We keep seeing startups who want to replace something valuable (therapy, counseling, tutoring, artistic expression) with some tech bullshit under the banner of democratization. But why do we need to invest so much in bad tech that doesn't work instead of just giving people access to what they need?

Always thought it was sad that Ayn Rand—one of the most successful authors of children's fantasy books of all time—had little enough saved in the bank in her old age that she had to rely on public assistance until her death, but I'm glad it was there for her.

*CB radio chatter* "What're ya hauling today, good buddy?" "Hauling a load of tires to Albuquerque, how about you partner?" "Monkeys, they are RIDDLED WITH DISEASE"

I would have been so good at hunting that I’d have extra time to help gather. I would’ve been laughing with your girl in the blackberry brambles.

The Internet is for reading blogs about the Iraq war and watching strongbad emails

He’s showing off about a cognitive test. That’s how dumb he is.

Even if the House was fully functional, they're in session for an avg of 147 days and out for 218. Under Speaker Johnson, Congress has been in session only 12 of the last 97 days, and he still won't swear in Representative-elect Adelita Grijalva. These are the people who demand Work Requirements.😐

📣THREAD: It’s surprising to me that so many people were surprised to learn that Signal runs partly on AWS (something we can do because we use encryption to make sure no one but you–not AWS, not Signal, not anyone–can access your comms). It’s also concerning. 1/

CHOTINER: So you asked for a Birkin bag? KOKO: Yes. Possession Bag. CHOTINER: And you had the funds to acquire this? KOKO: No, Professor Purchase Koko Gorilla CHOTINER: That doesn't sound like the funds were justifiable. KOKO: Hostility Interviewer

Rep. Rosa DeLauro: "On the food stamp issue, the money is there! Let them not get away with saying they can't do it. Their political will isn't there to feed the people who rely on the SNAP program which is the most effective anti-hunger program in the USA."

CNN is reporting that @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social referred to a voter he was meeting as “my man” at a campaign event today, even though the 13th Amendment to the United States Constitution has made it illegal to own human beings since 1865 and remains the law in states including New York

Honestly, a lot of people are embarrassing themselves with terminology and layout errors over the White House, and it's not new. So, seeing how I worked on the White House complex for years, let me straighten out a bit of it for you all. 🧵

turning a big dial that says "innings" on it and constantly looking back at the audience for approval like a contestant on the price is right

stop da fuckin album this guy's updating the genius dot com page

stellan skarsgård seems like a good dude

They want us to return to theaters but do they give us a Ladyhawke 40th anniversary roadshow? They do not.

I just had to google "Romeo and Juliet families" because the only thing my brain was giving me was "Capulets and Romulans"

Former chair of the Tennessee libertarian party 👇🏽

Correct

me: it’s important people realise it was never a thing that muppet movie adaptations only feature one human. they feature many humans. executioner: those were your last words!?

"Lord make me chaste but not yet" is like one of the only things st. Augustine ever said that you could also imagine Rodney Dangerfield saying

Today I learned: “This is Spinal Tap” is the only movie on IMDB that’s rated on a scale from one to eleven.

Top 3 Simpsons reference

i’m just so mad because if we absolutely had to elect an unqualified media personality to be president we should have gone with either of the guys from CAR TALK

Roomba remotely bricked his vacuum without informing him after he turned off their spyware. Talk about malicious.

waiting until there's a recall of oreos to pitch the headline "panic at nabisco"

It disgusts me that all the sports seasons overlap now. Sloppy. Weakens all of them. Makes fools of us all. Scripture tells us to every season and such

Platner is about to be another Fetterman. Watch! And trolls are attacking Black women, just like they did with Fetterman, when we point this out.

[screaming crying vomiting] I think I have to move to New York

The whole Platner defense seems to amount to, if someone is wearing swastika armband but then take it off and claim they were wearing it by mistake, you must immediately embrace them. And if you have lingering suspicions, don’t you think you’re being just a bit whiny and neurotic?

A friend recently told me that they didn’t think ICE would deploy tear gas in well to do neighborhoods with a high density of white people. I understood their thinking, but disagreed. Today, they gassed Lakeview. Nothing is off limits to these people.

this is the people's ballroom

In OpenAI’s new Atlas browser, the Ask ChatGPT sidebar is moderately helpful at best. Sometimes, it’s confusingly wrong.

*emerging from a gigantic pile of garbage* so what you're saying is David Harbour is single

Why am I surprised? I'm not surprised. In fact, I have a condition called 𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘭𝘺𝘨𝘶𝘺 𝘣𝘳𝘢𝘥𝘺𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘪𝘢 that makes me incapable of being surprised.

If I may dril for a moment, you absolutely do not have to give Trump “credit” for anything, ever. The saying does not go “even a broken clock hires its own gestapo”

seeing halo on playstation must be what it felt like to see a mcdonalds in moscow in 1990

Wedding Planner Gingerly Asks Taylor Swift If She’s Considered Dance Lessons https://theonion.com/wedding-planner-gingerly-asks-taylor-swift-if-shes-considered-dance-lessons/

O Fortuna in Excalibur

Hello! I come to you from a place called Facebook, where zealous single-issue anti-Mamdani voters are a real thing. Also from a place called "the Upper West Side," which, same. So to anyone out there who thinks he has this in the bag: No victory laps yet. A good day to vote is TOMORROW.

Every day I am tempted to form a strong opinion about something on which I am fundamentally ignorant, and every time I make an effort to not do so without asking someone smarter. So today it’s about carrier groups.

Saw a post from a security guard that is like “depictions of security guards in film are mostly stereotypes and the only accurate and positive representation is in Night At The Museum” I just picture a geared up dude standing up and clapping at the end of Night at the Museum with 1 tear streaming

“At this moment in time of course, the ballroom is really the president's main priority.” It’s hard to wrap your mind around it because of how callous it is. But that’s what White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt actually said. Out loud. To press. Proudly.

also

the thing with art/gamedev/other creative endeavors is that you don't have to do it as a job, my dad and his other middle aged buddies used to play soccer and none of them harbor any fantasy of being athletes, you can just play a little soccer or make a little gamejam project it's good for the soul

The only thing I'm gonna say about the Senate race in Maine is that ignoring obvious red flags in the background of a candidate because we want to believe in their progressive bona fides has clearly worked out so well with Fetterman.

Reading about this luxury apartment building that's falling apart after only ten years because the developer wanted a pure white building, a color only achieved by weakening the concrete. LOL what a fucking living metaphor.