a lot to like, lots of talent, Ben's a great fit for Caleb, etc -- but they feel more like an improved team that got a great schedule rather than a contender

This brainrot is more responsible for the rise of authoritarianism in the US than any of the wokeness it will not shut up about

Adam Raine’s life hurtled toward tragedy soon after he began talking with ChatGPT about homework. Analysis of his ChatGPT account shows how the chatbot became a confidant as he planned to end his life.

This is genuinely horrifying. Fact-free far-right agitprop given accolades by credible media across the political spectrum.

“In that same court document, it is revealed that Epstein took the then 14-year-old to Mar-a-Lago in 1994, where she was introduced to Donald Trump. According to the files, Epstein elbowed Trump playfully asking him, "This is a good one, right?" with Trump smiling and nodding in agreement.”

Again, from Michael Grynbaum, here is Sharyn Alfonsi's full email. It must be read:

The House passed legislation today that would charge doctors with a felony punishable by up to 10 years in prison for providing transition-related care to minors. Rep. Sarah McBride strongly condemned the legislation in rare personal remarks ahead of the vote. www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...

This is why "vote blue no matter who" is bullshit. It absolutely matters "who."

lol Dan Campbell predicted another interception

This is the logical conclusion of the “religious freedom” tide, highlighted by the Supreme Court’s recent decisions. Now, it doesn’t matter if you are objectively wrong—if someone tries to hold you to account, THEY are the ones at fault for impinging on your religious freedom

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This is just gutter racism and it’s a standard that would never be applied to say, the descendants of Italian immigrants who fled the lawlessness of Southern italy post unification and now staff this fascist administration bsky.app/profile/publ...

Some of that work might need to be on the coaching staff tbh. There needs to be personnel upgrades here and there but the sloppiness this team has played with is about the only consistent part of the operation right now.

Joe Burrow has some fond childhood memories of watching the Lions on Thanksgiving:

You pull yourself up by your boostraps. Me? I DESERVE free money from the government, and so do my rich friends bsky.app/profile/cwar...

Bill Cassidy has done infinitely more for the antivaccine movement than he can ever claim he has done to promote vaccination. He is one of the worst antivaxxers to ever live.

Bro Trump has the simplest human brain, it’s incredible how much people have tried to over-analyze this dude

EXCLUSIVE: CDC to end all monkey studies. Decision handed down by recent college grad and former DOGE employee who is now deputy chief of staff at the agency. Animals were being used in studies of HIV prevention. Some may be euthanized. My latest for @science.org

Academic researchers or clinicians were not among the speakers at the sessions go.nature.com/3XbIqw5

Would love to see someone from the moderate, Majority Dem faction really address and wrestle with the political effects of what Labour has been up to.

Never forget that just a week ago, Ross Douthat and the NYTimes were asking if women ruined the workplace.

They flagged the pole hug? I hate this stupid league

epstein emails released and everyone coming out as a pedophile to defend donald trump

I find this pretty striking - we're not even offered the standard "here's why Mamdani's victory is actually trouble for the left" kind of gymnastics, the strategy really seems to be to hope no one notices

Teenagers are old enough to have sex with middle aged men. They are not old enough to be trans. by Megyn Kelly

A quarter of the entire deployed US Navy is now stationed in the Caribbean. That goes way beyond frighteners.

A bad thing is unfolding at NIH this week: It looks like the Trump administration is trying to replace key civil servant scientific leaders, the Institute Directors, with political hires. These directors control the NIH budget, tens of billions. A bit of a video explainer here: 1/ 🧪

Seattle Mayor -- UPDATE: - ☑️ Katie Wilson - 137,217 (50.25%) - Bruce Harrell - 135,871 (49.75%) We project that Katie Wilson will be the next mayor of Seattle.

I swear to god if they fix Bivens but only for members of Congres...

SEATTLE!!! We’ve now taken the lead by 91 votes! 🤯 This thing is certainly not over! Over 1,000 ballots have been challenged, so if you haven’t tracked your ballot yet get on it! Our trusty volunteers have been working hard to "cure" ballots so they count! We're so close!

“This thing is definitely bad for us but no one can say what it is”

How bad was Matt Patricia as the Lions head coach? Matthew Stafford got to a .500 career win mark last night, 115-115-1 Prior to Patricia's hire, Stafford was five games under .500 in Detroit

Hahahahah they were just playing a trick on us where they’d pretend to fight back until we voted for them, and then immediately cave www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

The Supreme Court’s ruling on Trump’s passport sex markers policy conveys as much casual transphobia as a two-page judicial opinion ever could without actually including slurs. Absolutely vile stuff. ballsandstrikes.substack.com/p/the-suprem...

Amazing that separation of powers only becomes a concern for the conservatives when the economy is at risk lol

basically every 2024 truism is dead. Trump did not build a lasting multiracial coalition or turn young men into committed Republicans. You don’t need to cave on trans rights to win. The pundits have nothing left to tell you.

What we know, 10:20pm —VA Dems flip Gov, LG, *and* AG —BIG Dem gains in VA House —Dems win NJ-Gov —Mamdani wins —Dems keep PA supreme court —Larry Krasner & Bragg win — GA Dems flip 2 statewide offices —JD Vance’s half-brother loses Cincy —Dems sweep Orlando council —ME anti-mail vote measure loses

Republicans thought they had a permanent hold over young men. They didn't. Spanberger wins men 18-29 by 14%, Sherrill by 10%, and Mamdani by a stunning 40%.

score one for "the pundits are projecting their own preoccupations onto the electorate"

If Democrats have to answer for their most fringe members then Republicans should have to answer for theirs. The most out-there Democrat is 1/50th as psychotic and harmful as the most out-there Republican.

Can I add "experts are surprised about the fact that Seattleites are concerned about traffic violence after the deadliest year on city roads since 2006" to the list of prime examples of motonormativity?

This article has a bemoaning tone over why Seattleites still distrust the police even after 'major reform.' However, this is the most telling quote, and a reason why police in their current structure will never engender an actually safe community. I prefer strong community bonds to police, as well!

I’ve covered the post-2024 centrist excuse industry for a while. The arguments are shoddy and self-serving, but I’ve never seen them rig a poll before. On the Deciding To Win report, and how it shows how desperate the establishment is to stop progressives: www.joewrote.com/p/centrists-...

arXiv will no longer accept review articles and position papers unless they have been accepted at a journal or a conference and complete successful peer review. This is due to being overwhelmed by a hundreds of AI generated papers a month. Yet another open submission process killed by LLMs.

nice. can we rehash the posts that called Trump the president of peace now that he’s about to start an unprovoked war?

I know this reinforces a narrative about condescending leftists calling all conservatives bigots but I'm sorry, every form of data — anecdotes, polling and public statements by conservatives — indicate that these are the main drivers. It's a doomed quest to keep looking for good underneath evil.

why did this make me wheeze out loud

one of the things i think is that policies answer the question of “what will you do” but they don’t answer the question of “why should i vote for you” and i think there is a tendency in this broad conversation to equate the two

Yes, big legislation is tough to pass, but to propose these tepid ideas as “6 bangers” that will win voters hearts is ludicrous. And THEN you add in the fact that we are fighting a side that literally is abolishing Congress by inaction, and you can see why centrism is lost

Someone asked me the other day*: How do we replace all the science that’s being lost across the US as NIH, NSF etc are being lawlessly destroyed? The answer is: we cannot. It is impossible. The task now is to defend #NIH and public funding for medical research. 1/ 🧪 #neuroscience