there’s often this assumption in the US that companies will “do the right thing” and through our monocultural media system and political saber rattling that used to be true! but now you can just ignore outcry and pay the right political party and carry on.

another robot highlight for 2025: man wearing humanoid mocap suit kicks himself in the balls

My mom is mad because we keep making the gingerbread man cookies into Minions

An additional part of this is that the audience that will pay for journalism instead of listening to a kind of stupid person plagiarize an article on TikTok is almost exclusively this website and three subreddits.

gentle reminder to everyone saying CBS employees should quit—the job market is bad and people need to pay their bills and have health insurance. simply walking away is a luxury and a privilege and many people can’t afford it.

absolute queen shit from the note obtained by NYT from Alfonsi, the corespondent who worked on the story.

60 Minutes is the GOAT at covering all sides of a hot political topic fairly. Their recent coverage of Israel is a pristine example of that and should legit be studied in j-school. Bari putting her finger on the scale is atrocious.

It doesn’t mention it because the more northern breeding center was shut down long before DOGE. The new world screwworm‘s march north has been happening for some time and the new breeding centers we’re building will take time to produce enough sterile flies. this was a long term policy failure.

mom went in for a stroke work up where they moved her to the stroke ward at 2am and woke her up at 6am and I very much understand the logistical necessity but strike me as wild how impossible hospitals are about sleep for patients. It’s the last ranked priority.

You’ve lost the plot as a presidential administration when Dr. Oz is on stage handwringing about the cost of balls

for the party that claims to stay out of people’s business it’s weird how much the GOP wants to control kids’ gender journey. Bunch of creeps making an already difficult world more difficult out of stupidity and spite

The Duellists by Ridley Scott and Scaramouche by George Sidney are where it’s at for European style sword fights from Hollywood.

oh my god he’s gonna do a cuomo

ran into this when I used Pods to move across country this year. Pod was just never delivered because they have a shortage of drivers. My movers told me it was extremely bad on the east coast due to the limits on who gets CDLs and salaries being at some of their lowest in ages.

USPS is a government service and we REALLY don’t want all mail delivery to be privatized because then many people simply won’t be able to receive mail. but Amazon continuing to prop up USPS (an org that has been repeatedly cut off at the knees by the GOP) is also not great! Fund USPS properly!

Jane Fonda on the potential WBD Mergers: theankler.com/p/jane-fonda...

they're just chopping off the avatar legs again

The fact this juxtaposition isn’t the headline in the news on a daily basis really illustrates just how mealy mouthed major news in the US has become.

I’m just totally flabbergasted congress isn’t moving to impeach his ass a dozen times over. between the murder of people on boats, the bizarre Mark Kelly targeting, and the insanely poor opsec the dude is a walking disaster.

you’re 12 years old. ask jeeves just hit the market. and you can search for one thing.

We made a mistake letting people who weren't 5-18 in 1996 on the internet and we'll spend centuries untangling this problem.

DM: The orange fascist lurks in his lair, hunched behind his massive desk, revelling in his stolen power. His acolytes hiss at you as you approach. What does your human bard do -- MAMDANI: Active perception check. DM: ...that's a natural 20 MAMDANI: Let's fucking go. <FLUTE TRILL>

one of the main reasons the US won the revolutionary war was because Washington insisted on smallpox inoculation for every member of the military. That was TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY YEARS AGO.

Still thinking about how many school districts, including Fort Worth ISD, no longer teach entire novels to students. Just excerpts.

socializing on social media is like socializing in a school cafeteria. it is carefully cultivated and maintained by others and the threat of suspension for saying something objectionable is high. but the socializing sure is convenient!

the world is terrible but this queen is at the Kimbell in Fort Worth through mid January and it is absolutely worth the visit.

if i understand it correctly that “clean bill” - killed US hemp - further cut food safety - gave a few senators enormous financial handouts for their possible roles in Jan 6

Saw the terrific terrific Librarians in Fort Worth tonight. it’s all about the white christian nationalist push to ban books in the US—including in the town I’m currently living in! Terrific group of people.

crossing my fingers Trump tries to do a Cuomo and distract from Epstein by legalizing weed.

Patrick tried this ban in Texas at the behest of the liquor lobby. Curious who got Mitch to add it to the spending bill. as someone who just moved from a weed state to a hemp state i hate them.

One of the most timely and terrific books i’ve read this year was Greg Grandin’s America, América. It’s most haunting part was its painfully incisive assessment of the modern US in its final pages

snoozing by firelight

this perfect explains the current chaos forecast in Texas

Anyways just like you shouldn’t blame writers and editors at GMG for spanfeller be informed before you blame conde writers and editors. they’re doing largely excellent work and shouldnt be the target of anyone’s outrage.

this condé nast thing, from what’s been reported, reminds me of when Spanfeller fired Barry because the whole union was waiting in the hallways before a big meeting. reflexive terminations are never a wise move when dealing with union activity. it just makes the upset workers furious.

Me: I’m gonna watch that new show where Garfield gets assassinated! Mom: (horrified) who would kill a cartoon cat?

I moved to Texas from New York last month and I’m surprised at what I find myself longing for. I miss my friends and good Asian grocery stores that don’t require 40 mile drives. the parks and theater. the loss of top bars too. yet not the loss of fine dining or NYC museums but god man i miss weed.

Trump carries a print out of a tweet in his coat pocket and pulled it out to show Norah O‘Donnell. that really happened

I’m absolutely rooting for 60 Minutes as it reckons with major changes in leadership beyond its control. and it’s easy to have hope when you watch the absolutely incredible Trump interview. surreal. incisive. beautifully produced and edited. youtu.be/wQPTUa8vxRU?...

She's a god tier troll

the state party loves to go on and on about states rights and demanding the feds stay out of Texas business and reminding everyone Texas can leave the union/create additional states. but jumps at the chance to be under ICE’s boot.

Another property on point for this moment is Warrior (HBOMax), great action drama that is ALSO about the pitting of working classes of all races against each other by 19th cent gilded age plutocrats, plus riots & racism that led to Chinese Exclusion Act. Historically whipsmart & hugely relevant IMO

help your local food banks y'all. donate money. donate time. if you’re feeling powerless seek to help others worse off then yourself.

If, as Trump’s comments suggest, he’s being asked to take the MOCA cognitive assessment and get an MRI, Americans should definitely know! Cognitive declines and nukes do not mix!

texting with my godson who has an apple watch for emergencies and it’s like texting with a baby boomer but more misspelled simpsons references

been spending the weekend gathering stuff for a resell shop that funds a local food pantry. find the food pantries in your area and support them with donations. they and the people who rely on them desperately need it right now.

with an elderly family member now on both a heart monitor and cgm I am getting a first hand look at the state of user interface design in patient focused med tech and YIKES. CGMs are definitely much better than heart monitors but there’s so much work to do.

Free headline: President Trump Can’t Explain Pardoning Binance Fraudster Founder legit absurd he and Johnson just keep getting away with feigning ignorance for any awful thing they and their party do.

the situation is that we came online as a truly global species in the past 20 years, which challenges our concepts of ourselves as important, so we are greedily seeking out performances of authenticity. sometimes it's claiming asia has always had peppers and chiles. other times it is being a nazi.