I would rather have pronghorn antelope and bighorn sheep and elk and purple sage and four wing saltbrush than data centers and so far no one in tech has presented a compelling vision for how to have all of those things, they just seize more resources for the plagiarism engine.

"Pronouns used to be a funny joke, Hank. Until the government tried to tell me I couldn't use them anymore. So now I'm adamant about making sure trans people are gendered right. Not for their sake. But because I'll be damned if the US government is going to tell me what words I can and can't use."

sorry folks but one of the many awful, terrible things about politics is that you do sometimes have to reward politicians, even those you don’t like much, with high-value liver treats for actually doing what you want them to do

I greatly dislike Chuck Schumer but I will give him a Milkbone for rallying behind El-Sayed, for example

Just discovered that I made but did not drink my coffee three hours ago and honestly that explains a lot

“This will determine if the socialist (derogatory) arm of the Democratic Party has any real power” (Three days later) oh well that’s meaningless, obviously they don’t

Have we tried turning the AZ Dem party off and then back on again?

🗽LOLGOP🗽@thefarce.org · 16h ago

Um

The birds are out and the Babycat is chirping back at them because she never learned how to ekekekekekek

California will vote for Dems by Assad margins and the ballot initiatives hunting the unhoused for sport pass by similar margins.

Correct, the point isn’t to make them feel shame. The point is to reinforce the group norms.

Betsy Humphrey@betsyvt.bsky.social · 2d ago

They may be shameless, but shunning, booing and not accepting them into public spaces is the correct response.

The “best” thing about genAI (the quotes are doing heavy work here) is that it’s really lowered the bar on getting into hand-made art. Literally anything you make is better than ai. There’s never been a better time to throw away your fear and start learning that craft you’ve always wanted to learn.

This year’s privacy refresher included “don’t put patient info into AI” and “no your pervert glasses are not the perfect way to take wound care photos”

Hope Madame boxwine is packing up her office

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2d ago

Trump says Jeanine Pirro "choked" and then snaps at a reporter who asks if her job is safe: "Don't ever talk again"

Maaaa, gramps is perseverating about the Mall again!

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2d ago

Trump's new daily talking point is "grass is like humans -- it has a life"

You know it is one thing for the idiot system to insist that the operative report where the whole narrative is “dot phrase” has an operative report and I should drop that account to billing but it is fucking wild for it to insist the same on the account with no operative report whatsoever

Love getting to start my Monday by calling the hospital billing department to find out why they’re billing me the entire cost of my diagnostic mammo and ultrasound because I’m “uninsured” right above the note about my insurance OOP maximum

the fact that this all started because she came in tied for 5th place once is all blown out of the water by the fact that her coach was immeasurably abusive---and she stood up for him against her own teammates.

Jane@jane.meangirls.online · 3d ago

remember how Riley Gaines’ swimming coach raped a bunch of her teammates? then when her career path became TV Nazi she defended him and he claimed he was being targeted for standing up against trans women in sports? anyway she cares deeply about women and girls being safe.

my general issue with Piker is he has about a 4/10 understanding of most subjects and pontificates like he's an 11, but when it comes to aggravating this walking cadaver he's a solid 10/10 and that is an important contribution to society at large for which we owe him thanks

Justin Baragona@justinbaragona.bsky.social · 3d ago

81-year-old demands political party accomodate him and him alone. www.mediaite.com/media/news/j...

We made our own entertainment in the old days

Wasn’t this firm founded in NYC? Haven’t they been exposed to how Trump does shit for literally as long as he’s been doing shit? Sounds like they’re not very good at connecting cause and effect if they assumed he would be different with them.

Bill Grueskin@bgrueskin.bsky.social · 4d ago

This is one deeply reported, beautifully written (or edited) story, and you should find time this Sunday morning to read every word of it. 1/2 Gift link www.nytimes.com/2026/08/02/u...

you should be in jail, but instead you are describing an incredibly common abuse dynamic where the victim tries to keep the abuser happy to avoid another explosion this guy makes me sick

The Bulwark@thebulwark.com · 4d ago

Rep. Max Miller: "These are incredibly serious criminal accusations. If these accusations were true, I would be in jail — I would be. My former wife would not have been offering to cook me dinner and inviting me to playgrounds. Think about that."

I would like to kiss whoever decided that BayFC would play the ER theme music while the player availability list is on the jumbotron

He ain’t wrong

Hanging with the lesbians

At this point, I have to assume that Bernie Moreno doesn't care about Max Miller beating, burning and throwing boiling water on his daughter because he also abused his daughter. Give me another reasonable explanation why he wouldn't care. 

Bill Grueskin@bgrueskin.bsky.social · 4d ago

Should the congressman who is credibly accused of beating and throwing scalding water at your own daughter run for re-election? “I don’t know,” says GOP Senator Bernie Moreno www.notus.org/ohio/bernie-...

Using lists of three is not an "AI tell." It's a common trait in human writing because our brains biologically want to make sure there's always one thing to marry, one thing to fuck, and one thing to murder.

Anyway back to my ongoing theory that women use AI to get more done and men use AI to get out of doing more.