I enjoy making AI slop with Nano Banana. Doing my part to end the world.
She was one of my favorite online friends for almost 20 years. I will miss her writing, her art, and our private correspondence dearly.
sanjukta paul@sanjukta.bsky.social · 4mo agoMy mother Ruchira (Mitra) Paul passed away suddenly last night. July 23, 1951-July 7, 2026. I will have more to write about her later. She was intelligent, curious, beautiful, and unerringly fair-minded even when social conventions were not. Anything I may be able to do in this life comes from that.
I've collected my political writings at the Nat Wilson Turner substac.
New York City to become first in US to ban deceptive subscription practices The Mamdani administration is banning companies from using deceptive subscriptions to trap customers into recurring charges & is also targeting "junk fees" that raise the price of everything from apartments to sport events
New York City to become first in US to ban deceptive subscription practices
Rule from Mamdani administration bans companies from trapping customers into paying recurring charges and also targets ‘junk fees’
theguardian.com
It is IMO important to recognise that Labour were *cheered to the rafters* by the national press and by their politician colleagues for telling their own supporters to fuck off. Probably worth bearing in mind, as we watch the same people scratch their heads and now ask: where did it all go wrong?
Paul Bernal@paulbernal.bsky.social · 6mo agoLabour told the likes of me to fuck off. I fucked off. They lost my vote, the ward I’m in, and control of the city council.
🎶The wheels on the truck fall off off off, off off off, off off off. The wheels on the truck fall off off off, all through the town🎶
The Verge@theverge.com · 6mo agoTesla is recalling its cheaper Cybertruck because the wheels might fall off
This is what @kidnate.bsky.social and Zach Arnold have been covering for a long while. Give the MMA Draw a look to see what's really going on in TKO. Here's one article substack.com/@natewilcox/...
Evil TKO's Coming Out Party: WrestleMania 42
Mark Shapiro is "freshening up" the WWE and fans hate it just like they hate his UFC
substack.com
Can't tell you how many members of Congress who *at best* had nothing to say when I asked about the Minab girls school attack. There is a profanely cold detachment inside Capitol Hill, a mode completely unrecognizable to common human decency I wish I could properly convey to you.
Prem Thakker ツ@premthakker.bsky.social · 7mo agoThe world not screeching to a halt when the US killed more than 100 little school girls on the very first day of this "liberating war" led us exactly to this moment
Why is fash Tucker the most powerful and cogent antiwar voice in the US?
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 7mo agoTucker Carlson: "It's vile. It begins w/ a promise to use the US military to commit a war crime. Those people who are in direct contact w/ the president need to say 'No. I'll resign. I'll do whatever I can do legally to stop this, bc this is insane. And if given the order, I'm not carrying it out'"
Gottheimer has received millions from AIPAC, per @TrackAIPAC — valuable for them to have a Democrat justifying Trump’s war 👇🏽
It's time for the 25th Amendment. We need both parties to stop backing Trump's illegal war (which we are losing badly).
Just read this over lunch and it's really good. Recommended if you remember 90s MMA, doubly recommended if you don't.
Nate Wilcox@kidnate.bsky.social · 8mo agoWrote about my favorite fighter, the one the UFC erased from history www.themmadraw.com/p/erased-by-...
Wrote about my favorite fighter, the one the UFC erased from history www.themmadraw.com/p/erased-by-...
Erased by the UFC : Frank Shamrock, The MMA GOAT of the 20th Century
His UFC title run was the peak sports-fan experience of my life
themmadraw.com
TKO has deep deep ties to the Gulf States. That is looking like a very bad bet at the moment. www.themmadraw.com/p/wrestleman...
WrestleMania in Riyadh? Are We Sure About That?
The geo-political ground has shifted out from under TKO and that ain't all
themmadraw.com
NEW: ProPublica is releasing a trove of disclosure records that detail the finances of more than 1,500 Trump appointees, including former lobbyists, industry executives and at least a dozen officials who declined to identify former clients.
Documents Reveal a Web of Financial Ties Between Trump Officials and the Industries They Help Regulate
ProPublica is releasing a trove of disclosure records that detail the finances of more than 1,500 Trump appointees, including former lobbyists, industry executives and at least a dozen officials who d...
propublica.org
TKO has deep deep ties to the Gulf States. That is looking like a very bad bet at the moment. www.themmadraw.com/p/wrestleman...
WrestleMania in Riyadh? Are We Sure About That?
The geo-political ground has shifted out from under TKO and that ain't all
themmadraw.com
Remember what I was saying? $80 billion in debt with $30 billion in revenue (not profit) and a $15 billion market cap? They're dead. Even if they panic and try to spin off all of the properties they just bought, they'll never come close to profitable. This is why Netflix walked away.
This was written at @kidnate.bsky.social s site, I think it's paywalled but basically Epstein dealt in a LOT of private plane stuff open.substack.com/pub/themmadr...
Jeffrey Epstein wanted Fertitta planes & Joe Rogan. They all said no.
How DOJ's Epstein Files exposed this rancid UFC super fan's fantasies.
open.substack.com
Had fun making an AI slop image to commemorate this horrible moment in human history.
Paramount Wins WBD: 5 Things Fight Fans Should Know
This is a big big deal, but maybe not as big as we think
themmadraw.com
Most viewed MMA bouts on US TV by year. Yeah, some of this is the decline in TV viewing, and a lot of it reflects the PPV wall erected by ESPN+, but some of may be real erosion in the popularity of the sport. Can Paramount+ fix this? www.themmadraw.com/p/ufc-please...
CBS News median age: 58 CNN median age: 50 TikTok: 43% of adults 18-29 get news from TikTok Ellison (and the right) are covering their demographics. Bezos' Washington Post's median age is 44, same as Joe Rogan listeners... www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...
How the audiences of 30 major news sources differ by age
The median age of regular news consumers ranges from 39 for Univision to 63 for Newsmax.
pewresearch.org
The people who bought CBS and lurched it into rightwing shit just bought TikTok (a major source of news) and trying to purchase CNN... They're attempting to consolidate the news to favor the right even more... Ellison was a part of the 2020 coup attempt... www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Oracle’s Larry Ellison joined Nov. 2020 call about contesting Trump’s loss
The billionaire GOP donor, the biggest backer of Elon Musk’s attempted Twitter takeover, participated along with Fox’s Sean Hannity and Sen. Lindsey Graham, according to court filings and a participan...
washingtonpost.com
a decade of mutual fuckery and back-stabbing summarized in one long blog post
The Tangled OpenAI and Microsoft Alliance Frayed Under Pressure
The partnership between Microsoft and OpenAI ignited the AI boom but frayed under pressure in 2025 as the halcyon early days ended.
nakedcapitalism.com
My, er, Nat Wilson Turner's latest for Naked Capitalism.
Microsoft's Satya Nadella Makes Microslop a Trending Term
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella has made the term Microslop go viral with his admonition to "get beyond the arguments of slop vs sophistication."
nakedcapitalism.com