hey @govpritzker.illinois.gov theyre now actually coming for your people. time to do what you said you would.

My favourite of the Cow Tools edits

“Tell your children who the cowards were.”

just last week, trump’s admin pardoned the binance CEO without trump seeming to be aware of him being pardoned, the reason for him being pardoned, or even seeming to be aware he had pardoned him at all

At a fundamental level, we have to accept much of silicon valley has gone insane.

There is no reward that you get for being good little boys and not fighting back while Republicans destroy our democracy. Democrats that dont understand that dont need to be in office anymore.

I think any story about Trump's autocracy should be mostly about the people and institutions who failed to stop it. This guy isn't a political genius, everything else just happens to be rotten. 'Toddler Consolidates Power In Household' is a story about incompetent parents, not shrewd maneuvering

Always thought it was sad that Ayn Rand—one of the most successful authors of children's fantasy books of all time—had little enough saved in the bank in her old age that she had to rely on public assistance until her death, but I'm glad it was there for her.

Australian Bloods:

"How did people survive before______" friend ... people used to starve to death... i hope that helps

I can’t wrap my head around some cultures / traditions having no reverence for the ancestors or the dead and/or dying. capitalism has really done a number on this country.

Mamdani did this without tacking to the center by accepting republican framing and throwing marginalized people under the bus or even apologizing for being socialist; something that party operatives who actually want to win might learn from.

support whomever you’d like, but what is frustratingly dishonest about this take is that actual issue — the thing critics have identified as the problem — isn’t the decision of the 21-year old to get the tattoo, but of the judgment of the 40-year old who still has it.

They're going to change the clocks this weekend and the president is powerless to stop it. Because he's weak and a loser. That's what they're saying sir

The Late Bronze Age collapse plunged the Eastern Mediterranean and Near East into a period of chaos and starvation, but 300 hundred years later, the region emerged stronger and more prosperous than ever. Could the same thing happen here in the United States?

Stephen Miller says that he wants to build a fascist totalitarian police state. Democrats agree that this is what he wants to do. The truth is more complicated.

Imagine building an entire adult personality around "I finished fifth in a college swimming championship three years ago and I'm still furious I didn't get to be fourth. Therefore, a congresswoman must debate me." It's just a turducken of loser shit.

wasn’t my most out-there take, but still… called it

And I would like to challenge this person to get a real job

SNAP is probably the most effective federal dollar we spend in terms of long term domestic economic outcomes. that isn’t why you should support it; you should support it because it is a moral imperative to feed the hungry. but it’s why even a growth-oriented ghoul shouldn’t oppose it.

Conservatives love doing the opposite of occam's razor. "Over 10% of people are on food stamps because over 10% of people are in poverty" is too simple. It has to mean there are actually half a billion people in America.

yeah this stuff is fundamentally antisocial

Weretober Day 20: Pistol Shrimp I don't think this is a legal move #Weretober #Weretober2025

Hell yeah, bisexual autism on the rise😎

Maybe this kind of thing spurs people off of apps and back into meeting people in person, just like I’m holding out hope streaming will collapse and lead to a renaissance of physical media. Maybe. I hope.

“Do you really expect Mamdani to get everything he’s promising done?” No. I’m sure a lot of what I want won’t happen. But I’m ready for someone who’s willing to actually fucking try rather than tell everyone why trying is pointless and must be saved for an undefined later moment

I wouldn't let him on... 🚢

oh so now suddenly these guys can't do phrenology

I think about this a lot.

Never thought I'd see the day

You gotta get over your aversion to conflict. It’s not healthy. Avoiding it is disrespectful to yourself and the people you have a problem with. And it’s part of the whole obey authority mindset that is instilled in us.

The gate jump scare was my favorite part

It's games in particular, but it's not just games. It's growing clearer everyday that the people making decisions at nearly every major (public facing) company don't understand the products they make and are just money guys trying to make it to next quarter

ordinary americans are filming ice agents and trying to save their neighbors. for all the hemming and hawing during 2024 about how democracy was an elite concern, the elites gave up far more quickly than average people.

Technically, this is a book of spells.

45% of the time

We as a nation need to have things that bind us together. America has been nothing but problematic, but it's sensible as the citizen of a country to be upset watching the senseless destruction of one of its most important symbols. I can't explain it but the images from DC this week felt bad to watch

Over the past week, the president said the DOJ should pay him a quarter billion dollars, bulldozed half the White House to build himself a gaudy ballroom, bragged about murdering civilians in international waters, pardoned some more criminals, directed federal prosecutors to indict his opponents ...

As long as you don’t use an auto pen, it’s okay to have no idea whom you’re pardoning.

one thing thats kinda crazy to get your head around is not that the musk and thiel masters of the universe are ungrateful for the vast public infrastructure, public funding of research, and robust systems of laws and rules that made their wealth possible. it's that theyre too dumb to understand it

In case you think this is a joke

I don’t know if there’s a more perfect illustration of the utter fucking nonsense that creative pollution by AI will produce than this choice to illustrate the power of Paramount’s new “localization” and “customization” technology by face-swapping Brad Pitt into the lead role of GET OUT

The US froze aid to Colombia Much of which is used to fight drug cartels Because the president of Colombia said the US killed Colombian fishermen In what is supposed to be a US military campaign to stop drug cartels

This is a great quote, it really brings to light how money is MEANINGLESS to people that rich, taxing them fairly wouldn’t change their day-to-day lives at all, they’re just addicted to seeing the number go up and to using money to punish the enemies in their heads.

It is pretty funny that they're all a bunch of out-of-shape, dumb losers but far less funny that they all get guns and impunity to act with

"Focus exclusively on capacity to consent" this is a good idea, but we should account for the way people's brains develop as they age. Perhaps we set a specific point in development where someone is agreed to have the capacity to consent. Maybe measured in time they've been alive somehow...