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[Bryce Greene @TheGreeneBJ]

Holy shit... Wired reports that back in May, the U.S. Military was testing an experimental GPS jammer and and caused a civilian plane to crash into the side of a mountain, killing everyone on board.

[Rowan Cheung @rowancheung]

Reminder to go touch grass

A scientist in Japan demonstrated that the air inside a forest strengthens your immune system for a full month

The study is incredibly fascinating:

Qing Li, an immunologist at Nippon Medical School in Tokyo, took 12 men on a 3-day forest trip. These were slow walks with no breathing exercises and no set route.

Then he tested their blood and found a surge in natural killer cells -- the immune cells your body uses to fight cancer and virus-infected cells.

Remarkably, the effect didn't fade when they went home, it was still measurable 30 days later.

A control group that walked the same distance through a city showed no change at all.

Pine, cedar, and cypress trees release compounds called phytoncides to defend themselves from insects and bacteria. You breathe them in, and Li believes they switch your immune cells into high gear.

He estimates one forest walk a month may be enough to keep those cells elevated all year.

The best medicine might not even need a prescription -- just a walk among the trees.

[Team Talarico @TeamTalaricoHQ]

.@JamesTalarico on Texas officially banning THC:

“This bill is insane.

Texans aren’t going to stop smoking weed and eating edibles because politicians in Austin say so. Texans will still use THC — but instead of getting it safely from a local small business, they’ll go back to getting it from the black market. From the drug cartels.

This ban is a gift to the cartels.

We are now telling full-grown adults how to live their lives. This is the nanny state at its worst; this is big government at its worst. 

Instead of fully funding our schools, guaranteeing healthcare, or making childcare more affordable — this Legislature is focused on banning a product that gives people a little peace.

We’re making people’s lives harder, not easier.

I want to leave you with a quote: ‘It is time to end needless arrests and incarcerations of adults for small amounts of marijuana for personal use.’ That wasn’t a Democrat. That was President Donald Trump.

To my Republican colleagues, I’m asking you to oppose the cartels, stand with President Trump, and vote no on this insane bill.”

[MERICA MEMED @Mericamemed]

Any crow that doesn't show up to this is lame anyways

[Thomas Massie @RepThomasMassie]

What a nightmare. By implementing the tariffs illegally, and now having to unwind them, the Trump administration created over $100 billion of profit for corporations selling foreign products, at the expense of American consumers.

Your refund: $0.00
Apple’s profit: $2.2 billion

[Polymarket @Polymarket]

JUST IN: Apple received an estimated $2,200,000,000.00 tariff refund this quarter.

[aves @WNBAPILLED]

i implore you to unmute this.

[IT Guy @T3chFalcon]

A 22-year-old student teacher in Illinois sent a private Snapchat message to her boyfriend and two roommates.

A student had walked up to her laptop and deleted her lesson plan mid-class. frustrated, she typed something like "should I shoot him" with a gun emoji. venting. four people. private group chat.

An hour later, police walked into her school and arrested her.

here's what happened in between.

Snapchat's AI scanned the private message. flagged it as a potential threat. automatically reported it to the FBI. the FBI forwarded it to local law enforcement. deputies arrived at the school within the hour.

she cooperated immediately. handed over her phone. when shown the message she said: "oh yes. okay. yeah. i'm realizing that was a bad joke. i did not mean it at all serious at all."

police determined she was not a threat. school officials determined she was not a threat. prosecutors reviewed and issued a disorderly conduct charge. she was released the next morning. she lost her student teaching placement.

This means:

Snapchat scans private messages.

Not just public posts or stories. private group chats between you and your closest contacts. automated AI. no human reviewed it first, got flagged and reported.

Snapchat AI → FBI → local police → school → arrest.

in under an hour.

Snapchat's privacy policy says it may share your information with law enforcement when it believes there is a risk of harm. the definition of "risk of harm" is determined by an algorithm.

you are not told when a message is flagged.
you are not told when a report is filed.
you find out when the police arrive.

the message was private.

it wasn't.

[Cosmic @DocCosmic98]

I wish they still grew pot that was low THC and just gave you a great body high and made you laugh at everything instead of pot that gives you Joe Biden level dementia and existential dread. What do they put in that shit dude.

[Dr. Dave Genyáhdë:h 🏳️‍🌈🪶 @DaveAshelman]

I did a whole research project on this in grad school. Companies reap over $300 BILLION a year in free labor from customers using self-checkouts. If they’re not going to pay customers, they can shave some price.

[MN House Republicans @mnhousegop]

Draw 1 Chance card! A new KSTP analysis found that under Gov. Walz and AG Ellison, nearly 80% of those charged with felony-level Medicaid fraud never end up with a permanent felony on their record.

The people stealing YOUR money are getting let off for free.

[Power to the People ☭🕊 @ProudSocialist]

There is so much misinformation being spread about what’s actually happening in Spain:

1) Migrants are not swimming or taking boats to Spain’s mainland. Ceuta is a Spanish enclave on Morocco’s northern coast.

2) This is a coordinated effort by Morocco’s government, seen in the video below transporting migrants in trucks to Ceuta.

Morocco’s government aligns with Israel and the US, so these efforts most likely aim to punish Spain for supporting Palestine and opposing the US and Israel’s war against Iran.

[ojuelegba beyoncé @mideolabanji]

lmaooo i’m reminded of this video.

[rick carlisle @4theluvoftennis]

everyone needs to get more pissed

[Coreyyyy. @YoungCorey]

This is amazing and really where we are at with a lot of stuff these days.

[LayoffHedge @LayoffAI]

The most generous country in the world

25% of all Mexicans live in the US. 70% rely on welfare.

~10% of Guatemalans live here. 77% are on welfare.

12% of Nicaraguans live here. 75% rely on welfare.

12% of Haitians live here. 53% rely on welfare.

[Elliott Engen @elliottengenMN]

Like any good socialist, they made sure to pay themselves.

Everyone else be damned.

[MEDITERRÁNEO DIGITAL @MediterraneoDGT]

🔴 No saldrá por televisión: así están las playas de Ceuta ahora mismo

[Doc Strangelove @DocStrangelove2]

If you think that this is just something for fun, you are beyond stupid. Rewriting history will be easier when you can make fake AI footage to back it up. A new Orwellian nightmare reality.

[Gooey Tip @gooey_tip]

Was just given the company card