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Me: At great cost and effort, I have made you pan-fried spaetzle with a from-scratch mushroom-onion gravy!

Kids: Ohmygog ohmygod, this is disgusting! Can we have box mac and cheese instead?

Me: How did I fail you?

Our ally is being a bad ally because they aren't pleased that our president wants to steal their territory?!?!?

https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:dhwfnihpvtsoguocqbfqulme/post/3ll36ddonjc2w

Maybe we need a "Department of Garbage Engineering"!

On careful consideration, I don't really think that the general *motivation* to eliminate "DEI" from government, however misguided, is inherently racist. However, it sure as fuck is being *implemented* by a bunch of racists!

https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/44316899/defense-department-removes-story-robinson-military-service

"Eichorn recently introduced a bill that would declare 'Trump derangement syndrome' a mental illness."

https://www.fox9.com/news/minnesota-senator-justin-eichorn-arrest

In the 90s, MS's "Where do you want to go today?" ad earned derisive snorts from professionals. A concurrent coffee klatch opined, "It ought to be 'Here's where you're going today'", at which a bystander interjected, "Yeah, but Apple's is 'You're not going anywhere!'"

https://www.pcmag.com/news/apple-reportedly-considered-a-port-free-design-for-the-iphone-17-air

"While claiming to champion free speech and fight government censorship, they’ve become the most aggressively censorial administration in modern history."

https://www.techdirt.com/2025/03/10/doge-has-become-what-it-claimed-to-destroy/

"While claiming to champion free speech and fight government censorship, they’ve become the most aggressively censorial administration in modern history."

https://www.techdirt.com/2025/03/10/doge-has-become-what-it-claimed-to-destroy/

I just need to know. What possible advantage is it to medical practices to have their "hold" music play at 10-20 decibels higher than any of their actual messages, menus, notifications, or people?

Every time I call a doctor's office, I end up with impaired hearing in at least one ear!

Government so small, it can fit in your underpants and have... opinions...

https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/rcna195642

We are all individuals, just like everybody else!

Random thought: Given that it's been less than a year, aren't Musk and his bright boys technically probationary employees, all of whom they determined should be fired?

NYS corrections officers are on strike. They want more money and better clubs to beat prisoners to death with...

https://www.timesunion.com/capitol/article/lack-body-cam-video-factor-probe-latest-ny-inmate-20203733.php

Wow. LLM's lie *so* hard. They also lie about lying, and will even invent evidence to prove they weren't lying!

D.O.G.E. - Douchebag Oligarchs Gaining Empire

How is it that a "Large Language Model" is completely incapable of putting any readable language into a generated image?