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me waking up and opening this app
November 22, 2025 at 12:02 PM
me waking up and opening this app
this is depressing as hell
A few months ago @thelocal.to got a promising pitch from a writer with bylines in whole bunch of reputable publications—The Cut, The Guardian, Dwell, Architectural Digest, etc. Then I started investigating. Here's a story about fabulists in journalism's AI slop era. thelocal.to/investigatin...
Investigating a Possible Scammer in Journalism’s AI Era | The Local
A suspicious pitch from a freelancer led editor Nicholas Hune-Brown to dig into their past work. By the end, four publications, including The Guardian and Dwell, had removed articles from their sites.
thelocal.to
November 21, 2025 at 8:18 PM
this is depressing as hell
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Bangladesh sentences former prime minister Sheikh Hasina to death on.ft.com/3XxAvcx
Bangladesh sentences former prime minister Sheikh Hasina to death
Ex-leader was tried in absentia after fleeing to India in wake of popular uprising
on.ft.com
November 17, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Bangladesh sentences former prime minister Sheikh Hasina to death on.ft.com/3XxAvcx
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There are no words for how evil this is
November 7, 2025 at 1:36 AM
There are no words for how evil this is
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It'd be great if these people would just skip this bullshit and get the calipers out. They're doing phrenology. That's all it is.
A new paper suggests a photo can tell a recruiter much about an applicant’s personality
Should facial analysis help determine whom companies hire?
A new paper suggests a photo can tell a recruiter much about an applicant’s personality
econ.st
November 7, 2025 at 2:36 AM
It'd be great if these people would just skip this bullshit and get the calipers out. They're doing phrenology. That's all it is.
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BREAKING: The Minneapolis mayor's race advances to ranked choice voting after no candidate receives the majority of the vote.
Follow AP for live updates.
Follow AP for live updates.
Live updates: US voters head to the polls in first general election since Trump's return to power
One year after Donald Trump retook the presidency, 2025 Election Day includes closely watched races for New York City mayor, New Jersey governor and California's Proposition 50.
bit.ly
November 5, 2025 at 3:52 AM
BREAKING: The Minneapolis mayor's race advances to ranked choice voting after no candidate receives the majority of the vote.
Follow AP for live updates.
Follow AP for live updates.
overall, one of the most pathetic campaigns I've ever seen but at least we got some gems
November 5, 2025 at 3:12 AM
overall, one of the most pathetic campaigns I've ever seen but at least we got some gems
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October 30, 2025 at 2:46 AM
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by OpenAI’s own estimates, hundreds of thousands of ChatGPT users are showing signs of manic or psychotic crisis every week
OpenAI Says Hundreds of Thousands of ChatGPT Users May Show Signs of Manic or Psychotic Crisis Every Week
OpenAI Says Hundreds of Thousands of ChatGPT Users May Show Signs of Manic or Psychotic Crisis Every Week
www.wired.com
October 27, 2025 at 5:11 PM
by OpenAI’s own estimates, hundreds of thousands of ChatGPT users are showing signs of manic or psychotic crisis every week
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Oh my god some fucking tech dingdong posted this on Twitter with the caption "AI games are going to be amazing" totally seriously, you have to watch it. You have to. In full screen.
October 24, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Oh my god some fucking tech dingdong posted this on Twitter with the caption "AI games are going to be amazing" totally seriously, you have to watch it. You have to. In full screen.
"Andrew Cuomo is a snake and a liar — and that's great!"
Breaking News: Mayor Eric Adams will endorse Andrew Cuomo for mayor of New York City to try to stop the momentum of Zohran Mamdani. nyti.ms/4nfliHv
October 23, 2025 at 3:21 PM
"Andrew Cuomo is a snake and a liar — and that's great!"
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Andrew Cuomo’s campaign just posted — and quickly deleted — this AI-generated ad depicting “criminals for Zohran Mamdani.”
Features a Black man in a keffiyeh shoplifting, an abuser, a trespasser, a trafficker, a drug dealer, and a drunk driver all declaring support for Mamdani.
Features a Black man in a keffiyeh shoplifting, an abuser, a trespasser, a trafficker, a drug dealer, and a drunk driver all declaring support for Mamdani.
October 23, 2025 at 12:21 AM
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it reminds me of the mid-2010s mania for MOOCs, when all education was going to be online
In about three years the entire university pivot to AI curricula and schools and programs is going to be so deeply embarrassing. We will all pretend it never happened and I will be standing there, looking at people with a mirror in my eyes. This is all so embarrassing.
