think a lot about how even in '12 after going "nah i don't think i will" about a bunch of things people wanted from him, obama still had enough sense to go "fucking private equity, am i right? these rich motherfuckers, am i right? and romney's one of them" instead of "you owe me your vote, peasants"

Andrew Lawrence@ndrew.bsky.social · 13h ago

if establishment candidates want to start winning primaries again all you have to do is say that rich people have too much money and that youll prosecute trump admin staffers and republicans that have broken the law

I swear to God, part of the problem of literacy is that we make kids read SO MANY books like this. Of course they’re going to associate reading with misery! We put them in a Skinner box and shock them when they read, what did people THINK would happen?

Nick Harkaway@nickharkaway.com · yesterday

Having ranted about school curriculum books, I’ve just seen my son’s summer reading list, and all I can say is “I was right”. A more depressing collection would be tricky to assemble. Are we actively trying to convey to kids the idea that reading is dismal and arduous?

He spent more than half his life in the US, he’s been here for 2 decades, he was as American as anyone. The nation’s first naturalization act in 1790 made you a citizen after 2 years of residency—but then that was only for free white persons.

Marisa Kabas@marisakabas.bsky.social · 2d ago

ICE has killed another person.

here's a fun lil exercise for cis people: how many articles would a publication have to print calling for your extermination before you would expect people who care about you to stop giving them money? and how would you feel if their excuse for still supporting them is some fuckass crossword puzzle?

I think what pisses me off most about the constant Dem fundraising spam is what a BUMMER all the openers are. "This is bad news, Gwen," "we're in trouble, Gwen" Yeah well no wonder, everything I get from you is about how you're fucked and no one gets excited about sinking ships

nothing shouts "I don't read much" more than when you equate em-dashes with AI. as Kat says here: 1) AI uses em-dashes BECAUSE AUTHORS USE THEM & AI IS TRAINED ON OUR WRITINGS! 2) "AI checkers" are complete bunk (just another AI bullshit machine), 3) this is not a "list of three" haha

Kat Tenbarge@kattenbarge.bsky.social · 4d ago

So I woke up this morning to find out that Ozzy Osbourne’s son made a video falsely accusing me of using AI to write a Rolling Stone article about the Tate brothers.

what the hell??? youtube just removed the original rick roll youtu.be/dQw4w9WgXcQ

@chriswarcraft.bsky.social I have an absolutely fantastic Sunday planned. Small dog, good book, and a comfy couch

Let’s make history and elect @abdulelsayed.bsky.social 🙌🏽

I worry that most cynical among us, hopped up on 30 years of law and order rhetoric, will say "this is the system working: he didn't do anything wrong and now he's free." As if the terror and wide-scale publicity of an arrest and federal prosecution is not a horrible punishment in and of itself.

CNN@cnn.com · 5d ago

The Justice Department is admitting that a $14 million renovation on the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool in Washington, DC, was flawed, and is dropping the criminal case against a former Olympian that accused him of damaging the pool, according to a new court filing. https://cnn.it/3RJJnwj

I work at a public library. People who want to use AI seem to have no trouble doing so. People who don't want to use AI have a harder time. I crowdsourced and then finalized this document "How to disable or avoid intrusive AI" and then gave it a short URL: notoai.org Please pass along if it's useful

It's especially galling that Haley Stevens is portraying herself as the great protector of the Jews in her campaign against a Muslim candidate, given that in 2022 she beat a wonderful Jewish Congressman in a costly primary in part by accusing him of being insufficiently pro-Israel.

@thejrocktv.bsky.social · 6d ago

She knows she’s losing so she said let’s just go mask off.

No professional accomplishment has ever made me happier than this. theonion.com/translator-o...

Translator Of Original ‘Minions’ Epic Poem Slams ‘Sexless, Bloodless’ Film Adaptation

PHILADELPHIA—In a 4,500-word essay published in Harper’s Magazine, Emily Wilson, known for her popular translation of the Minions epic poem, blasted the latest film Thursday as a “sexless, bloodless” ...

