the fact is these democratic governors do not have actual control over their own state police forces, and that’s a seriously scary problem that no elected wants to talk about or deal with

Here's the serious bit for anyone who'd rather skip the 4000 words of jokes

The animation chat has me thinking one telling thing - in the years since AI arrived, there's not been a ground-up indie phenomenon, like we saw with earlier tech (Flash, etc). It hasn't unlocked anyone's creativity. For all the anti-gatekeeping rhetroic, nothing anyone cares about has been born.

The comparison I heard was data centers using the same amount of water as golf courses, and for that I was all, my brother in Christ, let me tell you what I think we should do with golf courses

Once Frank dies, people are going to insist that you can't say bad things about him, which is why it's more important than ever that you say all the bad things about him right now. Time's running out!

The police chased the suspects around the city for two hours, even with ALPR hits. The security guard who died fighting them off is the only person who did anything of any consequence today to protect the community.

Gov Jared Polis told a Colorado Sun event that his decision to give clemency to Tina Peters "will be remembered fondly." He was later interrupted by protesters carrying an enormous banner reading EAT SHIT POLIS coloradosun.com/2026/05/19/j...

Yes Barney Frank is bravely coming out as having the exact same opinion as all of his friends and colleagues. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

i still don’t know what to do about it and goddamn has it ever gotten worse over the last few years. it got so bad so fast.

i am fine spending my tax dollars on schools and roads and medicine and the like. i would prefer not to spend my tax dollars on a new stadium while my teacher friends go on furlough. Oregon is in financial crisis. $200 million for a nicer stadium is idiotic.

Me, trying to convince you to watch Knightriders.

Did a drawing of Vicky Damnit from #drawyourweapons largely because I thought Vicky would look the funniest drawn in a realistic style. #fanart

Knowledge Fight was and remains one of the all-time great podcasts. It is the rarest kind of thing: a show that entertains while having a real-life impact. Dan and Jordan helped defang and neuter elements of a powerful propaganda network. Excited to see what both do next.

Kids should be learning that AI output isn’t trustworthy, where it really comes from, and how it’s disrupting our ability to tell what’s real. They shouldn’t be learning that AI will make them more efficient or do their work for them because it can’t. That would be propaganda, not education

I have spent my entire career listening to FedSoc types complain about liberal “activist judges” who “legislate from the bench,” and none of them are going to say a single blessed thing about Sam Alito rewriting the Voting Rights Act to say what he thinks Congress ought to have said

Bandersnatch is the Phantom for my Necromunda gang. I started work on converting her first, but because she required more greenstuff sculptimg sculpting than the rest, so she ended up being the last finished.

The leader of my Delaque gang Wasteland Ghasts. I took awhile before starting on this conversion because I wasn't sure what equipment to bring, and what I might want to end up with. In the end the only thing he couldn't start with are his exotic furs.

Jabberwocky, my Nacht-Ghul was the latest champion to be added to my Delaque so it was fitting that he was the first conversion to be finished. His was also the simplest because I just used the arm for the other Nacht-Ghul and only required a little detail sculpted on the sleeve.

The conversion for my medium vehicle started out as a Voidweaver and I just started throwing more an more bits on it. I even found some use for some Gundam bits I had been holding onto for a few years.

Last of my light vehicles for Necromunda. This is the one I started first when I was trying to figure out how to make a conversion I liked that was something I could replicate with bits I had on hand.

This is the second of the kight vehicles I made for my Delaque. I wasn't really planning on making more than one, but the Shroud Runners come in a box of three...

Been playing in a Necromunda Ash Wastes campaign and converted up a few vehicles for my Delaque.

Palantir put out the most cartoonishly evil statement possible. They’re so arrogant and self-confident they don’t seem to believe their fascistic plans can be opposed. We must get rid of Palantir altogether. twitter-thread.com/t/2045574398...

The New York Times is now blocking The Wayback Machine from accessing its articles. That means you'll no longer be able to view archived versions of NYT stories published in 2026 and beyond on archive.org. (All those posts you see tracking changes to NYT headlines and ledes? They relied on WBM).

