JUST IN: Trump says the U.S. will “run” Venezuela for now, until a “proper transition” can take place

Trump and his cronies can try to dress this up, but it is an illegal act of war to replace Maduro and grab Venezuela's oil for his billionaire buddies. Full statement below:

BREAKING 🚨 🚨 🚨 CBS Folds Again, Cancels 60 Minutes Segment on Epstein Cover-up After DOJ Pressure dailyboulder.com/cbs-folds-ag...

Me, pantsless, to the employees of the Home Depot paint department

Dear the "well, actually" brigade and other non-historians and non-legal scholars: Hot takes that argue that Trump is no different than other US presidents ultimately help spread Trump's propaganda. I know I know, these takes also make you feel smart. So it's a tough one.

Marco Rubio is reportedly saying Maduro will stand trial in US courts. Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.

At least we don’t live in a world of staggering class disparity in which a tech magnate attempts to quash left-wing sentiment using sexualized artificial intelligence!

London in the good old days - before everyone's feet pointed forwards.

Elon Musk has proudly built an AI that can be exploited for what is basically child pornography. Meanwhile, Elon Musk is calling for the execution of his political opponents. And people are… ok with this?

CBS correspondents now have targets on their backs if they ever step into war zones.

Super important so I hope @eladn.bsky.social doesn't mind if I bring it here. This normalizing of the key denialist trope is both a huge red flag and one that probably doesn't seem that significant to those who don't actually pay much attention to antisemitism. www.threads.com/@eladnehorai...

2 things: 1) Joel is right here in that AI is a "restorative" nostalgia (from Svetlana Boym) machine, in that it produces a past that never existed & tries to drag it into the present 2) the crusade imagery is violent white supremacy (see next post)

so x dot com’s ai generated CSAM and they admitted it may violate US law and … i haven’t seen in anyone in power say much at all or call to stop using the platform

lmao jfc

like 75% of dem messaging right now should be “the party led by epsteins best friend is breaking into pre-k childcare centers so they can record your toddlers and put the videos on internet”

Someone please explain how a sizable number of people can think Eric Clapton's guitar solos are fun to listen to. They all sound like a crying baby. In Layla, the best part is when the guitar stops and the piano takes over, as if it's playing a lullaby so that the crying baby can go to sleep.

They really did the NAKED GUN poster

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

Alabama’s homicide rate is more than double New York City’s. Remember that the next time Tommy Tuberville criticizes NYC’s “crime and migrants.”

She looks good. The boots were the right choice.

We checked out NETFLIX HOUSE while at King of Prussia today, and honestly I can see the appeal. It's basically a mini amusement park for kids as mom or dad does the shopping. The problem, though, is what happens when you finish all the exhibits. Will people pay for them again?

Those missing 1990s shopping mall experiences should visit that one pocket in King of Prussia with a Lids, Subway, Mrs Fields, Lens Crafters, Kay Jewelers, JC Penneys, and an off-brand record store.

If you start "Never Ever" by All Saints at exactly 9:01 pm tonight, the song will be over by 9:06 pm and you can then brush your teeth and get ready for bed and be asleep by 9:30 pm. youtu.be/nPXqkjpXZ_k?...

Score one for “fuck you, make me”

I hate how many articles are wrongly framed, for rage clicks, to suggest young people are different from everyone else.

the thing is, “differing political views” used to be about what percentage to tax high earners and not whether brown people are humans

Gonna be fun to read student essays about Ozu that mention the Labor Day sale at Raymour & Flanigan.

I wasn't very adventurous with my reading this year. Mostly just Stephen King and various works of literature that had long been on my to-read list. But my 5 favorites were... - The Book of Laughter and Forgetting - The Dark Tower VII - Pale Fire - People Love Dead Jews - Project Hail Mary

"What about satellites? Is it snowing in space?"

Delighted to be quoted in this piece about the fabulous @bethmacy.bsky.social running for Congress in Virginia's ruby-red 6th District.

Reading Mann's DOCTOR FAUSTUS and holy cow it is amazing. Not at all what I expected. A breezy read that feels like it was written yesterday. Maybe it's the Woods translation.

I once screamed at Natalie Portman in a hallway bathroom I will not be taking questions at this time.

HSAs work with insurance, not in place of. They make zero sense without insurance. It's like saying "Instead of giving poor people food, we will give them tupperware for their leftovers."

But this made both bands more awesome!!

AI making major innovations in how pogroms are conducted.

Anyway, here's the Taylor Swift story. I highly recommend reading it, as it isn't about Swift but how easily our opinions get hijacked online. I mean, even today, it's still hard for people to admit they liked Hillary, as there is a moral imperative not to. www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...

The moral imperative to like or not like something based on a simplified narrative and/or interpretation exists for art and politics. You don't want your identity harmed by accidently liking a "bad object" so you adopt the consensus opinion just to be safe.

Be the reader who says their favorite Philip Roth book is his offensive, twisted, and flawed MY LIFE AS A MAN when it is indeed their favorite. Resist the urge to say their favorite Roth is AMERICAN PASTORAL because it's the consensus favorite and thus the safe choice. This post is about ChatGPT.

One problem with twitter that has carried over to bluesky is the way that # of likes/reposyss can serve to validate a take, even when that take is disagreeable. If a popular person says something wrong, they will still get lots of likes, and others will think "I guess that's the right take."

People who watch sports, what’s the secret?

Rising Sun

"It's developmentally appropriate... It's developmentally appropriate..." he whispers to himself, to cope for all eternity, as he scrubs and scrubs each and every crayon drawing his daughter left for him on the walls of his home.

Tied: Rivette and Kiarostami

Trump's DOJ was monitoring all the movements of the Miami Herald reporter who was covering the Epstein case.

This makes me happy. But NEVER FLINCH might have worked better as a story collection as opposed to a novel with many overlapping subplots. Maybe this next one will be a story collection.

Post a perfect album from the 90s that isn't nirvana, soundgarden, pearl jam, or alice in chains.

Here’s to 2026

I'm gonna start saying "gnocchi, yes" everytime my Gen Z students say "low key" in class. Student: Low key, it wasn't good. Me: Gnocchi, yes.

AI guys in five years