Tackman Babcock

that's nice but.. Han's supposed to have his "come to Jesus moment" during the X-wing assault on the first death star. In the decades since that moment kinda disappears because we blend Han from later films. But it's an important character moment thats lost if Han makes heroic choices before SW

its gonna take a whole lotta tryin' to get up that hill

that remake is about to have a New Zealander playing an Australian playing a Scotsman playing an Egyptian playing a Spaniard.

feat. [Ghislaine] Maxwell's silver hammer

Pentagon Refuses to Say If AI Was Used to Select Elementary School as Bombing Target Did the US military use Anthropic's Claude to select targets in its weekend operations in Iran, with devastating results?

We asked the Pentagon a straightforward question: did Centcom use Claude to target an elementary school for annihilation?

They refused to answer.

That gender survey is BS. Gen Z men where???

That big scary survey about Gen Z men being more regressive than Boomers is so flawed. An image of young men is being manufactured in the media and we should be very concerned about that.

Why do pollsters keep doing this???

Fire flows through gutters meant to carry water to trees in Tehran.

Death flows where life once did.

May God forgive us.

(Video has been geoconfirmed.)

"Danger 5" is from the same geniuses that brought you "Italian Spiderman"

Reporter: Did the US bomb an elementary school and kill 175 people? Trump: Based on what I’ve seen, it was done by Iran. Reporter: Is that true Mr. Hegseth? Hegseth: We’re investigating. Trump: It was done by Iran. They are very inaccurate with their munitions.

this is unspeakable

in the hands of people (both Govt and Tech oligarch) whose actions show that they hate human beings and who at every opportunity fail to communicate a compelling picture of what is good about humans or about being human.

Even "Terminator 2" which is a pillar of our conception of AI dystopias does this.

Back in our 2026 reality, as the US Govt explicity lunges for "lethal autonomy" and "unchecked mass surveillance", the AI is 2/3

Been thinking recently about how much of our cultural understanding & films about AI are driven by dramatic concerns from the Spock/Data pathway - that is, featuring a not-Human character in a work that hopes to use this convey some insights about being human. 1/3

Everyone has to do this kind of weirdo explicit signalling of "loyalty to Sam" even as they resign due to ethical considerations.

I do wonder when the OpenAI folk will realise they have adopted a central axiom that keeps screwing them over and over.

Chlorine Dioxide, Raw Camel Milk: The FDA No Longer Warns Against These and Other Ineffective Autism Treatments The FDA has taken down a webpage warning about therapies and products making “false claims” of treating autism. It’s part of a series of actions the agency has taken under Secretary Robert F. Kennedy ...

Chlorine dioxide, a chemical used for disinfecting and bleaching.

Pressurized pure oxygen.

Raw camel milk.

Under RFK Jr., the FDA has taken down a webpage warning about these and other dangerous remedies claiming to treat autism.

When the PM's performance is so bad, opposition leaders are reduced to asking themselves 'my god what is actually wrong with this guy's brain'

suddenly I understand how the Minister for Education had trouble distinguishing between Excellent and Achieved

"maybe he's singing to that man"

damn, you beat me by 1 minute

If I am permitted to borrow a phrase from @haydendonnell.bsky.social , Get it to Te Papa

i think that neocons being made in part of failing-upwards middle-manager types with authoritarian-follower personality traits see it as their role to bring NZ in line with the USA, and they reach for the USA for no better reason than "its big and that's where our entertainment media come from".

Couple things here:

1. What the fuck
2. I am allllllmost more offended by the suggestion that I would give this shitbox edit than having my identity stolen
3. The CEO is scheduled to be on Decoder soon and we will see if they back out!

www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...

"The only ones who need to be worried right now is the Iranians who think they're gonna live"

-Pete Hegseth, Very Normal Guy

"I'm leeeavvvinggg, on a fuck-jet..."

deleting as i can see it's hoskings office, and well, duh

'I want to sounds smart and inspirational': How ministers use AI Most ministers say they don't use AI – but those who do use it for speechwriting, research, drafting questions to officials and generating images. Marc Daalder reports.

Over summer, I OIA'd every minister for their AI chat logs.

Here's what I found:
newsroom.co.nz/2026/03/06/h...

incredibly fucking cool

"my girlfriend in Canada still likes me, so there"

“Evangelicals are missing from the halls of power. That’s a problem. The lack of evangelical Christians at America’s most prestigious institutions fuels mistrust.” Excerpt From “Opinion | Evangelicals are missing from the halls of power. That’s a problem.” Aaron M. Renn The Washington Post https://apple.news/ATJF-eGWhQMuuXvLnrj0ugQ This material may be protected by copyright.

Congratulations, WaPo, you did it, you published the worst take

ELECTIONS Trump asks why US can't use nukes: MSNBC PUBLISHED WED, AUG 3 2016 8:05 AM EDT UPDATED WED, AUG 3 2016 3:01 PM EDT Matthew J. Belvedere @MATT_BELVEDERE WATCH LIVE VIDEO 1:20 Trump reportedly asks why US can't use nukes: MSNBC

Donald Trump asked a foreign policy expert advising him why the U.S. can't use nuclear weapons, MSNBC's Joe Scarborough said on the air Wednesday, citing an unnamed source who claimed he had spoken with the GOP presidential nominee. "Several months ago, a foreign policy expert on the international level went to advise Donald Trump. And three times [Trump] asked about the use of nuclear weapons. Three times he asked at one point if we had them why can't we use them," Scarborough said on his "Morning Joe" program.

I will just say it out loud:

I am very concerned Trump will use a tactical nuclear weapon in his quest for a quick victory over Iran.

I am reminded of the story from 2016, when Trump reportedly asked three times in a single briefing why nuclear weapons couldn’t be used: