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The Sora AI thing is proof of something very important: The technology itself is useless without the ability to use the likenesses of real, living, unpredictable people, and the art they create. And the only way to get those likenesses or that art is to summarily steal it.

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Even when Democrats try to bail Republicans out of a horrible policy and election loser, Republicans still prefer to ruin people's health care

Democrats wanted to fix this --> Trump said "go fuck yourself" --> Republicans shut down the government.

Oh hey cool just a record high electricity bill after changing absolutely nothing

Zohran Mamdani calling it a genocide on The View and getting applause.

I spent some time with OpenAI's new AI video app Sora. Not just slop but ragebait, fake crimes and women splattered with white goo. The implications of all of this are horrifying.

WATCH: "They are underwater across the board, and they know it. And that is causing them to double down in public. But it is backfiring. That is why—whether it's a shutdown, whether it's all of this—they want us to blink first. And we have too much to save," says AOC.

Does anyone care is almost never the right question. People care. The issue is that people don't know what to do.

Why is it that the livelihoods of federal workers or the healthcare of millions of people always end up on the chopping block, but never the trillions in tax cuts handed out to billionaires and massive corporations?

Excited to introduce Vibes from Meta. Eat your slop, piggies!

"Pregnancy-related crimes." The rage supply in my spirit is apparently bottomless.

Democrats are being asked to fund a government that just openly pledged to use the military to murder Democrats

It's not just bribery. He's now using personal litigation, backed by state extortion, to extract "settlements" which he then puts into an account he created to spend on government work, all entirely outside of Congress taxing or appropriating. It's full Charles I illegal taxation and spending.

"one officer smiled for a selfie with her as she cried."

S. #Wacker Drive, #Chicago, #Illinois. This is what #fascism looks like. #ICE agents meandering down a very safe street in the business district and serving absolutely no purpose other than intimidation and wasting #taxpayers $. You don't see them in a gang infested neighborhood. #Trump #Gestapo

Ty Cobb: "The simple theme is rewriting history. Trump wants to rewrite history so the next generation may not know that he incited a violent insurrection... America needs to learn from the mistakes that we've had. And one of the biggest mistakes that America ever had was reelecting President Trump"

Okatsuka posted the censorship rules for the controversial comedy festival, noting how many "You can’t say anything anymore!" comedians have signed on. www.avclub.com/riyadh-comed...

Real saying the quiet part loud here

Yesterday, Meta unveiled a new "feed" on its platforms that will exclusively feature AI-generated videos. This overshadowed another big announcement... On Tuesday, Meta launched a super new PAC geared towards electing politicians that will block any AI regulation. Hello?

Through all of 2024, we found that what separated Dem voters from others (Trump, stay home, 3rd party) was NOT desire for MAGA/Project 2025 agenda but whether they believed it would actually come true. Now that all doubts are gone, voters are doing what they must.

Posted on BlueSky yesterday as an explanation of this new trend in threads:

once again trump’s great political asset is that voters literally do not believe anything he says

Happy to be interviewed this week on how the US TikTok takeover reveals a concerning pattern Trump building a monopoly of supportive media, one captured media organisation at a time, to keep power and manage public criticism. Read more in the @washingtonpost.com with @drewharwell.com below 👇

We don't have enough money for health care, but we have tons of money to refill the pockets of Trump voters who asked to be robbed. Got it.

Somehow all of these agencies were able to do their jobs before, unmasked. I wonder what's different now.

And remember, the reason he wanted separate vaccines wasn't due to any science, but because *he'd filed a patent application for a single measles vaccine*. It was just grifting.

The Kimmel monologue was 18 minutes of extraordinary, raw television that will be hated by the people who wanted him off the air for good. Trump and Brendan Carr lost this one as badly as it's possible to lose.

"Our leader celebrates Americans losing their livelihoods because he can't take a joke."

For my fellow west coasters who can't wait. IT'S SOOOOO GOOOOOOD youtu.be/c1tjh_ZO_tY?...

This may have been the most insane and incoherent four days of his presidency. Tylenol, the U.N., I hate my opponents, other countries are going to hell, this escalator's broken, I'm mad at a TV comedian, I like Ukraine now. It really feels as if some minimal tether to reality has snapped.

Selling this was only ever about limiting the ability to see Palestinians being murdered in real time. This has been laid bare, but it no longer matters, and they China will now transfer ownership to a series of purveyors of the American surveillance state, and war crimes will no longer be visible.

Irony is truly dead.

Well, I FEEL that you should be impeached, convicted, and jailed.

This story is worth a read, but it's so frustrating to see, since I know virtually everyone quoted in it (and the author) and ... there were *lots* of people warning of these coming dangers. Andreessen became a baby about his feelings long before taking offense to the slight from the Biden admin.

I know everything is stupid, but a day later and I'm still impressed at the gleeful public willingness to scream out "WE DON'T CARE IF OUR SIDE IS CRIMINALLY CORRUPT!"

Now that Trump has legalized government censorship by decree, I'm looking forward to President AOC using his precedent to jail every person who has ever sent a death threat, rape threat, or unsolicited dick pic. 👍🏽

Not at all surprising that the same people people who think Trump is God also think Kirk is a saint.

The total right wing takeover of social media is complete. Good luck to us all.

Everyone is getting angry over this, but if you actually read the letter you can easily tell that they did this purely to assign blame for the shutdown to Trump. Everyone knows this meeting isn't happening. That wasn't the point. It's "hey look, we tried, but Trump didn't care about you, so *shrug*"

This is the other big story people aren't paying attention to but you really need to widen your lens. The broligarchy is coming for all of our milkshakes. fair.org/home/as-elli...

"Mr. Lutnick said the program would likely replace all other green card visa programs. 'You can prove exceptional value to the United States by contributing a million dollars to the United States'" My parents wouldn't have made the cut. I wouldn't be here. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/19/u...

I was reliably told celebrating political violence was cause for government reprisal and private sector termination.

Michael Eisner, who served as CEO of Disney for 21 years and acquired ABC while he was in charge, slams his successor Bob Iger for bending the knee.

It has happened numerous times now that I come across a Charlie Kirk quote that is so extreme I'm convinced it's fake, then I check and it's real. ca.news.yahoo.com/fact-check-c...

Dam been writing a book about this and she just TikToked it in 90 seconds.

The latest from YouGov (n ~ 3k). People overall believe Jimmy Kimmel's comments were acceptable. Further, people found FCC Chair Brendan Carr's comments about planning to retaliate *unacceptable.* And overall, people strongly disapprove of canceling Kimmel's show today.yougov.com/topics/overv...