Somehow things that would have been a background gag in a Verhoeven movie are now just real

"I consume your content that makes you my employee" is a shockingly common belief

Michael Hobbes@michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 10h ago

"Hate to tell you" OK so don't tell us

They only beat a candidate who outspent them 11 to 1 with the full backing of the Democratic party it's not a big deal or anything

Politico@politico.com · 18h ago

Progressives didn’t get the big election night they wanted

Shindig, great word

i think a lot of well-meaning people fall into a rhetorical trap where they take the bait and argue about male vs. female performance in sports rather than arguing for the value and dignity of women’s athletics generally. don’t let yourself be dragged into a bad faith framing.

Peter@notalawyer.bsky.social · 2d ago

the best HS teams in the country have multiple guys who will be in the NBA in a couple of years. they aren't normal high schools, they're basketball factories. but this literally doesn't matter. the value of women's sports isn't contingent on their performance vis a vis men.

I used to work in small scale theatre productions and this guy is a genius worthy of an award

Pixie Casey@pixiecasey.bsky.social · 2d ago

in insane local news, the 26 year old director of a rocky horror production was arrested for sending threatening messages to himself in order to get the play shut down bc he didn’t want to deal with cast drama www.mynbc5.com/article/rock...

Japan is trying so hard to grab political control of their economy and it's just this one dude and his giant forehead standing in the way Good on you, Ueda. Hold your line.

The Japan Times@japantimes.co.jp · yesterday

Commentary: The Bank of Japan's recent monetary policy meeting did not deliver the expected hints at a more hawkish stance, despite the yen's strengthening after a coordinated intervention.

What an insanely beautiful home

Gore Vidal Sassoon@jimmyjazz1968.bsky.social · 2d ago

you can buy stately Wayne Manor from the Batman TV show for the low low price of 32 million www.zillow.com/homedetails/...

he look like a plate of enchiladas

Maggie Emmett@magicpoet01.bsky.social · 5d ago

The Spanish dancer (Hexabranchus sanguineus) is a large, vibrant red sea slug that swims by rippling its body like a flamenco skirt, stores toxic chemicals from its sponge diet for defense, and grows up to 60 or 90 centimeters long. Photograph from Coral Bay in Western Australia

Having an astronaut father is great until you cut off your thumb and he, in genuine confusion, asks why you aren't still working your normal schedule since you still have another entire hand

I love the new Infowars but they're going to have to really step up the crazy to outpace reality

Drone warfare makes it clear that all future war will be a reflection of light manufacturing capacity, and in such an environment I'd be very very very wary of anyone's ability to outpace China. The future is bleak.

The Japan Times@japantimes.co.jp · 2d ago

Commentary: Cheap, concealable drones and missiles can impose disproportionate costs in wartime, forcing Japan to rethink deterrence.

It’s hard to explain but tv was better when you couldn’t watch the show you wanted whenever you wanted to watch it and most of the shows were worse and the TVs were worse and the entire experience was worse, that’s when it was better

#themoreyouknow

Rep. Max Miller: "My former wife has claimed that during a custody exchange at my home that day, I assaulted her…If I had assaulted her, would she have offered to cook me dinner six days later?"

sometimes i just wake up and think about the singular whale who spent over fifty years sinking so many ships in the bosporus and dardenelles that he has a whole wikipedia page just about the shit he got up to

I think that I once opined that there isn't anything analogous in U.S. history to the inter service rivalries in Japan. But I've also said that the current administration is more comparable to Imperial Japan than other Quasi-Totalitarian States. cc: @sharonk.bsky.social @aelkus.bsky.social

incredible

what do you even say at this point

here we go again

Cowardice is such a leading factor in US politics right now that even saying basic facts gets people scared

neuse river hag@neuseriverhag.bsky.social · 5d ago

i honestly want to talk to someone who thinks this is a bad thing to say

Alleging?

More Perfect Union@moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 5d ago

BREAKING: New York just sued Kalshi — alleging it’s an illegal gambling operation. New York AG Letitia James alleges Kalshi failed to obtain a state gambling license and pay taxes. Her office is seeking an order enjoining Kalshi’s operations, plus fines, restitution and forfeiture of profits.

If he doesn't full send a punch into a smiling woman while wearing a bear costume is it really the wicker man

rob@ok-but-still.bsky.social · 6d ago

i'm done looking at shit for a while

christ if that’s not a metaphor for our times

Just seems like there’s no way this Will Stancil individual is as interesting as the daily post volume on here makes him out to be

How do you sleep after cutting off your own thumb because I'm finding my thumb area kinda hurts?

I just point out facts and condemn hentai and brother I'm all out of facts

Microplastics Sommelier@leastactionhero.bsky.social · 7d ago

this site has the juice

Sure, Jared Leto is a creep with multiple allegations to his name over the course of two decades, but you have to understand that he's also a mediocre actor who's a nightmare to work with and whose movies are critical flops that don't make money.

Accidentally cut off my thumb today and then they put it back on Don't recommend it tbh