Seems fine

The whole "why do orcs know what a menu is" thing is a non-issue Hobbits are a metaphor for rural English nobility. It figures that orcs represent their hated enemy: the French.

An entire generation of pundits and contrarians made this their pet issue and now that it is happening at a level never seen before, it’s just:

"Stop being weird" --the pope

A battalion commander in the ZSU told me he has more drone operators than infantry at the moment

TIL jeep wranglers don't have independent suspension???? And you're allowed to take these things on the road???

Voting the PRO Act through in reconciliation because the feds will have to budget for worker contracts or whatever

with zero sarcasm this is good government and we should do this immediately

one of the greatest full color page spreads in all of comic history and it's not close

The student-teacher conflict over AI and "plagiarism" sucks but it's also probably the fight that'll change the most once this stuff isn't free on the web

Absolutely correct and a huge reason why relationship advice is the biggest gateway to the manosphere and more conservative, low-info politics (as opposed to church training or whatever). Nuance and social rejection are both discomfiting. Rules and hierarchy are the answer.

Dan Loeb has tens of billions of dollars under manangement btw lol

The most important thing is that this woman gets her money and forces the people involved to shape up or close up shop. The second most important thing is that we enter discovery and finally figure out why MrBeast looks like that.

It also puts an extremely fine point on the reconciliation bills, where every vote counts

this is about party leadership not having any priority but seniority

They probably tore down the MLK poster to deflect criticism from their tearing down the "Free Palestine" poster -- which shows you where this leads.

I have agreed to run an "ai and sustainability" training module for faculty here on the condition that every slide end with either "it's complicated" or "we are at war with the billionaires over the future of the planet and they are winning on all fronts, of which this is just one."

MrBeast Dubai---fulltime

White dude next to him is wearing one of the most untrustworthy fits I’ve ever seen

What we are fighting in our new lawsuit w/ @aaup.org & @democracyforward.org: "White House spokeswoman Abigail Jackson said Trump was delivering on his promise to 'eliminate the scourge of DEI from American society.'" www.reuters.com/legal/govern...

Fully embracing his father's Trotskyism. Forward the permanent revolution, against the leaders who become dried preserves in their quest to preserve only themselves!

whose gonna throw a party when the commentariat publishing era comes to a close? cause i want my invite in the mail!

🚨 Why So Many Knicks Fans Are Done with the Celtics Coaching Staff

this from the Economist seems like the simplest tracker of what's going on with energy markets so long as there are inventories you can use what exists and plan on heightened pricing for a long time once the strait reopens rather than demand destruction pricing right now Jet fuel goes first

That's not true that's not how we improve at all!

The FCC is looking to take control of the voluntary TV ratings system to banish transgender and non-binary subject matter, hijack the TV Parental Guidelines Monitoring Board, and go on a censorship spree in the name of “protecting children.” docs.fcc.gov/public/attac...

who care

Huge news for Alex Karp's Q3

Burchett is right: the most DC thing ever *is* a member of Congress blaming the city for something he and his colleagues did themselves.

I'm so much more excited for mortal kombat 2, much less the Eric Andre Show Streetfighter, than I am Glup Shitto And The Galactic Fan Service

The Trump regime, which is unconstitutionally withholding evidence that the President sexually abused children, sent the FBI to investigate an NYT reporter for investigating the FBI director’s use of government planes for his girlfriend. Just a true thing that we learned about today!

1) who will I see at Yale next week for INDL? 2) where should I eat dinner on my free night?

This is a great role for her: advisor, CEA member, whatever. Brilliant scholar. But dear lord do not let her run a large organization again.

This is totally on brand for Stoller because the return of the small business (which will never be Big and therefore Bad) is the return of the family business is the return of the good father

no, the layoffs were not done by the capitalist owners of the company. they were done by HR

East coast resort towns are running low on Eastern Europeans on those weird "student" visas that let you lifeguard for a summer or whatever and of course the collective response from locals--beautiful boaters all--is that they should hire local kids instead, as if no one had ever thought of that.

Why does dude always look like a dog who just heard something in the bushes

My understanding is that prices are bad but not apocalyptic because everyone has felt comfortable running down their reserves, assuming an agreement will be in place sooner rather than later. Months of mine clearing plus shambolic negotiations would appear to ratchet things up quite a bit.

Positively Spursian

Is literally the imperial boomerang but not in the way anyone expected.

This is a lie used to push liberals away from the only fighting politician institutions on the left in the US. More unionists voted for Harris than Biden. The modal active union member (as opposed to retiree) is a woman in a school or hospital, not a cartoon polish guy in a hard hat.

Does anyone have a battery-powered or rechargeable wall-mounted lamp they actually like? Need more non-overhead light for the office but the plug situation is bad.

Great top chef cast this season but poor use of the Carolinas as setting. Real "what can our producers put together for $500" vibes every week.