Back in the day, people had to work the land to pay debt to the landlord for eternity. The interest on the debt was such that the vassals could never get out of debt. That asshole is trying to bring that back. Fuck him and fuck everyone who voted for him.

Started from the bottom now we here

Big Tech is plotting a $100M lobbying and campaign spending blitz to block AI regulation at the state and federal level. We must stop this takeover before it's too late.

I finally got confirmation that ICE agents have been getting paid this whole shutdown. Only people who’ve had guaranteed pay this whole time are the lawmakers responsible for the shutdown and kidnappers

No idea if this is the case here, but a city council member in my suburb said that our many vacant downtown storefronts were due to a tax law that allows landlords to write off losses from vacant properties, so if they don't get the rent they want, they can make more money by letting it sit empty.

it's not that i ever doubted that being a barista was a skilled position, but my year-long effort to try to produce a half-decent latte at home has convinced me that a good barista is easily more skilled than virtually every c-suite executive on the planet

The Democrats' ineffectual approach to saving our democracy.

There’s a lot of “well the Luka trade is actually a win for the Mavs” level delusion/gaslighting/coping happening on the internet this morning

This….is why it’s a BIG fucking deal.

AOC and Her Ideas About Income Inequality......❤️

This Veterans Day, we extend our gratitude to our veterans in The Bronx, Queens, and beyond for their service. Congress has a duty to protect those who defend us. That’s why we will continue to fight for the health care and housing services our veterans earned.

Elon Musk’s Boring Company fined nearly $500K after it dumped drilling fluids into Las Vegas manholes—then ‘feigned compliance’ and was caught doing it again Fortune Magazine©️ archive.ph/eQYCN#select...

He’s still living off his 2008 predictions of Obama blowout. Like a fat high school hero: “Remember how great I was?”

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OMG is that a thing? how awful.

I crowdsourced this reading list... for new [and old] law students who want to broaden their horizons and reflect on the ambivalent nature of law itself, having both the potential for freedom & unfreedom. Please share! Suggestions for additions are very welcome. folukeafrica.com/a-reading-li...

we can all agree - Nate Silver is an asshole.

this sh-t has to be stopped. but it feels inevitable: Flock, Ring, Palantir, too many others. too much money involved to roll it back. we're all f-cked when they force a Chinese-style social FICO score on everyone. let's not allow it to get to that point.

For Armistice Day, here's a letter my great uncle wrote to his old school in 1914 about the Christmas truce

Look at what this garish, classless, tasteless fool has done to the People’s House.

🚨BREAKING: In a sweeping victory for voters, a Utah court struck down the GOP-controlled legislature’s congressional gerrymander and a companion law designed to entrench partisan power — restoring a fair map for the 2026 elections. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

People destroying Democracy: 1) trump 2) old, greedy, lazy politicians 3) young, craven, egomaniacal politicians 4) anyone who voted for trump 5) billionaires who pal around with trump 6) “journalists” who front for trump 7) “faith leaders” who ignore trump 8) trump.

Help mom I’m being bullied by 87 year old novella writer Joyce Carol Oates again can you pick me up

This turn in South Boston is a perfect example of the question: At what point do we stop blaming drivers — and start asking what’s wrong with the design? Trucks and cars use the bike lane so often attempting to make this turn.

Good gosh, Guillermo del Toro's Frankenstein is just beautiful! Only an hour in but wow, I wish all films cared this much about the art. The practical effects are perfection!

"Outrage and betrayal" AOC on House Dem.

#BlackInSTEM #BlackInRobotics #BlackInEngineering #STEM #STEAM #Engineering #Professor #NoireSTEMinist spectrum.ieee.org/berry-hands-...

🚨This 16 year old was living a normal life until this administration took over the country. ICE is the enemy of humanity, decency, integrity, and all that used to represent this country. Meanwhile, Trump is building a private army, one that will be more ruthless and violent. 1/2

Since January, Trump's Treasury has quietly gutted enforcement of the corporate alternative minimum tax — a huge boon for big business and wealthy investors. Meanwhile, he's led an all-out assault on Medicaid, SNAP, and other programs that help the poor. Reverse Robin Hood.

The problem with AI (as currently being pushed within the tech industry) is the same as the tech industry as a whole: People (mostly white guys) want to be lauded for being excellent without actually doing the work to be excellent. They want to be seen as amazing while being mediocre.

10 years old and maybe never more relevant than in contemporary software development www.commitstrip.com/en/2016/08/2...

watching Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon this movie is so good holy shit? I love Chow Yun Fat and Michelle Yeoh 🥹

The Democratic establishment:

Kim Davis is so angry that the Supreme Court failed to uphold her deeply held religious belief that "marriage is sacred," she's threatening to get three MORE divorces.

We are headed toward martial law and the end of our democracy and I will never forgive the people in power who every step of the way told us it was all just fine and everything would work out swell as long as we kept pretending that nothing we have actually seen with our own two eyes was happening

My local rural school district is set to lose over $700,000 a year under the new school funding formula, while the Governor is funding private religious schools with taxpayer vouchers. What a scam…

A study with data from ~14 million children shows that COVID19 infection is significantly more harmful to kids’ hearts than the vaccine. Marty Makary falsely alleged that “children died” because from COVID19 vaccine. Whomever told him that failed to account for SARS-CoV-2 infections. Link below.

Surely something witty could caption this pic, but it just made me smile, even laugh. Never hurts.

Minds over AI: To tackle disinformation, look to education www.diplomaticourier.com/posts/minds-...

When my cartoons become reality. #chicago

@classicvibe.bsky.social @grbenny.bsky.social Just seen. Guitarist Russell Malone, RIP. He died last weekend at 63. youtu.be/pjuJ22Dy-ik?...

the democratic party establishment hasnt learned a damn thing since they voted to allow george w bush to invade iraq. not one thing.

Speaker Johnson has literally said he's "not promising anyone anything." For once, I believe him.

In response to this claim that the "strategy didn't work." The people were on our side. We were building momentum to help save our democracy. We could have won - the premium increase notices were just starting. And giving in now will embolden him. Things will likely get worse.

Standing up to a tyrant - who is willing to impose pain as leverage to compel loyalty or acquiescence - is hard. You can convince yourself that yielding stops the pain and brings you back to "normal". But there is no "normal". Submission emboldens the tyrant. The threat grows.

Purely performative. Nearly all charges were at the state level…and the president does not have the ability to remove those. #RadioFreeAmerica www.pbs.org/newshour/pol...

Canada has just lost measles elimination status. The U.S. will undoubtedly follow shortly. Elimination means that there is no continuous spreading of measles within the country for a year or longer. Canada and the U.S. have blown it, and it’s largely the fault of the anti-vaccination movement.

Or even a data scientist. I spent a month creating forecasts for a logistics company in August. May they #RIP #Rstats