the whole republican vibe is summed up by the dudes who broke into the capitol and smeared shit on the walls

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 43m ago

JD Vance on the 25th anniversary of 9/11: "As you guys can probably guess, I'm really looking forward to hanging out with Joe Biden. I'm sure we'll have many many intense intellectual conversations. We'll have a great time."

say a prayer for all the linkedin warriors staring blankly at their screens because they forgot how to do anything without AI assistants

All the Major AI Chatbots Are Experiencing Outages Right Now

We just hope it's not the start of the robot uprising.

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“Millennials are the only normal generation” theory continues to remain undefeated. we are the only ones that didn't get our brains cooked by the computer

i think part of the data center/AI backlash has to be that big tech made an awful lot of promises about how plentiful and abundant the future of technology would be and then have spent the past five years or so clawing it back and adding exceptions.

Sean Hollister@seanhollister.bsky.social · 2h ago

You don't own your digital Sony games, and now Microsoft wants you to pay PER HOUR to stream its games from the cloud www.theverge.com/news/989166/...

I don't think people understand how rights deals inform programming: The SEC approves all talent/guests/content appearing on SECN, run by ESPN. Pro leagues can veto talent/guests/content on certain "shoulder" in-studio and gameday programs.

The Cleric@thecleric.bsky.social · 3h ago

My amateur take: that's what happens when the people who report on the news also have a financial stake in the leagues doing well.

Tillis blames Hegseth, and not the guy own appointed him or his members who KNEW he wasn't qualified for the job but voted him into the position.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 6h ago

Rep. Madeleine Dean: "What more does the Republican Party need to see to see the president is delusional? ... there is something very wrong here"

Whoever decided to promote Coyote vs Acme by letting Wile E do an AMA using only signs deserves all the praise.

Not seeing the ICE surge in Indianapolis getting enough attention. www.indystar.com/story/news/l...

Reports of ICE activity surge across Indianapolis

Volunteer groups report a surge in ICE activity across Indianapolis as officials remain quiet on operations.

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He ran the kind of government that US centrists fondly envision, and as a result, he was a total failure, everyone hated him, and no one will miss him.

Former UK Prime Minister Starmer Steps Down From Parliament

Former UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer is leaving British politics after deciding to step down as a member of Parliament.

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I do think “every rich person went insane during covid because it was the first time they’ve been inconvenienced in decades” felt a little reductive at first but damn if isn’t more and more compelling as the years drag on

The GOP's biggest donor is relentlessly tweeting anti-semitic race science, but Democrats have to disavow a streamer. Do I have that right?

Razzball@razzball.bsky.social · 21h ago

Gonna print this out and put it under wipers on Teslas in Los Angeles

No starker example of the media having different rules for each political party. If the press treated Elon Musk like Hasan Piker, every Republican in America would be forced to answer questions about why their party's biggest donor espouses anti-semitic race science.

Razzball@razzball.bsky.social · 21h ago

Gonna print this out and put it under wipers on Teslas in Los Angeles

Thank you, guys, for consuming our reporting. Here's our new episode reacting to the NBA ruling: www.youtube.com/live/ENBv21u...

REACTING LIVE TO KAWHI LEONARD, STEVE BALLMER, CLIPPERS PUNISHMENTS WITH PABLO TORRE

YouTube video by PABLO TORRE FINDS OUT

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this is the most elite accountability we’ve seen in decades

The Athletic@theathletic.com · 22h ago

The NBA has come down hard on the LA Clippers as it finally announced the results of its investigation into the organization and its star, Kawhi Leonard. The Clippers will lose five first-round picks and are being fined $30 million. More details: nyti.ms/4dbic51

As far as I can tell, the only newspaper to write about this was the Wichita Eagle. Perhaps if we get Hasan Piker to endorse "Unhumans," we can have a big full media outrage cycle over this horrific genocidal civil war incantation...one embraced by the PRESIDENT. www.kansas.com/opinion/arti...

Pompeo calls colleges socialist, while Trump touts pro-fascist book | Opinion

Former Kansas Rep. Mike Pompeo attacks universities and democratic socialists, as President Trump promotes a troubling fascist manifesto.

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Gil Durán@gilduran.com · 2d ago

There it is: Trump is *literally* pushing “Unhumans,” a book that encourages right-wing readers to view liberals and Democrats as “unhuman.” I raised the alarm on this extremely dangerous strategy in 2024 (and again last month): www.thenerdreich.com/why-trump-ke...

