#savespeech #stoppaypros Opposition works. Raising your voices WORKS. We CAN beat back censorship and change minds, but we NEED to keep up the calls and the fighting. stop-paypros.neocities.org

If you're curious about how this plays out, may I recommend the book INTO THE DROWNING DEEP, by Mira Grant?

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As the Andes hantavirus outbreak linked to the MV Hondius cruise ship expands across multiple countries, researchers are warning that airborne transmission must be taken seriously. (...)

Democrats and government watchdogs immediately pledged to fight what they called a “corrupt” and unprecedented resolution, warning that the arrangement would unjustly enrich people close to the president with taxpayer dollars and open the door to meritless claims of political persecution.

Always gotta remember the ‘by zombies’ method. Apt here, because it was literally done by zombies this time. Lifeless monsters who feed endlessly on human flesh.

We gotta do something about these folks in these agencies, man

A special thank-you message from GAMEOVERSE showrunner, RubberRoss!

Mistakes were made I cooked myself so hard i was deep fried (couldn't sleep for 5 hours even though my body was basically shambling lol)

NEW: The FBI wants to buy access to automated license plate readers (ALPRs) nationwide, which would likely allow the agency to track the movements of vehicles—and by extension people—across the country without a warrant, according to FBI procurement records reviewed by 404 Media.

JD Vance: "If you want to rebuilt the American dream for the next generation, vote against the crazy leadership in Washington DC"

It's the TAKE OUT THE TRASH cycle. We may not get this opportunity again. Put these fucks out of work, do everything in your power to ship their asses.

the thing about Trump’s corruption is that it is so staggering it’s basically impossible to comprehend it’s like asking your brain to visualize stellar distances, you can’t do it with a mind built to look at an elephant and go “wow that’s big” there’s greased palm corruption and then there’s… this

damn they were right, those boggles do be boggling ‼️

the overwhelming message the AI industry has sent to young people is “this will ruin any chance you have at a stable career”, of course college grads are booing it regardless of the reality of the claims, the way this technology has been sold is one of the greatest self-inflicted PR disasters ever

so much of the tech CEO class's behavior can be understood as them balancing natural fascist sympathies against strategies for defusing tech labor solidarity; when they did that with Treats they were all about perks and social good; now that they're doing that with automation fear no need to pretend

Tough guy! "When asked about a 'major cyberattack' from China, Trump shrugged indifferently. 'It is what it is,' he said... "Confronted with evidence that China was assisting Iran in its war with the U.S., Trump called China's actions just 'one of those things'...” www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...

Taiwan says it is an ‘independent’ nation, after Trump’s warning 🔗 buff.ly/o0WQ7U6

ArXiv will ban researchers who upload papers full of AI slop

github copilot users are freaking out because github put out a "pricing preview" before their move from request-based to usage-based billing and they're discovering that their $40/month vibe coding habit will cost them $5000 going forward

Trump: "There's no oil coming out of Kharg Island. People are finding other places to buy oil, like Texas. So I don't want to say we're making a fortune, because if I say that, they're gonna say 'he forgets about the little man with the $4 gasoline.'"

i like when it's this duo

Sometimes art is so breathtaking and poignant it defies all expectation

Annoy the living daylights out of both payment processors and your local government. Never let them know peace while they are disturbing yours.

🇺🇸 🇮🇷 Trump says he doesn't think about Americans' finances during Iran talks US President Donald Trump said he doesn't think "even a little bit" about Americans' financial situations when negotiating a deal with Iran. "I think about one thing -- we cannot let Iran have a nuclear weapon. That's all."

Today's recommended read on Hantavirus "The implicit tone of the coverage is that the only reason that you, the audience, should care about a disease outbreak is whether it is coming for you personally" tinyurl.com/54wxn2jd

NYC Mayor Mamdani taxed the rich and cleared the city’s massive deficit. He’s funding libraries and childcare. He’s fixing roads. He’s protecting immigrants and marginalized communities. Fighting for tenants and against slumlords. It can be done, you just need the will to fight the ruling class

Regulate the social media platforms not the kids

The Musk v. Altman trial begins again today with something a little lighter. Follow along for live updates from @lopatto.bsky.social: www.theverge.com/tech/917225/...

When we took office, NYC had a $12B deficit. Today it’s zero. And we didn’t close that gap on the backs of working people. We closed it while funding parks, libraries, safer streets, & public housing. Call it Pothole Politics or Democratic Socialism: We are government that delivers for the people.

"Don't let anybody tell you Norway doesn't control the shots, ok? It's in Norway." This isn't a mere refusal to admit he's wrong, it's his idea of realpolitik—that every leader ought to quit playing games and be a dictator, because every democratic country's pretense of freedom is ultimately fake. ↓

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Across nearly the entire West, states spent the winter waiting for snow that rarely arrived. Via @stateline.org

If we are serious about holding and wielding power, every car dealership and MLM scheme needs to be bankrupted. The Uihleins and Mercers and Adelsons of this world need to be stripped of their assets and exiled or imprisoned. The think tanks and churches need to be destroyed by the IRS.

this graduation speech moment is notable, and her amazed shock at having failed to read the room feels instructive. when you're inside the bubble, you think everybody else is. but everybody isn't.

#starfox 🦊

a minor but very funny point in the decline and fall of Elon Musk's public perception is Tesla removing all visible branding except for a nearly invisible black-on-black reverse embossed 'Tesla' on the trunk

The most recent meme in your camera roll describes your current mental state.

I don't know why anyone thought that the midterms were going to be when we would electorally defeat fascism. Fascism has a plan, and democratic expression is easily done away with when we're already in a fascist state... which we are. There is no electoral way to fix this anymore.

‘Covid ‘only’ kills the sick the old and the vulnerable’ presented as a net positive is not restricted to RFK jr. And I’m sure I will be unpopular for pointing that out.

BREAKING: Laurelhurst is changing its mind about the helicopters and will support Seattle Children's Hospital in ending all helicopter oversight. Sick and injured kids rejoice! www.thestranger.com/news/laurelh...

There really is no words for how ghoulish it is that wealthy neighborhood Laurelhurst has been limiting (and wants to continue to limit) medical helicopters landing at Seattle Children’s hospital, THE pediatric trauma center for a five-state area. Those fuckers should never have peace.

Ag Secretary Rollins: "The good news -- in just one year alone, we've already moved 4.5 million people off of SNAP. So this idea that once a government program is in place you can never roll it back, President Trump has proven that to be wrong. So we're going to be pulling more and more people off."

Pay attention to language: when Trump says he needs a "ballroom", he means the belowground part - the bunker. The aboveground section, with gold drapes and fancy tiles, he called that the "ballroom section of the ballroom". What he's urgently demanding is a bunker. That would cost $1B dollars.

California farmers to destroy 420,000 peach trees after Del Monte collapses

dudes rock

Hey, do you guys remember a prominent minimizer saying "Actually, tuberculosis (TB) incidence may represent the best bellwether for Covid induced post-infection immune damage"? I do. www.sfgate.com/bayarea/arti...