It’s a direct attack on rule of law from the highest levels, aimed at permanently ending US Constitutional democracy and imposing a dictatorship. Always has been. Anyone who tries treating it as something else—as if they’re dealing with mistaken impressions rather than lies—gets egg on their face.

Greg Sargent@gregsargent.bsky.social · 4h ago

It's funny that Jeanine Pirro brought a box of evidence to WH to persuade Trump. He wants her to consciously *throw out* exculpatory facts and *knowingly* prosecute innocent people. So facts can't persuade him by definition. Me and @barbmcquade.bsky.social on this: newrepublic.com/article/2139...

Unbelievable youtu.be/wv_Xhzwvjyg?...

Dear Prudence by The Beatles (Morgan James & Haley Reinhart Cover)

YouTube video by Morgan James

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There are no trans women in the WNBA. There are no trans women NCAA basketball players. Hell, who knows if there are even any trans girls playing HS basketball.

Razzball@razzball.bsky.social · 19h ago

Did we ever find out if the A is for Asshole?

Don't look now, but the world has now installed 3TW of solar. Took 10 years to get from 100GW to 1TW. Less than 3 years to get to 2TW. Less than 2 years to get to 3TW. Analysts expect *9TW* by 2036.

The World Crossed a Major Solar Milestone. No One Noticed

The next phase of the boom may reveal a shift in who is gaining access to the technology.

bloomberg.com

This is the play in every single industry at the moment. A massive bailout for mediocre white underachievers .

Jake_Vig@jakevig.bsky.social · 2d ago

After a middling WNBA career, blonde haired, blue eyed Sophie Cunningham has positioned herself for post-basketball success and riches as a conservative mouthpiece. This is the pattern that always works because conservatives are very very dumb and will latch onto anyone who promotes hate.

If you're an adult spending your day thinking about a minor's "reproductive anatomy," you should be summarily guillotined without due process.

I'm convinced the supporters of this sort of thing are just pedophiles. They relish the thought of getting to diddle children "legally"

Gillian Branstetter@gbbranstetter.bsky.social · 2d ago

An initiative on the ballot in Washington state in November would require all athletes seeking to play girl's sports from kindergarten to high school to undergo "genetic screening, a testosterone-levels test, or an examination of their reproductive anatomy" before they can play

Time to add another formerly respected institution to the garbage pile, this time @aau.edu, which just worked with the Trump admin to endorse resegregation in high education, embedding MAGA fraudsters as faculty, and banning student expression. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Experts aren't always right. That's why I put my faith in morons who are never right

Just got back from the Haley Reinhart concert at TCAM in Natick, MA. First concert for me since 1981. Great small venue and she is a magnificent vocalist. She finished with Can't Help Falling in Love and Creep both of which she knocked out of the park youtu.be/m3lF2qEA2cw?...

Creep - Vintage Postmodern Jukebox Radiohead Cover ft. Haley Reinhart

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Also the Republicans were screaming that Fauci helped authorize vaccines for children, which is something every goddamn parent I know was praying for every day for more than a year and have been thankful for ever since. These people are all self-centered idiotic sociopaths, nothing more.

Melissa Gira Grant@melissagiragrant.com · 3d ago

if you hated covid "lockdowns" try long covid

this is like expired milk giving you an ultimatum

Mediaite@mediaite.com · 3d ago

James Carville Tells Fox News He’s Out of the Democratic Party if Hasan Piker Stays: ‘One of Us is Going to Leave’

This is so beautiful youtu.be/wv_Xhzwvjyg?...

Dear Prudence by The Beatles (Morgan James & Haley Reinhart Cover)

YouTube video by Morgan James

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I will go further: JD Vance has said, essentially, his own wife shouldn't have gotten automatic citizenship for being born here, which I guess would make his children with her subject to deportation

neuse river hag@neuseriverhag.bsky.social · 5d ago

i honestly want to talk to someone who thinks this is a bad thing to say

This is a cogent look at the possibilities for next year. Honestly, it really comes down to how Tatum plays and Mazzulla coaches.

John Karalis@johnkaralis.com · 5d ago

New at Celtics on SI: Four Reasons the Boston Celtics Could Be Better Than Last Season www.si.com/nba/celtics/...

