english isn't for cowards. if you're not saying 'torpify,' that's a skill issue. there's no Académie Française telling you what to do. if you try to type 'pallific' and freak out when you see a little red underline, maybe you're not ready to roll with the big dogs.

Norfolk is now publicly cracking down on community events posted about social media: www.pilotonline.com/2026/06/05/n...

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Trump appears to be completely passed out asleep during his 3pm Oval Office announcement

Ted Chiang on AI: www.theatlantic.com/philosophy/2...

This might be my favorite New York Post headline ever

Scott Pelley has provided @status.news a statement blasting current CBS News management and even accusing them of having tried (and failed) to "inject falsehoods and bias" into his stories. www.status.news/p/scott-pell...

I find it comforting that the widely shared journalism industry experience “being canned by a moron boss brought in from outside by other morons” extends all the way up to 60 Minutes. Media is still a blue collar field after all.

To be clear: the lower court said the map intentionally discriminates against black people in violation of the *constitution* (not just the VRA) and the MAGA Majority of SCOTUS is saying "that's ok now."

I just went 82-0, think you can go 82-0? Play 82-0: www.82-0.com/share?id=pv8...

Just found a folder in my google drive from a few years ago called "Luck be a Landlord 2" that I have no recollection of making. I was cooking though.

Happy pride month

Would be funny if T Swift did a Randy Newman impression

"I guess you came in expecting to read a statement off?"

NBA legends SOUND OFF on why they HATED facing beaker

EPB: “.. Real personal income per capita is falling apart. .. It's now $3,842 below the 2009-2020 trend and accelerating lower.”

damn even bret michaels wants nothing to do with this

Happy Boards of Canada Friday

Riverview Theater sold at auction after redevelopment project falls short: https://mrf.lu/MjTf

A pregnant asylum seeker & her son have been detained and held at Dulles International Airport for over a week. @acluva.bsky.social alleges poor treatment and risk for her pregnancy. A @dhsgov.govmirrors.com spokesperson calls the claims false. virginiamercury.com/2026/05/28/p...

Dallas Fed estimate for how much lower inflation would be without Trump tariffs www.dallasfed.org/research/eco...

Every child needs to read a Stephen King book from his cocaine era that baffles and confuses them and alienates them from their peers 👍

Valve has raised Steam Deck prices in the US • 1TB OLED $649 -> $949 • 512GB OLED $549 -> $789 still out of stock store.steampowered.com/steamdeck

The contractor working on the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool is being paid an inflated and excessive profit margin, according to federal documents obtained by The New York Times. nyti.ms/4dz0oSb

Chesapeake libraries launch new summer learning program starring swamp creatures: https://mrf.lu/wKd4

Wild that the plot of Michael Mann's "The Insider" happened again.

so like lemme weigh in on this as someone who is more financially comfortable than many in my generational cohort: everything I have gained seems precarious and temporary because I know the people with real money will take it all from me the second they get an opportunity and no one will protect me.

Checking in on what used to be the Kennedy Center and they’re letting active military put on country shows and the tickets are free.

The latest weekly @economist.com / @today.yougov.com Poll just dropped, and we're into new territory. Only 34% of Americans approve of how Donald Trump is having his job as president. That's lower than Trump has ever received, in either term — and lower than Biden ever got. Read more:

Hot Brain / PSP / Midway / 2007

Sopranos rewatch with my gf and every meme quote in context hits like a freight train. We just got to "She was ahbusive to dah stahff!"

AG Sulzberger calls out media owners that have settled flimsy lawsuits and transformed their coverage to placate the president: "Such capitulation, even seemingly small instances of it, serves only to embolden the administration to keep attacking the press." www.nytco.com/press/ag-sul...

Norfolk law enforcement recount night of chaotic car meet; residents vent frustrations: https://mrf.lu/-PGS

bruh

calling this shit like babe ruth: the opex & capex of AI stuff are staggering for even them, but the darker scenario for them is major advertisers are turning down paid media by massive amounts because of how dogshit the ROI has become compared to almost any other platform meta is the new Yahoo

NEWS: Kyle Busch, one of the purest racing talents NASCAR has ever seen and winner of more national series races than any driver in history, has died after falling severely ill, NASCAR announced. Busch was hospitalized this week and never recovered. He was 41. www.nytimes.com/athletic/729...

Norfolk police vow to find those behind Sunday’s street takeover in Ghent: https://mrf.lu/-Gwq

Establishing a legal precedent for "all-time no backsies." Promises made, promises kept.

It's getting really hard to design poll questionnaires that don't prime people against Trump, just because of how crazy all this is. You cannot ask a "neutral" question about the president of the United States directing the Department of Justice to settle his case against the IRS. This is just crazy

The general manager of President Trump’s golf club in Bedminster, New Jersey, has offered suggestions to guide the renovation of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool and helped recruit one of the contractors for the job, documents show.

and when the world needed him most he was nowhere to be found...

NEW: Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) offered amendment to block Trump’s newly-established $1.776 billion taxpayer-funded pot of money from "making any payments to convicted child predators" Multiple pardoned Jan 6 rioters have been accused of child abuse Amendment was blocked

A U.N. panel on climate change seems poised to retire its most extreme climate warming scenario after scientists deemed it "implausible."