just so you know... (not to be confused with elegantly wasted.)
I work at a public library. People who want to use AI seem to have no trouble doing so. People who don't want to use AI have a harder time. I crowdsourced and then finalized this document "How to disable or avoid intrusive AI" and then gave it a short URL: notoai.org Please pass along if it's useful
High temps in Tehran and south Iran over 90 degrees, & 47 wants to bomb water treatment and electric facilities, in a nation of over 90M people. Objectively criminal, certain to cause chaos and death in a civilian population that does not matter to the Regime he's trying to topple. War Crime Prez.
Pat Bagley, an award winning cartoonist with the Salt Lake Tribune.
US @ war in ME triggers oil crisis, GOP screaming about Commies, Fauci @ Senate re: COVID, Bon Jovi & Springsteen @ MSG, Knicks won 💖, Green Day American Idiot on radio, 2 kids flip thru records @ bus stop, X-Men toons on TV, What F year IS it? This timeline is so exhausting. Sry about the smoke. 🍁
A simple, Canadian explanation of how US tariffs work.
Tod Maffin 🇨🇦@todmaffin.com · 2w agoHere's the simplest explanation of the dumbest tariff policy yet
Also: it’s not going to work! No voter is asking for a hearing about Anthony Fauci and COVID-19 in 2026 when the war in Iran is increasing gas prices by 50%. Republicans have been pushing for this because it gets retweets from rabid MAGA users on social media. This is made-for-X governing.
Ross Douthat has been hired by Bari Weiss to be a correspondent on SIXTY FREAKING MINUTES! I decided to repost my review of an episode of Ross’s New York Times podcast that he titled “Did Women Ruin The Workplace?” I stand by it.😬 wkamaubell.substack.com/p/did-the-ne...
"Douthat [not a journalist] will join the show alongside author Sebastian Junger [actual journalist!], CBS News correspondent Trevor Phillips [not a journalist], and [documentary] filmmaker Gianna Toboni [sort of a journalist but not really]."
NYT’s Most Obnoxious Columnist Joins 60 Minutes in Pro-Trump Overhaul
Bari Weiss is bringing a friendly face to the prestigious news show.
newrepublic.com
I think this is really a bet that Trumpism is not in its End Stages and lives on and flourishes with JD Vance, which seems like a bad bet
Greg Sargent@gregsargent.bsky.social · last wk.very mixed feelings about this one
Sign, share, etc petition.edwardswire.com/beshear
Gov. Beshear: Appoint A Democrat To McConnell’s Seat
Trump won Kentucky by 30 points — a special election is an automatic Republican win. The Kentucky Constitution gives Gov. Beshear an untested power to appoint a Democrat instead.
petition.edwardswire.com
My heart goes out to my LGBTQ+ family in Berlin. 🏳️🌈💔♥️💛💚💙💜🏳️🌈
"America’s traditional democratic allies feel betrayed and baffled by the unpredictability of Trump’s pay-for-play diplomacy... If not even the Saudis, who showered Trump and his family with cash and gifts, can trust Trump’s diplomacy, who else on earth can feel any confidence at all?"
The Saudis Learn the Truth About Trump
The president is happy to receive money and gifts, but don’t expect favors in return.
theatlantic.com
"MAGA has been losing the argument in the actual marketplace of ideas. So the strategy has shifted ...to cramming right-wing media down our throats. And using subpoenas, license reviews, antitrust waivers, and merger approvals to shrink the space where fact-based reporting competes at all."
Why Trump’s War on the Press Is Different This Time
MAGA can’t compete in the marketplace of ideas. So the Trump administration keeps trying to find ways to cram right-wing media down our throats.
open.substack.com
Stuart Stevens on the Collapse of the White House Correspondents' Dinner www.lincolnsquare.media/p/live-with-...
Stuart Stevens on the Collapse of the White House Correspondents' Dinner
"What happened last night, it's beyond embarrassing. It's beyond shameful. It's evil."
lincolnsquare.media
@vintageobscura.net not sure why this was in my head when I woke up, but I credit/blame you.
David Lee Roth - Just A Gigolo / I Ain't Got Nobody (Official Video) [HD]
YouTube video by RHINO
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It's been so hot I've busted out my "summer wardrobe" and my partner is seeing some things for the first time. So he's "checking me out" more than usual. Apparently, today, I am giving off "Divorced Art Teacher" vibes. I think that is possibly the best compliment I have received so far this year.