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Granted, I haven't worked steadily, but this "original painting" sold for $6,000,000, which is more than I've made in my entire working life. (The gag is by Derek or Steve… cleanups by Caleb Meurer and/or Heather Martinez).
December 26, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Granted, I haven't worked steadily, but this "original painting" sold for $6,000,000, which is more than I've made in my entire working life. (The gag is by Derek or Steve… cleanups by Caleb Meurer and/or Heather Martinez).
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Intriguing idea
December 17, 2025 at 2:24 AM
Intriguing idea
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We have not run out of good ideas, we have a global inequality where good ideas cannot get the necessary supports into becoming solutions. Good ideas are everywhere if we would just allocate resources to trying some out. AI cannot make new ideas. It cannot have ANY ideas.
America, you have spoken loud and clear: You do not like AI. But what if AI is the way to restart the world’s idea machine?
We’re running out of good ideas. AI might be how we find new ones.
What if the best use of AI is restarting the world’s idea machine?
www.vox.com
December 16, 2025 at 1:12 AM
We have not run out of good ideas, we have a global inequality where good ideas cannot get the necessary supports into becoming solutions. Good ideas are everywhere if we would just allocate resources to trying some out. AI cannot make new ideas. It cannot have ANY ideas.
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Thinking of that time when my dad, himself a doctor, was thrown by a horse on a trail ride. Punctured his spleen, internal bleeding, got him to an ER just in time. He lived another 20 years. With two hours delay, probably wouldn't have.
We rushed to *nearest* ER. Not comparison-shop for ER prices.
We rushed to *nearest* ER. Not comparison-shop for ER prices.
Roger Marshall: "We want patients to become consumers again. We want patients to see what the actual prices are. We believe that if we would add the price tags to this bill, that it would save the country a trillion dollars a year."
December 11, 2025 at 4:34 AM
Thinking of that time when my dad, himself a doctor, was thrown by a horse on a trail ride. Punctured his spleen, internal bleeding, got him to an ER just in time. He lived another 20 years. With two hours delay, probably wouldn't have.
We rushed to *nearest* ER. Not comparison-shop for ER prices.
We rushed to *nearest* ER. Not comparison-shop for ER prices.
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Our newest "How Not to to Draw" episode featuring Barry Buns! www.youtube.com/watch?v=O5UQ...
Kiff: Barry Cartoon Comes to Life! 🐰🖊️ | How NOT To Draw | @disneychannelanimation
YouTube video by Disney Channel Animation
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November 21, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Our newest "How Not to to Draw" episode featuring Barry Buns! www.youtube.com/watch?v=O5UQ...
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Schumer said the Dems will "keep fighting". Keep fighting their own voters? Keep fighting off effectiveness? Keep fighting being held accountable for anything? As far as I can tell the Democratic leadership is good at one thing only now, which is sending fundraising messages to my phone.
November 10, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Schumer said the Dems will "keep fighting". Keep fighting their own voters? Keep fighting off effectiveness? Keep fighting being held accountable for anything? As far as I can tell the Democratic leadership is good at one thing only now, which is sending fundraising messages to my phone.
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This is not what they actually say. This is what they used to say, in the long ago before times when Shaheen learned to do politics. There is no kumbaya median voter anymore. The question you get knocking doors is not "why can't you all just work together?" it's "why didn't / will you fight harder?
Shaheen: "When I talk to my constituents in New Hampshire, you know what they say to me? They say, 'Why can't you all just work together to address the problems that are facing this country?'"
November 10, 2025 at 3:15 AM
This is not what they actually say. This is what they used to say, in the long ago before times when Shaheen learned to do politics. There is no kumbaya median voter anymore. The question you get knocking doors is not "why can't you all just work together?" it's "why didn't / will you fight harder?
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If you’ve historically been a “vote blue no matter who” type, it’d be cool if you could use this moment to understand why vilifying leftists who actually do think it matters is basically a psyop you accidentally fell for. This is why people warn you about guys like Newsom.
November 10, 2025 at 3:11 AM
If you’ve historically been a “vote blue no matter who” type, it’d be cool if you could use this moment to understand why vilifying leftists who actually do think it matters is basically a psyop you accidentally fell for. This is why people warn you about guys like Newsom.
