We asked 1500 degenerate online libertarian guys who are all trying to screw each other over constantly what they think is going to happen in the world, and the answer might surprise you.
CNBC@cnbc.com · 2d agoKalshi traders think July jobs report will come in slightly cooler than economists’ predictions
See also: writing about war, family, slavery, love, hope, whatever…someone smarter & more talented than you has already done it, so just do your own thing. And make it not suck.
G. Willow Wilson@gwillow.me · last wk.When you write superhero comics, some days you wake up and think "it's all been done before" and feel panic. And some days you wake up and think "it's all been done before" and feel free. The challenge is navigating yourself from the first to the second so you can get some actual work done
I know that most of our digital tools are controlled by awful billionaires and it's almost impossible for us to divest ourselves of all of them. But I think that X and Substack are so horribly toxic that everyone should avoid them as much as possible.
Rebecca Solnit@rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 3w agoAnd as a commenter welcomes, guess who just welcomed Andrew Tate onboard? Yep, Substack.
"Odysseus ripped off his rags. Now naked, he leapt upon the threshold with his bow and quiverfull of arrows, which he tipped out in a rush before his feet, and spoke. What’s up, jerks."
troyliss@troyliss.bsky.social · 3w agoThe only good thing to come out of the dipshit Odyssey discourse is that at one point I commented “if we’re worried about accuracy, then Jason Mantzoukas should be playing Odysseus,” and now I can’t get it out of my head 😄
The news is always "This absolute fool was dismantled in hearings today. He is manifestly unqualified for the position and would be an existential danger if confirmed. Disaster. He is set to be confirmed immediately." When you ask why everyone is furious and exhausted all the time, this is why.
The news should be covering ICE like a serial killer on the loose
Grudgie the Whale@grudgie.bsky.social · 3w agoI don’t think it’s good that ICE is on a murder spree
I wish more journalists would point out that Sen. McConnell and Rep. Tom Kean (missed 4 months of work) are/were essentially on paid sick & medical leave. The same employment protection they’ve spent their careers blocking other Americans from having.
First ballot entry to the Hypocrite Hall of Fame, if not the greatest to every do it
Dan Silverman@dmsilverman.bsky.social · 3w agoMy lasting image of Lindsey Graham will always be when he theatrically declared “Count me out. Enough is enough!” after January 6th — and then got back in with Trump more than ever before for Trump 2.0
Lindsey Graham comes to a realization at the end of his 20-minute conversation with Mitch McConnell.
oh dear did that maine man with the nazi tattoos turn out to be something of a problem after gazillions of women shouted from the rooftops that he was a fuckin creep
Having a dead guy in the senate feels like a metaphor for the whole institution
I think the Tilly Norwood story is a good example of how broken media is. No one actually believes it’s popular—but it is rage bait, and if you’re a social person whose performance is based on all-in engagement numbers…why not push it. It’s more cynical than credulous.
@ginnandjuice.bsky.social · 4w agoIf nothing else, i do give their comms person props for landing such credulous coverage all these months later
Yes. You could also say that where one vision right now says America is great because of one geographically-culturally specific heritage, the World Cup shows that what makes it great (and fun!) is people getting together from everywhere, each bringing their own cool stuff to the party
Charlie Warzel@cwarzel.bsky.social · last mo.my hot take is that this is the actual america 250. just a ton of different people coming together, showing people what makes America weird and fun. people being welcoming. and yeah there’s some bullshit too, which is also very true to America! but the good and community far outweighs it rn.
This might be the most blatant example in existence of "rich guy who created a problem attempting to place the blame for that problem on immigrants"
Matt Binder@mattbinder.bsky.social · last mo.this guy is the co-founder of Airbnb
This is the most purely anti-American thing I've ever heard a politician say, but the media is too obsessed with 3 DSA candidates winning local elections in NY to pay any attention I guess.
You could argue this is the best goal in USMNT history
Jerad Walker@jeradwalker.bsky.social · last mo.What a gorgeous free kick by Malik Tillman.
As someone who has been struggling with this for months, if not years, without the ability to take any time off due to the crumbling economy and empty social safety net he helped create, I am torn between “glad you got the help you need” and “fuck off.”
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · last mo.Rep. Tom Kean finally speaks after months away from Congress for a previously unexplained absence: "I was given the diagnosis of depression ... the doctors recommended I remain in the hospital to address my illness"
Fuckin hell Chuck the Supreme Court is not a victim of Trump's bullying, they are perpetrators of it, why is literally everyone in Dem leadership so fuckin intransigent and obtuse when it comes to recognizing what this court is
Chuck Schumer@schumer.senate.gov · last mo.Despite Trump’s best efforts to bully them, the Supreme Court just reaffirmed that if you are born in America, you belong in America.
"Elon Musk is being a disgusting Nazi bitch, so instead of punishing him, we're going to punish YOU instead and take away YOUR freedom. Because we would never play hardball with a billionaire."
Governor JB Pritzker@govpritzker.illinois.gov · 4mo agoSocial media companies have shown us they won't step up, so Illinois is stepping in. It's time to pass the Children's Social Media Safety Act.
yes. you cannot win calvinball by taking advantage of the new rules. you have to fire the refs
Adam Serwer@adamserwer.bsky.social · last mo.As with some other things, i suspect if we have another dem president we will discover that the court did not so much transfer power to the executive as to themselves, ie they will find novel bullshit reasons to block a dem president the same way the find novel bullshit reasons to enable trump
Humphrey's Executor is dead and the president can fire anyone in the executive branch at will but NOT Federal Reserve governors is really a parody of the difference between the money power and everything else in America
The great American state fair being stupid Trump bullshit does legit make me sad, if I’m being honest. A lot of the 250 stuff does. This could have been a really cool and special thing and literally any normal president would have pulled it off.
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Carl Quintanilla@carlquintanilla.bsky.social · last mo.(Bloomberg) - SpaceX’s blockbuster bond sale is weakening so quickly in the secondary market that traders say they can’t recall another recent deal that widened this sharply. @bloomberg.com $SPCX www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
