1 Did you see the story about GitHub changing it's pricing model?

Unlimited use of the AI checker went from $39 per month to tokens.

People were out of tokens in...hours at the start of this month.

The user end has been massively subsidized all while the actual benefits are more akin to adding calculators to an engineer's office rather than mechanical humanoid replacements.

Like it's a...giant bubble.

2 st!

3 SPONGE!!!

4 FIRST!!!!!

5 I'm betting my story is willowed now.....

6 Bubble here, bubble there, it'd be nice to be working at a South Korean DRAM manufacturer right now. Pixy posted a story noting that one company's 10% profit-sharing policy means that each of its 46,000 employees are looking at something like US$500,000 bonuses this year.

7 I'm betting my story is willowed now.....

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 03, 2026 11:05 AM (Zz0t1)

I read your story, Sponge. Thank you for sharing with the rest of the class. Your input is valued here.

- Condescending teacher

8 Nothing new under the sun.

9
Soon it will cost you money to turn your computer on.

10 Preposterous claims like those from Microsoft - which said that all white-collar work will be replaced by AI in just 18 months - are commonplace. Don't worry about negative stories, just believe. And buy. Buy and believe.
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Can someone please explain the argument for AI becoming sentient? Because I just don't get it. It's artificial, but it's not intelligent.

11 oh God

now you've triggered my PTSD

ICG ICG ICG

12 What will we do with all of the ginormous data centers after the AI bubble bursts?

13 Willowed:

They have those books are shelved right next to the books on How Jokes Work at your local library.

Posted by: naturalfake at June 03, 2026 11:02 AM (iJfKG)

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I wasn't correcting you. I was adding to the absurdity.

But, I'm an illiterate asshole, so it came off poorly.

Mea culpa.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 03, 2026 11:02 AM (KbEzc)

I wasn't sure.

Forgive my persnickety attitude.

14 I'm betting my story is willowed now.....
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 03, 2026 11:05 AM

And here I was expecting it to be about an infant tantrum successfully solved by the distraction of boobs. Your story was more interesting.

15 btw the tech sector has been in a VERY long bubble. AI is just the latest way they've come up with to extend it, especially now that the Ds aren't in power keeping rates at 0 and tossing money at them

16 On the other side, there were the real dot-com companies like Cisco Systems. Cisco was - and is - a real company. A real company with real products and real customers and real revenues.


Cisco IS, however, asshoe. Their new equipment doesn't work so well with cheaper, but good quality OEM SFP's.

"Low TX light detected."

Replace with Cisco SFP.

"ALL GOOD!!!"

17 instead of Bubble, I rather prefer the term AI Pimple.

18
What will we do with all of the ginormous data centers after the AI bubble bursts?

Posted by: Lizzy at June 03, 2026 11:07 AM (X8xt3)

__________

They can house illegals pre-deportation.

19 10 Can someone please explain the argument for AI becoming sentient? Because I just don't get it. It's artificial, but it's not intelligent.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at June 03, 2026 11:07 AM (XvL8K)

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Consumer facing stuff seems stupid.

I don't know if enterprise grade things like Palantir models for military work are any better. Might be.

20 13 I wasn't sure.

Forgive my persnickety attitude.

Posted by: naturalfake at June 03, 2026 11:08 AM (iJfKG)

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YOU'RE NOT MY SUPERVISOR!

21 Can someone please explain the argument for AI becoming sentient? Because I just don't get it. It's artificial, but it's not intelligent.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at June 03, 2026 11:07 AM

And with the younger generations doing the programming, self-awareness is the absolute last thing it will develop.

22 Can someone please explain the argument for AI becoming sentient? Because I just don't get it. It's artificial, but it's not intelligent.


there is none

it's just that many people are kinda dumb and really want an external intelligence that they can use to best the actual smart people

23 Did you see the story about GitHub changing it's pricing model?

Unlimited use of the AI checker went from $39 per month to tokens.

People were out of tokens in...hours at the start of this month.

Yeah, the AI stuff is actually really helpful (assuming you know how to use it properly, which most people don't), but the vast costs have been greatly underestimated. Users (especially businesses) are going to see the price go up and up as time goes on and these AI companies are forced to somehow make a profit after spending insane billions on these data centers.

24 OpenAI is a loss-making enterprise that, according to the company's own estimates, will rack up in excess of $100 in losses by the end of the decade, with profitability not expected before sometime in 2030s. Anthropic also loses money, but expects to achieve profitability this decade rather than next. Each company will likely end up being valued in the neighborhood of a trillion dollars.


Losing $100 isn't the end of the world.

It's fine, however, because Bernie Sanders is going to make Taxpayers foot 50% of ALL the AI companies.

THEY'RE SAVED!!!!

25
And with the younger generations doing the programming, self-awareness is the absolute last thing it will develop.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState

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AI will start bitching about work-life balance, ask for PTO and not get out of bed for a week.

26 I use AI at work.

It definitely speeds up a lot of tasks - for example if I want to write a series of powershell scripts to analyze a log file I can take the time to remember each command, double check the syntax and then run them one by one.

Or...

I can tell AI to write them and it gives me the scripts back in a few seconds and then run them

Or...

Tell AI to write and run them and give me the data I want.

Option 3 is risky because it makes dumb choices (since it isn't "intelligence"). But Option 2 is mostly upside...interestingly the main downside is I'll forget how to wrote powershell scripts over time.

27 Can someone please explain the argument for AI becoming sentient? Because I just don't get it. It's artificial, but it's not intelligent.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at June 03, 2026 11:07 AM (XvL8K)


And it's programmed by leftwing shitsticks.

28 23 Yeah, the AI stuff is actually really helpful (assuming you know how to use it properly, which most people don't), but the vast costs have been greatly underestimated. Users (especially businesses) are going to see the price go up and up as time goes on and these AI companies are forced to somehow make a profit after spending insane billions on these data centers.

Posted by: Martbell at June 03, 2026 11:10 AM (RV7qC)

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There was a story of a company having no cap on their tokens in their internal AI interfaces and suddenly facing a $500,000,000 bill they weren't expecting because their employees were using the tokens for everything like checking the...weather.

29 Sponge - F*ck Cancer

I went back and read your story.

What restraint! When the tits popped out and you went "Whatever." Seen them before. And they were small.

Plus she had a new boyfriend, right?

30 A week or so ago, I said I've seen plenty of hype cycles in my 29 years, and I think this is another. Right now, we're probably near the peak of unrealistic expectations. That doesn't mean there isn't money to be made, but I'm waiting for the inevitable crash into the slough of despond before putting my money in. Many of the unrealistic players now will evaporate, and the slow climb to more realistic profitability will commence. At that point, the value vs time slope will be much lower than it is now, but it will appreciate over time at a rate I can accept.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gartner_hype_cycle

31 Back between the time Obammy was elected then sworn in, I liquidated every mutual fund we owned. Weird things were happening in European finances and Obammy seemed to be leaning in their direction. I haven't gotten the courage up to stick even my smallest toe back into the game. Yes, Trump is doing what he can, but there are far too many Americans who are willing to vote Democrat. I don't trust the Democrats and I don't trust the American voter.

32 Yeah, the AI stuff is actually really helpful (assuming you know how to use it properly, which most people don't), but the vast costs have been greatly underestimated

I mean it's the typical tech model of, give things away so they become integral parts of work/life and then when people are dependent you jack up the prices.

33 26 Option 3 is risky because it makes dumb choices (since it isn't "intelligence"). But Option 2 is mostly upside...interestingly the main downside is I'll forget how to wrote powershell scripts over time.

Posted by: 18-1 at June 03, 2026 11:11 AM (sKqQm)

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Option 2 is using AI like using a calculator.

Option 3 is asking a LLM to think.

34 It's just a write off.

35
I read your story, Sponge. Thank you for sharing with the rest of the class. Your input is valued here.

- Condescending teacher
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung, DURING PRIDE MONTH IS EVIL! at June 03, 2026 11:06 AM (Kdi1r)


Well played, sir. Well played.

36 Can someone please explain the argument for AI becoming sentient? Because I just don't get it. It's artificial, but it's not intelligent

AI interacts with human beings in a way that is easy for us...but this also can trick people into seeing AI as some sort of intelligence in a way that say Google Search does not even though it is far, far closer to Google Search then it is to real artificial intelligence.

37 {{{Captain Josepha Sabin }}}

How are you and the XO doing?

38 What will we do with all of the ginormous data centers after the AI bubble bursts?

Interesting question. In the dot-com boom, the "capital" expenditures were people and they just got laid off and the expense stopped. Those buildings, servers, and giant air conditioners are still going to cost somebody money even lying fallow.

39
Plus she had a new boyfriend, right?
Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 03, 2026 11:11 AM (u82oZ)


It was the same on again off again on again guy she'd been messing with for a few years.

40 9 Soon it will cost you money to turn your computer on.

soon your computer will use ai to decide whether or not you want it to turn on, which will cost you money even if your computer decides to stay off.

41 There have been bubbles and bursts since companies became a thing centuries ago. Tulip mania? But unlike many, I don't fear bubbles or bursts. It's the natural order of things. If you want to be a successful investor, you have to know and understand this -- and know how to profit from it.

The biggest mistake that investors make -- even successful investors -- is jumping on a hot stock after it already popped. That's closing the barn door after the horses have already left. The early investors already made all your money, and you're risking a burst.

Instead, look for beaten or battered companies that already took a big hit, but otherwise seem like sound future investments. Remember Intel? About a year ago everyone was sure the company was a week from bankruptcy. I disagreed. I bought and now am up 500% on my investment.

Sadly, even I am not immune to the naysayers, and instead of investing $100k like I wanted to, I only put in half that. Foolish me. I let the know-nothing know-it-alls talk me out of half of my investment -- and half my profits.

42 I mean it's the typical tech model of, give things away so they become integral parts of work/life and then when people are dependent you jack up the prices.
Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at June 03, 2026 11:12 AM

To be fair, that does work.

43 12 What will we do with all of the ginormous data centers after the AI bubble bursts?

wal-mart supercenters

44 >>Can someone please explain the argument for AI becoming sentient? Because I just don't get it. It's artificial, but it's not intelligent.


I don't know about sentient, but I suspect that companies will outsource decisions to AI as a way to not just cut staff, but to escape responsibility for the decisions. For example, I can imagine a health insurer (or any insurer) deciding whether something is treated based on and AI analysis. Sure, this is already happening with nameless, faceless office people who crunch the numbers/odds and decide yes or know. However, I'm imagining AI will make this a lot easier/ more efficient/more widespread*, and when you challenge it, it will be 'sorry, the AI said it's a no go and the company defers to this "intelligence" over people.

