I really hope trump doesn’t get to leave office with a presidential pension.
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Curious where all the people who wanted to sue McDonald’s and anyone else for fake food in their promotional images because it’s seems like it’d be pretty easy to sue anyone using Ai generated good images for promotional purposes
Vance just get a mirror. The projecting from these guys is INSANE.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2h agoJD Vance: "If you are committing fraud against the American people, all of us in public leadership should be trying to stop it and throw you in prison for enriching yourself off the American taxpayer"
My punishment for being a screen printer is having to see the worst diy screen printer vids come across my timelines
Yeah we should ban prediction betting sites like yesterday. But that not gonna happen under this admin
David Roberts@volts.wtf · 8h agojesusfuckingchrist
What do you mean things haven’t gotten more expensive??? Like fr? Maybe not for the producers but for the customers it has increased year over year. And quality has gone down year over year. Houses made of mdf and cheap ikea furniture that won’t even last 20 yrs
Will Stancil@whstancil.bsky.social · 5h agoOne of the reasons the "affordability" frame has become so ubiquitous is that it *almost* provides a plausible rationale for consumerist populism. We gotta make stuff cheaper! Why? Because it's gotten too expensive! The problem is, of course, that things HAVEN'T gotten more expensive.
Trumps ego is so fragile the thought of competence around him is terrifying.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 8h ago😮 Trump's nominees are the most pathetic men in the world 😮 During a hearing, Blumenthal made Trump nominees squirm by asking them who won the 2020 election -- a question they refuse to answer -- but then Schiff upped the ante by asking them *who won the 2016 election.* Here's a supercut:
This highlights a profound impact of Trump — the further normalization of violence against women. Trump got elected in spite of his long history of violence against women. He is not held accountable when he continues to abuse women. 1/2
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 11h agoMax Miller on why he's staying in the race: "When we go back to 2015 and 2016, & people in the media looked at President Trump, & everyone came out with allegations. Dozens of women, dozens of crazy allegations, dozens of nasty criminal misconduct. And you know what he did? He stayed in the fight."
Republicans are clearly tired of their time in the spotlight. They are trying everything to make sure they lose
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 9h agoEvery single Republican candidate for governor of Minnesota (including Mike Lindell!) makes clear that if Trump tried another Operation Metro Surge in the Twin Cities, they would support his efforts to brutalize residents
Daaaamn. “AI is the asbestos we're shovelling into the walls of our technological society. Our descendants will spend generations digging it out again, and the longer the bubble goes on without popping, the longer it will take to repair the damage." www.thenerve.news/p/cory-docto...
Cory Doctorow: The people who tell you ‘AI is changing everything’ are lying
It has become impossible to tell managers mesmerised by artificial intelligence that the tools are not, in fact, helpful. So employees just play along with the fiction to keep their jobs, writes our t...
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I think it’s insanely funny that every week some news outlet tries to paint Mamdani terrible and it just makes him look cooler. Literally the bar is so low for public servants actually working for the public.
The Wall Street Journal@wsj.com · 23h agoNew York City’s business elites are long accustomed to direct access to City Hall, where even Democratic mayors felt the need to court the city’s wealthiest and most influential corporate leaders. That access is getting shredded by Mayor Zohran Mamdani.
honestly, the fact that we have made it through the atomic age *without* another use of nuclear weapons since 1945 is a miracle we don't fully appreciate
Rebecca R Helm@rebeccarhelm.bsky.social · yesterdayToday is the day the story There Will Come Soft Rain is set. An amazing and heartbreaking work of fiction for our modern age. Read it here:
"Today is August 4, 2026" There Will Come Soft Rains By: Ray Bradbury
I’m tired of “newspapers” letting billionaires crybabies pen these fucking Just give me a chance pieces.
Justin Baragona@justinbaragona.bsky.social · yesterdayOh yeah, David Ellison is legit scared he's gonna lose. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/04/o...
I keep seeing this YouTube ad for pull-ups and the cartoon characters are a drop of urine and a piece of poop. It’s so bad. I need answers
Shameless plug since Abdul’s team hasn’t uploaded it here— posted on July 24th
Cao Cao Power Hour Enthusiast@statsboyandi.bsky.social · 2d agoOne reason I’m not terribly worried about the Michigan race is this is a very easy slam dunk for Public Health expert El-Sayed to make the general election about. And if he can’t hit that? Well that’s on him.
i’m never gonna be able to fire a cruise missile yet the question of using my tax dollars for them has never been up for debate
USA TODAY Opinion@usatodayopinion.usatoday.com · 3d agoOpinion: Mamdani's idea may sound appealing, but it's NYC taxpayers who will take the hit, subsidizing discounts they may never even use.
So under this Supreme Court's treatment of U.S. law and presidential power, Joe Biden couldn't forgove my student loans, but perhaps Donald Trump can forgive his own tax debt. Wild.
Kyle Griffin@kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 2d agoFLAG: Trump gets to keep tax immunity for himself, his sons, and the Trump Organization under the new 'deal' struck by Todd Blanche. The new order also reaffirms that Trump won't have to pay any taxes he might have owed the IRS.
So they are going to confirm a AG based on a pinky swear that they won’t be biased?
Nobody‘s going to see the Odyssey. The theaters are too crowded.
Shouldn’t be shocked at any lie RFK Jr tells, but he whined to Dana Bash that businesses were shut down during the pandemic “with no just compensation.” There was an almost trillion dollar PPP loan program, and his organization got millions from it, none of it paid back, to make payroll.