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Caving now will teach Trump and Republicans that they can win any fight simply by threatening to cause terrible harm to regular people. no possible way that could have future adverse consequences
November 10, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Caving now will teach Trump and Republicans that they can win any fight simply by threatening to cause terrible harm to regular people. no possible way that could have future adverse consequences
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I swear to all that is holy, if Democrats fall for this, it’s going to be another instance of Charlie Brown missing that stupid football Lucy keeps setting up for him
Democrats are considering a Republican deal to reopen government with a promise of a later vote on extending health-care tax credits—but no guarantee.
One Democrat says it'd amount to "unconditional surrender that abandons the 24 million Americans whose health care premiums are about to double."
One Democrat says it'd amount to "unconditional surrender that abandons the 24 million Americans whose health care premiums are about to double."
Democrats Consider GOP Deal to Reopen Government, With Promise of Later Vote on ACA Subsidies
Democrats are considering a Republican offer to reopen the government with a promise of a later vote on extending ACA health-care tax credits.
www.mississippifreepress.org
November 10, 2025 at 12:58 AM
I swear to all that is holy, if Democrats fall for this, it’s going to be another instance of Charlie Brown missing that stupid football Lucy keeps setting up for him
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Watch this whole amazing thing.
A room full of kids have literal years of frustration INSTANTLY ERASED from their futures. It seems obvious, but we rarely approach mastery of skills like this in the real world. Increasingly businesses don't think it's worth their time.
A room full of kids have literal years of frustration INSTANTLY ERASED from their futures. It seems obvious, but we rarely approach mastery of skills like this in the real world. Increasingly businesses don't think it's worth their time.
Austin's Butterfly: Models, Critique, and Descriptive Feedback
YouTube video by EL Education
www.youtube.com
October 10, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Watch this whole amazing thing.
A room full of kids have literal years of frustration INSTANTLY ERASED from their futures. It seems obvious, but we rarely approach mastery of skills like this in the real world. Increasingly businesses don't think it's worth their time.
A room full of kids have literal years of frustration INSTANTLY ERASED from their futures. It seems obvious, but we rarely approach mastery of skills like this in the real world. Increasingly businesses don't think it's worth their time.
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Now I'll never get invited to Riyadh to whine about cancel culture.
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October 4, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Now I'll never get invited to Riyadh to whine about cancel culture.
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Democrats are in DC working to lower costs, cancel the cuts, and save health care.
Where are congressional Republicans?
It’s the day before a government shutdown... and they’re on vacation.
Where are congressional Republicans?
It’s the day before a government shutdown... and they’re on vacation.
September 30, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Democrats are in DC working to lower costs, cancel the cuts, and save health care.
Where are congressional Republicans?
It’s the day before a government shutdown... and they’re on vacation.
Where are congressional Republicans?
It’s the day before a government shutdown... and they’re on vacation.
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A thing that’s still fun about social media is missing the original story & having to look up the context so when I saw references to people being upset about “woke Cracker Barrel” over & over in my feed & then finally looked it up I had a good laugh
August 22, 2025 at 2:48 AM
A thing that’s still fun about social media is missing the original story & having to look up the context so when I saw references to people being upset about “woke Cracker Barrel” over & over in my feed & then finally looked it up I had a good laugh
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I will admit it is vaguely darkly funny to make your whole thing "comedy is legal again" and then use the weight of the federal government to shut down comedians in unprecedented ways. like if they somehow outlawed saying "merry christmas" this year
I think like many, many people I find the idea that CBS has just cancelled Colbert out of the blue like this for financial reasons *highly* implausible. He’s the most viewed late night host on TV, and his ratings have been going up.
NEW YORK (AP) — Stephen Colbert tells studio audience CBS is canceling 'The Late Show,' to end in May 2026.
July 18, 2025 at 1:04 AM
I will admit it is vaguely darkly funny to make your whole thing "comedy is legal again" and then use the weight of the federal government to shut down comedians in unprecedented ways. like if they somehow outlawed saying "merry christmas" this year
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Colbert will be all right, maybe even better off. The world's his oyster and I'm sure MSNBC and Netflix will come calling. He could stand up the biggest late night YouTube channel in days. But they are just torching the Late Show, an institution, solely to appease a dictator. And that fucking sucks.
