every leftist i know is very excited about technology but unfortunately they want tech that improves society and makes people's lives easier and that's harder for wealthy prdophiles to build a trillion dollar industry bubble around

Remember when CBS refused to air a 60 Minutes segment regarding inhumane conditions in a Salvadoran prison where the U.S. was deporting migrants? Why did CBS refuse to air this Colbert interview with Democrat James Talarico, who is running for Senate in Texas?

A society that charges $300 a vial of insulin and regularly suggests powered armour instead of wheelchair ramps, absolutely will not be able to handle the coming tide of neurological disorders.

I work in procurement and our vendors have been rolling out AI systems and... it has been a disaster. The AI gets everything wrong and I have to navigate a labyrinthian telephone menu to get to a human to fix it. This has big "We'll colonize the moon in 10 years!" Musk energy.

ikr?

In terms of what cures are being lost: - Epstein-Barr virus is perhaps the major trigger for multiple sclerosis - herpes simplex virus causes cold sores, genital herpes, infections in babies, deadly meningitis - shingles virus causes an intensely painful disease

The Wizard of Speed and Time (the 1988 feature, not the 1979 short film) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wiz...

The US right licks the boots of the Confederacy, too. The US right will always give it up for racist losers. It's who they are, too.

It almost seems as if the United States was founded on a bunch of hellish rape plantations run for the obscene enrichment of a gang of already obscenely wealthy slavers.

the anti-mamdani from the left people are fascinating. like those Japanese soldiers who don't know that the war is over. mad that he's trying to actually govern as mayor of New York rather than do an insane Gracie mansion Lenin thing.

Someone just finished writing a novel. Spoiler: It was me. It's called "Monsters of Ohio," it's my 20th novel, and it'll be out in November. I hope you'll like it. I'm very tired.

kind of funny that an olympian said they are here to represent "compassion, respect, and love for others" and some people automatically knew that was a statement against them

Oh she’s a scam artist, got it! Every single time you hear about a person offering coaching in one of these pieces they’re just a scammer and the media falls for it

The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 1/5

GM: Charisma check. Mamdani: [rolls natural 20] GM: that’s a d6 how did you Mamdani: [direct to camera] Did you know you can check out board games at your local public library? 😊

Kinda crazy: If you haven't been keeping up, the total global capex to be spent on AI data centers in 2026 is going to be around $600B, depending on what you count. As far as I can tell, there's never been any megaproject with this rate of spending.

No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition. Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...

All true, but the mainstream media is also failing to directly say “data centers in space are impossible and Elon musk lies all the time about stuff” which allows him to pump his stocks!

one of my strongest beliefs is that we're in our situation right now bc some of the most prominent talking heads (e.g. joe rogan, andrew schulz) are learning about politics in their 40s and 50s, instead of their teens and early 20s, and we have to go along for the ride as they learn basic things

Whatever you think of the Washington Post at this moment, here's a chance to support the dedicated, hard-working journalists who were just laid off. If you have the means, your donation is most welcome. If you don't, a kind thought and maybe spreading the word to others is support enough 💙

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"Our nation is now at a crossroads.... In helping our nation find its constitutional compass, an impartial and independent judiciary operating under the rule of law has a responsibility that it may not shirk."

but if we get rid of the unaccountable and unrestrained murderous criminal gang that's acting as an ethnic cleansing paramilitary force for a demented Nazi authoritarian, who will keep the streets safe?

4/ And, when we proposed that workers will not be laid off as a result of AI and that potential future work generated by AI must be clearly labeled, management said “no” to both proposals. Their offer to write AI guidelines without staff input isn’t close to enough.

Here's the thing about a 30 point swing in a TX statehouse race last night. All those US House districts the TX GOP just gerrymandered? They weakened their own safe seats to do it. And no district looks safe anymore. They could end up LOSING seats compared to the original maps.

I don't like to talk about stories before they are fully reported, but I am writing on ICE in a Minnesota town that isn't Minneapolis. However bad you think it is, it is worse. It is a campaign of pure terror whose only strategic goal is more terror. There is no strategy other than to break people.

