Yesterday, Congress dragged NPR’s Katherine Maher and PBS’s Paula Kerger to Washington D.C. for a hearing on political bias at their respective companies. Naturally, it was a shit show. Democrats accused Republicans of trying to kill Cookie Monster and Elmo (really (there were giant posters)) while Republicans incoherently berated guests to the point I almost felt bad for them. But the morning did get interesting when Congressman Brandon Gill read off a list of Maher’s old tweets, such as “yes reparations” and “America is addicted to white supremacy,” and asked if these were things she still believed. Maher — unbiased leader of an unbiased outlet! — had “evolved” her perspective, and was clearly mortified by her past insane posting. Damn, I thought, the world has truly changed. Or, at least the way we talk about it. Anyway, great chat. Now cough up those taxes so we can pay this woman’s salary.

The Washington Post tested five chatbots on their ability to write difficult personal and work emails this week (apology letters, layoff announcements), and all of them (except Microsoft copilot lol) performed pretty well — one even beat a human! In other words, it’s not looking good for the kids. My millennial peers are already too anxious to make a phone call, which means texts and emails are our last, pitiful vestiges of human connection. Now even those will be outsourced to chatbots, reducing Gen Z/Y relations to autistic grunts and waves… while a handful of developers, training the bots to behave this way and that, increasingly influence the nature of relationships and how we experience reality itself. It’s nice to win back some hours of the day, but at what cost? I can see the clickbait now… “Best AI pilot for writing your breakup text.” (Btw, it's Claude).

Last weekend, Texas Representative Jasmine Crockett remarked at a campaign event: “We in these hot ass Texas streets, honey. Y’all know we got Governor Hot Wheels [Greg Abbott]... the only thing hot about him is that he's a hot-ass mess, honey!” Eloquent. While many took exception to her calling the wheelchair-bound Abbott “Hot Wheels,” Crockett denied it was a reference to the Governor’s condition, claiming she was actually talking about the vehicles Abbott uses to transfer migrants (ok). Now, online sleuths are combing through Crockett’s social media history and exposing every post/like mocking Abbott’s disability, but is this a wise strategy? Pearl-clutching over jokes? That are objectively funny? Guys, Democrats already tried that playbook and look where it got them (historic disapproval). You’ll never fight “Hot Wheels” with hall monitor shit, you just need your own nickname for Crockett. Fortunately, “Congresswoman Shawty Nunyabizness Periodt” is right there for the taking.

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at yesterday’s congressional hearing, npr’s katherine maher was grilled over past tweets that revealed her deeply held political bias. back in 2019, maher also posted a tweet likening founders fund and hereticon to the kkk. read more about her ideological opposition to silicon valley in this pirate wires piece from last year

totally well-adjusted people are doxxing tesla owners and burning down dealerships as popular leftists like jimmy kimmel and tim walz cheer them on. plus: harry sisson stares down the barrel of a suspiciously timed #metoo scandal, the jfk files were a dud, snopes is acting as security detail for democrat-approved narratives, and more

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