every time a community tests ubi or free housing for the homeless the result is always "holy fuck this works incredibly well and costs less than existing solutions!" and then every politician alive does this

6 years ago today: A man in Wuhan, China starts feeling ill, becoming the first confirmed case of COVID-19

this is literally never not accurate

The final tally to advance the CR is 62-38. The Democrats who voted for cloture, giving Donald Trump everything he wants: Cortez Masto (NV) Durbin (IL) Fetterman (PA) Gillibrand (NY) Hassan (NH) Peters (MI) Schatz (HI) Schumer (NY) Shaheen (NH)

incredible photo that's definitely worth at least 1,000 words from Andrew Harnik of Getty

Congratulations to the Cuomo team: it takes a lot of dedication and money to lose one election twice.

So…they’re disappearing people. This is all just ticking along as expected. Now I know how the junta in Argentina lasted so long www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...

My years-long joke of a starting word has finally paid off. #wordle Wordle 1,500 1/6 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

*trying to ignore the concentration camps* i just need to lock in

there is something so fucking sick about building a society and job market that actively punishes people for attempting to have a work/life balance and then to frame it as "is caring for yourself worth it?" girl fuck you

Even listeners who hate the idea of AI music are getting served tracks like “Taste My Ass” and “I Caught Santa Claus Sniffing Cocaine” on Spotify and other streamers.

"There's no way at all this can end poorly, right?" - Every shareholder meeting about AI

YES. YES IT IS BAD

as ever, if you ask people if they think art should exist for their enjoyment they will say yes, and then if you ask them if the people making the art should get paid for it they'll tell you "no that's a fake job"

President Donald Trump on Thursday pulled the federal government out of what Northwest tribes have hailed as a historic agreement to recover salmon in the Columbia River Basin.

All gas, no breaks. Only you can make this poll a reality: zohranfornyc.com/events

i've been trying to see what the right wing platforms (even outside of X) are showing people regarding the protests in LA and i am not sure it can be overstated just how much the AI slop is being used to reinforce the idea that downtown is a post-apocalyptic war zone

And is anyone going to question that, by chance? www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...

It’s official. Studio Execs are now using Chat GPT to evaluate screenplays. Here’s proof from a friend’s pass letter: Not only is it vague and unhelpful, it references one specific — an antique camera. The problem? THERE’S NO ANTIQUE CAMERA IN THE FUCKING SCRIPT.

she’s like 15 feet away. absolutely that man’s whole thought process was: “I’m gonna shoot that woman”

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is a once-in-a-generation leader who has led the fight for working people in Congress. In 2018, she shocked the world and transformed our politics. On June 24, with @aoc.bsky.social’s support and this movement behind us, we will do the same.

Lankford: "People are screaming & saying, 'It's kicking people off Medicaid.' It's not kicking people off Medicaid. It's transitioning from Medicaid to employer-provided healthcare. So yes, we've got 10 mil ppl that are not gonna be on Medicaid, but they are gonna be on employer-provided healthcare"

I can’t believe the media covered up the fact that a clear mental incompetent was running the government while out of his mind on drugs, despite it being widely known in DC circles, to preserve their access to the White House. There should be huge recriminations for this.

The level of hatred these AI bros have for creative people I just do not understand

This is the second time in one year the FBI has visited me over a document I lawfully published. If you want to know why media constantly refuses to publish things, here's why.

I remember that story www.npr.org/2025/05/14/n...

"...some experts are puzzling over why reports of new human cases have stopped." Have any of these experts had access to news for the last, idk, 120 or so days?

There's just no way of knowing why new case reports have stopped. www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/fda...

I don't *blame* my parents for not acknowledging my neurodivergence, but I do get frustrated when, after diagnosis, they recount- in embarrassing detail- all the obvious symptoms I displayed as struggling child as quirky anecdotes of an adolescence filled with "unfulfilled potential". #adhd

@npr.org EXCLUSIVE: The Department of Agriculture is demanding states hand over personal data of food assistance recipients — including Social Security numbers, addresses and, in at least one state, citizenship status, according to emails shared with NPR.

*excited photographer noises*

Every study about vaccines that comes out is like "this vaccine is 97% effective at preventing this disease & also 3 other diseases & it somehow helps you play the violin beautifully" and antivaxxers are doing their own research that's telling them they can cure measles by eating polar bear liver.

Every single movie would be too cost prohibitive to make because they're all using VFX houses in other countries. This will literally kill the film industry.

This is a good story, but I'd caution people against believing that chatbots are inducing delusions or altered states without more evidence. These examples read more like people experiencing mania or other states verging on psychosis for whom a chatbot happened to be the focus of their delusions.

And now, a note on Bill Owens who, until this past week, was the executive producer of 60 Minutes. We’ll be back next week with another edition of 60 Minutes.

PhD Timeline xkcd.com/3081

One thing "having a normal job again" has reminded me, is that for most people, "craft and creativity" appears to be a lavish nuisance.

This is straight authoritarianism

Okay so imagine this, you have no opinions, you have no skills, you have no wants or desires, you are a smooth orb of nothing and our subscription service helps make sure you still cast a shadow that resembles a human being. Sounds sick right?

Gonna be real with you, this feels like an advertisement for spiritual death

Pretty much everything this guy does that isn’t currently a crime needs to become a crime

After many years of impassioned calls for an Oscar recognizing the art of the stunt, the film academy has decided to give it an official award.

Um

Casually destroying the whole Pacific Northwest because of greed and isolationism.

Sending anyone from this country to a foreign gulag, particularly without a court hearing, should rightfully end a presidency. Full stop.

Hey Roku, you know what I *don't* want? A video ad blasted at full volume IMMEDIATELY when I turn on the tv before the menu even loads. I will replace my tv if this becomes permanent.