culpritus [any]

“copy image” uses less than 0.01% of the resources used when generating an AI image

The “stealing art” thing is more about AI providing no way to trace back to the original works that were used to train it. It is completely opaque. With art that is copied for a meme, that is not really the case as it is not obfuscated in the same way. Often the art is easily recognized or can be located via a reverse image search.

AI as a tool can be useful, but so far most iterations are entirely in service to capitalist speculation. Burning through resources to generate aesthetic goo to hype up speculation deserves all the scorn that can be heaped upon it.

Not Daddy!?!?

Trump was trying to force a deal with Israel playing as the tough guy, but he didn’t expect Iran to negotiate in kind with their own show of immense strength in response to the bullying.

The cry bully strategy has worked for them so many times in western media.

You can have some samarium, but only if you are a good Samaritan.

Japan (1.13T) and then UK (750B)

https://economicsinsider.com/top-15-largest-us-treasury-holders/

Combine these with heelies and parkour for maximum urban mobility.

meanwhile the ‘peasants’ of the Ohio River Valley (JD Vance’s childhood home) keep getting flooded

‘Building more lanes will reduce traffic’ is a classic.

Donald Quixote

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/How_to_Blow_Up_a_Pipeline_(film)

The 1% at the top have chosen to maintain the current system for generations. They also have chosen to strangle any attempts to change the system whenever possible via immense violence.

jeezus this thing just started beeping like crazy

The fact that there is not a choice to just end the 1% makes this very

I heard once that old smoke detectors have some radioactive isotopes in them. Not sure how true or dangerous but sounds bad.