This is re: X; I think with a non-Trump admin it'd already be banned from the app stores. Now they're afraid of Musk/Trump. Same reason TikTok is still available despite it being illegal (not comparing generative AI CSAM to TikTok, just legality).

Everyone in the UK hated Prince Charles, and so people thought that the monarchy would go away once he became king, but as soon as he became king, they liked him about as much as the queen.

Is there a word for being incurious and simultaneously believing anything you don't know about must not exist or do anything? Like this is distinct from being incurious alone because you might just not care to learn about something without assuming your ignorance itself says anything meaningful.

I know there's a lot going on, but this is a deathblow to a large number of International organizations and UN groups. The factsheet and full memo are online now. If it wasn't clear yet that the US is at war with the int'l system, this should do it for you. www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...

Candidate in the primary to replace Michigan Senator Peters.

stepson’s new t-shirt was delivered

I am so angry right now.

ICE murdering someone in broad daylight and lying about it was inevitable. they've been gearing up for this for months. that doesn't make it any less shocking or gut-wrenching and i am working on decreasing my carceral mindset but all of these fuckers should be in jail.

The “prosecute the former regime at every level” candidate has my vote in 2028.

Most of the fucks in ICE are cowards who will only commit violence with the power of the state to back them up, they're not going to form roving militias if we abolish ICE.

"The state will ensure there is a full, fair, and expeditious investigation to ensure accountability and justice" is exactly what needs to be said.

Revising this because Slotkin does seem to be moving away from the "nothing but kitchen table issues" position she had earlier this year.

I’m not reposting the video or commenting on it, as I’ve now seen it. It’s a murder on video (you hear the shots, don’t see them, but there’s nothing to suggest provocation or defense). You don’t need to watch this for some stupid bearing witness reason or whatever. Keep it off your timelines.

Remember not to say anything on social media you wouldn't want read to a grand jury.

That's just cold blooded murder.

i bought the domain ohhh.lol a while back just because and the other night i noticed it gets like 100-150 unique hits a day from people typing it in their posts and group chats where it tries to load the url preview. so i hope this annoys some people while they're trying to get their mack on

this is the answer of half the 2028 presidential hopefuls, see e.g. Slotkin Who I would actually vote for over Emanuel, by the by.

One of the tourists who died in the horrific Swiss chalet fire was a young girl: MAGA pondscum on Twitter used Grok to make CSAM out of her social media photos as soon as her identity hit the papers.

The Parker Malloy one kind of came out of nowhere to me because on seeing her post in isolation it seemed like she was commenting on making a female character curvier, which is something that people dunk on modders for doing all the time?

This is also why I'm skeptical that people will rally behind Dem impeachments that are doa generally? There have been a bunch of articles of impeachment introduced this year alone and most people never hear about them. Separate from whether it is an appropriate thing to do.

Do most Michiganders even remember who Peter Meijer is? As anything other than associated with Meijer's, I mean?

Someone quoted me with the map that Katie Miller posted of Greeland and, yes, I'm aware, but that also doesn't contradict this at all? Trump himself hasn't mentioned it in months until The Atlantic prompted him on Sunday and other outlets jumped on it.

Legitimately learning a lot about geography from this game as well.

Better Call Saul stuck the landing, no complaints

God can you just fucking take him already

Feeling like I should actually read the End of History

Every single thing about this is so fucking grim

Genuine thanks for taking the stand of telling Trump to fuck off on the talk of *checks notes* annexing our allies territory

Really gotta distinguish this to the very online crowd; plenty of people were grateful outside of that group. (not qt'ing to call out, reply settings from the upthread OP don't allow a reply)

Yep; been on the fence about Dems bringing impeachment articles up until Maduro. Need to show the world that this is strictly a Republican thing and that the opposition here is against it. Doesn't matter that it will fail, doesn't matter if voters here don't care, not the audience.

Organizer speaks out after GRPD arrested

Some reassuring news out of Michigan: www.abc12.com/news/health/...

This is increasingly feeling like a hard liquor sort of day.

Calling it a successful coup is a bit of a stretch. Like what does failure look like in that case? Immediate execution? If he went to prison and the voters re-elected him from a cell does that mean the coup was still successful? American failed, doesn't mean the coup succeeded.

The better you’ve become at curating what the internet looks like to you, surfacing the valuable and filtering out the rest, the less it resembles what “normal people” see. It’s like using a new computer without all your personal tools and tweaks. This is obvious, but easy to lose sight of.

Are we doing British food discourse again? Heinz baked beans are good and it is a travesty that they are $4 a fucking tin here.

He looks so happy in this still. That's the energy I want from my politicians; happy fixing stuff, not tearing things down.

Sincere thanks to the asshole reporters who reminded him of Greenland in the last few days. Dog wagging enough for you yet?

This “embrace of neocons” thing remains extremely dumb. Harris did like 2 events where Liz Cheney—who torched her career to oppose Trump—attacked Trump and defended democracy. If that is the thing that made you decide you were indifferent to Trump winning again then you were looking for an exuse

If CBS runs revisionist January 6 shit I will be more concerned (sincerely).

I dunno that raising the salience of the anniversary of their insurrection is a smart move for the insurrectionists, but let em cook

We are indeed concerned he's going to spoil the election in favor of Republicans, how insightful of him

Yeah why would I not want to patronize a Republican owned business

have wanted something like this for a while; helps save time in determining whether a random interlocutor is likely acting in good faith or likely deserves to be nuclear blocked from orbit

correct take

301 days to midterms

Buy those consultants a new home, George, go for it.

Going back in time and telling 10 year old me it is, in fact, possible to make too many Lord of the Rings films.