Vince Gilligan: “I have not used ChatGPT, because as of yet, no one has held a shotgun to my head and made me do it.” Fair.

This is why we have Bluesky

Socialism is what they called public power. Socialism is what they called social security. Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations. Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people. —Harry Truman, 1952

the fury i feel is indescribable.

Hey! Calling all Wonder Women! We all are sisters…pulling together with one spirit. 50 years ago today the first episode of the series Wonder Woman aired.

HOW. How can a company LOSE THAT MUCH MONEY??

HAPPY FOUR SEASONS TOTAL LANDSCAPING DAY TO ALL WHO CELEBRATE

So, since he was so fond of "Sleepy Joe," I can imagine "Slumpy Trump" is 100% acceptable?

photos of Trump sleeping through yesterday's Oval Office event via Andrew Harnik of Getty

Listening to Electric Nebraska and...it's weird, it's just too *clean*. The album would have been amazing if we hadn't had the original all these years. The Lo-Fi quality is part of the fabric of the piece and hearing it sounding "professional" just somehow reduces it, makes it smoother and emptier.

That Vonnegut pic is framed and on the wall in my flat, a brilliant illo. Now you can get your own!

Dear @rweingarten.bsky.social and @aft.org: Please cancel your partnership with this evil company and stop pushing “A.i.” on teachers and students.

A tax of 2% on wealth over £10 million would raise £24 billion every year 🤯 This could be used to fund our public services properly - from schools to hospitals. While Reeves says we must all “do our bit”, Plaid Cymru believes it’s time for those with the broadest shoulders to pay their fair share.

This city belongs to you. youtu.be/Nf4aPjPu6pk

800+ flights cancelled today because Elon took a chainsaw to the federal government and Trump won’t pay the remaining airport personnel. Elon’s on his way to becoming a trillionaire. Trump’s net worth has more than doubled inside a year. Glad everything worked out for them. How about you?

at this point I'm absolutely certain they don't brief him on true figures, just butter him up with fawning lies. He's now his dad sitting in a fake office, deluded into thinking he's running a baller economy as the dementia eats away his mind.

Sleepy Joe? Riiiigghhhht.

Was this the best use of my time today? No. Is it the most amusing way I could have spent the last 90 minutes? Absolutely. Pattern is free here: bit.ly/4nGGCGc

(pulled over by cop) Cop: Sir, do you know why I pulled you over? *I nod down to my lap where a Subway BMT sandwich sits* Cop (visibility shaken): I...I don't want any trouble

JVL and Sarah Longwell take on the absurd “Sandwich Guy” trial: "Got the officer up there talking about how he felt the impact through his ballistic vest and there were onions and mustard everywhere. And the jury looked at this and said: get the fuck out of here." www.thebulwark.com/p/jury-acqui...

Incentives

Sobering thread on the tendency of history

Sociopathic behaviour from the guy "in charge"- sheer frustration that his spotlight has been shifted to a person in distress rather than empathy for their circumstances. He shows no interest in their condition just a resentful scowl

New meme dropped

the sandwich guy walking away from the court house and suddenly, his limp disappears

Every time I'm reminded about Dominic Cummings I feel that an inner city shopping precinct is missing its resident screaming skag-head.

So the Epstein vote isn't the only reason Mike Johnson should fear Rep. Yassamin Ansari. More of this, please.

(explaining an american car to a european) yeah so imagine if you were sitting in the back seat while driving,

Elon Musk - the most prominent advocate + outrider for civil war and political violence in Britain - is in regular contact with Vladimir Putin www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

Elon Musk's influence on British politics via X is dangerous. Research shows: X's algorithm amplifies right-wing and extreme content. Right-wing voices are dominating, and the algorithm is pushing posts to new users, no matter their political views. https://bit.ly/49BQsWf

They counted on making Chicago mad and provoking violence but what they did instead was viscerally disgust any human with even the slightest sense of morality and it’s not gonna go the way they want

We keep saying this but parody is dead if crap like this is real. They're all just indulging the corpulent toddler with more ridiculous shiny things

South Korea served him a hamburger and ketchup at a state dinner rather than risk a tantrum over nothing. He is a toddler!

this is actually impressive, making up a brand new nobel peace prize replacement is a genuine innovation in bribery absolutely nobody does corruption like FIFA

perfect, no notes

lol

Marc Bolan, Ringo Starr and Elton John on “Children of the Revolution”? This is bonkers great! youtu.be/Wt7y4xrVRHw?...

Oh, what's that? Another article including advice to label rooms clearly to help dementia patients? How interesting. www.nhs.uk/conditions/d...

Fascism in action

This really hasn’t gotten enough attention this week. @wired.com #ICE www.wired.com/story/fbi-wa...

Uninstall Grammarly NOW. They've partnered with an AI company and actively scrape your writing to train its models.

Holy crap, that's... Tacky As in tacked on the wall Did they just print those out in MS Paint?

Inbox— next cover of the New Yorker: “Mayor Mamdani,” by Edel Rodriguez

I realised recently my entire idea of showbiz is based on this video

Reform do not currently have enough MPs to form a Cabinet. How can even discuss what their government would look like, beyond bad, if you have no idea how deep their bench will be? Because so far, it’s not like Reform has been packed with talent.

In particular Aneesh Bhoopathy, from the design coop Forge, who designed the identity. A brilliant reminder to *employ human creatives!* www.curbed.com/article/zohr...