Edward James Almost
@chrismacandcheese.bsky.social
Recovering gifted and talented kid | Everything I know is non-monetizable | In the corn part of Illinois | слава Україні 🇺🇦
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From a while back but... evergreen
December 7, 2025 at 1:50 AM
From a while back but... evergreen
Me when I encounter literally any minor inconvenience.
can't stop watching this clip of a tesla Optimus teleoperator taking his headset off before properly logging out the robot
December 8, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Me when I encounter literally any minor inconvenience.
This describes my city. Once dominated by Caterpillar, healthcare is now the main industry.
"Their survival is hitched to the fates of oligopoly health systems the way towns in West Virginia and Kentucky once were to coal. They’ve become hospital towns."
projects.propublica.org/albany-georg...
"Their survival is hitched to the fates of oligopoly health systems the way towns in West Virginia and Kentucky once were to coal. They’ve become hospital towns."
projects.propublica.org/albany-georg...
Sick in a Hospital Town, Part 1: The Business of Care
Welcome to Albany, Georgia, where one hospital dominates the political and economic landscape. The story of Phoebe Putney Memorial is the story of American health care.
projects.propublica.org
December 8, 2025 at 1:16 AM
This describes my city. Once dominated by Caterpillar, healthcare is now the main industry.
"Their survival is hitched to the fates of oligopoly health systems the way towns in West Virginia and Kentucky once were to coal. They’ve become hospital towns."
projects.propublica.org/albany-georg...
"Their survival is hitched to the fates of oligopoly health systems the way towns in West Virginia and Kentucky once were to coal. They’ve become hospital towns."
projects.propublica.org/albany-georg...
When will the killing end? (Grew up inside the Iowa Hwy-9 DMZ) @theonion.com
December 5, 2025 at 10:50 PM
When will the killing end? (Grew up inside the Iowa Hwy-9 DMZ) @theonion.com
Surely another Avatar movie is all America needs to turn things around.
December 5, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Surely another Avatar movie is all America needs to turn things around.
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“I became both heroine and heroin to him. And sometimes, a heron, for when we did bird play.”
More Excerpts from Olivia Nuzzi’s American Canto
“Forget the sex; the real scandal here is the crime against language.” — Brian Phillips, The Ringer, on Olivia Nuzzi’s new memoir, American Canto, ...
buff.ly
December 4, 2025 at 2:04 PM
“I became both heroine and heroin to him. And sometimes, a heron, for when we did bird play.”
My cubicle smells like BBQ sauce. That is all.
December 3, 2025 at 2:48 PM
My cubicle smells like BBQ sauce. That is all.
Babe, what's wrong? You've barely touched your 50501 movement.
December 3, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Babe, what's wrong? You've barely touched your 50501 movement.
"It means our self-worth and purpose can and should be rooted outside of or in addition to the way we make a living"
"When I say “work won’t love us back” I don't mean “don’t work hard” or “don’t strive for excellence” or “laziness is good, actually” or any other ways people interpret this...
I mean simply: Be intentional & thoughtful about how much you give to your job." amandalitman.substack.com/p/work-wont-...
I mean simply: Be intentional & thoughtful about how much you give to your job." amandalitman.substack.com/p/work-wont-...
Work won't love you back
That doesn't mean you can't love your work! But know the limits of this love.
amandalitman.substack.com
December 2, 2025 at 9:42 PM
"It means our self-worth and purpose can and should be rooted outside of or in addition to the way we make a living"
Nonprofits: Today's Giving Tuesday! 🎉
Me: Today's giving Tuesday.
Me: Today's giving Tuesday.
December 2, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Nonprofits: Today's Giving Tuesday! 🎉
Me: Today's giving Tuesday.
Me: Today's giving Tuesday.
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As talks aiming to secure a peace deal continued with a high-level Ukraine-U.S. meeting held in Florida on Nov. 30, the final version of the document remains uncertain, fueling concerns that Russian leaders could walk away without being held accountable for their crimes.
