Weekly Roundup
What happens when a political party spends more than a decade claiming that globally recognized basic public policy stances are "extremism"?
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What happens when a state government uses oppressively heavy court cases to crush opposition, but then ones doing the actual work are entirely incompetent? Well,
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...okay no, they didn't ask what that means. If only. Also, whales went around the world.
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I spent the better part of a day learning about the Phoenix, Arizona metropolitan area energy utilities. I don't live in Arizona. Also, RFK Jr is a jagweed, but we knew that.
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What happens when we stop asking if we should and instead only ask if we could?
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Louisiana is setting a new standard for "wait, they can just do that?"
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Gas prices aren't coming down any time soon, and now it looks like inflation may be next. But that's okay—those AI systems we all love so much are getting too expensive also.
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Despite their penchant for building surveillance software, Palantir CEO Alex Karp is reportedly unaware of the cinnamon-sugar swirls in every bite.
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Protests in Ireland against the fuel prices spiking in part due to the Iranian oil blockade will surely be alleviated when the US starts blockading more oil
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The US is increasingly unable to fly aerial operations over EU airspace, so instead we launched a rocket to the moon
One of the biggest tech companies in the world seems convinced that we just aren't seeing Copilot the right way and we'd love it if we just had one more feature...
All of the tech companies are racing to be in the most precarious position imaginable
Google and Meta scrolled a bit too close to the sun.
Boots on the ground doesn't mean boots on the ground, you see. Also, Valve texts back.
Taxpayer dollars are for bombs and makeup exclusively
While the military wants unfettered access to AI systems, presumably to ask it if loot boxes are gambling or not.
Again
Big Man is Big Mad at the Big Court
The disgraced not-prince Andrew has been arrested by British police on suspicion of obviously being terrible
A very normal few weeks for the United States federal government
It's cold outside, both in terms of snow and fash
