Spotify's work with Sony and UMG on gen AI music is clearly going *great* based on the dozens of jobs they're shotgunning out with random SEO keywords attached Your role? Experiment on the user base to make gen AI profitable! Your qualifications? Oh, any old STEM PhD will do! #Spotify #clankers

He said "Amen" straight into the drop Lmao Pope Leo threw a rave for an archbishop's 75th birthday this is kind of incredible

For those that want to make a material contribution *right fucking now* Pink Haven has been working for years on providing aid and relocation support to trans refugees in the States. www.pinkhaven.org

Elon Musk was out-witted by a Pop Tart. www.cracked.com/article_3884...

Change in Headline

reposting this in honor of World Sandwich Day buttondown.com/theswordandt...

My favorite thing as a writer is when I start ranting about something on Bluesky, get it all out of my system, and then turn it into a real piece of writing. On that note: hey, it’s me, heckling centrist Dems in the New Republic! newrepublic.com/article/2023...

Bathroom graffiti is one of our purest remaining art forms

*screams*

That’s called burying the lead

It is, as they say, fire.

transwrites.world/who-are-the-... Who are the dolls which must be protected? by @theabigailthorn.bsky.social

Shoutout to @wtyppod.bsky.social for being the perfect inspiration and accompaniment as I put together a new deck! I wanted to honor the legacy of the 21st-century Edison the *right* way. #MTG #EDH

“i was married, but i’m not married anymore. women don’t like the vehicle”

RIP to Drew Struzen, the greatest to ever do it. 🙌

Shoutout to @wtyppod.bsky.social for being the perfect inspiration and accompaniment as I put together a new deck! I wanted to honor the legacy of the 21st-century Edison the *right* way. #MTG #EDH

NYT let someone say something accurate in their op eds, I can only assume it was an accident

What a line from the Pope! I am so pleased he is carrying on Pope Francis’ advocacy for immigrants.

Guy getting absolutely wrecked with a Twisted Tea after saying the n word set to Dave Matthews is my favorite in the genre

ICE attempted and failed to disappear a food delivery guy. It needed to be scored.

the best internet rule is that when you see this tom holland video, you repost it.

If you get this lil freak tattooed, drinks are on me whenever you're in Madison for the rest of your life

(begrudging applause) What a fantastic statement from a man who bears a portion of the responsibility for this mess

transitioning is all about your answer to "if u had a superpower what would it be?" going from "shapeshifting!" to "i wish i could explode peoples heads at will"

My God!

Side note this website has been around forever and it's one of my favorite things aftertherapturepetcare.com

So apparently 33% of NYC doesn't know what "defund" means Or they think they're being nuanced and choosing a moderate option because it has the word "some" in it

they don't want pussy. they want to endlessly critique pussy

My guess is he's taking Tombombadil. Ask your doctor if Tombombadil is right for you.

Discworld QOTD, from Guards! Guards!

aragorn son of arathorn ...i was not familiar with your game

Reagan is one of history's greatest monsters for a multitude of reasons, but did you know he tried to exterminate trans people in the 80s too? Reagan's presidency invited Janice Raymond to author policy that stripped anyone who accessed trans healthcare of access to federal health insurance...

No big deal "It's just till we get in office ..." "It's just sports," "It's just restrooms." "It's just your pronouns." "It's just your name." "It's just your medications." "It's just your job." "It's just your kids." "It's just you."

Two very different kinds of horror

Went to cinema, saw a number of fairly lacklustre trailers, many of them of the "use only the most generic and meaningless "inspirational quote" lines of dialogue style. Followed up by what looked like it was going to be the most amazing surreal fantasy movie. There were

Vanity Fair did a profile on Sir Ewan Forbes, a trans man from the UK who transitioned as a teenager in Weimar Germany. www.vanityfair.com/style/story/...

Tired: Trump is RICO Wired: NYPD is RICO Inspired: The judicial branch is RICO

I think it's now possible to make a poli-sci course that equips one for modern political analysis better than most classic theory and has a syllabus sourced entirely from random internet posts. Text 1. Wilhoit's Law, born as part of a 2018 blog comment crookedtimber.org/2018/03/21/l...

had the big brain realization that you could just whip up a whole D&D cast/NPC list from Whose Line prompts alone

The nation and world all suck, it's true But last night a guy told me that my lasagna was the best he ever had and I'll be riding that compliment for months

'Vacations.' The word is 'vacations.'

Penniless and homeless, Raynor and Moth Winn found fame with their story of their 630-mile walk to salvation. The Salt Path became a global bestseller and was adapted into a major film. But we can reveal it wasn’t the whole truth. @chloehadj.bsky.social Read more:

- Medicaid funding penalty for states that use their own money to cover undocumented immigrants is OUT - Gender-affirming care ban for Medicaid IS OUT!!!!

It's our 9th largest export! 2.5% of total USA exports are comprised of literally the blood of poor people.

Had this meme made in fucking May because I knew we could fucking do it, I'm so fucking proud of @madycast.com and @thefreeradical.org and @davidforbes.bsky.social and @ket.bsky.social and everyone else who helped make this possible Moreover, ICE must be destroyed

Musical Transients out now!!! youtu.be/MAW84RRNw84?...