BigBoyKarlLiebknecht [he/him, comrade/them]

100 DAYS OF GREATNESS

Amazon displaying tariff prices “hostile and political,” White House says

I’m guessing Blue Origin is about to lose some contracts

Dolphins Communicate with ‘Fountains of Pee’

It’s giving “Ralph pls go”

KRAMER (busting in) You guys hear about Building 7?

GEORGE Yes, Kramer! It’s the metaphorical tower of revisionism collapsing under the weight of its own contradictions!

aRe yOU rEAdy fOr a PoLiTiCal REvoLutIon?!

It’ll be pure Biden “peaceful transfer of power” vibes, just completely proud in achieving nothing but maintaining decorum.

Somewhat related, I still am strong in my pet theory (don’t wanna take credit for it mind) that Farage’s late return to lead Reform in 2024 was due to Starmer cutting a deal not to contest Farage in his constituency. Without Reform’s rise in the polls post-Farage return, Labour might not have won. Very, very on brand for Keith’s legacy to be delivering an openly fascist government to the UK.

Did a walk through my local words the other day with Merlin running on my phone…spring migrants were finally here, and it was glorious

Merlin and Seek are the best examples I can think of that show how Machine Learning can be for things that aren’t just awful, but the market means that we only get fleeting glimpses of how technology could be used for good. (Although it is making me lazier with learning bird calls, which I need to work on!)

What’s wild is that this isn’t even the reactionary I’d assumed who was going to do this, who has since stated they still intend on doing so

In a new book, top Biden aide describes ‘out of it’ president before Trump debate

“At his first meeting with Biden in Aspen Lodge, the president’s cabin,” Whipple writes, Klain “was startled. He’d never seen him so exhausted and out of it. Biden was unaware of what was happening in his own campaign. Halfway through the session, the president excused himself and went off to sit by the pool.

Corn Pop was a bad dude and he ran a bunch of bad boys, and I did… And back in those days – you see, things have changed – one of the things you had to use if you used Pomade in your hair – you had to wearing a bathing cap. And so he was up on the board, wouldn’t listen. And so I said, “Hey, Esther! Off the board or I’ll come up and drag you off.” Well, he came off, and he said, “I’ll meet you outside.” My car was mostly… These were all public housing behind you. My car, there was a gate out here. I parked my car outside the gate, and I… He said, “I’ll be waiting for you.” He was waiting for me with three guys and straight razors. Not a joke! There’s a guy named Bill Wright, the only white guy, and he did all the pools. He was the mechanic, and I said, “What am I gonna do?” He said… There used to be a chain that went across the deep end, and he cut off a six-foot length of chain. He fold up, and he said, “You walk out with that chain and you walk to the car and say, ‘You may cut me, Man, but I’m gonna wrap this chain around your head,’” and I walked up to my car! And they had (muttering)… In those days, you used top… Remember the straight razor? You’d bang 'em on the curb, get 'em rusty, put ‘em in a rain barrel, gettin’ 'em rusty. I said, “When I tell you to get off the board, you get off the board, and I’ll kick out out again. But I shouldn’t have called you Esther Williams. I apologize for that.” You said, “You apologize to me?” I said, “I apologize for that. Not for throwing you out, but I apologize for what I said.” He said, "Okay, "closed the straight razor, and my heart began to beat again.

He just said how grateful he is for the parliamentarians and the Republican presiding officers

edit: like call me ignorant, but I know nothing of how US political procedure works despite living here for years… what the fuck is this sort of loophole that someone can stand there yammering on about John Lewis and how he served him breakfast?! People can just decide to do this?!

Epstein and Prince Andrew accuser says she has days to live after bus crash

Folks, I saw Cats, and I gotta say - tremendous show, really incredible, very powerful. Wouldn’t you agree, JD? JD agrees. These cats, folks, they move with such strength, such grace - very commanding presence, not at all what some people might say, okay? And Rum Tum Tugger - wow, what a cat. He struts, he owns the stage, very rugged, very strong, but also…playful, you know? A real showman, but with that edge. And some people, very dishonest people, they might say, “Sir, are you enjoying this a little too much?”…And I say, no, folks, it’s just art, okay? It’s just theater. It’s about strength, it’s about power, and maybe just a hint of mystery, a little sizzle, but nothing else, nothing else - and frankly, if you don’t get it, you just don’t understand great American culture.

And, you know, there’s a book, Settlers - very tough book, folks, very powerful - talks about who really owns the land. And if you look at Greenland, Denmark didn’t build it, okay? I don’t see a lot of Danes there. I see ice, I see minerals - very important, very valuable. But maybe, folks, maybe it’s not about who takes it, maybe it’s about who it already belongs to. Very interesting. We should think about that.

The really fun bit is that it was San Francisco challenging the EPA in court for this

Just heard a guest on the UK’s biggest radio station (BBC Radio 2), during mid-afternoon programming, making the liberal case for aligning with Trump on Ukraine and that the war is unwinnable, even with US support. The UK and Europe should adopt a “polite” version of Trump’s foreign policy. No pushback at all from the interviewer - even soft endorsement of it.

Microsoft Study Finds AI Makes Human Cognition “Atrophied and Unprepared”

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