So, apart from him being a liar and out of touch, him and everyone around him are raking it in hand over fist. The economy only ever benefits to top, especially these days, so of course he thinks everything is great.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 3h ago

Trump: "I saw a poll today on television that says, 'Donald Strump's polls on the economy aren't good.' The economy is the greatest economy we've ever had by far! They are fake polls."

Daaaamn. “AI is the asbestos we're shovelling into the walls of our technological society. Our descendants will spend generations digging it out again, and the longer the bubble goes on without popping, the longer it will take to repair the damage." www.thenerve.news/p/cory-docto...

Cory Doctorow: The people who tell you ‘AI is changing everything’ are lying

It has become impossible to tell managers mesmerised by artificial intelligence that the tools are not, in fact, helpful. So employees just play along with the fiction to keep their jobs, writes our t...

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They think we're lying about not using it and just too "ashamed" to admit it. The idea that no, I do not in fact use AI for any of the things I do baffles them. If AI disappeared tomorrow, my life would get easier because I wouldn't have to constantly be watching for it's sneaky inclusion.

Ayo@darrylayo.bsky.social · yesterday

Guys like this don’t realize that they are the freak

Finally, there's an *economic* coin-trick: "AI will destroy jobs." Sure, yes, AI is destroying jobs. But there's a vast difference between "You got fired because an AI can do your job" and "You got fired because your boss was convinced that the AI can do your job, even though it *cannot*." 45/

Me in a single image:

Counterpoint: We live in a society.

USA TODAY Opinion@usatodayopinion.usatoday.com · 3d ago

Opinion: Mamdani's idea may sound appealing, but it's NYC taxpayers who will take the hit, subsidizing discounts they may never even use.

Not incidentally, sex ed and social media, two of the big things the Think of the Children crowd want to restrict children's access to, are the first place a lot of kids encounter the concept that a person with nominal authority over you doesn't get to touch you without permission

Ben Collins@bencollins.bsky.social · 2d ago

Can't think of a thing that will radicalize a generation faster than "you've gotta let that old man in the corner over there see what's inside those pants before you play Kindergarten volleyball."

My spouse and I are both disabled, queer, and native. The world continues kicking us, and Shay was laid off. We are unable to pay July rent without also having Aug rent at the same time, so we are needing to pull another $1700 together immediately. www.paypal.me/jnwampler V: KajiW C: $kajiw

Oh hey, this is finally out! I did a brief Starfinder jaunt for this book, writing the Nuar ancestry. If I had a nickel for every time Paizo had me write a bovine ancestry I'd have two nickels. Which isn't a lot, but it's weird it's happened twice.

Paizo@paizo.com · 4d ago

Absalom Station is a melting pot for cultures, and conflict alike! Flesh out your adventures with GM tools, lore, two new playable species, and more with the new Starfinder Absalom Station: Center of the Galaxy! Get the book online AND at Gen Con booth #203! Get the book: https://bit.ly/4w7w4F8

This is deadass every republican campaign ad here in the south. I'm not even REMOTELY JOKING.

I don't know how to explain to the people who pop up when creatives complain about "AI" to say there are legit uses for it just how much they sound like someone saying "Well actually fire is used to make bread" when people are talking about an organized arson ring burning down their fucking houses

I am loving the 1940s noir aesthtic and grounded character takes of Batman: Caped Crusader, especially mixed with the unapologetic willingness to gender and/or race swap characters. I have one or two nitpicks, but this may be the best animated series for the IP since the epitome that was the 90s AS.

Everyone who promoted that lie should be thrown out of DC, including Trump. Everyone who went on the air defending it should publicly apologize. But we’ll just move on to the next way Trump targets innocent people to avoid saying he fucked up.

Ryan J. Reilly “paints a vivid and urgent portrait of… disarray”@ryanjreilly.com · 5d ago

BREAKING: The Trump administration has moved to drop its felony Reflecting Pool case against a former Olympic canoeist, admitting their allegations against David "Davey" Hearn don't hold water.

Can't wait to tell you what the OTHER ancestries in Tome of Dungeons are going to be...

Mollie Russell@spookysyntax.bsky.social · 5d ago

I also caught the Paizo 2027 keynote. There's so much exciting stuff coming for Pathfinder and Starfinder that I'm looking forward to. I have lots of articles I could write about it, but for now, here's just one: www.wargamer.com/pathfinder/2...

