FRIDAY
Thursday, May 08, 2025
Sure Why Not
Why the hell not.
President Donald Trump is strongly considering installing Fox News host and former prosecutor Jeanine Pirro as interim U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia, sources familiar with the matter told ABC News.
Who's Your Daddy
Bill Gates sucks for various reasons, but he has long between treated like an oracle by our press. Will they defer to him about Elon? Or is Elon to hilarious and sexy to resist?
Billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates ratcheted up his feud with Elon Musk, accusing the world’s richest man of “killing the world’s poorest children” through what he said were misguided cuts to US development assistance.
Shocked
Fell for it again, Tesla buyers.
Well that didn't take long. Just weeks after dropping the Tesla Cybertruck's Range Extender from the vehicle's online configurator, Tesla has quietly killed off the accessory completely without delivering a single unit of the $16,000 battery to its customers.
An email went out to Cybertruck owners last night, informing them that the company is no longer planning to offer the feature and that their deposit will be refunded in full.
The accessory—essentially a large, secondary battery pack for boosting range—had been delayed time and time again since it was first announced. This led to onlookers claiming that the accessory was just vaporware and would never be delivered. Well, it turns out that these conspiracy theories were right, as Tesla announced to reservation holders on Wednesday that it wouldn't be delivering the Range Extender and would be refunding deposits in full.
New Pope
Oh no an American pope.
... not all bad.
Pope Francis’ letter, JD Vance’s ‘ordo amoris’ and what the Gospel asks of all of us on immigration https://t.co/Ikk8gqOMzn
— Robert Prevost (@drprevost) February 13, 2025
Our LLM Future
This is the future that Musk and many others envision for all of us in every sphere of life.
LLMs might have some genuine applications, though as far as I can tell we are settling on "can be helpful for some coding activities" and "my horny chatbot," but people are using it for things there's no reason to think it would be any good for.
LLMs might have some genuine applications, though as far as I can tell we are settling on "can be helpful for some coding activities" and "my horny chatbot," but people are using it for things there's no reason to think it would be any good for.
A Play In Two Acts
Act I:
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Democratic Sen. John Fetterman of Pennsylvania was meeting last week with representatives from a teachers union in his home state when things quickly devolved.Act II:
Before long, Fetterman began repeating himself, shouting and questioning why “everybody is mad at me,” “why does everyone hate me, what did I ever do” and slamming his hands on a desk, according to one person who was briefed on what occurred.
As the meeting deteriorated, a staff member moved to end it and ushered the visitors into the hallway, where she broke down crying. The staffer was comforted by the teachers who were themselves rattled by Fetterman’s behavior, according to a second person who was briefed separately on the meeting.
I'm not saying he is intending to be threatening here, but a guy who is 6'8" and not otherwise small is inevitably threatening when he behaves like this.Schumer standing by Fetterman, says he’s an “all-star” who’s “doing a good job”
— Max Cohen (@maxpcohen) May 6, 2025
Wednesday, May 07, 2025
No, Seriously
I know I can be a smug car free person sometimes - I could enjoy living in a lot of different types of places but my one requirement* is I don't need a car for my daily needs - but I genuinely don't understand how housesholds which need one car per driving age adult manage to afford them.
*Yes I know that this isn't a realistic option for everybody, and that fortunate circumstances have made it possible for me, but my point is I would make a lot of sacrifices, if necessary, to obtain this.
*Yes I know that this isn't a realistic option for everybody, and that fortunate circumstances have made it possible for me, but my point is I would make a lot of sacrifices, if necessary, to obtain this.
Keeping Out The Canadian Menace
A Trump administration victory.
A drop in Canada-U.S. travel has led Calgary-based WestJet to cancel more flights south of the border.Airline flight schedules aren't extremely difficult to change, but once they change they aren't necessarily going to change back.
The information you need to know, sent directly to you: Download the CTV News App The airline says it is suspending flights from Vancouver to Austin until October.
Flights to other destinations, including Orlando, Los Angeles and Chicago will also be halted at different times between June and August.
Almost Did It
The Republican attempt to just steal the NC Supreme Court seat actually failed.
Republican challenger concedes a 2024 North Carolina Supreme Court election to the Democratic incumbent.
Stock Market Madness
China: We will never speak with this hideous pig-monster, Trump. We will do everything in our power to hasten the collapse of this foul nation, which we expect will take approximately 7 weeks.
Stock market: 😐
Bessent: We think China's going to remember our phone number soon!
Stock market: 😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍
Stock market: 😐
Bessent: We think China's going to remember our phone number soon!
Stock market: 😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍
America's Love Affair With Car Parts
I don't know how anybody affords to maintain car ownership.
That’s why a new round of auto tariffs – this time on parts – coming into effect Saturday could upend the industry, even more than previous levies on imported cars.Insurance costs will rise, also, too.
As of 12:01 am ET on Saturday, most auto part imports will come with a 25% import tax.
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