A green transition requires both carrots (positive incentives and funding for moving to clean tech) and sticks (negative costs and regulations for sticking with fossil fuels). But the Democratic Party seems to have no desire to risk upsetting anyone, regardless of the environmental or societal costs

a) If you understand the risks, you won't install it. b) If you DON'T understand the risks, Microsoft has instructed you not to install it. Therefore, c) under NO circumstances should you install Windows 11's agentic AI.

This is what guys like Yglesias, and everybody else making hay about Kamala supporting transition care in prisons, want to happen everywhere.

“I tried to meet Copilot where it’s at, but it failed at everything I asked it to do. Like much of the generative AI tech out there, it’s an incomplete solution in search of problems.” from @superantonio64.bsky.social at @theverge.com www.theverge.com/report/82244...

Jeff Bezos received a quarter of a million from his parents in 1995 to start his online bookstore idea.

Heyyyyy, I'm GENDERING here!

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I'm concerned people see that number and lose a sense for it, when I visited the UK in 2019 we drove a loop around the country to see as many cities as we could (I rarely travel, made it count), which was only a little more than the 1,100 miles of pollution from an hour of using a single leaf blower

Why, it's almost like having rich people paying their fare share is good for everyone!

It’s funny that Microsoft hasn’t been involved in MSNBC for at least a decade, but that this name change retains the Microsoft roots while losing the NBC part of the name. Such a weird choice! MSNOW officially stands for “My Source for News, Opinion, and the World.” www.theverge.com/news/822028/...

Lovely piece about guerrilla gardening, wetland restoration, and what it means for a city to coexist with the natural world

jokes aside as popeye enters public domain a reminder we got mario and donkey kong because nintendo couldn't use popeye and bluto, like star wars happened because lucas was denied making a flash gordon movie let corpos denying you recycling their stuff drive you to do better new stuff that's yours

I’m skeptical that troops are leaving Chicago, not because I think the administration is lying but because I don’t think the administration is competent enough to do anything that benefits anyone

your dead AI mother loves you so much ❤️

Thread. We only hear how women are problems. We rarely hear that men are problems. Next time someone mentions a woman and says, "I've heard she's difficult or a problem," ask why. I've done this and have rarely gotten a legit answer.

I can really tell you didn’t grow up on Internet forums if you’re shocked and indignant about “sometimes even human moderators make capricious and inscrutable decisions that you don’t like”

It's #SerotoninSunday! 👨‍👨‍👧‍👦 Turns out the “best place to raise a family” is anywhere lawmakers aren’t trying to parent-trap you! Abobo access & queer rights actually make life more livable! Good news: the data shows what we’ve been screaming: freedom makes healthier families, who knew! bit.ly/481ZFox

Saudi ministry of defense: "I consent" US department of State: "I consent" US Congress: "I consent" Lockheed Martin: "I consent" The state of Israel: "isn't there someone you forgot to ask?"

research has been done and it suggests a "right to be who you are without state interference" frame that is most successfully. basically, its none of the state's business. trans kids? its between the kid their parents and their doctors sports? its up to sports orgs people vibe with that IME

I was very transgenderly advocating with staffers across both political parties in Texas from 2014 to 2018, jamelle is correct, the most explicit it ever got was when Loretta Lynch said “we see you” in specific regards to trans people and in that moment up to this day I remain critical of that move

This is a fuckin wild headline

Some inspiring words on cinema in the streaming era from the Pope. Yes, THAT Pope.

Remember that heat and pressure can melt ice! Keep your community and your neighbors safe from federal thugs

Hey look, Protect Trans Futures is here! They're the activists featured in my latest story on the reaction to Fenway Health ending transition care for trans patients under the age of 19.

Here is a helpful guide:

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"But it's not only the letting go — there's also the rejoicing of how we can break the system that created the trauma and the division between us and the original caretakers of the land."

These people always pitch themselves as savvy Real America Whisperers but constantly talking about how Republicans are right and Democrats are annoying is abysmal electoral strategy. Talk about how minorities aren't a threat, billionaires are!

This is a straightforward Republican attack line, what the fuck is he doing

In my day we called this "playing Valorant"

We are going Super Social Justice Blue Hair and Pronouns. We are calling things "gay" and "queer" as compliments and honorifics. We are proudly being buzzkills and harpies and feminine and vegan and giving a sincere fucking shit about the environment and climate and well-being of the community.

"my least woke opinion is---" That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania. Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.

"Is this time-effective? Of course not. We’re dispersing the labor previously done by one person across five paid employees and hundreds of parents and guardians. But is it cost-effective? Also, no."

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The DOT also reportedly plans to rescind requirements that airlines disclose junk fees. It's also planning to redefine what flight cancellations would require refunds for passengers. Both Delta and United gave $1 million to the Trump inauguration fund. Everything is for sale.

I have started responding to any complaints with “I have to google whether I can use the bathroom in a state before I travel, but sure that sounds hard too” when I’m annoyed.

Of course no one is leaving! Because no matter how much money you have, the only way to be in New York City is…to be in New York City. Not in Florida or Texas or wherever.

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Not for nothing, this is one reason why we say "pregnant patient" instead of "woman." It's not just for non-binary inclusion.

“Who is a famous dude who flew? I don’t need any additional information or context.”

"You know us...So please trust us now when we say that what is happening in the Chicago area is wrong." Powerful letter from retired Chicago broadcast journalists about what ICE/CBP is doing to our city: "it is terror" www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/13/l...

This Transgender Awareness Week, we celebrate trans young people. Trans & intersex are different - trans people have a gender other than that assumed at birth, & intersex people are born with variations in reproductive anatomy. Some people are both! Regardless, we will find our freedom together.

that's so weird like there wasn't a big interest in an inconvenience store

Chicagoans have acted in the face on injustice before, we are acting in the face of injustice now, and we will need to continue to act in the face of all the injustice that is sure to come

Just a reminder that Valve Corporation, which runs Steam, has donated exclusively to Democratic candidates and the Democratic Party in federal elections for 2020, 2022, and 2024. It's one of the few tech companies still aligned with morality. They deserve credit for standing with democracy.

Here's your chance to do something about the people being starved and beaten in Broadview ICE custody. Share this post, and I'll donate $1 to the Midwest Immigration Bond Fund (www.mibfc.org). And if you make a donation to them, let me know how much and I'll match it 1:1.

Love watching adults get absolutely destroyed by playground equipment 😂

Musk and others on the far right are obsessed with things like Lord of the Rings and Dungeons and Dragons because they see fantasy worlds as reinforcing their own beliefs about immutable hierarchies of race, gender, and by extension morality www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...

Reminder that not all copaganda is about positive depictions of cops. Shows and movies that depict the courts as fundamentally good or fair, that show defense attorneys as liars or manipulators, that show bad actors being punished by a self correcting righteous system...they're copaganda too.

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