This is a story about how America’s world-leading cancer and dementia research system was destroyed by frauds and naifs who broke the law. There must be consequences.

Some incredible details in this piece *one DOGE faction was planning the future of the US government at a venture capital firm *illegally communicating on Signal to avoid transparency laws was deeply embedded into organizational culture to be taken for granted

I’m obsessed with rotisserie chicken and I have access to very high quality organic birds so I’m really thinking about a dedicated rotisserie chicken device

When I talk to students about public speaking or teaching, I always bring this up: Just tell people when you don't know something! It's remarkably powerful b/c it signals to your audience that you know the boundaries of your expertise and they can trust what you DO talk about.

people are reading "catch-and-kill" in the journalistic sense but she was probably just finding raccoons for him to eat

This might be the single funniest thing that has happened during this incredibly cursed year

i love how bsky posters are so eager to appear worldly and wise that they'll jump to say "AND YOU'RE SURPRISED????" to the craziest shit that's ever happened. if bluesky existed on 9/11/01 you fucking bet these people would out here with "obviously, everyone with a brain cell could see this coming"

“trump is ecstatic to meet the muslim socialist immigrant mayor of new york while MAGA’s strongest soldier from georgia-14 resigns in disgust” is a fucking coalition-breaking disaster for the hard right

i think you could get ryan grim to vote for one of those bunny shadows you make with your hand on the wall for your kid

honestly a huge round of applause to FT for finding their angle on this. saw the headline and laughed out loud

this is your brain when your entire politics is just a set of aesthetics

This is funny when other people post it, but kind of annoying when you post it, Democrats, as you treated Mamdani worse than you do Republicans

trump is, first and foremost, a starfucker

House votes on dumbass resolution condemning socialism, meanwhile the DSA's Lisan al-Gaib rolls the truculent child brain president like a pair of socks

imagine how intoxicating it is to talk to a normal pleasant person after a year of working with JD Vance

The guy who launched his rocket ride to the Presidency on birtherism just got outplayed by a Muslim democratic socialist, any candidate (and their organization) who lost to Trump should be deeply embarrassed and find new work.

The funny thing about this meeting is that Mamdani didn't back down on a single policy point or anything he's said about Trump.

TRUMP [after spending 5 minutes with Zohran]: surplus value, it’s a very wonderful thing, very wonderful, and they’re stealing it. Can you believe that? We’re going to be looking very strongly at the bourgeoisie, what they’re up to

Fox News is confused by Trump's friendly meeting with Mamdani. "You know, it was a surprise to see those two getting along as well as they did. A couple of times I asked the mayor-elect a tougher question, and the president almost helped him dodge it."

also trump is always deferential to celebrities and mamdani is a celebrity bsky.app/profile/atru...

Q: Are you affirming that you think President Trump is a fascist? MAMDANI: I've spoken about-- TRUMP: That's okay. You can just say yes. I don't mind.

hahahahaha I knew it. "I feel very confident that he can do a very good job. I think he's gonna surprise some conservative people, actually. And some very liberal people he won't surprise because they already like him."

the thing about the roblox interview is that he's more or less just saying out loud what every social media & gacha CEO has been doing for the last 10+ years. selling kids gambling with the minimal legally allowed guardrails is hot profits rn

scale on this level has no precedent in history it just became possible within the last couple decades. so it's a new thing that we haven't actually solved societally so, pitch: SCALE TAX AND REGULATION you wanna be that big? cool, you owe Society some money, and maybe some specific actions too

re: roblox dude's interview crashout. the thing he wants to say but can't is "at scale, kids are gonna get hurt. that is the price for scale." the thing nobody wants to say out loud is "maybe scaling to a level where harm isn't manageable is bad, and scale should be contained"

Another—more accurate—description of “scientific orthodoxy” is “fact.” It's shameful that the country’s medical policy is being led by a worm-brained roadkill-eating cook. And it's shameful that the paper of record helps sanitize this.

This podcast was a doozy. Highly recommend giving it a listen. There are lots of really rough moments. I was struck by the pettiness in this section and general disrespect throughout the interview. The questions asked were all fair and should’ve been expected.

tapping the sign

we gotta keep hammering over and over again just how fucking unpopular this guy is with every institution and every person in a position of power people hate him and people will hate you for capitulating to him

AOC to @pabloreports.bsky.social : A swastika is one of the clearest symbols of hatred in all of humanity… to remove that designation… indicates a possible collaboration with those very elements, which I think is genuinely frightening to any American.

on type safety

Wildcat internment camps where virtually all detainees are illegally arrested by any measure of our legal system prior to ‘25 and where half do not have a single mark on their records.

The data shows that this money now goes overwhelmingly to Republicans.

Federal election spending by the 100 wealthiest Americans is now 140x what it was in 2000. Last year they crossed $1 billion in election spending. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/int...

I do not regret to inform you that we are going to win

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

The opposite of the Moms for Liberty wave should get more attention

the tone is hilarious. you’d think the man suffered a terrible accident instead of *being a creep for years*

These Toks have been making my stomach churn. I realize this is a pretty unusual situation, but I can’t imagine having such a perfunctory, dissociative affect towards students who are (rightly) angry. I’d honestly rather he yell back, at least that would be a reflection of the vibe.

Buckle up because I'm going to say more shit that you don't like. The whole "has MeToo gone too far?" and the hysteria/moral panic over the potential for false rape allegations all boils down to terror of women being able to speak freely. It is absolute terror at the specter of equality.

Taking "ha-ha bitches, I got a new scooter" energy into everything now.

they're allowed to bring this up now that Pelosi is retiring lol

Every day he plumbs new depths of Can You Believe This Loser Shit. You think you’ve reached the bottom of the Marianas Trench of Can You Believe This Loser Shit but then there’s a bang and a lurch and your little internet bathyscaphe plunges into a new fissure of Can You Believe This Loser Shit.

adulthood is seeing an entire Discourse Beef and letting it all slide past you, like sand through the fingertips

i don’t think i’ve seen GOP congressional reps vote in numbers with democrats in about thirty years.

I mean the whole authoritarian bargain is that someone else gets crushed in exchange for your own prosperity but in typical incompetent fashion, these guys failed to deliver any prosperity, crushing everyone except the rich we know where that one leads