arseholes steal your stuff and then tell you to 'opt out' of being burgled. 'Promises more granular control'? (What even is the point of words?) Promises a gravel sandwich, more like. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

Comey should get a white T shirt that says RELEASE THE EPSTEIN FILES in big black letters and wear it continually to protect himself from this. They’d never parade him for cameras in that.

Sign reads “Large Print Audio Books” over book store shelf. Inset picture of Garrett Morris from Saturday Night Live cupping his hands and appearing to yell.

These guys are idots, though

Make and model?

How many Liz Trusses does this equal?

Because of Republicans' health care cuts, families will be forced to the brink of bankruptcy from one bad medical diagnosis.

That's what this shutdown fight is about.

Donald Trump and Republicans in Congress own this government shutdown.

The Naked Sun, but the three laws are nowhere to be found.

Sycophantic AI Decreases Prosocial Intentions and Promotes Dependence Both the general public and academic communities have raised concerns about sycophancy, the phenomenon of artificial intelligence (AI) excessively agreeing with or flattering users. Yet, beyond isolat...

Preliminary results show that the current framework of "AI" makes ppl less likely to help or seek help from other humans, or to seek to soothe conflict, and that people actively prefer that framework to any others, literally serving to make them more dependent on it.

Musk is now up to nine posts/reposts about SPLC in the past two hours or so.

Unlike what SPLC does in publishing reports about present-day Klansmen and Nazis, wrongly accusing them of causing someone’s murder to an audience of brainwashed idiots very much is incitement to violence.

Using massive Medicaid and Medicare fraud.

They’re using American tax dollars to fund infrastructure in Argentina because that’s where they’re all going to flee when we kick them out of office

The first page of a resignation letter by Regional Editor Erin Thompson, Sports Editor Jeff Helminiak and reporters Chloe Pleznac and Jake Dye. [Excerpt because the letter is too long to include in full] "Vance also said in the letter that she was “fully aware” of an effort to boycott Homer News advertising — stating that the paper would experience financial and reputational harm if it did not change its approach to covering community events. Rep. Vance never contacted the Homer News editorial team to discuss her concerns. Without consulting the editor of the Homer News or the reporter who wrote the story, Carpenter Media removed the original article from the Homer News website, only to republish a modified version several hours later that reflected the changes demanded by Rep. Vance. In the modified version republished by Carpenter management, there was no note to indicate the article had been changed. We want to be clear: We have no problem with Rep. Vance expressing her opinion of our coverage. We cover difficult and sometimes controversial topics. Respectful dialogue about that coverage is welcome. As a community newspaper, we regularly provide Rep. Vance with a forum to discuss her views. What we do have a problem with is Carpenter Media management changing a story at the behest of an elected official. We believe this destroys the credibility the public has placed in us as reporters and editors. This willingness to acquiesce to a public official’s editorial demands and have conversations with her about the direction of our coverage is a betrayal not just of the journalists who work for Carpenter Media, but of the company’s integrity as a purveyor of news."

The second page of a resignation letter by Regional Editor Erin Thompson, Sports Editor Jeff Helminiak and reporters Chloe Pleznac and Jake Dye. [Excerpt because the letter is too long to include in full] These actions were taken despite there being no immediate urgency to remove the content — Rep. Vance's criticisms were raised regarding what she perceived as political bias, not factual inaccuracy. Despite requests, we have not been informed of the content of dialogue between Rep. Vance and Carpenter Media management. In discussion with management our editor was told that the article did not meet their editorial standards and that the editing and reporting was “juvenile.” We cannot live up to the core responsibility of a community newspaper in such an environment. We, employees of both the Homer News and Peninsula Clarion, are resigning our positions, effective Oct. 13, 2025. Leaving these newspapers, at which we have spent a combined four decades, is not a decision we make lightly. We are proud of the work that we do covering local government as well as the arts, food, history, outdoors and sports. Though this decision is extremely painful for all of us, it is not difficult. We cannot do our jobs knowing that pressure from an elected official can mean our stories are edited without prior consultation with us. Because we care deeply about the work we do and what it means to the community, we are all giving the standard two weeks’ notice instead of resigning outright. We hope Carpenter Media takes the opportunity to get personnel in place to continue the legacies of the Peninsula Clarion and Homer News. We hope this incident provides incentive for Carpenter Media to handle threats from officials in a way that safeguards the valued trust that readers have in newspapers. The community deserves it."

Editors and reporters of the Homer News and Peninsula Clarion submitted their notices of resignation today, after management from Carpenter Media Group made changes to a published story last week in response to intimidation from a state lawmaker and without input from our newsrooms.
#aknews

Chloe Pleznac is here, although she hasn’t posted yet: @pleznac.bsky.social

Jake Dye is here …. @jakecdye.bsky.social

This might be it: neilyoungarchives.com/news/14/arti...

Free Greta Thunberg and the rest of the illegally detained flotilla activists.

This may explain why there’s an aggressive response to people who merely post Kirk’s own words. It threatens the existence of the alternate Kirk - the motivational speaker that had been marketed to young kids and white Christian groups through selective quotation & clips.

LOL.
Thank goodness gracious Americans don't own Apple products.
Another example of the slugs for salt phenomenon.
-Sent from my iPhone.

Kinda wild Apple will kick ICEBlock out of the App Store on safety grounds but the Saudi government app that lets men track women (their “property”) and control their travel is fully allowed even after the Human Rights Watch AND members of the Senate begged them to ban it.

Hilarious that her slogan was "stronger together," i.e., the notion behind the bundle of sticks that makes a fasces, and her logo was an arrow pointing to the right.

ICE Wants to Build Out a 24/7 Social Media Surveillance Team Documents show ICE plans to hire dozens of contractors to scan X, Facebook, TikTok, and other platforms to target people for deportation.

NEW: ICE is planning to hire a team of nearly 30 people to surveil social media 24/7, build dossiers on people, and flag them for arrest and deportation. @dell.bsky.social has the scoop: www.wired.com/story/ice-so...