This Yglesias piece in the NYT is horrifically bad. Almost every "fact" it cites is provably false. At best it is cocktail party banter from a pundit who knows nothing of energy. At worst, it was cut/paste from oil industry talking points. So, a rebuttal: www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/o...

I swear to fucking god mozilla, *everyone hates this idea*. Do NOT succumb to The Fear & the Monetization Disease. You don't need to have a "modern AI browser", at all, ever. You need to be th comany that respects user privacy, meaningful consent, & choice; the one w/ The Browser That Fucking Works

For some reason Democratic leaders seem to prefer telling voters what they won’t be able to do, rather than what they’d like to do. If Hegseth ordered a war crime and lied about it, shouldn’t Ds try for impeachment? Put Rs on the spot. They might get a few defections. www.axios.com/2025/12/01/j...

What perfect album came out the year you turned 16?

It’s almost like the private insurance industry is a corrupt system with perverse profit incentives that are antithetical to treatment and care of far too many illnesses. If only there was some other, say, “public option” to put downward pressure on them. Where have I heard that idea before?

"The AI industry’s most important product at this moment is not a chatbot or a video generator; it’s the story the AI industry is telling about itself.... According to an MIT study, 95% of businesses that have deployed generative AI have gotten no value from it." www.theringer.com/2025/11/04/t...

Strength training is political. We have a right-wing which has taken over physical fitness spaces, and hijacked “warrior culture”. We need a muscular progressivist visions. We need to be strong to build the world we want. Building my guns for the revolution. 💪🏾✊🏾 #Swoletariat #ResistanceTraining”

People out here saying Mamdani is a threat to Jews, but saying the lady who literally claimed “Jewish Space Lasers” were controlling the weather is a reformed ally… You need to do some serious soul searching.

EXCLUSIVE: One Saturday afternoon in October, my phone lit up with a notification. I glanced down at the message. “Anna, Lindsey Halligan here,” it began. So began my text exchange with the woman who is prosecuting the president's perceived political enemies. www.lawfaremedia.org/article/anna...

As co-founder of the Stop Project 2025 Task Force, I take no joy in saying "I told you so." apnews.com/article/trum...

So far today, Chuck Schumer has said his strategy for preventing Trump sending troops into blue cities is to win over Republican senators (!) while Hakeem Jeffries praised Eric Adams's courage and authenticity (!!) while refusing to endorse Mamdani. Again. These two gotta go.

Some of us do.

Not just Unpopular! He's also the Most Unworthy-Unqualified-Unethical-Uneducated-Unprepared-Undemocratic-Unfortunate-Unhinged-Unjust-Unread-Unappealing-Unconscionable-Untrustworthy-Unscrupulous-Unstable-Unbearable-Unlikable-Unreliable-Unsound & Unctuous President in Modern American History. 🇺🇸 🙄

I would love to be part of the conversation on MSNBC related to the Kimmel story and it's chilling effects on first amendment, but unfortunately I was terminated by MSNBC for stating that "hateful thoughts lead to hateful words which lead to hateful actions".

I gave my heart and soul to that place. Built entire sections for journalists pushed out of their home countries. When the writer I hired, Jamal Khashoggi was murdered by Saudi Arabia, they paraded me around as a symbol for press freedom. I put MY LIFE on the line to defend journalism and WaPo.

The president is sending the military to control American cities and if you're a reporter who's framing that illegal power grab as "pushing the boundaries of constitutionality" or "acting boldly to fight crime" or whatever, please go find another line of work where you won't get us all killed.

BBC International Editor Jeremy Bowen has confirmed that the entire Al Jazeera team in Gaza City has been killed.

Furthest I’ve been: N: Helsinki Finland E: Helsinki Finland S: Oranjestad Aruba W: Juneau Alaska

Due to mass confusion, clarifying again: Tsunami Watch: Tsunami of indeterminate magnitude is possible; stand by. Tsunami Advisory: Tsunami is likely *but will probably be small.* Evacuations unlikely. Tsunami Warning: Tsunami is likely *and may be large.* Evacuations needed.

It should go without saying, but apparently that’s not the case these days so: I don’t care if you worship Christ, Yahweh, Elohim, Muhammad, Vishnu, Shiva, Buddha, Zeus, Jupiter, or nothing more than the human spirit. If you support starvation of innocents as a method of war you are evil. Period.

