Every year or so the CIA comes out and says “yeh, we did that thing that local people thought we did at the time” and a bunch of Liberals say “wow, good thing the CIA doesn’t do that anymore” until 50 years later when the CIA admits they’re still doing it, then the cycle repeats.

you couldn’t really find a more apt metaphor for elite politics in Trump II. Something absolutely crazy occurs, there is a momentary burst of panic, and then the people present at the gala go back and pretend like nothing happens. the gala itself is an attempt to paper over crazy

“We were supposed to be the ones who were preventing a lot of these abuses,” said a former Palantir employee. “We seem to be enabling them.” www.wired.com/story/palant...

9 GW is flat out insane. If you assume 80% utilization, that's 56 TWh of electricity. That's more than 26 states used in 2024.

Somalia hunger crisis worsens as drought displaces more than 500,000 people https://aje.news/wphqkn

Dispute over water spirals into reprisal attacks, government says situation is 'under control'.

Om Jameel:"My sick heart, weakened by a relaxed heart valve, aches &melts from the pain over the condition of my children,who are expressing their hunger&need, while their father is in the hospital blessure grave.They are asking you for food—please do not leave them alone" chuffed.org/project/lobnah

kfc in my small town has started halving their chicken breasts and selling it as a 2-piece. Multiple people have brought this up to me in the past week. It is quite literally the talk of the town. Someone called into the radio station about it and said it should be burned down with the owner inside

Israel is demolishing solar panels in people's homes and farms as part of their ethnic cleansing campaign.

For the “tone down the rhetoric” crowd, Trump literally posted Obama’s address and the next day a 1/6 guy armed to the teeth showed up casing the residence.

There was a mass shooting this morning at Indiana University that has left nine injured. The Indiana Daily Student has been facing pressure by Republicans and school administrators to shut down the print edition all year. Why isn't Donald Trump or legacy media corps reporting about this huh?

indie game marketing is untenable right now, bro allegedly took a shot at the president and it got him 22 concurrents

Trump calls Democrats traitors and demons. Ask him about that.

Every single day that I take a shift as a substitute teacher I have to look at where the emergency backpack is, where the looped chain and anchor for the door is, if the opaque internal window covers by doors are in good shape, and the safest corner of the room to huddle the children.

I really think it’s important to underline that there was apparently no security breach. The gunman was confronted and stopped where he should have been according to the design—at the magnetometer perimeter. What this piece argues for is an *expansion* of the security perimeter in time and space.

Billions must Advance #SonicTheHedgehog

Israel bombed Lebanon again.

“Practically every other member" of El Paso's National Guard "was in the Klan," one militay officer recalls, and many had joined the border patrol upon its establishment.

My father is in pain every day after his disc surgery. Treatment isn't a luxury but a necessity so he can stand again. We urgently need $200 to cover the costs of his treatment and care. Every delay increases his pain and postpones his recovery. tinyurl.com/AhmedinGaza (Samaa’s father in law)

As we settle into our weekend in the West, Sama'a and her family must continue to fight for survival. They rely on our support for access to food, water, and medicine. Please give what you can. chuffed.org/project/157569

Fox News interviewing Fox reporter from the event. Reporter says she was sitting next to Karoline Leavitt's husband. Says he told her: "You need to be safe and he was very serious when he said that to me. Looked around the room and he said..." Call abruptly cuts.

i’ll be honest it’s so fucking funny to take this angle after another shooting attempt its just so shameless

it'd be one thing if they were at least good at their jobs while they were snorting coke and doing domestic abuse and/or human trafficking, but And this is their guy!!! This is the President they actually WANT to protect!!! This is them giving 100%!!!!

Trump calls a second Black person “low IQ” within minutes: “Hakeem ‘High Tax’ Jeffries is a Low IQ individual who is not smart enough to be ‘running’ the Democrat Party, and certainly not smart enough to be involved in running the United States of America.“

Israeli forces have killed 12 Palestinians, including six police officers, in multiple attacks across Gaza. Despite a six-month long ceasefire, Israeli forces are committing daily violations that have killed almost 1,000 people.

Social media is no longer social. Most of it is passive viewing of videos and pictures from people we've never met. But we're still studying social media like it's 2010. We've entered the post-social media era — and research needs to catch up. osf.io/preprints/so... preprint w/ Richard Rogers

Well, that's it for Sunsoft. What a world.

Brazil bans Kalshi and Polymarket from operating in the country. obviously things aren't perfect there but I think we need to think seriously about how to get institutions like theirs

970M eligible voters in India. Campaigns rescheduled because the air is trying to kill you. Climate isn't a future policy problem. It's already deciding who can physically show up to democracy.

A Chicago woman who was the victim of a botched police raid is now poised to join the city’s police oversight board:

I thought I could save my little one's life as quickly as possible, but I didn't realize how incredibly difficult it would be. My child's condition worsens every day, and I'm still far behind. I don't know why people haven't donated. Please share this link with your friends. gofund.me/7656b5ee6 🙏🏻

We're not asking for the impossible, just a chance to live. Our children go to sleep in fear and wake up lacking the most basic necessities. There isn't enough water, not enough food, and no safety. Every donation, no matter how small, could save my family. - Sama’a 🤍 chuffed.org/project/157569

My father is in pain every day after his disc surgery and treatment isn't a luxury but a necessity so he can stand again.We urgently need $200 to cover the costs of his treatment and care, and we don't have that amount Every delay increases his pain and postpones his recovery tinyurl.com/AhmedinGaza

My child Ahmed is getting worse 💔 The virus is spreading across his face and body. He hasn’t received any treatment for 4 days and I cannot afford care. We urgently need £150. Please don’t let him die… even a small help could save his life. Help me before it’s too late 🙏 chuffed.org/project/mahm...

Amir's family lost their cat to starvation. You can help them survive Israel's genocide and recover from this loss right now by sharing & donating. They're starving, homeless, & his father urgently needs surgery for a shrapnel injury:

man, this is depressing, but it makes me so much more grateful that archival projects exist

You can help Mahmoud's family survive Israel's genocide right now by sharing & donating. Mahmoud is caring for his sister's orphaned children, who are starving, sick, & in urgent need, especially Ahmed whose life is in danger from a severe viral infection that's killed his sister:

Mohammed: It's not just a video it's a cry that needs to be heard. The kids of Abu Jamil expressed it: Why did you leave us alone after our father was injured by shrapnel and our mother suffered from a heart valve prolapse? When donations stop, the pain speaks. Save them chuffed.org/project/lobnah

About 1,100 Afghans who supported US forces, including interpreters and their families, are being held at a US-run facility in Doha. They may be offered relocation to the Democratic Republic of the Congo or return to Taliban-ruled Afghanistan after US resettlement was halted.-ABC News