Gary Larson: In my cartoon I invented Cow Tools as a cautionary tale Cows: At long last, we have created the Cow Tools from classic newspaper comic Cow Tools

"the most widely accepted definition of the working class" !!!! wow my eyes just bulged out of my head lol and on MLK Day? right in front of my March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom?

The point here is to believe people when they tell you who they are. Gavin Newsom hangs out with Republicans because he likes hanging out with Republicans. This isn't 4-D chess. He wants to hang out with Ben Shapiro and Steve Bannon. When he says he agrees with them on things, it's because he does.

Don't read into it. Newsom is a Republican sympathizer and it wouldn't surprise me at all if he went the Eric Johnson route, positioning himself as a moderate, post-Trump Republican in 2028 to challenge JD Vance. Whether he does or not, he is not our friend and should be handled with caution.

ICE has kidnapped so many people from their cars that the city had to put out this statement. Let that sink in.

Staying on X now is like saying "I don't approve of the pedophilia, but what I'm I going to do - stop going to Jeffrey Epstein's parties? There are so many important people there!

the most important thing in 2028 is electing someone who is a true believer in the project of dismantling right-wing power. if you don't get that, then nothing else will matter very much.

I really want ppl w/o Minneapolis connections to understand You might've heard that Mpls public schools went hybrid bc so many families are in hiding. Well, a coworker just told me that today, during his kid's hybrid class, a kid's apt building was raided onscreen *Everyone has stories like this*

Requiring ICE agents to wear prominent identification is good. But a system of ”citizens should walk up very close to agents extending their phone to hold next to the agent” is a Dem-brained way of getting people beaten and killed under this administration.

If you have not heard from someone in several days, they might have the flu. This is also my reminder to mask again whenever you are indoors, set your air purifiers on medium (they are useless when off), get vaccinated, and wash your hands after taking the subway.

if you are attending any protests this weekend please wear a mask to protect yourself and others from covid, influenza, and measles.

‘“A young lady told me they were giving out free tickets for a theater show, and I’ve never been to one before, so I thought maybe this would be a good opportunity for me,” said Zain Morisset, 35, a student who was second in line. “I always wanted to attend one, but they seem to be so expensive.”’

WSJ investigation: In the past 6 months ICE agents have fired at vehicles 13 times, leading to: * 8 people shot * 5 of which were U.S. citizens * 2 died * no victims drew a weapon The playbook: Agents box in a vehicle, block attempts to flee, then fire www.wsj.com/us-news/vide...

Let's be clear about this: The law already prohibits ICE agents from murdering people; ICE murders people anyway. Yes, Renee Good, and MANY more. Electeds can say "we're imposing new legal conditions on ICE, like, 'you can't wear masks" but why should we believe that will stop them? Abolish ICE

This is just what you like to see on here

Looks like ICE is now cracking down on … Native Americans. This letter was just posted by the chairman of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe in North/South Dakota: “Our Nation is a sovereign government and our members are not immigrants. We are not subject to immigration enforcement on our own lands.”

Clear-eyed, fact-based, and written to explain to normies. No “both sidesing.” No “Trump officials disagree.” No gaslighting that what we can see with our own eyes might not be true. This is journalism. Well done, @people.com

this is the best reframe i’ve ever seen about calling your politicians

I think some people think it matters less than ever who we elect as long as they aren’t republicans, but I think it matters *more* than ever. Imagine if instead of Washington, a man who understood that presidential powers needed to be limited, we got someone who just wanted to be an American king?

I feel like AI should not be given the active voice in news articles. It’s like saying: “In 1993, rakes began to give Jim a lot of help organizing leaves on the lawn.” Center the agency of humans, with anything inanimate (including AI software) as the direct objects.

"what do you expect dems, who have NO POWER, to do???" and then they do this 8 times a month

wrote about the nwsl’s odd business decision to stop caring about soccer btvc.beehiiv.com/p/who-cares-... #nwsl #woso

As someone who wasn’t around for Vietnam and not old enough to cover Iraq/Afghanistan, it’s easy to look at media coverage leading up to those wars and say I would’ve done better. I hoped that journalists of my generation would never have to prove that in practice, but it seems this is our moment.