'It's a path to new war' — Why amnesty for Russian war crimes can't be part of Ukraine peace agreement
A U.S.-backed 28-point peace plan leaked last month caused uproar in Ukraine and among its allies, among other reasons, because it contained a controversial point implying, in vague terms, a "full amn...
kyivindependent.com
December 2, 2025 at 1:17 PM
As talks aiming to secure a peace deal continued with a high-level Ukraine-U.S. meeting held in Florida on Nov. 30, the final version of the document remains uncertain, fueling concerns that Russian leaders could walk away without being held accountable for their crimes.
Gettin along on the getalong blanket.
December 2, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Gettin along on the getalong blanket.
When did people start saying "Happy Holidays" instead of "I lied. I cheated. I bribed men to cover the crimes of other men. I am an accessory to murder. But the most damning thing of all... I think I can live with it. And if I had to do it all over again - I would."
December 1, 2025 at 8:18 PM
When did people start saying "Happy Holidays" instead of "I lied. I cheated. I bribed men to cover the crimes of other men. I am an accessory to murder. But the most damning thing of all... I think I can live with it. And if I had to do it all over again - I would."
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Homeland Security Relaxes Species Requirements To Join ICE
Homeland Security Relaxes Species Requirements To Join ICE
WASHINGTON—In an effort to expand recruitment for President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown, the Department of Homeland Security announced Tuesday that it would waive the species requirements for...
theonion.com
December 1, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Homeland Security Relaxes Species Requirements To Join ICE
Well isn't that just special.
"A Flock patent also mentions cameras detecting “race.”
"A Flock patent also mentions cameras detecting “race.”
New from 404 Media: Flock is using overseas gig workers to build its surveillance AI. Flock has cameras in thousands of communities around the US which can detect vehicles and people. We found gig workers in the Philippines are reviewing footage to classify people
www.404media.co/flock-uses-o...
www.404media.co/flock-uses-o...
Flock Uses Overseas Gig Workers to Build its Surveillance AI
Flock accidentally exposed training materials and a panel which tracked what its AI annotators were working on. It showed that Flock, which has cameras in thousands of U.S. communities, is using worke...
www.404media.co
December 1, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Well isn't that just special.
"A Flock patent also mentions cameras detecting “race.”
"A Flock patent also mentions cameras detecting “race.”
@united24media.com has a great in depth analysis of what might lie ahead for Ukraine. Some are better, and others more likely, than others. What might actually happen is anyone's guess.
united24media.com/opinion/what...
united24media.com/opinion/what...
November 29, 2025 at 3:51 PM
@united24media.com has a great in depth analysis of what might lie ahead for Ukraine. Some are better, and others more likely, than others. What might actually happen is anyone's guess.
united24media.com/opinion/what...
united24media.com/opinion/what...
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Northwestern and Columbia being famous for journalism and bending over for Trump seems a little too on the nose these days
This is the second largest payout from a private university to the Trump admin yet, second only to Columbia’s $200m
November 29, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Northwestern and Columbia being famous for journalism and bending over for Trump seems a little too on the nose these days
“We’d be willing to trade China for the U.S.,” adding that the Russian elites are “pissed off at China’s growing role in the civilian economy, taking advantage of the gaps left by the exodus of Western investors.” theins.ru/en/politics/...
Made in Moscow: The “U.S. peace plan” for Ukraine was substantially formulated months ago by Kremlin operative Kirill Dmitriev
Since it was first published on Nov. 20, the much-discussed 28-point plan for ending the war in Ukraine has borne all the signs of a Kremlin information operation. In fact, many of its most controvers...
theins.ru
November 27, 2025 at 4:03 PM
“We’d be willing to trade China for the U.S.,” adding that the Russian elites are “pissed off at China’s growing role in the civilian economy, taking advantage of the gaps left by the exodus of Western investors.” theins.ru/en/politics/...
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one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
November 25, 2025 at 4:15 PM
one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.