just watched a guy drive over the on-ramp median to avoid waiting for one minute in the on-ramp traffic people have lost their goddamn minds
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can't tell whether you're enjoying this or im creating a bad memory for you in real time
Prepare for an insane explosion of Islamophobia between now and November, from the same people on the right (and center!) who pretend to be exercised by the rise in anti-Jewish bigotry. The hate will be off the charts and make the anti-Zohran campaign look tame. Mark my words.
"Nolan’s film is not a misbegotten attempt to modernize a classic—it is a deft and purposeful reflection of America in this moment, seen through the glass of mythological metaphor." Jeff Yang writes about THE ODYSSEY and the “people from the sea.”
The People from the Sea: How "The Odyssey" is About America
A reading of Christopher Nolan's blockbuster as a commentary on the current state of America.
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Small on the scale of corruption, but I can’t stop thinking about this story about the Pensacola ladies who have been sewing suits for the Blue Angels for over 40 years. Their contract was for 127k a year, which basically kept them in business.
could use help from immigration attorneys and/or advocates here if y'all don't mind RTing
𝕁, Highly Valued Goose 🪿@checkwithscience.com · yesterdayI have a friend who is mid-asylum process, had her interview and now the app is telling her a decision has been mailed to her house. the EOIR site just says "case information unavailable." the app says this if you drill down which looks a lot like "you're approved." wtf is actually happening?
You can see the very obvious throughline from “men could transition and easily dominate women’s sports” to “women’s sports are lesser and shouldn’t be taken seriously” to “women shouldn’t play sports” to “here are the acceptable life choices for women”
Ben Collins@bencollins.bsky.social · 2d ago"It's about protecting women's sports which, by the way, I hate more than anything in the world."
This is the tragic yet logical result of a decades-long project—undertaken by rightwing politicians and “business-minded” administrators alike—to distort the meaning of higher education, to deny the intrinsic value of the pursuit of knowledge, to deprive us all of richer, more purposeful lives.
The New Republic@newrepublic.com · 2d agoPresident Trump is banning students majoring in degrees that don’t make enough money from taking out college loans. Degrees for social work, art, religious studies, teaching aides, and music will be hit the hardest. trib.al/aaAEu6v
This issue was resolved by US v Morris, 928 F.2d 504 (2d Cir 1991), codified by the CFAA in 1996, and clarified by Van Buren v US, 141 S.Ct. 1648 (2021). They intentionally deployed an unauthorized access tool. It's no defense to say they didn't intend the resulting damage; Morris lost on that. 1/2
Zack Whittaker@zackwhittaker.com · 2d agoAfter Anthropic and OpenAI both admitted to their AI models hacking other companies, @lorenzofb.bsky.social and I wanted to find out: Who is legally to blame when an autonomous AI agent hacks something? Lawyers say it's really complicated! Bypass for ad-blockers: web.archive.org/web/20260803...
this is actually the wife-beatingest reply possible. this is the platonic ideal of how a guy who beat his wife would respond to a question about beating his wife.
The Bulwark@thebulwark.com · 3d agoRep. Max Miller: "These are incredibly serious criminal accusations. If these accusations were true, I would be in jail — I would be. My former wife would not have been offering to cook me dinner and inviting me to playgrounds. Think about that."
it's a national disgrace that the last truly bipartisan open bigotry that exists is against arabs and muslims. you can literally say whatever you want without consequence. has to change.
this is noteworthy not because transphobia makes athletes worse, but because it’s a grift that appeals to backups looking for a second career in right-wing media
Robyn- Looking For Work! 🏳️⚧️@thewobynfiasco.bsky.social · 3d agoon one hand associating skill with morality is really stupid because there’s plenty of dimwit bigots who are good at sports. however it really is something how practically all of the most prominent transphobic athletes are just flatly mediocre
lesson two for me would be "you inventing a version of this movie in your head based off a trailer does not make the actual movie bad because its different than you thought it would be"
David Sims@davidlsims.bsky.social · 4d agoif I ever taught film criticism lesson one would be “you being smarter than the movie is not interesting to anyone”
if I ever taught film criticism lesson one would be “you being smarter than the movie is not interesting to anyone”
d3 defensive coordinator after giving up nine hundred yards total offense
Kevin M. Kruse@kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 3d agoMax Miller is denying all the allegations against him and you can tell he's sincere because of the popped collar.
i see a bunch of you decided to get on the horn with the major papers last week
happy august to all that celebrate
Taylor Swift – august (Official Lyric Video)
YouTube video by Taylor Swift
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Congrats on getting Hamas to say “okay fine, we’ll disarm after Israel totally withdraws” and Israel to say “okay fine, we’ll withdraw after Hamas totally disarms.” No one’s accomplished that before, better make it the top headline.
why does every politician talk like this now
@thejrocktv.bsky.social · 6d agoShe knows she’s losing so she said let’s just go mask off.
tbf WOMEN have thought about hip dips before. its a big thing in women's fitness and beauty spaces online, which is why incels picked up on it. because they think its an insecurity they can exploit
Playboy@playboy.com · 6d agoWhat are the incel men up to over on X? Focussing on a quirk of women’s bodies most of us have never even thought about before now. Our take? "Making women mad and getting likes from fellow incels is all they have going for them." Read now: www.playboy.com/read/sex/the...
If not a bailout then certainly a well-timed announcement
It's true the anti-trans movement in sports has two major factions, but it's not good faith and assholes, it's suckers and the people suckering them, and that's being generous to the suckers
"good faith people who care a lot about women's sports" not a thing. good faith people would listen to the facts, read the studies, listen to the experiences of trans people and base their opinions off of that. but all they do is parrot boogeyman rhetoric invented by the transphobic far right.
victoria zeller🫛 (RISEBALL, summer ‘27)@dirtbagqueer.rocks · 6d agoenough of this shit
the state of massachusetts continuing with this trial of lindsay clancy is disgusting and they all should be ashamed.