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The article appears to be partly paywalled and I would encourage anyone who can afford it to subscribe, Slate's got a hell of a sale going right now and subscriptions are how they can afford to pay freelancers for articles like this one For my fellow brokies, though:

Hahaha People Mag comes out blasting

This is doing things for women but let's ask the important question: what about men?

Even if this were true (it's not) just accepting the idea that "buying big trucks" is an inherent good is so bizarre.

Great acting can't save HIS & HERS from an ending that spikes all the interesting moral questions the series wrestles with until that point, argues @UnGajje.bsky.social.

Of course I meant, "Please tell me we are ready to give up on the fiction that is "Platner is a good candidate.""

Please tell me we are ready to give up on the fiction that is "Platney is a good candidate."

Captain Marvel (with the good hair) by @drewmoss.bsky.social, first exhibited in UnGajjesArtGallery in November 2023. www.instagram.com/p/DTbvtdkEVY...

I know that it's hard to keep track of all the ways Trump violates the law. In Connecticut, he illegally cancelled an offshore wind project that is 80% built, citing imaginary "national security justifications" that they refuse to brief us on because...THEY DON'T EXIST.

Is there enough training to make an objectively immoral mission ok? I'd argue no.

Behold: the first-ever list of news outlets that have banned generative AI in their reporting. As of today, this is literally information that you cannot find on Google. My goal is to fill the starter pack, so please send over suggestions with supporting evidence! go.bsky.app/8cn1XfT

It's a shame I like a lot of their atV shows so much because Apple is otherwise a pretty terrible company. Source: having to get an appointment to replace an airpod case.

Douthat would be the worst NYT columnist of the 2020s. But then there's also Bret Stephens.

Ross Douthat, it might surprise you, wrote a banal, pointless opinion piece about how Republican overreach in every realm can't be met with Democrats doing anything other than radical centrism

Is the fact that I usually like writing the reason I am not as good at it as most of the people I know who are also writers?

Fuck AI. Stop trying to cram it down our throats. If you're pushing AI, pivot to doing something useful, like door to door toilet salesman. www.yahoo.com/news/article...

ICE agents are more likely to accidentally shoot and kill themselves than be killed by an immigrant. Pizza delivery drivers face far more danger than ICE and police.

My son's barbershop walls are covered with comic art, he's playing 90s R&B, and has BLUE STREAK on the TV. I have found my place. Damn my lack of hair.

You used to see this "logic" with people who argued against blocking trolls. "If you block, they win!" Win what? What are we fighting for? Are we actually believing the trolls here? "If you block me I win!" has the whiff of "I win times infinity" from an eight-year-old.

hi! i'm co-founding a new gaming website with my former polygon colleague @zoehhannah.com. it's called mothership.blog. i made it for someone like me... the kind of website i always wished we had in our space. watch the video to learn more :D

Captain Marvel by Noah Eisenman, originally exhibited at UnGajjesArtGallery on November 2023. www.instagram.com/p/DTTBnp2EVu...

PEOPLE WE MEET ON VACATION leaves @UnGajje.bsky.social feeling like he'd prefer a staycation.

I should go back and time and shake teen me who insisted "Whatever, Napster's no big deal. It's barely any money off their bottom line at all." I was dumb.

This afternoon, retired Army general Stanley McChrystal spoke at the retirement ceremony hosted by HRC for six trans service members who were forced out under Trump’s ban. “I shouldn’t have to be thanked for being here. First off, we shouldn’t be here. This shouldn’t be happening.” Full remarks:

Regarding the last reskeet, is Eisenhower the last Republican President to, in general, make choices that proved healthy for the economy?

Literally true for 40+ years.

NEW: Data released by ICE shows that virtually the entire growth of detention in the last few months has been among people with no criminal record at all - no prior convictions (no matter how minor) and no pending criminal charges.

The Times article about Trump's belief that he need only answer to his own morality feels so empty of context or historical precedence to me. It isn't enough to let him give himself enough rope, you have to explain why it is utterly unprecedented madness.

Why? Also why RERUN this? Just because two people exist with differing viewpoints doesn’t mean you need to give them equal time. It creates a false equivalency that, I feel certain, does not reflect the actual proportions of how the people of Greenland feel about being made a colony.

Editorial in the National Catholic Reporter: "The vice president's comments justifying the death of Renee Good are a moral stain on the collective witness of our Catholic faith. His repeated attempts to blame Good for her own death are fundamentally incompatible with the Gospel."

Little annoyed my Rep is calling me to get on a conference call when I'm arriving at a Vigil for Renee Nicole Good. If Congress isn't in session, he should be here.

The no-angeling is already in full swing.

According to my sources, the FBI was initially open to a concurrent investigation with the MN Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (the state agency that would do this investigation). Trumpy U.S. Attorney Daniel Rosen heard about this and intervened, barring the FBI from cooperating with local police.

she literally did everything within the confines of the law as well & they still murdered her

i think it is ok to reiterate that the victim as a us citizen. yes, noncitizens are equally entitled to human rights. but also, it's important to illustrate how ice isn't about immigration at all

It's remarkable how many times this world can break your heart.

BREAKING: ICE killed a Minnesota woman in broad daylight & there must be accountability. But when I moved to subpoena all records & footage related to this murder, Republicans voted it down. They've never cared about law & order or keeping our communities safe.

the screenshot nature of this cuts off easy access to the followup, where I point out that as a veteran of the Somme, Tolkien knew what the fuck he was talking about

There’s also this, which—bizarrely—search won’t cough up my original skeet but is happy to show a bazillion screenshots of it

This is the only correct position, and the inevitable response from knee-jerk centrist reactionaries of "it won't work" is not a valid objection. Every member of Congress has a duty to say that what Noem has been doing is not acceptable.

Impeach Oz and prosecute him for extortion or whatever the fuck is most convenient I’m not a fuckin lawyer.

How it must be to be part of this military and have the administration say over and over again how inadequate you are.

Basic media literacy: there are multiple clips out there showing this shooting, mostly up close and unobstructed (except by the car itself). Trump’s social media post includes a clip from far away, through trees, and slowed to super slow motion. Those are *choices*

Everything sucks, but seeing beautiful art always makes the darkness a little brighter, so let’s do an art share. The rules are simple; 1: Share other artists posts in this thread 2: No AI 3: NSFW is ok, please just properly mark it as such 4: Have Fun!

A complete timeline of events. Great reporting from the folks at the Minnesota Star Tribune (no paywall). www.startribune.com/ice-raids-mi...

It's so weird to me how much effort I put into teaching my students to avoid passive voice at nearly all occasions and journalists can't type something as simple as "ICE shot a woman today." ICE -involved shooting? What cowardly nonsense.

I have a huge bag of cashews in my desk. If you ever wanna stop by and have some.

lord, give me the strength to not argue at people who basically agree with me