This is just odd… you’re supposed to be an unlovable loser from 18 to 22 THEN get over it and have a big exciting life

Growing up around some Israelis was interesting because on the school play yard the non-Israeli kids would ask them “aren’t you guys the bad guys” and then the Israeli kids would get very upset.

Homeowners in Bellevue are raising concerns about noise from Sound Transit’s new 2 Line light rail trains operating on the elevated span between Mercer Island and Bellevue. Residents claim train noise has exceeded local standards and is disrupting nearby neighborhoods. A letter sent to Sound Transit alleges some trains have produced noise levels more than three times higher than surrounding vehicle traffic and above 80 decibels. Sound Transit confirmed it received the homeowners’ letter but said it could not comment because of potential legal issues and ongoing litigation concerns.

The US government, citing national security authorities, has issued an export control directive to suspend all access to Fable 5 and Mythos 5 by any foreign national, whether inside or outside the United States, including foreign national Anthropic employees. The net effect of this order is that we must abruptly disable Fable 5 and Mythos 5 for all our customers to ensure compliance. Access to all other Claude models is not affected. We apologize for this disruption to our customers. We believe this is a misunderstanding and are working to restore access as soon as possible. Read our full statement: anthropic.com/news/fable-myt…

as a lesbian i personally have always felt really uncomfortable being defined as a ‘non-man who loves non-men,’ i think there’s nuance and others really connect to the definition but i’ve always felt really dehumanized when people put it onto me