Rachel

reposting with alt text because this feels incredibly significant. the right-wing disinfo machine means a lot of the people grieving Charlie Kirk never heard any of the things he said that would have tarnished his brand as Guy Who Just Wants to Have Dialogue Across the Aisle

Search LibGen, the Pirated-Books Database That Meta Used to Train AI Millions of books and scientific papers are captured in the collection’s current iteration.

Just a reminder to check for your name in this list of books that OpenAI trained from. If your name is there, they probably owe you several thousand dollars.

OpenAI cried that if everyone eligible author files, the company will go bankrupt, so I'm alerting every author I have ever spoken to.

Aside from the obvious direct harm, what's so irritating is that a handful of spoiled ignorant assholes are breaking things that we all built together. They weren't content to own almost everything, they had to wreck what little they didn't own. It's vandalism on a mass scale and has to be punished

Feels like a metaphor

these guys literally only know one move and not only is it a terrible move on its own terms, but in this specific case is wildly inadequate to the moment.

(3) Not a single Democratic vote on the big House budget bill unless/until Musk and his goons are gone.

That's it. That's what I expect. Not because I think it's the best strategy for positioning themselves for the midterms, but because *they took an oath to protect the Constitution*

Me: Oh no that trolley is going to run us over!

Guy tied up on the track next to me who somehow thinks he's actually the guy holding the lever: Lol cry more 😂

Professor of evilology here. Evil people often lie to obscure their true motives. 🧵

just got a visit from the cops because some karen complained that i’ve been yelling “you there boy what day is this” at kids in the street for the past three hours 🙄

So cute! My dad took me to see "Beauty and the Beast" as my first movie around your daughter's age, and I loved it so much I insisted he come to the front of the screen and dance with me like Belle and the Beast did. Your daughter will treasure the memory of this outing!

Errands are for mornings in my opinion. Once the clock has struck noon it's time to start "settling in" on the way to winding down time (8 pm) followed of course by bedtime (10 pm)

Must be terrifying knowing that someone who you’ve never met has the power to destroy your life

Find Out Why Health Insurance Denied Your Claim You likely have the right to access records that explain why your insurer denied your claim or prior authorization request. Use ProPublica’s free tool to generate a letter requesting your claim file f...

I don't know who needs to know this, but Pro Publica has an online thing that will format a letter to your US health insurance company to demand the records behind a claim denial. (which the insurance is then legally required to provide in most cases)

projects.propublica.org/claimfile/

“I’m furious about what happened last night,” said Lee Sang-seon, a 55-year-old building maintenance manager in central Seoul, where protesters gathered to call for Yoon’s resignation. “This is a historic moment, but I don’t want to experience this kind of history,” he said.

relatable www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/1...

I had 4 days off and by the end of that time I was thinking about creative pursuits, maybe even getting involved in my community. Thank god that's over now

hunter biden probably deserved a pardon, but it still irritates me in a sense. joe biden and establishment democrats badly misunderstood the republican party, and we're stuck living in the world they left us while they head for the escape pods

"Gypsy" is always my go-to when thinking of good scenes from musicals!

The left isn’t responsible for Kamala’s loss TikTok video by fivefourpod

I’m back on the Tok with some quick thoughts about throwing trans people and the left under the bus

Democrats have spent years carefully abandoning political positions it fears might cost them votes, each time getting closer to the ultimate goal: a political party that has zero positions and therefore cannot lose votes.

It would be politically smart for Democrats to name their own health team--a volunteer slate of healthcare officials (an alternative HHS head, surgeon general, CDC chief, etc.) who will offer factual info about health and science for the next 4 years. Start showing voters what a contrast looks like.

The grim reaper doesn't kill you, right? He just escorts you to the afterlife? Why does he need to look like that then. Clean yourself up man, I'm not going anywhere with you dressed like this

My dad just recently told me that the previous owners of my childhood home had the house on the market for a really long time with no takers, and when they buried a Mary statue in the back garden they received an offer from my parents the next day. Maybe there's something to it!

God as a Carpenter; hands shot through with nails From 'The Vanishing Song' by Jay Hulme In that moment, perhaps, He remembered the things He'd created, in thirty years of hammer striking wood. And in His pain He thought of all Creation as good enough; still good.

God as a Carpenter; hands shot through with nails

From 'The Vanishing Song'

My apologies to all the political podcasts I usually have because there’s no way I’m listening to them for a few months but congratulations to all the podcasts where guys review old episodes of TJ Hooker or various menu items at the Cheesecake Factory because you’re in the queue