We've gotta make the Monorail Simpsons episode required viewing for every city councilor in the country. Every single thing he says here is a lie. A Potemkin Village Imaginarium.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 5d ago

Hassett: "Data centers are very good for towns bc they create so many jobs & bring people in with high incomes that can buy houses & stuff like that. So if you take a sleepy town that hasn't seen much in the last 30 years & put a data center there, there are gonna be a bunch of happy residents."

Hey, Khangi and I are trying to pay rent. It’s pretty hard to find a new place to live if we’re unhoused. We need another $200 to finish July’s rent.

Shay ❄️@spellsinsugar.bsky.social · 3w ago

Okay, so I’m launching this with the hopes that in a week or so I can go “GOOD NEWS WE’RE GOLDEN” but after a long talk with Khangi, we came to this decision. We need the help. We need to accept the possibility that this may not be as fast as I want it to be. gofund.me/92295a4c1

In light of the preemptive announcement of Rand Paul and other Republicans that their whole intention in calling Dr Fauci for a hearing is to entrap him into false statements so he can be prosecuted, Fauci is handling this just right. bsky.app/profile/atru...

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · last wk.

Fauci accuses Rand Paul of having an "unhinged obsession with calling for my prosecution" and of making "repeated slanderous comments," then says "although it pains me to do so... under advice of my attorneys, I will invoke my right under the 5th Amendment to refrain from answering your questions."

liger zero

When blaming Biden has stopped working...

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · last wk.

NEWSMAX: Where do you think things stand in terms of the war with Iran? REP. JACK BERGMAN: Boy, that's a multi-thousand year old question. I'm not going to blame Jimmy Carter, but ...

This is what they admitted to to avoid discovery, BTW. So I’m going to want any Dem running to promise to release and declassify EVERYTHING.

tony romm@tonyromm.bsky.social · 2w ago

NEW: In a stunning admission, the Trump administration admitted in court documents that it canceled billions in energy grants to states "based solely" on politics -- and whether that state was represented by Democrats and backed Harris in 2024. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/24/b...

I didn’t really have any interest in seeing The Odyssey until I read this. open.substack.com/pub/flintdel...

Actually, Nolan IS kind of making a point about trans people

And I have the (ancient) receipts

open.substack.com

First off, Ivis, a fantastic human who lost her job at Paizo, and has since gone through a chain of calamities for which "A Series Of Unfortunate Events" is an understatement. #MutualAid bsky.app/profile/nort...

Ivis K. Flanagan 🔜 GenCon@northerndreamer.bsky.social · 3w ago

Things aren't good y'all - early this week my infected hand started going south. Today I saw my doctor and he said its septic. Now I'm in the hospital for round 2 of IV antibiotics, testing, and surgery. So, if you can help keep the beacons lit, I'd appreciate it. www.gofundme.com/f/help-ivis-...

Next is Shay, another former Paizo staffer in dire straits through no fault of their own. Their spouse and they could really use whatever help you can spare! #MutualAid bsky.app/profile/spel...

Shay ❄️@spellsinsugar.bsky.social · 3w ago

Okay, so I’m launching this with the hopes that in a week or so I can go “GOOD NEWS WE’RE GOLDEN” but after a long talk with Khangi, we came to this decision. We need the help. We need to accept the possibility that this may not be as fast as I want it to be. gofund.me/92295a4c1

once again I am asking for a democratic party that actually does what republicans claim they will do

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2w ago

Trump: "The Democrats are gonna terminate the filibuster as soon as they have a chance and then they're gonna approve DC and Puerto Rico as states. They get 4 more senators, 12 more congressmen, like 40 electoral votes ... you don't want to see me cry."

Larry the cat, chief mouser of Downing St, longest resident of No 10 in a very long time, 19 years old and proving to the press that at least someone has longevity and results in their job.

Richard M. Nixon@dicknixon.bsky.social · 2w ago

Larry laid his mouse in front of the press to be photographed. Lest you ask, this is a real photograph via the Press Association.

“Look what you made me do.” It’s abuser culture all the way up and down.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2w ago

Homan on people getting killed by ICE: "It comes down to one simple fact -- these people failed to comply with law enforcement ... all they had to do is comply. If they did, they'd be alive today."

The trades get the hate. A recent billboard outside my hometown for an HVAC business read something akin to , "ChatGPT can't crawl into your ducts to fix your AC when it breaks down."

Metin Seven (Moon Child's dad 🌝)@seven.eurosky.social · 3w ago