why is gen alpha afraid of jenny? because jenny ate 6-7 (5309)

Genuinely telling you the “we can’t care about xyz if we want to win/get things done” people are probably the most dangerous people around.

Hey guys something happened to the paper towel

Jesus Christ, this poor woman held onto this for 60 years because she felt she had to

no one: Sam Altman: yeah we totally know AI is killing your brains, we have a whole plan to sell intelligence back to you like water

And this permits the powers that be to further lay the responsibility for poor health outcomes on us, the individual, because hey, we gave you all these tools! If you aren't in control of your health, clearly it's because you are making bad choices (i.e., not using the tools)!

Very good sir, please continue to to tell the public that you're happy that oil prices are going up, that will play great in the midterms

Oh boy. The lyrics glazing AI are kind of insane! "AI's not the enemy" JFC if you have to work this hard to convince people that something is good, chances are it is NOT GOOD I would like to be able to buy a stick of RAM and a new motherboard please. I could do that if it wasn't for slop like this

Happy "COVID Declared a Global Pandemic & We All Lost Our Shit" anniversary That afternoon I took the bus 90 minutes to campus to teach my night class and there was a sign taped on the door of the music building stating that all classes, rehearsals, & performances were canceled *indefinitely*

Republicans can’t be doing this when they’re walking around in shoes that don’t fit because they don’t want the Mad King to yell at them bsky.app/profile/tito...

There was a vibrant mariachi program at the university where I used to teach; it helped those kids become better students and citizens. It opened doors for them and created deep connections. I have no doubt the same could be said of these kiddos, who are now in hell b/c the cruelty is the point.

My friend wrote a piece for Esquire about the passing of his wife (an extremely talented composer) and the music she left behind. It’s a beautiful meditation on grief and art and the way the two things inform each other; please read if you’re so inclined. mcusercontent.com/b2fc960a6273...

The Chiefs *had* to make their running back room more explosive. On today’s pod @benjaminsolak.bsky.social and I discuss why Kenneth Walker III was a good choice. Full pod: www.youtube.com/live/x-uNpg9...

Watching Paralympics, the visually impaired biathlon, and as someone fascinated by turning data into sound, this is so cool to watch. They shoot with headphones that provide pitch feedback; when they align with the target, a specific pitch sounds. I’d love to know how the system converts input to 🎧

Harper to the judge: "Your driver's license doesn't list your height and weight at birth. It doesn't list where you used to live. It identifies who you are now."

Like a Bridge Over Felix Gaeta

You want to see someone go from "bake sale mom" to "militаnt rеvolutionary ready to rаid an ICЕ camp" in 30 seconds, talk to a teacher about immigrant kids.

SHOULD THE U.S BLOT OUT THE SUN AND USHER IN AN AGE OF ETERNAL DARKNESS? - Gallup 2/20/26-3/5/26 NO - 41% YES - 38% UNSURE - 21%

Happy Friday. Don’t skip school.

Trump admin remains undefeated at knocking out columns to find out if they were load-bearing

“MAGA’s fundamental shared quality is a total lack of theory of mind for other people” is a theory that keeps getting validated by reality - look at almost every decision they’ve made in the war with Iran, and how they seem constantly surprised by the unanticipated actions of other parties.

Another moral stain that will not be washed clean in our lifetimes (if ever)

Shohei Ohtani's grand slam, as called in Japan:

bluesky and cyclocross are both manifestations of powerful self-hatred

Well well well, if it isn’t the people who suck doing some more shit that sucks

How to win in November

A war that isn't a war, documented with videos that may or may not be real, funded by elected leaders who are neither for nor against it, is the most dystopian thing that's happened in my lifetime

All hail Eggsy, King of the Creamsicles, the Oranges, and The First Kitties

Nobody hates living veterans more than Republicans. Dead veterans they can exploit in videos. But living veterans with opinions and medical needs are literally offensive to conservatives.

Imagine being a college freshman in March 2003, stopping into a gas station on a road trip, and hearing the clerks talk about how they'd like to SA and murder the Dixie Chicks for opposing the president, and imagine that that was a fairly mainstream sentiment

Horrifying. Jesus Lord in heaven.

And the Marine is going to be the one facing consequences, not the sitting United States senator who assaulted and injured him, which is abhorrent, but that's where we are

I know that the people who need to read this aren’t here, but here goes: Rules of engagement aren’t for the enemy. They’re for you. They’re for your soldiers when they’re captured or wounded. They’re for your civilians when they’re in range of the enemy. They’re for your allies, to reassure.

Well, there's one accurate thing in that statement (and it's NOT the part about "they would have had nukes")

When someone says „Scientists do not want you to know“ you can dismiss everything from there on. Scientists want you to know. They are desperate that you know. They can’t shut up about what they found out and want you to know.

I need you all to show up. I want us to have a thousand people there if not more.

Good grief that is some God-tier alt-text

For a long time, when I would encounter someone raging against "CRT" and "DEI" etc I would inquire "Oh, you've read Crenshaw?" I don't do this any longer, because these folks just vomit out these words/phrases with meanings and connotations that only exist in their ecosystem of nonsense

I’m not sure if it’s uniquely American but the idea you have to shut down any discernment or nuance when you think about principles is the opposite of thinking.

we appear to have four competing fascist movements jockeying for control: blood & soil nazism under miller and hegseth, darwinian ecofascism from rfk, technofascism under vance and musk, and one Big Wet Hitler who understands the true animating core of the american volk is a deep love for shopping

Dramatic pronouncements like this--"it's the end of research by humans"--give tacit permission to cede our own agency and abandon any sort of critical digital literacies. And in doing so, they give the forces currently dismantling higher ed more ammunition to argue we aren't necessary.

The polyphonic vocal breakdown on “God Only Knows” is pure brilliance that has stood the test of time (sublime arrangement and production) and it’s just some guys singing “God only knows what I’d be without you” over and over It’s a line you could embroider on a pillow and yet it’s a masterpiece

She's like an old samurai whose great battles are behind her but every once in a while she kills a man with piece of paper just to prove a point

Portrait of an unrepentant shrimp-tail thief and aspiring sushi snatcher

We are, and I cannot stress this enough, COOKED

We started a war with no clear goal, no exit strategy, no legitimate casus belli, no domestic legal authorization, no allies, and seemingly no real plan at all — and now, having done all that and unable to take it back, we're starting to worry if things could spin out of control.

There was that Epstein text exchange with Bannon where he said "Trump doesn't respect anyone who agrees to his demands" and never has that been more apparent than every newspaper/university/law firm getting their shit double-owned by the guy they bent over for in the first place.