The “Debate Me Bro” Grift: How Trolls Weaponized The Marketplace Of Ideas Among the attempts to create hagiographic eulogies of Charlie Kirk, I’ve seen more than a few people suggest that Kirk should be respected for being willing to talk to “those who disagree with him” as a sign that he was…

The lies' laughable implausibility is a feature, not a bug. They're not trying to convince discerning, skeptical, fact-based people. They're trying to give supporters a fantasy that validates their feelings and creates a sort of loyalty test, while flaunting the absurdity in everyone else's faces.

IF THE ONLY WOMAN OF COLOR IS REMOVED FROM THE FED, THERE WILL BE GLOBAL ECONOMIC IMPLICATIONS. I am not being dramatic. I am not being hyperbolic. I am being completely and totally honest with you. The politicization of the Fed spells trouble for the GLOBAL economy. #econsky #blacksky

The adamant elite refusal to call bullshit is a big part of How We Got Here. The prevailing cultural attitude for years is you must not, under any circumstances, treat anything as bad faith. You are obligated to find some reasonable idea and engage with that, even if you distort to get there.

Pointing out how safe DC by showing the low crime rates isn’t going to convince conservatives because “people breaking the actual law” isn’t what they mean by “crime”. To them, “crime” includes merely seeing black people, unhoused people, and anyone else the bigots clutch pearls about as “crime”

I want to do a 🧵 about the Sidney Sweeney thing, because it's *extremely* revealing & educational. First, to be clear: I could not give less of a shit about the details -- the ad, the rhetoric, the jeans, her boobs, whatever. Good lord, who cares. Let's look at the *structure* of the episode.

It drives Jonathan Turley crazy when I remind everyone that he is just Mike Lindell with tenure. So, please make sure not to amplify this message.👇 Jonathan Turley is just Mike Lindell with tenure.

A more perfect description of "AI" does not exist. The technology isn't the problem. The douchebroligarchs, whose claims about what it can or can't do are fundementally false, are the problem. It's like the dotcom bubble of the late 90s, only ripped to the gills on Adderall and ketamine.

One can be open to future (& even present) utility of LLMs, dynamic interfaces, etc. while also saying unambiguously we are in a speculative bubble. AI is currently more marketing term than descriptor of technical innovation. And OpenAI, Palintr, & many other brands are socially destructive. 2/3

I think ICE is in a thuggery spiral. You’ll see more gratuitous uses of force, leading to more people filming/protesting it, leading to more thuggery in reaction.

The first (moderately) detailed explanation of how OpenAI partnership will be rolled out in Canvas, including assurance that all AI features with be "opt-in" (at least for now), but no mention of whether OpenAI will have access to Canvas courses for training purposes.

This is what happens when neoliberal meritocratic technocracy hollows out democracy and leaves social media to fill the vacuum with outrage, distortion, and division.

ATTN: If you're one of the Treasury employees that handled Epstein's Suspicious Activity Reports, feel free to reach out to me via signal (in my bio). I’ll keep you anonymous- as I have the thousands of current and former federal workers who have sent me tips. Please share this widely. 🙏🏻

Your dick called you, equipped you, gave you favor. If you live trying to please people, gain their approval, keep everyone happy, you’re going to be frustrated. You have to break free from what people think about you. You don’t have to have their approval; you have your almighty dick’s approval.

Exactly. People like JD NEED you to quote-dunk to disseminate their trash. And when you do that, you're not getting off a sweet burn; you're being his volunteer street team. Good on everyone for seeing through the bullshit. We know their playbook by now, and oughta act like it.

Hint: it’s because those Democrats were also bought off by the crypto industry, and they have no greater principles than self-enrichment.

I doubt anyone will see me post, but this needs to be known... if you have a visible following please repost 💙🔥💙 Admitting he wants "his people... aka US " to behave like north Korea for Kim Jong Un.🤬

Literally no man who has a good working dick would throw himself a military parade.

@aflcio.org @ibewinternational.bsky.social @neatoday.bsky.social @aft.org @ilwu.bsky.social It’s time all of you got together and called for a national strike. All of us union members would sit down. We need to shut this crap down, now.

