these are the stupidest people to ever live

We should hand him over to the ICC

Sorry but you are way too humanities brained if you think space colonization is problematic because earth colonization was often accompanied by bad stuff. There are no people on the moon. The bad things involving colonization were the things they did to people living there. There are no people there

It’s weird to not use it with how useful and accessible it is. I wouldn’t use it to help with prose outside of maybe highlighting specific errors I can then personally correct.

Look at the replies to this. That NEVER happens to me on Twitter, as crappy as the site is. For whatever reason there is a culture of pile-ons that’s just gross and dispiriting. I’m not even right-wing, though that’s what makes me an easier target.

This is why Bluesky basically sucks. No matter how much I try to force myself to switch over from Twitter. Just terrible vibes.

Did Pilates yesterday and wow do different muscles hurt in new and weird ways.

I don’t think it’s accurate to describe the NYT as a “hard right wing paper”. The leftness or rightness of something isn’t the sole determinant of its goodness.

The only “AI” you should hate if you care about water usage is the “Alfalfa Industry”

Most money in politics flows to people who already agrees with the donor.

I can’t imagine a person who’s normal and socially well-adjusted yet somehow disdainful of those participating in No Kings.

What I’d be more interested in is seeing whether prediction markets that put the odds of someone winning at 90% get it “wrong” 10% of the time.

Department of Special Military Operations. Secretary of Special Military Operations. Special Military Operators.

NEVERMIND USA WINS GOLD THREE-ON-THREE IS THE BEST!!!!!!!!!!!!

This. Precisely this. Serious people don’t threaten to vote third party, because it’s a tantrum. I don’t like Newsom at all, I think he’s an amoral opportunist. But JD Vance is quite literally a man who gets his ideas from neo-Nazis. He’s a white supremacist fascist. It’s an easy, easy choice!

My dream job would be coming up with ideas like this and trying to implement them at every level of government. Random bureaucratic and organizational tweaks that don’t fully fix things but make progress more likely.

I’m weird for a liberal in that I feel positively about federalism and don’t want maximum centralization. Trump has made the best case possible for that view.

Real talk though, what the hell is the matter with Sig handguns? I see stories about misfires all the time, yet they have massive military contracts? Would so much rather have a CZ, Smith and Wesson, Glock, etc.

The next Democratic President should take this to heart.

I mean, aren’t there just going to be steep automatic benefit cuts if nothing is changed?

Look at the replies. Just a sea of humorless robots. He's making an obvious joke vis a vis Fight Club.

One thing that comes through awfully clearly in these ICE videos is how many of these goons gravitated toward the job because being able to assault people with impunity is a big thrill for them.

I mean, I have my issues with Weiss, but what kind of criticism is this? She launched an incredibly successful news organization. She was previously at the NYT and the WSJ before that. Seems like it's an attempt to shoehorn something topical into a desired grievance.

As I've said: Make the continental US two time zones: American Eastern Time and American Western Time, UTC -6 and UTC -7, respectively. Make the time zone boundaries the eastern borders of Montana, Wyoming, Colorado, and New Mexico. We'll all adapt and be marginally but appreciably better off.

Hi @jazco.dev I was wondering how hard it would be to include a 7-day rolling average to the stats page you so helpfully created. Would make it easier to see the “real trend” over time without the day to day lumpiness.

Republicans are incoherent at policymaking but good at political storytelling and narrative. Democrats are good at policymaking but incoherent at political storytelling and narrative.

Hate that this is a somewhat clever wedge for him to post on Bsky. Say what you will, this guy poasts.

Bouie, welcome to neoliberalism.

And millions of people hadn’t yet formed a negative opinion about the site because they had no opinion. The fact that increased exposure leads to a surge of users who fade away is a problem.

Idek why I go on here occasionally at this point. Like just look at the replies to this and how clearly pathological they are. And with time the concentration of people who are clearly unwell is only increasing. But I guess they’ll beat the imagined fascists at the posting online game!

Some hold the view that 2024 was a loss despite a weak candidate. I’m starting to think T is a historically strong candidate, in his ability to raise turnout, be immune to criticism, and never be attributed unpopular positions.

The tell you get, in looking at many of the responses to this (including one particularly viral one I immediately blocked) is that rhetorically they talk about providers of an entertainment good the same way Lugi fans talk about healthcare

Idk maybe philanthropists should’ve been more effective, environmentalists less irrational, and climate hawks more realistic about the changes people will find acceptable.

The hysterics over AI energy usage will only backfire as people contextualize it. And I think that only hurts messaging on the seriousness of other environmental issues. If people freak out this much over something that matters so little, should any of the freaking out be taken seriously?

A graph of a year’s worth of tracking daily unique posters. Just not a good sign for the long term viability of the platform.

The reason I have a hard time taking Bluesky seriously is that people will seriously defend the take that @whstancil.bsky.social is a fascist when he’s to the left of ~85% of the country.

This is (part of) the reason why I want private schools to always remain an option.

Even though the LPC is more aligned with my policy preferences than the NDP, there's a big part of me itching to see the NDP extract electoral reform concessions to form a government.

It's gross and alienating to people today which is a strong enough point, but also: 1. They're traitors 2. They're LOSERS The only thing worthy of celebration regarding the Confederacy is its quick dissolution.

MLK said the founders wrote an uncashed check for liberty and it was the duty of the civil rights movement to demand payment. I love that idea.

Feels weird that Pelosi is lumped in here when she was a pretty massively effective leader who put through major pieces of legislation and maintained great Party discipline while doing it.

When the shelves are bare and panic sets in in the real economy, the stock market won't be able to pretend anymore.

No one can deny that America has done a lot of awful things - but it was clearly not founded on ideals of “genocide” but on universal rights and an open society governed by the people for the people

Understanding the truth about a burger’s ability to save you is a vital American export.

“Cartoonishly evil” feels like an apt description for much of this administration, but not one person is either more cartoonish *or* evil than Stephen Miller.

I think she’s great and would happily vote for her. It’s also incredibly easy to see her not winning a national election. Senator from NY makes more sense.

I mean, he isn’t wrong! Democratic Party approval is in the 20s.