We broke up Ma Bell for lesser reasons. Monopolies are bad for the market, bad for consumers. But imagine if Ma Bell was also compulsively puking up sexual abuse material.

dell cameron@dell.bsky.social · 57m ago

NEW: Meta reviewed, approved, and ran more than 50 ads containing AI-generated child sexual abuse material across Facebook, Instagram, Messenger and Threads. They ran for nine months. Some were live this week. After WIRED asked about them, researchers found ~30 more

I greatly dislike Chuck Schumer but I will give him a Milkbone for rallying behind El-Sayed, for example

sorry folks but one of the many awful, terrible things about politics is that you do sometimes have to reward politicians, even those you don’t like much, with high-value liver treats for actually doing what you want them to do

I also do have to laugh a little about how shitlib has no definition nowadays beyond “someone I have personally and instantly deemed inadequately left based on vibes and a couple social media posts” At some point I’ve seen pretty much everybody semi-popular on this website deemed a shitlib

seriously, they seem to be passing that particular test just fine right now

politiburb@politiburb.bsky.social · 1h ago

It gets an actual chuckle out of me seeing people on here say "now the TRUE test is whether the shitlibs can live up to their own words and line up behind El-Sayed!" only for Stevens, Whitmer, every prominent Michigan Dem, the DSCC, etc. to have endorsed El-Sayed before they can finish the sentence.

NYC has a clear, achievable plan to close Rikers Island and create a public safety system that delivers safety, justice, and accountability for everyone. The Independent Rikers Commission is launching a new video series to show how to make it happen.

Rikers commission aims to seize momentum with video campaign

The commission assembled to keep New York City on track to close Rikers Island is releasing a series of videos aimed at spurring progress forward.

cityandstateny.com

strange we built an entire military establishment on half year rotations and significant dwell time and now that we aren't doing that things are falling apart

Patrick Chovanec@prchovanec.bsky.social · 2h ago

Keeping people constantly deployed has a mounting cost. www.ms.now/news/conditi...

wtf

FinTwitter@fintwitter.bsky.social · 2h ago

FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION CONFIRMS MARINE ONE WAS BRIEFLY TOO CLOSE TO PASSENGER AIRPLANE - STATEMENT

SCHIFF: You told my staff you stood by your article in white nationalist website VDARE where you wrote, 'Muslim immigrants & their kids seem prone to terrorism' C: I wrote that article in support of Trump's travel ban S: Do you stand by it? C: I stand by that article S: That's all I need to know

Just remembered when Joe Biden dropped this during a 2020 debate

✨queer commie terrorist✨@britculpsapp.bsky.social · 46m ago

starting my compilation/collage of right wing white dipshits losing their shit over the word “inshallah”

Abusive men aren't abusive because of testosterone, because I have a male level of testosterone in my body and I don't do that shit. It made me calmer. Abusive men are abusive because they were taught to be, and rewarded for it. By blaming T, you ignore the actual cause and its actual solutions.

Susie Wiles' new son-in-law sells intoxicating hemp gummies and vapes, and now a THC ban delay he lobbied for is tucked into the spending bill. His own company emailed clients bragging about having a seat at the table. The FDA warns these products can cause coma. Family business, literally.

Trump-connected company brags about 'seat at the table' over new provision

As the Trump administration pushes Congress to delay the implementation of a ban on intoxicating hemp products, new reporting reveals that the delay could directly benefit the son-in-law of President ...

alternet.org

Pure scum wrapped in fake piety.

Whenever I see videos of chefs chopping onions etc there’s always someone in the comments saying they want to be that fast and asking how, and I always want to say “a couple of 8 hour shifts just chopping onions should do it.”

Wait until they realize they’ve been rocking out singing “Bismillah” for years…

Wayne's World: Bohemian Rhapsody Car Scene

Alt: Wayne's World: Bohemian Rhapsody Car Scene

static.klipy.com

The true war on Christmas, inshallah

“We need to ‘inshallah’ his ass, I tell you what…”

✨queer commie terrorist✨@britculpsapp.bsky.social · 31m ago

he was literally born in michigan

bleak as hell with ian miles cheong is the only voice of reason there & it’s nowhere near a full moon

this is truly motivating me to use inshallah even more than I already do after all it’s the faster and more fun way to say “if the good lord’s willing and the creek don’t rise,” speaking as someone with Southern roots.

✨queer commie terrorist✨@britculpsapp.bsky.social · 46m ago

starting my compilation/collage of right wing white dipshits losing their shit over the word “inshallah”

Pants are pointless unless you're riding horses. And the Ancient Greeks didn't ride horses.

“Odysseus and his men and Telemakhos, are portrayed as wearing pants for significant parts of the film. In historical reality, the Greeks never wore pants during any period of antiquity and regarded pants as a quintessentially barbarian garment.” PANTS ARE BAD SIGN ME UP!!

the oscilloscope can produce mind-boggling effects 💀

The media's takeaway from an El-Sayed win is the same as it would have been from a Stevens win, and the same as it will be if El-Sayed wins the general, or if he loses it: everyone, no matter who they are, needs to take several steps to the right.

Back of the envelope (just assuming she means "dropped from the altitude of lunar orbit", which I'm approximating as a point at infinity), I'm getting 63MJ/kg which is about the same energy density of natural gas, only about 10x that of TNT. Answer should be good within 5-10%

CONTEXT RELAPSE@letmesearch.bsky.social · 4h ago

SHOUT OUT to Mike Luckovich: one of the all-time great political cartoonists. 🏆 With corporate media doing such a poor job in these most perilous of times, his work is more vital than ever! THANK YOU @mluckovich.bsky.social!!! 🙏

Itinerant workers from all over the country living in hotels doing whatever they can to avoid/pass drug tests. Locals falling deeper and deeper into the fentanyl nightmare. People from all over NE WI coming through to get pot (and other drugs) to sell. It's ruining the communities.

The pot shops are the only thing keeping Menominee's economy going. The Navy contracts of LCS boats (that's an entirely different story!) bring people to Marinette. A doctor or two gave out scrips for drugs a decade+ ago. Ever since then, the two cities have been in a tailspin.

Flock trying to ruin Michigan's economy.

404 Media@404media.co · 2h ago

NEW: Police in Wisconsin used Flock to determine that a man “travels to Michigan frequently,” where marijuana is legal, then back to Wisconsin, where it is illegal. They then used his travel across state lines as tracked by Flock as part of the probable cause justification to search his car.

None. She’s a fighty fighter. The fightiest stick it to em’ fighter.