In case you aren't already aware of one of the nerdiest, nich-est online games: TeXnique, where the goal is to type LaTeX formulae as quickly as possible. texnique.xyz It is "fun."

Whoever was responsible for adding the anti-motion-sickness dots feature to iOS deserves a Nobel Prize.

You ever just sit down and realize that the rise of 21st century fascism is capital's answer to climate change?

mr president sir theres a story coming about how you intervened to help a sex criminal. no sir, not that sex criminal you helped….no not that one either…sir, please stop guessing sex criminals that you helped. ill give you a hint sir, hes a trafficker. no sir, not that trafficker a different one

The funniest bluesky thread I've ever seen. Crying at the replies.

We must reveal all the terrible secrets of our elites! ... no, that's too many secrets, put some back

I must admit to a failure of imagination.

But that kind of highlights a problem with immigration. There the law is still functionally racist. But as racists know, you’ll never sound like a racist if you just blandly ask for the laws to be enforced. “Enforce the laws” is a trap for centrists. It caught the Democratic Party in 2024.

Colorado got fancy tonight.

Me, 30 seconds into the trailer: "Chef-d'œuvre. J'en ai assez vu!" French cinema is so fvcking BACK. #FilmSky #HorrorSky #ThrillerSky #shudder #ReflectionInADeadDiamond youtu.be/6Zv6zK8N9Lk?...

I've lived in countries that lack the food safety protections we have in the US, and I think a lot of Americans don't really understand just how frequent injuries and deaths from dangerous food are in places that lack even our own (absolutely imperfect) standards.

Mamdami is going to implement Supreme law. Tooth brushing is mandatory and everyone gets a free pony.

“She was elected in late September, decisively,” Jeffries said Monday. “And Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva still hasn’t been sworn in, because she’ll become the 218th vote on an up-or-down piece of legislation that will require the Department of Justice to release the Epstein files.”

In a reasonable world, this clip would be “evidence.”

Literally just sell it to me. Is there a black market for albuterol????? WHAT THE FUCK ARE WE DOING.

I can’t get my ALBUTEROL INHALER refilled. Pharmacy says doctor needs to send it. Doctor says they sent it months ago. Literally the simplest fucking prescription. I’m going to die lmao. How is it not OTC? ACAB includes pharmacists.

This is actually a perfect meme. Send this to anyone, at any time, for any reason!

my woke take is that entirely too many people feel entitled to the benefits of a social contract while not feeling bound by the responsibilities of said contract

Reflecting on the “No Kings” protest and the fact that the Democratic Party attempted to get the former president’s wife elected President.

#NoKings Miami!

Remember our mantra: Don't Engage, Just Block.

15 US states and territories have formed a new Public Health Alliance, which will counter the absence of federal leadership by tracking outbreaks, issuing guidance, buying vaccines and more. Members of the new alliance include CA, CO, CT, DE, GU, HI, IL, MD, MA, NJ, NY, NC, OR, RI, WA.

AOC has just officially become the top House fundraiser, beating out Hakeem Jeffries. Now lemme take a big sip of coffee as I look at the age distribution of donors to AOC vs Jeffries

/9 And you think ANTIFA is a progressive employer? Please. The health insurance sucks. There's no dental. And when I asked for compassionate leave for a relative's funeral HR said "the family serves as a pillar for bourgeois ideology, half-day only"

/3 I've been trying to get the Vice President of Procurement to sign a contract for three weeks and he keeps sending it back with CAPITALISM IS A DEATH CULT scrawled on it. I think it's in blood.

Do you got cheese, papa?

In the American system of government, a legislature of the people’s elected representatives decide how to allocate the people’s money, then an unelected appointee in the executive branch called “OMB Director” decides if he feels like distributing the people’s money that way or if he’d rather not.

Thank you to the Alaska Raptor Center for telling the truth that birders already knew: every bald eagle cry you hear in an advertisement is a red-tailed hawk.

and yeah looking back at the last 20 years of american foreign policy it seems pretty compelling that an america that was more constrained by strong allies would have spent a lot less time doing megastupid shit

if someone has a pet rock, nobody asks whether the rock is sentient. but if you kick the rock you are definitely an asshole.

this is a common misconception about modern ai systems. they are grown, and not crafted; we understand the process that builds them but lack a paradigmatic understanding that answers the question “how do these 1 trillion floating point numbers do <x>”. this has been the case since the DL revolution

Another victim of AI psychosis. Really sad 😔

Mood:

Yet we routinely see federal officials and their proxies, on camera, simply stating that they are not going to follow the law and that literal federal elected representatives should stop asking. There is no ambiguity, just "that's right, we are not going to follow federal law, now fuck off."

Tim Walz: "My god, we've got the White House threatening investigations and jail time because an escalator stopped? Walk up the damn stairs!"

It seems pointless even to say this, but the Fourth Amendment does not permit federal agents to kick down every door in an apartment building just because *some* people in that building are allegedly undocumented. Even in the unlikely event they had a warrant, warrants have to be specific.

An important thing that is often ignored about Mamdani: he's cheerful! Taking the city's (and country's) problems seriously doesn't have to mean projecting nothing but darkness and rage. His positive vibe is an unbelievably effective way to make the tent bigger. As is fun/dorky stuff like this.

This is why we fund scientists to study things like oyster slobber even if you don’t think it sounds important

“I’m resigning from my position as Democratic leader and retiring from the Senate.”

He stands out not because he's any kind of radical but because he seems to understand the escalation ladder we're on here, and how many steps up it we already are. He's not just being hardline on principle, he's escalating because he's actually thought about the strategy of how this plays out.

Pritzker: "People of Illinois, we need your help. Get our your cell phones, record and narrate what you see. Put it on social media. Peacefully ask for badge numbers and identification. Speak up for your neighbors. We need to let the world know that this is happening and that we won't stand for it."

This is true and also we should never accept that Trump v. United States is a valid precedent. It's not and as many justices should be removed and/or diluted with more seats and/or jurisdiction stripped as may be necessary, and eventually the repudiation of it should be codified by amendment.

i keep saying this but what i hate most about the ezra kleins of the world is their insistence is that politics is about messaging and triangulating. its never about offering a compelling vision of the world, its about trying desperately to capitulate to whatever moment we are in

one of the weirder parts of this wave of total surrender of core civil liberties is there is no fucking reason for it. no world war 2, not even a 9/11. we're just bored and mad

I think the Trump admin assumed no one would try to find out who the people on the boats they blew up really were

My general belief is that Dems need to spend more time thinking about what they believe and less about what they think some imaginary swing voters want them to believe. Political strategy will stem from an authentic set of beliefs.

At this point, any Democrat who votes to keep this government open without extracting very serious concessions — RFK’s resignation, ICE rollback, Epstein Files release, etc — will absolutely face a primary challenger who will set fundraising records.