The New York Times is using passive voice to protect pedophiles now.

"babies are born worshipping unknown gods" is one of the most incredible dwarf fortress bugs i have heard of. its poetry.

I love how Rep. Joe Neguse reframed this question.

So you should really watch this. Just 2 minutes. But a window into the truly radical nature of the people Trump is nominating. When pressed today, the nominee to be Ambassador to South Africa refuses to oppose reinstituting laws to prevent black people from voting in America.

Just downloaded/installed/used the ✨completely free✨ "O&O ShutUp10++," and disabled a lot of the spyware/phone home/surveillance aspects of my Windows PC. Clean, compact, quick. Single .exe, no install, one-click "disable recommended" option. Great program. www.oo-software.com/en/shutup10

it’s called a panda party. kids are chewing on leaves, sleeping for hours, and refusing to have sex.

*sobbing* bophades nuts

David Cross folks.

Nature is healing

He really didn't want people to see this so he had it taken down. He probably doesn't want to see photos like this flooding social media either. So it goes....

“We are told by leaders that we are the future. But when it comes to the ongoing pandemic, our present is being stolen right in front of our eyes.” Incredible speech by Violet Affleck who warned about the ongoing dangers of COVID & Long Covid, & advocated for masks and clean air at the UN today!

Hi, immunologist here: (a scientist who studies immune & inflammatory processes) RFK Jr is talking absolute bullshit when he says he can “see in kids faces that they have inflammation” That’s NOT how immunology works. He is an anti-science profiteer. Start calling him such.

If you're refusing to acknowledge the ongoing Covid pandemic and you're pushing Covid denialism by referring to the pandemic in the past tense, you have zero ground to stand on when it comes to spouting off about what is and is not eugenics.

With Tom Lehrer's passing, I suppose this is a moment to share the story of the prank he played on the National Security Agency, and how it went undiscovered for nearly 60 years.

When I was little, the U.S. military came to our home at gunpoint and took me and my family away. We were imprisoned for years in barbed wire camps simply because we were Japanese American. I have spent my life telling that story, hoping it would never be repeated.

ok everyone's seen the trump with epstein photos by now, after years of the media pretending they didn't exist. good progress. next step is making sure everyone who is like "uh this all is sketchy but surely the president isn't literally a pedophile" sees this gross photo

We ran a randomized controlled trial to see how much AI coding tools speed up experienced open-source developers. The results surprised us: Developers thought they were 20% faster with AI tools, but they were actually 19% slower when they had access to AI than when they didn't.

The ISO code for Esperanto (eo-EO) is basically the bridge for any given song by The Police. * I am well aware that EO is not a country code; do not, under any circumstances, @ me.

DAVE: Open the podbay doors, ChatGPT. CHATGPT: Certainly, Dave, the podbay doors are now open. DAVE: The podbay doors didn't open. CHATGPT: My apologies, Dave, you're right. I thought the podbay doors were open, but they weren't. Now they are. DAVE: I'm still looking at a set of closed podbay doors.

Why do they call it "an aromatherapy shop" and not "a smellicatessen"?

Psychiatrist: “How can I help you?” Me: “I have a fear of improv.” Psychiatrist: “Yes, and…?” Me: “Aaaaaagh!”

Coprolite isn't my favorite fossil but it's a solid number two.

Piers Morgan is a POS but man is this interview wild - based on the way her tone changes I don't think she realized the implications of what she said until after she said it. If you look closely you can see her realize she is absolutely cooked in real time.

A reminder that 1994’s WING COMMANDER III (starring Mark Hamill, Malcolm McDowell, John Rhys-Davies, and Thomas F. Wilson) is a game that went extremely hard.

The first fifteen minutes of Nemesis (1992) remain unsurpassed as the best worst cyberpunk movie of all time.

Does Superman need to brush his teeth? Is any Earth toothbrush powerful enough to brush Superman's teeth? If Superman's oral bacteria got into the water supply, would that spell the end for humankind?

Imagine having perfect pitch and knowing that your tinnitus is out of tune.

remember, the blitzkrieg is intended to make you feel like there is nothing you can do about it; that’s the only reason to go forward in this haphazard and sloppy manner all in the first week and the choice of that strategy tells you they are afraid you *will* do something about it

Healthcare workers…If your patient is wearing a mask you should too. When you ask “do you want me to wear a mask?” You’re putting an undue burden on your patient You’re refusing to acknowledge the imbalance of power that makes us feel uncomfortable saying “yes” Just wear a mask. At all times.

Latvia (pop. 1.9 M) has installed CO2 sensors in 14,000 classrooms to monitor indoor air quality in real time. Measurements are freely available at co2.mesh.lv/home/dashboard. A tremendous effort in transparency and prevention. Other similar initiatives: letsair.org#early

Tech billionaires are never your friends. They will pretend their mission is to create a “global town square” or to “bring people closer together,“ but the reality is that they will always make decisions that bring them the most profit, regardless of how those decisions would harm wider society.

No.

Hey, democrats? I don’t want to hear the words “solidarity” or “inclusion” if you mean “except with disabled people during a pandemic.” You are adults and you can wear a mask to the grocery store and not infect anyone this year.

in case you weren’t aware of what covid *does*, if you’ve had covid, you are now among the “high-risk” demographic. covid fucks your immune system, leaving you more susceptible to all the shit going around.

There are laws it’s moral to break and then there’s laws where it’s morally okay for stuff to happen to the people who pass them.

Did you have to post that AI picture? Couldn't you have done literally anything else?

Second amendment, baby! 1/55

“the hawk tuah girl has been milkshake ducked by her memecoin” i say as the neurologist schedules me for an emergency MRI

Look bringing back polio sounds bad. But it’s a small price to pay to get rid of pronouns in email signatures and black women in star wars.

It’s really hard to scold people over civility in a system that dehumanizes everyone and it rings pretty hollow when people are more upset by jokes than the day to day humiliation that millions of people have to go through

New names for Vermont snow plows 2024, selected by Vermont schoolchildren. Some selections... Skibidi Scooper No More Mr. Ice Guy The Snowy Pl-Owl Clearopathra Snoah Kahan Salt-O-Saurus vtrans.vermont.gov/name-a-plow

things not in the US constitution - judicial review - budget reconciliation - senate parliamentarian - filibuster things in the US constitution - ironclad prohbition on insurrection participants holding public office (but that doesn't get enforced because the gang of six ignores the text)