The journalist congressman storyline in the new season of Silo is so annoying lol. Immediately highlights how hard it is for writers accustomed to making up a universe as they go along to navigate realism, and also puts a harsh spotlight on the trope-y elements of the show’s dialogue.

Kind of a banger of a line, as it would seem to be worse to behave amorally while having moral faculties.

George Monbiot@georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 6d ago

I'm not qualified to judge whether such people are psychopaths. All I can say is that they behave as if they are. From today's Telegraph.

In a recent interview with Vox, Jim Clyburn - blames Black people for the Dems’ 2024 loss - blames the party’s bad reputation on “media branding” - blames incumbents losing to progressive challengers on weak candidates, not party positions - reveals he didn’t know what ChatGPT was until a month ago

Sam Altman says that AI is approaching “genie that can grant any wish,” and yet: futurism.com/artificial-i...

Sam Altman Says Even the Power of AI Will Never Lead to a Shorter Work Week

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has some bad news: AI will never lead to a shorter work week — despite having already ushered in the singularity.

futurism.com

Dare Obasanjo@carnage4life.bsky.social · last wk.

“What we need to explain to the world: Number one, we are close to creating a genie that can grant any wish. Number two, we are going to make sure that our first wishes broadly benefit humanity” - Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI — This is definitely the opposite of Anthropic’s AI kills all jobs pitch.

2/ "Based on pricing, there might, in fact, now be more cocaine circulating in the United States." 67 Boat Strikes. 221 Dead. The Cocaine Hasn’t Slowed, Officials Report. www.washingtonpost.com/world/2026/0...

67 boat strikes. 221 dead. The cocaine hasn’t slowed, officials report.

The president says Operation Southern Spear has virtually ended drug trafficking by sea. Pentagon and DEA analysts have concluded otherwise.

washingtonpost.com

The perfect distillation of the alliance of the neocons and Trumpian militarism.

Bill Grueskin@bgrueskin.bsky.social · last wk.

WSJ’s Josh Dawsey got to see unreleased footage from years of a documentarian’s inside access to Lindsey Graham. It’s filled with giddy, war-hungry stuff like this: (Gift link below)

The Democratic Iowa Caucus was key for the unknown Jimmy Carter and quite important for Obama. The Republican one -which isn't being marginalized- arguably gave us the Bush Dynasty, since GHW's 1980 win set him up to be runner-up to and VP for Reagan.

Zeeshan Aleem@zeeshanaleem.bsky.social · 2w ago

Wow, new Democratic presidential primary schedule just dropped. First 3 - South Carolina, then Nevada, then Nevada. Iowa is gone from the early window. www.nbcnews.com/politics/202...

Wow, new Democratic presidential primary schedule just dropped. First 3 - South Carolina, then Nevada, then Nevada. Iowa is gone from the early window. www.nbcnews.com/politics/202...

Me, channeling former President John F Kennedy: "I am choosing to pursue this column idea not because it is easy, but because it is hard."

Having seen a lot of celebrities as a journalist living in NY, my overriding feeling is that it is uncanny how much of them tend to look in real life just as they do on the screen. The revelation always seems to be that there is none. The notable exception is that the camera can distort height.

Jeremy Dauber@jeremydauber.bsky.social · 2w ago

Random question: what celebrity have you met in real life who was dramatically better looking than ypu thought they were based on on screen appearance?

The primaries should all happen at once. There is absolutely no reason one state should get to set the tone for everyone else. This is an asinine problem with a stupidly simple solution and the fact that we haven’t used it yet is an indictment of our entire system.

Zeeshan Aleem@zeeshanaleem.bsky.social · 2w ago

These conversations are maddeningly shallow. If you reverse the order, are you saying “brown voters don’t matter”? This crude exploitation of identitarian politics is such a dead end. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/22/u...

These conversations are maddeningly shallow. If you reverse the order, are you saying “brown voters don’t matter”? This crude exploitation of identitarian politics is such a dead end. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/22/u...

Kind of remarkable that what appears to be Zohran Mamdani’s most popular video ever on social media is one in which he is admitting to reneging on a campaign promise -- he pledged to arrest Netanyahu even when it was very unlikely, now he’s saying he can’t.

This might be the worst thing I’ve ever experienced www.tiktok.com/@dialecticpo...

Whether contemporary rap has run its course or not is almost beside the point. The more interesting question Tyler asks is what happens when a genre, or an artist, stops being able to surprise its li...

