There are only four types of "AI" companies: 1) The Obvious Scam 2) Three Chatbots in a Trench Coat 3) We're Calling it AI for the Investors 4) Yes, It's the Mechanical Turk Again

NEW: A federal judge in Oregon issued a sweeping rebuke of the Justice Department’s nationwide push to seize state voter rolls, ruling that the department can no longer be presumed to be acting in good faith and warning that its conduct threatens voters and states’ rights.

The Rime of the Ancient Mariner by Iron Maiden is a good pick here. Another Brick in the Wall (Part 2) also technically qualifies.

Oh man, it's been a while since we had a good old fashioned Catholic schism. Feels almost nostalgic at this point.

sometimes i think about that thing a disco elysium dev said in response to someone asking why choosing fascist options lowers your morale. that being a fascist is miserable, since it requires you to believe that you are being dominated by the weak and unworthy in everything you do.

As a Canadian, what I've learned so far: - Minnesotans are very nice and VERY organized - Mainers are aggressively xenophobic but in a way that lCE will not like - Philadelphians crave the blood of their enemies - LA is ground zero for chaos tactics that never lose - New Yorkers love gay hockey

As power outages extend, people may find themselves using portable generators for the first time. If you are a new generator owner, you may not realize how much carbon monoxide a generator can produce. It's enough carbon monoxide to kill in minutes. www.cnn.com/2026/01/26/w...

I do think that a possibly underrated dynamic in The Horrors is that the Right as it has reconstituted itself under Trump legitimately can’t understand sincere moral or physical courage

BREAKING A federal judge STRIKES the words "United States Attorney" from Lindsey Halligan's signature and warns that he will refer her to disciplinary proceedings if she persists in calling herself one. Doc buff.ly/JvTKLlD Background buff.ly/Ay2iB6u

A few months ago, ICE hired me I didn't sign and submit any paperwork. I almost certainly failed the drug test. I'm real outspoken about my opposition to the Trump administration, and I am extremely googlable And yet, there it was, in plain English. "Welcome to ICE!" My latest for Slate

i firmly believe — like you would have to give me hard evidence to convince me otherwise — that they feed trump a steady diet of AI slop

This is insane. www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...

I want to find the consultant who convinced Dems to stick with this framing, tie them to a stake, light a match, and tell everyone they have to decide between caring about saving them or caring about milk being 2% cheaper

Occasionally as a litigator you run across an opposing party who repeatedly breaches contracts and settlement agreements and legal requirements — just never abides by them. Generally competent lawyers point out that you shouldn’t do business with or enter contracts with that person. /1

not beating the allegations that antivax beliefs are downstream of being afwaid of needles

I know this is, like, a fourth order concern considering everything else going on, but Trump can't adequately administer to country he is supposed to be the President of. How can anyone reasonably expect him to "administer" Venezuela?

If you’re wondering why your friends in academia are a little on edge right now, it’s because an eighteen-year-old who hasn’t done the reading, doesn’t look at the assignment, and has does no critical thinking skills more complex than “because I think it’s in the Bible” can literally end your career

My whole timeline is made up of folks watching a 60 Minutes report the Trump administration tried to kill and unredacting Epstein files that weren't supposed to have been posted yet. Can't stop the signal.

Everyone: ICE and CBP cannot be more hated ICE/CBP: [starts wearing Meta smart glasses] Everyone:

Oh good, I guess we are done robbing pensions and have moved on to robbing children too?

The real question is not "Why is Bluesky so left-coded," the real question is "Why can't the right exist in a social media environment without algorithmic assistance, where people can ignore them"

Someone is pitching this as a sitcom somewhere right now

I didn't know it was possible to be born as a composite sketch of yourself

Note: "virtually unprecedented" here is a nice way of saying "very illegal."

Wow, a Long Island jury awarded $112 Million to 674 immigrants who were unlawfully held by county police so they could be handed over to ICE

If I saw this behavior in a store I would assume they were trying to harvest my kidneys.

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

It can often feel like there's a whole lot outside our control. But if there's any kind of election in your town today, that's a way to make a meaningful difference in your state or local affairs.

To everyone participating in the No Kings protests: stay safe, bring lots of water, and show em democracy.

One of the craziest stories I've seen in a long time. If you think Trump and his administration are extreme and depraved, just wait until you learn about the young guns who are positioning themselves to take over the reigns in the next few decades www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

This man is going to probably fire a whole bunch of support staff and then wonder why there isn't enough food, fuel, or spare parts to actually put boots on the ground or planes in the air.

the president of the united states wants to use the american military to kill american citizens on american soil. that's the whole story!

More than 1800 detainees are missing after the closure of Alligator Alcatraz. Their families and lawyers can’t find them and they’ve vanished from the ICE database. Feels like this should be a much bigger story www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...

I recall an article from, like, a year or two back, where an AI exec talked about how it was basically impossible to keep CSAM out of their training data, and I feel like that should've been a bigger red flag at the time.

Pretty clear illustration of "you may as well stand up for what you believe in, they're coming for you anyway."

Becoming increasingly clear we’re gonna have to build a parallel infrastructure for all the media we really love. The reason all of this is happening under the color of law is hyperconsolidation, dissent being traded straight up for merger approval, or fear of harassment.

The Trump-Miller administration's single-minded focus on migration is starting to impact the availability of drugs in the US, according to this detail from a very good investigation @wsj.com published today. www.wsj.com/world/americ...

If you're represented by a Democrat in either chamber, call their offices and demand they do more than this weak shit.

A question for my fellow New Yorkers: why are the Mets

Too bad the GOP effectively criminalized studying how information moves online and news orgs laid off and demonized all the reporters who covered the burgeoning online accelerationist performative death cults. All of that work was somehow "censorship" that needed to be stopped. Now we're here.

Elizabeth Warren on people who say Dems needs to tone down their rhetoric: "Oh, please. Why don't you start with the president of the United States? And every ugly meme he's posted and every ugly word."

This is the line that Dems need to push. It can't be simply. "Political violence is bad" it MUST be "Political violence is bad and Trump and his ilk are responsible for creating conditions ripe for political violence"

The shooting of Charlie Kirk is entirely horrific and terrible, but it is also the entirely predictable outcome of Charlie Kirk's own professed beliefs and policies. He was comfortable saying what he did because, I suspect, he simply believed he would never be in the firing line.

Do your mental health a favor and turn this on for today. You really don't want to watch this. It is awful.

it’s great too that when district courts follow the law as written, one of the chuds on the Supreme Court pops up to scold them for not treating trump like a very special boy

Supreme Court Rules 6-3 That Fundamental Interests Of United States Of America Would Be Irreparably Harmed If It Race-Based Harassment And Detention By Masked Thugs Were Even Temporarily Halted