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Posted by jobautomator
15 Comments
D’oh
Helo
Long live the DT
there doesn’t seem to be anything here
https://preview.redd.it/mxmhs0nh17cf1.jpeg?width=1023&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=0a271a0d25ce9b03260928f7df20a71dbb75a952
Word association
“Country?”
“England”.
[https://youtu.be/6ALlJJT62VA?si=qP9fGZ_HIM8fel-J](https://youtu.be/6ALlJJT62VA?si=qP9fGZ_HIM8fel-J)
https://preview.redd.it/ikrxx1hh17cf1.png?width=600&format=png&auto=webp&s=4487cec83014f5fce3d9eee4c7d2df974e4513dc
This and some kitchen sink 🤤
Discussion J. Thread
First
People think the Canadian Terror Goose is bad, but if Mockingbirds were their size we’d all go extinct.
https://preview.redd.it/ro72w6cx17cf1.jpeg?width=474&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=94f940036d2ad6178ff49c74571cd3a7c840e1db
[George Osborne was on the shortlist to become UK Ambassador to the US](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/jul/07/george-osborne-was-on-no-10-list-to-be-uk-ambassador-to-us-keir-starmer-biographer-says)
Some No 10 aides pushed hard, unsuccessfully, to get him to apply. In the end Mandelson was chosen.
Edit: not sure I like The Guardian’s editorialising here.
I’m not even that bullish on AI, but the amount of opinions I’ve seen that more or less boil down to “Sam Altman hasn’t invented God in 2.5 years, therefore AI is vaporware” from otherwise intellectually responsible people is mildly ridiculous.
https://preview.redd.it/crqz4e5c27cf1.jpeg?width=988&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d6576ab2ce3b1f64e30042efdc9942f694666008
>Democrat Senator John Fetterman received high praise from President Donald Trump for being ‘right’ about ICE agents on Wednesday. The senator responded that Trump’s praise of him probably ‘made my parents proud.’
Beyond parody
even if I can pass (big fucking if) I don’t understand how I can overcome the 26 years of socialization as a man. Not to mention the pain that comes from all those years being *wrong*