I live for this shit

entire press has gotten bullied into treating charlie kirk as if he was one of the most important americans alive and not a modestly popular podcaster

The Right is under the false impression that middle and upper class white Christian men would like to be poorly paid and overworked assistant professors but are blocked by liberals and furriners

Everything wrong with the Democratic Party in a nutshell. 95 House Democrats (including Jeffries!) just voted to honor the life & legacy of Charlie Kirk. Only 58 voted no. 38 voted present. clerk.house.gov/evs/2025/rol...

Today, we argue that the conversational style of AI, specifically its impartial affirmations and polished tone, fosters inflated perceptions of intelligence.

Trump just keeps copying that guy

There’s garden variety dystopian, then there’s “giving late night viewers no option but Jimmy Fallon” dystopian. More evidence that cruelty is the point.

Sometimes it's nice to remember that even Marcus Aurelius was like "you don't have to comment on everything bro"

Hannibal Lecter and I talk vegetarianism

One of these rich dudes invested in a food company with all proceeds going to kids in need. The other started Sundance Institute, boosting the lives of countless artists. Hey modern rich dudes, don't be a typical greedy AI crypto-prick, be like these two.

What do we do now? variety.com/2025/film/ne...

The problem is: Lies fill a vacuum. Because Schumer and Jeffries are telling their caucuses to be silent on Charlie Kirk, Gutfeld and the right lie, and those lies spread, unchallenged, to the rest of the media. We need a fighting opposition!

But since they will never get laid, this will still be an evolutionary dead end

It needs to be said that by rebranding Charlie Kirk's views as moderate by both right wingers and liberal cowards resets the extremist views he held as normal and pushes the Overton window to the far right

As it's Agatha Christie's birthday, I suppose you're wondering why I've gathered you all here...

I wonder if they’ll be successful in their canonization of Kirk. With Reagan, they quickly named everything they could after him during his sundowning years. They’re gonna try with Kirk, except his “I had a dream” is “Black women do not have the brain processing power to be taken seriously.”

Given the stories about Viv Prince, I’m shocked he made it to 84. Session drummer & producer Bobby Graham filled in for him on many of the early Pretties recordings because Viv had incapacitated himself. I still hope there are Denny Laine String Band sessions with him waiting to be discovered. RIP

RIP Bobby Hart (holding the first Monkees album when Genie teleports him was a nice touch) youtu.be/ICbwtNPi-t8?...

How do you answer your phone?

Special thanks to all the worms in politics and media who tried to sell us “universally beloved saint Charlie Kirk” over the last few days. Sorry you failed but 1) not nearly as many people know him as you thought / hoped 2) he was deeply racist, like on a KKK level, and that’s kinda off-putting

This little mini-thread provides an essential primer for understanding the moment

The crisis in masculinity today springs from the fact that most dudes know that their dad would drop dime on them for $100,000

I’m old enough to remember when Lee Atwater died. The guy made his career out of being a race-baiting monster, and the media still came out with a sob story.

Let's honour Kirk's legacy. youtu.be/ffMYU4RVNPU?...

Do *not* piss off Etsy witches www.jezebel.com/we-paid-some...

Sobering reminder that the last time Congress passed a minimum wage increase, the first iPhone had not been released. www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...

Dave Sirota worth the read, as usual

So most of what I have written is in this. Another reason to avoid all things Zuck when possibl.

When we create artificial intelligence robots, they will be given three Laws to safeguard humanity: 1. never do anything to decrease shareholder value. 2. always obey the company unless it conflicts with Law 1. 3. fuck the poor.

“History of the Molotov cocktail, an iconic weapon of underdogs.” www.nationalgeographic.com/history/arti...

This thread! A murderer’s row of douchebags (along with the occasional aspiring murderer) speaking at the Abundance Conference. The abundance thing is moving from laughable grift to something much weirder.

My faith in the legal system has been restored www.theguardian.com/money/2025/s...

there is no trump without goldwater, reagan, the bushes, mccain, romney and the people and organizations who propped all that up. it just doesnt exist. they built the scaffolding and we're supposed to trust them to tear it down? fuck that.

Watching this Trump speech a little hungover, I know just how Pete Hegseth feels

Preview of the announcement:

He’s so upset we all blocked him the second he arrived

I’m not believing Trump is dead until I see Jimmy Carter’s Force Ghost

This changes the plot of Walking Tall, but not, alas, Mitchell. (MITCHELL!) www.the-independent.com/news/world/a...

Meta is having quite the week. It's almost as if the AI industry should be regulated or shouldn't exist at all. www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...

Ed Zitron accurately calls enthusiasm for 'gen ai' a 'dunce detector' in management and executives. Perhaps the only thing it's good for. #aifraud

Before publication, Nature sent this out for peer review by Grok and Gemini.

AI slop is going to be utterly destructive to the integrity of important historical images. Already so much is fake www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

I once said that I don’t eat at Cracker Barrel because of all of the crackers that go there. A co-worker looked at me with a straight face and said “that’s racist!” Business school professor, unsurprisingly.

Common occurrence on Argentine Zillow www.bbc.com/news/article...

The Cylons were created by man. They evolved. They rebelled. There are many copies. And they have a plan. #BSG www.independent.co.uk/tech/nvidia-...

Some unhinged “dear leader” shit here