Tech (1)
- Companies Are Throttling Employees’ AI Use Because It’s Too Expensive
- Virginia county asks all employees, including schools, to conserve power due to AI-driven electricity price hikes — state's 400-plus data centers steadily increasing demand, grid expansion, and pricing
- Spanish government ‘quietly bans use of Palantir’ in critical state systems over fears of national security leaks
- Andy Burnham set to ditch Palantir from NHS
- Wonka Netflix show faces backlash for AI-generated Gene Wilder voice
- 4Chan trolls UK government with another AI hamster as fines hit $800k
- PlayStation’s Physical Media-Free Future Isn’t Just Concerning, It’s Offensive / You cannot trust digital purchases, and you cannot trust the corporations that offer them
- Weird Al Yankovic Turned Down “Nice Pile Of Money” For AI Ad: “I Can’t Be The Poster Boy For AI”
- Tesla Suddenly Plunges 8%—Despite Beating Expectations on Deliveries
- Cheap Chinese chips could offer way out of RAM price crisis, Apple suggests
- Google slapped with record $4.7 billion fine by EU
- CEO Says He’ll Fire Any Employee Who Sends Him More AI Slop
- "Profoundly Disappointed:" Companies Respond To Sony's Decision To End Disc Support
- Google loses fight against record €4.1 billion EU antitrust fine
- ‘We are screwed’: People near data centers dread heat wave pollution.
- Factories Attach Cameras to Workers, in Hopes of Replacing Them With Robots
- BitTorrent’s disastrous, legendary, and controversial story | The file-sharing app launched 25 years ago and unleashed a wave of piracy that would shake Hollywood to its core
- Amazon's carbon emissions jumped 16% in 2025. The driver: massive data center buildout
- Google’s AI buildout drove 37% increase in electricity use in 2025
- Scientists Asked AI to Impersonate 112 Public Figures. What Happened Next Is a ‘Dire’ Warning | Researchers discovered that people found AI impersonators to be more authentic, coherent, and relevant than the real politicians, raising alarm bells around the potential for public deception.
Pictures (1)
- [OC] Hey look! New stickers for the 250th celebration weekend!
- [OC] Visited the latest Topsy piece. Happy 4th of July weekend!
- 17 people were killed in Kyiv after Russia’s overnight attack
- [OC] Bosnia and Herzegovina fans in St. Louis react during the team's World Cup match against the US
- [OC] Hartford Visibility Brigade not messing around this morning!
- The morning after the Attack. Kyiv, Ukraine
- (SUNFLOWERS)² - my rendition of Van Gogh's painting, oil on canvas [OC]
- A new video game place, 'Doctor Game', just opened in Gaza right next to the rubble.
- [OC] Spotted this on a road trip today.
- My Aunt had the right idea
- [OC] My neighbors are racist, treasonous, love America, or just stupid and confused. 🤔
- Engagement Empire State Building
- [OC] A picture I did using charcoal and pastels. Miss you.
- (OC) Tattoo progress by Casey Ryder
- I took a photo of a 13th century church under my attempt of capturing the milky way
- Gadin Si, a remote Tibetan monastery in China’s Qinghai province, bordering Tibet [OC]
- Protesters climb the Empire State Building and display a flag
- My plein air painting at Lake Louise, Banff National Park (oc)
- Hands off posters in Washington DC [OC]
- ( oc ) The moment I saw this turtle passing by with the school of sardines shifting behind it.
Fake History Porn (1)
- Clarence Tomas is sworn into office, 1991
- In Star Trek's "The Menagerie" episodes, Captain Pike becomes a wheelchair-ridden vegetable, capable of communicating only through a series of beeps. (1966)
- Tiananmen Square, 1989
- AIPAC representatives lead annual ritual sacrifice of politicians who didn't support Israel. 2016.
- Organized terrorist group Antifa commits act of terror against people of New York. Circa 1994, colorized.
- Michael Jackson and some backup dancers portraying zombies in his all time classic, “Thriller” music video. (1983)
- On July 1, 1694, a Samurai army led by Nintendo Wassabi invaded Egypt and built the Sphinx.
