This is the most imperialist one yet. 😤

Laypeople can't distinguish expert analysis from something merely expert-analysis shaped, and LLM providers exploit this. It's their whole business model, in fact. For those illiterate in the discipline, a list of bullet points cuts off thinking as surely as an actual bullet to the temple.

Since I did do my PhD in cyanobacteria growth and treatment optimization modeling AND work in the water treatment industry, I’m gonna share my theory as to what’s happening here and how to fix it. People are focusing on the painted bottom of the pool increasing residual heat, and while that 1/19

Appomattox Lawn Care and Landscaping must not have been available.

"So ... so I said ... why not sign your treaty here, at Versailles?"

😎🪴🌵 "Why do innocent people flee the police?" Idk, maybe the fact that they kill babies and puppies might have something to do with it. Just saying.

A surrender treaty at Versailles, you say?

Ben Shapiro dryly pursues agenda that the Dear Leader cannot fail; the Dear Leader can only be failed.

So I drank the algae from the Reflecting Pool and now I can hear the color strawberry

While #4 is the least silly proposal here, #5 disqualifies you as someone who’s thought about this seriously.

What is it with no-response types opining on how we should conduct ourselves online? Where are the studies showing how real-name-using journalists have completely destroyed society’s information gathering ability?

⚠️WOKE CONTENT⚠️™️ 🧵 Historically, Black communities were repeatedly displaced under the banner of 'urban renewal'. In the 1950s, a major upheaval took place in New York City. Pull up a🪑.(cont) #ProudBlue #ResistanceRoots #USDemocracy #Voices4Victory aaregistry.org/story/before...

It seems to me that the time is ripe for a Bluesky thread about how—and maybe even why—to befriend crows. (1/n)

Almost certainly the best thing I was ever told about owls was when I met an owl handler at an owl sanctuary and he told me that the wild owls who lived near the sanctuary worried about the tame show owls there and sometimes stopped by to leave them shrews and mice as presents.

In January 1969, Shirley Chisholm walked into the US Capitol as the first Black woman ever elected to Congress. Brooklyn had sent her. She came ready to fight for her people. What she got instead was the House Agriculture Committee. #EternalLight 1/10

People laughed when Trump said the war would only end with unconditional surrender but he's a man of his word and he has now surrendered unconditionally

The sad thing is that Democrats probably will listen to a bunch of Republicans who soured on Trump. Republicans created Trump, and they love all of his policies, even the racism. The Republicans at The Bulwark just wish he wasn’t so tawdry about it.

If, in the year of our lord 2026, you still believe in banning anonymity on the internet, then you’re a privileged unthinking dunderhead who simply can’t conceive of government being weaponized against you.

For the love of god how many times do we have to go over all the things wrong with this real names bullshit. How many times?!!! FOR THE LOVE OF GOD

My god!!!! Police remain out of fucking control.

i can tell you right now if the parties were reversed, republicans would be using the word “surrender” instead of “deal”

This isn’t breaking news this is purposely withheld information

As if we needed more proof that US conservatives are the whiniest pussy ass bitches the world has ever seen.

Stephen Colbert and Jimmy Kimmel are the only comedians who get to rightly claim being unjustly silenced by an oppressive government and compliant media in the year 2026.

Rick & Morty just premiered Season 9. Always Sunny is the longest running live-action sitcom in history. Jackass 5 arrives later this month. All of these get away with raunchy, profane comedy at the bleeding edge margins of good taste. You have a skill issue. Try telling a joke about Trump on CBS.

this is news new york times reporters had months ago, but they suppressed it and kept it out of the paper so they could goose book sales. this should be a scandal but its how modern journalism is conducted now.

Seen somewhere: "They'll never admit it, but Tr*mp is who white people thought Obama would be"

The trials.

THIS is the real America. If you’re surrounded by people who look and act just like you, you are missing out on the best part of human existence.

the real political correctness is that you can’t go on the news and say that this is hick shit

You can say the most vile shit imaginable about the places that produce most of the nation’s GDP where most Americans live but the second you so much as breathe disdain for massively subsidized flyover exurbs You Have Done A No Growth, How Dare You.

Remember this scene the next time a corporate reporter tries to insist that a rural diner full of white men in their 60s is somehow a more authentically "American" place, somehow more representative of who we are as a nation.

Having a strong Black presence on decentralized platforms like Bluesky is critical to combating racism, pushing back against hostile algorithms, and building supportive communities in an era of intense digital polarization. And, it makes these platforms a lot more culturally enriching and fun!

multiculturalism is pretty great

You New Yorkers really are something 😂

- An anti-accuracy philosophy has risen in parallel. In every industry, people are replacing effortful analysis with outputs of software that produces often-incorrect but aesthetically-plausible quasi-copies of work we previously published online.

Last time the Knicks were NBA champions was the year the DOJ charged Fred & Donald Trump with housing discrimination based on race.

Just a reminder that tomorrow is Barack Obama Appreciation Day. The plan is to post as many pictures, along with words of appreciation of President Obama. Fuck the orange guy and his birthday celebration. #NoKings

My latest cartoon for @newscientist.com

Socialist Mayor Reigns of Terror Continue with Yet Another Sports Championship Victory: tinyurl.com/3f39hzcb

Seattle elects a socialist mayor, wins the Super Bowl NYC elects a socialist mayor, wins the NBA finals Win your city a major sports title with this one neat trick

As a reminder for everyone saying, "The US had never before scored four goals in a World Cup" that they mean the men's team had never before scored that many. The women's team has absolutely scored more than four goals in a world cup, including in the final. And they also wins things.

So just to get this straight (or strait) Donald Trump is using an autopen to sign an agreement with Iran?

"Texas has 38, soon to be 39 refineries." The cost for gasoline in Texas after Republicans' latest Middle Eastern war increased by 30% YoY whereas in California which has decarbonized much of their transportation has only increased 24% YoY. For diesel it is 55% for TX & 40% for CA YoY.

How long it takes and how hard it is to undo the damage will depend in large part on the political will of the people elected to do it. If you get hand-wringing caveat peddlers who want to deliberate for years before acting it'll never happen. Plan has to be ready on day one

You should all note that @npr.org does not discuss Musk's role in this horrible situation.

What’s super interesting to me is these “progressives” have been putting money into Maine and Texas. They seem to be backing the candidate with the most controversial history in the hopes of making them more beatable in November. Once again…we tried to tell folks but🤷🏾‍♀️

🧵 Fascinating article. It confirms what a lot of us have been saying for years...especially Black Women. There’s “progressive” PACs that are republican plants. So once again…if it looks like a republican & talks like a republican, it’s probably a republican. popular.info/p/progressiv...

The perfect obit headline for this particular climate denier, who knew better but preferred to live a lie heatmap.news/daily/lee-raymond

Reuters: US JUDGE ORDERS TRUMP ADMINISTRATION TO REINSTALL SIGNS, EXHIBITS IT REMOVED FROM NATIONAL PARKS DISCUSSING TOPICS LIKE SLAVERY, CLIMATE CHANGE