Uh-Oh: Biden Authorizes Ukraine To Use Holy Hand Grenade Against Russia - Babylon Bee

With time in his presidency running short, Biden has announced authorization for Ukraine to use long-range American missile, anti-personnel mines, and now the Holy Hand Grenade.

Keep your head on a swivel for any white rabbits.

How Spirit Airlines Went From Industry Maverick to Chapter 11 Bankruptcy - WSJ

The Justice Department disagreed, arguing the best way to promote airline competition would be to leave Spirit alone.

Lawyers for the government said that most of Spirit’s problems were temporary and that it would quickly get back on track to resume its rapid expansion.

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Representatives from the Justice Department declined to comment on Spirit’s bankruptcy.

The Hosts of MSNBC’s ‘Morning Joe’ Changed Their Tune on Trump—Again - WSJ

A person close to NBC saw the move as a way for the “Morning Joe” pair to stay relevant ahead of a second Trump administration.

MSNBC has made strides in the ratings in the past few years and beat CNN on election night, but its viewership has fallen off since then. “Morning Joe” ratings for Nov. 6 to Nov. 14 were down 22% from the program’s average of more than one million viewers for the year through Nov. 5, according to Nielsen data. 

Incredible what a 22% drop in viewership will do to a broadcast journalist. I guess their hyperbolic coverage of the election wasn’t what they really believed; they were just doing it for the eyeballs.

When iOS 18.1 was released on October 28, I updated all of my devices and enabled Apple Intelligence. It’s been three weeks, and today, I disabled the feature.

It’s not just that Apple Intelligence is extremely limited, or that Siri is still terrible; it just wasn’t useful. I don’t use AI writing tools, and the summarization of texts and emails actually increased my mental load.

Ludovico Einaudi has a song that I love, “Pathos.” But when I ask Siri to play it, using the Greek pronunciation (Pā-thōs), she can’t figure it out. When I ask her using the English (Pa-thos), she understands and responds to me with the Greek pronunciation. How long has Siri had to get better at basic stuff like this?!

Instead of approaching each message with a blank slate, I first had to read and parse the summary, then open the actual message, and read and parse it again. I was doing everything twice.

For notifications, I like that I see the person’s name and photo. That’s enough to give me context about what I’m jumping in to, and how quick I need to act and respond. Summarization allowed certain messages to jump the line. As soon as I saw the message notification, I had a summary and my brain went to work on responses.

In the end, Apple Intelligence was a lot like a child. It disrupted my workflow, and distracted me from the task at hand, even if it was a lower priority item. Apple wants to be AI like everyone else, but this implementation was useless.

Spirit Airlines Announces They Will Tell You Why They Went Bankrupt For An Added Fee Of $50 - Babylon Bee

“We would love to explain exactly what went down. Anyone wishing to know can pay a one-time fee of $50 or more, and one of your flight attendants will come down the aisle and whisper it in your ear.”

Rainy start to the week.

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Kamala Harris Calls Dave Ramsey Show For Advice After Blowing $1 Billion In Three Months - Babylon Bee

“And you say you did this in just three months? Meaning, you spent half a million dollars every hour, even while sleeping, for three straight months? Oh… my… gracious. Where do I begin?”

Back in the homeownership game.

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