My last word on the matter

A subtle one that's easy to miss, but the fact that Andreesen and Musk both use "alpha" as slang for "information advantage" is a clear tell that their mental world is finance, not technology. They try to talk otherwise but they are investors not inventors.

we live in an era where we are burning the legacy of civilization on the altar of men who don't want to do what their mothers told them when they were 6

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history will ultimately decide this but i think joyce carol oates might have just landed the most devastating burn in human history. like the death star trench run of posting

Senate Dems 🤝 SS Edmund Fitzgerald fatal structural weaknesses were identified long in advance

it’s important to understand that Nate Silver’s entire consciousness is filtered through the lens of being a gross nerd his entire life. the opportunity to feel like he’s one of the cool kids is something he can’t pass up, it’s load-bearing for his dork psyche.

The difference in time between now and I can has cheezburger Is the same between I can has Cheezburger and the Berlin Wall falling

this is the level of expert analysis nate silver has become famous for

literally every failing automaker tries this, and it never works

i think the argument the cavers should’ve made/should make is “i couldn’t let people starve - we made a run thinking they would fold on aca, but trump really is that psychotic” that’s an argument i think people could respect, but the won’t even make it

like this is basically it, the melts melted under pressure

core memory

there was a screenshot that i'm trying to find from today that essentially had Senate Democrats going "yeah we won the election so we waited a couple of days to concede"

Paul Giamatti should sue.

<scratches head> hasn't a big theme in the last few years been people being big mad about immigrants from central american nations? i wonder what the collapse of the venezuelan state would do to impact that. ah probably nothing.

"i am used to my money buying me immediate access to any politician"

Different strokes

Where’s @axios with one of its red 🚨 🚨 social posts?!

Who posts about how everyone they meet despises them.

Prayers for my friend, who’s just had to expedite his unionization efforts at his tech job.

I would say the most optimistic realistic view here would be that one guy will go to jail.

This is complete hogwash

Does anyone understand why Jay Jacobs still has that job? I feel like I should and I don’t.

he’s saying exactly what we’ve been saying, he’s absolutely right, and any colleagues of his should listen to him every part of the country that could just told Donald Trump to go to hell and we demand our elected representatives follow suit

“Not bailing out AI and crypto is austerity” is an absolutely insane take brother.

“on fire” leaves a lot of room for confusion

"Thermostatic spiral hell" remains my medium-term prediction of American politics.

Loves Big Tech and Socialism basically the same amount, they’re really going wild with the new models down at the Median Voter Factory

This is *not* based on current reporting or sourcing at all, but I wouldn't be stunned if Cuomo went for the Nadler seat next year. The guy is basically a purely political animal. If the last downfall didn't stop him, why would this one? What else is he going to do?

The city of Paris has announced a lottery with a twist: Instead of a cash prize, entrants can instead win the chance to be buried in one of the French capital’s most celebrated cemeteries.

even if something is worth doing, it will be done so badly and corruptly by this administration as to make it a disaster.

it's pretty funny the sheer number of people who, seconds into the second trump administration, decided the time was ripe to go full fash instead of waiting a little bit to see if people were actually cool with nazis now. every major company was like, we need to court the burgeoning nazi demographic

If you aren't seeing skeets from some of your fave people, they might have been labeled "Rude" by bsky mods. Idk what they are thinking, I don't need a mommy to tell me who to be buddies with. Anyway, go into Settings > moderation > bluesky moderation (advanced) and turn Rude off.

This really hasn’t gotten enough attention this week. @wired.com #ICE www.wired.com/story/fbi-wa...

the literal communist the typological communist the tropological communist the anagogical communist the communist plenior

The media is rushing 300 “New York Jews worried about Mamdani antisemitism” fetch essays based on nothing but Mamdani being a Muslim meanwhile the Republican Party from top to toe has the confidence to wear nazi makeup every day knowing the press looks at it like the westworld bots seeing a polaroid

it figures that a guy who thinks the Eucharist is a cookie you earn by being based enough to deserve an HP boost rather than being the sacrament of the body of the Lord which symbolizes—effectuates—universal human fraternity through the undying love of Christ hates immigrants and the Pope

Yup- a critical question and one that I can’t help but feel very personally invested in!

Really does speak for itself.

Every time she comes up, I remind you all that Pamela Paul killed a pro trans paragraph in a review I wrote for the New York Times, lied about it in the press, then when I confronted her with receipts, said “Let’s keep this to ourselves.”

@djinnandtonic.bsky.social made this one 4 months ago. Fucking prophetic.

"So how many genders are there?" At least three, and three bloodbath elections in defending them. Don't play games with me, kid.

God bless this country. Everywhere, voters are rejecting Donald Trump and opting for a brighter future. The world is dark, but sometimes there are reasons for hope. And thank you especially to NYC for showing us the way. Things can, in fact, get better. 🇺🇸

Zohran needs to pose for a picture with a copy like this