I never thought I’d see testimonies like this before the U.S. Congress. These are grown men who should know fact from fiction, yet they stand there shamelessly gaslighting the American people & performing for an audience of one. It’s both astonishing & deeply sad to see how far the U.S. has fallen.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 11h ago

holy shit -- Schiff ties Trump's judicial nominees in knots by asking them who won the 2016 before *before* asking them who won in 2020, which results in them sounding like election deniers about Trump's victories!

This is my standard response when someone replies to a message with "Ok":

wait what

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 9h ago

RFK Jr: "I'm announcing that HHS has begun the decertification of Network for Hope, the organ procurement organization."

BEAST OF REINCARNATION might be a banger? Having a blast with it so far.

My two cents on the Hank Green thing: I am as anti-AI as the next reasonably thoughtful person, but in this case the internet purity police have massively overdone it. This is why, among many other reasons, we can no longer have nice things.

AI bros tend to get very snowflakey and blocky when you ask them normal questions.

omg Friendster is back

Gary Whitta on Friendster

Writer.

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Epstein files aren't worth seeing or discussing, but Fauci's personal diary...? THERE's our new distraction. I'd listen to this remarkable woman.

What’s something that you still beat yourself up over years later?

How Many Dudes just blew the 2026 Game of the Year race wide open

Brilliant. That kills it instantly.

Fifa World Cup: Uefa to boycott tournament if Gianni Infantino's investment plans go through

Uefa's 55 member associations vote to boycott the World Cup if Fifa proceeds with its plan to sell stakes in its competitions.

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Well played JCO. Writers should not shit on other writers. I don’t care who you are, stuff like “I would be ashamed to have written any part of this script” is tacky af

Joyce Carol Oates Defends ‘Odyssey’ Against Translator’s Viral Slam: “Crude Language of MAGA Folks”

The celebrated author weighs in on Christopher Nolan's film: “No reason why Nolan, or anyone else, should not re-imagine/re-envision a classical hero.”

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Joyce Carol Oats off the top rope!

Name a video game in which the protagonist is married.

The most amazing thing about Mamdani is that he actually does stuff. What a concept.

walking the walk

Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani@mayor.nyc.gov · last wk.

At our municipal grocery stores, New Yorkers will get a 30% discount on eggs, milk, chicken, produce and other everyday essentials. In the wealthiest city in the richest country in the world, no one should have to wonder how they’ll afford the food they need to feed themselves or their families.

Emily Wilson shitting on the Odyssey movie seems graceless to me. As a Homerian scholar maybe she should just be grateful for what the movie is doing to introduce her favorite subject to people on a massive scale? I’m sure much of her criticism is valid but she comes off as a bore in that article.

Ukraine posted an 8-hour ASMR video of burning Russian warehouses

ГОРИТЬ WILDBERRIES 8 ГОДИН 4К: заспокійлива музика, релакс, медитація, зцілення та відновлення

YouTube video by Армія – Медіа Сил оборони України

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the self-owns never end

Ben Collins@bencollins.bsky.social · last wk.

I admire our government's new commitment to honesty.

That is really all there is to it.

Greg van Eekhout@gregvaneekhout.bsky.social · 2w ago

My main takeaway from Comic-Con is write what you want to write. There’s no point writing anything else.

Obviously the next PlayStation won’t have a disc drive but it will presumably also be backwards-compatible with PS5/4 so do you think Sony will at least release some kind of add-on drive so people can play their old physical games on it?

“Your experience is irrelevant” - an idiot.

Haters back off, the Steam Machine is the best tech purchase I’ve made in ages. I’ve been trying to make a living room PC work for years; this is the first time that a PC has felt like another console under the TV. And the performance is more than good enough for everyone except the spec fanatics.

What would you order?

Fancy dinner tonight! A friend gave me a $400 gift certificate that he can’t use so let’s go nuts.

That’s an oldie but a goodie. Nine years ago this week. @montanaskeptic.bsky.social

Okay allow me to be among the first to say FUCK THIS MOVIE JUST NO ABSOLUTELY NOT

Other Mommy | Official Trailer

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I’m not an expert here but can’t Magneto just fuck Doctor Doom up with all that metal shit on his face?

I really did Marathon’s vibe itnthe PvP was way too sweaty for me so this new PvE mode is interesting, will definitely be giving it a try.

Vault Breaker Overview | Marathon

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