TikTok video by Dialectic Podcast

tiktok.com

Matt Walsh complains that Nolan brought his obsession with nonlinear story telling to the Odyssey, undercutting the original's narrative. The defenders of western civilisation, folks.

"No fund manager I know relies on sell-side recommendations to allocate capital. Investors build their own models and assume that Wall Street research is incapable of objectivity on a banner transaction such as SpaceX’s listing."

SpaceX and the myth of independent Wall St research

Buy recommendations from IPO banks underscore the limits of post-dotcom reforms

ft.com

"Four months into an appeal, Ms. McDonald, a cancer survivor who weighs 69 pounds, bustles to food banks, stretches ground turkey with oatmeal, and skips meals to feed three teenage boys." www.nytimes.com/2026/07/20/u...

Faced With Piles of New Paperwork, People Are Losing Food Stamps

Arizona’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program rolls have plummeted, offering a possible preview of national trends as states try to avoid new federal penalties.

nytimes.com

Also to note: this is the first time I've ever seen anyone say that the Biden administration had drafted concrete plans to reverse the Pompeo doctrine on settlements and settler goods labeling and reopen the consulate prior to its inauguration in 2021. And yet, nothing was done until Feb 2024.

#StupidSuez@diplomatofnight.com · 2w ago

This long-form article paints an extremely damning picture of Biden, but also Blinken, Sullivan, Austin, and Finer who all seem to be trying to place the blame solely on their boss.

Just not fully consciously said during an editorial meeting: “Lamine Yamal hand-shake mogged Donald Trump yesterday,” and everyone understood what I was saying. We live in dark times.

When I attended the World Cup in 2018 in Russia, my experience was very much an illustration of the efficacy of sportswashing. It was easy to get in the country, law enforcement and rules regarding public demonstrations were relaxed (local Russians bemusedly and bitterly informed me of this).

(I wrote this before Trump awkwardly insisted on standing in front of the Spanish team.)

Zeeshan Aleem@zeeshanaleem.bsky.social · 2w ago

I wrote about how Trump achieved the opposite of sportswashing with his hosting of the World Cup. He somehow managed to portray the U.S. in an exceptionally *negative* light through his actions, as a reflexively corrupt, cruel leader who cannot conceptualize organic joy. www.ms.now/opinion/trum...

This is art, to me.

The Guardian@theguardian.com · 2w ago

New York sculptor spent $100,000 to make a Charlie Kirk statue no one wants to buy

I wrote about how Trump achieved the opposite of sportswashing with his hosting of the World Cup. He somehow managed to portray the U.S. in an exceptionally *negative* light through his actions, as a reflexively corrupt, cruel leader who cannot conceptualize organic joy. www.ms.now/opinion/trum...

Opinion | Trump made the World Cup another stage for his cruelty and corruption

Instead of allowing visitors to focus on the best of America, he showed them the worst of himself.

ms.now

OFFICIAL WINNER OF THE WORLD CUP: SPAIN THE WINNER OF OUR HEARTS: CAPE VERDE THE LOSER OF THE WORLD CUP: DONALD TRUMP www.ms.now/opinion/trum...

Opinion | Trump made the World Cup another stage for his cruelty and corruption

Instead of allowing visitors to focus on the best of America, he showed them the worst of himself.

ms.now

Spain just set the record for fewest goals allowed by a World Cup champion while playing the most World Cup games of any World Cup champion.

CABO VERDE CABO VERDE CABO VERDE

Bryan Fischer@bryandfischer.bsky.social · 2w ago

The only team not to lose to Spain at the World Cup? Cape Verde.

Feeling vindicated in saying the semis were the real finals in terms of excitement and intrigue.

I’m so happy for them

Bash’s response is a ridiculous non-sequitur and an example of how a lot of genocide denial hides behind nonsense claims that we don’t have enough information to make assessments or that the existence of multiple bad actors exculpates Israel’s human rights abuses.

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 3w ago

SMITH: Dems voting to cut funding to 🇮🇱 (incl. Pelosi) “are reflecting the voters… Netanyahu irreparably poisoned the 🇮🇱-🇺🇸 relationship…” BASH: “It’s complicated… info isn’t trickling down… UN says 🇵🇸 leaders responsible for the starvation…”🤔

I feel everyone wowed by the Messi Yamal baby photo are overlooking the real story: why was Messi allowed to bathe some stranger’s baby