Now, a major issue here is that the state of USN mine countermeasure capabilities is... not good. As you might have seen, the last of the old Avenger-class was shipped out of the Gulf in *January*. Something which once again is very much on brand for the complete lack of long-term planning by Trump.
Re supposed end of the Target boycott: it’s 100% bullshit. See statement below from an *actual* leader of the initial DEI boycott.
Even if true (to repeat, it’s not!), it’s not up to any small group. Target has fixed nothing + compounded its DEI sins with ICE complicity. People are done with it!
Video games make companies billions in profit yet we are still getting laid off at alarming rates. If this is a reality you know all too well and want to fight against, come find us at GDC!!
On reflection, I think the core issue is: how do you fully trust an entity that runs solely on probability?
LLMs have no notion of self, of consequences, of trust. No "ethics". A few bad coin flips and it produces malicious code - not out of hate, but out of random chance.
I can't trust that.
A cartoon by Ron Cobb (1975), showing a shadow of US B-52 bomber above cratered landscape. Two people who look like Vietnamese peasants look up; one says “they’re having problems with their economy again.”
This is from 1975.
It certainly does not inspire confidence. The LLM I'm familiar with can't be trusted to do things on its own.
So, which LLM can be trusted, and what are you basing that assessment on?
ChatGPT 5.2> I want to wash my car and the car wash is only 100 meters away. Do you think I should drive there or walk? --- Quick decision: walk. Why? 100 m ≈ 1-2 minutes on foot Cold-starting the engine for 100 m → unnecessary wear Higher fuel consumption + emissions during cold start Hardly any time saved compared to walking A bit of movement doesn't hurt
An example of simple, trustworthy advice from ChatGPT:
That isn't what he said.
Maybe don't go throwing stones about who can and can't read.
bsky.app/profile/ghaz...
CW: body dysmorphia, derealisation, mention of eating disorder and self harm
Ain’t got nobody #brainbunnies
The law will not save you.
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A comic. A gray and white cat bats the phone out of my hand. “Mother, stop this” He rubs his head against the back of my hand. “You must learn to live ‘in the moment’” “This moment, specifically,” he puts his face into the palm of my hand and holds it there with his paws, “in which I am being petted.”
here’s a quick comic about Charles
"The Trump administration is quietly pursuing a regulatory change that would strip federal nutrition assistance from an estimated 6 million low-income Americans — including nearly two million children..." as it spends billions on a bloody war in Iran. truthout.org/articles/tru...
Do you continue to support the WSJ despite what they allow on their opinions page?
Why...did CNN do this
Human Rights Watch says they've verified that Israel has used white phosphorus on civilian populations in Lebanon.
Pieces from my dieselpunk mecha universe TANKHEAD, now available in narrative artbook form.
Very irritating to me when people are like "they make $100,000 but after expenses they basically make minimum wage." How much do you think people who make minimum wage have left over after expenses?
Fun fact: the 2002 Enhanced Border Security and Visa Entry Reform Act, which mandated tracking all foreign students and putting them in a biometric database called Chimera, passed the senate 97-0
It was *overwhelmingly* bipartisan, to do this
Schumer voted for it
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enhance...
Tweet from matt (@mattxiv): using the passive "dead" and the active "killed" in the SAME HEADLINE is absolutely diabolical Quoted tweet from Sky News (@SkyNews): Latest attacks in Lebanon leave nearly 400 dead as two Israeli soldiers killed trib.al/xORAqhP
Like at this point it’s no secret to the people writing these headlines that this kind of thing has been roundly criticized for years and years. It’s an intentional, conscientious decision on their part. They know they’re propagandists (and, for better or worse, we all are!).
I love how they're also directly stealing from PalWorld. It's like a double bootleg.
I'm getting Creme Brulee / Flan vibes
Republican Senator. Funny that part didn't make the headline.
A picture of Marco Rubio shoes that are too large for him
I’m a grown man who works for the president of the United States who is afraid to not wear the shoes he bought me that do not fit
The golden tiger is all airbrushed!! 🎉 This is a premade and I'm open to offers of at least $5k for the mini partial (email stuffedpandaquotes@gmail.com).
They do have a moving jaw but you'll have to wait to see that until I install the teeth and tongue. 😁 I'm also -
I SEND GAY #furry #vrchat #regulus #wawawa
Trump has never cared about anybody besides himself, ever in his life.
Remnants seen in the imagery (left) with reference imagery (right)
We also matched details of the remnants to publicly available imagery of Tomahawk components in the Open Source Munitions Portal (OSMP) @munitionsportal.bsky.social osmp.ngo/model/tomaha...
Geolocation by Bellingcat
Bellingcat verified the images were taken at the site of the school by matching items and landmarks visible in the footage to what can be seen on satellite imagery.
Post for the job you want, not the job you have
