glp-1s, drones, ai... yes, the silicon valley brofucks are obsessed with all of these, yes they are selling you snakewater "this will revolutionize EVERYTHING!!!1", and yet also... glp-1s work, drones are important to modern warfare, ai has legitimate uses

once again i am stuck in the boring position of saying "yeah this product's most demented pitchmen are selling you snake oil, and yet also the product is real and has useful applications

It’s alarming to see how people who claim to be progressives and caring have adopted GamerGate and MAGAt tactics to achieve their ideological goals. His wife and son kept getting death and other threats. He also received constant threats and racism. That’s despicable.

You bolt awake atop the Great Ziggurat of Ur. You are not online. It is 2285 BC. You are the High Priestess Enheduanna, and you have changed your mind. The future cannot come to pass. The reed must never touch the clay.

if you don't like what Jews say about the pope, boy do i have some bad news for you about what Popes have said about Jews

“chickens overwhelmingly donate to party that opposes colonel sanders”

you now get to have this experience every time you read a quote from some older political theorist, gadfly, or academic

first-generation cosmic horror/weird fiction always has a "research phase" where the protagonist or someone else important reads some portentous tome that grounds the danger in the cyclopean world of the past

now trump has retroactively made them seem like the moment in a movie, video game, or novel where the hero inspects some ancient book in the library that speaks of "the great demon, that shall arise in [CIRCMSTANCE]"

its debatable how much the personification of those things as a person that might hypothetically appear at the time of oblivion was meaningful, as with the book of revelations and its weird loopy figures

they were never really given weight as literal predictions, because these authors were talking about this notional political demon as a convenient symbol of larger structural things they disliked

something that is really eerie is how, from the late 1700s onwards, prominent figures in american life all talked in similar ways about some notional political version of the antichrist. some kind of dark figure in the distance, which would be the embodiment of america's id

It also doesn't actually say anything real. You can't destroy AI. It's just maths. You can't destroy maths. It's also an insanely practically useful technology that gives its users a massive leg up on those who abstain. This just isn't a practical approach for graduates to hold.

the minimum incremental change from "all politicians are pieces of shit, and so it's not worth it to vote" is "all politicians are pieces of shit, and this one isn't saying otherwise and will send me a check"

wow I hate this

The wallet inspector has not come back with their money and they're starting to wonder when he'll give it back (filled to bursting with free money, he promised!)

I would encourage white evangelicals in particular to not vote, just pray. Trust in God, whoever gets into office is who He wants to be there. You shouldn't try to take control and tip the scales yourself. Pray for a good president and I'm sure He'll give you one.

Voters in Texas' 35th district made a clear statement against antisemitism by rejecting Maureen Galindo and nominating Johnny Garcia, whom we were proud to support.

I am low key losing my mind. And the list is.. comprehensive. All the agencies. Including DOD, DOE... like... Whaaat? It is a coup. This is an active coup. Do people not understand?

At this point I don't see how I could in good conscience advise any graduate student or academic researcher with other options to take up a position in the United States.

It’s truly astonishing to see how comprehensively the US government is tearing down every part of the system that has made it up until now a world-leading power in science, research, and technological development. The entire world will suffer from this wanton destruction.

the reason that the whole world will suffer is primarily because, astonishingly, no one is picking up the crown we threw in the gutter

You know what’s really great if you’re feeling meh about your decision to vote for Trump? Television. Also McDonalds (surely that’s one of the things you and Donald still have in common, yeah?) Also Candy Crush. And Evony. Please, consider doing all of these things instead of voting

unsurprisingly, an AI that's been brain damaged by a depressed billionaire into being Mecha Hitler would kill everyone

Shrey spelling 32 words in 90 seconds to win the Spelling Bee is the new greatest athletic accomplishment of 2026. I don’t even know how he said the letters that fast. Got a “Holy Mackerel” out of @minakimes.bsky.social

"For Paxton, the world must submit to his needs and his hunger. If it doesn’t, he feels he can take what he wants. In that sense, he is a paragon of the Trumpian politician—a man whose fascism flows as much from his prejudices as his own adolescent, libidinal self-indulgence."

It isn’t sexy, exactly. I mean for chrissakes it’s tax policy. But in a quieter and uglier way than the obvious stuff, these ideas are eroding the foundations of civil society.

I find this new bipartisan push to abolish taxes for [insert your favorite class of people] terrifying.

"why did this specific animator back out of his ai film-making commitment"

It feels like it should be a Culture ship name. Maybe a well-armed GCU that goes to dangerous situations?

I love universities. But the incentive structure is badly fucked up. Anyone who teaches has had the experience of teaching a class they don't want to teach to a room of students who don't want to learn. Like with a lot of things Ai is an accelerant, but it didn't create the problem.

Post of the day:

Pentagon recruiting troops to watch White House UFC fights, memos show Internal messages reviewed by The Post stipulate that military personnel must pay their own way and meet strict physical requirements to be eligible. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

JCPOA might be the most vindicated foreign policy of all time tbh

Don't talk to me or my son ever again

setting my phone alarm be like

explicit right to privacy, no Senate, uncapped house, single-member districts with state-level seats to balance representation to vote totals, independence for federal agencies (esp. justice)

Trump's popularity is not stabilizing like his first term. It's continuing to deteriorate and their "you should love the stick and really a little bruising isn't a big deal" message is the worst thing I've seen in 40 years.

I'll say again, I get the PTSD over Republican attacks but the fundamentals are very strongly against them and we should have confidence in the data (not to mention recent examples like their abject failure in VAGOV). They very likely aren't going to make fetch happen this year.

BREAKING: we just won our Kennedy Center case! Both the renaming & the closure of the Kennedy Center are enjoined Kudos to our wonderful client @repbeatty.bsky.social & my colleagues @democracydefendersaction.org & Washington Litigation Group This is a 1-2 punch against Trump's corruption

it’s a really good sign that these guys feel like they have to actively create space for white Christians to vote Paxton

never try and aplease the mob. even after giving in and apologizing, they are still replying with vitriol and hate. he gave up an opportunity for nothing

NASA: "There's no way going only fixed price contracts to develop lunar landers for scientific missions and crewed missions can go wrong." Cut to now, where the only piece of Artemis that was actually moving was SLS, Orion, and prior to being killed by Isaacman, Gateway (ish).

this is a sign that they are *extremely* worried about enthusiasm and turnout

“The problem of excusing abhorrent ideologies for the sake of electoral gains is growing more pervasive and universal,” Mike Nelson argues. “It’s shameful that our leaders are willing to accept this over such small stakes.”

Somehow dudes have decided that it's less gay to say shit like this than jocat's 'i like girls' song.

This is greater in sheer idiocy than a certain "Three-Day Military Special Operation", and than Trump's plan to instantly knock over Iran and declare victory with no negative consequences whatsoever.

On a related note, Operation Al-Aqsa Flood was one of the most delusional military actions of my entire lifetime, in addition to being a gruesome mass atrocity. Possibly the most delusional. Sinwar literally thought he'd instantly destroy Israel by overrunning and slaughtering a few small towns.

This is bad. Bad for researchers. Bad for science. Bad for universities. Bad for professional associations. For example: 1. Every award would be vetted by political appointees, who could overrule peer reviewers and deny the award if it doesn't advance the president's priorities. 1/🧵

BREAKING: Janice, last surviving member of rock group Dr. Teeth & the Electric Mayhem, disavows any connections to 250th anniversary concert promoted by WH 👇