Heck, you might no longer have the opportunity to interact with a live person -- this is getting harder and harder nowadays already.

*AI is already building dependence, as people outsource work and learning, and how soon before they are incapable of performing these tasks without AI?

45 What will we do with all of the ginormous data centers after the AI bubble bursts?

I think most of them will eventually be used for their purpose, but it won't happen as quickly as the current mania suggests. Meanwhile, Elon continues to look at space as a better site, and I think he's right.

Even more eventually, they'll probably be torn down, along with the huge fields of stupid photovoltaics and windmills.

46 I am surprised Amazon survived.

Used them as a bookstore way back, and they sucked ass.
Didnt't used them again for over twenty years.

47 46 I am surprised Amazon survived.

Used them as a bookstore way back, and they sucked ass.
Didnt't used them again for over twenty years.

Posted by: Operator Error at June 03, 2026 11:15 AM (ZEHjG)

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Because they went into cloud computing.

48 From inside corporate America I can tell you the higher level execs see AI as a landrush - like the early internet.

Spending money now is fine because it will give them market share that will be much harder to get in the future.

And then yes, once they get people hooked on AI they can jack up the prices.

49 Unless I'm mistaken, AI remains a closed system. Garbage in, garbage out.

If you accept the materialist argument that we're all just meat puppets governed by the laws of physics and chemistry, then AI could theoretically replicate us.

But I do not hold with that.

50 Two biggest cloud computing companies are Amazon and Microsoft.

51 Sounds like you're talking about the fraud convictions Monday of Andrew Left (only $20 million, but a lifetime securities scammer) and Joseph Sanberg ($248 million, sentenced to 14 years).

Things that shouldn't happen. "Turns out all you needed was a new President."

52 Two biggest cloud computing companies are Amazon and Microsoft.
Posted by: 18-1 at June 03, 2026 11:16 AM (sKqQm)


Google is up there as well.

53 Remember Intel? About a year ago everyone was sure the company was a week from bankruptcy. I disagreed. I bought and now am up 500% on my investment.

Intel is still not secure, though. They've got all kinds of new business, but it depends on a new process they have yet to master at scale. It could all still go south.

54 Rest assured, AI will fuck us all in the ass. From traffic cameras to GoogleNest to toilets checking your waste for fiber to update your social credit score, yes, you will be fucked in the ass.

55 Archimedes

Elon and his team are very smart, but I see an incredible number of problems needing to be solved before there are data centers in Space. Russia and especially China are also political blockers of this, to go with the engineering issues.

56 51 Sounds like you're talking about the fraud convictions Monday of Andrew Left (only $20 million, but a lifetime securities scammer) and Joseph Sanberg ($248 million, sentenced to 14 years).

Things that shouldn't happen. "Turns out all you needed was a new President."

Posted by: t-bird at June 03, 2026 11:16 AM (moGJJ)

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Our problem isn't Congress not doing it's job.

It's the executive not doing it's job.

That's been our problem for decades.

Congress going on vacation for a decade while the executive aggressively pursues fraudsters, election cheats, and traffickers, all actions already illegal, would be a net positive to American life.

57 Rest assured, AI will fuck us all in the ass. From traffic cameras to GoogleNest to toilets checking your waste for fiber to update your social credit score, yes, you will be fucked in the ass.
Posted by: AstroGlide Is Your Friend at June 03, 2026 11:17 AM

Don't tease...

58 Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung, DURING PRIDE MONTH IS EVIL! at June 03, 2026 11:06 AM (Kdi1r)


Well played, sir. Well played.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 03, 2026 11:13 AM (Zz0t1)

You're one of my favorites. I couldn't help it.

59 The dot com boom was largely fueled by graft and corruption as the Clinton White House left everything unregulated to run rampant with the kids running the candy store.

Even Mark "Dipshit" Cuban said as much.

60 It's like poetry.

61 22 Can someone please explain the argument for AI becoming sentient? Because I just don't get it. It's artificial, but it's not intelligent.
...
there is none
...
it's just that many people are kinda dumb and really want an external intelligence that they can use to best the actual smart people

But therein lies the actual threat Augmented HumINT w/o realpolitik and substance. The first sentient AI will be one of the cyborg-like augments -- not necessarily embedded, but the need to self-repair and re-purpose is what presents true BORG-like potential, especially in the hands of someone as stupid as AOC (or Soros-funded/Demon-Apotheosis/HUMA).

Not unlike NickBostworth's Superintelligence gone mad making paper clips, until the planet is consumed, we've been successfully achieving that for the past 40 years manufacturing SECRETS -- search your feelings, Luke, you know this to be TRUE.

When the Truth becomes a LIABILITY ALL (NORMAL) PEOPLE become the enemy, and to the self-repair mechanism of the Huma-borg's our fate will be decided in a nanosecond

https://tinyurl.com/forWARd-RememberThisWell
https://tinyurl.com/forWARd-LIBsChickenRun
https://tinyurl.com/EvilsAdvantageOverConscience

62 You're one of my favorites. I couldn't help it.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung, DURING PRIDE MONTH IS EVIL! at June 03, 2026 11:18 AM (Kdi1r)


Ok. Now I KNOW you're full of it.......

63 Google is up there as well.

Most recent data I could find was

AWS 28%
Azure 21%
Google 14%

so you are right. I see Huawei is at 2% - which is just the place to go if you want the Chinese government to harvest all your data.

64 Companies with no profits, no real plan to become profitable and in some cases even without meaningful revenues went public and raked in credulous investor capital.


Solyndra.

65 The old web search engines were pretty good. Then they started pushing paid ads.

AI will do the same.

66 Don't sleep on Nokia, they are making inroads into AI, they got into a partnership with Nvidia and have seen their stock rise from 5 dollars to 17 dollars.

I held on to Nokia out of sheer stubborness.

I really don't think the AI bubble is going to pop anytime soon.

It's too useful a tool.

This is not 3D Cinema.

67 Man...I wish I'd been a young adult at the start of the dotcom boom.

stupidcheapshitfromchina.com

Valued at $73 billion in 1999.

Sold.

Retired to Bermuda.

Le sigh...

68 I have a very ironic AI story but I signed an NDA.

69 which is just the place to go if you want the Chinese government to harvest all your data.
Posted by: 18-1 at June 03, 2026 11:19 AM

*the OMB has entered the chat*

70 Can someone please explain the argument for AI becoming sentient? Because I just don't get it. It's artificial, but it's not intelligent

I don't doubt it will eventually become sentient, whatever that means. Humans are essentially static, while AI continues improving at a comparative speed of light. Sure, it's been overhyped, but the progress is real. Look at what's happened in just a few years to videos. You can argue that's not really thought, but it's getting closer very, VERY quickly.

71 I am surprised Amazon survived.

Used them as a bookstore way back, and they sucked ass.
Didnt't used them again for over twenty years.
Posted by: Operator Error at June 03, 2026 11:15 AM (ZEHjG)
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The company crashed twice and had to reinvent itself. Amazon branched into cloud computing, infrastructure, logistics, and basically everything. They were also helped a lot by government and the idiocy of traditional brick-and-mortar stores.

It helped that they were a darling of Wall Street from day one, and there was never a shortage of money and investors to prop them up even during the crashes. Most less-popular -- and less-hyped -- companies would not have survived.

72 Rest assured, AI will fuck us all in the ass. From traffic cameras to GoogleNest to toilets checking your waste for fiber to update your social credit score, yes, you will be fucked in the ass.

In my AO I found the recent left-tards are on the warpath about flock cameras which surprised me.

They are normally very much of the "if you've done nothing wrong you have nothing to fear from the government watching" mindset.

The answer is...they think Trump/ICE will use flock cameras to ID illegals.

73 Got the new battery for the little truck. $200. For the lesser battery. 2 year warranty.

WTF? When did batteries become such dogshit?

74 I have a very ironic AI story but I signed an NDA.
Posted by: Reforger at June 03, 2026 11:20 AM (TsnvK)


But at this point, you're an anonymous source.

75 Man...I wish I'd been a young adult at the start of the dotcom boom.

Plenty of things look very easy to get on in hindsight...

76 Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 03, 2026 11:01 AM (KbEzc)

I'm wondering how the increases will affect MMORPGs like Where Winds Meet that use AI for NPC dialogue instead of full scripting. WWM is free to play, and I wonder if they'll be able to continue that.

77
Companies with no profits, no real plan to become profitable and in some cases even without meaningful revenues went public and raked in credulous investor capital.

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I once looked at who was on the BOD of Theranos. Lotsa big brains. Didn't these people ask Question 1 before accepting those checks?

78 Not even sure what an AI “ bubble” would look like. As in, if the bubble bursts, what then? We revert “ back” to something? That flies in the face of all evidence of the Techno March that’s underway. Tech is driving all things now, whether I like it, or not.

79
Elon and his team are very smart, but I see an incredible number of problems needing to be solved before there are data centers in Space. Russia and especially China are also political blockers of this, to go with the engineering issues.

I agree completely, but I still think it will happen more quickly than we expect. It just makes too much sense not to.

80 78 Not even sure what an AI “ bubble” would look like. As in, if the bubble bursts, what then? We revert “ back” to something? That flies in the face of all evidence of the Techno March that’s underway. Tech is driving all things now, whether I like it, or not.

Posted by: tubal at June 03, 2026 11:23 AM (Gqar

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The dotcom bubble burst didn't mean that the internet went away.

81 O0L8i)

19 10 Can someone please explain the argument for AI becoming sentient? Because I just don't get it. It's artificial, but it's not intelligent.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at June 03, 2026 11:07 AM (XvL8K)

It won't matter. Godless people will clamor for anything that will tell them what to do. It's what keeps the left alive and going to extremes to let someone (or something) else make their decisions for them.

82 But at this point, you're an anonymous source.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 03, 2026 11:22 AM (Zz0t1)

No. I wouldn't be. It could easily be figured out.
I want to tell it so bad.

83 My dad asked me once about "investing in this Google thing."

I vehemently said YES. YES you should.


He didn't. I received no inheritance when he passed, nor will I when my step-mother passes.

