I think it's been under covered on here that Rand Paul is (most likely) the only Republican voting no because he thinks the bill is too tough on...the hemp industry.

The average SNAP benefit per month is $177 a person. The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person. People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives. And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.

Schumer is a no and people are already calling him a coward. Direct your ire in the direction of those who voted yes.

The message for Democrats is, "Republicans held food for kids hostage so they could make sure your healthcare costs skyrocket."

Is it problematic to ship James Talarico with Yassamin Ansari? Or Jasmine Crockett with MTG in a haters to lovers plot?

I do not think any of the three names mentioned here to replace Jerry Nadler make sense. Hell no to Cuomo obviously, but also Cynthia Nixon and that whole type of celebrity candidate, and Jack Schlossberg has no real government experience either. I guess of these 3 I would go with Jack, but

Post types that involve human attractiveness ranked in reverse order from me blocking you to me engaging in. -Attacking a posters attractiveness or sexually harassing/objectifying them - insta block -Ugly shaming or fat shaming a politician or other public figure. Unfollow, this isn't a fair thing

I think I definitely agree with Holly Elmore that EA would have been better off not training people in machine learning as it's led to much faster development of AI and reduced timelines, and that OpenAI deserves protests. But I don't think she's going about this the right way in attacking

This is a murderous and useless waste of government funds. Spread of new wildlife is something that will happen automatically with climate change, and it is not something that can be prevented through mass murder. gizmodo.com/controversia...

The whole Walmart Thanksgiving thing is actually a cool moment to teach people about inflation. The 2024 version has both more and higher quality items than the 2025 version, it's not a fixed basket of goods! You need to adjust for the substitution effects to accurate compare prices!

This headline is a good reminder that it's bad on purpose so you'll click on it.

Lotta situations where a real problem exists justifying real action to make it better and the Trump admin is out here saying “we are aware of the problem and excited to make it worse”

Among the moderate/popularist election pundits - Big wins for Lakshya who called the big Virginia and NJ wins and Shor whose form did ad work for Zohran. Mildly positive for Nate Silver who gets to clown on Ackman. Big miss for Matt, whose panicking in the past couple days looks really bad now.

This may change as more votes come in but it looks like all of the YIMBY ballot proposals will pass (hell yeah!) but even year elections and ski for added parkland proposals will not.

I am looking for a Mikie Sherrill apology form to fill out.

Yes! Yes! Yes!

Young men demand female CIA agent governors.

Felt inspired

The big article on data centers in the New Yorker is pretty good, which I wasn’t expecting given the reaction on X. Lots of talk of the good and bad of AI, and it covers both bubble & non-bubble arguments. It also featured the best version of “I spoke to a local farmer about a data center”

I hope that I get a redemption arc as good as Dick Cheney's in my 80's.

You don’t need to add any more disincentives, Gov. There’s already your higher crime, shakier power grid, and worse pizza.

For whichever polling average you prefer. The Epstein ballroom and shutdown are not going well for Trump.

If we manage to get power back in 2026 or 2028, destroying police unions needs to be high on the list of priorities. Besides making corrupt and racist cops nearly untouchable, increasing crime rates by reducing police effectiveness and increasing police spending, they also help to reinforce fascist

I see that CBS chose not to air this part. It probably explains much of what they did decide to air.

This is from Autocracy, Inc, about how modern autocratic propaganda works. I consider this every time I decide what to share and how to frame it.

This is incredibly disturbing info.

F. Scott Fitzgerald and Yudkowsky- In my book I invented the torment nexus as a cautionary tale.

Trump is holding a Great Gatsby/Roaring 20s-themed party at his private club in Palm Beach tonight as he tries to withhold SNAP and health care subsidies from millions of Americans. (via Kellie Meyer)

Everyone went as Tom Buchanan

You know. In the abstract I have no real moral objection to deposing Maduro. I just think this appears to be a deeply risky illegal haphazard effort hastily assembled by reckless and idiotic amateurs that will detract from actual serious U.S. national security priorities.

The sudden dismantling of USAID has led to more death and disease

I just love it when windows restarts my computer without warning for an update when I'm running a model overnight. My favorite thing in the world.

ah well nevertheless *NETANYAHU ORDERS IDF TO CARRY OUT 'POWERFUL' GAZA STRIKES

I feel anger that I can't do anything about when I read this.

My main takeaway on the “moderation” debate is that Democrats would be better served by other debates besides left-right positioning, like how to develop new valence issues (corruption!) as wedge issues, and how to get attention for their policy proposals in the first place

Mar Awa III, patriarch of the Assyrian Church of the East, also born in Chicago, gave Pope Leo a Cubs jersey.

The white house demolition is NIMBY because it is replacing a dense multistory East Wing with a sprawled out single story ballroom.

Of these I support increase refugee admissions and abolish the death penalty.

One thing that will be especially spooky this Halloween? Candy prices 👻 They’re up more than 10% since last year as tariffs increase the cost of everything from chocolate to packaging.

They don’t even pretend to care. This is the only story. You can’t open the government if the House refuses to show up.

Hell, yeah. Top 10 scorers in the NBA season thus far.

I want to thank all the people shitting on Jeffries' endorsement for clearly demonstrating that they never wanted Jeffries to endorse, they just wanted to shit on Jeffries. (You know who won't attack Jeffries? Mamdani, who has more political acumen than the entire combined internet left.)

No kings and shutdown having an impact? Too early for white house destruction.

Obama and his dog in the East Colonnade, now destroyed.

victor wembanyama is a nine-foot guard

What if we did a single run and declared victory

The white house theater is gone or going to be gone, unconstitutionally.

It's time.

Focusmates seems to be done with AWS.