The taboo against naming Trump's dementia is fading. A THREAD.

The Editorial Board@editorialboard.bsky.social · 2d ago

1. I think the president of the United States really believes "there's never been anybody" who deserves the Nobel Peace Prize more than he does. He really believes he "settled eight wars." He really believes he stopped "the total obliteration of the world" by going to war with Iran.

Age yourself with your childhood crush

Tom Hearden@followtheh.bsky.social · 3d ago

Age yourself wth your childhood crush

In 2006, Karl Rove genuinely believed Saddam Hussein’s death sentence would be the November Surprise that swung the midterms to the Republicans. Just give me one second to google how that worked out… www.axios.com/2026/10/08/h...

Pete Hegseth says public can watch Fort Hood shooter's execution

Hegseth said Nidal Hasan is "gonna get a firing squad of soldiers. As it should be."

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"A parent with one child has more in common with a childless person than they have with a parent of two." Brother (and sister), let me tell you how much I understand this now. www.gq.com/story/second...

My Second Child Is Perfect. He Ruined My Life

In 2024, Zach Baron documented his long journey to fatherhood via IVF in GQ. Now, he reports on the mind-altering chaos (and occasional brilliance) of life with two walking, talking young boys.

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I’m a huge fan of @eringloriaryan.bsky.social and articles that give Gretchen Carlson props for blowing the whistle on Ailes and so this article was fully my jam. www.ms.now/opinion/megy...

Opinion | Megyn Kelly’s misogynistic and hypocritical attack on Cornell's 'Jane Doe'

Erin Gloria Ryan: The ex-Fox News host’s rant was women-hating, plain and simple, from a woman who has leaned on her femininity when it suits her.

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Two years. I miss you, little brother.

Daniel Roberts@drobertsimg.bsky.social · last yr.

One year ago, my little brother died. The cause of death was cancer, but the real cause of death were the toxic burn pits he served by in Iraq and Afghanistan. The US government was very good to us. But all that has changed. Today, the government isn’t helping sick troops, it’s killing them. 1/x

Whenever I see a current or former university president in the news for sexual misconduct, I think of this chart from 2015. (ABC seems to have pulled down the original Five Thirty Eight article, but here’s a Feministing blog about it.)

Chart of the Day: College presidents think rape is only a problem at other schools

According to Inside Higher Ed’s annual survey, US college and university presidents demonstrate some very wishful thinking when it comes to sexual assault. While about a third believe that it is preva...

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David Lebo@leboism.bsky.social · last wk.

For those not following NJ politics, please know that the Lt Gov resigned a few days ago because a report came out saying he did serial harassment, and yesterday he went on TV to say "i put that report through multiple AIs and they told me it wasn't sexual harassment." Former university president

Feel like this is broadly correct. AI is hideously immoral and should be illegal. The Third Circuit’s recent decision could well put the big firms out of business, which would be a huge win for humanity. BUT those of you who have convinced yourselves that it’s useless are deluding yourselves.

Will Oremus@willoremus.com · last wk.

feels like there is a group of smart and well-intentioned people who long ago made up their minds that AI Is Bad, swore off using it, and now get all their info about AI from each other. not saying they're wrong that ai is bad! but i think they're gradually losing touch with what it is and does

From J6 insurrection to Schmitt's humiliation, there is a straight line. The latter covered up the former to confuse understanding of Trump's treason. A THREAD.

The Editorial Board@editorialboard.bsky.social · last wk.

1. Let's not say goodbye to Eric Schmitt just yet. His story is about more than a power-mad senator falling on his face. It's part of a larger story about the Republicans defending the leader of an insurrection against the United States.

@jessefarrar.com can’t believe someone featured on CNN once took a dump in my house!

For an inside look into the mind of the Trump Administration: 1. Go to america.gov 2. type “hello” 3. type “play Minecraft” 4. watch the agent’s reality implode 5. ??? 6. PROFIT!

This is lethal. Mark Maxwell is the political editor for KSDK in St. Louis. He found the video showing Smith in Maryland. .

No one ever went broke underestimating the laziness of humanity. If AI kills us, it’s going to be like the dinosaur episode of Rick and Morty. It’s going to be because we were too lazy to stop it until it was too late.

Jazz.@jl3001.blacksky.app · 2w ago

Bewildering how much AI-generated content is creeping into everything online

Forgive me for not feeling reassured when Al Gore says “we’re going to win this.”