We became the prosperous nation we are today because we realized, while still fostering a capitalistic society, that there were certain societal goods that would never be profitable and were therefore the responsibility of the government. No company would have built interstates. We’re lost…

I don’t want the NIH to be fucking profitable, I want it to cure cancer and Alzheimer’s

Anyone doubting we’re essentially mid 1930s Germany at this point is fooling themselves. This may not play out exactly the same, but it’s sure as hell going to rhyme. We all have to decide how far down this rabbit hole we’re willing to go before we stop being complicit

This is a meaningless trick. A court cannot violate rule 6(e), which prohibits public disclosure.

This is correct. Any candidate cynically “triangulating” on trans kids is a non-starter, and now is the time to say so. There’s still so much time to advance candidates that DON’T suck.

No, wait, please don’t do this. We would be so owned. The most owned a state has ever been. Please. Don’t. Do. It. Tomi. (How do we make sure Trump knows how owned we would all be?)

Every American should read this ACLU lawsuit about what is happening in Los Angeles and California. It is the stuff of dystopian nightmares. This is not immigration enforcement. It is positively stuffed with videos and articles documenting racial profiling on a scale unseen since Jim Crow.

Only people who like punching themselves in the face would elect Ted Cruz

The stark fucking contrast of how absolutely absurdly ridiculously adorable and joyful this is compared to the frothing seething parallel universe of the national media/political establishment is goddamn ridiculous.

There's no declaration of war, and no AUMF that covers this. Entering this war is wrong on the merits; we had a perfectly peaceful way to address Iran's nuclear program. It's also unlawful. A democratic republic should not be able to enter a war of choice on one man's say-so.

I used to play pub trivia at a bar near LAX, and Norm MacDonald played there regularly (RIP). One week he brought David Spade in with him. The bar had a tiny little bathroom, and at one point I found myself crammed in there with DS as he washed his hands and just awkwardly told him "love your work"

🚨 Secretary Noem basically said that her agency is now dedicated to forcible regime change…in American cities and states. There 👏🏽 is 👏🏽 a 👏🏽 name 👏🏽 for 👏🏽 this

A US Senator was thrown to the ground and handcuffed by federal agents, and then the DHS Secretary went on to say that they are taking control from the "socialist" local government. That is fascist, there is no other proper word for it than that. No euphemisms are necessary or warranted.

We feed you. They hunt us.

“Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed to me, I lift my lamp beside the golden door!” I long for a day that these words ring true again

Your pope name is: Last thing you ate + number of letters in your first name. Pope Risotto VII Feels oddly appropriate

I was not prepared for how much I love ever second of this. Hang it in the louvre

Want my vote in ‘26 and ‘28? I’m now a single issue voter, and that issue is every single member of this administration responsible for these criminal kidnappings facing justice in The Hague

I really wish this was satire, but this is the most accurate headline that one could write regarding today's decision. Alito, with his sanctimonious dissent, really cements himself as one of the most insidious forces in America today. I can only imagine the flag Mrs. Alito must be flying today

Google in 2025

This is on all of us. This is a collective moral failing of America. Empathy has rotted away and we’re left with technocrats laughing as they watch children die all because the old white guy and the black lady made prices too high

Our vice president is mad that laws and the constitution exist. Rather than use their considerable political capital to push for a legislative solution to the problem he’s trying to identify, he wants us to just accept that they can violate the law. That must never be acceptable in America

I can't emphasize enough that the most important thing journalists can do right now is publish exactly this kind of article

Democrats are absolutely terrible at being an opposition party. Every fiber of their being is dedicated to prioritizing good governance. While admirable, when you hold no actual power and cannot govern, it’s a useless skill and is counterproductive to returning to power

I didn’t want this to happen. I voted for the smart black lady.

Val Kilmer’s performance in “Real Genius” (1985) informed so much of my social/comedic sensibility as a Gen-X teenager. I wanted his character Chris’s sense of humor so badly. Rest well, Iceman. I thought you were cool as hell.

This one really hits me. My earliest nerd film obsession that continues to this day is Real Genius because of him as Chris Knight. Ghost in the Darkness remains one of my favorite most criminally underrated films. The man had his issues, but, my god, was he a phenomenal actor

Booker: "I confess that I have been imperfect. I confess that I've been inadequate to the moment. I've confess that the Democratic Party has made terrible mistakes that gave a lane to this demagogue. I confess we all must look in the mirror and say 'we will do better.'"

For the millionth time, being against this is not antisemitic. It’s anti-genocide. It’s anti-wanton slaughter. It is having basic empathy. I don’t care who is doing this, what their religion is, or what their justification is. This is wrong and if you can’t say that there’s something broken in you

It’s going to take all of us who pay attention to make sure those around us understand how much the country they’ve taken for granted is being torn down piece by piece. We’re losing this race right now. If the masses don’t wake up soon nothing will be left to save. It’s on us. Do something