Jousting for Jostens
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Got my teeth replaced with a mouth full of Jostens class rings as implants. The clank from each bite fills the air with a symphony of memories.
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It's inevitable, you simply must adapt to it and use it, you have no choice, but also please use it more or it's going to die
AI boom could falter without wider adoption, Microsoft chief Satya Nadella warns
AI boom could falter without wider adoption, Microsoft chief Satya Nadella warns
Big tech boss tells delegates at Davos that broader global use is essential if technology is to deliver lasting growth
www.irishtimes.com
January 20, 2026 at 4:22 PM
It's inevitable, you simply must adapt to it and use it, you have no choice, but also please use it more or it's going to die
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Incentives for abuse
“Though ICE has never come close to meeting that daily goal, officers are rewarded for making arrests, even if the immigrants they take in are later released.” - Wall Street Journal with a good overview of ICE crimes. www.wsj.com/us-news/the-...
The Standoff That Has Turned Minnesota Into a Tinderbox
ICE agents with arrest quotas are colliding with angry Minneapolis residents, a compact city and a relatively small proportion of immigrants in the country illegally.
www.wsj.com
January 18, 2026 at 6:37 AM
Incentives for abuse
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Today at 34 & Park in Minneapolis, a woman tried to drive down the street where a protest had broken out in front of a home ICE was raiding, saying she had a doctor apt to get to. ICE agents busted out her windows, cut off her seatbelt, and pulled her out before arresting her.
January 13, 2026 at 6:56 PM
Today at 34 & Park in Minneapolis, a woman tried to drive down the street where a protest had broken out in front of a home ICE was raiding, saying she had a doctor apt to get to. ICE agents busted out her windows, cut off her seatbelt, and pulled her out before arresting her.
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What in the Gestapo is going on in Grand Rapids?
Watch this activist get arrested *mid-interview* for speaking out against U.S. action in Venezuela.
Watch this activist get arrested *mid-interview* for speaking out against U.S. action in Venezuela.
January 5, 2026 at 4:12 PM
What in the Gestapo is going on in Grand Rapids?
Watch this activist get arrested *mid-interview* for speaking out against U.S. action in Venezuela.
Watch this activist get arrested *mid-interview* for speaking out against U.S. action in Venezuela.
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another robot highlight for 2025: man wearing humanoid mocap suit kicks himself in the balls
December 27, 2025 at 5:27 PM
another robot highlight for 2025: man wearing humanoid mocap suit kicks himself in the balls
Last weekend the ER, this week Urgent Care... at least the severity of issues for my folks is stepping down each week right? (All is well enough)
December 21, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Last weekend the ER, this week Urgent Care... at least the severity of issues for my folks is stepping down each week right? (All is well enough)
Used to dislike Stern's John Wick, but that may be one of my favorite machines now. A blast to hit a speedy flow state with combos. Good stuff. (Score is from a few days ago,).
December 21, 2025 at 4:12 AM
Used to dislike Stern's John Wick, but that may be one of my favorite machines now. A blast to hit a speedy flow state with combos. Good stuff. (Score is from a few days ago,).
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A tiny trial in New York has shown that personalized mRNA vaccines can provoke massive, lasting immune responses against pancreatic cancer, even as sweeping federal cuts now threaten the fragile labs required to produce them.
theintellectualistofficial.substack.com/p/a-breakthr...
theintellectualistofficial.substack.com/p/a-breakthr...
December 12, 2025 at 4:02 PM
A tiny trial in New York has shown that personalized mRNA vaccines can provoke massive, lasting immune responses against pancreatic cancer, even as sweeping federal cuts now threaten the fragile labs required to produce them.
theintellectualistofficial.substack.com/p/a-breakthr...
theintellectualistofficial.substack.com/p/a-breakthr...
It rules having such high insurance costs now that I am unsure how I can afford to pay both my premium and my copay for required tests and procedures. Very cool.
BREAKING: The Senate rejected dueling health care bills, virtually guaranteeing Obamacare subsidies will lapse for over 20 million Americans.
Senate rejects dueling health care bills as Obamacare deadline looms
The result virtually guarantees insurance subsidies used by more than 20 million Americans will lapse at the end of the year.
www.politico.com
December 11, 2025 at 7:12 PM
It rules having such high insurance costs now that I am unsure how I can afford to pay both my premium and my copay for required tests and procedures. Very cool.
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Today on Digital Foundry, interviewing Kimmo Lahtinen on the brilliant Sektori, his storied history at Housemarque and the move to indie development: www.digitalfoundry.net/features/int...
