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What a recalcitrant fucking teenager Patel is. Mock shuffling papers nonstop to play silent treatment and Im too important for these questions 🙄🙄😡

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As an oldz, anytime I hear "Categorically: I KNOW that they're lying.

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...reports that his security detail had to forcefully enter his house to wake him up"

Is there some reason this security detail can't be subpoenaed to testify before congress? Why all the mincing around this issue. Apparently there are TONS of reports about Patel's behavior out there...Why aren't they being read on the Senate floor?

WTF is the hold up? What am I missing?

Oh and how is that AUDIT test supposed to reveal anything since its SELF REPORTING?

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Minute Cryptic - 14 May, 2026

"Rocking moccasins? Corporate style guides might consider it unprofessional" (5,4)

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🤝 3 hints – matched the community par (75,450 solvers so far).

https://www.minutecryptic.com/?utm_source=share

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Awww ... poor baby.

𝗔𝗹𝘁𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗰𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗻𝘁 𝗰𝗹𝗮𝗶𝗺𝘀 𝗮𝘁 𝗢𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗔𝗜 𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗵𝗲’𝘀 𝗮 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗶𝗰 𝗹𝗶𝗮𝗿

“Very painful”: Altman relives his Muskian reaction to losing control over OpenAI.

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/05/altman-forced-to-confront-claims-at-openai-trial-that-hes-a-prolific-liar/

They're all sociopaths.

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Good morning! 🌞

You just knew somebody was gonna pull a stunt like this . . . some of the comments are fascinating, all right (and quite a few have been deleted, I guess after they learned the truth) . . .

This is why I'm never afraid to admit I sometimes can't tell the difference . . .

Jediwolf @Jediwolf

What happens when you post a real Monet and say it’s AI? The coolest art social experiment I’ve seen in a while. Thank you @SHL0MS

12:11 AM · May 14, 2026

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i just generated an image in the style of a Monet painting using AI

please describe, in as much detail as possible, what makes this inferior to a real Monet painting

https://xcancel.com/Jediwolf/status/2054776716770320631

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May the reckoning for Zuckerfuck be swift and painful

𝘞𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘢𝘺 𝘨𝘢𝘱𝘴 𝘢𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘦𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘰𝘺𝘦𝘦𝘴, 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘰𝘮 𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘯𝘺, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘢𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘳𝘰𝘭𝘦 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘩𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘥𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘰𝘱 𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘣𝘶𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘦𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘰𝘺𝘦𝘦𝘴 𝘷𝘪𝘦𝘸 𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘨𝘳𝘪𝘮 𝘢𝘵𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘱𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘔𝘦𝘵𝘢. 𝘠𝘦𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘶𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘧𝘵𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘯 𝘦𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘰𝘺𝘦𝘦𝘴’ 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘶𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘴𝘰𝘭𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘯𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘈𝘐, 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 16 𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘦𝘳 𝘦𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘰𝘺𝘦𝘦𝘴 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘢 𝘷𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘵𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘳𝘰𝘭𝘦𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘬𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘞𝘐𝘙𝘌𝘋. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘥𝘦𝘤𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘯𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘱𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘣𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘶𝘯𝘴𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘫𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘴.

𝗠𝗲𝘁𝗮’𝘀 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆: 𝗥𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗱 𝗛𝗶𝗴𝗵 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗳𝗶𝘁𝘀. 𝗥𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗱 𝗟𝗼𝘄 𝗠𝗼𝗿𝗮𝗹𝗲

Next week, Meta is cutting about 10 percent of its staff. WIRED spoke with more than a dozen current and former employees about what it's like inside a company where "everyone is unhappy."

https://www.wired.com/story/meta-layoffs-bad-vibes-mark-zuckerberg-ai/

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"𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘥𝘦𝘤𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘯𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘱𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘣𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘶𝘯𝘴𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘫𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘴."

Tell us you have something to hide without telling us.

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right?

oddly specific. Just no unsanctioned conversations with journalists.....

Wonder why

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Like they give a fuck about morale considering the profit part

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rushing toward another corporate singularity..

Land Shark 🇺🇦 🏳️‍⚧️'s avatar

And since Zuckerfuck is the majority stockholder, it's all on him.

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But we should totally run our government like a business.

Land Shark 🇺🇦 🏳️‍⚧️'s avatar

And use "AI" for everything. (Zuckerfuck want to be an "AI"-bro, also too)

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I remember that reference.

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Reminds me of that old tech helpline joke about being instructed to stand on your chair and shout "Does anyone have a manual?"

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practicing safe specs..

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oooooo Internet won so early in the morning!

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That's my spiffynew quad-band WIFI router, on top of a "Personal Computer AT Technical Reference" from 1984...

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The computer itself had ONE WHOLE MEG of RAM.

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Putting one foot into the future while keeping the other planted in the past...I like it.

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𝗪𝗵𝘆 𝗡𝗲𝗯𝗿𝗮𝘀𝗸𝗮’𝘀 ‘𝗕𝗹𝘂𝗲 𝗗𝗼𝘁’ 𝗜𝘀 𝗥𝗼𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮 𝗗𝗲𝗺𝗼𝗰𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗰 𝗛𝗼𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝗣𝗿𝗶𝗺𝗮𝗿𝘆

In presidential election years, an area of deep-red Nebraska nicknamed the “blue dot” can draw plenty of attention. The state awards an Electoral College vote to the winner in each of its congressional districts, and its lone swing district could decide an exceptionally close White House race.

The blue dot refers to the speck of blue on the map that the Omaha-area Second Congressional District can create when it votes for Democrats in presidential elections...

