People will die, and are currently dying, because RFK was granted one of the most powerful megaphones in the country. Two people who could have thrown barriers in front of his climb decided not to; there's a sex scandal here but it is not the biggest scandal.

Lord, grant me the strength to read the things I need to know, the courage to avoid reading the things I don’t, and the wisdom to know the difference.

Massive shoutout out to whoever handles the Royal Canadian Air Force’s social media account. They responded to every single comment on their already very solid Trans Day of Remembrance post and they responded like this…

Nativists love to talk about the costs of immigrants, but each ICE agent is making $213,000 in total compensation to destroy our rights, freedoms, families, friendships, neighborhoods, and economies. Worse than a "welfare queen." It'd be better to pay them to stay home.

My microwave sings a little song when my Hot Pocket is done. Should it have the right to vote?

I once asked a bookseller at a large indie store how many people would have to buy a book for it to get the attention of the store buyer and cause an additional order and they said: Three.

This whole thread, but this post in particular. I guess today is my "fuck LLMs" day

*A troubled witch. A wealthy family with secrets. An evil that could destroy them both.* JERICHO by @ksmithsf.bsky.social Read a sample! bookviewcafe.com/bvc-announce... #horror #suspense #WitchesAndWitchcraft #SmallTown #FoundFamily #StrongFemaleProtagonist #AlternateHistory #GideonWitchesSeries

Sorry for the Apple News link, but a good article if you can access it. “We use language to think, but that does not make language the same as thought.” The AI boom is based on a fundamental mistake - The Verge stocks.apple.com/Ayz-oaNDNQky...

Your Interesting Critters thread of the day.

narrator: 50 years ago... me: [nods] in 1945 narrator: in 1975... me: what

For you fiber arts folks out there: www.plagiarismtoday.com/2025/11/24/t...

PSA! www.simplyrecipes.com/recall-boars...

Of all the people to attack, a sitting US Senator, husband of a congresswoman who survived being shot in the head, a former Naval aviator who flew 39 combat missions and a freaking actual honest to god astronaut who’s been to space four times! These are not bright guys.

This good thread too.

ICE arrested outstanding journalist @davedeckerphoto.bsky.social while he was on assignment covering protests at the facility in Miami. Throw him some money please because as a freelancer he doesn't have the legal support backing a full-timer would and we need to continue fighting for a free press.

I debated posting this because I am not a paid subscriber and therefore can't post gift links. Just thought it interesting that insurance money appears to be running *away* from AI, at least in some respects. on.ft.com/3M4Y61L

Can confirm

You cannot respect artists at a fundamental level and steal their work. Sorry, but that's why we hate AI.

I’m so tired of this. Its exhausting. We’re all broke and the people who steal books don’t care. I’d bet a whole American dollar that saying “Please don’t steal from us” on social media is basically a challenge to double down and yoinks! away! on our titles. At least then I’d get a dollar.

$15k stipend to support 9 weeks of full time summer research! For rising juniors/seniors who are able to travel to and obtain housing at the location of the lab they are placed in! I did an HHMI summer experience in 2013 and it changed everything for me! Apply…or tell someone to apply! 🧪🧠

Air Travel could be significantly improved by the FAA stipulating three things: * One free checked bag for all customers * Minimum legroom set at Comfort/Premium Economy standard (which was the old pre-9/11 standard legroom) * Disallowing stock buybacks for airlines Every flight instantly better

NEWS: I spent the past 24 hours going through major MAGA accounts on Twitter, and a bombshell development has become clear: most of the right-wing ecosphere is being fed propaganda from foreign actors. This impacts elections. This impacts discourse. This is major. Subscribe to support my work:

If I’m understanding this correctly, X is owned by a white nationalist who pays poor people of color in developing countries to pretend to be working class white Americans to scare other white Americans into being afraid poor people of color from developing countries are going to ruin America?

a reminder that the conservative base that underlies MAGA (and the Fox News Cinematic Universe before it) came out of direct mail scams going back to Goldwater these people have always been the easiest marks in the world and, apparently, always will be

can't believe rfk jr wants to stop me from eating red M&Ms but he'll eat *** out of an ****

They have a Lots of the Rings subway map!

I once knew a Federal bank examiner, and one time someone asked him why we had to KEEP inspecting banks over and over. He basically said every new batch of business school grads invents bank fraud from first principles.

EPSTEIN BOMBSHELL: my staff is releasing a new report showing JPMorgan Chase executives – all the way to the top – enabled Epstein's sex trafficking operation. You're going to want to read this.

Yes, a correction. That said, opt-in my ass. Those options were checked in both my accounts, one of which I hadn't logged into in ages.

TL;DR maybe you don't have to turn off smart features in Gmail after all

Regret to report that there has been another good linkedin post

While on tour promoting 'Wake Up Dead Man', Rian Johnson goes off on AI for “making everything worse in every single way.” bit.ly/47UBPfH

All of Bluesky this morning:

They're also responsible for one of the best emails I've ever received, when the college office sent out a plea for sightings of Professor Biscuit while conveniently forgetting to mention that he was a cat...(I won't comment on how often a similar email might have gone out about human Professors...)

Relying on ChatGPT to teach you about a topic leaves you with shallower knowledge than Googling and reading about it, according to new research that compared what more than 10,000 people knew after using one method or the other. Shared by @gizmodo.com: buff.ly/yAAHtHq

PSA: www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...

one of the underrated factors for the rise in scamming across U.S. society is the death of local media.

Can the news just stop for one bloody day?

If you're wondering why a large chunk of ostensibly left-of-center pundits are waging war on environmental protections in the form of an "abundance agenda," it's because Silicon Valley has quietly developed a culture of rampant pollution.

Scam caller befuddlement of the day: Me: "Hi, there! Thank you for calling the Mounds of Glory Bunny Ranch. Madame Maxine Mellifluous speaking. How may we service you today?" Scam caller: ".....wait....really?" Me: "$9.99 per minute charge begins now. Holiday special!" *click*

It irks me that our country has been brought to its knees by people this incompetent.

Tech wythout heart ys harmful. For a bettir future we need poetrye, creativitye, historical studye, love of languages, dreames, dialogues, new storyes, & intellectual curiositye. We must fund & expand higher educacioun yn HEART: H umanityes E thiques A rtes R hetorique & the crafte of T eaching

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Kaylee had her surgical consult and CT scan yesterday. I've got a lengthy update here: www.gofundme.com/f/save-sweet... The short version: She could live several more years if only we can pay for the surgery. Any help is so gratefully appreciated. #uglydogs

Many people don't realise how climate change is already - not in the future - affecting our lives. And it's doing so in ways that, once our eyes are opened, we can notice! For example, food. h/t @climatecentral.org

just learned we won an award for our blog post about Tom Holland and stormwater management. remember, when you see an article about stormwater management, you repost it. i don’t make the rules.

those of us laid off from Teen Vogue were really fortunate to complete our fundraising goal — the laid-off staffers at VIBE deserve the same support, as Black media outlets and journalists continue to be targeted and discriminated against in “austerity” measures

AI is looking peaky, and Larry Ellison’s Oracle is in the contagion zone. Turns out, having OpenAI as one of your biggest customers isn’t always a golden ticket. An @alphaville.ft.com and #FTEdit 🧵 on the software company’s perilous position 👉