Matt
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When I left the Washington Post in 2023, my colleagues and I were worried AI would hoover up our work and enable "zombies" to churn out stories based on our reporting and writing styles.
Today WaPo announced a partnership with OpenAI. And here it is: Zombie Gillian Brockell. I DID NOT WRITE THIS.
Today WaPo announced a partnership with OpenAI. And here it is: Zombie Gillian Brockell. I DID NOT WRITE THIS.
April 22, 2025 at 6:23 PM
When I left the Washington Post in 2023, my colleagues and I were worried AI would hoover up our work and enable "zombies" to churn out stories based on our reporting and writing styles.
Today WaPo announced a partnership with OpenAI. And here it is: Zombie Gillian Brockell. I DID NOT WRITE THIS.
Today WaPo announced a partnership with OpenAI. And here it is: Zombie Gillian Brockell. I DID NOT WRITE THIS.
Heads up Texas
🚨Heads up — we are told by a source when the new anti-hemp law kicks in law enforcement across TN plans to raid stores… mainly for their cash.
Any hemp-related businesses should make sure they are in compliance, as the TN GOP supermajority drags us in the wrong direction.
Any hemp-related businesses should make sure they are in compliance, as the TN GOP supermajority drags us in the wrong direction.
April 22, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Heads up Texas
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In October 2022, Marcus Moore from Annapolis launched Moore Crunch Pretzels, now sold at Camden Yards.
“It’s more than the pretzels. It helps my confidence and stuff.”
On Thursday, Moore will throw out the 1st pitch at #Orioles’ Autism Acceptance Night: www.mlb.com/orioles/news...
“It’s more than the pretzels. It helps my confidence and stuff.”
On Thursday, Moore will throw out the 1st pitch at #Orioles’ Autism Acceptance Night: www.mlb.com/orioles/news...
'More than the pretzels': Moore to headline Autism Acceptance Night at Camden
BALTIMORE -- When Marcus Moore tosses a ceremonial first pitch on Thursday night at Camden Yards, it’ll be the first time the 31-year-old Annapolis native has stepped onto the field. However, he’s alr...
www.mlb.com
April 16, 2025 at 10:30 PM
In October 2022, Marcus Moore from Annapolis launched Moore Crunch Pretzels, now sold at Camden Yards.
“It’s more than the pretzels. It helps my confidence and stuff.”
On Thursday, Moore will throw out the 1st pitch at #Orioles’ Autism Acceptance Night: www.mlb.com/orioles/news...
“It’s more than the pretzels. It helps my confidence and stuff.”
On Thursday, Moore will throw out the 1st pitch at #Orioles’ Autism Acceptance Night: www.mlb.com/orioles/news...
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Was struggling with drawing wind the other day (I know, I know) so I decided to pare it down to it’s absolute simplest form with a little CHARLIE BROWN & SNOOPY here to help my scrambled brain.
April 16, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Was struggling with drawing wind the other day (I know, I know) so I decided to pare it down to it’s absolute simplest form with a little CHARLIE BROWN & SNOOPY here to help my scrambled brain.
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Nancy By Ernie Bushmiller
April 16,1945
April 16,1945
April 16, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Nancy By Ernie Bushmiller
April 16,1945
April 16,1945
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Calm down, folks, it was just an attempted assassination of a Jewish Democratic governor and his family on the first night of Passover, it’s not like somebody spray painted a dick on a Cybertruck.
April 14, 2025 at 2:24 AM
Calm down, folks, it was just an attempted assassination of a Jewish Democratic governor and his family on the first night of Passover, it’s not like somebody spray painted a dick on a Cybertruck.
Unionize everyone unionize
Microsoft terminated the software engineers who protested at company events on Friday over the Israeli military’s use of the company’s AI products.
Microsoft fires engineers who protested during company's 50th anniversary celebration
At the company's official 50th anniversary celebration on Friday, Aboussad interrupted Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman's speech.
www.cnbc.com
April 7, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Unionize everyone unionize
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I’m left with a certain sinking feeling that says if the Nintendo delay picks up steam and points a lot of new fingers at Trump, the administration will vindictively start picking apart the whole industry under the guise of “video game violence is destroying the youth” or some such shit.
April 4, 2025 at 4:02 PM
I’m left with a certain sinking feeling that says if the Nintendo delay picks up steam and points a lot of new fingers at Trump, the administration will vindictively start picking apart the whole industry under the guise of “video game violence is destroying the youth” or some such shit.
