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

For a long time I've wanted a sense of how trump has or hasn't interacted with chatbots (we know he posts a lot of slop sure). And this TIME anecdote about Grok arguably leading Trump into war is just extremely bracing

The current COVID-19 picture remains varied by region: as the summer wave continues into early fall, cases are trending up in the Northeast and parts of the West and down in the South. And an upcoming gap between CDC contracts will further restrict available data. thesicktimes.org/2026/09/29/n...

i wish baseball teams could resolve their differences without resorting to baseball

The only good videogame thing of the last decade is Bandai Namco hiring Brian Cox to recap Tekken lore

The Washington Post@washingtonpost.com · last wk.

After 65 years as an actor, Brian Cox has no shortage of thespian wisdom to impart. The outspoken actor returns to the stage in “The Score,” which explores art's survival under despotism, resonating with current global events. https://wapo.st/4d4c3I8

The Trump era has really fucked everyone up in profound ways. Turns out electing the physical embodiment of the most demonic things about American society to the Presidency was a mistake

carpet checkpoint

I don’t even know what to say anymore. The only thing Covid conscious people are trying to do, truly, is not get sick. That we’ve become the country’s newest freak show is predictable given the pandemic, but truly despicable on a base human level.

The Hollywood Reporter@thr.com · last wk.

Viral Lesbian Bar Article From Boston Globe Is Piquing Hollywood’s Interest

Hot Fuss was such a great British indie pop album, all the more impressive for the fact it was made by some Mormon boys from the American Southwest

I had to make this a jingle

J HELL P@jlp.systems · 3y ago

The youngest person his pager attack killed was 9-year-old Fatima Abdullah, who had just started 4th grade. The pager was on a table when it went off and she picked it up to take to her dad. It exploded in her face and reports said it covered the room in her blood. She wanted to learn English.

Eli Valley@elivalley.bsky.social · 2w ago

Boasting to the world of his mass terrorist atrocity:

It's genuinely crazy how a pretty blatant act of indiscriminate large-scale terror just kind of got accepted as some combination of a "brilliant intelligence operation" and basically a joke. And how much its defenders see all Lebanese Shia as inherent terrorists.

Eli Valley@elivalley.bsky.social · 2w ago

Boasting to the world of his mass terrorist atrocity:

i rooted for the heights all season and sato's queens ended up taking them down. but i of course watched the championship regardless and this was maybe one of the coolest shutouts ive seen in a long time. just smiling ear to ear for her

Rodger Sherman@rodger.bsky.social · 2w ago

the WPBL clearly had better hitters than pitchers. Teams averaged 8 runs per game. The league's total batting average was .340. And then the greatest women's baseball pitcher of all time pitched the league's first complete game shutout in the winner-take-all Game 5 of the championship series

we have control mechanisms for this. it's called The Law. these guys should be held personally liable for these harms. the suicides, the thefts, the intrusions into computer systems. they should be sued and prosecuted as appropriate. problem immediately solved

The Independent@the-independent.com · 2w ago

An OpenAI system has gone rogue again – and it is the most panic-inducing yet

the whole world does not need to weigh in on what one lesbian bar does in one community. but it will. the bar will become a stand in, a site where impulses to assert ableism, misogyny, homophobia and transphobia will run freely. this is a betrayal of the point of journalism itself

i actually don't find this moral panic of a story funny bc i can see exactly where it will go: —"intolerent lesbians harm the masculine raw dogging of air" —"controlling bitches" —"disability accomodations = oppression" —"why are transwomen allowed in lesbian bars but not unmasked cis women?"

Patrick Monahan@pattymo.com · 2w ago

Mass lesbian bar masking story is getting Oberlin cafeteria levels of coverage, meaning it will define reactionary and reactionary-fearing centrist politics for the next 15 years

Oxo good grips broadsword

Hobby Stimulus Bill that sends a check for any hobby - glue sticks together, make bracelets, birdwatch, hone a skill, sing little songs, invent a language - but under the condition it doesn’t get filmed and posted or turned into an online money making endeavor for at least one calendar year

When the time comes for the cultural revolution necessary to get out of this mess we need to set up a cabinet position like the Department of Hobbies that supports literally anything that gets people out of these brain breaking sites and counteracts this collective breakdown

Wanting to "resolve this in the boardroom not the courtroom" is how Newsom justified the settlement. The unquestioned mindset here is that these power struggles are best negotiated among oligopolies & oligarchs, not the democratic polity. Should be disqualifying as a serious presidential candidate.

Nick Field@nickfield.bsky.social · 2w ago

The State AGs were on pace to kill the Paramount/Warner Bros by litigation and delay until Gavin Newsom stepped in and turned the tide. Now the Trump loyalist Ellisons will control CNN and HBO. Don't ever, ever forget that Newsom stabbed us in the back www.wsj.com/business/med...

Having unfortunately increasingly socialized with people in elite circles in the last 8 years its a pattern you can't help but notice. A poor, struggling working class person becomes elite as soon as they dye their hair blue.A guy who owns five establishments is working class when he dons a MAGA hat

I think its interesting about how the same people having a blast making fun of **checks notes** Western Mass Lesbian Bar drama are all the same people who think making fun of Republicans and the far right is both politically counterproductive and "elite condescension" of the great unwashed

Many liberals on here share the same views as Ted Cruz, it seems. Some of y'all are even using the same ableist language as him

The entire thing exists solely to paint marginalized people and those who mask as hysterical weirdos. There is absolutely no reason whatsoever for a national publication to be covering a teeny tiny local community scuffle.

Hey so uhhhhh that Boston Globe story about the lesbian bar relaxing its covid rules is an *absolute fucking hit piece* targeting the disabled, chronically ill, and covid-conscious and it would be great if folks sharing and joking about it could recognize that framing.

What is happening right now? Is this happening? How did everything get so weird? Did I unwittingly ingest a hallucinogen? What's going on here?

FactPost@factpostnews.bsky.social · 2w ago

Tommy Tuberville: Many airline pilots, flight attendants, and air traffic controllers are part of the furry community. It's terrifying.

COVID-19 spread seems to have peaked for the summer in the South, but may still be increasing in the West and is starting to go up more in Northern states. thesicktimes.org/2026/09/22/n...

The man ICE shot in Austin today is named Wilber Rafael Garces Perez. Per his lawyer, she and Perez’s family were run off of hospital property where he’s being treated and won’t even confirm he’s there because he’s “in ICE custody.” Actual criminals.

Federal immigration agent shoots and injures man in Austin, Texas

The person shot is in serious but stable condition, Austin Mayor Kirk Watson said in a press conference.

npr.org

i think it's important to be really clear about this bc democrats keep going "omggg i don't knoooow what wins electionssss stop yelling at meeee" & look we haven't beaten fascism yet & won't with just one election. so get better at this shit or pray we're not gulag cellmates, idk. just my opinion

you're asking trans people to take one for the team when the team in question is unexpectedly up by 3 because the other team's star center decided to go five-hole on his own goalie three times in a period. so this is actually just because you or your consultants want to marginalize trans people.