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Things that have gotten better in my lifetime 1) airplane safety 2) public safety in general 3) Philadelphia Eagles 4) food, for sure 5) computers 6) TVs 7) can watch sports from anywhere in the world from my house 8) dishwashers 9) weighted blankets 10) music genres 11) your mom 12) medicine
Constantine@ajaxsinger.bsky.social · 20h agoFood, man. Food is so much better than it was in 1986. All of it. Poor-people food, restaurant food, fresh food, frozen food. Food is just a hell of a lot better.
⚠️ Democrats in array: Schumer, Gillibrand, and Whitmer coalesce behind El-Sayed
I’m telling you this as a political scientist. The person who is electable is the one who is elected. This can and does change over time. Any and all speculation about “electability” is either puffery or anxiety and is often both.
Julia Azari@juliaazari.bsky.social · 19h agoOne way to be safe is to never write an electability take
Abdul El Sayed's open-mindedness on the question of how to actually resolve the question of Palestine is one of the best indicators of his overall intelligence and sincerity. Policymakers in DC should adopt a rights-based approach which prioritizes ending the occupation and apartheid systems.
Ron Skolnik@ronskolnik.bsky.social · yesterdayEl-Sayed: "I believe in equal rights to peace, dignity, and self-determination, for Palestinians and Jewish Israelis alike... If that’s 2 states, I’m for it. If it’s 1 state, I’m for that. If it’s this 'land for all' model, ... or whatever they decide." www.newyorker.com/news/the-new...
What’s wild to me is most media coverage has framed Tillis and Cornyn holding up the nomination for like 3 entire days as a huge standing up to trump thing and like….it’s just them caving almost immediately.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · yesterdayTillis admits Trump is weaponizing the DOJ during his speech announcing he'll vote for Todd Blanche: "Maybe it's a little bit more intense in this administration than the last one ... I'm going to support Mr Blanche's nomination"
Vendor: “In the future these platforms are going to be run by an LLM” ARE THEY???? IS THAT A *GOOD* IDEA??????
My AI thoughts are a cycle in which I use it in a limited specific way where it does something really well and I think it’s great and then I hear what my coworkers are doing and I want to ban it everywhere.
Michael@fleerultra.bsky.social · last wk.setting aside data centers, environmental concerns, any sci-fi/fantasy AI-apocalypse concerns, and concerns about built in bigotry or using AI for evil ends like drone targeting; discounting all that, i'd be for banning LLMs just based on lazy people overusing them and it making those people stupid
Really honoring Lindsey’s legacy here by being generally awful and kissing so much ass
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · last wk.Hannity: "My President, Lindsey probably has a heavenly version of Mar-a-Lago. It may even be a little bigger. I wouldn't be surprised if he added one big beautiful ballroom and an arch somewhere on the property. Because he would want to obviously duplicate his dearest friend in life. You."
Trump takes issue with the Lindsey Graham eulogy he's reading: "Virtually everyone liked Lindsey. Well, not everybody. But it sounds good. I have to be honest. I have to veer from this for a second."
I’m sorry coffee AND cake???? Sign me up asap
The Alexandria Brief@alexandriabrief.com · last wk.Twosome Coffee & Cake signage is up in the 400 block of King Street. The name matches A Twosome Place, a major South Korean coffee-and-dessert chain with about 1,700 stores. I've reached out for details on the opening. www.instagram.com/madeinalxva/...
Incredible work from the 311 app not letting me upload a picture I just took from within the app
Look as long as Austin fc somehow manages a 4-0 second half it’s all good
Dude got the call about troops dying and whipped out his ouija board as any reasonable leader would
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2w agoTrump on fallen US troops: "All of them said very strongly, 'We cannot let Iran have a nuclear weapon.'"
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The spotted lanternfly starts its final transformation from nymph to adult in July. These pests will begin laying their egg masses around the county. What Can You Do? If you see spotted lanternfly nymphs or adults, squish/step on them. Learn more: https://bit.ly/44m0eZM
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good lord, this is such a non-ball knower answer. top two things, without a doubt are 1) SCOTUS reform 2) DC/PR statehood getting rid of citizens united and gerrymandering are literally just downstream from SCOTUS reform
Daniel Drezner@dandrezner.bsky.social · 3w agoKlein asks Allen what liberals should prioritize if they win the trifecta in 2028. Allen suggests the following: 1) Putting an end to Citizens United; 2) Creation of national service; 3) Ending gerrymandering
a thing about these “priorities” is that they cannot be achieved without comprehensive Supreme Court reform, which means THAT is your actual priority
Daniel Drezner@dandrezner.bsky.social · 3w agoKlein asks Allen what liberals should prioritize if they win the trifecta in 2028. Allen suggests the following: 1) Putting an end to Citizens United; 2) Creation of national service; 3) Ending gerrymandering
SIGH *moves Markwayne further along the stupid axis on my internal stupid vs evil chart*
Eugene Vinitsky 🍒@eugenevinitsky.bsky.social · 3w agoI did not see this unhinged statement previously. These people really do not understand this country
you stupid mother fucker (markwayne not eugene) we tricked the entire world into sending their smartest hardest working people here and then tricked those same people into staying permanently instead of going back to their home country you are BLOWING UP OUR SPOT
Eugene Vinitsky 🍒@eugenevinitsky.bsky.social · 3w agoI did not see this unhinged statement previously. These people really do not understand this country
"First among equals" might not enough. We may need "the Executive and the Judiciary are creatures of the legislature"
Adam Gurri@adamgurri.liberalcurrents.com · 3w agoI just listened to a panel with David French and someone from the Brennan Center vociferously argue against expanding the Court. French said it would lead to “the dissolution of the republic.” About a third of the audience applauded. We need to get a policy culture that’s willing to do what it takes
Toronto had the worst air quality in the world yesterday 🌎 In a world where transportation accounts for the largest share of CO2 emissions, getting more people to take transit instead of driving is a climate solution. Funding transit is a climate solution!
I wish this "speed cameras are cash grabs" trope would die. We have recent studied in the U.S. showing that after an initial surge in ticketing, fines decline as behavior changes and people speed less.
Claude needs a feature where you can make fun of it in the chat for saying something dumb or annoying and it won’t be weirdly polite about that
AOC says Don't Print Lies In The Newspaper
Acyn@acyn.bsky.social · 3w agoAOC on Trump’s Thursday address: I don’t think we should be contributing to the platforming of lies about our elections. Many of these outlets often receive transcripts, and I think we have an ethical obligation not to air things that undermine our elections and are not rooted in fact.