July 18, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Colbert will be all right, maybe even better off. The world's his oyster and I'm sure MSNBC and Netflix will come calling. He could stand up the biggest late night YouTube channel in days. But they are just torching the Late Show, an institution, solely to appease a dictator. And that fucking sucks.
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Patently absurd that the Democrats spent most of last week going after Zohran Mamdani instead of focusing on rallying against the bill
July 3, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Patently absurd that the Democrats spent most of last week going after Zohran Mamdani instead of focusing on rallying against the bill
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Look at this list!
Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret
Whitest Kids U’ Know
Comedy Bang! Bang!
Onion News Network
Portlandia
Birthday Boys
Spoils of Babylon
Garfunkel and Oates
Documentary Now!
Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret
Whitest Kids U’ Know
Comedy Bang! Bang!
Onion News Network
Portlandia
Birthday Boys
Spoils of Babylon
Garfunkel and Oates
Documentary Now!
I don’t think the broader culture gives IFC enough credit for the comedy they gave the world
June 16, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Look at this list!
Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret
Whitest Kids U’ Know
Comedy Bang! Bang!
Onion News Network
Portlandia
Birthday Boys
Spoils of Babylon
Garfunkel and Oates
Documentary Now!
Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret
Whitest Kids U’ Know
Comedy Bang! Bang!
Onion News Network
Portlandia
Birthday Boys
Spoils of Babylon
Garfunkel and Oates
Documentary Now!
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I’ll say it again - when *any* politician uses the ‘I haven’t read that story’ lie about something they knew they would get asked about, the interviewer has a duty to say ‘Okay, in that case I’m going to terminate this interview and you can come back when you’re better prepared.”
TAPPER: I have a hard time thinking that if a D president held a dinner for investors in his cryptocurrency, you wouldn't be outraged
MIKE JOHNSON: Look, I don't know anything about the dinner. I was a little busy this past week, so I'm not going to comment on something I haven't even heard about
MIKE JOHNSON: Look, I don't know anything about the dinner. I was a little busy this past week, so I'm not going to comment on something I haven't even heard about
May 25, 2025 at 2:06 PM
I’ll say it again - when *any* politician uses the ‘I haven’t read that story’ lie about something they knew they would get asked about, the interviewer has a duty to say ‘Okay, in that case I’m going to terminate this interview and you can come back when you’re better prepared.”
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They wanted to pass this evil budget to take away healthcare from millions earlier today. It’s still stuck in the rules committee cause House Dems introduced over 500 amendments and we are lined up to debate on them. Delaying is important. Keep up the pressure on these Congressional Republicans.
May 21, 2025 at 8:15 PM
They wanted to pass this evil budget to take away healthcare from millions earlier today. It’s still stuck in the rules committee cause House Dems introduced over 500 amendments and we are lined up to debate on them. Delaying is important. Keep up the pressure on these Congressional Republicans.
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A fairly new YouTube account is taking cartoonists’ original cartoons, “re-imagining” (AKA swiping) them through the use of AI, and then passing them off as their own. Have you seen them? 👉
www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/20...
www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/20...
AI Re-Imagines Cartoonists’ IP
It seems a fairly new YouTube uploader is taking cartoonists’ original cartoons, “re-imagining” (read: swiping) them through the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI), and then passing them off as their...
www.dailycartoonist.com
May 13, 2025 at 4:12 PM
A fairly new YouTube account is taking cartoonists’ original cartoons, “re-imagining” (AKA swiping) them through the use of AI, and then passing them off as their own. Have you seen them? 👉
www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/20...
www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/20...
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At the very minimum, all AI made content should be legally required to be prominently labeled as made by AI, visible both to human eyes and by computers (to make it possible to filter out).
Publishing AI-generated content that isn't marked as AI is low-key fraud.
Publishing AI-generated content that isn't marked as AI is low-key fraud.
How "AI slop farmer" Jesse Cunningham targets older women on Pinterest and Facebook with AI-generated copies of content from real bloggers and creators (Maggie Harrison/Futurism)
Main Link | Techmeme Permalink
Main Link | Techmeme Permalink
May 8, 2025 at 11:30 AM
At the very minimum, all AI made content should be legally required to be prominently labeled as made by AI, visible both to human eyes and by computers (to make it possible to filter out).
Publishing AI-generated content that isn't marked as AI is low-key fraud.
Publishing AI-generated content that isn't marked as AI is low-key fraud.