Merriam-Webster’s human editors have chosen ‘slop’ as the 2025 Word of the Year.

"Congratulations, America. We managed to save about four percent of the land from becoming a gas station or warehouse. Here’s the thing: we don’t live in the national parks. Nobody’s commuting to work in fucking Yellowstone. We live in the in-between spaces. And those are all mostly a nightmare."

Absolutely scorching. No lies detected.

To be quite honest, I’d like to see the #AI bubble crash spectacularly. Billionaire investors, Private Equity, #VultureCapital, and hedge funds need to be burned to ashes and the ground salted from which they grew.

🎶 I heard there was a secret Ford That bargain shoppers all ignored But you don’t really care for savings, do ya 🎶 Hello. This is the ghost of Leonard Cohen, inviting you to come on down to Ghost of Leonard Cohen Used Cars. I, of course, didn’t expect the afterlife to be this way.

Most philanthropy towards U.S. universities is about ego of the giver, not need of the receiver. MacKenzie Scott is a rare exception. Most of her gifts are truly transformative, as they go to less privileged organizations and are unconditional. ❤️

Jesus would be so proud.

The official policy of the Trump Administration is ignorant bigotry. We’re asked, under principles including charity, to assume that people support the administration despite that policy, not specifically because of it. I am increasingly unwilling to extend that charity.

And on the third day, the Lord said, “Let there be pie!”. And still, there was pie. And He saw that it was good.

Every single congressional Democrat needs to be out there, right now, insisting that Pete Hegseth resign right now and announcing that he will be held accountable for committing war crimes. If you do not demand accountability here and now, they will only become more emboldened.

"Holy heck, I am training a zoomer kid to use a computer at work and it's exactly like training a boomer." "There is exactly one generation that can rotate a pdf and there will never be another. The knowledge dies with us." Yeah, not far off.

Gas

Their scathing critique of cloth napkins really made me think about my life choices.

1. Costco at 12:15 the Monday before thanksgiving. Every thing I needed was in stock, every register open. Checkout time: 11 min. 2. Target at 12:40. One item out of stock, one without enough qty. Checkout time: 2 min. Customers accept inconvenience when they know a retailer makes an effort.

The irony of course is that Black Americans are probably far more likely to be descended from people who lived in North America before 1776 than white Americans are.

Missed a good German Christmas market 🥹 Philly's Christmas market is also German, but yeah the contrast Aachen is beautiful. 😍

Please remember, while flying a swastika is no longer hate speech, implying that somebody flying a swastika is a Nazi, still is.

Extreme wealth allows people to live in such a way that they only ever have to interact with others who cater to them. That kind of king-of-my-castle existence breeds a sense of entitlement that quickly turns to hostility when wealthy people face even the slightest of pushback.

Posting ghost jobs should be illegal. If companies do this to harvest consumer data or create the appearance that they are “always hiring” to appease investors, how is this just not fraud? Is there a meaningful legislative remedy for this?

Always great to see my friend and fellow historian Scott Hancock reminding Gettysburg residents during its annual Remembrance Day Parade that Confederates "fought for slavery." 🗃️

These two are not unrelated. 🤬 People showing up for these events are complicit, plain and simple, in the ongoing damage. Including many of my former corporate employers. Fossil fuel policies are advanced on the largest international climate talk. cop-out continues. #COP30 #climatepolicies #NDCs

ENDING A FILIBUSTER TO SAVE THE FILIBUSTER IS THE DUMBEST ASS SHIT I'VE EVER HEARD!!!!

“Hungary, it seems, has mastered the art of discouragement. From the moment a young woman graduates, the system is ready: no support, no respect, and no clear pathways. Just a long, lonely job hunt, followed by underpaid, undervalued work – if she’s lucky enough to get hired at all.”

"The number of births in Hungary dropped to a record last year, raising questions about the demographic impact of Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s lavish family subsidy program." Also: these programs bankrupt the country. www.yahoo.com/news/hungary...

You just summed up Hungary under Orbán. By 2024, despite "Hungary is family-friendly" billboard campaigns, more kids were born to Hungarian parents abroad than within its borders. Ofc, "the main purpose in a woman's life is kids, now with tax breaks.🙄 hungarianobserver.substack.com/p/in-orbans-...

Piper among the fallen, Saint-Symphorien Cemetery near Mons, Belgium. It contains the first and last British fallen in WWI. Every year the British army sends a lone piper to play for them...on the 11th hour, of the 11th day of the 11th month photo my own, I lived not far from this place for a time

Ah yes, the thing to revitalize your downtown is to fill it with masked and armed man who routinely pepper spray random people. Everyone loves that.

ICE <German accent >: “You valked into H&M yet purchased nothing.” Customer: “I was just browsing.” ICE: “So you admit you ver spying on zee clothing.” Cust : ‘I was just killing time.” ICE: “So also vanting to sabotage productivity in retail industry.” Cust.: “No, I…” ICE: “Papers please.”

3 years ago Elon enabled the funniest day in Twitter history.

Dictator Rococco, but Orbán much prefers Biedermeier in the "new type of post-neoliberal regime, merging authoritarianism, racist & patriarchal nationalism, clientelism, & partial neoliberalization. Elements are all fundamentally linked," & deplete cultural taste, just as this tacky golden overload.

it doesn’t get any clearer that america’s betrothal to fossil fuels is about letting energy companies pick our pockets to prop up their obsolete industry

Also, please don't talk to your friends; let this app source it. These tools are developed by antisocial or socially hindered people, who would rather stalk you than talk to you. It's not creepy at all that every use case they develop a solution for is either an admission or a confession.

THIS IS SO GOOD

I love that Mamdani is what the right claimed Obama was: A Muslim socialist born in Africa. The right practically manifested Mamdani into existence.

This is the way.

May their comeuppance be swift, severe, and soon.

The cruelty is the point.

I'm not a Nobel winning economist, but it seems to me the world's largest retailer and the worlds largest delivery services laying off hundreds of thousands right before the busiest retail and delivery season of the year is perhaps not an optimistic indicator of Trump's promised "Golden Age"

Found the absolute definition of joy: rescue and foster dogs running for training and fun.

Six months ago I wrote this post about “the next terrorist attack.” I republish it now (lightly updated) because my fear of this scenario has recently grown much greater. snyder.substack.com/p/the-next-t...

In the antebellum period, judges who ruled against fugitive slaves and in favor of their owners would get more money. It incentivizes racial profiling and discrimination then as it does now. There is no real due process in a scheme like this.

Dude, I have so many questions.

"condemned the broader international inaction that has allowed violence to escalate unchecked. He said that governments such as those of US and UK have prioritized maintaining economic and security relationships with the United Arab Emirates over the lives of the Sudanese people." UAE funds this 👇

Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House. Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity. They are not the same.

Binance—owned by a felon and shackled by U.S. authorities—was struggling. Its new overseers were turning the screws to eliminate practices that had made it a giant money-laundering mill. Binance’s legal staff were certain the company was doomed. Then Trump’s pres campaign presented an opportunity.

Ghouls. 🧵

At a fundamental level, we have to accept much of silicon valley has gone insane.

Sorry ass sons a bitches.