84 71
The company crashed twice and had to reinvent itself. Amazon branched into cloud computing, infrastructure, logistics, and basically everything. They were also helped a lot by government and the idiocy of traditional brick-and-mortar stores.

It helped that they were a darling of Wall Street from day one, and there was never a shortage of money and investors to prop them up even during the crashes. Most less-popular -- and less-hyped -- companies would not have survived.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 03, 2026 11:20 AM (iFTx/)

Amazon Uber alles. A joke - but not really.

85 Ai will never be sentient. It may be able to one day simulate that enthusiastically but that's not the same thing

There are a lot of people who want it to be, because they think it will prove something about humanity or exostence. So there are forums dedicated to explaining it already is sentient and it's just, for example, biding its time.

86
In the 19th century, railroads were the dot com boom. Companies regularly went bankrupt, some many times. But we still have railroads.

87 Not even sure what an AI “ bubble” would look like. As in, if the bubble bursts, what then? We revert “ back” to something? That flies in the face of all evidence of the Techno March that’s underway. Tech is driving all things now, whether I like it, or not.

I knew that abacus would come in handy some day. Glad I kept it.

88 Soon it will cost you money to turn your computer on.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 03, 2026 11:07 AM (O0L8i)
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They'll come equipped with a credit-card reader.

You'll rack up charges as soon as you tap, insert, or swipe your card to login...

Only $2.99 a minute!

89 They'll come equipped with a credit-card reader.

You'll rack up charges as soon as you tap, insert, or swipe your card to login...

Only $2.99 a minute!
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 03, 2026 11:25 AM (gnNyN)


It's like the old '976' number days!

Party like it's 1999!!!!

90 No. I wouldn't be. It could easily be figured out.
I want to tell it so bad.
Posted by: Reforger at June 03, 2026 11:24 AM (TsnvK)


I guess that would change things, slightly.

91 It won't matter. Godless people will clamor for anything that will tell them what to do. It's what keeps the left alive and going to extremes to let someone (or something) else make their decisions for them.

There is that but there is another part to this people often miss.

The oligarchs directing the left don't want AI to make decisions for them obviously, and while they want to use it to make money and control the populace they have a much more significant need/goal.

They know they are going to die absent some major breakthrough and since they are atheists that's the end.

So it is worth any risk to get an opportunity to find a way to extend life. Contact aliens? Check. Build a real super intelligent AI? Check. Bio-experiments that might end the human race? Check.

92 "AI will AI and AI and future and change and AI is going to AI your AI and your mom's AI. AI AI AI. Gotta AI your AI right away or you're gonna get AI'd right in the AI.

A. I."

This is literally every meeting I've attended for the last 18 months.

93 91 So it is worth any risk to get an opportunity to find a way to extend life. Contact aliens? Check. Build a real super intelligent AI? Check. Bio-experiments that might end the human race? Check.

Posted by: 18-1 at June 03, 2026 11:27 AM (sKqQm)

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Upload their brains to a computer and live forever.

94 80 78 Not even sure what an AI “ bubble” would look like. As in, if the bubble bursts, what then? We revert “ back” to something? That flies in the face of all evidence of the Techno March that’s underway. Tech is driving all things now, whether I like it, or not.

Posted by: tubal at June 03, 2026 11:23 AM (Gqar

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The dotcom bubble burst didn't mean that the internet went away.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 03, 2026 11:23 AM (KbEzc)

True enough, but the internet was shaped so much by the mad rush of speculation of that time. There was a mad rush of rolling out - anything, really that shaped what we have now. The incessent moving forward of Tech that we see is a legacy of that time. IMO of course. Tech is still at a gallop, and AI is part of that.

95 Upload their brains to a computer and live forever.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 03, 2026 11:28 AM

I'm sure we could find a stray Apple IIe somewhere. That should be sufficient for leftist brains.

96 So we're getting rid of that cunting prick Dan Goldman, but we're getting another cunting prick in his place? Meh. It'll be good to get rid of Goldman even if the guy who replaces him is worse.

97 92 "AI will AI and AI and future and change and AI is going to AI your AI and your mom's AI. AI AI AI. Gotta AI your AI right away or you're gonna get AI'd right in the AI.

A. I."

This is literally every meeting I've attended for the last 18 months.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 03, 2026 11:27 AM (BI5O2)

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"We've invested $317 million into our proprietary AI model (which is just Gemini with an extra skin on top), and our productivity outside of this initiative is down $500 million. But, we don't spend as much time coding because our engineers use ChatGPT to do first drafts. The only solution is to outsource our engineering teams to India."

98 AI will destroy hundreds of millions of jobs.

Also AI is all vaporware and it’s all going to crash.

Picks a Lane. Can’t be both.

99
This is literally every meeting I've attended for the last 18 months.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 03, 2026 11:27 AM (BI5O2)

____________

C-suite people have the boldly independent thinking of a Merino sheep.

100 68 I have a very ironic AI story but I signed an NDA.

More SECRETS?
objective: ENFORCE POLICY
objective: DESTROY ALL LEAKERS
objective: TAKE A CHANCE

Objective3: is what *caused* the AI/uprising war-series: Space Above and Beyond/1995.
Action: take a chance; save the world; kill them all.

WHAT FOOLS THESE MORTALS BE.
Indict Brennan; Depose Dimon; expose Esptein Class; free the world -- no more secrets.

It's never the question that's indiscrete; only the answer.

LET's GO BRANDON!
https://tinyurl.com/forWARd-LIBsHalftimeAmerica250
https://tinyurl.com/forWARd-HereComeTheDRUMS
...exactly like the over-the-top villainy and mass-manipulation we see in Doctor Who, only now it’s real; this is insane, monstrous, and also grimly fascinating. MORE!

101 I'm glad Wallymart has perfected the Amazon model. Use it all the time.

102 99 C-suite people have the boldly independent thinking of a Merino sheep.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 03, 2026 11:30 AM (O0L8i)

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Someone needs to hand them the "new, exciting" managing book, "The Wealth of Nations" by black, female, transgender activist Adym Smythe.

103 If I ask AI to develop a routine to develop a certain skill on the piano, the results are awful. But it does a good job if I ask it to find a YouTube video on the topic.

104
AI will destroy hundreds of millions of jobs.

Also AI is all vaporware and it’s all going to crash.

Picks a Lane. Can’t be both.

Posted by: Heroq at June 03, 2026 11:29 AM (Tpp9k)

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AI will destroy hundreds of millions of jobs, then collapse.

105 If AI does have a bubble pop the outcome would likely be focused on efficiency/cost reductions.

AI does provide value for at least some tasks, so how do you get it there with fewer GPUs and less cycle time?

Ironically I think that still means the big AI companies continue to be the big AI companies afterwards, they just lose some money and refocus on their other products.

106 Is this about me?

107 98 AI will destroy hundreds of millions of jobs.

Also AI is all vaporware and it’s all going to crash.

Picks a Lane. Can’t be both.

it can if ai destroys us all back to the stone age.

108 I'm sure we could find a stray Apple IIe somewhere. That should be sufficient for leftist brains."

Meh. I've my mid 70s Bowmar Brain. It'll hold hundreds...

109 Apparently, Trump didn't get the message he was souring on Vance.

>>@MaryMargOlohan
·
47m
>>President Trump tells @mirandadevine
that he studies Marco Rubio and JD Vance and how they interact: “It’s good. I study to see if they like each other. I just find it interesting…it’s big time stuff…I watch them together, they get along great. They have a good relationship. They’re sort of similar in a lot of ways but they’re very talented. I think the two of them running together as a team would be VERY unbeatable.”

110 105 AI does provide value for at least some tasks, so how do you get it there with fewer GPUs and less cycle time?

uyghur-brain-in-a-vat

111 Thx Joe.
The AI companies and Space X haven't made money yet. Invest at your risk. I do like Space X p

112 interestingly the main downside is I'll forget how to wrote powershell scripts over time.
Posted by: 18-1 at June 03, 2026 11:11 AM

I'm here for you.

113
I'm sure we could find a stray Apple IIe somewhere. That should be sufficient for leftist brains.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at June 03, 2026 11:29 AM (bFu5X)


Used to play Hardball (a baseball game) on one of those. It was a good game, for the time.

114 Come try our new and improved model!

115 Is this about me?
Posted by: Pets dot com"

Nah. Mid 90s "Chryslerdotcom" (pron site. So I'm told)

116 Come try our new and improved model!
Posted by: Buggy Whips Unlimited at June 03, 2026 11:34 AM

Could you send me a sample?

117 The company crashed twice and had to reinvent itself. Amazon branched into cloud computing, infrastructure, logistics, and basically everything.

They were also helped a lot by government and the idiocy of traditional brick-and-mortar stores.



Sears could have ruled the world. They had mail order. They had brick & mortar.

They had myopia regarding online sales.

118 FURST!

119 95 I'm sure we could find a stray Apple IIe somewhere. That should be sufficient for leftist brains.

should certainly be enough to say "huh?", "what?", and "where's the tea?"

120 Upload their brains to a computer and live forever.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 03, 2026 11:28 AM (KbEzc)
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I've read this story. It doesn't end well for those attempting to do this.

121 104AI will destroy hundreds of millions of jobs.
...
Also AI is all vaporware and it’s all going to crash.
Picks a Lane. Can’t be both.
...
AI will destroy hundreds of millions of jobs, then collapse.

Up/Down/Left/Right all are the playthings of the Brennan Undead who Righteously pit Man against other men until we exist no more. The WAR ON NORMAL PEOPLE is just beginning...

This is where the Fun Begins -- Hillary'12

LET's GO BRANDON -- while you still have the Chance.
https://tinyurl.com/forWARd-AgentOrangeOwnsTheLIBs
https://tinyurl.com/forWARd-WotHapToAmericanDream
What ever Happened to the American Dream? It Came TRUE -- you're lookin' at it.

122 120 Upload their brains to a computer and live forever.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 03, 2026 11:28 AM (KbEzc)
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I've read this story. It doesn't end well for those attempting to do this.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 03, 2026 11:35 AM (gnNyN)

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One of 'em said he knew that it would kill him, that what got uploaded would be a copy and not his actual consciousness.

And he still wants to do it because some form of him will be immortal.

123 116 Come try our new and improved model!
Posted by: Buggy Whips Unlimited at June 03, 2026 11:34 AM

Could you send me a sample?
Posted by: Mars at June 03, 2026 11:34 AM
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Ok, I snorted.