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Yes, the stock market may be tanking and our national security apparatus has never been more vulnerable and we're on the verge of both economic collapse and war, but it was all worth it to keep pronouns out of email signatures.
April 3, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Yes, the stock market may be tanking and our national security apparatus has never been more vulnerable and we're on the verge of both economic collapse and war, but it was all worth it to keep pronouns out of email signatures.
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Carney: The system of global trade anchored on the United States.. is over. Our old relationship of steadily deepening integration with the United States is over. The 80 year period when the United States embraced the mantle of economic leadership… is over.
April 3, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Carney: The system of global trade anchored on the United States.. is over. Our old relationship of steadily deepening integration with the United States is over. The 80 year period when the United States embraced the mantle of economic leadership… is over.
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New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said that she plans to mobilize her massive base of followers to oppose what she described as an “acquiesce” by Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer to accept the House GOP funding bill.
Ocasio-Cortez mobilizes Democrats against Schumer plan as colleagues privately urge her to consider primary challenge | CNN Politics
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said Thursday that she plans to mobilize her massive base of followers to oppose what she described as an “acquiesce” by Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer to accept th...
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March 14, 2025 at 2:01 AM
New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said that she plans to mobilize her massive base of followers to oppose what she described as an “acquiesce” by Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer to accept the House GOP funding bill.
Schumer says he doesn't care about democracy, fake outrage is his only course of action.
Really fuck this guy and his generation
Really fuck this guy and his generation
March 14, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Schumer says he doesn't care about democracy, fake outrage is his only course of action.
Really fuck this guy and his generation
Really fuck this guy and his generation
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literally all the democratic party has said to me and my peers since 2016 is "fuck you, we don't want you, and we don't need you" while spamming my phone nonstop for money and then, after, "you're why we lost" and the notion that i would invest an ounce of energy in helping them recover is ludicrous
March 3, 2025 at 2:15 PM
literally all the democratic party has said to me and my peers since 2016 is "fuck you, we don't want you, and we don't need you" while spamming my phone nonstop for money and then, after, "you're why we lost" and the notion that i would invest an ounce of energy in helping them recover is ludicrous
March 1, 2025 at 12:55 AM
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We should be forgiving people, but not forgetful.
In the rush to make excuses and welcome these people back into the fold, we skip the critical parts of them acknowledging fault (not just being wrong) and the harm it caused.
Does anyone think she wouldn't vote for someone like Trump again?
In the rush to make excuses and welcome these people back into the fold, we skip the critical parts of them acknowledging fault (not just being wrong) and the harm it caused.
Does anyone think she wouldn't vote for someone like Trump again?
People’s reactions to these stories tend to be of the leopards-eating-faces variety but this is a great piece of reporting in part about how voters very disconnected from politics make their choices.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
She hoped Trump’s victory would change her life, but not like this
Ryleigh Cooper is normally more focused on motherhood than politics. Then came DOGE.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 27, 2025 at 8:07 PM
We should be forgiving people, but not forgetful.
In the rush to make excuses and welcome these people back into the fold, we skip the critical parts of them acknowledging fault (not just being wrong) and the harm it caused.
Does anyone think she wouldn't vote for someone like Trump again?
In the rush to make excuses and welcome these people back into the fold, we skip the critical parts of them acknowledging fault (not just being wrong) and the harm it caused.
Does anyone think she wouldn't vote for someone like Trump again?
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February 17, 2025 at 8:03 PM
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This is what oligarchy looks like.
February 16, 2025 at 9:57 PM
This is what oligarchy looks like.
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A 1942 Gallup poll on Bible reading and the song that immediately popped into my head when I read this.
February 17, 2025 at 3:11 PM
A 1942 Gallup poll on Bible reading and the song that immediately popped into my head when I read this.
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THEY’RE CLIMBING THE POLES IN TOKYO GO BIRDS🦅🦅🦅
February 10, 2025 at 3:27 AM
THEY’RE CLIMBING THE POLES IN TOKYO GO BIRDS🦅🦅🦅
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Jalen Hurts got everyone in bed at a decent time on a school night because he cares about the teachers
February 10, 2025 at 3:31 AM
Jalen Hurts got everyone in bed at a decent time on a school night because he cares about the teachers