Interview: Sektori's sole dev on Housemarque past, tuning Unity to 60fps
From Pascal to N-Gage, and from Resogun to solo success.
www.digitalfoundry.net
December 6, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Today on Digital Foundry, interviewing Kimmo Lahtinen on the brilliant Sektori, his storied history at Housemarque and the move to indie development: www.digitalfoundry.net/features/int...
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A *FREE* show!
Saturday, December 13th
NOON to 2pm ET
A special 2-hour edition of CONNOR RATLIFF presents THE ACTING CLASS that is also a virtual food drive for Feeding America
Come to UCBNY (242 E 14th St) or watch the free livestream at UCBComedy.com
FREE TICKETS:
ucbcomedy.com/show/connor-...
Saturday, December 13th
NOON to 2pm ET
A special 2-hour edition of CONNOR RATLIFF presents THE ACTING CLASS that is also a virtual food drive for Feeding America
Come to UCBNY (242 E 14th St) or watch the free livestream at UCBComedy.com
FREE TICKETS:
ucbcomedy.com/show/connor-...
December 6, 2025 at 6:02 PM
A *FREE* show!
Saturday, December 13th
NOON to 2pm ET
A special 2-hour edition of CONNOR RATLIFF presents THE ACTING CLASS that is also a virtual food drive for Feeding America
Come to UCBNY (242 E 14th St) or watch the free livestream at UCBComedy.com
FREE TICKETS:
ucbcomedy.com/show/connor-...
Saturday, December 13th
NOON to 2pm ET
A special 2-hour edition of CONNOR RATLIFF presents THE ACTING CLASS that is also a virtual food drive for Feeding America
Come to UCBNY (242 E 14th St) or watch the free livestream at UCBComedy.com
FREE TICKETS:
ucbcomedy.com/show/connor-...
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THEY ADDED NEW GARBAGE reblog to save a life
November 21, 2025 at 7:00 PM
THEY ADDED NEW GARBAGE reblog to save a life
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math textbook covers for some reason:
November 17, 2025 at 5:31 PM
math textbook covers for some reason:
"The mayor elect has opened a portal." really cracked me up for some reason.
We’re hiring!
Our new resume portal is live, and we’re looking for top talent in NYC to help build this administration and deliver on our affordability agenda.
Could that be you? Apply using the link below.
transition2025.com/apply
Our new resume portal is live, and we’re looking for top talent in NYC to help build this administration and deliver on our affordability agenda.
Could that be you? Apply using the link below.
transition2025.com/apply
November 17, 2025 at 11:36 AM
"The mayor elect has opened a portal." really cracked me up for some reason.
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sts researchers: :spend decades tracing the way well-intentioned design choices constrained by culture, capital, and the material environment can have negative outcomes in aggregate:
ai companies: lets put a chatbot in a doll that tells kids to set fires
futurism.com/artificial-i...
ai companies: lets put a chatbot in a doll that tells kids to set fires
futurism.com/artificial-i...
AI-Powered Toys Caught Telling 5-Year-Olds How to Find Knives and Start Fires With Matches
AI-powered toys are flying off the shelves -- but they're engaging in horrifically inappropriate conversations with children.
futurism.com
November 16, 2025 at 10:12 AM
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Two federal prosecutors have been placed on administrative leave just hours after describing Jan. 6 attack as a "mob of rioters."
The prosecutors made the description in a sentencing memo for a Jan. 6 defendant who was pardoned by Trump but is facing prison time for unrelated crimes.
The prosecutors made the description in a sentencing memo for a Jan. 6 defendant who was pardoned by Trump but is facing prison time for unrelated crimes.
Prosecutors placed on leave hours after describing Jan. 6 attack as a ‘mob of rioters’
The prosecutors made the description in a sentencing memo for a Jan. 6 defendant who was pardoned by Trump but is facing prison time for unrelated crimes.
www.politico.com
October 29, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Two federal prosecutors have been placed on administrative leave just hours after describing Jan. 6 attack as a "mob of rioters."
The prosecutors made the description in a sentencing memo for a Jan. 6 defendant who was pardoned by Trump but is facing prison time for unrelated crimes.
The prosecutors made the description in a sentencing memo for a Jan. 6 defendant who was pardoned by Trump but is facing prison time for unrelated crimes.
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43 years ago today, readers the world over opened their newspapers and gazed upon cow tools for the first time. happy birthday cow tools. you look great.
October 28, 2025 at 12:23 PM
43 years ago today, readers the world over opened their newspapers and gazed upon cow tools for the first time. happy birthday cow tools. you look great.
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Could a “smoke alarm” for airborne contaminants monitor and improve the quality of the air indoors? (Where Americans spend 90 percent of their time!)
