Corporate Dems have to drastically outspend DSA and other progressive candidates just to APPEAR competitive because they and their policies are unpopular with the voters, but we're still being told that Corporate Dems aren't responsible for losing to Republicans, progressive voters are to blame.
One of the fun things about Type 2 Diabetes is that stubbing your toe becomes a good thing, since the pain means you're not getting neuropathy yet.
Every now and then someone takes a run at me along the lines of "I don't understand why you, a scifi writer, don't appreciate 'AI'," and I'm all, motherfucker, it's *because* I'm a science fiction writer I have the positions I have, how many times do we have to fucking yell "torment nexus," my dude
Anyone else see the irony of WotC announcing the first IP they're doing for D&D "Beyond Universe" is World of Warcraft when so many people complained about 4e being "D&D WoW"?
Tech Billionaire Be Normal And Talk To Your Children Challenge
Gotta shut down the factory that makes this kinda guy
Hey, remember when Trump collected $12B for his Board of Peace and then we then never heard anything about it ever again? Pepperidge Farms Remembers.
This seems big. The 1886 Supreme Court case that allegedly granted citizenship to corporations - upon which Citizens United was based - did no such thing. A corrupt SCOTUS clerk attached a fraudulent summary to the case.
Greg Palast@gregpalast.bsky.social · 2w ago👀 Thom Hartmann, the historian & @hartmannreport.com host, has put on his deerstalker and discovered that the #CitizensUnited decision was based on the fraudulent reporting of a key Supreme Court case way back in 1886. gregpalastinvestigates.substack.com/p/thom-hartm...
On this week's episode of "research shows what I already knew, but it's nice to have data to prove it"...
What Scientists Found About Audiobooks
YouTube video by The Upgrade with Makai Elías Calles
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As a Texan, my only experience with bodega cats is pictures I see online and in new stories. I've only ever seen full-grown cats as bodega cats. Do they ever have Bodega kittens?
Beware anyone who expects you to die for the cause when they won’t even cross the street for it.
Think we’re at the stage where we should assume the Nazi tweets are part of the appeal for partners and investors.
Dave Levitan@davelevitan.bsky.social · last wk.The ongoing Musk nazi tweets just have me wondering if corporate boards are even a thing anymore
Well, started a new book, and immediately got reminded that in the previous book in the series one of the best characters got killed, and now my whole week is ruined.
State of Play: Kobold Press Issues the No AI Pledge Kobold Press CEO and Kobold-in-Chief, @wolfgangbaur.bsky.social, is here to offer insight on the state of the industry in a new blog post! Remember, making your game your own is the heart of the RPG hobby. koboldpress.com/state-of-pla...
State of Play: Kobold Press Issues the No AI Pledge
CEO and Kobold-in-Chief Wolfgang Baur discusses the new Kobold Press No AI pledge. Take a moment to sign if you support the pledge.
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Chris Hansen 2028? If nothing else, you know he'd so something about the Epstein Files.
Trump is preparing to fire the leadership of the Smithsonian Institution, one of America's most prestigious scientific and historical research and education organizations. He wants in particular to censor the Smithonian's American History exhibits:
White House report brands Smithsonian leadership as radical activists who can't be trusted
The report released late on Independence Day by the White House Domestic Policy Council comes in the midst of Trump’s aggressive campaign to overhaul some of Washington's most sacred cultural and hist...
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When I see "LLM haters are just using the free tier tech so they don't understand how far it's come" I sort of hear "you're just too poor to understand the future"
Maga taking shelter in the National Museum of African-American History And Culture!
If you see someone saying "Look at how peaceful the Neo-Nazis were on the way to/during their march", that's a Nazi. Nobody else but nazis would care how peaceful or well-behaved a bunch of nazis are while demanding an ethnic cleansing.
The original "alpha wolf" notion came from studying animals whose captivity had turned them neurotic, terrified and aggressive to those they are supposed to care about. So uh...I guess that means that "alpha males" are the shaky chihuahuas of humanity?
Conservative Christians are to Christianity what Nationalist Socialists were to Socialism.
"She took his Steam account" is possibly the funniest thing I've ever heard someone say in regards to a divorce.
“Why is Mamdani getting all the attention for doing stuff every municipal Democrat does?” Because he brags about it and they brag about means-testing playgrounds! People don’t want that shit any more!