Sure sure we all hate the tech bros and AI slop but maaaayybe we also have an objection to the industry that’s consuming more energy than 95% of the earths countries and on pace to consuming 4% of global energy

What Pablo Torre did was ridiculously impressive. Uncovered a conspiracy between rich guys, withstood a propaganda campaign by one of the richest guys in the world with a pretty good reputation, didn't buckle or panic, and just kept reporting. That's some Pulitzerin' right there.

Acting like cooperating “fully and in good faith” means you should be punished for the thing you’re not allowed to do and had already done before!

Law Murray 📘@lawmurraythenu.bsky.social · 22h ago

On behalf of the LA Clippers:

Looks like full vindication for @pablo.show Master class in investigative journalism from him and his team.

"Centrist" Democrats are conservatives. They are hijackers here to steer the party away from serving the interests of constituents and toward serving the interests of corporations and billionaires.

I Travel Like Sound Dog@chadstanton.blacksky.app · yesterday

“The two centrists, Reps. Jared Golden (D-Maine) and Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (D-Wash.), are known to rarely attend party caucus meetings or heed leadership's instructions on how to vote.”

Good! AI is destroying adults brains, what do you think its doing to kids?

Politico@politico.com · yesterday

NYC school system to ban AI for elementary, middle school students

pretty rich from the laziest president we've ever had.

Headquarters@headquartersnews.bsky.social · yesterday

Trump says Americans have too many holidays and that people need to work more days to boost his failing economy

you ever wake up in the morning and read a post so Schadenfreude your entire mana bar refills

Lincoln Michel@thelincoln.bsky.social · yesterday

Okay lol how can you do the whole "AI superpowers my work and every luddite who doesn't use it will be left behind" schtick AND say you're broke because you see no financial return on your excessive AI spending?

The bar for progressive policies is: "did this unilaterally solve the entire gigantic systemic issue without making a single person sad?" The bar for conservative policies is: "did the people pushing this yell out the name of a real problem before doing something unrelated, cruel and ineffective?"

Michael Hobbes@michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 2d ago

Opposing a policy that would increase city revenue because the city doesn't have enough revenue, chef's kiss.

Every time you use the phrase "pied-a-terre" you are proving the point that these properties need to be taxed.

Michael Hobbes@michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 2d ago

Reactionary centrist pundits: Democratic leaders need to drop the identity politics and focus on economic issues! Democratic leader: [does that] Reactionary centrist pundits:

Zero evidence that either a) these boats actually had drugs on them or b) they were heading to the US There is plenty of evidence that they were fishing boats and completely incapable of even reaching the nearest US shores.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · yesterday

Van Orden: "There's a lot of people that are complaining about the the missile strikes against these drug boats. Well, guess what? Those are saving Americans' lives."

The media gave more coverage to a totally fake, invented idea that the federal government was withholding aid to Hurricane Helene victims in 2024 than to Trump actually doing it in 2025/26. Why did the fake story get more coverage than the real one?

Steve Benen@stevebenen.com · yesterday

Ahead of the midterms, Trump isn’t even being subtle about his brazen politicization of federal disaster relief aid, explicitly tying approvals to campaign endorsements and election results. It’s one of the underappreciated scandals of his second term. www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...

Tesla's marketing of its not-really-self-driving systems to the elderly, disabled, and DUI-prone would be a major scandal if our society were one in which scandal were still possible

David Zipper@davidzipper.bsky.social · yesterday

Tesla's deceptive marketing is convincing seniors that "Full-Self Driving" can safely operate their car even if they aren't capable of doing so. This is incredibly dangerous—not just for elderly Tesla owners but for anyone sharing the road with them. From the new @lookbothwayspod.bsky.social

1. Anti-trans Democrat Seth Moulton just lost his Senate primary in a LANDSLIDE to outspoken trans ally Ed Markey. To Moulton, trans kids were a liability the Democratic Party needed to abandon. But to Massachusetts voters, the only liabilities are Democrats like him.

Anti-Trans Dem Seth Moulton Loses Senate Primary to Outspoken Trans Ally Ed Markey in a Landslide

To Seth Moulton, trans kids were a liability the Democratic Party needed to abandon. But to Massachusetts voters, the only liabilities are Democrats like him.

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And this is why we're so pissed at Dems trying to knife DSA candidates. You're on the same damn side, fight the real enemy dipshits!

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · yesterday

This part. 😕🇺🇸 (From best-selling author @jeffpearlman)