An interdisciplinary research team led by @linseymarr.bsky.social will create such a system that could cut respiratory illnesses by 25 percent. 👏
An interdisciplinary research team led by @linseymarr.bsky.social will create such a system that could cut respiratory illnesses by 25 percent. 👏
Up to $40 million in federal funding fuels research to revolutionize clean indoor air
With the contract from the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health, an interdisciplinary research team led by Virginia Tech and Linsey Marr will create a “smoke alarm” for airborne contaminants t...
news.vt.edu
October 20, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Could a “smoke alarm” for airborne contaminants monitor and improve the quality of the air indoors? (Where Americans spend 90 percent of their time!)
An interdisciplinary research team led by @linseymarr.bsky.social will create such a system that could cut respiratory illnesses by 25 percent. 👏
An interdisciplinary research team led by @linseymarr.bsky.social will create such a system that could cut respiratory illnesses by 25 percent. 👏
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We must now start calling this what it is: Trump’s Invasion. It started with federal agents, it will soon include deploying federalized members of the Illinois National Guard against our wishes, and it will now involve sending in another state’s military troops.
October 6, 2025 at 1:44 AM
We must now start calling this what it is: Trump’s Invasion. It started with federal agents, it will soon include deploying federalized members of the Illinois National Guard against our wishes, and it will now involve sending in another state’s military troops.
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RFK Jr.'s hand-picked panel of vaccine advisors is expected to vote to delay the hepatitis B shot for newborns. Doctors warn that could fuel a return of a disease virtually eradicated in U.S. kids.
Kennedy's vaccine panel expected to recommend delaying hepatitis B shot in children
RFK Jr.'s hand-picked panel of vaccine advisors is expected to vote to delay the hepatitis B shot for newborns. Doctors warn that could fuel a return of a disease virtually eradicated in U.S. kids.
n.pr
September 16, 2025 at 12:12 PM
RFK Jr.'s hand-picked panel of vaccine advisors is expected to vote to delay the hepatitis B shot for newborns. Doctors warn that could fuel a return of a disease virtually eradicated in U.S. kids.
Monstrous.
Brian Kilmeade endorses euthanizing homeless people: "Involuntary lethal injection, or something. Just kill them."
September 13, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Monstrous.
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I have a lot of concerns with "we have invented a tool that takes the reading/writing out of desk jobs" given that's 98% of their purpose... but beyond that we're basically inviting children to ruination right? This is "why should I learn division, calculators exist?" but at a foundational level
September 4, 2025 at 3:47 PM
I have a lot of concerns with "we have invented a tool that takes the reading/writing out of desk jobs" given that's 98% of their purpose... but beyond that we're basically inviting children to ruination right? This is "why should I learn division, calculators exist?" but at a foundational level
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🚨Border Patrol arrested two firefighters who were actively fighting a wildfire at the time.
When the other members of the crew asked for a chance to say goodbye, a Border Patrol agent told the crew member “you need to get the f*ck out of here. I’m going to make you leave.”
When the other members of the crew asked for a chance to say goodbye, a Border Patrol agent told the crew member “you need to get the f*ck out of here. I’m going to make you leave.”
August 28, 2025 at 2:51 AM
🚨Border Patrol arrested two firefighters who were actively fighting a wildfire at the time.
When the other members of the crew asked for a chance to say goodbye, a Border Patrol agent told the crew member “you need to get the f*ck out of here. I’m going to make you leave.”
When the other members of the crew asked for a chance to say goodbye, a Border Patrol agent told the crew member “you need to get the f*ck out of here. I’m going to make you leave.”
One good thing today.
Let the good vibes begin! The Lumines Arise Demo is available NOW through September 3rd.
🦎 THREE Journey stages
👥 Burst Battle multiplayer
PS5 - store.playstation.com/concept/1001...
Steam - store.steampowered.com/app/3847360/...
lumines.game/demo
🦎 THREE Journey stages
👥 Burst Battle multiplayer
PS5 - store.playstation.com/concept/1001...
Steam - store.steampowered.com/app/3847360/...
lumines.game/demo
August 26, 2025 at 2:19 PM
One good thing today.
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I have lost all patience with the apparently unshakeable conviction that striking a reasonable, moderate pose means assuming the sincerity of transparently pretextual horseshit. Donald Trump does not care about reducing crime in DC. He is testing and normalizing paramilitary deployments in cities.
Is that what he is doing? Fighting crime? Phew. I thought he was using federal power to assert power over the country’s capital
August 15, 2025 at 9:52 PM
I have lost all patience with the apparently unshakeable conviction that striking a reasonable, moderate pose means assuming the sincerity of transparently pretextual horseshit. Donald Trump does not care about reducing crime in DC. He is testing and normalizing paramilitary deployments in cities.