
We're in a pretty fucked up situation.
lanekisonak
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*gestures wearily* all of this

We're in a pretty fucked up situation.


According to Al Jazeera, the Iran deals includes unfreezing billions in Iranian funds, lifting U.S. blockade, pulling U.S. forces away, reopening strait of Hormuz though with tolls to Iran, and allowing Iran to keep its enriched uranium. This would be a total U.S. surrender.


If Democrats win all districts up to Trump +9 under the new maps: Dems 222 GOP 213 Under the old maps Dems 239 GOP 196 A 17 seat gap. That's the story of redistricting in a nutshell.

Pope Leo XIV provides a compelling Christian response to the rise of digital technocracy, showing how faith, reason, and Catholic social teaching can guide us through rapid technological change and ethical use of AI. Preorder a deluxe hardcover edition at ignatius.com.


“Joe Biden fucked her,” says the third [Biden] White House aide. “He fucked her. And according to her book, he called her the morning of the debate to be like, ‘I heard your donors are talking shit about me.’ He was the fucking worst. He’s a prick.” vanityfair.com/news/story/kam…

You’re not going to like it, but here’s the harsh truth: Trump would rather use taxpayer money to relitigate the 2020 election and January 6th through an “anti-weaponization” fund than focus on winning the midterms.



Jeff Bezos: "Any corporate or Amazon CFO could find 3% (to cut) in Federal budget on a Tuesday afternoon" to fund zero taxes for bottom half/poor. "This is a skills issue" calling out administration and management incompetence in Federal government and local NYC city school system (He is also calling for higher wages for teachers while cutting outlandish admin budget)

Trump getting to reign over America 250, the LA Olympics, FIFA, etc. is just an extra punch in the gut, on top of all of the real issues.

The proof came from a general-purpose reasoning model, not a system built specifically to solve math problems or this problem in particular, and represents an important milestone for the math and AI communities. openai.com/index/model-di…

BEZOS: I THINK TRUMP IS MORE MATURE, MORE DISCIPLINED

"Bibi's hair was on fire after the call", a U.S. source briefed on the call told me

Something tells me we're not going to have this kind of energy for America's 250th. You'd think by now I'd be seeing "250" everywhere but I honestly do not see it anywhere. I mean this is a quarter-millennium here. You'd think we'd be exceedingly hyped already?