The death of the idea of Dubai is the birth of good things

Best case scenario, we're looking continued gridlock, regional polarization, and deeply unpopular divided governments that are unable to accomplish much until something snaps and we get a paradigm shift or the merciful floodwaters pull us all under.

The price of oil seems to be largely controlled by a single Axios reporter, which probably isn't a good thing

"The Switch is so old," you all said. "I need better graphics," you demanded. "Wah wah," you cried. And now, you sit here before Slippy Toad, the slippiest he's ever been, slippier than a fucking banana peel under a kart wheel, all thanks to the raw power of the Nintendo Switch 2—and you reject him?

AOC mocking the beltway press by insisting she'd included a Republican in her cabinet

Subcommandate AOC, 2029: “John Roberts has made his decision; let him enforce it.”

Hard to describe how much I hate that this is not an insignificant portion of why gas costs $7 gallon right now

we are putting him in the device

We really did not want to do this, believe us, but with the rampant rise of retro nostalgia causing players to not purchase our new games and instead flock to emulation, we're sending men with hammers. We're sorry. But not really.

conveniently those unpopular decision all seem to directly benefit the electoral fortunes of the Republican Party, as was clearly written into the text of the constitution despite the Republican Party not existing at the time

She who saves her state violates no law.

In addition to nationalizing SpaceX, I am pleased to inform you all that justice demands that we nationalize the Brown-Forman Corporation, owner of the Woodford Reserve trademark

Re•pub•li•can. Proper n. An American afflicted with an uncontrollable snuff pornography addiction and inability to comprehend that their actions have consequences.

Mikhail—if we don't meet our fundraising goal tonight, I will text Donald Trump Gödel's Loophole and then shoot myself. Can I count on you to chip in $5?

Now, to be blunt, the problem is that regardless of the details of any hypothetical peace settlement or the nature of Jordanian rule from 1948-1967 the *current status quo* is that Israeli Jews beyond the Green Line have civil rights and citizenship and Palestinians do not. That's apartheid.

There is a yawning gap in comprehension here between people who think that the Settlements are an internal matter of Israeli policy and those who see them as the clearest manifestation of apartheid, and the fact that both sides see themselves as "2SS liberal Zionists" makes it hard to communicate.

"goodbye forever (major problem)" is incredibly Trumpian

Gonna demand we put two-week-old roadkill supplements in everyone’s breakfast cereal at this rate.

feels to me like American conservatives have gotten a bit fearful since orban ate shit and are trying to ramp up the pressure

We need full Republican disenfranchisement in the Blue States until we can impose national redistricting reform.

Coverage in English language French media does fit with this being a translation error

In re: the Louise Lucas Affair They're continuing to build the case for us, concerning the necessity of going sicko mode when the shoe is finally back on the other foot Every single elected Democrat and public intellectual counseling moderation in the face of this needs to be shouted down

Voters elected Trump to make them rich

Entire tech sector is converging on Hitler but let me give you a level headed explanation on why you shouldn’t inherently question their capex across the country, those light industrial developments are my emotional support growth stock

*zelda unlock sound* i found leftover bbq sausage

Oh yeah, this looks nothing like a house of cards that will collapse if just one piece cumbles

Universally-franchised liberal democracy in the United States lasted only sixty-two years before being dismantled in 2026

New York City mayor’s race is functionally equivalent to winning a governor’s race

I am in a public place so covered my mouth with my hand so as to contain the out-loud-guffaw that emerged as I read this

Rode the Bergen Bike Bus today to make a big announcement: We’re redesigning Bergen Street and Dean Street, from Court Street to East New York Ave — adding new bike boulevards and more pedestrian space. Safer rides to school for New York City kids coming soon.

I have been advised to not say I would "Go Bastille Mode" for Louise Lucas if she gets locked up

Charged with smoke too tough, swag too different, bitch too bad

remember when the political media spent days treating bill clinton saying hi to loretta lynch on a tarmac as a major scandal of DOJ independence? will they do that here for a much, much, much worse abuse of power? if not, why not?

it's got to be like working at Anthropic but worse. coming up through the ranks you occasionally saw evidence of something strange and vast and when you make director they give you indisputable proof that the alien gods who created us thought weird black monster goo was sacred.

CYNTHIA: You have triumphed over all obstacles and vanquished any personal weaknesses. The strength of the bond with your Pokémon is unquestioned. As League Champion, I accept your challenge. DAWN: Gee, thanks, miss! CYNTHIA: Which brings up our next order of business. Garchomp, kill.

every day, the CNBC homepage is like “S&P rises 300 points as iran deal takes shape” juxtaposed with “trump says he will bomb iranian cities the IRGC doesn’t even know exist”

what did i do to deserve this

The model for red states, going forward, are red state dictatorships. As the republican party goes into decline for a cycle (or two, or three), they will retrench themselves in states where the government has been carved into fiefdoms for the GOP. That’s the model they want to generalize, long term.

Oh yeah we’re headed for an escalation spiral.

we should fix this

“Projections suggest that ongoing deep funding cuts—combined with the potential dismantling of the agency—could result in more than 14 million additional deaths by 2030, including 4·5 million deaths among children younger than 5 years.” www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

i am a believer in consumer choice and individual liberty generally but that comes to an abrupt stop on matters of public health

it's important in situations like this to reflect on the words of renowned naval strategist alfred thayer neumann: what, me worry?

unironically yes

Like Polanski's social media presence sucks shit, bro you are a potential prime minister in waiting why are you online, hand the keys to a staffer, but this is just him being rudely accurate about Starmer's Labour.

at this point they clearly feel like the credibility of the entire legal field is on the line and all I can say is...that horse has long bolted

fuck you georg washington

this is what the alternate reality where elon starts a totally anonymous twitter account in 2009 and slowly builds it up to 13,000 followers looks like. musk is also much happier there

This patch of innocent heartland Volk took one good look at oil prices skyrocketing from the Iran War and decided it was an acceptable tradeoff to own the libs because they are cattle whose only real concern is conspiracy theorism and culture warring