Great seeing this piece in the wild - an honour being a part of this collaborative project!

Quick reminder: they can still release the Epstein files during a government shutdown.

The president said, in a televised speech, that he's sending his new, less restrained, more violent military into US cities to practice their brutality on immigrants and minorities, to better train them to apply that brutality to other countries. He said this out loud.

Paris-Berlin sleeper: low carbon, 2 years old, constantly full, but currently losing SNCF a few million EUR/yr Intl Jet fuel tax exemptions are 80 years old and cost the EU 22 million EUR/yr for the Paris-Berlin route alone. And you're cutting... the sleeper? www.theguardian.com/travel/2025/...

The government has to learn how to lead public opinion, rather than chase it. Leaving X is a no-brainer when the algorithm is stacked in favour of extremists.

Have very belatedly left twitter for good. Naively thought I was still fighting the occasional worthwhile fight but nope. It's a cesspit and nobody should be on it. People saying that months ago were absolutely right. Last "quote tweet" from Harry says it all

Been ruminating today on the fact that the markets no longer care if you are making money or setting piles of it on fire, and political parties no longer care if their voters can even stomach them, much less want to vote for them. It tells you something about where we are.

I haven’t seen too many people get into why this was a big thing for Trump. Of course nobody thought it was dangerous. Apart from the fact that it made him seem a bit ridiculous. And being made to look silly or ridiculous is, I think, one of the thing he dislikes most. Back to «weird»!

Talk Of Fascism Dangerous, Warns Ministry Of Compliance

A recently-elected Democrat could deliver the tie-breaking vote to release the government’s files on alleged sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein. trib.al/LgD896H That is, if House Speaker Mike Johnson doesn’t delay her swearing in—and it looks like he’s planning to.

Endless, unprecedented corruption large and small

I'm sure that there are people who voted for him for president more than once who are now deeply regretful about the situation they helped create, and I can only say that I have not the slightest iota of a smidge of a skosh of compassion for them.

The Ellison family is cornering the market on attention and data the same way the Vanderbilts did railroads and the Rockefellers did oil. Larry and David Ellison did not return requests for comment. Read @jakelahut.writes.news's latest #InnerLoop newsletter here: www.wired.com/story/larry-...

Maybe just more Hegseth idiocy, but if this were happening in another country where an authoritarian leader was trying to consolidate power, we'd be very nervous

If a government tells you that you can’t call it authoritarian, it’s authoritarian.

The reviews are in! Jeffrey Epstein Bad Pedophile is "half biopic, half true crime, and 100 percent dumb (complimentary)."

The richest man on earth owns X. The second richest man on earth is about to be a major owner of TikTok. The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp. The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post. See the problem here?

From a former Palantir worker: “Using software I worked on to send U.S. citizens to a foreign gulag without due process is surely not a situation where ‘if you don’t like it, your remedy is to go vote’ is a reasonable response…”

When did The Onion decide to make a Jeffrey Epstein mockumentary? Once Trump started acting “dodgy” fielding questions about Epstein. “There's this big gap where information should be," @bencollins.bsky.social said. They thought "it would be very funny to fill it with complete fucking nonsense."

Apple asks the EU to repeal the DMA; EU rejects Apple's demand, saying it is "not surprised" as Apple has "contested every little bit" of DMA since day one (France 24) Main Link | Techmeme Permalink

Things to learn here, US.

Me: why is Thiel always talking about the antichrist WSJ: "Fearing or regulating [AI], or opposing technological progress, would hasten the coming of the Antichrist, Thiel said." Ah I see - the antichrist is anyone who opposes Thiel and Big Tech. GOT IT Gift link: www.wsj.com/tech/peter-t...

Who is betting on whom? The UK is gambling their entire country, it’s sovereignty. Will they wind up flayed by US DOGE as well, unable to stand against mayhem wreaked by naive colluding oligarchs? What will that do to the EU’s security?

Microsoft's energy demand for its slop machine, Internet rephrasing data centres is projected to increase 600% this decade Its annual data centre energy consumption could power New England. All for a product that doesn't know how many B's are in blackberry stand.earth/resources/gl...

As I was saying…

“The biggest US-listed companies keep talking about artificial intelligence. But other than the ‘fear of missing out,’ few appear to be able to describe how the technology is changing their businesses for the better.”

Would be kinda funny-sad if he came back looking a bit off, praising Trump, though.

Or bombed by the navy. No fishermen - even of men - are safe these days.

Returning Jesus Christ Downed By U.S. Missile Defense 30,000 Feet Before Making Landfall

Some of us do.

A very, very stupid man.

me telling my grandkids what it was like to have vaccines

Well, there it is. Sinclair is digging in for a fight, so please help push back -- find stations in your area, watch their local news to see what ads they run, then write those advertisers to tell them you're boycotting as long as they're on a Sinclair station. List here: sbgi.net/tv-stations/

And yet, it still reads as saner than his actual statement about babies popping from too much liquid.

anyone still using Meta-products: you may want to reconsider (and read Wynn-Williams amazing book!)

Jimmy Kimmel isn't returning to the airwaves because of "thoughtful conversations" with Disney executives. He's back because consumers sent Disney a clear message: selling out our fundamental rights is not an acceptable cost of doing business.

Where were *you* when Cambodia invaded Armenia? Personally—and I’m ashamed to admit this—I can’t remember where I was. But I do know that the first time I heard of the long, bloody war between Cambodia and Armenia was tonight—when Trump boasted of negotiating the armistice that ended the conflict.

One indelible image of this capture is from Trump’s second inauguration, where a decisive quorum of tech’s elite, after dutifully kicking in million-dollar checks, occupied front-row seats. 🔗 www.wired.com/story/silico...

Here it is: The @wired.com Politics Issue is now live, with more stories rolling out all week. We're so proud of this one. Behold this cover; truly a work of art. And we're treating it that way: Starting today, you can find it on murals, billboards, and posters across in five U.S. cities.

I knew that the shit had truly slammed into the fan when they allowed this creature out of his coffin and let him speak in public.

If a company is going to do propaganda and surveillance, then by god it should be an American company.

Wow. After being fired from @washingtonpost.com, my Substack, The Golden Hour, has been #1 rising bestseller in Culture for three days. Thank you all for the support!! Please subscribe! substack.com/@karenattiah...

A snapshot of Silicon Valley in 2025 is Mark Zuckerberg, now a MAGA-friendly mixed martial arts fan who doesn’t worry much about hate speech on his platforms and complains that corporate America isn’t masculine enough.

The US has embarked on a new program of state-sponsored terror. It's different from the War on Terror (which was horrific) in that there's no precipitating event like 9/11. Instead, it's a very public, very illegal murder of civilians, done entirely in the open as a PR program for the new regime.

Trump donor Larry Ellison’s Oracle will oversee TikTok’s algorithm. His media company owns CBS News and is plotting a bid for Warner Bros., which owns CNN. When billionaires take control of communication platforms, it’s not a win for free speech. It’s a win for oligarchy.

find me another Dem that wouldn't be too afraid to do this. seriously.