Great awakening? How about Asleepening? A collective dozing off into dream worlds of hyperstimulation, a fading into algorithmic unconsciousness.

Tucked away in the #Pluribus credits, it reads, “This show was made by humans.” “I hate AI,” creator Vince Gilligan told Variety with a chuckle. “AI is the world’s most expensive and energy-intensive plagiarism machine. I think there’s a very high possibility that this is all a bunch of horseshit. It’s basically a bunch of centibillionaires whose greatest life goal is to become the world’s first trillionaires. I think they’re selling a bag of vapor.” Read the full “Pluribus” story from @ethanshanfeld here: wp.me/pc8uak-1lGwMi

they're even clowning on the AI Coca Cola ad on LinkedIn. It's so beyond over 💀

Average Western Europe response to drones flying over critical national assets

“No matter how isolated you are and how lonely you feel, if you do your work truly and conscientiously, unknown allies will come and seek you” Carl Jung

Yeah. We're fucked, tbh

the entire western economy is now staked on the success of a handful of tech companies' attempts to simulate media we already had access to, including a 30 year old sitcom with over 200 episodes you could watch at any given point before now

Hi. Imaging professional here. We use serial MRIs to monitor the progression of Alzheimer’s. Carry on.

“In keeping their options open, they ensure that they’re going to jump from option to option. If you don’t commit to a path, you’re going to fail at it … You have to commit to it to make it work, and I think marriage is the same way. You just have to commit to it. You have to say, ’This is the path I’m on. For better or for worse, I’m going to double down on it.’”

Xi calling TikTok “spiritual opium” goes so hard if you really think about it

This just happened in the West Bank. The West is still backing this horror.

China is blackmailing Germany. The report confirms that German companies are required to share sensitive industrial data—including blueprints (e.g., diagrams and supply chain layouts), customer lists, and even three-year production forecasts—with Chinese authorities in order to obtain export permits for rare earths.

For years I’ve heard people who don’t live here tell about Chicago being a war zone. This is the only time, in 19 years of living here, that my neighborhood has even remotely looked like one. I can’t believe this is real life.

we are 1 step away from crimes being completly faked usining AI you will witness man made horrors beyond comprehension

Stellan Skarsgård on his worldviews "My father told me something when I was very small to instill confidence in me: 'Nobody in the world is worth more than you, but nobody’s worth less.' It is an egalitarian view that I’ve carried around in my life. That’s why I am for free schools, free universities, free health care, and free babysitting. Because our society could afford it" "In America, people think social democracy is some kind of communism. They think capitalism is freedom. It’s not. It’s only freedom to exploit people" (via @vulture)

humming is one of the most underrated health hacks in this study, humming reduced stress more than any other activity. stress levels were even lower during humming than sleep. only happy people hum...makes sense

Me and who

REPORT | The Guardian reports that at least 135 mutilated Palestinian bodies returned to Gaza were traced to Israel’s Sde Teiman base — a military prison notorious for torture and deaths in custody. Doctors in Khan Younis said autopsies “clearly indicate that Israel carried out acts of murder, summary executions and systematic torture.” Human rights workers warn the site’s dual role — both prison camp and storage facility for Gaza’s dead — may conceal how many were killed in captivity. Israeli media reports and guard testimony suggest nearly 1,500 Palestinian bodies are still being held there. Most victims were blindfolded, bound, or crushed under tank tracks, according to Gaza doctors. Whistleblowers told The Guardian of detainees kept naked, blindfolded, and shackled in nappies. Patients captured from Gaza hospitals were chained to beds, left with infected wounds, and moaning in pain. One guard said a prisoner’s hand was amputated after it turned gangrenous from tight cuffs. Released journalist Shadi Abu Seido described 100 days inside Sde Teiman: “Many died in detention, others lost their minds. They brought dogs that urinated on us. When I asked why I’d been arrested, they said: ‘We’ve killed all the journalists. They died once. You’ll die hundreds of times.’” His account echoes repeated testimonies of torture emerging from Sde Teiman. A UN forensic expert urged an independent investigation to identify the dead and determine accountability. The Israeli army referred questions to the Prison Service, which offered no comment. At least 78 Palestinians have died in Israeli custody since October 2023. ➡️ Full Report: The Guardian (link in reply) ⬇️ Thread below: Palestinian Ministry of Health photos of the recently released captives.