The Odyssey is one of the most important pieces of literature in western civilization. This adaptation is the Die Hard version. Fun movie!

Companies are all in on selling folks the idea that it’s in your best interest for your products to “know you” as if you are getting a dedicated servant but what you are really getting is a spy.

GM to launch its own in-vehicle AI system later this year

General Motors plans to launch a proprietary in-vehicle artificial intelligence system that's better tailored for its customers later this year.

cnbc.com

looking at the headlines and reflecting once again on how all the smart, hard-working, honest people I know feel like they’re going at least a little insane in our era of total Stupid Immoral Asshole ascendancy

I wrote about the Nolan Odyssey for the LRB. I'll summarize some of my main points below, in case you don't feel like reading all that. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

Emily Wilson · An Uncomplicated Man

As they say at the awards shows, I was humbled to learn that Christopher Nolan has read at least the first line of my...

lrb.co.uk

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Why We Build the Wall

YouTube video by Patrick Page - Topic

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Film you've watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Star Trek, Star Wars, LOTR, Marvel, Disney, or Ghibli.

Roy Scheider as Brody: Beach Panic in Jaws

ALT: Roy Scheider as Brody: Beach Panic in Jaws

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hardbap@hardbap.bsky.social · 7d ago

Film you've watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Star Trek, Star Wars, LOTR, Marvel, Disney, or Ghibli.

TARGET 12: A 10-month investigation done in collaboration with @pablotorrefindsout.bsky.social and @truth.bsky.social has revealed NBA superstar Kawhi Leonard is one of the long-hidden investors in Rhode Island FC. Full investigation w/ @timwhiteri.bsky.social 👇 www.wpri.com/target-12/nb...

NBA superstar Kawhi Leonard’s secret stake in Rhode Island soccer project revealed

The two-time NBA champion’s involvement was revealed after a 10-month investigation by Target 12, “Pablo Torre Finds Out” and Hunterbrook.

wpri.com

Holy sh*t @pablo.show ended up in Rhode Island

Pablo Torre@pablo.show · 7d ago

We investigated a sitting U.S. governor in the newest sequel to our Kawhi/Clippers investigation. It's fun

All the Fauci stuff is a modern day version of the POW/MIA stuff after Vietnam - a way to try to rewrite the history of a huge failure of conservative ideology to be instead a story about how liberals and foreigners stabbed us in the back.

WTF would the parties need to agree?

TSN@tsnofficial.bsky.social · 7d ago

The NBA investigation into whether the LA Clippers circumvented the salary cap to pay Kawhi Leonard could drag into 2027 if the parties don’t agree on the findings or any proposed settlement that involves punishing the team, per ESPN.

This is how you write a headline

The New Republic@newrepublic.com · 7d ago

A federal judge has thrown out the FBI director’s lawsuit against a blogger who called him a “googly-eyed Kremlin bitch.” trib.al/ouHgmYA

New at Celtics on SI: Why This is Jayson Tatum's Best Chance at an MVP, and What it Would Take to Win www.si.com/nba/celtics/...

Why This is Jayson Tatum's Best Chance at an MVP, and What it Would Take to Win

Jayson Tatum, a five-time All-NBA player (four first-team), has never finished higher than fourth in MVP voting. The league has always seen him as one of the be

si.com

This is the most insane thing I’ve ever heard

The Washington Post@washingtonpost.com · last wk.

Schools in at least three states will be equipped with drones this year that can zoom through halls, smash windows and pepper-spray active shooters if teachers report a threat. The drones are capable of reaching a shooter within 15 seconds.

The anti-data center movement is like "I don't want to pay more money for a thing that will not benefit me at all and will actively make my life measurably worse in a bunch of ways" and the pro-data center movement is like "We want it to be illegal for you to not like us."

Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · last wk.

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Among the worst ideas floating around is that "the free market" will naturally achieve desirable results for society. No, it won't, not even in theory, much less in practice. Markets don't optimize "good for society" unless you make them.

Jon of The North@krauza.bsky.social · last wk.

Turns out that food companies were only checking their food because the government told them to, which is exactly why we need government regulations.