The message of an overturned charge for protesting isn't "the law was on your side the whole time," it's that the law can't save you from the cops even when it's clear you're in the right

Birth rates have always been a central anxiety for white supremacists. They fundamentally believe their wives and children are property and they see women not having babies as lost productivity

Just a few more days left to buy this T-shirt and support the Portland Defense Fund, providing bail support for people who need it.

Damn, didn't we have this discourse a month ago? The answer is the same as it was then: Democrats AND Republicans harassed and arrested all the protesters and denied them degrees, you stupid fucking assholes.

you do not have to hand it to tucker carlson or marjorie taylor greene or alex jones or megyn kelly. they're all rats who see trump as a sinking ship and they're getting ready to jump in preparation for their next act. you do not have to fall for it.

Cops fractured his skull for standing by in peaceful protest. And people in power claimed he assaulted the cops. No hell greater for those who smeared him. RIP.

Dropping the "information silo" excuse removes the burden of having to "educate" or "save" people who have no fucking desire to be saved. We need to acknowledge that fascist impulses in American politics aren't a virus infecting the body politic; it's the DNA of the nation expressing itself.

ICE shot a man today in California. "Lyons said as ICE officers approached the car, "the wanted gang member weaponized his vehicle in an attempt to run an officer over.' The ICE agents fired at Mendoza Hernandez..." Every time ICE has made this claim, it's been a lie.

During the anti-ICE school walkouts in January, a group of students in Chandler were targeted by an armed agitator. Turns out it was Phoenix PD Sergeant Dusten Mullen. He admitted his plan was to try to get purposely assaulted so the teenager protesters would all get arrested (it didn’t work).

I might, were I to be especially generous, accept the notion that people were hoodwinked. Credulous media, the toxic ecosystem of social media, their moronic peers. Sure. However, to be so disastrously easy a mark is a dire moral failing of its own kind.

I think we all need to start referring to the american flag as "the afroman logo" instead

New ep of Draw Your Weapons is out now on @hellobeacon.bsky.social!

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I think this particular moment is a challenging one for those of us who do #scicomm because we want to get our audience pumped up for science but also there is a real moral element to how we word things and what information we choose to share. We are also in a media ecosystem with lots of disinfo

I’m sick of this shit. The mayor made promises about protecting trans healthcare. He’s not following through so we’re holding him accountable That doesn’t mean we all wish we voted for Cuomo! This isn’t a fucking cult! The whole point of being progressive is we can push our electeds to do better!

"I'm a cop, I don't understand the law" is the most American cop statement ever made.

(ezra klein when he hears about a craven scheme to further consolidate wealth and power in the hands of the wealthiest and most powerful people on the planet) one simply must marvel at the warm, vibrant humanity that seems to course through every aspect of this truly revolutionary product or event

look i'm not a big "judge people by the media they consume" person but if you watch the new wizard bigot show that gives money to Rowling, I will think less of you and trust you less.

kind of insane a plane crashed before takeover and killed 2 people and the media cycle on that lasted barely 24 hours

👏🏼The Choctaw Nation has purchased a warehouse in Oklahoma that ICE was trying to buy and use as a detention center. www.projectsaltbox.com/p/choctaw-na...

Official statement re: Dan Bongino

Feminists have rightly pointed out that women are not believed by doctors when they say something is a problem for decades and yet these "feminists" who are reactionary anti-trans campaigners want to pretend like they're the real champions of women.

Oh look I was right. Oh well, just $1 billion that never gets wired to anybody after an endless media hype cycle about the death of hollywood. Pobody's Nerfect! I'm sure everybody who wrote scary stories about Sora 2 destroying Hollywood will apologize www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/dig...

Tucker Carlson and MTG aren't 'populists' - they are millionaires who oppose Trump because he is not fascist enough. We must articulate both a popular alternative to the authoritarian neoliberalism of Trump and the insurgent fascist movement that wants to take his place once he falls.

why are so many freaks arguing for their right to say antisemitic slurs on here open the fucking schools dawg