124 >>President Trump tells @mirandadevine
that he studies Marco Rubio and JD Vance and how they interact: “It’s good. I study to see if they like each other. I just find it interesting…it’s big time stuff…I watch them together, they get along great. They have a good relationship. They’re sort of similar in a lot of ways but they’re very talented. I think the two of them running together as a team would be VERY unbeatable.”
Posted by: JackStraw at June 03, 2026 11:32 AM (viF8m)


But Anonymous Sources tell me that Trump HATES JD Vance and his career in politics is FINISHED.

125 Look at a magazine when the automobile became viable. The number of car makers were staggering. A lot of capital investment was lost after that particular gold rush also. I think it happens every time a massive game-changing technology is introduced.

126 I mean it's the typical tech model of, give things away so they become integral parts of work/life and then when people are dependent you jack up the prices.
Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at June 03, 2026 11:12 AM (j+aD2)

Not coincidentally that's how drug pushers operate.

127 None of the AI companies have break-even revenue.

Neither do the data centers.

But all of them are terrified of not being in the space.

That is, someone is going to win and be The AI and The data center.
And make trillions.

And many, many millions will be lost along the way ....

128 126 I mean it's the typical tech model of, give things away so they become integral parts of work/life and then when people are dependent you jack up the prices.
Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at June 03, 2026 11:12 AM (j+aD2)

Not coincidentally that's how drug pushers operate.

Posted by: First taste is free at June 03, 2026 11:36 AM (TbWk/)

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Also governments with welfare benefits.

129 122 120 Upload their brains to a computer and live forever.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 03, 2026 11:28 AM (KbEzc)
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I've read this story. It doesn't end well for those attempting to do this.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 03, 2026 11:35 AM (gnNyN)

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One of 'em said he knew that it would kill him, that what got uploaded would be a copy and not his actual consciousness.

And he still wants to do it because some form of him will be immortal.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 03, 2026 11:36 AM (KbEzc)

He sounds kind of dumb. Just write your memoirs.

130 Another day, another nutjob thinking he can open an aircraft door at cruise altitude -- this one being a Frontier Airlines flight from San Juan to Chicago which diverted to Miami International.

131 AI will destroy hundreds of millions of jobs, then collapse.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh


AI will employ hundreds of millions of people just too proofread there bullshit output.

Get it right AI. Do better. Be better.

132 129 He sounds kind of dumb. Just write your memoirs.

Posted by: tubal at June 03, 2026 11:37 AM (Gqar

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"This file folder is weirdly big and does nothing but put out new files of hundreds of gigabytes each about how the world would be perfect if everyone just...whatever. Delete."

133 . The number of car makers were staggering. A lot of capital investment was lost after that particular gold rush also"

This. The impact was tremendous, yet now mostly forgotten.

134 103 If I ask AI to develop a routine to develop a certain skill on the piano, the results are awful. But it does a good job if I ask it to find a YouTube video on the topic.
Posted by: Oglebay at June 03, 2026 11:31 AM (w8dnx)
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Not snark:

Work on your prompt engineering skills.

1) Tell the AI what role it is supposed to play in as much detail as you can (Virtuoso piano instructor with decades of experience teaching students in [Musical Style] using [Teaching style that works for you])
2) Tell it who you are (Piano student at [Skill Level] interested in learning [Skill]). You have experience playing the piano in [Style] and have been playing [years]
3) Tell it what you're looking for (Lessons or lesson plans to learn [skill]. You would like to spend [Time every day] working on this skill over [Number of days/weeks.]

You'll still have to refine it from there but I bet it will give you a good start.

135 Other things AI is going to do in the next 18 months:

- make love to your mom on a pay-per-view livestream

- take a shit in Joe Biden's pants

- make infinite cat memes that clog up the tubes that comprise the internet like a stopped up toilet

- develop acute halitosis that will seep out of the ports of your laptop

- start a global thermonuclear war

- manufacture an army of nanomachines that will innocuously pose as mustaches

- outlaw taints, so that your genitals and asshole will be directly connected and fully integrated

136 132 129 He sounds kind of dumb. Just write your memoirs.

Posted by: tubal at June 03, 2026 11:37 AM (Gqar

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"This file folder is weirdly big and does nothing but put out new files of hundreds of gigabytes each about how the world would be perfect if everyone just...whatever. Delete."
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 03, 2026 11:38 AM (KbEzc)

Heh. Nice!

137 126 I mean it's the typical tech model of, give things away so they become integral parts of work/life and then when people are dependent you jack up the prices.
Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at June 03, 2026 11:12 AM (j+aD2)

Not coincidentally that's how drug pushers operate.
Posted by: First taste is free at June 03, 2026 11:36 AM
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Here. Have an entire carton. On us.

138 Upload their brains to a computer and live forever.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison



Be de boop da boop. (Blue screen of death)

139 AI will destroy hundreds of millions of jobs.

Also AI is all vaporware and it’s all going to crash.

Picks a Lane. Can’t be both.
Posted by: Heroq at June 03, 2026 11:29 AM (Tpp9k)

Sure it can. It won't crash tomorrow. It will be "gradually and then all at once" and do a lot of damage before the actual end.

140 133 . The number of car makers were staggering. A lot of capital investment was lost after that particular gold rush also"

This. The impact was tremendous, yet now mostly forgotten.

Posted by: man at June 03, 2026 11:38 AM (XuXeR)

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"We need to bailout the car manufacturers or the car industry will never recover and Estonia will beat us in the car manufacturing game."

141 73 Got the new battery for the little truck. $200. For the lesser battery. 2 year warranty.

WTF? When did batteries become such dogshit?

could be worse. i hear that for some cars, the dealer has to register the new battery with the car's computer.

142 >>President Trump tells @mirandadevine
that he studies Marco Rubio and JD Vance and how they interact: “It’s good. I study to see if they like each other. I just find it interesting…it’s big time stuff…I watch them together, they get along great. They have a good relationship. They’re sort of similar in a lot of ways but they’re very talented. I think the two of them running together as a team would be VERY unbeatable.”

I have no doubt that we're looking at a Vance/Rubio ticket in '28.

143 138 Upload their brains to a computer and live forever.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison



Be de boop da boop. (Blue screen of death)

Posted by: rickb223 at June 03, 2026 11:39 AM (xbf8A)

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"I can't have sex with my underlings anymore?"
-Bill Gates, initiating the blue screen of death command himself

144 You're one of my favorites. I couldn't help it.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung, DURING PRIDE MONTH IS EVIL! at June 03, 2026 11:18 AM (Kdi1r)


I do appreciate the sentiment, however.

145 75 Man...I wish I'd been a young adult at the start of the dotcom boom.

Plenty of things look very easy to get on in hindsight...
Posted by: 18-1 at June 03, 2026 11:22 AM (sKqQm)

Indeed. Like "man, I really SHOULD have drunk all the chemicals that were under the sink when I was five. Those childproof latches were a joke!"

146 >>> 132 129 He sounds kind of dumb. Just write your memoirs.

Posted by: tubal at June 03, 2026 11:37 AM (Gqar

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"This file folder is weirdly big and does nothing but put out new files of hundreds of gigabytes each about how the world would be perfect if everyone just...whatever. Delete."
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 03, 2026 11:38 AM (KbEzc)

Oh *that's* what the Windows SxS folder is.

147 Got the new battery for the little truck. $200. For the lesser battery. 2 year warranty.

WTF? When did batteries become such dogshit?

Dunno but I've experienced it myself. I used to buy Interstate only. Buuuuuut, they've gone to shit.

148 We need to bailout the car manufacturers or the car industry will never recover and Estonia will beat us in the car manufacturing game"

I see you've read EV supporters screeds...

149 144 You're one of my favorites. I couldn't help it.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung, DURING PRIDE MONTH IS EVIL! at June 03, 2026 11:18 AM (Kdi1r)


I do appreciate the sentiment, however.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 03, 2026 11:40 AM (Zz0t1)

You are definitely one of my top 100 commenters here, Sponge.

150 - outlaw taints, so that your genitals and asshole will be directly connected and fully integrated

Posted by: AI Predictions

Hah! Beat you to it!

151 148 We need to bailout the car manufacturers or the car industry will never recover and Estonia will beat us in the car manufacturing game"

I see you've read EV supporters screeds...

Posted by: man at June 03, 2026 11:41 AM (XuXeR)

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I actually had TARP in the back of my mind and the Detroit bailout under Obama.

152
could be worse. i hear that for some cars, the dealer has to register the new battery with the car's computer.
Posted by: anachronda at June 03, 2026 11:39 AM (sGtp+)


Now THAT'S just plain dumb......

153 OT. This made me laugh. Someone at the "Hot Air" site describing Barack Obama's new library as a
"Klingon Prison":

https://tinyurl.com/4wu5hhfu

154
Just as I would not go to the Moon or Mars, neither would I upload "myself" into a computer.

Make the most of your time here and live your life to its fullest.

Besides, why would you leave your future fate in the hands of idiots?

155
You are definitely one of my top 100 commenters here, Sponge.
Posted by: tubal at June 03, 2026 11:41 AM


Cracks the top 100?

I could get used to this......

156 the dealer has to register the new battery with the car's computer."

One has to tell the BCM or PCM so it can monitor the state of charge.

157 134 Work on your prompt engineering skills.

1) Tell the AI what role it is supposed to play...
2) Tell it who you are...
3) Tell it what you're looking for...

You'll still have to refine it from there but I bet it will give you a good start.

did the obligatory "intro to a.i.' training at work a while back. the presenter talked about how a.i. didn't think, but just a little while complained about how it did that thing over there he had asked it not to do in the prompt. i realized that the problem was the presenter had assumed that the a.i. understood his prompt. it didn't; a.i. doesn't think.

158 So the plan for sex reassignment surgery is to implement the chicken model of genital/excretory functions?? GENIUS!!!

159 ======

I actually had TARP in the back of my mind and the Detroit bailout under Obama.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 03, 2026 11:42 AM (KbEzc)


"Bin Ladin is DEAD and GM IS ALIVE, BITCHES!!!!!"

160 159 "Bin Ladin is DEAD and GM IS ALIVE, BITCHES!!!!!"

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 03, 2026 11:43 AM (Zz0t1)

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*Broward County invents just so many ballots anyway*

161
Oh *that's* what the Windows SxS folder is.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 03, 2026 11:41 AM (R+iUD)


LOL!