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anyway, time to apply to InfoWars, wish me luck lmao

anybody throwing our trans sisters and brothers and siblings under the bus is doing it because they want to do it it demonstrably does not win elections if you serve Diet Fash the actual fash prefer the full-sugar Original Recipe Fash, and the people disgusted by any flavor of fash stay home

Erin Reed@erininthemorning.com · 6d ago

8. The political math of Acton's position doesn't add up. Republicans aren't going to reward her for baseline levels of transphobia—Ramaswamy will run ads against her on any number of transgender issues regardless.

do people understand what a monumentally xenophobic, protectionist shitshow this is all going to be

The US government just banned Roombas

It’s not just bots with legs.

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Is anyone more cartoonishly pathetic than the weak little babies yelling at Fauci The saddest YOU’RE NOT THE BOSS OF ME toddlers who just couldn’t fuckin pitch in like everybody else

*standing up on the plane* okay so the first thing you need to understand when attempting to draw the Summers family tree is that the issue is less the clones than the multiple time loops. While Cyclops hasn't done anything quite so gauche as becoming his own grandfather, he is responsible for th---

Tea Berry-Blue@teaberryblue.net · last wk.

*standing up on the plane* okay so what’s hilarious about the pirates in Black Sails targeting the Urca de Lima of all the ships in the Spanish fleet is that the Urca famously had ~very little gold or silver on it~ and was mainly carrying goods for trade, including a very large amount of chocola—

The skye above the port was the color of parchment, as yet unmarked by a scrybe.

Regarding their use for accessibility: where cloud-based video processing is involved, we need to be honest about how our free labour is benefiting companies to enrich the already rich. And also allowing those companies to create a surveillance state where our footage may be used to arrest people.

It’s really something how people get up in arms about accessibility and equity when the thing in question is pervert glasses or Dark Clippy. I don’t see you folks showing up when Ticketmaster says there’s no way a wheelchair user can come to concerts or that sign language is “too distracting”.

I’m old enough to remember who the “essential workers” were during peak of the pandemic. Remember? Many of those workers are being deported or can’t put food on the table right now.

To me cutting USAID is like, you put a quarter into a slot every day to keep millions of people alive. You don’t have to do it but it causes you no hardship. Then one day the job falls to people who are overtly white supremacist and they decide to stop doing it. It is most obviously murder

Aaron Huertas@aaronhuertas.bsky.social · 2w ago

Gross to see a senator skip over the part where the aid was cut off illegally and without warning. Cooking their brains on a right wing owned social media site.

the true millennial divide: are you a 'haha' or a 'lol' person (I am more of a 'haha' person though I will use 'lol' sarcastically)

Mrs. Detective Pikajew, Esq.@clapifyoulikeme.favrd.social · 2w ago

They’re doing generational hate speech on T*reads

the whole "women's sports exist to protect women from men" framing is hilarious, given that a lot of these divisions were initially formed because men were deeply embarrassed any time a woman beat them at a sport olympic shooting was mixed gender right up until a woman won the gold

But because we're still something like an open democracy, we have a moment to act that no other country in this situation has ever had, as far as I know. And the method of potentially stopping this is what we're best at. WE NEED TO CALL OUR MEMBERS OF CONGRESS. www.patreon.com/LOLGOPStudio...

While imperfect and unevenly enforced, the Americans with Disabilities Act was a genuine civil rights milestone that has literally reshaped our society for the better. We should celebrate it loudly.

Eric Michael Garcia@ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 2w ago

This month is the 36th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act and it reminds me that the ADA could not be passed today. It probably couldn’t get a vote in committee today.

I will not negotiate away anybody’s human rights and I will oppose any politician who thinks that is an ok stance. I don’t care what party. If you’re going to support democrats who oppose transgender humanity the entire thing isn’t worth fighting for. The line must be drawn.

Star Trek Next Generation

ALT: Star Trek Next Generation

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