Back in high school social studies, I was taught that destroying evidence of a crime is not a neutral act that makes the crime impossible to prove, but rather is considered evidence *in itself* of the crime. Weird how that never seems to actually shake out when police or Republicans are involved.

Can’t believe the whole country has to suffer through the return of Dickensian childhood diseases because the worst, most ignorant attention-demanders decided other people’s expertise makes them feel bad

I did a #dnd tonight for the first time in about a year and it was so good, even despite the technical issues.

she’s a hero

I would expect more empathy and kindness from someone born and raised in a book store.

Not satisfied with just destroying their own brand goodwill, OS companies are now using AI to try to destroy the good names of the apps users install. (Scrivener taking out adds to explain how it has no AI but Apple adds some anyway.)

My new favorite kind of meme is "here are detailed instructions on how to turn off AI". 🔨

SCOOP — A former staffer for Rep. Jeff Van Drew (R-NJ), Natalie Green, 26, was charged today for falsely reporting she was attacked by 3 men who wrote "TRUMP WHORE" on her stomach bc of her job. It was staged by her + a friend. Van Drew isn't named in the complaint but I've confirmed w/ his office.

Giving away a record amount of money from my checking account to my savings account

The saga around Subnautica 2's Unknown Worlds and publisher Krafton continues, with a pre-trial brief filed by former studio bosses claiming Krafton's CEO was looking for any way to avoid paying a bonus to the developers. https://bit.ly/43wLRBa

AOC: Should this AI bubble pop, we should not be entertaining a bailout of these corporations while healthcare is being denied to Americans and SNAP is being denied to Americans —

ICE employee among 16 men arrested in Bloomington sex trafficking sting, police say. "When he was arrested, he said, 'I'm ICE, boys,'" Hodges said during a press conference Tuesday. "Well, unfortunately for him, we locked him up."

this, all day right now (unmute, it’s a bop)

How Vaccines Work 🧬🧫🧪🔬💉🥽

The moment when 30 million American's received healthcare (2010) The moment when insurance companies had to start covering preexisting conditions, young adults could stay on their family's policy and I could trust that the small print couldn't screw me if I needed serious medical assistance. 🇺🇸

That's a lot of words to say "he did record money laundering."

When nature takes him, as it takes us all, perhaps his entire obituary will simply read “quiet, piggy”

Tim Cook, the head of Apple, is having a nice dinner with MBS, who regularly orders executions, including for tweets. Apple hosts "a Saudi app that allows men to track the movement of their wives and daughters. In 2019, Mr. Cook said he would investigate the app, but it is still available today."

just learned we won an award for our blog post about Tom Holland and stormwater management. remember, when you see an article about stormwater management, you repost it. i don’t make the rules.

Please do not feed personal information to chatGPT. Please do not tell it where you work and live and how to get money from you. They know that TurboTax is easier than doing it by hand and cheaper (mostly) than going to an accountant. That accountant had to sign ethical standards. ChatGPT can’t.

Where are the learning loss people? It’s hard to learn at school if you’re afraid to go because the secret police might kidnap you.

When you saw only one set of boot prints in the snow, thats when I carried you, Comrade.

You know what media is NOT bending the knee in the Trump era? College journalists! The Harvard Crimson's brutal takedown of the lecherous ex-prez Larry Summers is just the latest example of students showing a failing 'grown-up' media how it's done My new column www.inquirer.com/columnists/a...

Some people will try anything except wearing a mask

Let’s be clear: The DOJ has already been subpoenaed. They’re legally obligated to release the full Epstein files—and they’re still dragging their feet. It’s a shame we’ve even gotten to the point of needing a discharge petition. (1/2)

🎶 Double your boycotts, double your fun! Two! Two! Two boycotts in one! 🎶

Oh, so now it's fine to have a war on Christmas

Thank you for reminding me of my annual warning. Don't support. But also don't harass kettle workers. They're mostly clueless, seeing it as a low-impact way to volunteer. You achieve nothing by stressing them out. Just keep your distance.

“the tariffs that we said would being prices down actually raised them like any dope knew they would, why are you even asking, are you a dope Joe”

"The cyclists arrive at sunrise, rolling through Chicago’s Latino neighborhoods and stopping at tamale carts, elote stands & candy stalls. They buy out every last item — every tamale, every corn cob, every bundle of sweets. Then they load up the food and deliver it to shelters and families in need."

Federal-level maximum wage now. There are people in this country you could tax at a 95% rate and their lives would not change at all. But the lives of millions more would DRAMATICALLY improve.

"My crucifix is a bullet and my prayer beads are the virginities I've taken, ask me anything."

Love this so much. 💜

Folks, it can make a difference

Amazon announced 14,000 layoffs. Its CEO made over $40M last year. UPS announced 48,000 layoffs. Its CEO made over $24M last year. Intel announced 20,000 layoffs. Its new CEO's pay package is valued at nearly $69M. This is what I mean when I say the system is rigged.

‘The Owl House’ creator Dana Terrace responds to Disney+ funding AI-generated short form content in new tweet: “Unsubscribe from Disney+. Pirate Owl House. I don’t care. Fuck gen AI.”

i don't want much. i just want people to take the "the american gestapo is abusing people who are here legally" thought and cut it down to the first six words

This is so so disturbing. Trump is now pardoning January 6th rioters for unrelated crimes, just to reward them for their violence to keep him in power. The Republican Party is in the full time business of endorsing and incentivizing political violence. So scary.

The Vatican returned 62 artifacts to Indigenous peoples from Canada, a historic restitution that is part of the Catholic Church's reckoning with its role in helping suppress Indigenous culture. n.pr/43T2xmD

awww (this creature would kill you and your friends for food) awww ☺️

In which a white cop sticks his elbows out while walking the wrong way to assault Black men just doing their fucking job, so he can act like an aggrieved victim and maybe start some shit because he's a racist piece of shit on a resting state power trip. America.

Border Patrol protest today in Charlotte, NC. 11/15

“The rise in high-fronted SUVs poses a clear and growing threat to public safety, especially for children,” states the report. “With no benefit to society, it’s time for lawmakers at all levels to act.” Via @carltonreid.com in @forbes.com. Cap SUV/truck hood heights. And ban unsafe designs.

It would sure be nice if more of our species could evolve beyond “needing to literally have a bad thing happen to them personally before they’re capable of even *starting* to grasp that it’s also bad when it happens to other people”

Buttigieg largely interpreted the queer left's rejection of him in the 2020 primary as a rejection of his identity as a gay white man--i.e. he wasn't "queer enough" or "oppressed enough" to represent queer people--when queer people as a population are just to his left politically

Disappeared? People talking like this about social fucking media? Touch grass is cliche but I'm guessing some people need more than a 72 hour break for their own well being. There are people in this country actually being disappeared every day.

if your moderation team bans someone for a harmless unactionable exclamation of disgust, but permits a govt account to say stuff like this, you need a new moderation team.

They’re calling her Megyn R. Kelly on TikTok

NEW: Pope Leo XIV will share a meal this Sunday with Alessia Nobile and four fellow transgender Catholic activists, during the Vatican’s Jubilee of the Poor — marking the most significant public encounter shared between a pope and the trans community.