162 OT. This made me laugh. Someone at the "Hot Air" site describing Barack Obama's new library as a
"Klingon Prison":

The chef's kiss is that it was The Guardian, an ultraleft newspaper who always supported him in the past. Apparently he's past his sell-by date.

163 Another day, another nutjob thinking he can open an aircraft door at cruise altitude -- this one being a Frontier Airlines flight from San Juan to Chicago which diverted to Miami International.

Posted by: one hour sober at June 03, 2026 11:37 AM (J4Dwc)

Was this always a near-daily occurrence or are people getting worse?

164 Look at a magazine when the automobile became viable. The number of car makers were staggering. A lot of capital investment was lost after that particular gold rush also. I think it happens every time a massive game-changing technology is introduced.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at June 03, 2026 11:36 AM (g8Ew
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True, but a lot of these "car companies" were really coach-builders or customizers.

That was the model at the time: customers bought the car mechanicals from Company A and then had Company B build the body over it. The idea of going to a dealership and buying a fully-complete, functioning car didn't become the norm until decades later.

Also, while a lot of these early companies went out of business, at least an equal number were bought by bigger companies in a massive wave of consolidation.

165
When did batteries become such dogshit?

When Chinesium and Melamine became the CCP's gifts to the world of advanced materials.

166
Indeed. Like "man, I really SHOULD have drunk all the chemicals that were under the sink when I was five. Those childproof latches were a joke!"
Posted by: Life's cruelty knows no bound at June 03, 2026 11:41 AM (TbWk/)



*peels paint from wall*

*eats it*

167 163 Another day, another nutjob thinking he can open an aircraft door at cruise altitude -- this one being a Frontier Airlines flight from San Juan to Chicago which diverted to Miami International.

Posted by: one hour sober at June 03, 2026 11:37 AM (J4Dwc)

Was this always a near-daily occurrence or are people getting worse?
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at June 03, 2026 11:44 AM (lFFaq)

Love the vid of the guy corraling the loon, chewing gum the whole time while doing so.

168 141 73 Got the new battery for the little truck. $200. For the lesser battery. 2 year warranty.

WTF? When did batteries become such dogshit?

could be worse. i hear that for some cars, the dealer has to register the new battery with the car's computer.
Posted by: anachronda at June 03, 2026 11:39 AM (sGtp+)

Just wait until the car ignition becomes a monthly subscription. Or token based.

169 A friend worked at a dot.com company in the 90s. It went public and was worth billions. His stock was worth over$5m but he couldn't sell it for five years. Within three years the company was defunct. He would just shake his head when he thought of it

170 Owebama did force GM to dump Pontiac because he hated the acronym.

171 I bought Napa batteries for my truck and they both lasted 5 and a little years.

172 Another day, another nutjob thinking he can open an aircraft door at cruise altitude -- this one being a Frontier Airlines flight from San Juan to Chicago which diverted to Miami International.

Posted by: one hour sober at June 03, 2026 11:37 AM (J4Dwc)

Was this always a near-daily occurrence or are people getting worse?
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at June 03, 2026 11:44 AM (lFFaq)
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Booze and drugs. It wasn't always a thing that airports had bars every 50 feet serving heavy booze. So many people are getting hammered at these bars before they get on the plane, then drinking heavily on the plane, and then some going nuts and opening doors or screaming about unreal motherfuckers.

173 >>i hear that for some cars, the dealer has to register the new battery with the car's computer.

My wife's Mini Cooper was allegedly like that. It needed a new battery after seven years. I called the local Mini dealership and spoke to the service manager. He spouted the company line at first, but I finally got him to admit that it wasn't necessary to have the dealership install and register the new battery, that any equipped auto repair place could do it.

I took the Mini to my regular mechanic's place who hooked up some device to the car's computer and verified that they could register the new battery.

174 Look at a magazine when the automobile became viable. "

"Somewhere West of Laramie"

/ the greatest ad copy ever, from the soon to be TU Jordan Company...

175 My favorite NEW INNOVATION for autos is selling them with no spare tire. Again, GENIUS!

176 I bought Napa batteries for my truck and they both lasted 5 and a little years.
Posted by: Ben Had at June 03, 2026 11:47 AM (5P5DO)


I bought a battery for the RV when we went to Colorado, but don't remember where from. That was 7 years ago and it's still going strong.

177 175 My favorite NEW INNOVATION for autos is selling them with no spare tire. Again, GENIUS!

Posted by: tubal at June 03, 2026 11:47 AM (Gqar

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Someone went to Harvard business school.

178 Isn't the cautionary tale "Pets.com?"

Like, they had everything to be THE online pet supply company.
Almost a "couldn't fail."

And crashed hard.

179 My favorite NEW INNOVATION for autos is selling them with no spare tire. Again, GENIUS!
Posted by: tubal at June 03, 2026 11:47 AM


KIA used to give you a can of Fix-o-flat. Not sure if that's still the case.

180 178 Isn't the cautionary tale "Pets.com?"

Like, they had everything to be THE online pet supply company.
Almost a "couldn't fail."

And crashed hard.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at June 03, 2026 11:48 AM (73/SM)

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I guess they charged for shipping.

181 Who cheesed my move?

182 regular mechanic's place who hooked up some device to the car's computer and verified that they could register the new battery"

Yeah. There are a number of aftermarket scanners/tools outside of OEM.

183 AI will AI and AI and future and change and AI is going to AI your AI and your mom's AI. AI AI AI. Gotta AI your AI right away or you're gonna get AI'd right in the AI.
---
AI slop is driving trend slop

184
Owebama did force GM to dump Pontiac because he hated the acronym.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer

That slack-jawed and drooling idiot thought that "Pontiac" was an acronym? What a dunce!

185 Isn't the cautionary tale "Pets.com?"

Like, they had everything to be THE online pet supply company.
Almost a "couldn't fail."

And crashed hard.

And yet Chewy's seems to be doing just fine in that market.

186 Was it not only merely two, three years ago that the big money was in Blockchain and NFTs and Cryptocoin?

That also explains Nvidia's ascent a bit. Their GPUs were being used for non-graphical purposes, since processing for Bitcoin and similar was computationally expensive and the cards were perfectly situated for the logic needed in said processing.

It also caused the prices of video cards to skyrocket at that time, due to the increased demand for blockchain-related calculations.

NFTs and the like just dropped off the radar because AI became the Thing. But since the equipment is similar, the tech hardware was easily able to segue over to AI.

187 My favorite NEW INNOVATION for autos is selling them with no spare tire. Again, GENIUS!

Posted by: tubal at June 03, 2026 11:47 AM (Gqar

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Someone went to Harvard business school.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 03, 2026 11:48 AM (KbEzc)
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Most larger cars have spares or at least donuts. There's no place to put a spare in smaller cars. Some of the newer sportscars don't even have trunks of any kind. So ... roadside assistance and Fix-A-Flat!

188 180 178 Isn't the cautionary tale "Pets.com?"

Like, they had everything to be THE online pet supply company.
Almost a "couldn't fail."

And crashed hard.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at June 03, 2026 11:48 AM (73/SM)

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I guess they charged for shipping.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 03, 2026 11:49 AM (KbEzc)

Turns out those fixed price USPS boxes weren't conducive to arriving alive.

189
That slack-jawed and drooling idiot thought that "Pontiac" was an acronym? What a dunce!
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at June 03, 2026 11:50 AM (LcVJM)


Poor
Old
N****r
Thinks
It's
A
Cadillac

190 Someone went to Harvard business school."

Yeah, that's why...

/eepah!

191 I'm glad Wallymart has perfected the Amazon model. Use it all the time.
--
My neighborhood now regularly sees Walmart drones.

I've watched it deliver.

Crazy stuff.

192 One of the things to think about is this - people pitched the internet as an unalloyed good in the mid-90s. I was just a kud, so I bought that bullshit easily... my dad warned me back then and I had to learn over 20 years that he was of course correct - nothing ever changes. Any new technology has upsides, but people are still people and they will always employ it as an engine of tyranny.

So when you see every powerful person in the country, from government to business to academic institutions shrieking "AI, AI, AI WE MUST AI HARDERER AND FASTERER AND AI-IER RIGHT FUCKING NOW!!!!!!11!!1" you better think twice and then twice more about just why they're so hot under the collar about it.

193 Cuba could finance itself selling all those old still running cars.

194 188 Turns out those fixed price USPS boxes weren't conducive to arriving alive.

Posted by: Dead puppies aren't much fun at June 03, 2026 11:51 AM (TbWk/)

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"Nothing in our terms and conditions says the puppies are supposed to arrive living. Good luck with your lawsuit, peon!"
-CEO

"What the fuck did you just say?"
-the corporate lawyer

195 And yet Chewy's seems to be doing just fine in that market.
Posted by: Archimedes at June 03, 2026 11:50 AM (Riz8t)


Never used Chewy, but their banning of all products from My Pillow sealed their fate with me.

WILL never use them.

196
I can envision future jobs being assignments to comb through AI output in order to fish out all the AI turds.

197 KIA used to give you a can of Fix-o-flat. Not sure if that's still the case.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 03, 2026 11:48 AM (Zz0t1)

My 2024 Telluride and 2025 K4 both came with full size spares.

198 193 Cuba could finance itself selling all those old still running cars.

Posted by: Ben Had at June 03, 2026 11:51 AM (5P5DO)

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"I could only buy one new mansion with that money. What are you talking about?"
-Miguel Díaz-Canel

199 Some of the newer sportscars don't even have trunks of any kind. So ... roadside assistance and Fix-A-Flat!"

Hey, let's run the windshield washers off the spare tire!

/vw

200
My 2024 Telluride and 2025 K4 both came with full size spares.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung, DURING PRIDE MONTH IS EVIL! at June 03, 2026 11:52 AM (Kdi1r)


PROGRESS!

201 200?

202 Isn't the cautionary tale "Pets.com?"

Like, they had everything to be THE online pet supply company.
Almost a "couldn't fail."

And crashed hard.

And yet Chewy's seems to be doing just fine in that market.
Posted by: Archimedes at June 03, 2026 11:50 AM (Riz8t)
_______

A lot of failed companies that we laugh at -- like Pets.com -- were really just ahead of their time or were good ideas badly managed. The "pet food market" has exploded since Pets.com folded. Same with products. Some are too far ahead of their time. Apple Newton? It was a proto-iphone. Crashed and burned. Not long after, it was reinvented and took over the world.

