@thewperry.bsky.social
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For all the mfers who say workers just serve coffee, just deliver packages, just stock shelves, just clean rooms, just prep food, or just check in guests, remember this, they keep our communities running every day. And when they’re on a picket line, you respect it.
December 2, 2025 at 3:26 AM
For all the mfers who say workers just serve coffee, just deliver packages, just stock shelves, just clean rooms, just prep food, or just check in guests, remember this, they keep our communities running every day. And when they’re on a picket line, you respect it.
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November 30, 2025 at 6:51 PM
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big late breaking news: the market monitor for the largest energy grid in the u.s., covering much of the midwest and mid-atlantic, has called to block new data centers connections to the grid, saying current course of growth assures regular blackouts
No more PJM data centers unless they can be reliably served: market monitor
The PJM Interconnection’s market monitor urged the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to rule that large data centers can only come online if the grid operator can still meet reliability metrics.
www.utilitydive.com
November 27, 2025 at 1:17 AM
big late breaking news: the market monitor for the largest energy grid in the u.s., covering much of the midwest and mid-atlantic, has called to block new data centers connections to the grid, saying current course of growth assures regular blackouts
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Fanttik, the ubiquitous gadget brand, started as a reset after parent company Aukey was banned from Amazon for review fraud. It’s since built its business to astonishing heights by paying over 31,000 TikTokers to hype screwdrivers. Wild stuff in our story: www.theverge.com/report/82926...
November 26, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Fanttik, the ubiquitous gadget brand, started as a reset after parent company Aukey was banned from Amazon for review fraud. It’s since built its business to astonishing heights by paying over 31,000 TikTokers to hype screwdrivers. Wild stuff in our story: www.theverge.com/report/82926...
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Large language mistake
Is language the same as intelligence? The AI industry desperately needs it to be
The AI boom is based on a fundamental mistake.
buff.ly
November 25, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Large language mistake
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Everywhere there's lots of piggies
Living piggy lives
You can see them out for dinner
With their piggy wives
Clutching forks and knives to eat the bacon
— Piggies, The Beatles
Living piggy lives
You can see them out for dinner
With their piggy wives
Clutching forks and knives to eat the bacon
— Piggies, The Beatles
November 19, 2025 at 7:31 AM
Everywhere there's lots of piggies
Living piggy lives
You can see them out for dinner
With their piggy wives
Clutching forks and knives to eat the bacon
— Piggies, The Beatles
Living piggy lives
You can see them out for dinner
With their piggy wives
Clutching forks and knives to eat the bacon
— Piggies, The Beatles
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liz @lopatto.bsky.social banger alert www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
Meet CoreWeave, the AI industry’s ticking time bomb
The debt-laden AI compute company has been boosted by Nvidia.
www.theverge.com
November 17, 2025 at 3:29 PM
liz @lopatto.bsky.social banger alert www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
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Women have had it. 2 out of 5 said they'd like to permanently move to another country.
That's four times as high as in 2014.
21 points higher than among young men.
Only 19% of men expressed a similar desire.
No other wealthy country has numbers like these
www.axios.com/2025/11/13/t...
That's four times as high as in 2014.
21 points higher than among young men.
Only 19% of men expressed a similar desire.
No other wealthy country has numbers like these
www.axios.com/2025/11/13/t...
Record share of women want to leave U.S. for good — more than double that of men
That's four times as high as in 2014.
www.axios.com
November 13, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Women have had it. 2 out of 5 said they'd like to permanently move to another country.
That's four times as high as in 2014.
21 points higher than among young men.
Only 19% of men expressed a similar desire.
No other wealthy country has numbers like these
www.axios.com/2025/11/13/t...
That's four times as high as in 2014.
21 points higher than among young men.
Only 19% of men expressed a similar desire.
No other wealthy country has numbers like these
www.axios.com/2025/11/13/t...
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Trump Still Polling Well With Working-Class American Pedophiles https://theonion.com/trump-still-polling-well-with-working-class-american-pedophiles/
November 12, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Trump Still Polling Well With Working-Class American Pedophiles https://theonion.com/trump-still-polling-well-with-working-class-american-pedophiles/
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There goes 90+ day credit-card delinquencies. New cycle high.
(via Kev Gordon)
(via Kev Gordon)
November 12, 2025 at 8:25 PM
There goes 90+ day credit-card delinquencies. New cycle high.
