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Merriam-Webster’s human editors have chosen ‘slop’ as the 2025 Word of the Year.

No one mouthes the messages of Russian influence operations more loudly or consistently than Elon Musk. And note how he refuses to talk about his regular direct talks with Vladimir Putin, which as a top secret security holder he is obligated to report to USG, but does not—ever.

Only in America could a Ketamine-infused South African oligarch call a navy captain, astronaut and sitting US senator "a traitor" for supporting our allies and standing up to Russia...

Some of the pictures coming out of Tbilisi are incredible. Photojournalism at its very best. Both of these photos were taken by AFP photographer, Giorgi Arjevanidze.

I genuinely can't wait for the early 2020's design minimalism trend to die. Who's designing maximal UI? Bright colors, lots of text instead of "hover-discovery"-ux. Show me all my data instead of "..." everywhere. Absolutely no "•••" menus allowed. Show me everything. MAX! ♾️

This must stop. We are paying for our own demise if it continues.

I'm convinced!

A second undersea cable was damaged between Lithuania & Sweden, cutting Telia's internet capacity by a third. Russian spy ship "Yantar" was spotted operating drones near key underwater energy/internet infrastructure, raising suspicions about possible sabotage. www.theguardian.com/world/2024/n...

Olaf? Oooooolaf.

Post a *perfect* album from the 90s that isn't Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, or Alice in Chains.

Czech caricature - "Russian and propaganda"

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By popular demand, here is my original translated clip from 2022, where Tulsi Gabbard was perturbed about alleged US attempts to overthrow Putin. State TV host Vladimir Solovyov described Tulsi as their "girlfriend" and agreed that she is Putin's agent. youtu.be/N2_eL8t8D9Y

Latvia, the Land of the She-Giants

#meme #bluesky #atproto

I teach a class on data science here at Illinois and during the seminar I host a competition for the class called "The Hunt for the Worst Data Visualization." This was my most popular post on Xitter, so reproducing some of the best submissions from previous years here:

Russian state agency RIA claims that the Ukrainian Armed Forces are 'preparing a huge missile strike' on the Vasylivka dam in occupied Zaporizhzia, citing Vladimir Rogov, member of the Russian appointed administration. When announcing such things, Russia intends to usually do it themselves.

ARTISTS LOOKING TO UPLOAD GIF FORMATTED WORK Since GIF upload isn't supported yet (GIFs currently only upload one frame) , I use EZGif to reformat GIFs into MP4 to post here You can resize, crop, clip, and other various editing tools there too! Hopefully GIF Upload will be available here soon 👍