I see a growing number of obviously AI generated ads, and it always makes me think two things: (1) This is a rinky-dink outfit that can't afford to film a commercial with real sets and actors, and more importantly (2) They are lying to me even more than ads usually do.

worthless shitcos combined to be worth more than the sum of parts. like a giant black hole

Happy New Years! *TESLA 4Q DELIVERIES 418,227, EST. 440,907

This insider spills the beans on how food delivery app companies gouge the drivers. Including what’s called a “Desperation Score”, which ends up giving desperate drivers less money. www.reddit.com/r/confession...

🔥🔥🔥 December 2025 temperature ranking (since 1895). A lot of the West had their warmest December on record and nearly everywhere out west had a top 5 warmest December. 🫠

Reagan, 1981: “In the present crisis, government is not the solution to our problem; government is the problem.” Clinton, 1996: “I say again, the era of big government is over. But we cannot go back to the era of fending for yourself.” Mamdani, 2026:

CDC clinical lab positive influenza test results are running slightly below last year but last year was the worst flu season in about a decade and didn’t peak until mid-Feb. it was one of the major reasons Q1 GDP was so weak, the season was that bad.

For the last few days on X, people (mainly women, and sometimes children) have had nonconsensual images of them in swimsuits (or much worse) requested by users and created by Grok. Musk's only apparent response thus far has been to crack jokes about it.

It's striking that progressives like Tim Walz and Zohran Mamdani evoke the middle American attitude that, "Yes, we can fix these social problems because we're Americans and it's the right thing to do!" While the "America first" right only emulates failed and failing nation-states elsewhere.

Sliwa makes Cuomo look like an absolute dick

this is the most incredible interview i’ve ever read. the aei guy tries so hard to get sliwa to trash mamdani and he simply won’t. he also brings up flaco (rip) unprompted. www.wsj.com/opinion/free...

sliwa correctly understanding that mamdani ran a very traditional campaign and thus surpassing the analytical ability of 80% if people who comment on politics for a living

Mayor Mamdani has nullified every executive order issued by Eric Adams after he struck his corrupt bargain with Trump to secure dismissal of the indictment against him.

I am old enough to remember when Apple and Google told the social media giants that they'd remove their apps from their app stores if they broke their terms of service. Weird!

good to see. local governments have lost significant impact on social media since Twitter shit the bed

Caught up with Mayor Mamdani's incoming DOT Commissioner Mike Flynn, and asked him how he will run the agency differently than the Adams administration. www.youtube.com/shorts/8t-81...

And not for nothing, but this ⬇️ was my introduction to Mamdani. I want my party to be excited to work with us for the good of everyone, to be happy to hear from & listen to us, to be fired up about building good things with & alongside us. And I want to know that they will fight like this. 3/3

Nice touch - the trans announcer from the subway (“Stand clear of the platform edge”) is doing the announcing

Mamdani: "I cannot blame anyone who has come to question the role of government, whose faith in democracy has been eroded by decades of apathy. We will restore that trust by walking a different path ... "

Mamdani: For too long, those fluent in the good grammar of civility have deployed decorum to mask agendas of cruelty

part of the genius of his major campaign ideas is that they can be deployed fairly quickly as tangible deliverables. they can help him build trust with voters as someone who does what he says he will do. and trust goes a long way!

2026's First Light. This morning's sunrise in Chicago to start off the new year.

Mamdani: "The cost of childcare will no longer discourage young adults from starting a family, because we will deliver universal childcare for the many by taxing the wealthiest few"

it's beyond the pale that Republicans can drastically increase the cost and decrease the ability to get healthcare for *twenty million Americans*

Campbell was the first Native American to chair the Committee on Indian Affairs and the only Native American to serve in the Senate during his two terms.

Grok's new "feature" that allows users to undress women in photos posted to X is a new low for the platform. If you're somehow still active over there, I urge you to let this be your final straw.

a surprising number of cities have never had a woman serve as mayor (that includes Denver and New York City) www.forbes.com/sites/kathar...

Mary Sheffield was sworn in as Detroit’s 76th mayor, becoming the first woman to hold the office in the city's 324-year history

I an deceased (from natural causes smh)

sounds like a great meal for him to eat every day

BofA: S&P 500 trades rich on almost everything...19 of 20 valuation metrics stretched The S&P 500 is statistically expensive on 18 of 20 metrics and has never been more expensive on Market Cap to GDP, P/BV, P/OCF and EV/Sales.

Mamdani, Democratic Socialist Muslim American Immigrant Mayor of NYC. Gotta love it.

If you had told me this was going to happen one year ago, I straight up would not have believed you.

challenge accepted, @theonion.com

The way we need to market this shit is to do what conservatives did for the past 30 years and write books like “The ten forbidden truths you’re not allowed to say on politically correct tv” and then it’s just cities are mostly fine and it’s good to get a flu shot

NEW YORK (AP) — Democrat Zohran Mamdani sworn in as mayor of New York City.

just finished watching @lsweeneymiran.bsky.social

Still a few hours to go. 🤡 mashable.com/article/elon...

bonkers

Judge To Texas: You Can’t Age-Gate The Entire Internet Without Evidence Over the summer, the Supreme Court’s conservative majority upended decades of traditional First Amendment standards to say that Texas could put in place an age verification law if that law was intended to keep kids away from…

the boom / bust of data storage!

it's happening.gif

pretty rough Senate map but interesting to think about: "It’s not likely … but we’re saying there’s a chance. It requires Dems holding every seat they currently have, flipping ones in North Carolina and Maine, and also flipping two out of Ohio, Iowa, Alaska, Texas, Florida, and Nebraska."

Gimmicky low-N data analysis -- times in the past 25 years when the Nasdaq 100 was down in both November and December: 2000 (!) 2007 (!) 2011 (okay not exciting) 2018 (good buying opp) 2025* (if we closed here)

not even remotely close! Musk may be America's most successful con man

A lot of Blueskiers are going to dismiss this observation because of the source, but it is correct. I'll just add that I don't think there's anything special about single-family homes that means they should never be rentals, any more than there's a rule that multifamily units should never be condos.

pretty interesting to see Trump's support among Republicans eroding in real time

70% of homeowners have a below 5% mortgage rate

good to know that retaliation and vengeance is the only reason Trump would veto something