Sometimes this reminder is helpful on Bluesky: It’s good to oppose Trumpism. Trumpism is evil. But there are plenty of people who oppose Trumpism who are also petty, shitty, annoying people. Block them or ignore them and go back to opposing Trump.

BREAKING: Bernie Sanders is introducing an amendment to cut ICE’s $75 billion funding increase, and to use those funds to restore the federal cuts to health care.

The police only enforce the laws they want to enforce, and only against the people they want to criminalize.

Anyway, don't let the literary snark and other baggage keep you from giving Infinite Jest a try. Definitely use the three bookmark technique. I hope it brings you a fraction of the value it brought me. kottke.org/09/07/how-to...

New: nearly half of CDC’s databases/surveillance systems have “gone dark," the US marinates in its 12th Covid surge amid worsening cognitive damage data, mRNA cancer vax shows 5-year protection, Phil Collins caught Covid in hospital & now needs live-in nurse, more: www.patreon.com/posts/covid-...

big tea leaf takeaways from what we know so far about Muskworld merger madness: -SpaceX IPO is probably not going as well as hoped, and merger talk is a trial balloon to move the needle -xAI talent, which is currently expensive and highly in demand, needs a liquidity event to stick around

"I was only following orders" wasn't an acceptable excuse at the Nuremberg trials & won't work now. #AccountabilityIsComing

It’s the 1990s. I’m trying to explain many abuses we see at Ruby Ridge and Waco reflect entrenched practices of law enforcement. It’s the 2000s. I’m trying to explain many abuses we see under the PATRIOT ACT reflect entrenched practices of American law enforcement. It’s 2025. Guess the fuck what.

huge amount of 2016-era "the autonomous future is basically here" speculative bullshit, as if it were a solved problem and not something that Tesla can only barely manage a few little demonstrations of, even as Waymo adds city after city to its service

Just finished this and my god was it a lot of fun! Good chewy creative conceptual mischief. Some pretty good scares, too. Total brain candy.

Days after the killing of Renee Good, Stephen Miller and DHS began bragging that ICE agents have immunity from being held accountable. There's a bill sitting in Congress that would end that immunity - and Democrats could right now use their sudden leverage to force its passage. Pass it on.

You and what army? No, really, Matt: if you want to deport and jail all my neighbors, you’re going to need an army. We’re in the real world now bucko. This isn’t internet land where you declare something and it becomes true. You need actual dudes. So where’s your army?

Cruz said he told Trump: "You're going to lose the House, you're going to lose the Senate, you're going to spend the next two years being impeached every single week." Trump's response, according to Cruz: "F**k you, Ted." Do NOT make me agree with Cruz AND Trump www.axios.com/2026/01/25/c...

The people, united, will never be defeated. ✊

Opened TikTok and second video I got served was a fitness influencer who posted about ICE (with millions of views no less). www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8P69k54/

Extraordinary how many responses from elected leaders are still so mealy-mouthed and half-assed. This isn't going to stop with reforms or assurances or more oversight. It's abolition, dissolution, prosecution, conviction. May as well get yourself on the record as an early voice.

The reason Republicans always think people on the left are paid protestors is because they can’t fathom the concept of empathy.

www.anthropic.com/news/claude-... Like they literally have a government version of Claude, the gestapo is using it right now. When Pam Bondi shakes down Minnesota for voter rolls and SNAP data and such, Anthropic's one of the companies making tools for that data.

Please read.

Seven Dems voted to fund the terrorizing of communities, while begging Dems to send them money for reelection. Not on your fucking betraying life. Suozzi, Perez, Davis, Cuellar, Gonzalez, Gillen, Golden are all dead to me. All MUST be primaried. All of them.

This is correct. This is what everyone needs to hear and know in their hearts, especially right now.

Washington Post, Everyone Else Offer Starkly Different Opinions On Whether Washington Post Is A Piece Of Shit www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2026/...

I stand with Canada. I stand with our coalition allies. I stand with Greenland. I stand with Ukraine. I stand with Palestine. That is all.