October 17, 2025 at 1:20 PM
it reminds me of the mid-2010s mania for MOOCs, when all education was going to be online
Leaked U.S. docs show that Arab states have been quietly expanding security cooperation with Israel during its war on Gaza.
The effort includes Israel, Qatar, Bahrain, Egypt, Jordan, Saudi Arabia and the UAE. (Kuwait and Oman also participated.)
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
The effort includes Israel, Qatar, Bahrain, Egypt, Jordan, Saudi Arabia and the UAE. (Kuwait and Oman also participated.)
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
U.S. files reveal Israeli-Arab military cooperation, even as Gaza war raged
Documents from U.S. Central Command show a series of meetings over the past three years between Israeli and Arab military officials to coordinate on regional threats.
www.washingtonpost.com
October 11, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Leaked U.S. docs show that Arab states have been quietly expanding security cooperation with Israel during its war on Gaza.
The effort includes Israel, Qatar, Bahrain, Egypt, Jordan, Saudi Arabia and the UAE. (Kuwait and Oman also participated.)
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
The effort includes Israel, Qatar, Bahrain, Egypt, Jordan, Saudi Arabia and the UAE. (Kuwait and Oman also participated.)
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
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Update: Bari Weiss’s first pitch at CBS — a roundtable with Antony Blinken, Mike Pompeo, and Hillary Clinton that ended up being a virtual interview with Clinton & Condoleezza Rice — has about 150 viewers on YouTube.
Added with the 24/7 CBS stream, it’s just over 1200 viewers.
Added with the 24/7 CBS stream, it’s just over 1200 viewers.
October 10, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Update: Bari Weiss’s first pitch at CBS — a roundtable with Antony Blinken, Mike Pompeo, and Hillary Clinton that ended up being a virtual interview with Clinton & Condoleezza Rice — has about 150 viewers on YouTube.
Added with the 24/7 CBS stream, it’s just over 1200 viewers.
Added with the 24/7 CBS stream, it’s just over 1200 viewers.
I love reading the news
October 10, 2025 at 7:30 PM
I love reading the news
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Man convicted of 38 paedophile offences revealed as police informer who spied on UK activists
Man convicted of 38 paedophile offences revealed as police informer who spied on UK activists
Trial of Nick Gratwick, 68, who schemed to rape children as young as six, exposes previous role among green protesters
A man who schemed to rape children as young as six was revealed at his trial to have been a police informer who spied on environmental activists.
Nick Gratwick, 68, was found guilty on Friday of 38 “abhorrent” paedophile offences, including plans over the last two years to pay to rape or sexually assault children in the UK and abroad. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
October 10, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Man convicted of 38 paedophile offences revealed as police informer who spied on UK activists
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Venezuelan politician María Corina Machado wins Nobel peace prize
Venezuelan politician María Corina Machado wins Nobel peace prize
Leader of country’s opposition receives award after intense public and private campaign by Donald Trump
www.theguardian.com
October 10, 2025 at 10:16 AM
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Wow, so it turns out the U.S. has enormous leverage over Israel and can get its way if a president applies some pressure. We were reliably told by Biden administration officials that such a thing was simply impossible!
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
October 10, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Wow, so it turns out the U.S. has enormous leverage over Israel and can get its way if a president applies some pressure. We were reliably told by Biden administration officials that such a thing was simply impossible!
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Lmao the crazy gotcha question is basically "how will you convince people to vote for you?"
Someone who used to work with Katie Porter sent me this clip from a train wreck interview with her and said “now imagine what she’s like when there aren’t cameras around.”
October 8, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Lmao the crazy gotcha question is basically "how will you convince people to vote for you?"
new levels of work-life balance unlocked
October 6, 2025 at 12:03 PM
new levels of work-life balance unlocked
obscene to say anything other than baseball
The sport that is 'America's sport,' according to US adults:
Football 53%
Baseball 27%
Basketball 8%
Soccer 3%
Auto racing 3%
Hockey 1%
https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2024/02/05/by-a-wide-margin-americans-say-football-not-baseball-is-americas-sport/
Football 53%
Baseball 27%
Basketball 8%
Soccer 3%
Auto racing 3%
Hockey 1%
https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2024/02/05/by-a-wide-margin-americans-say-football-not-baseball-is-americas-sport/
October 5, 2025 at 11:05 PM
obscene to say anything other than baseball