starmer is doing all the anti-immigrant and anti-trans "popularism" stuff the centrists are demanding US dems do and this is the predictable result:

It's crazy to me how Newsome did the "I know you are but what am i" bit to Trump once and he immediately has an army of blue MAGA dipshits riding his dick and scolding anyone who says they don't like him like he's the only possible option to challenge Trump... IN THREE FUCKING YEARS

I will teach a course on Black histories of New Orleans in the spring. Katrina will be a central topic, too. Never forget this emblematic example of anti-Black racism before, through, and after the storm.

As Jerry Jones gives away his best defensive player to Green Bay, I couldn’t help but wonder… Would a man ever let his defenses down for me?

IMO many Americans don't even buy guns for personal protection or to defend themselves against a tyrannical government. They simply have a shopping addiction

This from Riley Gaines is why trans people freak out when Democrats try to carve out some compromise over sports. The politicians and activists attacking trans people are not interested in compromise! They're interested in our eradication from public life and are exploiting sports to that end

"My friend Victor like saved me though, because he laid on top of me. But he got hit." 10-year-old describes witnessing Minneapolis shooting.

Marry...?

"we are human beings worthy of the same respect and dignity you'd extend to anyone else" vs "no you're not"

ChatGPT essentially advised a sixteen year old on how to take his life—including by telling him how to make a noose and to avoid talking to his parents, even when he wanted to. And then he did. www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcn...

I got the complaint in the horrific OpenAI self harm case the the NY Times reported today This is way way worse even than the NYT article makes it out to be OpenAI absolutely deserves to be run out of business

I'm a candidate, not someone currently in office, but I've been explicit about the need for this since the start of my campaign. Talked about why it is so important in the second half of this article from June. badfaithtimes.com/this-u-s-sen...

One of the greatest movie editing triumphs I've ever seen is in The Crow when Eric stabs TinTin to death and says, "victims, aren't we all?" And it immediately jumps to Medicine playing "time baby II"

Justice Jackson is basically reporting live from inside a garbage fire www.ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/nih-c...

we used to build household shrines to Going On The Computer and it's no coincidence that as we abandoned these we started straying further from god's light

by accepting that i did waste a lot of it and that i don't know what im doing and that this is how it is for essentially everyone. and then you die and/or the relationships and people and animals who matter to you disappear or die and so it goes!

This is fucking terrifying. Genuinely truly terrifying. What’s their scheme? To prosecute parents? Doctors? To take people’s treatments away? Absolutely no way this can end well.

I often find myself saying "what a time to be alive" but friends, today, defector.com/it-took-many...

Every August I do draft review podcasts for the folks. They're personalized video pods for your fantasy football league. I mock and cajole and sometimes say nice things. Email me at [email protected] if you're into it.

Too on-the-nose, universe. Too on-the-nose.

Asbestos as a metaphor for where I suspect we might be going with LLM tools: rapid push to shove it into everything as a "modern solution," then an eventual "oh shit" walkback.

sometimes when you're very overdue on doing laundry, your only shirts available are your worst shirt, for obvious reasons, and your favorite shirt, which you have reserved in case of emergency. this is known as the Launderer's Paradox and may result in you wearing your favorite shirt to walgreens

I'm back from my mental health sabbatical to promote my latest essay for @crossplayblog.bsky.social and to get back to ruining my mental health (unrelated to crossplay) open.substack.com/pub/patrickk...

this is a segregationist administration and it is wild to me that there is any resistance to this straightforward observation

girl are you a 96% chance to hit in an XCOM game because i miss you so much

Russell Wilson is revealed as a serial killer but his trial is postponed until next year so he can help the giants go 3-14

Seeing a lot of abstract "Mamdani's win means we need more Democratic primaries!" takes. Great, I agree. But most of these are not acknowledging the active primaries already underway! I don't want to go around spamming big accounts - I do that enough as is. But, if you support me and/or primaries⬇️

I live in MA, and am here for it. I think Markey has been... fine, overall, but agree that he hasn't risen to the moment. The old guard, by and large, just doesn't seem to get it. This is a cat 5 hurricane, and establishment dems are handing out umbrellas.

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amtrak’s marketing team gets it

“How many bodies did you guys grab today?” an ICE agent asked another after arresting a *US citizen* for filming them in action. “Oh, we grabbed 31,“ the other replied. “That was a good day today.” Then they, I shit you not, *high-fived.* www.latimes.com/california/s...

WIFE: I've never been to Frye Island ME: I bet you've never met the Hamburglar either DOG: So sick bro

Justice Jackson taking on Gorsuch's "pure textualism" and arguing for a more holistic reading of Congress' handiwork—worth reading in full. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...

"I asked ChatGPT" "I asked Grok" ok well I asked Gandalf and he said he has not passed through fire and death to bandy crooked words with a witless worm

They hide this info because they're humble, obviously. Nothing nefarious here! www.wired.com/story/ai-car...

This is no different than holocaust revisionism and must be strangled in the cradle before it takes hold.

Texas Doctor Tapes Pregnancy Pamphlet To Comatose Woman’s Forehead

"Not for you." Palestinian citizens of Israel--21% of the population--are being excluded from bomb shelters on the basis of their ethnicity. This is the society the West will defend at all costs. www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/6/...

Nothing sums up the state of affairs for transgender Americans quite like the US Supreme Court denying trans people life-saving healthcare at the same time that the Trump administration shuts down suicide prevention programs for LGBTQ people. These bastards want us all dead.

This sounds like a bit but I’m being serious: kids using chat gpt for their homework are denying themselves the invaluable experience of learning how to bullshit their way through a problem. You drink some caffeine the night before and figure it the fuck out. That’s a skill. You need it in life.

@jimgaffigan.bsky.social hey I just watched Heat for the first time, if you're still up for it

In the spring of 2008, I feared America was on the verge of war with Iran — and, believing that it’s good style to get to know people before you bomb them, I made “Rick Steves’ Iran,” a one-hour special that could (and would) only debut on PBS. Sadly, this special has become pertinent again today.

This is a great illustration of fraudulent fraud claims: a grain of truth, massive exaggeration, which then justify policies that hurt all users

Boston showed up for No Kings Day!

when i’m laying down with my eyes closed i’m going thru my inventory

This is the moment when he realizes what he's become.

Republicans: WE NOMINATE SKELETOR Democrats: We dislike Skeletor but we will vote to confirm him. Please give us between 5 and 50 dollars. <Later> Democrats: I stand before you to condemn the actions of Skeletor. He should have never been given this power. Please give me between 5 and 50 dollars.

there should be one new video game console, it should only be updated once every 10 years, it should play all the games, and it should have cigarette style warning all over it about the perils of the Gamer lifestyle

Share a cover that's better than the original (ducks) youtu.be/awjE92YZeEQ?...