MUST BE GODDAMN NICE

Xi bringing up Thucydides while talking to Trump is so hilarious and mean

On its 100th birthday in 1959, Edward Teller warned the oil industry about global warming. Big Oil was told in 1959. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

On its 100th birthday in 1959, Edward Teller warned the oil industry about global warming

Benjamin Franta: Somebody cut the cake – new documents reveal that American oil writ large was warned of global warming at its 100th birthday party.

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One reason Republicans are banning books and classes on race is because reading even one book about Jim Crow or Reconstruction makes it clear that they are hoping to reinstate segregation.

Prem Thakker ツ@premthakker.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Wow. Chaos on the Tennessee House floor. Tennesseans yelling in the gallery and Democrats locking arms in one final stand, as Republicans vote to advance new congressional maps that will carve up the state’s only majority-Black congressional district.

This headline from Justice Roberts and the red banner of what Tennessee just did to Memphis after the SCOTUS gutted the Voting Rights Act..

scott adams accepting jesus christ at the last minute, saying he looks forward to spending eternity with him, opening his eyes and learning that jesus is black

i wish i could still buy things at the prices i used to complain about

no greenlander ever called me a libtard

The Washington Post published a clear video of federal agents removing Alex Pretti's handgun moments before he was fatally shot. There's nothing in the video to suggest Pretti even reached for his weapon. wapo.st/49Zqv1L

stop using AI to do your research. it hallucinates too often. if you want an answer to something, post something arrogant on the appropriate subreddit. something like: "this item performs 10% better than everything else. only idiots deny this." this will bait nerds into doing your research for you.

friend of mine is an undocumented immigrant and has been hiding in Melania theaters bc he knows people assume no one is in there

read online that someone set-up a premium rate phone number where callers get charged $3.99/ min. then they posted flyers in their neighborhood that said "call this number to report illegal aliens," but the number just puts them on hold with music. so far, they've made $17,000

so crazy to me that a woman asked trump if he has any words for epstein's victims and he said "you as a young woman should smile more." it will go nowhere bc republicans refuse to hold trump accountable, but it's still pretty crazy.

This is one of my favorite charts because the obvious implication is ... obvious, but you absolutely are not allowed to say it out loud in US public discourse.

The ocean freighting industry is woke now (the containers spell Renee, for Renee Good). www.reddit.com/r/Tacoma/com...

I'm going to print this image out and hang it on my wall because the idea that this exists should fill everyone with absolute boiling fucking rage every day.

Steve Middlebrook@stmdc.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Here is the child’s drawing.

LeGuinn skewered Rowling a full decade and a half ago and it still rings true today.

The anti-democracy SCOTUS majority must pretend to believe the president should have unencumbered power to run every part of the executive branch as he sees fit. https://badfaithtimes.com/how-to-save-america-from-an-anti-democracy-supreme-court/

How To Save America From An Anti-Democracy Supreme Court

"Red-teaming" the vulnerabilities of U.S. institutions has to be a top priority for the post-Trump era, whenever that begins.

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here's today's post: "good fucking riddance to Greg Fucking Bovino" — someone had to take the fall. thanks for reading, and please sign up for my daily newsletter to keep getting the good stuff —

good fucking riddance to Greg Fucking Bovino

someone had to take the fall

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Detroit has unveiled their statue honoring RoboCop www.metrotimes.com/arts/detroit...

Detroit finally has a RoboCop statue - Detroit Metro Times

Nearly 15 years later, Detroit finally has its statue of RoboCop.  The bronze statue depicting the eponymous cybernetic star of Paul Verhoeven’s 1987 set-in-Detroit sci-fi satire was installed in East...

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Just philosophically opposed to doing ANY prep-work WHATSOEVER.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 9mo ago

Trump tries to read President Tshisekedi's name

I don't see a lot of people talking about this, so I want to highlight something GOOD Billie Eilish stood in a room full of billionaires and said "you're billionaires... Why?" She donated 11.5 MILLION DOLLARS to food equity and climate orgs, which Stephen Colbert announced to said billionaires.

Billie Eilish Calls on Billionaires to Support People in Need: 'No Hate, But Give Your Money Away'

Billie Eilish donates $11.5 million from 'Hit Me Hard and Soft' tour to charity and calls on billionaires to support people in need during hard times.

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I'm not sure you can get more marie antoinette than taking away food stamps before thanksgiving while you build a gold and marble dance hall so the other crooks can bring bribe you over a badly-cooked (argentinian) steak