I’m sorry, but there’s just no affirmative case for this company to exist. I get it, groups have used and still use Facebook to organize, etc, but the inherent terribleness of this organization necessitates closing it down completely.

WIRED@wired.com · 3h ago

Over the last nine months, Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta has run dozens of paid ads that include explicit AI-generated child sexual abuse material (CSAM) and images of minors alongside sexually suggestive statements, according to details of the ads shared with WIRED.

Guy who uses “honky” as a slur against drivers

there were not one, but two revolting state house Dems who tried to sue trans women off the ballot because they did not use their deadnames. they've both lost.

Kevin@reginageorgebush.bsky.social · 15h ago

oh, this is great to see—Liberati is a gross socially conservative dynasty pol who tried to get Whaley, a progressive, disqualified for not filing under her deadname. Harris+1.5 so she starts out favored

Aside from the knock to the ever-dwindling music journalism ecosystem, I just think about what this all means for smaller and mid-tier bands. If you're not already huge, who is going to cover your album? Who is going to post about your tour? Who is going to…

Leor Galil@imleor.bsky.social · 5h ago

“Music publications BrooklynVegan, Alternative Press, Revolver, and Goldmine have been gutted by parent company Veeps... Nearly all the staff at each publication appear to have been laid off yesterday. Veeps, which is now owned by Live Nation, acquired the publications in 2024 or 2025”

I’m not a “Europe is hopelessly poor” person nor a “GDP explains everything” person but tbh whenever I see someone complain that EVERYTHING in MODERN LIFE has gotten MONOTONICALLY WORSE there‘s a good chance they’re in the UK which has in fact been in and out of recession for 10 years

Monsters

I wrote about the triumph of Doing Your Own Research and the stupid, nasty thing that is replacing some very recent history in real time. defector.com/were-just-go...

We're Just Going To Keep Doing 2020 Again Until All The Wrong Stuff Is True | Defector

In a bunch of ways, there is no real percentage in remembering what things were actually like during the worst years of the COVID-19 pandemic. Beyond all the uncertainty and suffering and death, there...

defector.com

Yep. Earlier this year I was interviewed by Sharyn Alfonsi of 60 Minutes about my Epstein investigation. Subsequently, CBS pulled the segment and fired the reporter. The MAGA buyout of media is aiding the Trump administration’s Epstein cover up.

The New Republic@newrepublic.com · yesterday

Banks permitted millions in suspicious transactions tied to Epstein—and former 60 Minutes correspondent Sharyn Alfonsi had the story months ago. But the report would never air. trib.al/ZShZlIS

regular reminder to americans to read the wikipedia page of the german media company that bought politico, axel springer SE, which is probably the dominant force of rightwing propaganda in germany after ww2

Politico@politico.com · 12h ago

Progressives didn’t get the big election night they wanted

It would’ve been a clear mandate and rejection of the left if the centrist had won by one vote.

Politico@politico.com · 12h ago

Progressives didn’t get the big election night they wanted

Set in a cel-shaded fascist dystopia, Jet Grind Radio is a Score-Attack Skating-Game / Platformer hybrid, where to goal is to reach Graffiti spots and tag them! You could design custom graffiti, import them via VMU, and even upload them online making this one of the defining Sega Dreamcast games!

who is smarter? we may never know

egg16z 🥚@notlikewe.bsky.social · 6h ago

to be fair Jim Cramer does communicate with buttons like those dogs on instagram

53,800 of these bad boys are landing in Clacton. Ain’t they beauts? #VoteBinface

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 · 16h ago

One way to be safe is to never write an electability take

August 5 1999, Hybrid Heaven debuted on the N64 in Japan! Here are some bullet points: *Aliens *Espionage *RPG *Konami *Sci Fi *Christmas Trees *Wrestling *Plot Twists *Leg Kicks *Human Skin *Suplex *The President

Chipotle isolated a single source of Jalapeno peppers contaminated with Salmonella. They figured it out. RFK Jr. can’t

So 80,000 surveillance state ALPRs can be used to track 1 woman because she sought an abortion in a different state, but 80,000 ALPRs haven't been used to find, oh I dunno, Amber Alert missing children? They can also be used to spy on children in gyms too. So that's a thing.

He's electable if we elect him.

the plot to enslave america

404 Media@404media.co · yesterday

Mike Lee's SCREEN Act, which heads to Senate Commerce Committee for markup on Wednesday, would expand age verification requirements to a nearly limitless scope of websites, and is supported by the architects of Project 2025.

Haley Stevens has climbed on top of the shed and is refusing to get down. Very angry, arms crossed. Back to the cameras/onlookers

he's actually a teenager

one day I will quit the internet but it is not now or anytime in the foreseeable future

my takeaway from AES winning is that he needs to drop anything people liked about him, campaign exactly as if haley stevens won and hate himself and his voters as much as her supporters do - The Politics Whiz

Yeah, it seems like literally every Michigan primary poll got the margin wrong by at least 8 points and gave the candidates completely incorrect coalitions

brent sewer socialist🚰🌹@therealbrent.bsky.social · 15h ago

So El-Sayed is doing better with Black voters and worse with white voters than most people imagined? That’ll be fun for The Discourse.

Padres Twitter Bot@padres-bot.bsky.social · 17h ago

🔁 @SamNeher24 retweeted @BronxBombrs Zack Hample did not get the Lombard ball, everyone rejoice https://t.co/s82KvAL7RT