BREAKING: Chinese court rules that companies cannot replace workers with AI. An employee named Zhou checked AI output for a tech company. His bosses tried to replace him with a machine. They demanded he take a ~40% pay cut. When he refused they fired him.

Opinion from Alphaville: The Strait of Hormuz remains closed. Oil prices have jumped back above $100 a barrel. At times like these, it’s important to remember that things can still get much, much worse. ft.trib.al/C4OnqFv

I think the really galling aspect of a response like this isn't solidarity or common regard or basic human decency. It's not rooted in an idea that you specifically are upset and in need of support. It's sneering and self centered even in this moment. "Be nice or else". Such good "allies".

We cannot stay silent in the face of these disgusting acts of antisemitic hate in our city. I urge anyone with information to immediately contact the NYPD.

A way to be an ally to Jews is to relentlessly point out that there are more Christian Zionists in the US alone then there are Jews in the entire world (many of whom are not even Zionists). The conversation about Zionism should be dominated by that rather than laying all blame at the feet of Jews.

Since some dipshit claimed that nobody talked like this and then immediately blocked me, here are some examples. (@/palssystem.bsky.social/post/3lbvmwdplas2v)

#Hacks season five is literally the plot, beat by beat, of #MyLifeOnTheDList, season three, by the iconic @kathygriffin.bsky.social #EGOT ambition, dating Levi Johnston for publicity, etc.

A really great rule of thumb for the internet is: can I find someone in that group I’m critiquing who agrees with me? And if the answer is “no”, then ask yourself why your analysis doesn’t work for them.

Republicans did this. Their illegal war closed the Strait of Hormuz, jacked up fuel prices and caused Spirit Airlines to shut down, throwing 17,000 people out of work.

Okay, but, centering and amplifying with the greatest respect, can *I* attack them (verbally)? You know the gayz are happy to drag the hell out of people and I think it’s for a good cause!

If you want to help, start by listening to Black voices on this issue and amplifying them. And especially if you’re white, use your voice too. Join us. Call it what it is: racism. This isn’t about attacking anyone. It’s about being honest about how systems still produce unequal outcomes. 3/4

Blaming Black people for white supremacy is a god-tier take and I trust our Latinx siblings will handle this appropriately.

Beige adjacent Latinos always Blackplaining Black community issues, while they ignore the fact that their community is being snatched up into rape and trafficking camps. Remember, it wasn't the black community who turned their back on their Afro-Latinidad-centric genealogy. But go off, sus.

1/ One thing re: the leftist overthrow of the Democratic Party is the erasure of race as a salient part of American life. The gambit being “everyone vs. billionaires” gets the numbers and a rising tide lifts all boats. Perhaps that will be true. But even if it is, I’m not cool with it.

INBOX: A truly remarkable life story for the only Roman Catholic bishop representing West Virginia, courtesy of @christopherjhale.bsky.social:

The hill whiteness will die on:

Had Hillary won, and gotten to pick 2-3 SCOTUS justices, you’d be living in a different country. Roe and the VRA would be intact. Citizens United would be gone. Political gerrymanders would be unconstitutional. Racial ones wouldn’t. Trans people would have a constitutional right to use the can.

@governorwalz.mn.gov Why in the hell are you endorsing and campaigning for an unqualified, no-experience racist sexist homophobic ableist liar with a NAZI TATTOO who uses the F-slur, and the R-slur in a PRIMARY that has OTHER VIABLE CANDIDATES? WTF is wrong with you? WHY are you betraying us?

Hillary was right about everything.

Nobody knows white people like Black American people. We know y’all better than y’all know yourselves. Clearly.

I’m struggling over how to reconcile on the essential value (an extra vote for caucusing and senate control even though his individual votes may be despicable) with the red line of not letting Nazis into the coalition in 1936. It’s disheartening given the VRA and the antisemitic attacks in the UK.

get in loser we're getting Reconstruction right this time

Today’s Supreme Court ruling guts the Voting Rights Act and turns back the clock on the foundational promise of equality and fairness in our election systems.

Who warned us? Hillary warned us.

I’m old enough to remember being told that bringing the Supreme Court up was “blackmail”

Calling it April 29, 2026: When #Alito #retires from #SCOTUS, his successor will be second circuit nominee #MattSchwartz, currently of Sullivan and Cromwell. #MatthewSchwartz

'Disappointed, "Surprised," 'Betrayed': 12 Toddlers on Where Did Mom Go Peekaboo Oh There She Is

Honestly, this is the fall of America in a nutshell

This is the usual worthless opinion group session. Because they didn't ask the only important question: If the same election were held today that you now, ostensibly, regret, how would you vote? Bonus question: Who are you planning to vote for as Representative/Senator, and why?

These people are so fucking stupid. Just complete morons, I’m in awe they’re able to hold a regular job.

I have been writing about loyalty versus trust in The Predator's Table and it sent me back to a conversation that went global last year: would women rather meet a bear or a man in the woods? Most women chose the bear. Many men took offense.

One underanalyzed part is the ethics of crowd work in comedy. This comic is using a trans woman who talks about going to therapy to discuss trauma over her dad. This is his set. Mining trauma from unsuspecting guests who do not get paid for lulz. She went to enjoy a show; now she is the show.

You really cannot overestimate the level of status trauma a lot of white Americans experienced at the election of Barack Obama and how much of our politics is still influenced by it bsky.app/profile/beau...

“Oh, do you think he was referring to you?” Intentional or unintentional this was pretty savage

Thank you for your kindness & showing me grace here. It’s truly meaningful.

Please be kind to yourself Lupita! The internet is a weird place and it really isn’t a thing. As an old professor taught me, “your anguish does you credit” and I think it shows you are a good person who tries their best, something rare and valuable on the internet!

This is exactly why the model of how to apologize. It shows respect and warmth, explains what the apology is for precisely, says “sorry” explicitly. And we all still love Luputa Nihingo! Things happen! And being able to de-escalate and avoid dysregulation is something we should all commend. 💕

My god.

Robert F. Kennedy seen running off with security as his wife, Cheryl Hines, tries her best to catch up to him.

Read this before it hits you. Hospitals are profit-structured to “admit” ER patients to a hallway stretcher for days before getting a room. www.theatlantic.com/health/2026/...

White men being psychotic as usual.

THEY SAVED VANCE BEFORE TRUMP?!?!?!?

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.

Social media, 2026.

White House press secretary: "shots will be fired."

I was writing jokes for Amber Ruffin when she was supposed to host the White House Correspondent's Dinner last year, but then she got fired for saying bad things about Donald Trump. I think tonight, I shall post a few of them here.

My favorite thing in the whole world is when an airline changes a flight out by like four minutes and so they have to let you rebook to any flight that day for free. So I always book like a flight that lands at 11 pm months in advance and then rebook for free to the mid day flight.