NEWS: My new investigation uncovers the horrific ChatGPT history of the Tumbler Ridge school shooter. OpenAI’s chatbot fueled the shooter's violent fantasies and plans up to the day of the massacre. Chats about guns, timing of attacks, becoming infamous, and more. www.motherjones.com/media/2026/0...

ChatGPT helped the Tumbler Ridge school shooter focus on guns, tactics, and terror, our investigation reveals

OpenAI’s chatbot fed the shooter’s violent fantasies and planning up to the massacre.

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This is either spectacularly naive or collaborationist thinking. This is, "Be nice to your abuser and maybe he'll stop hitting you" advice. This is a total sell-out of the Constitution. We're all alone and no one is coming to save us.

Meredith Shiner@meredithshiner.com · 2d ago

I had not seen this clip where Tammy Duckworth advises Democrats to "not impeach anybody," "get back to work" and "allow" Donald Trump to "save face" and I would just like to remind the senator from IL that the federal government took 4,000 Chicagoans and murdered a 38-year-old father last fall.

I know we're all* numb to this by now, but it really needs to be said that any one of the batshit insane tyrant tweets from our special little boy would've led to swift efforts to remove any other previous president.

MAinNC@martyd409.bsky.social · 2d ago

The GOP needs to get serious. His family needs to get serious. This is not something that a stable mind puts out.

Smoot-Hawley Diesel Act.

Carl Quintanilla@carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 2d ago

(Politico ) - The Trump administration is preparing a plan to ban exports of diesel for 90 days, despite splits inside the administration and with the oil industry, in a bid to bring down energy prices .. @politico.com #ExportBan ⛽️ www.politico.com/news/2026/09...

I was deputy M.E. at the WSJ when Murdoch took over, with a similar “editorial independence board.” Within 4 months, our top editor was gone, replaced by a loyal Murdoch deputy. That board raised a quivering objection, but the deed was done. If the Ellisons own CNN, they’ll do whatever they want.

If I could wave a wand over sports fans and change one thing about their day to day habits… well this might not be it. But I still want to do it: Everyone, everyone, EVERYONE, stop calling ballparks and stadia by corporate names! Form consensuses around names that make you proud of the place!

Superman's true arch-enemy reveals himself. It was never Lex Luthor, it was the Newsom-Ellison axis. At my age I should know better than to care about someone else's IP like this, but I do.

Karl Bode@karlbode.com · 4d ago

for your future voting knowledge, Gavin Newsom was central in pressuring the AGs to settle their antitrust lawsuit against Paramount:

You mean like how Roy Lichtenstein is art, but Jack Kirby is illustration, even though by any measure Jack Kirby is a far greater artist than Roy Lichtenstein?

Trash Mob Minis@trashmobminis.bsky.social · 6d ago

What the actual hell are you talking about?!

"DC is the only one... that does not have a triumphal arch," but Nazi Germany had eight flak towers that were (are; they've been difficult to renove) more along the lines of what Cheetos Mussolini here is describing. His, however, will not be aiming up, at foreign attackers, but down, at us.

Nick Kodama@nickkodama.bsky.social · 5d ago

lol what

Isn’t it part of US military doctrine to place critical military installations in traffic circles?

And those snipers are intended for use against...?

The Washington Post@washingtonpost.com · 5d ago

President Trump said his proposed 250-foot triumphal arch will now be a “top grade” military complex that will house drones, snipers and ammunition “for National Security purposes.” https://wapo.st/4deuPN5

Even if you think you know the whole Kennedy Center story, this is enlightening and enraging. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/20/u...

How President Trump Broke the Kennedy Center (Gift Article)

Internal emails and documents demonstrate the political capture of the institution, including how officials once pursued a plan to unload much of the art collection.

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There’s no way the Converse ad is as bad as everyone is making it out to be, let me just take a quick look and OH MY GOD THAT IS BEYOND TERRIBLE

This is a no-brainer. Call it Trump Intelligence. A.k.a. Zero Intelligence, ZI

The benefit of free agency to players has obvs been enormous, but if fans are going to do more than "root for laundry" then the emotional bonds between players and fans must transcend team affiliation. Lindor ought to know that!