My fellow white people, a thread: You’re used to attending protests that are planned on Facebook weeks in advance, with posts like “wear green” and “who can bring water?” They’re safe. They have permits and police protection. That’s not what you’ve been seeing the past few days.

This feels like Alien vs Sexual Predator

Authoritarian cycles all have shared traits, and one of them is that a reactionary movement emerges promising false solutions to real problems and the liberal opposition continues to conservatively cling to the systems that created those problems even as things get worse and worse and worse.

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At some point soon all Democratic Senators need to learn that “nuanced” decisions are not going to work anymore. They are destroying the government and your “compromise” is just a surrender. Some seem to get it but too many are clinging to a fantasy.

Mike Waltz has left the chat.

When the senior senator in your life decides to fight fascism with a strongly worded letter, it’s time to have that talk. We can help.

It works. The government here largely works. Because we are so spoiled by how well it works, we are letting a fool convince us it is broken.

No, Trump isn't cratering our economy. The entire Republican Party is cratering our economy. The enablers deserve just as much blame as Trump.

You’d have to admit you’re wrong ….

it made me notice that the American left is so accustomed to police violence that it has given up on *succeeding to be safe* and has capitulated to violent/peaceful dichotomy in its own way --- if there is no violence, it's useless lib shit

At the aggregate, Dems are 4 decades behind GOP, remain largely reactive and temporary in their strategies framed around a world that no longer exists. Too many of them deeply believe the neoliberal consensus is fresh, new and possible instead of proven disastrous, and now very clearly dead.

Ratio, thy name is Chuck.

The institutional Democratic Party is guided by an almost pathological level of conflict avoidance in almost every direction. “What can we do to make the least number of people mad?” is just a bankrupt way to operate.

Report: DOGE staffers energized by potential invasion of Canada because so many of their girlfriends live there.

Like the spoiled children of the rich who squander their unappreciated legacies, a vast swath of Americans are taking for granted the hard-earned freedoms and rule of law that made us a rich and powerful nation. If we are not careful we will lose our inheritance forever.

Zelenskyy was given a Kobayashi Maru test today and passed with flying colors.

I know I beat this horse over and over again, but the core 1L curriculum plays a huge role here. Casebooks are framed as “this opinion tells us what the law is.” Which… no. That opinion is a STARTING POINT. It’s not irrelevant, but it is very much NOT “the law.”

Trump et al will do something outrageous, outlandish, hideous and illegal every day. Be prepared. Don’t react to everything. Temper your outrage. Stay aware but somewhat removed. They want us outraged, speechless, helpless and angry. Don’t fall for it. Pick your battles.

Stop Forcing A.I. into Fucking EVERYTHING!

🎄 When what to my bloodshot eyes did appear, But a burning red Tesla and 8 losers in fear; The pasty-white driver was lively and quick, I knew in a moment it was that S. African prick; Now, Bezos! now, Rupert! now McConnell and Lindsey! On, Zuckerberg, Johnson, Cruz and Dog-Killer Kristi! 🎄

It's the most wonderful time of the year! Going through my inbox and clicking unsubscribe on everything. I didn't realize how bad my inbox had gotten until I was reading this great post about how much companies are desperate for your "engagement". www.wheresyoured.at/never-forgiv...

wrote about how a whole lot of americans are just as blackpilled as luigi mangione www.vox.com/culture/3909...

The greatest failure of the modern Democratic Party is the apparent belief that basic elements of politics -- selling your policies to voters and reminding them what you did for them -- is somehow tacky and beneath them.

This is kind of cool. If you have a long thread, you type everything into one box and it divides it up into individual posts and posts it for you. bluesky-thread-composer.pages.dev

I’m trying to imagine the bubble of amoral corporate douchery you have to live in to think that saying “we guard against unnecessary care” is better than just shutting the fuck up.

750 Billionaires want to control and ruin the lives of 350M everyday Americans and apparently a large number of everyday Americans want that too. Wake the fuck up, idiots.

A very smart piece by Helen Lewis.👇 "We have to let go of the notion that “mainstream media” is a category reserved only for journalists guided by a professional code of ethics, a mission of public service, and an aspiration toward objectivity or at least fairness."