This is deeply weird, but I would also point out that former CBS lead anchor Walter Cronkite also loved America. Cronkite was the GOAT, and America loved him back for decades even though he didn't need to make some weird, performative display of his patriotism

Literally going back to William B. Fuckley, conservatives invested billions in alternative institutions—media, colleges, social media, etc—under the premise that experts who did the work to learn shit and pointed out their flaws are annoying This, and elevating lazy college kids, is more of that

Mamdani already lowering the crime rate in NYC lmao

It's also important to note when @nypost.com et al criticize Dems for wearing nice things to declare their commitment to populism is fake, they do it to AOC, Duwaji, Harris, any Obama. Not Newsom or Pritzker Of course there is racism—anger at the lack of gratitude for being "allowed" nice things

Whataboutism is weak because it concedes the argument. Call out what's going on instead @nypost.com, mad their party invites aren't set anymore, is weaponizing Duwaji's style to claim Mamdani is insincere. If so, why did y'all shit on him so much? Pick a lane Stop projecting and buckle up, bitches

Englishman who writes English for a living can't understand English

We have been lectured for decades on the "liberal media" when the media has always been urban elite Chads and Karens, Grims and Nuzzis. Insufferable people who at best are the parents in Get Out This explains why @cnn.com thinks Mamdani should apologize for being the progressive he campaigned as

Whatever you want to say about the final season of #StrangerThings, the finale is a banger #StrangerThings5

I have always felt that the biggest problem for Democrats going back decades is the lack of a bold vision and the discomfort, even among random Democrats on social media let alone politicians, with the pursuit and exercise of political power to realize that vision This is the opposite of that

One thing I remember from school is it is always a good sign when the people in charge make you retake exams

I think this gives Apple too much credit Siri has always been trash relative to Google Assistant and Alexa long before LLMs and not for want of trying. They partnered with OpenAI, so misinformation isn't their issue I do credit them for pursuing on-device AI over better LLMs. That's the future

WTAFFFF This also highlights how unserious all the laws like the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA) actually are. They purport to address a real problem as cover for other aims entirely Meanwhile, Twitter does this shit and nary a peep from anyone in power

I acknowledge I am no college football expert, but I think shutouts and blowouts in the #CFP indicate that the selection process is trash

People are posting #StrangerThingsFinale spoilers already. Stay safe, my friends #StrangerThings

I would swear on a bag of Sour Patch Kids

People in charge and a lot of fans feel Q didn't fit with #StarTrekDS9, but I am not so sure. He works in Voyager, where the vibe is a cross between #StarTrekTNG and DS9. Also Q is not all whimsy. I could imagine him presenting Sisko with morally compromising ways to beat the Dominion #StarTrek

I think people underestimate how much the first of anything see it as their top priority not to be seen as a failure. Jackie Robinson, Barack Obama, Madeleine Albright, etc made it clear they knew full well the burden Also weird for Johnson, after Lightfoot, to catch strays. Imperfect ≠ Bad

To be fair, in my prime this was just a snack. Fish is good for memory too

I feel like this guide is a formalized set of heuristics for the scenes in every action TV series where the good guys tell someone on their team "I need you to stall" and that person is like "WTF am I supposed to do?" and they're like "IDK you'll figure something out" and then the bad guys roll up

There is obvious outrage here with this POS Nick Shirley, but I wish there were room for the comedy that was possible: CNN: "Surely you don’t think a daycare should be unlocked." SHIRLEY: "There should be a reception area. And don't call me Shirley" CNN: "But that's your name" SHIRLEY: "Fair point"

God dammit #Orioles

Well you are not going to replace Ryan Seacrest as the NYE host with that attitude

This is true, but it's weird how the media also launders his shit through the prism of being a serious intellectual. Yarvin is Chaz in Wedding Crashers but replace the sex with 4chan and Ayn Rand. Oh yeah and he also happens to be besties with the VPOTUS

Michelangelo been listening to too many podcasts

Healthcare is rough for all of us these days tbh

They run everything, but nothing ever fills the deep pits of insecurity and grievance in their souls. They just can't let anything go

Vin Scully started with one of the most iconic franchises as a young man and witnessed the greatest players and events in #MLB history. He brought a lyricism in weaving his many stories into his calls Besides, it's hard to fault Vin for missing on Koufax, who started shaky before becoming the GOAT

There is a phenomenon in cybersecurity known as "security theater" I mention this for no apparent reason

It's important to remember that DOGE wasn't staffed by condescending asshole geniuses like everyone assumed but instead condescending asshole morons who were in fact not good at tech at all

It's funny how Google AI search makes us nostalgic for traditional Google search, which was also bad. Classic Google made us sift through lots of bad results, and mid-stage Google fed us SEO slop. We just got good at working around both It's like how Trump makes people nostalgic for George W Bush

This was the first #StarTrekTNG episode I ever saw, and I was hooked on #StarTrek forever after that. Not to mention this whole storyline, including Shelby herself, reverberates to this day. Just great stuff

Who knew the song was a brazen hit list? Hiding in plain hearing

Thank God some of us still do science

All of us at work the last 2 weeks

New take on a classic bit

RIP to the GOAT Isiah Whitlock Jr, who was also great in Da 5 Bloods, one of Chadwick Boseman's last movies

It amazes me Quan Martin, a holdover from the Riverboat Era, is still on the team tbh #commanders

Exactly. You could mean Troi and Riker. T'Pol and Trip. Leeta and Rom. Adira and Gray. Kirk and himself. Lots of significant ships

A nearly Kirk Cousins level of fleecing to behold

I guess I can see this view, but I think there are enough storylines that need closure to warrant a real season. My problem, besides the fact everyone is 40 and there is a real "How do you do, fellow kids?" situation, is the contrived conflict and bickering. Too forced and takes too long to resolve

Who says the @nytimes.com can't do good investigative journalism when they managed to find one of about 17 people, 2 of whom have since died while 3 others host podcasts under aliases, who voted for Harris and regret it a year later?

While we should never forget that this was objectively hilarious, this story is also a serious warning about how AI is vulnerable to malicious training and prompts (although the prompts in this story made for great comedy) as well as the ease and authority with which LLMs can spread disinformation

If you build software on the JVM, Catherine's stuff is always a must watch #java #kotlin

Nothing as good as everything I have ever read about myself

I wonder if #Ravens fans feel about keeping Harbaugh over Macdonald the same way some #Commanders fans like myself felt about keeping Gruden over McVay and KOC. It is painful to watch your team hold on to an idiot while happily letting the young geniuses on your staff go elsewhere to excel

It's interesting how the #AvengersDoomsday teasers are focused on the OG #Avengers embracing parenthood

Me doing my 4th karaoke song of the night at last call #MNF

Always a plus

Once again Democrats are paralyzed on an issue, this time #AI, because they have no courage and no vision to take a stand. They just want to be as cautious as possible so they can chase big donors and polling Loser energy as usual