Is Lindsey Graham Still Dead?
Yep!
Yep!
While scientists around the world collaborate on a global map of underground fungal networks, Microsoft decides that employees aren't a necessary part of a functioning business.
There has been an endless stream of cosmic horrors plaguing the news cycle for quite some time, and the balance has gotten very outta wack. In today's Stuff Keeps Happening, we take a look at a very bits of pretty good Stuff.
What happens when a political party spends more than a decade claiming that globally recognized basic public policy stances are "extremism"?
What happens when a state government uses oppressively heavy court cases to crush opposition, but then ones doing the actual work are entirely incompetent? Well,
...okay no, they didn't ask what that means. If only. Also, whales went around the world.
I spent the better part of a day learning about the Phoenix, Arizona metropolitan area energy utilities. I don't live in Arizona. Also, RFK Jr is a jagweed, but we knew that.
What happens when we stop asking if we should and instead only ask if we could?
Louisiana is setting a new standard for "wait, they can just do that?"
Gas prices aren't coming down any time soon, and now it looks like inflation may be next. But that's okay—those AI systems we all love so much are getting too expensive also.
Despite their penchant for building surveillance software, Palantir CEO Alex Karp is reportedly unaware of the cinnamon-sugar swirls in every bite.
Protests in Ireland against the fuel prices spiking in part due to the Iranian oil blockade will surely be alleviated when the US starts blockading more oil
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The US is increasingly unable to fly aerial operations over EU airspace, so instead we launched a rocket to the moon
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One of the biggest tech companies in the world seems convinced that we just aren't seeing Copilot the right way and we'd love it if we just had one more feature...
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All of the tech companies are racing to be in the most precarious position imaginable
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Google and Meta scrolled a bit too close to the sun.
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Boots on the ground doesn't mean boots on the ground, you see. Also, Valve texts back.
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Taxpayer dollars are for bombs and makeup exclusively
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While the military wants unfettered access to AI systems, presumably to ask it if loot boxes are gambling or not.
War
Again
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Big Man is Big Mad at the Big Court
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The disgraced not-prince Andrew has been arrested by British police on suspicion of obviously being terrible
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A very normal few weeks for the United States federal government
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It's cold outside, both in terms of snow and fash