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The U.S. Postal Service is poised to launch a hastily built, error-riddled computer system that could jeopardize the process of mail voting relied upon by one-third of all voters, according to a whistleblower statement released Tuesday by Sen. Richard Blumenthal. to.pbs.org/4A8kGvd
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free gas. free grocery stores. free eggs. there’s a trend of brands giving away basic necessities as “marketing” and it’s very dark imo.
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It’s so painfully clear all these people went to some stupid pro-AI luncheon recently and were fed bullshit talking points. Depressing stuff.
Demi Moore at #Cannes says Hollywood must "find ways" to work with AI and "to fight it is a battle we will lose..."
"There really isn’t anything to fear because what it can never replace is what true art comes from, which is not the physical. It comes from the soul. It comes from the spirit of each and every one of us sitting here, to each and every one of us who creates every day. And that they can never recreate through something that is technical.”
variety.com/2026/film/festiv…
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Breaking News: The FDA has blocked publication of research that found widely used Covid-19 and shingles vaccines were safe. nyti.ms/49dtF24
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Jesus christ. Palantir and OpenAI execs got caught real bad here. They hired an agency to try get left wing creators to shill for big AI industry. Some creators refused (good on them) Any time you see an IG video from a creator saying they love AI, it's probably paid content.
SCOOP: A pro-AI dark money group backed by a powerful super PAC funded by execs tied to Palantir and OpenAI, has been secretly paying influencers to push pro-AI, anti-China propaganda on TikTok and IG.
wired.com/story/super-pac-ba…
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Society needs to use the Palantir manifesto as a cue to take a big step back and question why journalists, news media, and every other forum have allowed Silicon Valley to opine on everything, not just tech, despite knowing they’re uniquely antipathetic to humans?
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Everyone should pay the same price for the same products.
We've got legislation to ban surveillance pricing in New York.
It's time to get it done.
Surveillance pricing is REAL and @JetBlue just admitted it.
Our web searches, mouse clicks and other forms of our personal data should not be used against us. We should not have to go incognito to avoid price gouging.
It’s time to ban #surveillancepricing in New York and across the country. Pass our One Fair Price package now!
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Note to @CoryBooker @SenWarren for no reason at all: David Ellison just appeared in person at the CinemaCon movie theater conference in Las Vegas.
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If you got a tax refund this year, no you didn't.
Because tariffs cost your family an extra $1,000 last year.
Healthcare premiums are tripling.
Gas prices are skyrocketing.
Rent, childcare, groceries—all more expensive.
Don't let them satiate you with a small refund, folks.
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I’m not very good at math or statistics, but misdiagnosis in 80% of cases seems vaguely problematic, no?
AI chatbots misdiagnose in over 80% of early medical cases, study finds ft.trib.al/cRifiz2
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When a teenaged Adam Raine turned to ChatGPT in deep depression, it urged him to kill himself, which he did, spurring a wrongful death suit. OpenAI responded by subpoenaing the guest list at his funeral.
SF DA @BrookeJenkinsSF on the attempted firebombing of Sam Altman's home.
“This should ... be a moment where our nation reflects on the often incendiary rhetoric that is being used in discussions about artificial intelligence and its future impacts on our society. In no way should we be at the point where a man could have lost his life over differences of opinion and concerns. We must, as I've said before about political rhetoric, turn down the temperature of our discussions and engage in healthy dialog. We must focus on solutions towards protecting our workforce and protecting each other."
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What a great way for David Ellison to make the case against the Paramount-Warner merger.
They are already using their heft to retaliate against critics!
Paramount is pulling its ads from @TheAnkler , I'm told. The decision seems to stem from columnist Richard Rushfield's opposition to the Paramount/WBD merger. Rushfield was one of the signatories on yesterday's letter from 1k Hollywood players opposing the deal...
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Imagine making life so expensive, so stressful, so uncertain…
that people don’t even want kids anymore.
Not because they hate the idea of family but because they’re scared of what kind of life that child would have.
That’s not normal. That’s a system failing people.
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I get that billionaires don't care if they choke the life out of us all by steadily increasing the cost of everything until we can't afford to be alive anymore, but my question is: When we're all gone, what's the endgame? What's the point? Or is it literally just a sickness without real agenda?
