Lemme get this straight. Republicans think a good strategy to mitigate their coming midterm disaster is to <checks notes> relitigate COVID?

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2w ago

Moreno to Fauci: "Who the fuck did you think you were?"

There is only one true patriot in this photo

Phil Lewis@phillewis.bsky.social · last mo.

"Members of the group Patriot Front ride the metro as a commuter looks on, during the 250th anniversary of U.S. independence in Washington, D.C., U.S., July 4, 2026. REUTERS/Cheney Orr"

I never ever ever ever ever want to hear another conservative say the word "originalist" or claim that we need to respect the "plain meaning" of the words of the constitution. That there were 3 dissents on birthright citizenship is a travesty.

He's just gonna bulldoze the Kennedy Center some night before that tarp ever comes down, isn't he?

Remember that one time Obama put his feet up on his desk in the oval office?

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 2mo ago

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Ted Chiang is brilliant. He takes the question of AI consciousness to its logical conclusion—really a must-read, right down to the last word: www.theatlantic.com/philosophy/2...

No, Artificial Intelligence Is Not Conscious

Taken to its logical conclusion, this line of thinking is absurd—and damning.&nbsp;&nbsp;

theatlantic.com

Each of the accepted pronunciations of the word "banal" sound more wrong and pretentious than the others, somehow. There's just no way to say this word out loud.

Rereading this little gem of a book in anticipation of my fourth (fifth?) viewing of Stalker. Where are the Tarkovsky nerds on here?

Introduce yourself with 10 artists you've seen live Jethro Tull The Who B.B. King Buddy Guy Nancy Griffith Barenaked Ladies Tracy Chapman Violent Femmes Adrian Belew Bela Fleck

Kevin M. Kruse@kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Introduce yourself with 10 artists you’ve seen live Beastie Boys Bo Diddley De La Soul Parliament-Funkadelic Pixies Radiohead R.E.M. The Roots Stereolab Superchunk

Slightly diminish a book. The Wizard of Tsp

G. Willow Wilson@gwillow.me · 3mo ago

Slightly diminish a book. The Grapes of Irritation

TIL I share a birthday with one of my all-time favorite actors.

Benjamin Dreyer@bcdreyer.social · 4mo ago

And of course happy birthday to the divine Emma.

Best Star Trek crew, wrong answers only

John Scalzi@scalzi.com · 4mo ago

Best Star Trek crew, wrong answers only

Just noting that "I feel like I have closer views with liberals than more conservatives at this point" seems to be an example of an Escher sentence #linguistics

Diedrich Bader@diedrichbader.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Almost there Aiden but I’m proud of you

I kind of pity any Paramount executives who've convinced themselves that the Venn diagram of "Paramount+ subscribers" and "Star Trek fans" isn't a circle

He's...bragging about taking the dementia test AGAIN?

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 5mo ago

Trump: "I'm the only president that ever took a cognitive test. I took it 3 times. It's actually a very hard test for a lot of people. It wasn't hard for me. It starts off with an easy question and by the time you get to the middle it gets tougher -- mathematical equations and things."

"Incredibly valuable energy source on which our whole economy depends must be shipped through a single narrow passage directly under the weapons of our enemy", if it were a sci-fi plot, would be a credulity-killing cliche

Jon Cooper@joncooper-us.bsky.social · 5mo ago

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"Friends" is a beloved American sitcom that aired from 1994 to 2004, following six young adults—Rachel, Ross, Monica, Chandler, Joey, and Phoebe—living in New York City. The show explores their friendships, romances, careers, and personal growth over ten seasons.

Kevin M. Kruse@kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 6mo ago

"Friends" is a beloved American sitcom that aired from 1994 to 2004, following six young adults—Rachel, Ross, Monica, Chandler, Joey, and Phoebe—living in New York City. The show explores their friendships, romances, careers, and personal growth over ten seasons.

"Friends" is a beloved American sitcom that aired from 1994 to 2004, following six young adults—Rachel, Ross, Monica, Chandler, Joey, and Phoebe—living in New York City. The show explores their friendships, romances, careers, and personal growth over ten seasons.

Adam Bonin@adambonin.bsky.social · 6mo ago

"Friends" is a beloved American sitcom that aired from 1994 to 2004, following six young adults—Rachel, Ross, Monica, Chandler, Joey, and Phoebe—living in New York City. The show explores their friendships, romances, careers, and personal growth over ten seasons.

Tuning into the POTUS press conf on the tariff decision, in an act of either schadenfreude or masochism, not clear which yet

Imagine Tig Notaro doing intake at the counter of a guitar repair shop. That's what my brain did last night, in a dream. I'm sorry I can't share it with you, it was hilarious.

So we got NASCAR, the NFL, Budweiser, the Chamber of Commerce, and apparently the 2nd amendment? And they got ... the Kennedy Center? What is even happening?

Joey Politano🏳️‍🌈@josephpolitano.bsky.social · 6mo ago

libs getting the chamber of commerce in the national divorce, sure, why not, welcome aboard www.reuters.com/world/us-cou...

Between AI server farms and these, I foresee a huge opportunity for somebody who comes up with a business model requiring a ton of vacant warehouses in about five years

Aaron Reichlin-Melnick@reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 6mo ago

ICE has now spent over half a BILLION dollars just on purchasing warehouses around the country to convert into detention camps. If these mega-camps are utilized to the full capacity ICE intends, they'll be the largest prisons in the country, with little real oversight. www.ajc.com/politics/202...

1. It was not an accident. 2. It was not a staffer. 3. While the president may have dementia his racism is not due to dementia. 4. He isn’t sorry. He means every racist thought he shares. 5. His base agrees with him. 6. He will do it again. 7. No one in power will hold him accountable.

This isn’t some anonymous tip. This is sworn testimony, under penalty of perjury, from someone who said Trump threatened to kill her if she exposed Epstein’s sexual abuse.

after exhaustive research I present to you the most Dickensian name on almost every MLB roster (*indicates non-roster)

Dave Draeger@davedraeger.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Wow, I am so out of touch. Charles Dickens is the Marlins’ GM now?

Walz: "To Americans who are watching this, I've got a question for you: What side do you want to be on? The side of an all powerful federal govt that can kill, injury, menace, & kidnap its citizens off the streets? Or on the side of a nurse at the VA hospital who died bearing witness to such govt?"

Gotta hand it to the administration--all the murdering and terror aaaaalmost made me forget about the raping and the pedophilia.

Protester in Minneapolis just before disappearing in gas: "Fuck you! Stop. Damn! I'm 70 years old and I'm fuckin' angry!"

All of this is fucking senseless. Minnesota did not have an immigration problem. Trump sent his Nazi thugs here because he's racist against Somali people and to own libs like Tim Walz. Now two Minnesotans are dead and Minneapolis is on the verge of going up in flames. None. Of. This. Was. Necessary.

Once again, immigration is not even a problem. Immigrants are not more criminal, they don't cost jobs, they don't harm the economy. There is no reason for any of this. It is hurting ourselves to hurt them.