Please list prior rodeo experience:

Uh...what do they think it used to mean? Also: DEATH PENALTY FOR ANYONE USING THE 'WORD' 'ZILLENNIAL'!

Number of underage people who suffered physical problems during or after transitioning vs. number of underage athletes injured. I think we know which one's higher, and by huge amounts. Yet no one's suing schools to stop high school athletics on the grounds that they're "hurting kids."

Deal: We give Trump his ballroom/bunker, if he promises to do a Hitler in the bunker.

See paragraph C. I'm wondering whether "affiliated...parties including...related companies" would include me if, say, I buy any stock in Trump Media & Technology Group Corp. 1/

Not news, but I read it again recently: What a politician thinks the Bible says is utterly irrelevant to any political argument we need to pay attention to. By law, in this country religion is a matter of personal choice entirely. And no one has any right to force their religion on anyone else.

Fragment of @doctorow.pluralistic.net's speech for U Washington’s Neuroscience, AI and Society lecture series. doctorow.medium.com/https-plural...

Point of reference: it's more accurately a "$1.8 billion fund" since the actual amount is $1.776 (cute.) billion. Rounding it down is a bad idea.

Why are we so barbaric?

That would be tragic, having our economy improve, happiness index rise... Sorry, dumb WI Republicans: Minnesota's doing better than we are in almost every way (except being targeted by Trump's gestapo).

Republicans: Ensuring the White to Vote

I'm a little slow. The mainstream media was so negative on Joe Biden...even though in every way Biden was a problem, Trump is 1k worse. Then, reading Cory Doctorow's 'Enshittification', I read and remembered that Biden had one of the most active antitrust teams in recent memory. Oh. Duh.

Ancient Greeks=white. Modern Greeks in 18c when emigrating to US=inferior, greasy, southern European scum Hypocrisy=insanely obvious

"AI cannot be programmed to be fair, because we humans don't even agree on what 'fair' is. AI cannot be programmed to be just, because our definition of justice is ever-changing" —Elie Mystal

Today's Hot Take on Language in the News: I really want to hear Sylvester the Cat trying to say "Thucydides Trap"

Apparently, MAGA doesn't have enough to get pointlessly pissed off about...so they're upset that a Black woman was cast to play Helen of Troy. Are they upset at all the depictions of a white Jesus? No? Well then.

Just because something involves speech does not mean no limits can be placed on it. Therapy is a PRACTICE, and as a medical practice, it is subject to the principle that it "do no harm." 1/

I want Terry Gilliam's God with a Howdy Doody jaw to appear to sing to a very dumb-looking pregnant Virgin Mary while the soundtrack is Paul Anka's execrable "Having My Baby"... (Can I draw, or animate? Nope. Did Gilliam ever draw a pregnant woman?)

Not an undropped mic in the room.

"It's not who I am." Uh, no: if you can go on a ten-minute hate-filled rant, that is not the booze talking. That's you. The younger Paul claims he's "seeking help for [his] drinking problem." But he's still in denial about his bigotry problem.

I wish that the left (in the broadest possible definition) would avoid mindlessly adapting right-wing language framing. The most egregious example was decades of accepting "pro-life" as a term. And now I'm seeing casual usage of "warfighter" and "Department of War." Stop surrendering the framing.

One of the most absurd and disingenuous ways billionaires see to justify their obscene wealth is to point to broad social benefits that arise from the products and services created by corporations led by billionaires. Nice try…but no. 1/

Han Solo's far less popular and charismatic brother, Banjo...

I'm amazed and appalled at stats suggesting a majority of parents think familiarizing their kids with AI at very early ages is super-important for their education. I suspect this is because such parents imagine that "learning AI" has something to do with STEM. When in fact, that's not right. 1/

How Capitalism Benefits YOU!


 
 1. The Friendly Corporation manufactures Cyberwidgets. They sell them to you for $100. Their costs are: $60 labor, $30 other costs. So they make a $10 (10%) profit.

Albert Einstein did not actually say that "insanity is doing the same thing repeatedly and expecting different results"...but the thought is certainly valid. Yet here come the usual type of Democrat, with their only mantra: "Move right, move right...maybe we'll pick up the 'centrists'!" *sigh*

"A face that could launch a thousand shits"...

How in the hell are the Supreme Court's rulings in favor of gerrymandering (notably, partisan gerrymandering and pro-white gerrymandering) not in blatant violation of the Guarantee Clause of the Constitution?

@lyz.bsky.social Lyz Lenz wonders whether Marco Rubio has been cloned, and how many of him are there, and what's the proper collective noun here? "A Florsheim of Rubios." Too good.

A core part of the Supreme Court’s stated rationale for gutting the Voting Rights Act is that racism isn’t a problem anymore, so former Confederate states would never disenfranchise Black voters the way those states are doing right now.

Every ad for consumer ai is like “Are you fucking dumb and bad at everything but also too lazy to do anything about it? You’ll love our ai.”

Trump likes to think he's the best at everything...and it must be admitted, there is one thing he is most likely THE best ever at. Given that the world's population is at its peak, Trump exceeds anyone else ever in terms of how many people will celebrate joyously the moment they hear he's dead.

Rose suggested a WINNING new menu item, for nearly any restaurant: Every Item On The Menu In A Bucket, With A Fried Egg On Top You're welcome

It positively defies the laws of physics how many Republicans have their noses up the Presidential Bunghole, all the way to their waists. It's like the TARDIS of buttholes.

So...if it's no longer legal, according to the Supreme Court, to form districts that take race into account in order to facilitate the election of representatives of a particular race...then, obviously, all these districts formed to make sure white people get elected are...illegal. Right? Right?

"The big lie of reactionary ideology is that its natural order of things requires massive coercion and constant policing to create and maintain, while supposedly unnatural deviant behaviors keep spontaneously cropping up wherever control isn't total." —Ben Chambers @benjaminchambers.bsky.social

U of Pennsylvania needs to point to FERPA and firmly refuse to give Trump any data whatsoever about which of its students might be Jewish...and also note that it has no way to verify that information in any event (not all Jewish students will have checked such boxes, and vice versa).

Stop pretending Scientology is a real religion and not a grift.

Toad Ranch—sorry, "Todd Blanche"—claims there's more evidence than just seashells to indict James Comey on charges of attempting to assassinate Trump. Because of course someone thinking of assassination is also going to post pictures of threatening seashells to Instagram. I mean, duh.

First of the nieces and nephews on my side of the family to get engaged: Congratulations, Lillian and Jenny!

Political novice question: "In media accounts of politicians, what do those letters after politicians' names mean, like 'John Fetterman (D-PA)'?" Knowledgeable answer: "Dumbass from Pennsylvania"

I'm thinking of an alternate-universe story in which Russia aids the Confederacy in taking over the United States. Oh. Never mind.

New genius idea: before my time, but there used to be "automats," essentially restaurants consisting of large-scale vending machines. I want to start one that serves those Vietnamese sandwiches and call it "The Autobanh."

Hey, restaurants: the first thing we should see on your website or Facebook page or whatever is: Your address The hours you're open Then the menu. Everything else is extras.

Stupid, ignorant...not usually words associated with the president.

Indeed. You can say anything you want in the media...but in court, you're under oath, with real penalties for perjury.

they're calling it hoovermogging

In case anyone forgot The Voting Rights Act was codified.