@johnnygenomics.bsky.social
I fundamentally do not know how to square the politics whereby Democrats will essentially have to tell the American people that because they (the voters) made an extremely stupid decision, they need to lower their expectations substantially for the foreseeable future, but here we are.
Over the last nine months, Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta has run dozens of paid ads that include explicit AI-generated child sexual abuse material (CSAM) and images of minors alongside sexually suggestive statements, according to details of the ads shared with WIRED.
Meta Ran Ads That Contained AI-Generated Child Sexual Abuse Imagery
More than 50 offending image and video ads were published across Facebook, Instagram, Messenger, or Threads, according to Meta’s ad library data. Some ran as recently as this week.
wired.com
Satan worshippers don't like it when you point out that they worship Satan (or Moloch, or the golden calf, etc)
Jack Jenkins@jackjenkins.me · 6h agoAs of last night, there are now *7* pastors, former pastors and seminarians who've become Democratic nominees running for Congress. Some have already won safe Dem seats, and several are in hotly contested races. In multiple cases, the GOP has attacked their faith. religionnews.com/2026/08/04/p...
in 2016 Elon Musk said he would build a fully automated factory in Fremont, California for the upcoming Model 3 and he then spent on the order of $2 billion on production lines that didn't work, forcing Tesla to assemble cars by hand in a tent but sure, now he's gonna do it on the moon
CNN producer: El-Sayed is projected to win. Quick, get the biggest fucking loser you can find on air
Haley Stevens was out with a gracious concession and a commitment to support Abdul El-Sayed within about one hour of the AP call in her race. If she can buck up first thing in the morning, everyone else can. That’s actual political leadership.
post malone ergo propter malone@proptermalone.bsky.social · 8h agoI meant to post this last night but if you’re mad about any of the primary results you got 24 hours to bleed, try not to say anything you’ll regret in 48, and then it’s Blue No Matter Who.
some specific democrats suck and they suck in ways that are detrimental to issues that you personally care about you know how you solve that once we are past the primaries? you elect even more democrats so that their votes are less important joe manchin couldn’t have done as much damage as vote 52
correct are you serious about beating fascism or not? get in, we’re beating them in november you can be mad, you can be disappointed, but at the end of the day having someone with D in any and all seats is better than having someone with an R in them
post malone ergo propter malone@proptermalone.bsky.social · 8h agoI meant to post this last night but if you’re mad about any of the primary results you got 24 hours to bleed, try not to say anything you’ll regret in 48, and then it’s Blue No Matter Who.
How many data centers are there in Palm Beach? The county just voted one down.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 16h agoTrump: "I think any community that turns down AI is making a big mistake ... data centers, if you look at the state, everything is good around them"
Republicans: "Listen. Sure, he broke a toddler's collar bone and did other domestic violence, but pointing that out is just a Demoncrat distraction from President Trump's brilliant thousand-year Reich. TDS is much worse than rape, pedophile, murder, treason. We cannot lose a House seat."
Kyle Griffin@kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 8h agoMike Johnson tells Politico that he's standing behind Republican Max Miller — despite the "serious" domestic abuse allegations against him.
“I ran the largest hospital company in the world…” Yes you did, Rick. You ran Columbia/HCA while the company perpetrated the largest Medicare fraud in American history. Scott’s on Bartiromo b/c she won’t point that out, because she’s not a journalist.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 7h agoRick Scott: "We want people to get healthcare, but ... "
“Investors may stop trusting a trustless system” lol, do you hear yourself? www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Listen, it’s a tiny price to pay for giving one of the worst regimes on earth control of one of the most important waterways.
Bill Grueskin@bgrueskin.bsky.social · 19h agoBrown University has a widget that tracks the cost of the Iran war to American consumers (as contrasted to whatever the Pentagon is spending). Per-household cost now exceeds $600. iranwarcost.watson.brown.edu
Brown University has a widget that tracks the cost of the Iran war to American consumers (as contrasted to whatever the Pentagon is spending). Per-household cost now exceeds $600. iranwarcost.watson.brown.edu
WASHINGTON (AP) — Trump administration has detained more than 50 spouses, parents of US troops in immigration crackdown, AP review finds.
I think “I am the protagonist of life” is the main psychological appeal of this kind of conspiracism. You risked nothing, you did nothing, and other real people are suffering the things you’re pretending to think are bad, but in the end you’re the great hero for surviving your imagination.
A big part of the fantasy on QAnon boards is that when The Storm comes, they’ll all be local heroes explaining events to their befuddled peers thanks to the many hours they’ve invested huffing gibberish.
Adam Serwer@adamserwer.bsky.social · 21h agoI think “I am the protagonist of life” is the main psychological appeal of this kind of conspiracism. You risked nothing, you did nothing, and other real people are suffering the things you’re pretending to think are bad, but in the end you’re the great hero for surviving your imagination.
Gonna keep beating this like a drum: prediction markets are the most dangerous, societally detrimental financial instrument ever introduced and if we don’t do something about them right now it’s going to cause far more destruction than you can imagine.
Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 16h agoThese betting markets sites are so socially corrosive. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
At this point you could just take the microphone off your tie and walk out of the studio. Once you do that, text your campaign manager and tell him you're dropping out. Then walk into the sea never to be seen again.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 22h agoTAPPER: One of the files you released was an image of your daughter naked. It was available for a day before it was removed. Your ex-wife's attorney says it could quality as CSAM. That's shockingly reckless behavior MAX MILLER: I wouldn't say it's shockingly reckless. There was no genitalia exposed
Dude was a monster who deserved every bad thing that ever happened to him, but lawless political violence is an attack on us all, whether we know it or not. It's good they caught the killer. It's good the assassination was widely condemned (even if the manner thereof was usually fucking dumb).
(((Konrad Adenauer Thought)))🇺🇦🍁@rightwingliberal.bsky.social · 16h agoYou captured my sentiments wrt Kirk 100%. Dude was a genuine POS but even then the reaction/s to his death still gives me pause somewhat.
Oh my god the dietician who is telling everyone in the White House to only eat steak and sauerkraut doesn't wipe his ass.
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 · 22h agoToday 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:
the absolute failure of the American legal and political systems to secure justice against outright treason not only virtually guarantees recurrence bout counsels that the only viable means of thwarting that future attempt will be force of arms.
Roger Parloff@rparloff.bsky.social · 20h agoJudge Mehta's J6 Requiem "That book is now closed. Today’s epilogue diminishes the gravity of that day, denigrates the work of the prosecutors and ... officers who secured these convictions, and excuses criminal acts that caused a centuries-long pillar of our democracy ... to buckle."
A lot going on here. First, Miller looks shaken. Or drunk. Second, he comes off every bit the creep that he seems to be. Saying he isn't dropping out because Trump didn't drop out after being accused of sexual assault is a hell of a choice. And third, he doesn't appear to know what hearsay means.
The Bulwark@thebulwark.com · 22h agoTapper: "There are now three women who have accused you of violent behavior…Are all three of these women who don't know each other lying?" Rep. Max Miller: "Yes…It's all hearsay." Tapper: "It's not hearsay if it is firsthand testimony from women."