Mother Jones@motherjones.com · 2w ago

Twenty years after “An Inconvenient Truth,” the man still has faith.

The wheels are coming off yet Senate GOP can't quit Trump. A week of panic as well as paralysis. A THREAD.

The Editorial Board@editorialboard.bsky.social · 2w ago

1. The Washington Sun called it "panic week." Republicans seemed to wake up to the fact that things are not going to get better. This was the week in which they realized, all at once, that the light at the end of the tunnel may be from an oncoming train. mailchi.mp/washingtonsu...

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Dog Can’t Believe Guy She Hooked Up With 10 Years Ago Now Head Of FBI

WASHINGTON—Reflecting on the past fling and remarking how time had flown by, local golden retriever Daisy told reporters Thursday that she could not believe the guy she hooked up with 10 years ago was...

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As a Gold Star Family member, this is infuriating.

The Washington Post@washingtonpost.com · 3w ago

Exclusive: More American service members have died in the Middle East during the ongoing Iran war than the Pentagon has disclosed publicly, according to six U.S. officials familiar with the data.

AI isn’t Skynet - it can’t even identify Beastie Boys lyrics - but that doesn’t mean it won’t get us all killed. www.cnn.com/2026/09/18/p...

Exclusive: US military had close call after using AI for false intelligence report, sources say | CNN Politics

The episode shows the risks of using this new, relatively poorly understood technology in the middle of the Iran war

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Documents obtained by @lesleyryder.bsky.social and myself show the NWSL has received eight complaints of sexual misconduct, sexual harassment, or retaliation this year. You can read more + see our source docs over at @defector.com The article free because it's based on public records:

Docs: NWSL Received Eight Sexual Misconduct, Sexual Harassment, Or Retaliation Complaints This Year | Defector

The NWSL received eight complaints about either sexual misconduct, sexual harassment, or retaliation during the first half of this year, according to documents obtained by Defector Media. The reports ...

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not that i'm objecting but i do have to recognize that if there's anything the legal profession does well, it's regulate to protect the need for trained lawyers

Daniel Roberts@drobertsimg.bsky.social · 4w ago

California just passed a law forbidding lawyers from delegating to AI and requiring them to disclose any use of AI in their briefs. NY has a bill to prohibit AI from dispensing any sort of legal advice. A number of federal judges outright ban it on briefs in their courts. You will see more of this.

California just passed a law forbidding lawyers from delegating to AI and requiring them to disclose any use of AI in their briefs. NY has a bill to prohibit AI from dispensing any sort of legal advice. A number of federal judges outright ban it on briefs in their courts. You will see more of this.

Elizabeth Warren@elizabeth-warren.bsky.social · 4w ago

The time to act on AI is yesterday. I'm calling for an immediate pause on the development of advanced AI while lawmakers and regulators put systems in place to keep people safe.

Huh. Well, I think Olamide could do a fine job as president

Ninth Circuit panel says 3-0 that Kalshi’s “sports events contracts” are not swaps under the CEA and Nevada gambling laws aren’t pre-empted by CFTC rules for prediction markets. A massive blow to the industry: cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/op...

It’s true. I now write the phrase, “fuck ChatGPT” much more than I did 5 years ago.

I wrote about the Meta settlement as an essentially backwards-facing solution, while meanwhile the company is focused on its bright, AI-addled future: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Meta doesn't want to be a social media company anymore

Despite an $18 billion settlement to end a nationwide child endangerment lawsuit, the firm clearly no longer sees social media as its main product—or its future.

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It’s true. I now write the phrase, “fuck ChatGPT” much more than I did 5 years ago.

America is lawless. Are Dems ready to get tough on crime? A THREAD.

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It is so fucked up that John Ritter’s character on Three’s Company was named Jack Tripper (i.e. Jack T. Ripper). Suzanne Somers never even knew she was in that sort of danger.

I've been doing more testing and thinking. I'm now convinced genAI detection is possible and Pangram does it pretty well. But there are a few caveats. First, Pangram likely depends on the limits of current LLMs because it seems to be using n-gram math. 1/

Corey Rayburn Yung@coreyryung.bsky.social · 2mo ago

I uploaded a few texts to test Pangram, Unlke other AI detectors, it kind of works. It recognized some of my uploaded texts as 100% human (which they were). It identified genAI texts (although not that they were 100% LLM generated - see below).