THREAD: I'll fact-check all the viral misinformation about the US military operation in Venezuela in this thread This image, purporting to show the US military arresting Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, is AI-generated. According to Google's SynthID detector, it was created using Google AI.

there are endless headlines about "grok apologizes" or "grok says it will be fixed" after it generated CSAM using pictures of minors and zero headlines about "grok being shut down" or "musk and xAI in big legal trouble" and I think something fundamental has broken here

Always some nuances but now you can travel all over the world, google map bus directions, and probably tap and pay with your bank card without much difficulty. A big tech win!

It can't hallucinate. It can't lie. It can't apologize. It is a machine that works the way that it was designed to work BY PEOPLE.

Remember: When Tylenol was poisoned *by an outsider* and killed people, the company recalled all their products & redesigned them. When Intel’s Pentium had a bug so obscure it affected 1 in _9 billion_ long division calculations, they recalled their chips. ChatGPT was made deadly *by its team*.

Villagers say Jabo, which was one of the cities Trump ordered a strike on in Nigeria, is not known for terrorist activity and that local Christians coexist peacefully with the Muslim majority. www.cnn.com/2025/12/26/a...

Well now, would you look at that? A massive, 4-YEAR-LONG study of NEARLY 30 MILLION people in France found that individuals who received a COVID-19 mRNA vaccine had a 74% LOWER risk of death from severe COVID-19 compared to unvaccinated individuals and ZERO increased risk of all-cause mortality.

"better things aren't possible, stop trying to improve people's lives" is not a good message, knock it off.

Was talking to a kid and she’d never heard of cooties. What a lucky generation. All those cooties shots worked.

we’ve been over this we just did this in Massachusetts they’re not gonna leave, they’ll whine and bitch and moan and eventually this will raise more money than expected because nowhere they go is actually like the place they’re leaving

I try to remember to say this at the end of every year. If you buy my books, thank you. If you buy them as ebooks or audiobooks, thank you. If you buy them used, thank you. If you borrow them from a library, thank you. If you borrow them from a friend or steal them from an enemy, thank you. ❤️

If someone says to you, "what are you doing about students' use of AI?" ask them, "do you think that this should be my problem? How good do you think my response can be? Should it not be up to legislators & administrators to defend against a commercial industry's attack on your child's education?"

queso knocked over a santa with her big butt and is trying to play it cool

this is really reckless, unethical, and irresponsible behavior, especially as we approach the peak of flu season. it’s also not the first time he’s done this — he’s fully aware what he’s doing is not okay because we have already explained that to him. this guy shouldn’t be repping public health

i really appreciate this — i didn’t notice. oomfies, always feel free to point out stuff i’ve missed! (as long as you know what you’re talking about) anyways, my thread’s points still stand because he’s been pulling stunts like this for 5 years straight

the shit I care least in the whole world about is whether the story about the Earl of Sandwich is true. yes it fucking was. my man was playing cards and eating meat with his hands and then he said hold up check this out. you won't believe this shit. bring me some fucking bread & hold onto your hats

Gonna drop this here since I created it: leavesubstack.com

Hey Now You're a Boxcar Full of Children Solve Crimes

IT FINALLY HAPPENED I AM ON A PLANE WITH A BABY WHO SAYS “HI” TO EVERYONE AS HE GOES DOWN THE AISLE

HE JUST HIGH-FIVED ME

This list is also aggressively lacks folks from outside the U.S., Europe and Australia. Where are the folks closely covering African and South American (and frankly non NWSL North American) football

I know the vending machine in this case is more of a vessel for an experiment than the point in and of itself, but this does kind of remind me of that tech bro micro bodega vending machine idea from a few years ago that @hels.bsky.social tore apart because tech bros don't understand logistics.

Since Tatjana Haenni and NWSL parted ways in May, the league has not to my knowledge hired a Sporting Director or created an equivalent role to guide the league's sporting structure and direction. This rule's glaring issues speak to that. It's a bad idea being executed poorly.

So, if you’re an NWSL GM, you are not allowed to decide yourself — using all of the tools of a pro team’s front office — that a Player has a High-enough Impact to warrant a certain salary. But you *are* allowed to vote on a list that would determine that that Player has a High-enough Impact. Sure.

Statement from the NWSLPA. The union is definitely not on board with the new High Impact Player Rule. #NWSL