I recently was looking at my Google Analytics and noticed a referrer. I clicked through to find an AI-built site promoting career kits to .NET devs. Fine, fair play.
It was clear though what was wrong with the site, and it's what's wrong with a lot of AI work: It's the excess. Everything, everywhere all at once.
There's no refinement, no thought, no care in thinking about the other person on the other end. It's just all of it. It has a "care less, show mo…
Imagine if a beloved global coffee brand launched a "911 Promotion" on the exact anniversary of the Twin Towers attack.
That is essentially what just happened to Starbucks in South Korea.
On May 18th, Starbucks Korea released what appeared to be an innocent merchandise promotion called
"Tank Day."
To an outsider, the name might sound like a bold, edgy marketing gimmick
— the kind of quirky campaign that performs well on social media and moves …
I'd rather have it and not need it than need it and not have it.
#Shitpost #Shitposting #OpenCarry
iPad mini bald mit OLED – aber wohl ohne ProMotion
Apple steht kurz vor der Überholung seines Kompakt-Tablets – und bereitet auch neue Modelle weiterer Baureihen vor. Doch gibt es technische Defizite?
https://www.
OH! I forgot the whole "out of band" thing. Let me get into that.
When you put all this together you have a business owned by a church (or, in the Dutch case, an FFI) to interface with capitalism and then a community that's collectively controlled via the legal entity of a "church." (Again, I like the word "coven," but I'm trying to use the legal definition here.)
This gives you a community that exists partially outside of the dominant system. If this seems like a new idea, it is absolutely not. There are very insular religious communities all over. Many are really oppressive cults (go watch Wild Wild Country), others are insular religious communities (for which there is a lot of legitimate criticism, but I'm only talking about decipherability here) such as Haredim or Mennonites. In some ways Tribes match this also, with various tribal governments organizing things for members.
In all of these cases, there exists an element that is outside of the dominant system. This becomes somewhat "invisible." How well do you understand the inner workings of an Amish community? How much do you think a CEO cares or thinks about them?
There are many hidden worlds that only become revealed when they become a problem (such as when a cult leader tries to take over a county by spraying e. coli on a bunch of salad bars.) This can be good if you're trying to build a new society without attracting the attention, but insular communities can also permit abusive dynamics that could otherwise be identified by the larger society. So keep the risks in mind, and be active about preventing them. Hierarchy is dangerous, but hierarchy in hidden groups can be especially dangerous.
Breaking: Two dead. Others choked and stabbed with pen at Louisiana ICE black site.
Speaker Mike Johnson’s bloody finger prints surround the torture.
Last year, federal agents showed up to audit Winn Correction Center,
the for-profit ICE detention center here in Northern Louisiana.
One of the largest facilities like it in the country.
𝗧𝗼𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝘄𝗲 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝗳𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗶𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝘀𝗶𝗰𝗸𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴:
A detainee stabbed by guards with a pen.
Another placed in…
Jeff Bezos' Prometheus, which is building AI models for physical tasks, raised a $12B Series B at a $41B valuation, following a $6.2B Series A (Dan Primack/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/2026/06/11/prometheus-bezos-industrial-ai
Prometheus,
the physical AI startup co-founded by Jeff Bezos and Vik Bajaj, the former co-founder of Verily, Google’s life sciences unit,
announced it raised $12 billion at a $41 billion valuation.
The new funds came from Bezos,
as well as from JPMorgan Chase, Goldman Sachs, and BlackRock, among others.
This is the second fundraise round for Prometheus, which launched late last year with an initial raise of $6.2 billion, according to CNBC.
Prometheus is bu…