The DNC being excessively rude online to Trump’s White House policy architect would hit harder if it were coupled with the party’s full stop blockade of voting for his appointees

The fact that Team Trump is cooking its own Iran war intel and data to make it seem nicer for President Trump before it gets briefed to him — and the fact that they’re doing so primarily b/c that’s basically what Trump *wants* them to do — is a massive scandal that…. In this era of corruption and…

We are going to need retroactively enforced anti-corruption legislation. And sooner Democratic lawmakers start announcing it and drawing it up, the sooner some of the corrupt may feel just a little fear and hold back.

This is deeply upsetting. My heart goes out to all the staff in those libraries and the communities they served.

I think about this a lot.

A better time than his son’s wedding, apparently

The actual story gets into this, but “doubts” doesn’t quite encapsulate the critique here. Historians, including the head of Washington’s own presidential library, have long dismissed this story as devoid of evidence and likely a fabrication.

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One narrative democrats should push for the next decade, minimum, is that full Republican control of government turned America into “the plaything of billionaires.” This meant cuts to programs for regular people, billionaires allowed to run wild with pollution and tax evasion and protecting pedos.

Ok this is a truly great tweet

Ken Paxton is the most corrupt politician in America.  He embodies the broken system we’re running against. It’s time to come together: The People vs. Ken Paxton

Hey Catholics! Did you see the Pope’s statement on the use of AI? Time to refuse to use AI at work due to religious concerns!!!

People on here will post anything. "Rahm Emanuel is a plausible nominee for president." No he isn’t. That isn’t true.

Thank you @aoc.bsky.social for calling for the biomedical research DOGE cut to be not just restored but expanded: “Research saves lives. We HAVE to get these studies back online and expand this important work.” YES: let’s #TripleTheNIHBudget as part of a New Deal for Health!

Absolutely called it being an outdated Android spray painted gold. Lord, that some people actually ordered this.

Here's how the Trump administration is chipping away at transgender health care access for adults With more than 30 interviews with trans adults, treatment providers, conservative activists and trans rights activists over the last two months. For @nbcnews.com: www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

I've been on the site for like 90 seconds. The cool Myst games we could have made for less than two minutes of investment in the thievery machine man.

Unreliable narrator stories are fun until you live through a global-economy tanking war between two sets of relentless liars both trying to influence a stock market full of investors who don't actually care what's true.

Remember your first watch, or clock? At one point that collection of springs and gears was peak technology, and it was correct to the second unless it broke. Today's clocks break less often, and are often in sync to the millisecond. And now Google gives us tech that gets YEARS wrong.

You may remember Republicans absolutely losing their mind when Obama released $1.7 billion in frozen Iranian assets.

Another disability scholar adding on: The "anti-ai is ableist" argument is built on the objectification of disabled people. Disabled people are treated as a tool so that AI proponents can win an argument and/or profit. The argument also acts as if disabled people are a monolith without any nuance.

this was HR 2616 which also bans books by or about trans and nonbinary people from schools START CALLING YOUR SENATORS NOW CIS FRIENDS TRANS KIDS NEED YOU

I lived for 5 years in the UK- 4 in Cambridge, 1 in Wales. Most homes are 100+ years old and not insulated and lack AC. The "AC" was an open window. This is a disaster.

First time with Jane Eyre, and damn it slaps. Miss Charlie B really knew how to turn a phrase.

One of the many sources cited in the new papal encyclical is... Gandalf

Got copies of the re-mastered Absolute Crisis edition today. Here is front and back of the book, my new inks over Perez pencils done in 1998 for Alex Ross to paint back then.

Every tariff refund dollar Costco passes on to customers is worth ten dollars in public relations. It's an instant win and you end up with customers for life. It's amazing how many companies will happily fumble this one, like dipshits.

Another reminder: if there exists *any* class of people who don't have due process rights, then *nobody* actually has due process rights because the government can always just say you're in that class.

Oh no, the deal is already breaking down. It was supposed to last at least until they could manipulate the market on Tuesday

Welching on single-payer healthcare is loser behavior, it's tremendously popular and deeply embarassing that a state that prides itself on progressive leadership can't get it together.

Michigan is also very weird about Ann Arbor, for different reasons.

Good LORD i am excited for this. I will be trotting down to the library to see @chucktingle.bsky.social in just a couple weeks!

There's really no point in further analyzing any Iran deal until the actual details are published, since both the Trump administration and the Iranian regime are inveterate bullshit artists.

remember when you used to learn this information quietly and at the age of roughly eleven

the gun shots outside the white house once again show the need for donald trumps 30 foot tall mechanical spider that he can ride around on and that shoots nanowire webbing and has a turret gun

"Irresponsible use [of AI in journalism] needs to be treated as seriously as any other act of fabrication. If it isn’t, it’s a tacit admission that these professional ethics are meaningless." - @michellecyca.com on 🔥 about the NYT's not-small AI hallucination whoopsie thewalrus.ca/the-new-york...

Obama had professionals negotiating for 18 months, and got five other countries involved to complete the deal. Trump had a couple of real estate developers making it up as they went. It's the difference between professionals and amateurs.

No it the fuck was not.

This will kill all of the small little publishing ventures and media companies you love. If you complain about ads on these sites, know they're there because Google chokes them out of search *already*. Imagine come Tuesday. Consider purchasing some subscriptions. time.com/article/2026...

Donald Trump promised the war in Iran would end with unconditional surrender. But he never said which country would do the surrendering.

The NYT sees itself not as a defender of journalistic principles or a champion of democratic values, but rather a theater critic for political actors. There are no real-world consequences here, no pain or suffering for the common people who aren't in their social circles. It's just a parlor game

Colbert guest hosted a public access TV show in Monroe, Michigan a day after the Late Show ended. Guest star: Jeff Daniels Special appearance by: Eminem Musical director: Jack White Genius. youtu.be/jJTXB5uT_C4?...

Which is to say, if one is going to say "AI is actually intelligent" but then refuse it rights and agency, then I strongly suspect one either doesn't actually believe it is "intelligent" in any meaningful sense, or one is cool with owning slaves. One of these branches is ethically less problematic.

shut up, hanumankind and papa roach are bringing back nu metal rap rock

since the internet convinced people to become “content creators” — creating things on spec in the hopes to one day gain some money from them, while platforms always make money — this is the platonic form companies are trying to reach every day. in every cultural industry.

He promises he’ll make to Junior’s next one, if the timing is good

It’s amazing to watch the professional journalism class dance around this: