so actually I looked into it, and believe it or not there is a current earl of sandwich en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luke_Mo...

I do not want to own or be around a humanoid robot

Update #487 from Zuma (USAP) 1. Parade of Abandoned Windchimes 2. Staircase of Twisted Philosophies 3. Spectral Starfish

So there’s a website called Deer Of St Nicholas which posts Christmas wish letters from Ukrainian children who had their childhood stolen by the war, anyone can pick a child and get them their present and it’s that time of the year again to achingly scroll it for hours again

A distraught man came to Broadview searching for his wife of five years after she was taken by ICE at her court hearing. He wasn’t told anything, tracked her by her phone, and was left weeping in the parking lot.

Rare sighting of an AI-related profit warning. Property website Rightmove says it's investing more in artificial intelligence: shares crash 25%. www.reuters.com/world/uk/uks...

The US government's decision to stop supporting a telescope facility that would have given us unprecedented insight into the early universe is calamitous, says Chanda Prescod-Weinstein

just personally, I have found many, many strangers react with surprise and joy at being asked how they’re doing at the beginning of even the most banal transactions

i am going to mute every person who makes some tired quip about how it’s good thanksgiving will be more expensive because then people will stop eating turkey and may just never unmute them again, this thanksgiving discourse is always insufferable

#BREAKING: A federal judge in Rhode Island has ordered the Trump administration to find the money to fully fund SNAP benefits for November. nbcbay.com/BsAWPf3

J. Ann Selzer: “I am pleased to see this lawsuit has been dismissed. The First Amendment’s protection for free speech and a free press held strong. I know that I did nothing wrong and I am glad the court also concluded that there was never a valid legal claim.” www.thefire.org/news/victory...

I.. I had a sandwich today. dear God

no

NEW: Here is the written preliminary injunction order in the Chicago protesters/press case: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Federal agents’ use of force amid the aggressive deportation campaign in Chicago “shocks the conscience,” and the Trump administration “lacks credibility.” That’s what a judge found Thursday in a crucial new ruling: chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

everyone involved in this chart needs to go to jail

import substitution: butheads

“Mommy! Mommy! Ouch! Ouch! Ouch!” — Leia Kahl, as she was overwhelmed by immigration agents’ tear gas. Leia’s age: 2. Via @natashakorecki.bsky.social www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

I have to say... ... ... ... I don't like this. I am all in favor of doing whatever we can to stay healthy and active as we get older but like... let's just get old, and not try to pretend we aren't

Monumental hubris, every detail is jaw dropping. ig.ft.com/saudi-neom-l...

tom clancy

CNBC - US job cuts last month surged 183% from September and went up 175% from than the same month a year ago. This is now the worst year for layoffs since 2009. www.cnbc.com/2025/11/06/job-c...

I got a letter from the government the other day I opened and read it it said you get free electricity

I'm not saying I saw this movie, but I think I saw this movie. Wasn't it a heartwarming story of a crew of researchers, their beloved dog, and flamethrowers?

A 34-year-old as a politician: My god he's like a baby. It's like they just elected an infant to be their mayor. A 34-year-old as an athlete: You have to admire the bravery of him attempting that dunk, knowing full well the grim reaper is right behind him.

yeah, a couple of points. if it were vital to pick up some known person, they could do that at their home. doing a raid in a daycare was a choice and the quote is exactly right--anonymization means being emboldened to do whatever you want

also, isn't it plainly incoherent to say that the democrats didn't revitalize resistance when... the democrats were the ones who ran the campaigns and won the elections? (not to mention wasn't there a big nationwide protest a few weeks ago)

yeah, the inability to say "I was wrong" is almost a defining feature of most political punditry anymore. maybe it always was that way

very british joke here

Mother speaks out after ICE raids #Chicago day care center. “They are coming for all our children!” #immigration

The first photo of my new book, courtesy of my editor... "The Most Awful Responsibility: Truman and the Secret Struggle for Control of the Atomic Age" comes out in early December! Feel free to pre-order it today! www.harpercollins.com/products/the...

I would also argue that buses, like refrigerators, do not need to be connected to the internet

A Customs and Border Protection agent appeared to brag to fellow agents about his marksmanship after he repeatedly shot a Chicago woman following a collision between their cars, text messages shown in court revealed. https://cnn.it/4oNgXfK

weapons deal costs are funny. you might think, just take an f-16 price tag and multiply it by 40, but it doesn't really work that way. sort of (but not really) like negotiating at a car dealership www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Vital piece of investigative reporting from Sky. They've uncovered the X algorithm which feeds users extremist right wing material from the moment they join the site. It is a far-right radicalisation engine, by design. news.sky.com/story/the-x-...

WATCH body cam video of an ICE agent arrested for DUI after his shift at the Broadview facility. He crashed into some bushes after officers found him asleep at the wheel and knocked on the window. "Oh this is a fun one,” the officer tells his sergeant. www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/05/i...

Over his two terms, the government has been shut down for about 1 out of every 24 days Trump has been president. The runner up is Bill Clinton, whose presidency saw the government shutdown for 1 out of every 108 days.

a shocking amount of "I was wrong. Here's why that makes me right" commentary today

like this is just embarrassing. take the L

i closed out my column this week with this preemptive jab at basically every commentator currently looking for ways to say that last night didn’t count

honestly I think the only country that will bother with it is china, which actually needs testing data. no one else (including the united states!) needs to bother, and it is expensive, dangerous, time consuming, etc to Blow One Up For Real

this isn't making america safer or better, is it? it's just harming people because they're the wrong color, full stop agents are masked and unidentified because they know they're hated.

Imagine having a kid in this daycare who watches as their teacher is bodily dragged away by masked goons.

one thing I think it's important to remember is you should absolutely not pay attention to experts, pundits or journalists who never admit they are wrong

ALSO: puerto rico has a very conservative state government! why could it be that the gop assumes it would be a dem pickup if it got statehood?

real sense in which last night was fairly predictable. real question is why our pundits and the elites who listen to them couldn’t see it. (gift link)

For Democrats? Certainly. You can't be forever apologizing for "half of his supporters are deplorables" when he's making AI memes about dropping shit on you.

speaking of, I am having a really hard time getting into the english premier league. like. soccer is fun to watch but picking a team to root for feels arbitrary at best suggestions welcome

I don't totally understand the mechanic of threatening to leave because you don't want to pay taxes. if you're not paying taxes, what are you bringing to the table for the city/state/country in question? good conversation?

propublica is so good