The district went for Kamala Harris in 2024, Joseph R. Biden Jr. in 2020 and Donald J. Trump in 2016. Mitt Romney won the district in 2012. Barack Obama’s victory there in 2008, the first by a Democrat in four decades, caused some to call the area “Obamaha.”

Nebraska and Maine are the only states that split their electoral votes.

...The Democratic primary is competitive, according to Democrats in the state. The leading candidates are State Senator John Cavanaugh; Denise Powell, a political organizer; and Crystal Rhoades, a court clerk.

Ms. Powell and Ms. Rhoades have sought to halt Mr. Cavanaugh’s rise by warning voters that if he is elected and vacates his legislative seat, Republican state lawmakers might be emboldened to pass a law shifting Nebraska to a winner-take-all electoral system. (In 2020, Donald J. Trump’s allies unsuccessfully pushed Nebraska lawmakers to abandon the unique electoral system.)

Gov. Jim Pillen, a Republican, would be able to appoint a replacement for Mr. Cavanaugh, potentially allowing Republicans to add another legislative voice opposing the blue dot system.

Other members of both parties say it is unlikely that the blue dot is in immediate peril. Republicans already have a supermajority in the State Legislature and have held off from changing the electoral system, apparently because Republicans in the Omaha area enjoy the district’s swing status in presidential years...

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/10/us/politics/nebraska-blue-dot-democrats-house.html

Photo of "blue dot" Nebraskans:

https://substack.com/profile/157455618-wobbly/note/c-258834977?utm_source=notes-share-action&r=2lqtj6

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Another example of why the electoral college needs to be removed ... even though this is a positive one. The "winner takes all" bullshit is just that.

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Winner should take all. The actual winner that is, not the "well, you can vote for whom you want but if more areas with cows vote for this guy that is who is gonna win no matter what the most people actually want" winner

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I've seen opinion pieces arguing that getting states to split their votes like Maine and Nebraska would be easier than abolishing the Electoral College and would correct a major drawback. Don't know if that's true, but it's worth considering.

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I have the feeling it would split states like New York while Texas would remain 100% in lock step.

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Well that orange bag of shit's admin forced states to review their medicaid rosters for ALIENS, I mean immigrants and in OK they kicked a whole 10 people off. Sounds like a serious problem to me.

Last night on my delivery route, a woman walked up to my window and was like, "You know me from last week, I have 4-6 people." I gave her 5 kits and she said, "I need a few more," to which I said, "I can give you those." I hate when people tell me what to give them instead of asking.

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Xi will just push the dagger further into his back....

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Trump's hands are too big, and Xi should have been Winnie the Pooh.

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𝗔 𝗦𝘁𝗶𝗳𝗳 𝗪𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝗥𝘂𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝗧𝗿𝘂𝗺𝗽’𝘀 𝗛𝗮𝗶𝗿 𝗜𝗹𝗹𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗜𝗳 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗡𝗲𝗲𝗱 𝗔 𝗟𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗹𝗲 𝗣𝗶𝗰𝗸 𝗠𝗲 𝗨𝗽

https://www.scarymommy.com/donald-trump-wind-hair-blowing

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From 2018. He doesn't have that spring in his step nowadays.

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"Presidential as hell, baby!"

What he says to himself in front of the mirror, every damn day

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Even his hair wants to leave him!

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He's like reverse balding. Going around the side but not up top. Weird.

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The hole in his head is the site of his supposed bad scalp surgery. He assaulted Ivana because she had recommended the doctor. He is a venal, petty sexual predator.

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Racism and misogyny ... the founding "principals" of 'MurriKKKa.

𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘭𝘺 𝘨𝘶𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘱𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘰𝘯 𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘭𝘰𝘢𝘯𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘩𝘶𝘳𝘵 𝘣𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘨𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥. 𝘙𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘭𝘺 𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘧 𝘰𝘧 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘥𝘶𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘧𝘦𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘭𝘰𝘢𝘯𝘴, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘬𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘰 82.9 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘉𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘳’𝘴 𝘥𝘦𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘦. 𝘞𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘯 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘯𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘮𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘧𝘦𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘭𝘰𝘢𝘯𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘣𝘰𝘵𝘩 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘳’𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘦’𝘴 𝘥𝘦𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘴. 𝘍𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘥𝘶𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘉𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘣𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘰𝘸𝘦, 𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘨𝘦, $25,000 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘴.

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗮𝘂𝗹𝘁 𝗼𝗻 𝗵𝗶𝗴𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗲𝗱 𝗴𝗼𝗲𝘀 𝗱𝗲𝗲𝗽𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗸

The regime is quietly working to create a permanent underclass.

https://www.publicnotice.co/p/the-assault-on-higher-ed-goes-deeper?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=501423&post_id=197621377&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=false&r=3i9ct&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email

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Wasn't there recently a study that showed white men without college make more than minority men without college, in the same jobs (we already knew this about women, in all jobs, college or not)?

I feel it could go with this one, cause it feels like in order to make the same amount of money, minority people have to get a degree, and here we are making it harder for them to do so.

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Those stats show we've always had one.

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Very true. And everytime the American citizens push to make change, these assholes roll them back. Fuck them.

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No one said making things better would be easy.

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Our electoral system makes it infinitely harder ... minority rule shouldn't exist in a democracy.

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The latest Russo-Ukrainian War assessment. Note the toplines and, towards the bottom of the page, the activity in Belarus.

https://understandingwar.org/research/russia/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-may-13-2026/

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Morning all. ☕️

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It’s two dots on a field of white. After I tried the obvious… it was easy.

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Good morning, Diane! I cheated for mine.