Discworld QOTD, from Carpe Jugulum “Am I dyin’?’ YES. ‘Will I die?’ YES. Granny Weatherwax thought this over. ‘But from your point of view, everyone is dying and everyone will die, right?’ YES. ‘So you aren’t actually bein’ a lot of help, strictly speakin’.’”

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For those who don’t know, Lina Khan is John Wick/Baba Yaga to Wall Street and billionaires

My favorite comment on the FT story

I want everyone to remember that this administration is so weak that they thew everything they had at this guy not because he hurt them, but because he disrespected them. And they FAILED. They did this to project strength, but only revealed how weak they are.

Editorial cartoon: Don't bread on me. Enjoy :)

This could be us if we weren't strangling the solar industry to help keep oil prices up

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People thinking they’re inventing network television after 10 years of destroying network television, I am going to walk into the fucking ocean.

Uh oh, did somebody's Ponzi scheme cash-out just evaporate in their face? www.cnbc.com/2025/11/06/t...

There was a sandwich-involved throwing that left one officer smelling mustard and onion.

finance guys on twitter are like "can't believe zohran hired lina khan. she wants to make it illegal to bundle memecoin futures into junk stocks and sell them to public worker pension plans. the public won't stand for it."

"Jurors found Sean Dunn not guilty of one misdemeanor assault charge on Thursday in federal court in D.C." I do not regret to inform you that we are going to win. www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/d...

"We have a brand new technology that will allow us to use biological mark--" Is it phrenology again? "No." Be honest. "...yes." Thank you. Fuck off now.

If you aren't seeing skeets from some of your fave people, they might have been labeled "Rude" by bsky mods. Idk what they are thinking, I don't need a mommy to tell me who to be buddies with. Anyway, go into Settings > moderation > bluesky moderation (advanced) and turn Rude off.

I'm already seeing people saying that if OpenAI goes down it'll be the fault of authors and publishers, as opposed to actually blaming Sam Altman and OpenAI for BREAKING THE DANG LAW!

Every year we get closer to this happening on the news

The systematic madonna-whore categorising of young pop idols never ceases to amaze

To be clear the Republicans are killing an FCC rule requiring your ISP be clear about all the bullshit fees they add to your monthly cable and broadband bill to rip you off, usually via false advertising. " So "confusing" isn't really the word I'd use.

I commend Pelosi on her courageous commitment to using her position to profit through investments in the stock market based on privileged information and her tireless efforts to defend our government from shifts to the left that would have benefited ordinary people.

I have the original edition. First cookbook I owned with an f-bomb.

Explain a film plot badly: Bartender's ex got back with her previous guy who is super obnoxious about politics, and they keep coming to his bar.

People who hate Zohran and everything he stands for: Now that Zohran has won, the most effective thing he can do is betray all of his principles

OUT NOW! Now available on #Audible, Kings of the Street by O.C. Presley! Experience some awesome #Shadowrun action as narrated by a fantastic cast! bit.ly/SR-Audio-King...#Audible#Shadowrun#audiobook #fiction

AI summaries has got to be one of the biggest concerns about professional AI use: 1) people love summaries and will assume accuracy; 2) AI summaries often look authoritative (even citing sources); 3) if you take time to check the sources, they often don’t say what AI says in the summary

We *know* shockingly little about prehistory—we *speculate* about it, in ways that tend to reaffirm our own assumptions and biases, and then these speculations become sage wisdom about human nature, but only to the exact extent that they assert that women evolved to make sandwiches.

LEGO posted this cute video for the launch of their first official #StarTrek set today #LEGO

As a medievalist, I love the "Here's what people keep getting wrong about the Middle Ages" subgenre, and I am quite happy to extend that interest to the classical period.

Also bluesky has a "rude" filter automatically on that hides accounts they think are too negative. We are babies who can't think for ourselves and need the robots to protect us from bad language.

But if I'm making a YT video talking about a cartoon, I HAVE to include a swear word or YT will label as it being made for kids and take away monetization. But not TOO MANY swears, or advertisers won't like it and they won't show it to subscribers.

Increasingly annoyed at the gradual baby-fication of every aspect of our lives. I was watching a movie the other day and sure, I can see Chucky throw a woman out a window, but heaven forbid I read the word "bitch" in the subtitles.

I'm going to do everything in my power to make this one of those weekly memes.

"It's just one element of the whole--" Nope. Nazi Bar. You have a bar with a Nazi in it and they aren't getting kicked out, that's a Nazi bar. You have a work with any amount of "AI" content, that's an "AI" work and it goes in the bin.

Stop sharing AI slop. It's one thing if you don't know or just made a mistake. No need to breathe down someones neck b/c its harder to tell nowadays. But if you do know (ESPECIALLY IF YOU DO KNOW) even if you're posting it to make fun of it or sharing it unironically... consider not doing that.

“LOL look at this—“ “I wanted to try out Chat GPT to—“ “Look at how realistic this creepy thing—“ “Its just a funny video—“ “I know its AI but—“ No. Many of us have said/done this innocently before or without thinking so I issue no judgement here. But the ones that know it & do it on purpose tho…

I can't wait to see all of my mutuals that play Fortnite regularly to not touch the game for the entirety of the season in solidarity of all of their trans homies! It's so nice knowing so many people that aren't just allies when it's convenient for them! 🙂💖 Hint. Fucking. Hint.

Ross Douthat right now:

It's absolutely WILD how routinely self-avowed superfans of hard science and modern technology IMMEDIATELY default to magical thinking, and don't consider that a red flag at all. "Excited to see what CHatGPT thinks about-" IT DOESN'T THINK!!! It's not a mind!

Every month for the last 77 years, the Bureau of Labor Statistics has estimated Americans' unemployment rate This streak dies tomorrow Govt staff could not survey Americans about whether they're working or looking for work in Oct, the 1st time in 934 months This blind spot will remain forever

sincerely, I will always be grateful to her for holding the House together and getting the ACA passed after the election of Scott Brown that said, she bears an enormous amount of responsibility for the current shitshow that is Dem leadership bye, Nancy, you should have retired years ago

Similar to many great athletes, Nancy Pelosi accomplished many amazing things and also stayed in the game way past the time she should have retired.

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There's a reason you don't see much improv advertising.

I did some digging and found actual imprint codes Sun Pharma uses on generic Vyvanse they're recalling! Why this isn't included in the recall notices, idk!! it's in section 3 here, make sure you double check w your pharmacy if yours are from the relevant lots!!! dailymed.nlm.nih.gov/dailymed/dru...

REMINDER: A socialist act by a New Yorker was a major reason why polio was eliminated in the US.

Reposting because, and I say this with love, some of you are going to see this and go “oh shit, I need to check my bottle” and then immediately forget about it so if this could affect you, go check right now before you even scroll to the next post, I mean it.

y'all, be careful with this. I'm only seeing "usamidia" reporting this, which appears to be a shitty clickbait site seemingly big on rightwingery and low on truth (even for rightwingery)

Finally a big city mayor raised on “YOU CAN’T CUT BACK ON FUNDING! YOU WILL REGRET THIS!”

EVERY SINGLE ONE IS FUNNY

guys I’m sorry but have you looked through Getty images for yesterday 💀