on the bright side, all the people defaulting on car loans might make cars much cheaper than they have been for years before they start getting ridiculously expensive again lol

You need to chill out about other people's behavior most of the time. If they're not hurting you, just being annoying in a way you can cope with, then cope. It's probably not a problem with them, but wider systems. Get zen with people being people.

the crowd sizes are obviously the highlight here but the fact that *this* is the public statement of the NYPD does not bode well for the regime. or, put another way: I do not regret to inform you that we are going to win

i dick around on chat gpt when i'm bored but having to actually use this for serious stuff like at work has never really worked for me unfortunately. didn't help with my IT issues i had to resolve when i worked in helpdesk lol

Gonna give it an honest shot over here. If anyone cares to give me a signal boost for folks to find me, I'd appreciate it.

i don't really think the consumer report on lead in various protein powders is a big deal. the methodology is incredibly strict re: lead consumption limits compared to the FDA and global public health bodies. i guess you can go get a blood lead test if you're that scared tho lol

shame and stigma are extremely powerful forces in american society, the issue is just that we stigmatize all the wrong stuff, like having a job that actually improves society (like teaching elementary school or working in sanitation)

developing a theory that donald trump and the anxieties that brought him to power can be understood solely by looking at TIME magazine covers from the 2000s

imagine buying a bible when it's really really easy to get whatever bible you want for free

dear twitter refugees: on bluesky the culture is to retweet my shit. i know it wasn't like that on twitter but we're building something special over here

my first ethics professor in college once said that shame can be a powerful tool to encourage moral behavior and discourage immoral behavior. the past few years have forced me to think about how true this is lol

An adendum to that: Much like limiting college access to those who can get loans and/or pay makes colleges weaker by letting more talented people who would do more with it slip through the cracks, politicians being limited by who can fundraise suppresses people who are solid at messaging.

it's just so easy to say instead that the republicans are more *overt* in their racism compared to even 20 or 30 years ago, but i guess that's a lot more banal and people know that deep down

my good friend @srirachachau.bsky.social says this website is like 2019 twitter now. that's great! live up to the reputation. i believe in you guys!!

there really should be a coordinated effort to outlaw sports betting in all 50 states and DC. not good for the fans, the players, the managers or anyone other than the betting organizations. we gotta go back

It's amazing how incredibly explicitly OpenAI seems to be admitting that they have no idea how to actually monetize their automated lying machine.

it's dope how shamelessly altman is leaning into the immorality that AI is capable of. like you almost have to respect the audacity of it

no wonder i feel good when i sprint until i feel like my heart will explode out of my chest during HIIT workouts lmao

the one thing about trump's lying that isn't unique is the deception regarding his health. that's just a long-established bipartisan thing with u.s. presidents and that's kinda neat

this triangulation shtick he's doing is weird since he's gonna have to explain this to democratic primary voters. and right wingers won't care regardless

90s diversity murals by the woke projects administration (WPA)

Seeing my tech kingpin dreams dissolve because the only people who use my website have morals

he really wants the u.s. to do more my lai massacres

Wikipedia worked so well because it had a better mouth feel event han encyclopedia. Grokopedia sounds like a venereal disease

this is not gonna work because "grokipedia" doesn't even roll off the tongue well

If I had the death note I'd make various public figures die of autoerotic asphyxiation on Livestream, shit would be so fucking funny

We can trust Sam with the death note #GiveSamTheDeathNote

unfortunately it does still seem like voters aren't willing to throw out democratic incumbents en masse. i guess we'll see in 2026 and 2028 idk

for the 1st time i think in my life in higher education, i have a full slate of classes that i hate like, entirely 1. my accounting information systems class is a bit of a mess 2. my leadership for accountants class is fluffy woo-woo nonsense 3. my govt. accounting class is online. enough said

You’re much closer to becoming disabled or homeless than you are to becoming rich and wealthy. It’s not a moral failing. It’s not something you can “try harder” your way out of. We need robust social supports & safety nets to ensure everyone is properly cared for.

been mentally replacing the word "content" with "slop"

its cool that disney put themselves in a situation which will both anger the president and also piss off the majority of their subscribers. fuck up maxxing

Sorry to be overtly sincere/cringe as hell but the assault on immigrants coming to a fever pitch right now is heartbreaking and America's immigration ideals, albeit never completely fulfilled, has genuinely been one of the few unambiguously positive national characteristics people held true to.

Immigrants aren't why you did bad in school But they are why class sizes aren't even bigger They're not why you can't get healthcare But they are why you are seen in the ER after 5 hours instead of 6 They're not why you can't afford rent But they likely helped build the place you sleep

I do not regret to inform you that we are going to win

i am somewhat reminded of that time i went to a political event a decade ago and i saw newt gingrich in the distance. and i was like "is that.... is that newt gingrich???" to my sister. talked to him and i was very scared plus gingrich has the largest head i have ever seen on a human being

Like more scared than the time i had a gun pulled on me

one time I was waiting for the elevator at my job and I saw an older man waiting by the other elevators and I said "excuse me you look familiar somehow" and he smiled and said "Well, I'm Karl Rove, nice to meet you [my legal name]" and that was the most scared I have ever felt in my life.

post Luigi politics

The money they had been saving to hire a lawyer to appeal their deportation case will now, Nory told us, go toward the burial. Her teacher, Darcy White, has set up a GoFundMe to help Nory: www.gofundme.com/f/plz-help-n...

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This gets to something that as a former stand-up I recognized but couldn’t name. A 31 year old professional content creator baiting 19 year old amateurs into the format of his choice isn’t debate, it’s crowd work. It’s debate-shaped crowd work farmed for content.

We need to RETVRN to like 1790 where the president was a guy everyone knew personally and has a beef/I was there this one time they got drunk story for the nation to heal and this is the easiest way

imagining a future u.s. president in like 20 or 30 years who is a zoomer or young millennial who is entirely too willing to argue with citizens in their mentions on whatever online platforms exist in that time. would be jarring but very much in the spirit of what you'd want in a democracy

I have felt for at least a decade that “debate” as a political communication tool is almost entirely harmful, and I feel that way more and more with each passing year.

i do not regret to inform you that we are going to win

this is, hands down, the best video I've seen on men's influencer content and it's not close either

MLK was practicing ethical non monogamy.