You could grow a spine and do your damn jobs.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · yesterdayCornyn: "There's nothing we could do to rein in the president"
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"Trump has demonstrated these past six months that warfare, long insulated from what passes in this country for democratic control, has so hollowed out mechanisms for popular accountability that warmakers no longer need to engage in procedural fictions," writes @attackerman.bsky.social
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There are a lot of problems with moving the US to a Westminster system (chiefly the need for a new constitutional convention that would require the participation of [gestures widely]). But the “they want to abolish the presidency” panic is genuinely funny. Like … have you seen the presidency?
I’ve seen the left half of this floating around in Boomer/X chud spaces. The right part was obviously added by AI. Which, in toto, makes it perhaps the greatest illustration of the centrist mindset I’ve ever seen.
[Homer sits backwards on a chair] let me tell you about ANOTHER giant brute who was being beaten by Nobody
Side note here but it is so annoying that the frame is once again “they risk being hypocrites.” The problem with overlooking violent abuse in your caucus is not hypocrisy! Consistently and openly supporting abuse would be even worse!
Marisa Kabas@marisakabas.bsky.social · 4d agoa republican congressman allegedly broke his two-year-old daughter's collarbone and he somehow hasn't been run out of congress. there really is no bridge too far for these ghouls.
Had a fascinating convo on TikTok tonight. Started with some white conservatives fearmongering about Muslims and asking how anyone could support democratic socialism. Ended with them all talking about their experiences growing up on food stamps and saying money needed to be redistributed to schools.
Most journalists are skeptical of official culpability at first but pounce like gleeful wolves once someone tells them it’s okay to do so. Scientists can also be guilty of the former but are used to falsifying hypotheses, and once this one turned up empty they largely moved on. Is my take.
Surplus Cornbread@surpluscornbread.bsky.social · 7d agoIt's interesting how the media immediately went to "lab leak is crank" while scientists largely started with "damn, could be true." And those positions completely flipped. Of course the scientists flipped for good reasons. The journalists, not so much.
Some bad feelings about this one. What’s bigger than a regional war?
A Regional War, With Options To Expand
And without any reason for Iran to trust in negotiations, this is a one-way elevator until U.S. capitulation
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Increasingly feel like enjoying Rick & Morty might be my post problematic personality trait
"It's my boy; it's Herbert!" she cried, struggling mechanically. "Yes, mum, it's me! I'm alive again! Thanks for using that monkey's paw!" And they all lived happily ever after. ... I think that's how it goes.
Dare Obasanjo@carnage4life.bsky.social · last wk.“What we need to explain to the world: Number one, we are close to creating a genie that can grant any wish. Number two, we are going to make sure that our first wishes broadly benefit humanity” - Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI — This is definitely the opposite of Anthropic’s AI kills all jobs pitch.
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Classic problem, often said, but the problem is that these plans are so fucking insane that people just don’t believe them
Anat Shenker-Osorio@anatosaurus.bsky.social · 2w agoThe task wasn't then and isn't now to ask for the chance to also be shitty to immigrants, or trans people or people of color etc, but rather to make clear just what MAGA's plans actually entail and how many will be hurt if not worse.
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