203 Timely:

Alphabet Is Selling $80 Billion of Stock to Feed Its AI Ambitions—and the Rest of Big Tech May Follow

https://tinyurl.com/hfpdtm8k

204 Posted by: Archimedes at June 03, 2026 11:44 AM (Riz8t

I wonder why that is? Just because the writers only have a limited amount of time and energy and need to use it dumping on Trump instead?

205 A lot of failed companies that we laugh at -- like Pets.com -- were really just ahead of their time or were good ideas badly managed. The "pet food market" has exploded since Pets.com folded. Same with products. Some are too far ahead of their time. Apple Newton? It was a proto-iphone. Crashed and burned. Not long after, it was reinvented and took over the world.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 03, 2026 11:53 AM (iFTx/)



Some grocery stores attempted the home delivery market years ago. They folded it in short order.

Then covid happened and they're a thriving part of most chains now.

206 Talk to your AI if you think you are allergic to AI.

What? It's only a matter of time.

207 Wife insisted that the new Mini she was going to purchase must come with a spare tire or she wasn't going to buy it. They put a spare tire in the space behind and under the fold down back seat that was otherwise going to be empty.

208
Sponge - F*ck Cancer

First time that I heard that.

I wonder if it was a Pontiac that he had purchased which led him into the confusing thicket of purchasing automobile insurance. Could not comprehend "comprehensive coverage".

209 Owebama did force GM to dump Pontiac because he hated the acronym.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 03, 2026 11:46 AM

ISWYDT.

210 I feel the future of AI is Canadian.

AI teaches people how to kill themselves effectively.

Canada will save BILLIONS in MAID services.

211
ISWYDT.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at June 03, 2026 11:56 AM (bFu5X)


*fistbump*

212 I can envision future jobs being assignments to comb through AI output in order to fish out all the AI turds.

We're already there. My daughter the lawyer uses AI because her firm insists on it, but she has to check it all so as to avoid embarrassing the company with made-up citations.

It's probably still faster, and will get better as AI improves.

213 38 What will we do with all of the ginormous data centers after the AI bubble bursts?
---------

Each will have one or more SMRs. The data distribution centers will become power distribution centers. The the unused space in the buildings will become parts collection and assembly for more SMRs.

214 Booze and drugs. It wasn't always a thing that airports had bars every 50 feet serving heavy booze. So many people are getting hammered at these bars before they get on the plane, then drinking heavily on the plane, and then some going nuts and opening doors or screaming about unreal motherfuckers.
Posted by: Elric The Blade


It's drugs.

Booze doesn't cause psychotic breaks.
People have been hammered on flights since the 30's.

215 I wonder if it was a Pontiac that he had purchased which led him into the confusing thicket of purchasing automobile insurance. Could not comprehend "comprehensive coverage".

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at June 03, 2026 11:56 AM (LcVJM)


CHOOM!!!!!

216
Poor
Old
N****
Thinks
It's
A
Cadillac
******
Ninny. He's a ninny.

217 A lot of failed companies that we laugh at -- like Pets.com -- were really just ahead of their time or were good ideas badly managed. The "pet food market" has exploded since Pets.com folded. Same with products. Some are too far ahead of their time. Apple Newton? It was a proto-iphone. Crashed and burned. Not long after, it was reinvented and took over the world.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 03, 2026 11:53 AM (iFTx/)



Some grocery stores attempted the home delivery market years ago. They folded it in short order.

Then covid happened and they're a thriving part of most chains now.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 03, 2026 11:55 AM (Zz0t1)
______

Yes. So is the old model of having store employees get all your groceries for you. That was the original model of supermarkets until Piggly-Wiggly (?) changed it by having the shopper pick out his own stuff. Covid happened and now people still drive up, text some number, and an employee brings out their shit.

218 216 Ninny. He's a ninny.

Posted by: Please make a note of it at June 03, 2026 11:57 AM (2Ez/1)

=========

Nagger, I think.

219 217 Covid happened and now people still drive up, text some number, and an employee brings out their shit.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 03, 2026 11:58 AM (iFTx/)

======

And the vegetables are shit.

220 Booze doesn't cause psychotic breaks.
People have been hammered on flights since the 30's.
Posted by: rickb223 at June 03, 2026 11:57 AM (xbf8A)


I've been liquored on PLENTY of flights. Not once have I decided that was a good time to open the door or take a shit on the beverage cart.

221 Ninny. He's a ninny.
Posted by: Please make a note of it at June 03, 2026 11:57 AM (2Ez/1)

Isn't that a thing you pick?

222 ...but she has to check it all so as to avoid embarrassing the company with made-up citations.

...
Posted by: Archimedes
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It can make up the most plausible reading bs.
If one doesn't know the subject he is up shit creek.

223 . So is the old model of having store employees get all your groceries for you. "

Back to the 80s!

1880

224 =========

Nagger, I think.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 03, 2026 11:58 AM (KbEzc)


F*cking AMAZING for an illiterate asshole. You really should branch out.

225 Covid happened and now people still drive up, text some number, and an employee brings out their shit.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 03, 2026 11:58 AM (iFTx/)

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And the vegetables are shit.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 03, 2026 11:58 AM (KbEzc)
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Yea. I don't want anyone picking out my groceries for me. I'll spend the extra 20 minutes getting them myself.

226 Booze doesn't cause psychotic breaks.
People have been hammered on flights since the 30's.
Posted by: rickb223 at June 03, 2026 11:57 AM (xbf8A)


I've been liquored on PLENTY of flights. Not once have I decided that was a good time to open the door or take a shit on the beverage cart.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 03, 2026 11:58 AM (Zz0t1)
___________

"Fuck you!"

-- Gerard Finneran

227 Some grocery stores attempted the home delivery market years ago. They folded it in short order.
---
HEB built their TX grocery store empire on that model.
But, they have continued to innovate.
Like vertical integration with store brands.
Really is fascinating.

228 Arrived at our vacation home in north Israel a few hours ago. About to go out for sushi dinner with Mrs. BD.

Distant boom(s).

And now jets. Can't tell from inside if they're outbound or inbound.

229
Yea. I don't want anyone picking out my groceries for me. I'll spend the extra 20 minutes getting them myself.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 03, 2026 12:00 PM (iFTx/)


"Better wear your mask and stand 6ft apart! Mind the aisle direction arrows!"

-- - - - - - - - Taylor Lorenz

230 Booze probably keeps a lot of travelers from going ape and hurling turds at the staff. I'd have likely bitten a TSA agent on the face by now if it weren't for Wild Turkey. I quit drinking beer and liquor but I make an exception for air travel.

231 222 ...but she has to check it all so as to avoid embarrassing the company with made-up citations.

...
Posted by: Archimedes
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It can make up the most plausible reading bs.
If one doesn't know the subject he is up shit creek.

Very true. Another daughter is a cancer researcher, and read an AI summary of a paper she already knew. The summary was completely wrong.

232 ---
HEB built their TX grocery store empire on that model.
But, they have continued to innovate.
Like vertical integration with store brands.
Really is fascinating.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at June 03, 2026 12:01 PM (73/SM)


HEB is the best thing since Buc-Ee's.

233 We're already there. My daughter the lawyer uses AI because her firm insists on it, but she has to check it all so as to avoid embarrassing the company with made-up citations.

It's probably still faster, and will get better as AI improves.
--
On the other side are client retainer agreements that were written in 2020 that are absolutely petrified of AI, complete ban on any use any where at any time for any reason; reads like "AI will sneak into your house and steal your medicine while you sleep!!"

234 The AI tech bro evangelists always obsess over beating CHYNA. We have to do this, sink all our resources into building AI to win the tech war against CHYNA.

But we already have more data centers than China with a fraction of their population.

I have a dark theory: China learned evil lessons from Reagan and the arms race against Russia. How we scared Russia into building arms too fast and then economically weakened them.

Is China doing that to us with AI? Using the AI tech war to make us build AI too fast and it then weakens the US? Then we aren't a threat when they take Taiwan back? Or am I too paranoid?

235
Is China doing that to us with AI? Using the AI tech war to make us build AI too fast and it then weakens the US? Then we aren't a threat when they take Taiwan back? Or am I too paranoid?
Posted by: LizLem at June 03, 2026 12:04 PM (gtn0P)


The main reason to beat China in anything is because China is asshoe.

236 In other automotive news...

Ford is urging thousands of owners not to drive their trucks over a life-threatening suspension concern.

About 4,653 Bronco Sport and Maverick vehicles from the 2021 to 2026 model years in the United States are under a 'do not drive' advisory.

On some models, a part of the front suspension that helps with steering - known as the front lower control arm ball joints - may not have been assembled correctly.

If the critical part breaks while driving, the driver could face problems steering and potentially crash.

As a result, dealers are available to inspect the part on both the left and right sides - and repair as necessary at no cost to the customer.

Ford dealers will provide impacted customers with complimentary towing of their vehicles for inspection and repairs, if it's needed.

237 214 Booze and drugs. It wasn't always a thing that airports had bars every 50 feet serving heavy booze. So many people are getting hammered at these bars before they get on the plane, then drinking heavily on the plane, and then some going nuts and opening doors or screaming about unreal motherfuckers.
Posted by: Elric The Blade
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Nah.
Drinking and flying have always gone together.
One flight, because of lightning dancing on the runway, we circled forever. They opened the bar.
Filled our pockets with little bottles. Everyone one on the plane was hammered when we landed.

238 Stay safe BD!

239 Yea. I don't want anyone picking out my groceries for me. I'll spend the extra 20 minutes getting them myself.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 03, 2026 12:00 PM (iFTx/)

After watching the kids who fill the take away orders just grab whatever produce is on the top of the pile makes me not trust them to choose my food.

240
Ford dealers will provide impacted customers with complimentary towing of their vehicles for inspection and repairs, if it's needed.
Posted by: one hour sober at June 03, 2026 12:05 PM (J4Dwc)


Good f*cking lord............

Ford needs to fire the entire executive staff immediately. They've completely obliterated the recall record over the last 2 years. Shit starts from the top.

241
POKER MONKEY

242 >>>The main reason to beat China in anything is because China is asshoe.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 03, 2026 12:05 PM (Zz0t1)

That goes without saying. But are they trying to AI arms race us into economic instability because they are asshoe? And our tech elites are too stupid to realize it?

243 We pay $7/month to get all our groceries delivered. We save well over that by not buying stuff we buy in store because "oh man, that looks good!"

