This is VERY bad. Congressional investigation immediately. They’re trying to use Palantir to figure out who you voted for. 0% chance this ends well. Stop it ASAP.

Exclusive: FBI gets voter's IP address in new fraud probe tactic

The move offers a glimpse into how authorities are now digging into voter rolls and registration practices.

axios.com

Why wasn’t Odysseus accurately covered in feathers

metaphor literacy is low even among committed readers but it’s starting to become more of a concern for me as people are flagging “incomprehensible metaphors” as tells for AI. the problem being that in many of those cases the metaphors aren’t incomprehensible at all!

The claim that unicorns don’t exist is not an evidence-based statement because studies have not ruled out the possibility that unicorns exist.

The Volatile Mermaid@ohnoshetwitnt.bsky.social · 2w ago

I’m sorry what

Total joke of a response from the Cubs. They both sides-ed someone getting assaulted. www.nbcchicago.com/mlb/chicago-...

Nathan@ngtcollectibles.bsky.social · 2w ago

Absolute garbage response from Cubs' team officials. Even if the abused fan in question "made peace" with the other fan, there's no excuse for this. By letting this go, you've given the green light for others to do the same @cubsbot.bsky.social. Shameful! www.nbcchicago.com/mlb/chicago-...

A couple of weeks ago they said breadsticks were getting married, are you going to do anything about that

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 3w ago

White House spokesperson Abigail Jackson: "I saw a tweet yesterday from Olive Garden that in order to take advantage of their never-ending pasta pass, you have to show photo ID. I thought, that's weird, Olive Garden takes pasta pass security more seriously than Democrats take election security."

the explosive diarrhea parasite has the chance to do the funniest thing

Graham Platner embodies a concept that in 2016 we didn’t have words for so “Bernie Bro” made the most sense. It had nothing to do with Bernie but was an attempt to describe a man who outwardly espouses progressive values but hates women more than he cares about anything else.

I miss my old job but I cannot tell you how freeing it is right now not having to monetize takes on Taylor Swift’s wedding.

ICE is handcuffing nuns walking into mass, you fucking human hemorrhoid

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · last mo.

JD Vance says he hopes the Pope has “learned” from what he and Trump have said about immigration

If it happens on July 4 I will stand outside blasting Lee Greenwood over my head like Lloyd Dobbler.

In 2022, my friend quit her job to work for a a web3 crypto PR firm at 250k. She was laid off 3 months later.

Jessica Ellis@baddestmamajama.bsky.social · last mo.

I read an article yesterday saying that Anthropic and OpenAI’s salaries are so high, it’s starting to push “regular”tech workers only making $185k out of San Francisco, which, boohoo, but also seems incredibly unsustainable.

Donald Trump is a killer.

The Associated Press@apnews.com · last mo.

BREAKING: More than 100 Venezuelans who were deported from the U.S. hours before the earthquakes are missing after their hotel collapsed.

The greatest trick the Piven ever pulled was convincing the world this hairline never happened.

Obsession's success is great, but it's rare. And making indie movies in this business has become harder than ever. I'm old enough to remember when there were literal arms of major studios dedicated to independent productions. Sadly those days are long behind us. www.vulture.com/article/indi...

The Unglamorous Financial Realities of 5 Indie Filmmakers

“You’re not going to make money. And if you do, you’re one in a million.”

vulture.com

“Like” is the sound of my brain’s processors lagging, let a bitch live.

The Guardian@theguardian.com · 2mo ago

The hill I will die on: I really don’t like ‘like’ – or other imprecise and redundant speech | Louis de Bernières

Every text I send my friends includes a brief bio of myself in case they forgot

Is the plan to fully dilute and destroy mainstream media so Fox News becomes the biggest outlet? Could we instead simply immolate ourselves?

Saeed Jones@theferocity.bsky.social · 2mo ago

COOKED.

The most unlikable people on the planet think it must be a conspiracy that no one likes them.

Isn’t it wild she’s actually gotten worse since this? Anyway happy pride month.

We all have the ability to make the world a better place, each in our own way. I think it's fair to say that Anthony Head knew this, recognised it, and did far more than most to live up to the opportunities his fame afforded him in order to put good into this world whenever and wherever he could.

Fuck.

Vulture@vulture.com · 2mo ago

The incomparable character actor and singer Anthony Head died peacefully from complications of pneumonia, according to his daughters.

I’d be such a good detective. ACAB includes me.

Imran Khan@imrankhan.bsky.social · last yr.

What job are you extremely unlikely to ever get that you think you would kick ass at? I think I could book compelling wrestling storylines.

Peter Thiel fleeing to Argentina is actually pretty reassuring, timeline-wise.

CBS made it official today and fired Sharyn Alfonsi. This is after Alfonsi revealed that the network and Bari Weiss hadn't responded to her for months as her contract expired. It's also after Alfonsi was cheered at last night's Emmys, while Bari was called out by a kid for destroying the network.

If you're a Democrat and you confirm someone who refuses to unequivocally say "Joe Biden won the 2020 election," you should lose your job.

patrick mcneil (he/him)@patrickryne.bsky.social · 3mo ago

BREAKING: The Senate confirmed Sheria Clarke to the District of South Carolina after she refused to say Biden won in 2020 and dodged questions about January 6. Durbin, Fetterman, Gallego, Hassan, Heinrich, Reed, Shaheen & Whitehouse voted to confirm her. nominationnotes.substack.com/p/eight-demo...

Mamdani: I cannot help but think of the words of our 40th president, Ronald Reagan. He famously said, “The nine most terrifying words in the English language are 'I'm from the govt & I'm here to help'" I think nine more terrifying words are actually, "I worked all day and can't feed my family"

The damage done when most "nerdy news" sites either went under or switched to AI is a lot more profound than most people realize. You know what websites stuck it out? All the right wing grifter ones. They realized how important it is to control the pop culture narrative. And now they do. It's bad!

Kat Tenbarge@kattenbarge.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Some of the worst political influencers and people who get paid to shill pseudo journalistic political content online got their start smearing women like Amber Heard and Blake Lively and were largely ignored by mainstream media as they built massive audiences off misogyny. Pop culture matters!

What comes after end-stage capitalism? Is it necrotic capitalism? That’s where it feels like we’re at now.