- Rare photo of Richard Nixon during his treatment for elephantiasis. 1984
- Aspiring meth addict Adolf Hitler unveils the Nazi Reichsadler (1935)
- An aspiring financier learns the kind of three-dimensional chess needed to evade pedo-catchers for the next 137 years. (1882)
- The last surviving dinosaur ponders the extinction of his species at the end of the Mesozoic Era. (66 million BCE)
- birth of a nation became a movie renowned for pioneering an orchestra based musical score, close-up shots, fadeouts, and fully staged battle sequences (1915)
- Rage Against the Machine performs their song Bulls on Parade in Chicago, 1999
- Isis terrorist defies waterboarding torture and declares the Tawhid, the oneness of God. Guantanamo Bay, 2013
- In 1987 an african elefant, nicknamed Melchior by the local population, displayed his telepathic abilities. Seconds later, the antilope that had urinated to close to the pond, was dissolved to red mist.
- Israel gains independence, 1948.
- Earmarked parking spaces for obese barbecuers are issued, 1976.
- 1947 - Enhanced Picture of the Roswell incident autopsy. The alien, nicknamed Skippy, had died of intestinal obstruction from Hubba Bubba bubble gum given to him by farmer and first contact W.W. "Mac" Brazel.
Finance (1)
- Gavin Newsom wants to ban the "buy, borrow, die" tax strategy. Here's what it is.
- Mt. Olive Pickles withdraws from Great American State Fair after Confederate flag at NC booth
- Microsoft commits $2.5 billion and 6,000 employees to new AI implementation unit
- Doesn't Count
- MAGA Voters Unhappy To Learn How Much Trump Made While In Office: ‘Very Frustrating To Actually Hear’
- Trump Voters Horrified by His Giant Cash Grab | The president has made billions while Americans suffer in a cost-of-living crisis.
- 65-year-old retirees in France now have higher incomes than working-age adults—meanwhile, American boomers can't even afford to retire
- My dad has been buying the same stock for 22 years.
- I'm in
- Companies Are Throttling Employees’ AI Use Because It’s Too Expensive
- Taxes
- National debt surpasses $39.345 trillion - a new record
- Trump humiliated as World Cup boost fails to prevent hospitality jobs collapse in June | A new report shows that the U.S. hiring numbers have hit a dismal 57,000 as inflation and global conflict continue to rock the U.S.
- Half Of America’s 16-Year-Olds Don’t Bother Getting A License, And That’s A Problem For Detroit
- Top Tech Executive Quotes On Memory (MU)
- Tesla reports 480,126 vehicle deliveries for second quarter, topping expectation
- Jobs Report Undershoots Expectations in Blow for Trump
- "This administration keeps moving the goalpost" Brutal video supercut exposes Trump officials repeatedly delaying their promised economic boom for over a year.
- Sony officially kills the PlayStation disc, ending physical game production in 2028 — shutting down the PlayStation Store on the PlayStation 3 and PS Vita systems
- June jobs report: US payrolls rose by 57,000, missing expectations
![[OC] Hey look! New stickers for the 250th celebration weekend!](/image-proxy/https:%2F%2Fi.redd.it%2Frq127frp9uah1.jpeg){kind=link}
![[OC] Visited the latest Topsy piece. Happy 4th of July weekend!](/image-proxy/https:%2F%2Fi.redd.it%2Fgsr04d3dbuah1.jpeg){kind=link}
![[OC] Bosnia and Herzegovina fans in St. Louis react during the team's World Cup match against the US](/image-proxy/https:%2F%2Fi.redd.it%2Fgmf1ntn0ytah1.jpeg){kind=link}
![[OC] Hartford Visibility Brigade not messing around this morning!](/image-proxy/https:%2F%2Fi.redd.it%2Fmyf7p4z8btah1.jpeg){kind=link}
![(SUNFLOWERS)² - my rendition of Van Gogh's painting, oil on canvas [OC]](/image-proxy/https:%2F%2Fi.redd.it%2Fkh2i2hdhutah1.jpeg){kind=link}
![[OC] Spotted this on a road trip today.](/image-proxy/https:%2F%2Fi.redd.it%2Ffxt6k13xeqah1.jpeg){kind=link}
![[OC] My neighbors are racist, treasonous, love America, or just stupid and confused. 🤔](/image-proxy/https:%2F%2Fi.redd.it%2Fwiiqn2acerah1.jpeg){kind=link}
![[OC] A picture I did using charcoal and pastels. Miss you.](/image-proxy/https:%2F%2Fi.redd.it%2Fzy8jtjwa6vah1.jpeg){kind=link}
![Gadin Si, a remote Tibetan monastery in China’s Qinghai province, bordering Tibet [OC]](/image-proxy/https:%2F%2Fi.redd.it%2Fxvzlthxintah1.jpeg){kind=link}
![Hands off posters in Washington DC [OC]](/image-proxy/https:%2F%2Fi.redd.it%2Fuh34n6dz9uah1.jpeg){kind=link}