Baseball Prospectus@baseballprospectus.com · last wk.

YCLIU: Roll Over, Alonso, Tell Lindor the News by Steven Goldman (@stevengoldman.bsky.social) www.baseballprospectus.com/news/article...

The Muppets have to put on a show to save the Kennedy Center. There you go, Disney, that's your premise.

Charles Louis Richter@richterscale.bsky.social · 6d ago

the president has finally revealed his true form: a 1980s preppie villain determined to tear down the rec center

Of all his fantasies and departures from reality, the phrase "Democrats will immediately" flies the furthest from lived experience. The last time Democrats "immediately" did anything was before most of us were born.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 7d ago

Trump's brain is randomly firing from topic to topic as he rants and raves. He's totally incoherent.

Trans Teen Hatches Nefarious Plot To Undergo Years Of Medical Treatments And Counseling To Win At Swimming https://theonion.com/trans-teen-hatches-nefarious-plot-to-undergo-years-of-m-1850433563/

as someone pointed out to me, it looks like the placard could read "Kennedy Center DEMOLITION"

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · last wk.

lol -- Trump was looking at a large Kennedy Center printout when Bribe Force One landed tonight in Maryland (Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty)

It's been a little over six months since the Iran War started. Think about all the times you've needed money for something. Rent, medicine, food, things for the kids, etc. What could you have done with $1,760 in the past six months? www.cnbc.com/2026/09/16/o...

Consumers hit by one-two punch of oil and rates from Iran war. The estimated bill is $1,700 per household

Rising oil prices and Treasury yields are lifting energy and borrowing costs for U.S. households, pushing consumers to draw more heavily on savings.

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They (by which I mean the little voices in my head) tell me I should more consistently promote my show here. That's probably the most benign thing those voices say, so... www.baseballprospectus.com/podcasts/inf...

He really is a spoiled child. If you don’t put my name on it you can’t have it.

In which a team that fell just short is exhumed... and turns out to have struck out four batters per nine. Times, as they say, have changed.

Baseball Prospectus@baseballprospectus.com · 2w ago

Brewers vs. Brewers: A Premature Comparison by Steven Goldman (@stevengoldman.bsky.social) www.baseballprospectus.com/news/article...

Since becoming president again, Trump has promised: -$5000 stimulus checks via "DOGE dividend" -$2000 stimulus checks via "tariff dividend" -$1000+ checks via "savings" from expiring ACA subsidies -$5000 "dividend" if Rs win midterms No checks have been issued www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-magi...

The Bulwark@thebulwark.com · 2w ago

Trump: "If the Republicans win the House of Representatives and the United States Senate...I will issue a dividend to every adult citizen in the United States of America for $5,000."

"Has all else failed? Then try bribery. It's not my money anyway."

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2w ago

Trump: "We're making a fortune. So if the Republicans win, you win with us and you get $5,000. It will be called the Trump Dividend. Congratulations."

Many years ago, a friend working as a nanny for a young single woman came across a check written to her boss by a male acquaintance. On the memo line he had written "for sexual favors." She figured it was a joke, but also thought maybe it wasn't. So from then on she had unanswered questions.

Allison Gill@muellershewrote.com · 2w ago

BREAKING: Trump gave $45,000 in in cash to Natalie Harp www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

It's crazy to me that this is not leading the New York Times, NBC News, CNN, etc. If you're that numb, maybe think about a field other than journalism.

Kevin M. Kruse@kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 2w ago

Is it a big deal that the U.S. president is telling insane lies that he personally rushed to the site of 9/11 and heroically acted like a first responder himself? Sorta seems like it should be! Maybe?

The only AI I need in my life.

Look this isn’t my lane, but color me completely unsurprised that people who say “oh I’m just against trans people in sports” are usually not just against trans people in sports.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 3w ago

Riley Gaines: "I went to the WNBA game in Minneapolis. It was a bunch of, like, disgruntled lesbians."

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