Once again, I am in awe of the courage and strength of Dems like Ilhan Omar to go into the capital knowing that half your colleagues would happily see you murdered. Cannot imagine what it must be like for her endure Rs braying like drunk murder-seals for Trumps vile anti-Somalian bigotry in person

I actually think the behavior of the Republicans in the audience has been more noteworthy than Trump’s speech itself. The braying, boorish jeers and yawps of a party fully given over to fascism.

Gee, I’m sure glad that we gave billions to those ethical GenAI companies and not some unscrupulous dudes who might do something bad with all that data. Sure would be terrible if this stuff were used for anything nefarious

Uhhhhhhh…

This is an insane vanity project any way you look at it, it’s an incredibly disqualifying offense. This is miles away from AOC or Zohran doing videos ABOUT governance and giving constituents access through social media, this is a full on side business where he hosts an entire fucking show on my dime

Running an article on "bonesmashing" that criticizes it while linking to detailed guides for how to do it is fucking dangerous. Circulating that article is fucking dangerous. What are people thinking?? Yes, I know, you're dunking. Maybe do it *without* spreading the instruction guides??

autistic people are fine and good and we should not be trying to eliminate them, or blaming anyone for their existence. their existence is good.

cant.stop.laughing

I really appreciate this TikToker with Tourette syndrome, Shay, for taking the time to educate so many of us (including me) about her disability and coprolalia in light of what happened at the BAFTAs with John Davidson when Michael B. Jordan and Delroy Lindo were on stage. I learned a lot.

I think this is a big part of the point for them honestly

The only American Ice thing we should aspire to have our own version of:

oh wow "bike lanes are anti sex workers" is a fantastic take, deserves UNESCO heritage status

The great noticing has finally worked its way through to the cabinet.

This is a great piece. And imo, this dynamic doesn’t change until some of the people at the very top experience real consequences (jail-time). Piddly little fines aren’t cutting it and indeed are part of the reason we are where we are

Great story, deserved the splash. Once again, there is too much news for anyone to process

My only ‘contribution’ to The Discourse is that I believe Owen Jones and Will Stancil are the same person. Have they ever been in the same room at the same time? No. Checkmate libs

one thing that drives me insane about modern platforms is how many default to "3 months" or "1 year" instead of showing the actual date of a post, very frustrating

*looks directly into the camera Marxistly*

Dear Mr President, There are too many tech critics named Ed these days. Please eliminate 3. I am not a crackpot. Sincerely, Ben

This is not evidence that the Supreme Court is now a great defender of American democracy *in general*. Rather, it's that there was a very specific alignment between the issue in question and the ideology/interests of the swing justices like Roberts and Barrett, which produced a good outcome.

To quote @edzitron.com: is this good?

The kidnapping of Maduro was less than two months ago

Of all the times I’ve agreed with Ed, this is the most agreement. Maximum yes to bedtime and sleep

I would pay all the money to be able to do this

most of us want stripped down things that just work

Surprising exactly no one. (But also: really appreciate @jasonkoebler.bsky.social and @404media.co for doing the journalistic work.)

A good response to the AI ~discourse~ by @bcmerchant.bsky.social. A few choice top-line quotes: 1. "We’re in the midst of another concerted, industry-led hype cycle, this time driven more visibly by Anthropic, which just landed a $30 billion investment round."

Not a single head to head where Reform win. As is so often the case, the climate denying, reactionary populists can only win when everyone else refuses to work together to demonstrate that the vast majority of people loathe their bullshit.

“Centrist columnists want the power of leading the coalition without any responsibility. They assign to liberals and the left responsibility without power. We are blamed for election losses, but we may not set election strategy.” @polphilpod.bsky.social

Right. I loathe Farage and hope he steps on many a rake (real and metaphorical) but to suggest that he is bad at politics is banana-pants

The left tried for decades to pass green energy subsidies, passed them, the subsidies worked, and now literally the entire planet's electricity grid is going to convert to solar+battery. It just doesn't feel like "tech" because it mostly produces kinda boring blue collar jobs instead of billionaires

It's kinda annoying how solar panels were hung around the neck of the left as impractical pie in the sky treehugger shit *right* up until it started outcompeting every other energy source. Then suddenly, instead of going "hey the left was correct about solar" it's no longer a "left" idea!

Once again, we are not required to pretend to be stupid. Goodwin has been clear about who he is and what he stands for. Nobody should be mealy-mouthed about calling him a racist and a xenophobe.

Enjoyed this essay a lot. I’m somewhat more down on LLMs than Benjamin is, but I think this is a very clear, coherent case for why they might be useful and still shouldn’t be used

"AI detectors" are themselves AI, and yet are endlessly trusted by people on here if they say that a newspaper article is AI. AI detectors are snake oil. None of them reliably works. And UK broadsheet are not yet using AI to write articles. No, that link to the deal you found doesn't prove it.

This is—ironically enough—what I am talking about. RW voters who demand their bigotries be accommodated are never "radical" or "throwing a tantrum." No—those are "swing voters" to pursue, even as they fail to show up time & again. The goal here isn't a bigger tent, but to prevent movement leftward.

Absolutely right. Like Chris, I resent the framing that European governments are learning this from the US. It’s totally routine for hundreds of black African people to drown in the Mediterranean when trying to reach Europe. The EU, and its homegrown structural racism, enabled that all by itself.

"Democratic politicians urgently need to adopt the GOP view of public opinion—that it’s movable, and it’s their job to move it." newrepublic.com/article/2058...

Really, really excellent piece. I believe that AI is going to be far more on the bubble end than tech utopia, but I'd be delighted to be wrong if it comes with healthy dose of proper left-wing legislation

This is a stunning quote. I am genuinely shocked by the cynicism which takes some doing

These are the types of headlines you get in a good, well-functioning country that definitely isn't about to experience massive political and economic collapse

!! … ah

The year is 2015. China is getting richer and more powerful every year, but America has three trump cards: universitities, biomedical research, and immigration.

eating lunch on pedophile island with my family but shaking my head so the children know i don't approve of the rape or lunch options

Holy shit

Is it contractual for Man Utd to do something fucking mental every month or something? Five games without defeat means it’s not happening on the pitch so they have to wheel out big Jim to do a xenophobia. Alternatively, he’s a massive twat. Could be either I guess…

The type of sentence that should prompt at least two dozen questions along the lines of 'tf are you talking about?'