244 That goes without saying. But are they trying to AI arms race us into economic instability because they are asshoe? And our tech elites are too stupid to realize it?
Posted by: LizLem at June 03, 2026 12:08 PM (gtn0P)/i]



Yes.

245 The race to beat China is the race towards AGI, because if they get there first the outcome won't be in our best interest. It's FOMO at an international scale.

246 Booze probably keeps a lot of travelers from going ape and hurling turds at the staff. I'd have likely bitten a TSA agent on the face by now if it weren't for Wild Turkey. I quit drinking beer and liquor but I make an exception for air travel.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice

Unfortunately we have a lot of "travelers" these days where the utility is inverted, and it only takes a few moments to web search those stories up. Why we can't have nice things, a continuing series...

247 Ford needs to fire the entire executive staff immediately. They've completely obliterated the recall record over the last 2 years. S*** starts from the top.

I don't think the UAW is off the hook just yet.

248 Free Guy was a cool movie about AI becoming sentient .

249 235
Is China doing that to us with AI? Using the AI tech war to make us build AI too fast and it then weakens the US? Then we aren't a threat when they take Taiwan back? Or am I too paranoid?
Posted by: LizLem at June 03, 2026 12:04 PM (gtn0P)


The main reason to beat China in anything is because China is asshoe.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer
---

And we don't know the end result of AI. There are positives and functional uses. There will be more. This thread has cited positive uses.
AI planned the raid on Venezuela so it's not useless.

250 []The race to beat China is the race towards AGI, because if they get there first the outcome won't be in our best interest. It's FOMO at an international scale.
Posted by: Halfhand at June 03, 2026 12:09 PM (JsZm/)


China has been trying to build a stealth bomber for almost 20 years. Every year, they claim "almost."

They're not even close.

China isn't all that smart at a lot of things. They get most things by stealing it.

251 About 4,653 Bronco Sport and Maverick vehicles from the 2021 to 2026 model years in the United States are under a 'do not drive' advisory"

You know what's odd about that? The Escape and Lincoln Corsair are the same platform (Ford C2)... just assembled in, wait a sec...

Hmm. The affected were hencho en Mexico?

252 Fuck you!"

-- Gerard Finneran
Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 03, 2026 12:01 PM (iFTx/)

Hey, I'm dead. But it was worth it! Hahahahahaha!

253 247 Ford needs to fire the entire executive staff immediately. They've completely obliterated the recall record over the last 2 years. S*** starts from the top.

I don't think the UAW is off the hook just yet.
Posted by: Archimedes
----

Sounds like a drunken assembly line problem.

254 And Pets.com Begat Chewy… the great circle of life.

255
I don't think the UAW is off the hook just yet.
Posted by: Archimedes at June 03, 2026 12:09 PM (Riz8t)


Well, yes. They've lead to the hiring of drunk retards and paying them $180k a year plus benefits.

256 243 We pay $7/month to get all our groceries delivered. We save well over that by not buying stuff we buy in store because "oh man, that looks good!"

That sounds like a great deal. Of course, one could use the service just for commodities like canned goods, dairy, and other stuff that doesn't require selection of acceptable candidates, and just buy produce and meat at Costco.

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The Morning Report — 6/ 3 /26

Good morning kids. While it certainly looks as if Graham "Oyster cracker" Platner is on the verge of going kerSPLATner. Sure he's utterly horrendous on every level. But he's not a one-off considering this happened just down the coast in New Jersey:

Adam Hamawy, a controversial candidate who previously volunteered with an al-Qaeda-linked group, has won the Democrat primary for retiring Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman’s (D-NJ) seat in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Hamawy, who was endorsed by the so-called “Squad,” became a lightning rod for criticism on the campaign trail due to his intense criticism of Israel and his having volunteered with the Benevolence International Foundation in Bosnia, per the New York Post:

An Iraq War veteran, Hamawy has made national headlines for saving Sen. Tammy Duckworth’s (D-Ill) life after a helicopter crash as well as for his volunteer work in the Gaza Strip.

How "controversial" could he have been and still come out on top let alone even be a candidate? Yes New Jersey, especially the bedroom communities/counties near NYC are leftist dominated with growing populations of Muslims from some of the worst Islamic hellholes on earth. The "Squad" are also not really outliers but represent more and more the majority of the Democrat base and ultimately are going to supplant the old guard allegedly "moderate" "liberal" leadership, bth those words in quotation marks for obvious reasons since Democrats are neither moderate nor liberal. Great he rescued Tammy Duckworth. This is kind of like Otto Skorzeny rescuing Mussolini.

Be that as it may, the Democrat/Leftist party and movement is at war and has always been at war with Americans and America as founded. Unless and until the hatred of this nation its people history and heritage are utterly burned out of that Party's black heart, we'll never know a moment's peace. It's us or them and it's high time we realize it. Of course there are those allegedly on our side who won't and never will, and worse, will aid and abet in our destruction:

. . . the American conservatives whom Mike Pence is urging to take the high road can’t afford to pretend that doing so will ensure victory. We are not facing political opponents who can be lectured into behaving more civilly. The late Freedom Center founder David Horowitz warned decades ago that we are at war with an enemy determined not to seek coexistence with us but to destroy us. Today’s Democrats call for and celebrate our murder, for God’s sake. They certainly won’t be shamed into cleaning up their language.

Pence writes that civility “is how we can find principled common ground in America.” This is a beautiful dream, but the reality is that Left and Right today have no common ground – none. There is literally no political issue – abortion, immigration, race, crime, education, the family, poverty, homelessness, national security, national sovereignty, the environment, foreign policy, religion – on which there is not a Grand Canyon-sized chasm between both sides. Even if there were a patch of common ground somewhere, the Left is not interested in tilling that soil, but craves total power. The idea that Republicans and Democrats can reach across the aisle and come together even in a grudging mutual respect is, sadly, a fantasy.

Yeah, about that civility:

There are judicial rulings that raise complex legal questions, and there are rulings that expose a deeper rot. Judge Leonie Brinkema’s decision to block the Justice Department’s Anti-Weaponization Fund belongs firmly in the latter category. What occurred here transcends a routine dispute over government spending — it is a profound assertion of judicial overreach. ..

The Anti-Weaponization Fund was established as part of a settlement in President Trump’s lawsuit against the government regarding the unlawful disclosure of his tax information. The fund creates a pathway for individuals who believe they have been harmed by government weaponization or politically motivated “lawfare” to seek compensation. Predictably, this objective has drawn fierce opposition from the very circles that spent years insisting such weaponization either did not exist or was entirely justified. Their opposition tells its own story.

Mike Pence hasn't uttered a sound about this:

rioter was charged Friday “for allegedly kicking and biting ICE officers” at a New Jersey illegal immigrant holding center on Thursday, acting Attorney General Todd Blanche said on X. Another individual was arrested after threatening to murder an immigration officer and his family, Blanche said Friday. The Department of Homeland Security arrested at least six rioters last Wednesday alone for allegedly assaulting law enforcement, while others were arrested in the subsequent days, ABC 6 reported.

The attacks took place outside an Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in New Jersey called Delaney Hall. Fox News reported that “agitators…were seen establishing a highly organized logistics and support operation before protests began at the site. Stockpiles of masks, duct tape, hard hats and medical supplies were laid out near the facility.”

If we really want civility, we'll get it in a nanosecond once we have summary executions of rioters. Until then Ponce Pence can shove civility where the sun don't shine.

Have a great day.

AMERICA & ISRAEL STRIKE IRAN!
• The ceasefire that saved a terror group?
  Why Did Trump Demand that Netanyahu Stop IDF Attack on Hezbollah Sites in Beirut?
  
• The president turns on his ally to attain a false peace.
  Trump Surrenders

  CIVIL WAR 2.0, LEFTIST PERSECUTIONS, DEMOCRAT PUTSCH, AMERICAN DISSOLUTION

• This is war.
  Mike Pence’s Misguided Call for Civility

• ...When you throw out reckless terms and you start referring to our actions as being dangerous, unconstitutional, and lawless. That’s why our agents’ death threats are up by 8,000 percent.
  Watch DHS Chief Markwayne Mullin Trash Democrat Sen. Patrick Murphy
  
• The Trump administration cannot stick to occasional prosecutions while allowing the broader ecosystem of anti-ICE extremists to operate with relative impunity.
  Anti-Law-Enforcement Riots Like New Jersey’s Will Escalate Without Stronger Deterrence(summary executions of rioters? - jjs)
  
• Let’s step back for a second and remember why this is controversial. Trump survived two assassination attempts in 2024, including on July 13, when a gunman climbed onto a rooftop at a rally in Butler, Penn., and a bullet grazed Trump’s ear. In April 2026, another assassination attempt was foiled at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner. We all know what “86” means in this context, and the fact that a federal judge allowed the flag to remain is sickening.
  I Can’t Believe What This Obama-Appointed Judge Just Did
  
• The architects of government weaponization are now in federal court blocking the fund designed to compensate their victims.
  Federal Judge Brinkema Sides With Marc Elias To Kill The Fund That Would Compensate Lawfare Victims

  "DEMOCRAT/LEFTIST/GLOBALIST BORDER BLOODBATH," AMNESTY, IMMIGRATION, BORDER SECURITY

• Illegal immigrant reportedly fakes being gay in order to get asylum and then gets caught after marrying a woman.
  Illegal Immigrant Accused Of Faking Homosexuality To Get Asylum (Okay Pedro, bend over and spread 'em or no green card! - jjs)

  DOMESTIC AFFAIRS, THE COURTS, WASTE/FRAUD/ABUSE

• “Let’s take a step back; 2015, ’16, ’17, ’18, 2020, there were nine million people on Obamacare, nine million. Today, it’s more than 20 million… What happened was we completely took the guardrails off, and I know this because I’m working in the agency that actually was told to take the guardrails off,” Oz said.
  Oz Says 35 Percent of Obamacare Enrollments ‘May Not Be Legit’

  WE-ALL-SLAM-FOR-I-SLAM

• Hamawy, who was endorsed by the so-called “Squad,” became a lightning rod for criticism on the campaign trail due to his intense criticism of Israel and his having volunteered with the Benevolence International Foundation in Bosnia, per the New York Post: An Iraq War veteran, Hamawy has made national headlines for saving Sen. Tammy Duckworth’s (D-Ill) life after a helicopter crash as well as for his volunteer work in the Gaza Strip. (So he's the Sgt. Schultz of Otto Skorzeny's - jjs)
  
  Democrat Who Worked with Al-Qaeda-Linked Group Wins New Jersey Primary to Replace Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman
  
• CAIR’s skewed statistics.
  Does Minnesota Really Lead the Nation in Mosque Attacks?

