I was totally fine turning 35 until this moment

Dave is making a good case for bringing back Clippy.

I don’t think the Chappell Roan incident was that bad. I could see it being an overzealous security guard taking a “keep people away” order too far. I also think the memes are very, very funny. Just please, no one produce a 2,000 word think piece on the whole thing.

The worst part about this is that Bezos really does not seem to care. Instead of selling, he's holding the Post (and the very good reporters left) hostage.

it did not matter at all, and you contributed to a brain-dead notion that creating art is effortless

zuck: why aren't the youths posting on facebook? facebook:

Meta is abandoning the metaverse after losing $80 billion on it.

the conductor driving the Snowpiercer train:

Caught up on two of my favorite shows last night ('Scrubs' and Jury Duty sequel 'Company Retreat'). I had no idea last week was Lisa Gilroy Appreciation Week, but I'm glad everyone else gets to see how funny she is.

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1️⃣ Online platforms are now the main source of news for many young people In 2015 only 21% of 18-24s across 18 markets said their main source of news was social media. Ten years later, this percentage has risen to 39%, overtaking news sites and apps, which have decreased from 36% to 24%

I keep thinking about the politically agnostic people in Minneapolis who were radicalized by ICE’s presence and began actively protesting them. I wonder if putting ICE in transient places, where Americans from all over can see their aggressive (and often illegal) actions, may just backfire.

Trump sends ICE to the airport to assist TSA

hey what if we sent a ton of the president's masked, armed and anonymous secret police to an already stressful place with a high concentration of human trafficking, what could go wrong

there's a whole story behind this but basically you can thank my oldest sister for our company name

going to the airport with Chappell Roan so ICE doesn’t even look at me

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Trump is not beating the “ICE is state police” allegations

I am not Raven Baxter, so I cannot say this with full confidence but … this is gonna be a disaster

Five days apart 🙃

me when the Southwest flight attendant tells me my seat is assigned

Reenacting a story by Defense Secretary Hegseth.

Find out Monday! 👀

The partial government shutdown, explained.

Will DC and Puerto Rico become states? Will Trump make Venezuela a state? What are we doing? What’s going on?

Scrolling Instagram: Oscars meme Oscars funny moment Article about how the Oscars is dead Oscars meme Oscars clip …

How dynamic pricing is affecting food, games and media.

Dave Jorgenson coming in with not only the debunk but also the salient point that we're more prone to believe internet misinformation when we feel strongly about it (i.e. our confirmation bias says it must be so). Remember: misinformation sees no political affiliation.

Elon Musk is one of the most hilariously tragic modern figures and I feel like we don't address this enough.

there's like a 27% chance that Trump thinks the presidential portraits in the White House can talk

keeping my googly eyes on this race 👀

Walking into an In-N-Out with my fake Oscar just to feel something

Did Israel post an AI video of Netanyahu to cover up his death? (No, but here’s why so many people believed it.)

🚨 UPSET ALERT 🚨 Melania wins a Webby at the Oscars

"we're here at the 'has a small penis theater.' let's see him put his name in front of THAT." — conan #oscars2026

what are we even doing here

nuance is important but some things really are just black and white

if you're mad that someone supports a certain political figure because they "have four daughters," there might be some deeper internalized sexism for you to explore!

me in KC right now

Mr. Secretary, you are confused. This is what ICE does to Americans.

“And as a reward for sticking with us through the abhorrent decisions of our owner, managing editor and former publisher, you get to pay us more!”

Why the Hormuz Strait is affecting gas prices

Dave nails two of the three characters here. The deposer and the Doge solicitor are great. Totally believable and impossible to tell Dave is playing them. Great method acting and make up. If he could work on the Doge employee and seem a little more life like this, this could be Oscar material.

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How have I gone this long without realizing @davejorgenson.bsky.social was on here?! He was literally one of my first searches for follows when I joined. This has made my day.

You don’t have to be an elected representative to see this happen!!

Besides being funny all by itself, the deposition is a great example of AI brain rot. The DOGE bro is plainly an otherwise (relatively) capable and intelligent person. But because he just cribbed his instructions from the EO while working and never internalized it, he can’t actually explain it now.

That’s the real interview of the doge guy, but Dave is playing the lawyers. Watch.

Everyone else in the room when a former DOGE employee was deposed.