(via Kev Gordon)
(via Kev Gordon)
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Unlike other places, The Onion is quadrupling down on being a pain in the ass, politically.
Please subscribe.
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Join The Onion
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November 4, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Unlike other places, The Onion is quadrupling down on being a pain in the ass, politically.
Please subscribe.
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I’m not going to take the turkey out of the freezer until it’s defrosted.
Mike Johnson says he will not bring the House back in session until the government reopens
October 31, 2025 at 12:53 PM
I’m not going to take the turkey out of the freezer until it’s defrosted.
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Eight AP1000s would provide 9.6 GW of output. Maybe these all come online by 2040? In 2024, the US installed 41 GW of utility-scale solar. You can do both! Only one will meaningfully address electricity supply and costs in the near term.
October 28, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Eight AP1000s would provide 9.6 GW of output. Maybe these all come online by 2040? In 2024, the US installed 41 GW of utility-scale solar. You can do both! Only one will meaningfully address electricity supply and costs in the near term.
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Gallego: "How can I negotiate? The president is in Asia for 5 days. Johnson is basically keeping the House out until January to protect pedophiles. So who am I negotiating with right now?"
October 27, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Gallego: "How can I negotiate? The president is in Asia for 5 days. Johnson is basically keeping the House out until January to protect pedophiles. So who am I negotiating with right now?"
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NOAA hurricane hunters flying aboard a P-3 Orion aircraft ("Kermit") are monitoring Hurricane Melissa as most aircraft steer clear. The storm poses a catastrophic threat to Jamaica and Haiti.
The crew are among the many federal workers working without pay during the US government shutdown.
The crew are among the many federal workers working without pay during the US government shutdown.
October 26, 2025 at 11:47 PM
NOAA hurricane hunters flying aboard a P-3 Orion aircraft ("Kermit") are monitoring Hurricane Melissa as most aircraft steer clear. The storm poses a catastrophic threat to Jamaica and Haiti.
The crew are among the many federal workers working without pay during the US government shutdown.
The crew are among the many federal workers working without pay during the US government shutdown.
Hope y’all like blackouts!
US Energy Secretary Chris Wright urges FERC to limit the process for connecting data centers to power grids to 60 days, a process that typically takes years (Bloomberg)
Main Link | Techmeme Permalink
Main Link | Techmeme Permalink
October 24, 2025 at 1:22 AM
Hope y’all like blackouts!
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Story today about China in Bloomberg and a new commitment by Communist party there to turn China into a global leader in technology/chips/AI. Check back in 5 years. You can be pretty sure they'll have accomplished it.
October 23, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Story today about China in Bloomberg and a new commitment by Communist party there to turn China into a global leader in technology/chips/AI. Check back in 5 years. You can be pretty sure they'll have accomplished it.
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Eight Sleep smartbeds users had a bad night on Monday when a major outage of Amazon Web Services (AWS) caused their beds to malfunction. Some were left with the bed’s heat blasting. One woman said her bed went haywire and she had to unplug it from the wall.
🔗 www.404media.co/the-aws-outa...
🔗 www.404media.co/the-aws-outa...
The AWS Outage Bricked People’s $2,700 Smartbeds
When Amazon Web Services went offline, people lost control of their cloud-connected smart beds, getting stuck in reclined positions or roasting with the heat turned all the way up.
www.404media.co
October 22, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Eight Sleep smartbeds users had a bad night on Monday when a major outage of Amazon Web Services (AWS) caused their beds to malfunction. Some were left with the bed’s heat blasting. One woman said her bed went haywire and she had to unplug it from the wall.
🔗 www.404media.co/the-aws-outa...
🔗 www.404media.co/the-aws-outa...
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EXCLUSIVE: Thousands of leaked messages show leaders of Young Republican groups joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape in a private Telegram chat.
Inside rising GOP leaders’ racist chats — obtained by POLITICO and spanning more than 7 months👇
Inside rising GOP leaders’ racist chats — obtained by POLITICO and spanning more than 7 months👇
‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat
Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.
www.politico.com
October 14, 2025 at 5:22 PM
EXCLUSIVE: Thousands of leaked messages show leaders of Young Republican groups joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape in a private Telegram chat.
Inside rising GOP leaders’ racist chats — obtained by POLITICO and spanning more than 7 months👇
Inside rising GOP leaders’ racist chats — obtained by POLITICO and spanning more than 7 months👇