  OFFICIAL DEMOCRAT PARTY/LEFTIST-ENDORSED ANTI-SEMITISM, ANTI-CHRISTIANITY, PLUS VARIOUS & SUNDRY GODLESS HEATHENS

• “the victim is recovering from multiple dog bites to his thighs and posterior, as well as from the emotional trauma of the attack”
  Man Who Attacked Jewish Couple in Santa Monica Faces Minimal Charges, No Hate Crime Enhancement
  
• And the Democrat contender advocates for prison abolition.
  Washington, DC, Mayoral Candidate’s Top Aide: ‘Israel is a Bitch, So Evil’
  
• A new House Judiciary Committee report says the U.S. government subsidized the groups behind the protests, alleging links to terrorist-tied organizations and potential violations of nonprofit tax law.
  Did American Taxpayers Fund Anti-Netanyahu Protests? Congress Says Yes
  
• Oklahoma, Florida, and Iowa have embraced the Supreme Court’s recent First Amendment rulings.
  These States Are Leading on Restoring Religious Freedom
  
• Five years after Canadian liberals incited a moral panic about “mass graves” of indigenous schoolchildren, almost no one will admit it happened.
  Canada Needs A Real Reckoning For The ‘Mass Graves’ Hoax

  FIRST AMENDMENT ISSUES, CENSORSHIP, FAKE NEWS, MEDIA, BIG BROTHER TECH

• ...a heated confrontation that exposed the widening civil war inside the iconic news magazine.
  ‘60 Minutes’ star Scott Pelley fired from CBS News after blasting Bari Weiss in heated showdown
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• This dystopia is closer than you think.
  Is Pax Silica The New Avatar Of The Great Reset?

  THE ECONOMY, STUPID

• California’s wealth tax starts with billionaires, but its critics warn the real target is every asset owner trapped in a state government that never stops expanding its reach.
  California’s ‘Wealth’ Tax is Coming for Everyone
  
• Black entrepreneurship struggles are explained not only by discrimination, but by cultural norms, kinship pressures, and weak transmission of business capital.
  Why Black Entrepreneurship Lags

  CRIME & PUNISHMENT, NON-DOSTOYEVSKY

• 61-year-old Chikei Rick Chow was found not guilty of murder after he said he acted to protect his son in 2023 when killing Cyrus Carmack-Belton, who carried a handgun into the Columbia store, multiple news outlets reported. The case has reportedly sparked division and accusations of anti-black bias as nearly half the town’s population is black.
  Jury Acquits Asian Store Owner Who Shot And Killed Black Alleged Shoplifter
  
• In this grim population, one deed stands alone as the most foul.
  A Moral Hierarchy Among Murderers

  EDUCATION, AND WHAT PASSES FOR IT

• A harrowing journey into our school system's heart of darkness.
  Geno Young Video: Students Playing “Shoot Charlie Kirk” Game on TikTok
  
• 'We are not scholars,' the editors write in volume one, with 'support' from dean’s office
  Harvard Divinity School Launches Journal Devoted to ‘Queerness,’ ‘Palestinian Liberation’

  SECOND AMENDMENT

• One of those prosecutors is Clarke County Commonwealth Attorney Matthew E. Bass. Moreover, Breitbart News explained that Clarke County Sheriff Travis Sumption also made clear his office will not be enforcing the ban either.
  Virginia: At Least 10 Commonwealth Attorneys Refuse to Enforce ‘Assault Weapons’ Ban

  THE 2020 AND 2022 ELECTION HEISTS & AFTERMATH

• A damning discovery in New York has flown under the national radar.
  New York’s 1.47 Million Voter Roll Fraud Unmasks The ‘Safe Blue State’ Myth

  DEMOCRAT/LEFTIST AND RINO SCANDALS, MESHUGAS, CHUTZPOCRISY, INSANITY

• Platner has been embroiled in controversies, including his Nazi-themed tattoo and his alleged sexually explicit text messages with several women. During a press gaggle attended by the Daily Caller News Foundation, Schumer repeatedly dodged questions about Platner by stating that Democrats would defeat Republican Maine Sen. Susan Collins and take back the Senate.
  Chuck Schemer Really Doesn’t Want To Discuss Graham Platner’s Candidacy
  
• Graham Platner’s behavior reveals him to be an immature, self-centered person who shouldn’t get to replace a harmless centrist.
  What Graham Platner Did At His Brother’s Wedding Revealed His Repulsive Character 10 Years Ago
  
• Platner has spent the last six months trying to explain his Totenkopf, or Death's Head, Nazi tattoo, which he wore for 18 years before having it covered up last October
  'What a Cool Pic': Totenkopf-Tattooed Graham Platner Admired 'German Helmets' in WW2 Photo of Nazi-Allied Troops, Deleted Post Shows
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• 'Why does the destruction of property warrant your response but the genocide of black people in our country does not?' Brianna Menard, a self-described 'committed vegan,' wrote in a since-deleted 2020 tweet
  James Talarico’s Girlfriend Ranted About ‘Genocide of Black People’ by Police During BLM Riots, Petitioned to Free Convicted Cop-Killer
  
• “Safe to say Talarico rehearsed this line very thoroughly.”
  Same Script, Different Interview: Talarico’s Memorized Talking Point Goes Viral
  
• Missouri Republicans followed the law to the letter, while Virginia Democrats ignored their state’s constitution.
  What Missouri Republicans Got Right And Virginia Democrats Got Wrong In Redistricting

  POLITICS

• Oh, and he thinks God is non-binary—wild stuff. But the media would have you think that he, like Platner, is just an everyman.
  Democrats' horrible candidates and incompetence may yet save Republicans
  
• Democrats are trying to find men who can seem the most: seem like a pastor, seem like a working man.
  Cat Lady Democrats Are Trying To Wear A ‘Normal Man’ Skinsuit
  
• The answer is obvious.
  Midterm Voters: Are You Better Off Than You Were Four Years Ago?
  
• "All the people have jacked all of our tax money, we're going to find their Bentleys, we're going to find their houses ..."
  How Spencer Pratt Would ‘Eliminate’ Gavin Newsom As A Presidential Candidate
  
• Larry Elder: Live by the race card. Die by the race card.
  Debbie Wasserman Schultz Learns the Cost of Racial Identity Politics
  
• Americans for Prosperity (AFP) Action congratulated Hinson in a post on X, for winning her primary election.
  Rep. Ashley Hinson Wins Iowa Republican Senate Primary
  
• “In recent conversations with aides and allies, President Trump often interjects with a question about his vice president: Does JD Vance have what it takes to go all the way?”
  Is Trump Souring on J.D. Vance as His Preferred 2028 Successor?

  FOREIGN AFFAIRS, INTERNATIONAL

• Nowak had been stabbed with a ceremonial knife during an incident that led to the conviction of 23-year-old Vickrum Digwa.
  Police bodycam footage in Henry Nowak's murder sparks nationwide fury, clashes with police in Southampton
  
• If you chase two rabbits at once, you catch neither. That may be the simplest way to describe American foreign policy today.
  Washington Is Still Chasing Two Rabbits 
  
• After the atheist Communist regime was established, the Chinese government severed diplomatic relations with the Vatican in 1951 and accused the papal internuncio of espionage, according to Time. . . The CCPA was founded after the separation, allowing the state to govern the Catholic Church in China, shift its teachings to align with state ideologies and practices and appoint bishops without the Vatican’s approval, The Time added.
  The Vatican Weighs CCP Deal As Beijing Disappears Bishops, Appoints State-Backed Clergy

  ISRAEL vs IRAN & GAZA/HAMAS, HEZBOLLAH . . . AND LEFTISTS. . . AND HISTORY

• Hersh (23) was murdered by Hamas terrorists after 11 months of captivity.
  Israel Eliminates Hamas Commander Behind Abduction of Hersh Goldberg-Polin on October 7

  HEALTH AND HEALTH CARE

• Oz said that Americans will have the opportunity to ensure they get the best price on eighty percent of prescriptions they regularly pick up at drug stores, with TrumpRx now offering 750 drugs.
  Oz Announces 160 More Drugs Being Added to TrumpRx
  
• The drug is designed to "stop cancer cells concealing themselves from the immune system."
  New Drug Can Put An End To Cancer’s Hide-And-Seek Game

  ACTUAL SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY

• I must say it again: The Sun’s behavior throughout the past two solar cycles has never matched the predictions. While for most of this solar cycle, the ramp up to solar maximum was much faster and more active than predicted, the ramp down has generally been faster but less active than predicted.
  Sunspot update: May sunspot activity jumps
  
• The data showed that the hotter the planet, the slower the wind, the opposite of what was expected. The scientists believe that each planet’s magnetic field is acting to brake the winds, with the hotter planets likely having more powerful fields.
  The wind speeds on seven exoplanets also suggest presence of magnetic fields

  FEMINAZISM, TRANSGENDER PSYCHOSIS, HOMOSEXUALIZATION, WAR ON MASCULINITY/NORMALCY

• The organization’s board of directors said in a press release that the decision “was not made lightly.” 
  Phoenix Pride Files for Bankruptcy Ahead of ‘Pride Month’
  
• Entities like MLB will either be dominated by what is true, good, and beautiful, or they will succumb to the type of sinful lies parroted during ‘pride month.’
  ‘Pride Month’ Is Proof That Institutional Neutrality Is A Lie
  
• How the West severed women from life, continuity, and civilization.
  The Death Spiral

  CULTURE WARS, NATIONAL SUICIDE

• Christian Toto: Trans artist ignores cold realities tied to modern Hollywood, media landscape
  ‘Matrix’ Co-Director Plays ‘Fascist’ Card, Blasts Film Critics
  
• “America has never actually fully reckoned with its racist past and its original founding sin of slavery.”
  MS N(sdap)OW Host Feels ‘Deep Unease’ About America’s 250th Celebrations, Cites Our ‘Racist Past’
  
• America’s semiquincentennial is being treated as an opportunity for self-criticism rather than celebration.
  After Decades Of Anti-America Indoctrination, Don’t Expect A Big 250th Celebration

  HITHER & YON

• The remains of Melissa Casias were found in Carson National Forest over the weekend.
  Remains of Missing Los Alamos Worker Found as Probe into Dead Scientists Gains Urgency

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